'spells file is outdated' - Ubuntu on Dell D630

[Coriolis]

I am attempting to get EQ running on wine this morning, and am having the same issue. I have extracted the spell files to the EverQuest directory directly and via copy/paste (Yes-to-all for replacement) and still get the error.

Going to attempt to manually delete all the files and then copy over to see if it is somehow an issue with the sub-directories not being moved properly, but that seems unusual. I'll let ya know how it goes.

[myriverse]

Originally Posted by mgellan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thats not real clear - are you saying every time you have gotten the "spell file" error it was an error OTHER than spell files, or are you saying every time you got that it's because of some problem with the spell files - which is my experience.

OP's EQ seems to be running just fine if you get the patch applied. You need it in the $WINEPREFIX/drive_h/Program Files/Everquest99 folder right?

Every time I've gotten the error, there's been absolutely nothing wrong with my spell file. The problem lies with the server's ability to properly detect my spell file... for whatever reason. I wouldn't really put my faith into what the error says.

But yes, put it wherever your P99 folder is.

[Coriolis]

Originally Posted by myriverse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Every time I've gotten the error, there's been absolutely nothing wrong with my spell file. The problem lies with the server's ability to properly detect my spell file... for whatever reason.

You know of any fixes for this then? Can't really do anything from the client side then eh?

[myriverse]

The problems I encounter seem to be related to my Internet connection, and not necessarily my system or P99's. I can usually log in, eventually, but sometimes it takes many, many tries (some days 20 or more). Most days I get no problems at all.

[Coriolis]

Hmm.. I'm running a wired 50 Mbit/s connection atm, but I'll give that a shot, see if maybe the server decides to properly read the files.

[dmorawski]

Okay - so I manually copied each of the patch files over the drive_h/Program\ Files\p99 folder and had to overwrite files in each case. I'm still get the 'spells file outdated' message.

Kind of at a loss. One thing I will say is that my drive_h (where p99 is installed) is not a subdirectory of $WINEPREFIX, which gets set to /home/dmorawski/.wine when I launch p99. However, I setup drive_h using winecfg and it seems to be finding the files without issue, just not the most up-to-date spells file..

[Coriolis]

Think I got it figured out, at least the issue I was having.

You need to rename the P99 dsetup.dll to DSETUP.dll so that it actually overwrites the one in the everquest directory. Windows doesn't have this case sensitivity so will overwrite regardless, but linux will just toss both of them in there apparently. Since the server uses this dll as a hook for the spell file check, you have to make sure it's updated.

Hope that helps, good luck.

[dmorawski]

Originally Posted by Coriolis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You need to rename the P99 dsetup.dll to DSETUP.dll so that it actually overwrites the one in the everquest directory. Windows doesn't have this case sensitivity so will overwrite regardless, but linux will just toss both of them in there apparently. Since the server uses this dll as a hook for the spell file check, you have to make sure it's updated.

This was exactly my problem! Thanks so much, Coriolis & everyone for your help. I'm now running EQ in Linux! Whoa!

[Deliverus_Gamorum]

I am having the same problem. When I do get the files from the getting started page and extract or copy/paste them it asks me to replace every time (something around 70+ files). However, it still mentions that my spell file is outdated ERRORCODE SP-1

[Coriolis]

Are you running on wine? In that case read the part about the DLL above.