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For 0.0 life and PvP combat the first thing you should know is that lag kills; any graphics settings you might have, might look cool, but the lag will murder you if 10 hostile ships jump in on you and a real battle starts. For this reason 0.0 and other PvP pilots turn off several game effects.
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Rule number 1 for life in 0.0 and PvP combat is that lag kills; any graphics settings you might have, might look cool, but the lag will murder you if 10 hostile ships jump in on you and a real battle starts.
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The last thing you want is a slide show when you're in a 50 man gang and another 50 hostiles warp in. For this reason 0.0 and other PvP pilots turn off several game effects.
  
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Firstly, the premium graphics may look really, ''really'' cool, but they, like everything else, will slow you down. (Note: Premium graphics executes the graphics calculations on your video card, as opposed to your computer's primary CPU.  In some configurations, premium graphics will outperform classic graphics. Try both, use what's fastest!) To go back to classic graphics, hit escape, go to the Display & Graphics tab and uncheck the box labelled 'Premium Graphics Content Enabled'. Don't restart EVE just yet, we are not finished here.
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First, with the Apocrypha update to EVE Online, CCP has done away with the classic client. Now there's just Premium and Premium Light. All the bells and whistles look great, but can drop your frame rate through the floor, especially when there is a large number of ships on grid. (Like in our Basic PvP Classes.)
  
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If you look to the left of where you just were, you should see some check boxes. Untick the top three ('Turret Effects', 'Effects' and 'Trails On/Off'). Now, go to the Audio tab and uncheck 'Audio enabled'. Unfortunately the sound in EVE really is more trouble than it is worth (plus you don't want to be distracted while the instructor is talking).
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After logging into EVE, and are in station hit the 'Esc” key to bring up the settings menu. Across the tip you will see a row of tabs. In this article we will only be dealing with the first 3. Display & Graphics, Audio & Chat, and General Settings. Finally, we will change a setting in EVE Mail so that Agony Instructors are not charged when sending chat requests to students.
  
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One other Eve setting that you will want to turn off is auto-relocking of targets. This is a utility that makes you automatically relock anything that locks you and its deadly. The main reason to turn this off is that there are a number of cheesy tricks that can be used to get you CONCORDed in a war situation. For example, a war target might undock from a station, you start all your weapons and send off the drones to kill him; however he docks back into the station. Your ship will automatically switch to the non-war target that tried to lock you as his buddy came out of the station. Your drones and turrets go for the wrong guy and CONCORD does the rest. In addition, in 0.0 or any other kind of PvP you will be choosing targets much more intelligently, not letting them choose you. Go to the Generic tab and look for Auto Target Back 1 Targets. This setting is on the bottom left and may contain a number other than 1. Make sure that number reads 0.
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'''Display & Graphics:'''
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[[Image:http://yfrog.com/09displaygrphicsj]]
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'''Display Setup:'''
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The first panel is Display Setup, put a check mark in advanced settings.
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This expands the setting below the line.
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Next you must decide if you want to run in windowed or fullscreen mode.
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Fullscreen will lighten the CPU load, but makes it a bit more difficult yo tab between windows.
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Personally, I run in windowed mode, and fill the screen with the EVE client.
  
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Your overview will need to be tweaked as well. If twelve enemy ships warp in you will want to make sure you are locking the enemy and not the friendlies. This can be problematic in a hectic situation with your heart racing (yes it happens to us all) and your adrenaline flowing. Therefore, it's best that friendlies not show up on overview at all.
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Resolution/Window Size: One thing you will discover very fast with EVE is that you need a lot of screen real estate. Run your client at the highest resolution possible, but keeping in mind that you also want a good frame rate. This can be a tricky balancing act. (Use FRAPS to mesure your FPS during game. [http://www.fraps.com/])
  
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Go into your overview settings by right clicking on the arrow right beside where it says Overview and selecting the Settings menu option. Once there you will start by modifying the filters tab. Make sure that anyone who is in your corporation, alliance, gang, has good or excellent standings do NOT appear. Also make sure you filter out all concord and NPC fleet ships (leave rats filtered on but turn off things like customs officers and so on). In addition make sure that you filter '''off''' all cargo containers, drones, sentry guns, secure containers, etc. '''The ONLY things that should be on your overview are rats, neutral player ships and gates.''' There is a setting to filter out neutrals, however there is a problem with it: if you check it off, everyone except those with standings will be filtered out. That includes war targets! Unless your corp has set them to negative standings, they will not appear on your overview. Unfortunately, by leaving neutrals checked, you may get a lot of people on your overview that you don't want, however, we can make it as good as possible.
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The most important setting in this panel is Present Interval. This will limit your FPS to 60. The reason you want this is when sitting in station you can have a FPS through the roof. I've seen it as high as 210 FPS.  Needless to say, this put a great deal of strain on your video card, which can lead to your system overheating and shutdown. To prevent this, select “Interval One”.
  
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Now we need to adjust the colors and order. Look at your background colors tabs and make sure you have the colors set so that all people in your alliance, corporation, gang, and with good standings are various shades of blue. Next make sure that the icon colors match the colors of the background. Finally you need to set the valid empire targets to blink. This means that you set pilots at war with you and pilots with sec status below -5 to blink. That way you won't ever have to check anything to make sure the guy can be popped in empire or that he will pop you.
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'''Effects:'''
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Turn off all the settings in this panel.
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I personally leave “Sun Is Occluded by Ships”  This allows me to see celestial icons near the sun in a system when trying to scan for targets while scouting.
  
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The next step to adjust the order of the icons and background colors. To understand how this work know that Eve evaluates from the top, down. The top color and icon is more important than the bottom one and will override the bottom one. So if you have security status coloring on top and alliance member on bottom, Eve will color the pilot according to their security status and not according to their alliance or standings. This is bad because you could end up shooting friendlies. In 0.0 the standings of the pilot are more important than the security status of the pilot. If friendly pilots pirate you, you should take that up with your CEO or officer and he will handle it for you. You should not shoot at alliance, corporation, gang or high standings pilots, no matter what their security status; nor should you return fire if an alliance, corporation or gang member fires on you (unless you are both just playing around of course). A fair few wars in 0.0 space have started because of pilots who didn't set up the overview correctly.
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'''Graphic Content Settings:'''
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Again, our goal is to have the lowest lag possible, therefore uncheck all the boxes and select the lowest settings for all options.
  
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Your final order for your color tags and icons should be the following:
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'''Audio & Chat:'''
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* Pilot is in your gang
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[[Image:http://yfrog.com/09audiochatj]]
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* Pilot is at war with you
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The next tab is Audio & Chat, again with 3 panels.
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* Pilot is in your corporation
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* Pilot is in your alliance
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* Pilot has high standing
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* Pilot has good standing
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* Pilot has horrible standing
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* Pilot has bad standing
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* Pilot has bounty on him
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* Pilot (agent) is interactable
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* Pilot has security status below -5
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* Pilot has security status below 0
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* Pilot has a neutral standing
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I would advise you to turn on all of the color-coding and most of the icons because the more information you have on the overview, the faster you can react to changing conditions in the game. The only icons that I don't use are the skulls for low security status pilots, reserving that for bounties, and interactable agents.
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'''Audio Engine Settings:'''
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This whole section is easy.  Uncheck 'Audio Enabled”.  The sounds in EVE are nice, and do provide a bit of situational awareness. But the load it puts on the CPU can cause lag, so turn it off.
  
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You will also want to reconfigure your colors according to your taste. I imagine mine would be far different than yours because I am slightly red-green colorblind, but the magic of Eve accommodates us both. However, you want to make sure that valid empire targets (those below - 5.0 security status and those at war with you) are blinking and no others are blinking. This means that you will know at a glance if the target is a legal empire target or not.
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'''Voice Settings:'''
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In Agony we use Vent to communicate. It functions much better then EVE Voice.(http://www.ventrilo.com/)
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Another reason for turning off the sound ,is that you don't want to miss important information coming from the chat on Vent.
  
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Finally you will want to set up your columns in the overview. The columns that you should have visible are the following columns in this order: "ICON", "DISTANCE", "NAME", "TYPE", "VELOCITY", "ALLIANCE". The tag column is no longer necessary since in the invention of the fleets and broadcasting targets. The "ALLIANCE" column should be resized so that they can display 6 character sized corporation and alliance tickers. The "NAME" column should be set up so that you can read longer names and the type column also appropriately resized. The type column tells you what ship you are facing, while the velocity column gives you an idea of how fast the target is moving.  When in battle you may want to sort your overview by different columns depending on the engagement.  In most small engagements sorting my distance is your best option; however, when in a larger engagement against many ships you'll want to sort your overview by the name column.  Clicking on the top of the column will sort everything on your overview alphabetically, allowing you to easily find targets that are called primary.  Finally, sometimes a fleet commander will sort his or her overview by the type column, making it easier to pick out specific ship types to pick as primaries.
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'''Chat:'''
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Logging chat can create lag, but the information stored in the logs can be very useful. I have mine turned on, but if you wish, you can turn it off.
  
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Once you have your settings modified you should have your overview set up to PvP. You will probably want to keep any number of overview settings. You might have a setting for empire that only shows valid high-sec space targets (and unfortunately neutrals). You could have another setting that you use for ratting, another for 0.0 space and yet another for mining. You can click on the arrow beside "Overview" and save your settings or load them again. Once you have this set up you will be ready to get into action while minimizing your chances of firing on something you aren't supposed to.
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'''General Settings:'''
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[[Image:http://yfrog.com/0ageneralsettingsj]]
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The next tab is General Setting. This one has a few more options that need tweeking.
  
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You can save your overview settings in the overview settings panel. This gives you a chance to create presets that will have various things on them. You can have a setting for ratting, another for pvp and still more for other specialized tasks. The settings can be changed out at a flash by using the menu available by clicking on the icon to the left of the overview. This enables you to have configurable overview settings at a moment's notice (which, once you get into PvP, is more useful than you could imagine).
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'''General:'''
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You can set the options in this section to what ever you want. But the one you must have checked is “Show Session-Change Timer”. This is, in my opinion, the most useful part of the EVE UI. It will display a small circular timer in the top left corner on your UI when you are changing sessions. (Like when docking.) Mousing over the circle will display the time left until the change is compleat.
  
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Other things you can do to assist in reducing the lag incurred in PVP situations are:
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'''Help:'''
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Turn off logging - To do this you will need to open logs (it might be under accessories on the side bar) - settings tab and then uncheck the various options.
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Uncheck “Show Damage Notifications”. This options creates a lot of lag in a large group. Every time you take damage or deal damage, a window pops up on the UI informing you of the fact.
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Turn damage messages off - To do this you will need to press ESC and under the General Settings tab and uncheck "DAMAGE MESSAGES ON/OFF'".
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Keep bookmarks within folders - Only have the folder you are currently using open. The client will re-sort any open folders everytime you enter a new area, go through a gate or undock.
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Set Chat windows to text only - Make sure that you set any chat windows to the option that does not show avatar images. These avatars take time and resources to load and can potentially increase the lag in systems where large numbers of pilots are present. This option is in the chat window, above the channel member list, and looks like several lines stacked on top of each other.
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====CCP's Advice====
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The second change in this section is the most important in this whole process. Select “Auto Target Back” to 0 Targets.  Here's the reason why.
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In November 2008, CCP created [http://support.eve-online.com/Pages/KB/Article.aspx?id=492 this page] with their advice about minimising lag in large fleets.
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This is a utility that makes you automatically relock anything that locks you and its deadly. The main reason to turn this off is that there are a number of cheesy tricks that can be used to get you CONCORDed in a war situation. For example, a war target might undock from a station, you start all your weapons and send off the drones to kill him; however he docks back into the station. Your ship will automatically switch to the non-war target that tried to lock you as his buddy came out of the station. Your drones and turrets go for the wrong guy and CONCORD does the rest. In addition, in 0.0 or any other kind of PvP you will be choosing targets much more intelligently, not letting them choose you. Go to the Generic tab and look for Auto Target Back 1 Targets. This setting is on the bottom left and may contain a number other than 1.
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'''Layout:'''
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You can set this up any way you like.
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'''EVE Mail:'''
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This last setting is located in you EVE Mail window.  To open EVE Mail, look at the left side you your EVE client and find the third icon down from the top.  Click it to open.
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[[Image:http://yfrog.com/09evemail1j]]
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Once the EVE Mail window is open right click your “Inbox” tab and select “Settings.”
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[[Image:http://yfrog.com/09evemail2j]]
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In the General tab we need to change the CSPA setting. This was put into the game to help prevent spamming.  This is not a big issue now in EVE, and when in an Agony gang, we require the CSPA to be disabled.  This allows Agony Instructors and admin to invite you into gangs with out being charged. 
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Select the “Default Access” to Allowed.
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[[Image:http://yfrog.com/09evemail3j]]
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Secondly, change the “CSPD Charge” to 0.
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[[Image:http://yfrog.com/0oevemail4j]]
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After applying all these setting, your EVE client will be as lag free as possible.

Revision as of 03:28, 12 May 2009


Original text by Rells Updated by Nero Prime

Copyright© 2006 by the Authors, updated 2009

All Rights Reserved


Rule number 1 for life in 0.0 and PvP combat is that lag kills; any graphics settings you might have, might look cool, but the lag will murder you if 10 hostile ships jump in on you and a real battle starts. The last thing you want is a slide show when you're in a 50 man gang and another 50 hostiles warp in. For this reason 0.0 and other PvP pilots turn off several game effects.

First, with the Apocrypha update to EVE Online, CCP has done away with the classic client. Now there's just Premium and Premium Light. All the bells and whistles look great, but can drop your frame rate through the floor, especially when there is a large number of ships on grid. (Like in our Basic PvP Classes.)

After logging into EVE, and are in station hit the 'Esc” key to bring up the settings menu. Across the tip you will see a row of tabs. In this article we will only be dealing with the first 3. Display & Graphics, Audio & Chat, and General Settings. Finally, we will change a setting in EVE Mail so that Agony Instructors are not charged when sending chat requests to students.

Display & Graphics: File:Http://yfrog.com/09displaygrphicsj Display Setup: The first panel is Display Setup, put a check mark in advanced settings. This expands the setting below the line. Next you must decide if you want to run in windowed or fullscreen mode. Fullscreen will lighten the CPU load, but makes it a bit more difficult yo tab between windows. Personally, I run in windowed mode, and fill the screen with the EVE client.

Resolution/Window Size: One thing you will discover very fast with EVE is that you need a lot of screen real estate. Run your client at the highest resolution possible, but keeping in mind that you also want a good frame rate. This can be a tricky balancing act. (Use FRAPS to mesure your FPS during game. [1])

The most important setting in this panel is Present Interval. This will limit your FPS to 60. The reason you want this is when sitting in station you can have a FPS through the roof. I've seen it as high as 210 FPS. Needless to say, this put a great deal of strain on your video card, which can lead to your system overheating and shutdown. To prevent this, select “Interval One”.

Effects: Turn off all the settings in this panel. I personally leave “Sun Is Occluded by Ships” This allows me to see celestial icons near the sun in a system when trying to scan for targets while scouting.

Graphic Content Settings: Again, our goal is to have the lowest lag possible, therefore uncheck all the boxes and select the lowest settings for all options.

Audio & Chat: File:Http://yfrog.com/09audiochatj The next tab is Audio & Chat, again with 3 panels.

Audio Engine Settings: This whole section is easy. Uncheck 'Audio Enabled”. The sounds in EVE are nice, and do provide a bit of situational awareness. But the load it puts on the CPU can cause lag, so turn it off.

Voice Settings: In Agony we use Vent to communicate. It functions much better then EVE Voice.(http://www.ventrilo.com/) Another reason for turning off the sound ,is that you don't want to miss important information coming from the chat on Vent.

Chat: Logging chat can create lag, but the information stored in the logs can be very useful. I have mine turned on, but if you wish, you can turn it off.

General Settings: File:Http://yfrog.com/0ageneralsettingsj The next tab is General Setting. This one has a few more options that need tweeking.

General: You can set the options in this section to what ever you want. But the one you must have checked is “Show Session-Change Timer”. This is, in my opinion, the most useful part of the EVE UI. It will display a small circular timer in the top left corner on your UI when you are changing sessions. (Like when docking.) Mousing over the circle will display the time left until the change is compleat.

Help: Uncheck “Show Damage Notifications”. This options creates a lot of lag in a large group. Every time you take damage or deal damage, a window pops up on the UI informing you of the fact.

The second change in this section is the most important in this whole process. Select “Auto Target Back” to 0 Targets. Here's the reason why. This is a utility that makes you automatically relock anything that locks you and its deadly. The main reason to turn this off is that there are a number of cheesy tricks that can be used to get you CONCORDed in a war situation. For example, a war target might undock from a station, you start all your weapons and send off the drones to kill him; however he docks back into the station. Your ship will automatically switch to the non-war target that tried to lock you as his buddy came out of the station. Your drones and turrets go for the wrong guy and CONCORD does the rest. In addition, in 0.0 or any other kind of PvP you will be choosing targets much more intelligently, not letting them choose you. Go to the Generic tab and look for Auto Target Back 1 Targets. This setting is on the bottom left and may contain a number other than 1.

Layout: You can set this up any way you like.

EVE Mail: This last setting is located in you EVE Mail window. To open EVE Mail, look at the left side you your EVE client and find the third icon down from the top. Click it to open. File:Http://yfrog.com/09evemail1j Once the EVE Mail window is open right click your “Inbox” tab and select “Settings.” File:Http://yfrog.com/09evemail2j In the General tab we need to change the CSPA setting. This was put into the game to help prevent spamming. This is not a big issue now in EVE, and when in an Agony gang, we require the CSPA to be disabled. This allows Agony Instructors and admin to invite you into gangs with out being charged. Select the “Default Access” to Allowed. File:Http://yfrog.com/09evemail3j Secondly, change the “CSPD Charge” to 0. File:Http://yfrog.com/0oevemail4j

After applying all these setting, your EVE client will be as lag free as possible.

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