'spells file is outdated' - Ubuntu on Dell D630

[dmorawski]

I'm trying to get p99 running on my Dell Latitude D630. This laptop is from circa 2007 and has integrated graphics, so I'm not entirely optimistic. But the problems I'm experiencing don't seem related to that..

I followed mgellan's guide for installing p99 on linux. Due to space limitations, I had to install EQ on a drive different than C:. I created a new drive (H: ) using winecfg, and made the appropriate Program Files/p99 folders. Then I installed EQ to that location, without issue.

I downloaded the most recent patch from project1999.com and deleted the problem zone files (arena, lava, nek). I downloaded the eqclient.ini file that mgellan provides and made some adjustments to the resolution.

I edited the EQ shortcut on my desktop as mgellan instructs, loaded the game, and crashed several times while the character screen was loading.

In an attempt to debug this, I made a script, again according to mgellan's instructions:

#!/bin/sh 
# if you don't have the script's cwd set, you get XML errors 
export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine/ 
cd < where my EQ is located >

# Bind to one core of the processor and launch. 
# The client will spew a lot of errors, especially every time 
# you target a mob, hence the stdout/stderr redirect. 
# You probably want to leave off the 2>/dev/null until you're satisfied 
# everything is working. 
taskset -c 0 padsp wine eqgame.exe patchme #2>/dev/null #I commented this out to see what errors I was getting

Using this script, I am now able to load the character screen, but it says my spells file is out of date and I need get the patch from project1999.com

Thanks in advance!

Update: Because of case-sensitivity on Linux, DSETUP.DLL was not replaced by dsetup.dll in the patch. So after getting rid of the old .dll file, the error message went away.

[mgellan]

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

Using this script, I am now able to load the character screen, but it says my spells file is out of date and I need get the patch from project1999.com

Thanks in advance!

Download these and install them in your EQ directory - http://www.project1999.com/files/P99Files33.zip, whenever these come out they're posted on the front page of the web site.

Regards,
Mg

[dmorawski]

Thanks for the reply - as I mentioned in my post, I did this. Other ideas?

[Thulack]

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

Thanks for the reply - as I mentioned in my post, I did this. Other ideas?

Well not having the new files in the right place is what gives you the spellfiles out of date error. When you extracted the files into the folder did it ask you to overwrite the old files? if not you are doing something wrong then.

[dmorawski]

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

Well not having the new files in the right place is what gives you the spellfiles out of date error. When you extracted the files into the folder did it ask you to overwrite the old files? if not you are doing something wrong then.

Oddly enough, it only asks me to overwrite files when copying the files in the main p99 directory. The other directories (Resources, SpellEffects, uifiles) did not. I was sure to not overwrite the entire directories, though, so I'm not sure why this would be.

[Swish]

Try deleting all the files individually and manually extracting. Sounds laborious but it might be a possible cure [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Thulack]

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

Oddly enough, it only asks me to overwrite files when copying the files in the main p99 directory. The other directories (Resources, SpellEffects, uifiles) did not. I was sure to not overwrite the entire directories, though, so I'm not sure why this would be.

You do want to overwrite anything it asks. so if you clicked no to not overwriting something then thats what you did wrong.

[Thulack]

And i played live EQ 2 years ago on a Latitude D600 so your 630 should have no issue playing p99.

[myriverse]

Every single time I've ever gotten the "spell file" error it has been wrong. Just saying.

[mgellan]

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

Every single time I've ever gotten the "spell file" error it has been wrong. Just saying.

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?

Regards,
Mg