Standardized Alliance Overview Settings

= Introduction =

With the Apocrypha expansion of March 10, 2009, Eve now allows you to import overview settings. Now all you lazy bastards can simply download a file, put it in your overview folder on your computer, and then upload it in-game, and viola, instant overview settings!

Preparing overview settings ahead of time is important because:
 * You don't want a fuckton of useless shit cluttering your screen.
 * You want to have the correct information on all the in-space objects you see.
 * You need a variety of settings for different situations.
 * The Clockwork Pineapple leadership says so.

Step 1: Downloading the settings to your Eve Overview Folder
Find out where your Eve Overview folder is. Mine (I use Windows Vista) automatically showed up in: "Documents > Eve > Overview". If you cannot find your overview folder, simply export your current settings and figure out where that sucker saved to on your computer. That's your overview folder.

Once you find your overview folder, then right click this link and "save target as": http://www.geographertogo.com/eve/Overview1.xml Newbies who want pre-made overview settings, right click the link above and 'save target as'. Save it in your Eve documents Overview folder, mine is (using Vista):

Step 2: Import the Settings In-Game
Once the file is in that folder, right click the arrow thingy on your overview and 'import overview settings' and the file should pop up. See the following example:

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Step 3: Overview Explanations
The Overview Settings provided to you will give you four tabs, which associated settings as follows: Default (Normal): My Normal Settings are for generally roaming around, includes all ship types (no drones), control towers (for scanning) and stargates. That's it. PVP-R (PVP-R): My PVP-R setting (short for PVP - Regular) is all non-friendly ships. This does not include drones or stargates. PVP-DR (PVP-DR): My PVP-DR setting (short for PVP - Drones Regular) is all non-friendly ships and drones/fighters. This does not include stargates. PVP-DO (PVP-DO): My PVP-DO setting (short for PVP - Drones Only) is all non-friendly drones/fighters, no ships, no stargates. In each of the above settings it shows ship types and velocity. Since I'm generally a ECM/Missile Whore Caldari faggot that does fuck all to do with guns and transversal, I do not include them. For you Amarr/Gallente/Minmatar Gunnery types you may wanna include radial/angular velocity or someshit whatever that is, you know more about it than I do.

Information to Non-Newbies
For all you non-newbie faggots, remember that when they release a new ship type it doesn't automatically get included in your overviews, so unless you manually fucked with your overview settings already you won't see the 'Strategic Cruisers' category of ship if you ever meet one. If somebody else wants to share their overview settings, host it and give me a link to it and I'll include it. Explain why your overview settings are good as well.