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Okay, so I did some troubleshooting today to see if I could figure out why people were having problems on new installs. For some reason, when you run EQ for the first time under WINE, it doesn't create an eqclient.ini. Those of us who copied an existing install were unaffected, but anyone trying to do a fresh install crashed. It seems you can get started by creating a barebones eqclient.ini with only the following:

[Defaults]
WindowedModeXOffset=1
WindowedModeYOffset=1
WindowedMode=TRUE
[VideoMode]
Width=1024
Height=768
WidthWindowed=1024
HeightWindowed=768
WindowedWidth=1024
WindowedHeight=768
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0

While I was at it, I documented the steps to do a new install from the discs under WINE. Here's the minimum of what you need to do to run EQ under Mac OS X using Avatar's WINE wrapper:

1. If this is your first time setting up Project 1999, complete steps 2 and 3 (only!) on http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...akka=PlayGuide to setup your accounts.
2. Download the Project 1999 Wine Wrapper from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ltz58wddkaf30eh
3. Extract the app into your Applications folder
4. Right click on the Project 1999 app and choose "Show Package Contents." Inside the Package, you should see three things. A folder name "Contents", a shortcut named "drive_c", and a program named "Wineskin".
5. Open Wineskin.
6. Click the button that says “Install Windows Software”
7. Insert disc 1 of Everquest Titanium, or if you backed up your discs to ISO files, double-click the first one and it’ll mount on your desktop.
8. Navigate to disc 1 and choose setup.exe.
9. Follow the installation instructions. When prompted for a destination to install to, change it from the default to C:\P99.
10. Continue following the installation instructions, inserting/mounting the next disc when prompted.
11. Once the install is complete, Wineskin will ask you for the main executable. Make sure eqgame.exe is selected and click OK.
12. Choose “Advanced”
13. The Windows EXE path should say "/P99/eqgame.exe". Verify that this path is valid. If you named your EQ folder something else, then replace the "P99" with that name. If you installed inside of Program Files, then be sure to add that to the path.
14. EXE Flags should say "patchme", otherwise EQEmu will not launch.
15. Click the Tools tab.
16. Click the Winetricks button.
17. Under fonts, click the checkbox next to corefonts.
18. Click the Run button. When prompted if you wish to run Winetricks, click Run.
19. When it’s done, click Close.
20. Click "Done" and then "Quit". That should be all the configuration you need to verify for the Wineskin application.
21. Go back to the Finder window where you were looking inside the Project 1999 package. Open the the drive_c shortcut, and then navigate to your P99 folder. Remove (drag to the trash) the following files:
    

    arena.eqg
    arena_EnvironmentEmitters.txt
    lavastorm.eqg
    nektulos.eqg
    Nektulos_EnvironmentEmitters.txt

22. Download and extract http://www.project1999.org/files/P99Files30.zip (if this link does not work, go to http://www.project1999.org, download the latest patch, and continue with these instructions. Also, PM me a reminder to update this post[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]). Copy the following files into your P99 folder. You will be asked if you wish to replace the existing files; say yes.
    

    dbstr_us.txt
    dsetup.dll
    eqhost.txt
    spells_us.txt
    spellsnew.eff

23. Copy Resources/GlobalLoad.txt and Resources/loadscreen.jpg from that zip file into your Resources folder, replacing the existing files. DO NOT just copy the Resources folder from the zip file. You will overwrite your existing Resources folder and lose a bunch of needed files, and you will have to start over from the beginning.
24. Copy everything from within the uifiles/default folder of that zip file to the uifiles/default folder within your P99 folder, replacing any existing files.
25. Open TextEdit and paste the following:
    

    [Defaults]
    WindowedModeXOffset=1
    WindowedModeYOffset=1
    WindowedMode=TRUE
    [VideoMode]
    Width=1024
    Height=768
    WidthWindowed=1024
    HeightWindowed=768
    WindowedWidth=1024
    WindowedHeight=768
    FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
    FullscreenRefreshRate=0

26. Under the Format menu, choose “Make Plain Text.” Save it to your P99 folder (easy way to avoid having to rifle through your system: in Finder, drag one of the files in the P99 folder to TextEdit’s Save As window), and save it as eqclient.ini. Make sure “hide extension” is unchecked.

That should get you into the game. I also suggest installing the updated textures from here as well as replacing the loading and login server screens with Classic versions from here. Of course, you can also install any custom UI you want.

All you guys having issues with black screens, crashing on startup, etc. please try installing from scratch using these instructions and let us know the results. Good luck. =)