Getting Started with EQGZI

What is EQGZI?

As of 01/31/2023, EQGZI is a program that turns a 3D modeled project into an everquest EQG zone file. It uses the OBJ format as an intermediary export, and supports: Lights, Environment Emitters, Material/Shader definitions, Region, and Spawn placement data.

Requirements

• Blender 3.0 or greater. This is the tool for editing zones.
• EQGZI-Manager. This is a standalone exe that manages EQGZI.

Installation

• Download EQGZI-Manager and move it to a place you wish to keep your customized zones.
• Double click eqgzi-manager.exe
• Open eqgzi-manager, and click Download EQGZI & Manager
• Ensure the Blender: path is set. If not, press Detect after installing Blender 3.0 or greater.
• Click Create New Zone
  • Type in the shortname of any zone, e.g. clz
• Click Create clz.eqg. See if the status says "Created clz.eqg" or not after
  • Click Open clz folder and see if an out folder is inside it. Open it, and see if clz.eqg was successfully made
• Your environment is now set up!

Further reading and configuration

• Feature Breakdown - A list of features and how to use them
• Shader List - A list of shaders
• Blender Custom Properties - A list of custom properties supported by EQGZI inside Blender