Installing the EVE University Overview

This page is specific to EVE University. Other corporations or groups in the game may operate differently.
For a summary of EVE University's rules and code of conduct, see EVE University Rules.

EVE University has its own Overview Profile set up, which we expect all members to use. This will ensure that all members of the Uni, whether in a fleet or otherwise, see the same Overview settings for Appearance (colortags and backgrounds) with the proper priorities, and are clear as to which targets they are able to shoot and which they may not. It is important that potential members have this Overview set up before joining, even if they are not intending to train their character into combat. It offers a number of presets which are designed to provide our members with a wide variety of possibilities due to the broad scope of EVE University's operations and communities. Once familiar with how to set up their Overview, members are free, and encouraged, to personalize their own presets to suit their needs. The Appearances should not be edited as these are most critical to remain the same for all members.

Import the Overview Pack In Game

This is the recommended method for installing the EVE University Overview:

Join the Overview (EVE Uni) chat channel in game.
Follow the instructions in the chat channel's Message of the Day and click the links to import first the Z-S Overview then the EVE University adaptation.

If you are docked, you can still view and alter your overview settings.

Note: You cannot load a preset except when in space, which is done by right-clicking on the tab on the Overview itself.

To access your Overview Settings, even when in station you can either add a shortcut.

Shortcut

Press Escape.
Go to the Shortcuts tab.
Within the Shortcuts tab, go to the Window sub-tab.
Scroll down and you will find an Overview Settings option - set any keybind to this command.

Now you can use this keybind even when in a station, and you will open the Overview Settings window.

Assigning the Tabs and Brackets

After importing the overview tab you will need to select what overview presets are used.

To select overview presets go to the Overview Tabs tab in overview settings.

Each row controls the state of one overview tab.

Set the tab name on the left. This name is shown on the overview window.
Set the overview preset in middle. This controls what objects are shown in overview.
Set the bracket preset on the right (or leave as "Show All Brackets"). This controls what brackets are visible in space.

You can have up to eight tabs on your overview. The exact composition will depend on what activities you do and your personal preferences.

Help! I get lots of weird text after changing a setting

Note: Use this following method only after fully reading it, including the UPDATE at the end.

If you made a change to a Preset (such as adding 'Invading Precursor Entities') and then saved it, you will find the Preset name now has text like <color=0xFFFFFF66> in front. This is a result of a safety feature built into the EVE Client to strip HTML coding from text entered in-game. But it's fairly easy to fix, and here's how (it can be done while EVE is still running):

Open Overview Settings in-game, and switch to the 'Misc' tab.
Click Export Overview Settings
Select 'Check All' at the top, and give a memorable Filename (such as charactername-month-day) and click export
You will receive a message indicating where the file was saved. By default on Windows, this is in C:\Users\[username]\Documents\EVE\Overview\[filename].yaml
Browse to this directory in your file manager, and open the file in your favorite text editor.
With your text editor's "Find and Replace" feature, look for and replace the following :
1. Replace all < with <
2. Replace all > with >
Save the file and return to EVE Online
Open Overview Settings in-game and switch to the 'Misc' tab again.
Click Reset All Overview Settings
1. The Overview Settings window will close.
Re-open Overview Settings and switch back to 'Misc' tab.
Click Import Overview Settings
Select the file name you just edited, and be sure to check the 'Check All' box.
Click Import

Your overview colors should now be restored.

Note that you may use this same 'fixed' save file on other characters if you wish them to have the same overview settings.

UPDATE: There is an issue with the above method that is much harder to resolve than it seems. Following the above process will result in a duplicate entry for the bracket(s) you "fixed". What this causes in game is whichever one is later in the file is the one that is actually shown - and this usually seems to be the one that was NOT changed (e.g. adding the Invading Precursor Entities, they will go away again). There is no reasonably easy fix for this, unless you have a text editor such as Notepad++ that can understand YAML format and allow you to collapse sections. What you must do is remove the older copy of the duplicate section(s).

If you choose to use Notepad++ for this, then BEFORE changing as above, View->Fold All, and look for the two collapsed sections with a similar name (e.g. both have "PvX: Basic (+Neut +NPC)" but one has the < and > -- expand the copy that has the < and > and carefully delete that section. Be sure to not delete any portion of the adjacent sections! Delete everything from the section heading down to the next section heading and leave no blank lines in between (YAML is not a very forgiving markup language).

Once you have done this, then you can fix the < and > as in the above steps.

What do all these pre-set filters do?

EVE University's Overview Profile has a lot of filter presets that can be applied to new tabs. Below are a few presets that come with the various E-UNI Core, PVx 1 and PVx 2 packs.

Name	What it is intended to do
D-Scan
※ --- D-Scan: All	Broad D-Scan filter intended to show all supported object categories included in the preset. Best starting point when troubleshooting missing ships.
※ D-Scan: Ships (Defensive)	Defensive scan focused on ships and selected threat-relevant objects. Intended to help you identify ships that could threaten you.
※ D-Scan: Hunter (+Dro) (Offensive)	Offensive hunting scan that includes drones in addition to the objects selected for the hunter filter.
※ D-Scan: Hunter (-Dro) (Offensive)	Offensive hunting scan that excludes drones to reduce clutter and focus on other targets.
Travel & Navigation
✈ --- Travel: All	Broad travel filter. Shows a wide range of objects while travelling, including ships and navigation-relevant objects.
✈ Travel (-Ship +Sta)	Travel-focused view that excludes ships and emphasizes stations and navigation objects, reducing clutter while moving between systems.
✈ Travel (+Ship -Sta)	Travel-focused view that includes ships but excludes stations, useful when you want to see nearby ships without station clutter.
⌘ Brackets: Travel	Space-bracket filter for navigation, controlling which objects appear as icons in space during travel.
PvX
✜ --- PvX: Basic (+Neut +NPC)	General-purpose activity filter that includes neutral pilots and NPCs, alongside the other configured object categories.
✜ PvX: Anoms	Displays objects relevant to anomaly-running, helping identify site-related objects and NPC activity.
✜ PvX: Exploring	Exploration-oriented filter for objects relevant to scanning, hacking, and exploration sites.
✜ PvX: FW	Filter intended for faction warfare activity.
✜ PvX: Incursion	Filter intended for incursion sites and their associated objects.
✜ PvX: Mission Filter (+LCO +LCS)	Mission-oriented filter, including the configured large collidable objects and structures (LCO/LCS) relevant to mission environments.
✜ PvX: PI	Planetary interaction-oriented filter.
✜ PvX: Ratting	Filter for ratting, or killing NPC pirates for bounties and other rewards.
✜ PvX: Mining - All	Broad mining filter for asteroid mining, including the relevant mining objects and configured site-related objects.
✜ PvX: Mining - Moon	Moon-mining-oriented filter for the objects associated with moon mining operations.
✜ PvX: Salvage/Loot	Filter for wrecks, containers, and other objects relevant to salvaging and looting.
Brackets (e.g. the icons displayed in the space view)
⌘ Brackets: Combat/Targets/Friendly (+Dro)	Space icons for combat-relevant objects, targets, friendly ships, and drones.
⌘ Brackets: Combat/Targets/Friendly (-Dro)	Similar combat-oriented brackets, but excludes drones to reduce visual clutter.
⌘ Brackets: Incursion	Space icons relevant to incursion activity.
⌘ Brackets: Misc	Miscellaneous objects not necessarily central to combat or navigation.
⌘ Brackets: Warpout (!)	Bracket configuration intended to support escape and warp-out awareness.
Friendly, target, and extra-purpose presets
✪ --- Friendly: All	Shows the configured set of friendly pilots and objects.
✪ = Friendly: Fleet	Focuses on fleet members.
✥ Target: Drones	Focuses on drones as targets, making them easier to identify and select.
➲ Extra: Align Points	Shows objects useful as alignment references when preparing to warp.
➲ Extra: Podsaver (!)	A specialized escape-oriented filter intended to help you find warp-out options when trying to save your capsule.

Faction Warfare and the EVE University Overview

The EVE University Overview has been updated to ensure friendly designations (pilots in your corporation or blue to your corporation) are prioritized over pilots appearing as at war with your militia (orange flashing star). This ensures that players are not firing on friendly players that happen to be in opposing militias, in accordance with the rules of engagement in EVE University.

If you participate in Faction Warfare, it is highly advised you ensure you have the most recent EVE University Overview settings, or at least check that your overview priorities are set up correctly for it. See the image below - the right side of the image is how the overview MUST be set up for all Faction Warfare participating EVE University members.