The Z-S Overview was created to provide a generalized, user-friendly, 6-Tab Overview, ready to use as-is with room to be tailored as needed.
What started as a stop-gap measure back in early 2016 to bring the SaraShawa Overview up-to-date for 118.6, snowballed into a complete re-write of the .YAML file and total overhaul of the visuals in July 2016 for the first installment.
If you're familiar with SaraShawa, it shouldn't take too long to adjust to the changes.
Zirio - YAML Coding, Pack Maintenance & Long Term Updates
Deuce Syundai - Design & Text Formatting
- Choice of Full-Size or Compact 6-Tab Layouts that can be swapped at any time without reloading the entire pack.
- Modular Setup: Load the Preset Packs you need.
- New and ever evolving presets for all activities on EVE, including dedicated Faction Warfare and Incursion presets among others.
- Color-coded presets by category for improved ease of selection.
- Updated: 2017.05.09
- For Release: 119.5
- Compatible: 119.5
- In-game:
- Mailing List: Z-S Overview
- Chat Channel: Z-S Overview
- Visit us on:
- Changelog: Here
- FAQ: Here
- Feedback:
- Donors: Here
- Milestones: Here
- Lothar McPoopenshaft
A good friend and tester of Z-S, keeps trolling players with an in-game link (Lothar McPoopenshaft Overview) that redirects back back to Z-S Overview chat channel. - We love him, our resident troll.
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Be sure to have a quick read of EVE University's Overview guide, either to learn how everything works or have a reminder.
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We expect the player to have a minimal understanding on how the Overview System works before attempting to install Z-S and/or any other 3rd party Overview Pack.
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Be sure to check our FAQ to solve the most common issues you might find when attempting to install and/or edit Z-S Overview Pack.
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Follow this in-depth Video Tutorial kindly made by ERJ145a - [English]
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OR Follow this Quick Spotlight kindly made by AHandinit Flo - [English]
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OR Follow this Quick Spotlight kindly made by Grie - [Czech]
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Open up your Overview Settings ( ≡ button at top left of the Overview window).
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Go to the "Misc" tab and click
Reset All Overview Settings
- You MUST do this the first time you install.
- This prevents any weirdness that may be caused by any changes already made to the overview.
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Apply the
Z-S Core
preset pack FIRST by clicking on its link.
This is the only required preset pack.
When combined with a Tab Layout, it includes the following presets for a minimal setup: -
(Optional) Apply any of the following Optional preset packs by clicking on their links.
You may need them for more specialized presets:Z-S PvE Extended
contains presets for Anoms/Ratting, Incursion, Mining, and Show Drones.Z-S PvP Basic
contains presets for Faction Warfare, Ships Only, Bombing Warpouts, Deployables, NPSI, Structures, and Wartargets.Z-S PvP Extended
packs include Target presets for specific categories, from Fighters to Frigates to Logi to Titans. Each pack contains half the categories and should be installed together.Z-S Friendly Extended
includes presets for Capitals, Supercapitals, Carriers, Dictors, Dreads, Logi, and Recon.Z-S D-Scan Extended
contains more finely-tuned presets specifically for the D-Scan filter.- You can go back to add in additional packs at any time without reloading the entire pack. Simply click on a pack to add, then repeat step 5 below.
- Note the instructions on the tab.
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To finish and set up the tabs, apply a Tab Layout by clicking on their links.
Standard has each tab named for a purpose, and Compact replaces most of the names with numbers or shorter names for reduced tab width.
2BL denotes 2 Bracket Lines, while 1BL denotes 1 Bracket Line.
Standard
tab layout
Compact
tab layout
1BL
Brackets
2BL
Brackets
- You can alternate between Layouts at any time without reloading the entire pack by clicking on their links.
- Some features might not show correctly at first, it may be necessary to open the Overview Settings again, then select the Ships tab to reload the UI to force a resync and apply all changes.
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Download:
- Full project:
- Click the green "Clone or download" button located at the top right of the above file list, then click
Download ZIP
- It will download a complete copy of the project (not recommended).
- Click the green "Clone or download" button located at the top right of the above file list, then click
- Specific release (version):
- Click the "Releases" link near the "Clone or Download" button.
- Go to the release you are interested in (latest release is recommneded).
- Scroll down to
Downloads
of said release and download theZ-S-...-.zip
file.
- Full project:
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Once downloaded in the folder of your preference, extract the .zip file contents in a folder of your preference.
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Go to the most recent version folder and:
- Copy the
Z-S Full Stylized.yaml
file for the complete pre-stylized overview. - Or copy the
Z-S Full Unstylized.yaml
file for the complete default-style overview. - Or copy the specific packs you want/need, alongside one or all layouts.
- Copy the
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Go to
C:\Users\YourName\Documents\EVE\Overview
folder and paste the copied files there.- If the folder doesn't exist, you can either create it manually.
- Or export your current overview (recommended) and it will be created automatically.
- To export, follow step 5-6.
- Instead of import, choose export and mark
Check All
- This will save your current overview and its settings.
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Start the game and open up your Overview Settings ( ≡ button at top left of the Overview window).
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Go to the
Misc
tab:- Click
Reset All
to have the default settings loaded. - Follow steps 5-6 and click
Import Overview Settings
- Click
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Select one of the copied files on the left list, click
Check All
on the top middle of the window, then clickImport
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Repeat step 7 if you are importing individual packs + layouts instead of a Full profile.
- Some features might not show correctly at first, It may be necessary to Dock and then Undock at any station to reload the UI to apply all changes.
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Z-S Core
⌘ Brackets: Combat/Targets/Friendly (-Dro) ⌘ Brackets: Misc ⌘ Brackets: Travel ➲ Extra: Align Points ✈ --- Travel: All ✈ Travel (+Ship -Sta) ✜ --- PvE: Basic (-Dro) ✪ = Friendly: Fleet ※ --- D-Scan: All
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Z-S D-Scan Extended
※ D-Scan: Hunter (+Dro / Offensive) ※ D-Scan: Hunter (-Dro / Offensive) ※ D-Scan: POS (+Cel +Mod) ※ D-Scan: POS (+Cel -Mod) ※ D-Scan: POS (-Cel +Mod) ※ D-Scan: Ships (+Dro / Defensive) ※ D-Scan: Ships (-Dro / Defensive)
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Z-S Friendly Extended
✪ --- Friendly: All (+Dro) ✪ Friendly: Capitals ✪ Friendly: Carriers ✪ Friendly: Dictors ✪ Friendly: Dreads ✪ Friendly: Logistics ✪ Friendly: Recons ✪ Friendly: SC/T
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Z-S PvE Advanced
✜ --- PvE: Basic (+Dro) ✜ --- PvE: Mission Filter (+LCO +LCS) ✜ PvE: Anoms ✜ PvE: Incursion ✜ PvE: Mining ✜ PvE: Ratting
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Z-S PvP Advanced
✥ --- PvP: Basic (+Neut -NPC) ✥ --- PvP: Basic (-Neut +NPC) ✥ --- PvP: Basic (-Neut -NPC) ✥ -- Ships only ✥ = CovOps: Collidables ✥ = Deployables ✥ = NPSI ✥ = Structures ✥ = Wartargets ✥ PvP: Exploring ✥ PvP: FW ✥ PvP: PI
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Z-S PvP Extended (1/2)
✥ Target: Antibombers (!) ✥ Target: Battlecruisers ✥ Target: Battleships ✥ Target: Caps ✥ Target: Carriers ✥ Target: Cmd Dest ✥ Target: Cruisers ✥ Target: CS/T3 ✥ Target: Dictors ✥ Target: Dreads
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Z-S PvP Extended (2/2)
✥ Target: Fax ✥ Target: Fighters ✥ Target: Frig/Dest ✥ Target: Logistics ✥ Target: Recons ✥ Target: SC/T ✥ Target: Supercarriers ✥ Target: Titans
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All 4 Layouts (Standard 2BL & 1BL, Compact 2BL & 1BL)
⌘ Brackets: Combat/Targets/Friendly (+Dro) ⌘ Brackets: Warpout (!) ➲ Extra: Podsaver (!) ✈ Travel (-Ship +Sta) ✜ PvE: Salvage/Loot ✥ --- PvP: Basic (+Neut +NPC) ✥ Target: Drones ✪ --- Friendly: All (-Dro)
- Cel: Celestial(s)
- Dro: Drone(s) & Fighter(s)
- Neut: Neutral(s)
- NPC: Rat(s) - Non-Player Character(s)
- Mod: Module(s)
- Sta: Station(s) & Citadel(s)
- Offensive: Active PvP (looking for engagements)
- Defensive: Passive PvP (avoiding engagements)
Since we can't possibly please everyone with a perfect overview solution, players have taken upon themselves to make very useful modifications to the pack.
Be sure to check them out!
- Z-S-Overview-Kafferton-Mod useful tweaks made by Sally Kafferton.
You might not like Z-S's style, its presets and/or the whole pack just doesn't appeal to you.
Fear not! Other players have taken upon themselves to make Overview Packs in different flavours and/or for specific purposes.
Here are the most popular and up-to-date ones:
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Charlie Parker Sidrat's Overview
Not found on any mailing list or website, simply contact Sidrat Flush in game, eve mail or a forum message for a copy. He strongly urges you to edit to suit your own play style. -
EVE University Overview
Overview Pack made and maintained by EVE's most prestigious educational corporation, EVE University.
New-player friendly, made to teach you the ropes of handling the Overview.- In-game chat channel: Overview.E-UNI
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Kismeteer's Overview
This is a very simple, beginner friendly overview, with 5 tabs, and only 5 presets.
As it's so small, it's distributed in-game only.- In-game chat channel: Kissist
- In-game Mailing List: KisOver
The same as in real life, some things come and some things go, Overview Packs are no different.
Many players have made an effort to make and maintain very successful and useful Overview Packs but everyone gets tired at one point or take long breaks from EVE.
You all shall be remembered for your efforts so future Overview Pack creators can learn from past experiences.
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SaraShawa Overview Pack
The Overview Pack that continued Sarah's legacy, Oh Takashawa saw Sarah's great effort and set his goal to continue her work, making one of the best Overview Packs the players have used.- In-game chat channel: SaraShawa Overview
- In-game Mailing List: Overview , Overview2, Overview3 and Overview4
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Sarah's Overview Pack
The Overview Pack that started it all, Sarah Schneider pioneered the Overview customization, giving a very important tool to PonyWaffe and many other players around the game to use while doing the combat and other tasks we all love in EVE.
- Starting from Version v2.66.2012, versioning has been standardized (more information on the Changelog file)
- The inclusion of version tags and consistent numbering has been implemented, will allow to keep a better track of the modifications.
- If you plan to clone and/or fork the repository, it is recommended to do it from this version forward.
- Commit Squashing WILL NOT be done randomly from now on, so don't worry about an inconsistent history.
- If a Commit Squash happens, we will notify all the cloners/forkers with anticipation.
- Please send an in-game mail to
Zirio
notifying him that you are a cloner/forker so he can notify you back in case of a Commit Squash.
Overview Pack licensed under "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - Version 3, 29 June 2007"
Further documentation in the LICENSE file.
SaraShawa Overview Pack did not have a GitHub repository nor it was under any License at the moment of the manual fork and at the moment of creation of this repository.
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