The Al'Kabor Project (PC/Mac) EQmac - EverQuest done right

[LittleSorcerer7]

First off let me say P1999 is the Best progression server ever to go to Velious.
That being said:
Anyone interested in a brand new progression server going to and stopping and Planes of Power,
http://www.takproject.net/forums/

If you have any questions PM me here.

[dustysr06]

allows boxing :(

otherwise, would probably try it out

[LittleSorcerer7]

Yeah, they are allowing 3 boxxing with the IP tracking like p1999 does. But honestly im not boxxing and the server is legit. Ive died 15 times trying to get to level 2. I think P1999 beginning mobs were made easier.

[Swish]

My kingdom for a PoP server with enforced rules on boxing...

[pharmakos]

i'm playing here. two-boxing.... Pharmakos+Madriax (Necro+Pally). been a struggle getting to level 6 so far. blind as fuck at night. really enjoying this. good stuff.

[Cecily]

Mac exclusive server. God dammit apple people. PC users liked PoP too.

[SamwiseRed]

boxing? naw

[citizen1080]

I'm there already. Sorrows / Daishi / Kira - Shoot me a tell and lets kill some monsters.

And if you are real clever...u can play it on a PC...like the rest of us.

Also - boxing is the only way to make eq even mildly challenging. I always boxed on live and always missed not being able to do it on p99.

[Arclyte]

boxing is gay and so are you bob

[Bazia]

Boxing makes servers end up with populations of like 40 guys boxing down all dragons and important named mobs with zero community

[LittleSorcerer7]

Yeah, you can play it on a PC, thats how i am playing as well. Its been a real challenge again =)

[Breeziyo]

I'm there already. Sorrows / Daishi / Kira - Shoot me a tell and lets kill some monsters.

And if you are real clever...u can play it on a PC...like the rest of us.


I've hit a wall trying to get a working client on PC. All the downloads and guides I find have links I need to visit that 404 and Hopefully you still have the Intel OSX client or a working PC client from before Al`Kabor was shut down. Beyond that we will not allow discussions on this forum or game server in regards to how to get it.

[Orruar]

Any guidance on how to play on PC would be great. Will probably check this thing out soon.

If the presence of boxing keeps filthy red spammers like Swish and Samwise away, it sounds like the place to be. It's not like much interesting raid content can be taken down by less than 30 people anyway (who gives a shit about Kunark dragons), so the presence of boxing hardly leads to an anti-social raiding community. P99 has no boxing and it has about the most toxic raiding community ever imagined.

[Cecily]

And if you are real clever...u can play it on a PC...like the rest of us.

http://i.imgur.com/UcCtRXw.gif

[pharmakos]

40 guys ... down[ing] all dragons and important named mobs

sounds familiar.

[citizen1080]

Anyone who wants to get it up running on PC PM me and i will get you the links to the dropbox to get it going.

[Cookiefist]

Man I miss pop content. Ill be starting up here if the bugs are not ground breaking.

[citizen1080]

So the links i had are giving 404 errors...i downloaded the files however and will upload them to my personal dropbox here shortly. I need to find the instructions tho as I dont think i downloaded them.

[citizen1080]

Ok, I rewrote the instructions and uploaded the files to my personal dropbox account. If you want to play PM me and Ill send you the goods.

[pharmakos]

despite the fact that this server is going to go all the way up to Planes of Power, it feels wayyyy more classic due to the classic UI. my human is blind as hell at night. there are no item links. there is no damage message for each DOT tick. etc. etc. etc.

and no in-game maps still BTW.

[Daldaen]

despite the fact that this server is going to go all the way up to Planes of Power, it feels wayyyy more classic due to the classic UI. my human is blind as hell at night. there are no item links. there is no damage message for each DOT tick. etc. etc. etc.

and no in-game maps still BTW.

Yea the client they have has far more classic things. Item linking does work with the Luclin UI though.

No /hidecorpses looted.
No scrollwheel to 3rd person
The original UI is available in all its glory by changing a line in your eq client.ini file.
Darkness is legit and light sources matter.

People can complain about 3-boxing all they want. But eventually in EQ mobs require more than some neckbeards. And hopefully this server follows the original in that neckbeards don't drive it like they do here. A man can dream.

I just love me some PoP so I'll be on the server playing and hope they release expansions quickly(ish).

[pharmakos]

ah i've been using the velious UI, since the place i got the client from had replaced all the default UI files with custom crap.

speaking of -- does anyone have a copy of the original /uifiles/default/ folder for EQMac? would greatly appreciate if i could somehow get it.

[citizen1080]

As slow as lvling is while boxing I hope they release content fairly slowly lol. I am far from a neckbeard anymore and playtime pretty limited. But, with no manastones or rubicite etc to rush for there isn't so much pressure on the casual player at server launch...which is nice.

[pharmakos]

exp is moving pretty steady for me. there is a a big difference between killing dark blues and killing yellows. i've mostly been kiting with my necro for big kills. get about 4-8% exp for killing a yellow or a low red.

with no int gear it eats a whole mana bar per kill, but its still worth it.

[citizen1080]

Yea...im running bard/beastlord/druid so once i get my pet and a few spell sets i should start doing much better xp wise. Just pretty painful to start with lol.

[pharmakos]

i've been doing some really ghetto two box kiting tactics with my necro/pally duo. killed fippy darkpaw at level 2 by setting necro to autrorun and having him hold agro with disease cloud, and had my paladin running behind meleeing him down with a rusty scimitar.

was pretty epic tbph. would have worked much better if i'd had a druid for snare.

[OfftuneRZ]

What is with these nerds crying about boxing? Did none of you morons play live? Boxing happened on the regular.

[georgie]

play with real people or play by myself sounds a lot like any red box before project, also I don't play blue

[Oogei]

What's the population like on this server?

[Blitzers]

I would like to see a server that once they release the next expansion old content becomes PVP for anyone level 50, and added to epic quest is the requirement of having to have 100 PVP kills. Which could only be done in old world. So when kunark releases Norrath becomes PVP for level 50+. The only way to unflag PVP is complete your epic or 100 PVP kills and achieve level 60 or de level to 49. PVP death includes experience loss, and you cannot kill the same PVPer more then 1x per 24 hours.

[Orruar]

I would like to see a server that once they release the next expansion old content becomes PVP for anyone level 50, and added to epic quest is the requirement of having to have 100 PVP kills. Which could only be done in old world. So when kunark releases Norrath becomes PVP for level 50+. The only way to unflag PVP is complete your epic or 100 PVP kills and achieve level 60 or de level to 49. PVP death includes experience loss, and you cannot kill the same PVPer more then 1x per 24 hours.

That sounds absolutely fucking terrible. That's the worst idea I've ever heard. Thanks Tom.

http://www.caffeine-headache.net/weblog/officespace6.jpg

[citizen1080]

Sounds like something already in place on one of the 200 some emu servers that have 2 population...odd that.

[Pokesan]

NPC melee damage is pretty overtuned on this server, yah?

[citizen1080]

Not sure...i know xp seems sloooooooow as shit lol. But its been many years since i was lvl 1 without 300k+ in twink gear.

[pharmakos]

What's the population like on this server?

84 accounts in general chat

but can play up to 3 boxes so divide that 84 by some number between 1 and 3 to get the actual number of players

there are a decent amount of people that are single or dual boxing rather than triple

[Bardalicious]

The thought of classic UI and darkness is enough to pique my interest.

May have to try this.

[citizen1080]

I think once word gets out to the old AK players and it spread more here it should have a pretty solid population.

[Taryth]

Help me, Bob. Give me the keys to salvation, for my PC knows not the ways of Apple.

[citizen1080]

Post is a little deep now...so again. If you need the files to get this server working on a PC i have them on my private dropbox. Shoot me a PM and ill be happy to send you the link. Lots of people so far!

I will PM you taryth

[citizen1080]

So it looks like they shut down that dropbox link...too much bandwidth coming from my account maybe i dunno. Anyone have somewhere we can store these files for easy access for everyone?

[LittleSorcerer7]

Sent info to tary

[Tankdan]

only on p99 is the term 'boxing' toxic

[pharmakos]

at least there is an actual limit to boxing. some emu servers let you box entire raids.

so yeah the level cap right now is 50, but some day it will be 65. so some day there will be people threeboxing kunark dragons. but no one is going to be boxing velious raid content or later by themselves. and end game content -- Planes of Power -- is still going to require a lot of people, even if they're all two or three boxing.

[kcsdman]

PM me if you're playing on here and want maps. I honestly hate the "classic" no-maps. They don't function on P99 but will on Al'Kabor

[Tongpow]

>3 boxing: the server.

http://i.minus.com/inVAGKCJhnwwx.gif

[Cookiefist]

Does anyone have a client for mac? Thinking of loading up vmware to run this.

[SamwiseRed]

the main reason i play this emu over live is the no boxing rule. sad that they allow 3 boxing. could have been fun.

[Brojob]

I also could use the files to get this going.

I have both mac and pc but would prefer to play on PC.

Thanks!

[apio]

see now I am 2x as glad as before, knowing that allowing boxing kept samwise away from the server!

Hooray for boxing!

[heartbrand]

3 boxing is dum

[Diro]

Ive got fresh titanium files to install, does anyone have the required mac files I need to play? Bobs links are down again.

[citizen1080]

Got diro a updated link...they seem to die after 24 hours..gotta get a new link each day.

[Gwence]

there's no post anywhere as to how to log into this server lol

maybe its super easy for u educated people I guess

[citizen1080]

You failed the first test Gwence. I am afraid you are not worthy

[Brojob]

send me a link plz buddy

[chtulu]

I'll play. let's do this. i need a monsoon again.

[citizen1080]

http://grabilla.com/05104-46146a24-9d58-4a50-925b-350ce84f57c4.html

http://grabilla.com/05104-673818fb-e3d1-4061-9b96-7d642c46da5b.html

Forums wont let me embed grabilla screen shots...so click and you should be good.

[Laugher]

Is p fun, me and a friend been casually solo boxing (me a wizard him a mag) have not had any issues finding groups since everyone boxing made some semblance of a tank/healer group, hit a 10 wiz up @ Laugher :p

[Nathan123706]

Could anyone give me a run down of how to get started on this server? I have eq titanium. And I assume it is possible/required to have two installs? One for p99 and one for mac. Any help would be appreciated, not the best with these sorts of things!

[Nydosa]

Would take the download link too, please.

Thank you.

[Drakaris]

Shoot me the download link for the Mac client... thanks!

[citizen1080]

Gotten ~40 people hooked up with the files to play on PC client so far =) Going to have a nice p99 demographic on the new AK server.

If you need the files shoot me a PM please.

[Erasong]

PM instructions plz!

[Diro]

Server is legit. Good chance for people that have lives to keep up with the cave dweller crowd. Expansions unlock after 70% of active population has completed end game content, or a vote is taken to get moved onto the next.

The server just started so jump before you get left behind again!!

[Daldaen]

I don't quite understand the hate on boxing.

Is playing a level 10 mage solo that thrilling for you? Adding in boxes certainly makes you interact more with the game. And it's up to you how much you wish to interact with other players. You can be a hermit and solo in out of the way zones in P99 never interacting just like you could 3-box and do the same thing on this server.

Or you can join full groups on both servers.

Anywho the server is legit mainly due to the client. So much classicness that this server cannot get unfortunately.

Stand to cast, sit to camp from day 1.
No target rings
No maps
No walk forward to stand
No scroll to 3rd person with mouse wheel (this makes the game much more difficult in certain instances)
No broken-prenerf items (CoS, Manastone, Fungi staff, Holgresh Beads, and Donals 1.0 will never exist here)
Can't see your mana value in UI
Can't have more than 1 hotbar page
No hidecorpses looted
No buff timers
No combat ability window (discs) - learn to type /disc evasive and make a hotkey to go on your single Hotbutton page
No cycle target hotkey - learn to CC without Easymode enchanters.

It's very difficult, even with boxing.

[Diro]

I don't quite understand the hate on boxing.

Is playing a level 10 mage solo that thrilling for you? Adding in boxes certainly makes you interact more with the game. And it's up to you how much you wish to interact with other players. You can be a hermit and solo in out of the way zones in P99 never interacting just like you could 3-box and do the same thing on this server.

Or you can join full groups on both servers.

Anywho the server is legit mainly due to the client. So much classicness that this server cannot get unfortunately.

Stand to cast, sit to camp from day 1.
No target rings
No maps
No walk forward to stand
No scroll to 3rd person with mouse wheel (this makes the game much more difficult in certain instances)
No broken-prenerf items (CoS, Manastone, Fungi staff, Holgresh Beads, and Donals 1.0 will never exist here)
Can't see your mana value in UI
Can't have more than 1 hotbar page
No hidecorpses looted
No buff timers
No combat ability window (discs) - learn to type /disc evasive and make a hotkey to go on your single Hotbutton page
No cycle target hotkey - learn to CC without Easymode enchanters.

It's very difficult, even with boxing.

Agreed. It has a much more classic feel than p99 right off the get go. Love p99 but the community is fucked here, I'm glad I will be able to start over with a new crowd.

[wwoneo]

Allows boxing so I'm not even going to consider it. If boxing was not permitted I would try it.

[jturkydurk]

what are the instructions for installing via mac? i cant find any

[Byrjun]

Anyone know how to download the dropbox files? When I click download it tells me the file is too large to download.

[Rec]

The problem with boxing is that the people who actually want to play with a living player have no one to group with because everyone is out duoing with their box

[Samoht Farstrider]

I want to try this out. Please PM link/files to get started.

Thanks!

[pharmakos]

The problem with boxing is that the people who actually want to play with a living player have no one to group with because everyone is out duoing with their box

i've seen a lot of single boxers in game already

and i'm willing to add anybody in level range into my twobox group.

[Zapatos]

I think boxing severely devalues the individual character. If someone's not good enough or doesn't do enough damage, rather than improve their toon or team up with the community they can just add another box to their army. While I'll certaintly agree it takes a whole new kind of skill to box 3 toons using legit means... Once everyone is doing it (and they will if you let them) the solo character won't be able to keep up and will be forced to box or stay inferior. That's not EQ to me.

I wish the dudes over at takp just restricted the boxes to traders or xfer mules or w/e. That doesn't seem as game breaking as a player who boxes through PoP with 2 chanters and a cleric. Best of luck to anyone who wants to try it though

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

I think boxing severely devalues the individual character. If someone's not good enough or doesn't do enough damage, rather than improve their toon or team up with the community they can just add another box to their army. While I'll certaintly agree it takes a whole new kind of skill to box 3 toons using legit means... Once everyone is doing it (and they will if you let them) the solo character won't be able to keep up and will be forced to box or stay inferior. That's not EQ to me.

I wish the dudes over at takp just restricted the boxes to traders or xfer mules or w/e. That doesn't seem as game breaking as a player who boxes through PoP with 2 chanters and a cleric. Best of luck to anyone who wants to try it though

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree. In my experience playing for 3 years on PEQ 2-boxing (where practically everyone else boxed an entire group) I managed to get the best geared of one class and top five of the other on the whole server without much effort at all. Less characters means you get to focus the gear you get, since in a group you roll per person not per character.

::edit:: note that this was several years before P99 so PEQ wasn't a joke of a server back then.

[Taryth]

I think boxing severely devalues the individual character. If someone's not good enough or doesn't do enough damage, rather than improve their toon or team up with the community they can just add another box to their army. While I'll certaintly agree it takes a whole new kind of skill to box 3 toons using legit means... Once everyone is doing it (and they will if you let them) the solo character won't be able to keep up and will be forced to box or stay inferior. That's not EQ to me.

I wish the dudes over at takp just restricted the boxes to traders or xfer mules or w/e. That doesn't seem as game breaking as a player who boxes through PoP with 2 chanters and a cleric. Best of luck to anyone who wants to try it though

The EQmac server client is extremely difficult to properly box with, compared to PEQ. Disregarding the inability to use MQ2 for even simple functions such as improved follow, or melee stick/assist, the inability to scroll out into third person is extremely limiting. Situational awareness suffers greatly. No tab-cycle targeting also throws a wrench into the works.

I don't think many people will choose to box Enchanters on this server, though I know some will, of course. They wont be played nearly as optimally as they would be if played alone, or with only one other character, however.

The three-box limit prevents people from being able to do everything alone. It takes a full group of mid-late PoP geared characters to take down most Velious content on PEQ, and the mobs are generally weaker on that server. Plus, players have the benefit of MQ2 and other such programs on PEQ. This server will not allow any of that.

In short, people complaining about not being competitive without boxing are being silly. This is not PEQ. People cannot run their own groups. There is still very much a need to group up with other players to take down any significant (read: gear-dropping) content at-level.


I will be duoing a mage and cleric, for what it's worth. I started with a Monk, Shm, and War . . . but it's just annoying managing the third character. I used to six box on PEQ with MQ2 only used for basic functions (no macros), and that was fine. But having to stand on caster characters before actually casting, among other things, makes manual boxing incredibly tedious. I'd rather just stick to a solid, if slightly inefficient, dual box. This way I can "solo" when I can't find a group, but I can easily fit into groups when I need/find them. I have seen many other people approaching the three-box limit with a similar strategy. It's just more convenient.

[apio]

There is no need for MQ2 stick or autofollow, because autofollow actually works fine on TAKP. If you need a program to box for you, you shouldn't be boxing, that's why I think PEQ is a failboat.

When it gets to game and client mechanics, the client used on TAKP is way more "classic" than the current client used to run P99. I am really looking forward to the QQ that will ensue once Secrets is done with his work on the trilogy client and it becomes mandatory here.

I would go as far as to say that a lot of people currently playing are gonna quit over it, it definitely will make "playing together with your fake wife/friends over VPN" a bit more challenging at least

[Zapatos]

I'm just speaking from first hand experience from the prior eqmac server. 3 toons can do serious damage, though hopefully history doesn't repeat itself there!

Also you can switch to a 3rd person view by switching camera angles then zooming out with the keyboard

[Byrjun]

Anyone know how to download the dropbox files? When I click download it tells me the file is too large to download.

[Daldaen]

The problem with boxing is that the people who actually want to play with a living player have no one to group with because everyone is out duoing with their box

The same thing can be said of soloers not inviting people or duoers keeping to themselves here. It's all about the person you meet.

Some don't want to interact with people. Some will gladly invite you. Boxing is rather irrelevant to that. It allows someone who doesn't want to interact to accomplish more, sure. But people will behave the same way with or without it.

I've joined several groups with boxers and non-boxers alike. I've yet to be snubbed for a group. The only thing that's happened so far was a guy was 3-boxing, I joined him for a bit and then 30min later his 3-boxing friend showed up and they went off to duo together. No big deal, I probably would have done the same thing. We still buffed each other and tossed heals, he just didn't want to outlevel or get outleveled by his friend's toons.

Byrjun I'm not sure where the files are. I've had the client for 2 years and I'm still working off the old one I downloaded back then. I'd have to dig up what all is needed to set up this one. I have the resource folder and the secrets patch. Dunno where I could host them though.

[Walth]

I was excited about this but the way it is starting killed it for me. I didn't know anything of the prior EQmac or Al'Kabor projects, so I was expecting this to be a launch with progression from a new classic server. I was disappointed to find out that isn't necessarily the case.

I tried it before this post arrived. The two highlighted items are my biggest beef. They may have been broken but they're classic. If the server is going to institute lame classic features as no walking to stand or casting to stand, then everything else should have been classic too, leaving those items in.

I don't mind difficulty, as I play without using most of those options below. The no scrolly mouse sucks though. I've been conditioned for like 12 years to use a scrolly mouse from 1st to 3rd.


<snip>
Anywho the server is legit mainly due to the client. So much classicness that this server cannot get unfortunately.

Stand to cast, sit to camp from day 1.
No target rings
No maps
No walk forward to stand
No scroll to 3rd person with mouse wheel (this makes the game much more difficult in certain instances)
No broken-prenerf items (CoS, Manastone, Fungi staff, Holgresh Beads, and Donals 1.0 will never exist here)
Can't see your mana value in UI
Can't have more than 1 hotbar page
No hidecorpses looted
No buff timers
No combat ability window (discs) - learn to type /disc evasive and make a hotkey to go on your single Hotbutton page
No cycle target hotkey - learn to CC without Easymode enchanters.
<snip>



Good luck on the project. It did take me back in time, as immediately upon logging in, the game is more classic looking in regards to graphics - much darker and much grainier.

[Nathan123706]

I know it's just started but what's the population like? Many groups going in the newbie zones?

[Daldaen]

Well you need to understand the server isn't a classic progression server. The title here is a bit misleading.

The only goal is to emulate the Al'Kabor server. Progression is a byproduct of its development.

On Al'Kabor the only Manastones, guises and fungi staves were GM awarded and of the 3 or so that existed, most were on account not active since 2005.

Scrolling you get used to not having. It is far more convenient to use in a pinch to look around a wall for lull or to target a mob chasing you than F9 and panning is.

The bigger impact on gameplay is the cycle targets hotkeys. Being an Enchanter here is SOOOOOOO EASY with global cooldown refresh and cycle hotkeys. Try playing without either of those, you will see many more MEZ breaks, charm deaths, etc.

[Walth]

Thanks for info - didn't know that about al'kabor.

I like not having cycle targets and stuff, as back in the day it took alot of concentration and some skill on enchanters for that reason, and most other classes.

I may still give it a go, but i gotta let the disappointment wane a little bit. As you said the title is slightly misleading - i went in expecting a Twinkie and got a chocolate chip cookie. Both delicious, but I was in the mood for a twinkie.

[Taryth]

Anyone know how to download the dropbox files? When I click download it tells me the file is too large to download.

If anyone is still having issues DL'ing the files from Dropbox, what you need to do is install the Dropbox client onto your PC, and then add the files to your Dropbox account. They will then automatically be synced to your computer. If you don't have enough space with the default 2GB, you can recommend it to a friend for a free 50GB for a year. I just emailed it to one of my alternate emails *shrug*

I will also be hosting it on a certain kickass website once I get upload permission.

[Breeziyo]

Just now getting around to downloading it.

The ikky beastlord dream is real boys.

[Taryth]

Just now getting around to downloading it.

The ikky beastlord dream is real boys.

Beware that until Luclin releases, your gear options will be extremely limited. They are allowed to be created, but their itemization isn't in at the moment. Not until the classic planes, that is.

[apio]

You have access to the quests in Luclin and Kunark that can be completed by only visiting the zones:

Shar Vahl
Shadeweavers Thicket
Field of Bone
Cabilis (both sides)

Which means, some of the newbie quests actually work, but since most of them also use items from outside those zones (LOIO, SONH,etc) many of the quests can not be completed at this point in time

[Breeziyo]

Using abacab's client is opening the startup page where you have to press OK in fullscreen even though I have it set to windowed and none of my mouse clicks register. Can't progress beyond this.

[Taryth]

Using abacab's client is opening the startup page where you have to press OK in fullscreen even though I have it set to windowed and none of my mouse clicks register. Can't progress beyond this.

You're using EQW, right? Does a little window pop up asking you to target the eqgame exe?

[Byrjun]

what you need to do is install the Dropbox client onto your PC

wtf

[jturkydurk]

tried it last night, didn't like it.

not actually progression, there were like 0-2 people in each zone I visited except PoK which had like 8.

everyone runs around with a box, so everyone you see is in their own little group bubble. IE alts Jimbo and Pimbo at 22 and 24, Tweedledee and Tweedledum at 45 and 46, etc.

mehhhhh

[citizen1080]

OK...17 more PM's responded too...we need a better solution than this lol..someone host files in a torrent or something.

[Orruar]

tried it last night, didn't like it.

not actually progression, there were like 0-2 people in each zone I visited except PoK which had like 8.

everyone runs around with a box, so everyone you see is in their own little group bubble. IE alts Jimbo and Pimbo at 22 and 24, Tweedledee and Tweedledum at 45 and 46, etc.

mehhhhh

How many people did you ask to group? I'm gonna randomly guess 0.

[citizen1080]

Mmmm caught a typo in my instructions...

3. Unzip EQMac - Windows - eqmule - into the EQMac directory overwriting any files it needs to. Send a shortcut of EQQ.EXE to your desktop and under the compatibility tab make it run as an Admin.

Should read "Send shortcut of EQW.EXE to your desktop"

[sox7d]

The same thing can be said of soloers not inviting people or duoers keeping to themselves here. It's all about the person you meet.

Some don't want to interact with people. Some will gladly invite you. Boxing is rather irrelevant to that. It allows someone who doesn't want to interact to accomplish more, sure. But people will behave the same way with or without it.

I've joined several groups with boxers and non-boxers alike. I've yet to be snubbed for a group. The only thing that's happened so far was a guy was 3-boxing, I joined him for a bit and then 30min later his 3-boxing friend showed up and they went off to duo together. No big deal, I probably would have done the same thing. We still buffed each other and tossed heals, he just didn't want to outlevel or get outleveled by his friend's toons.

Byrjun I'm not sure where the files are. I've had the client for 2 years and I'm still working off the old one I downloaded back then. I'd have to dig up what all is needed to set up this one. I have the resource folder and the secrets patch. Dunno where I could host them though.

What an ideal anecdote that barely ever happens.

It's already apparent through on P99 with fungi twinks everywhere and yes, I am demonizing soloing. Soloing is possible and easy for every class in every other solitary confinement MMO, this tragedy of the commons shit comes into play when people are given a choice. "Oh, I can't find a group, might as well solo" becomes a vicious cycle that destroys the community of the game.

[Taryth]

wtf

Ok . . .

[Orruar]

What an ideal anecdote that barely ever happens.

It's already apparent through on P99 with fungi twinks everywhere and yes, I am demonizing soloing. Soloing is possible and easy for every class in every other solitary confinement MMO, this tragedy of the commons shit comes into play when people are given a choice. "Oh, I can't find a group, might as well solo" becomes a vicious cycle that destroys the community of the game.

Twinks are a separate issue. If a fungi/tstaff twink is soloing and someone comes along with ghetto gear, adding that person to group hurts xp. If someone is 3 boxing and someone else comes along with equal gear, they can join the group and contribute enough to equal or usually enhance experience.

Of course, if you suck at EQ, you might not be grouped with them for long. Maybe that's why all these people are complaining about boxers. It reduces grouping opportunities for scrubs as nobody is required to take their dead weight just to kill blue cons.

[LittleSorcerer7]

On PC:

Read https://www.dropbox.com/s/3jod4ysms7...lient.txt?dl=0

Everquest.app https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eo5gln4sq...tZDlMacFa?dl=0

Resources Folder https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f5u9iu4nd...uVaknhv5a?dl=0

Patch https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wa2n3p5eo...M8EbOLYLa?dl=0

Tools https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qm1rz08ug...6uhoL7gHa?dl=0



The guide thing is the first link

[sox7d]

Twinks are a separate issue. If a fungi/tstaff twink is soloing and someone comes along with ghetto gear, adding that person to group hurts xp. If someone is 3 boxing and someone else comes along with equal gear, they can join the group and contribute enough to equal or usually enhance experience.

Of course, if you suck at EQ, you might not be grouped with them for long. Maybe that's why all these people are complaining about boxers. It reduces grouping opportunities for scrubs as nobody is required to take their dead weight just to kill blue cons.

8/10, almost had me there.

[apio]

On PC:

Read https://www.dropbox.com/s/3jod4ysms7...lient.txt?dl=0

Everquest.app https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eo5gln4sq...tZDlMacFa?dl=0

Resources Folder https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f5u9iu4nd...uVaknhv5a?dl=0

Patch https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wa2n3p5eo...M8EbOLYLa?dl=0

Tools https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qm1rz08ug...6uhoL7gHa?dl=0



The guide thing is the first link

you inserted broken links the "..." are actually dots in your link

[LittleSorcerer7]

Fuhhhhh. Pm me for real links

[apio]

sorry browser mishap

[Haynar]

I will try it out, once I know what to DL and have the instructions on how to get up and going.

H

[citizen1080]

Dropbox is nuking the share links faster and faster. Last one i sent out only lasted a few hours. If someone can torrent the files...or has a server they can be posted to then I will share with them...but otherwise gonna stop before dropbox shuts down my account =p

[Pokesan]

isn't the boxing question still up for future discussion? I think I remember devs saying it would be revisited for community input some later when the alpha vote ended

[Taryth]

Kickass wont allow me to upload on account of me being too new, haha. I never bothered to create an account previously. But I'll have it up within a week or so. *sigh*

[2pacalypse]

20 boxing emu was kawaii when there was still a live EQ to go back to and i wondered what 20 boxing would be like

anyone who would choose to box having tasted both is a fag

[Breeziyo]

You're using EQW, right? Does a little window pop up asking you to target the eqgame exe?

i've realized my error, it was targeting the eqgame of a different everquest directory

[mgellan]

Run EQW as Admin, get memory exception on Station screen (game continues loading). I can get to server select but the game crashes during the splash screen a few seconds in...

Anyone else having any problems?

Regards,
Mg

[citizen1080]

You still have wineq or some eq 3rd party program running? I was getting that as well till i shutdown anything that might be targeting EQ files.

[citizen1080]

20 boxing emu was kawaii when there was still a live EQ to go back to and i wondered what 20 boxing would be like

anyone who would choose to box having tasted both is a fag

The 2pac name and using kawaii pretty much invalidated not only your opinion...but your entire existence.

[mgellan]

You still have wineq or some eq 3rd party program running? I was getting that as well till i shutdown anything that might be targeting EQ files.

Yeah was thinking that, will try it on a clean system... I do have a few Intel Macs kicking around, can you still get the Mac client for OSX? Or is it only PPC?

EDIT: NM found it EDIT: Nope, no one... er... sharing :)

Regards,
Mg

[citizen1080]

No clue man...i haven't used a mac since AOL was on top of the world.

[LittleSorcerer7]

On PC:

Read https://www.dropbox.com/s/3jod4ysms7cilto/The%20Al%20Kabor%20Project%20Setup%20Guide%20-%20PC%20Client.txt?dl=0

Everquest.app https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eo5gln4sqskqefz/AAC4Qh8NwUfIEjoptZDlMacFa?dl=0

Resources Folder https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f5u9iu4ndnf61h0/AAB9NURTWoPWHsohuVaknhv5a?dl=0

Patch https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wa2n3p5eo610zla/AAB6_1a4bLriYNS2M8EbOLYLa?dl=0

Tools https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qm1rz08ug4gi7wm/AABh1Kwu-4KgizBb6uhoL7gHa?dl=0

=)

The guide thing is the first link

[Tuffpuppy]

I've been having a problem loading EQ for this, maybe someone on here knows of a way to fix it. I followed every step on the guide above, several times with different clients. Whenever I try and start EQ from EQW(running as admin)I get the same error. Exception Processing Message 0xc000007b Parameters 0x000007FEFD9E718C 0x000007FEFD9E718C 0x000007FEFD9E718C 0x000007FEFD9E718C and when I click OK another message pops up "Failed to load the graphics DLL!".

I have direct X, drivers are all updated, newest version of Visual C++, no antivirus or anything active. No issues connecting to p1999 or any other server on emu. From googling the Exception Processing Message 0xc000007b it sounds like something with my pagefile/virtual memory, I don't have much experience messing with it so I haven't touched it. It is set to system managed size currently.

If anyone has an idea any help would be great.

[citizen1080]

Are your .net frameworks current? Should have 3 different ones installed iirc.

Also make sure innerspace/wineq etc are not running and fighting for file rights.

[Stormfists]

Mac exclusive server.

Why do you yanks love the Mac. Theres about 5 mac's in Europe, and three of them are owned by Apple stores. True say.

[apio]

Memory exceptions usually are because of

missing Net Framework
missing Direct X 9.0c
WinEQ2 running at the same time

[Forsale]

Someone hook me up! :D
Accounts are created, but no client or anything...

[Tuffpuppy]

Are your .net frameworks current? Should have 3 different ones installed iirc.

Also make sure innerspace/wineq etc are not running and fighting for file rights.

Net frameworks installed and updated. Don't have innerspace or wineq on this PC.

Memory exceptions usually are because of

missing Net Framework
missing Direct X 9.0c
WinEQ2 running at the same time

Have both, no wineq.

[Zade]

sheesh this is not fun to set up :(


http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121127011456/adventuretimewithfinnandjake/images/6/6b/Spock_smash.gif

[Orruar]

20 boxing emu was kawaii when there was still a live EQ to go back to and i wondered what 20 boxing would be like

anyone who would choose to box having tasted both is a fag

So the only choices we have are to play 1 toon or box 20?

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

sheesh this is not fun to set up :(


http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121127011456/adventuretimewithfinnandjake/images/6/6b/Spock_smash.gif

I get instant crash upon entering character select screen with NewUI=TRUE, changing it to NewUI=FALSE 'fixes' the problem but then I have a teeny-tiny window with the original UI. I'd be ok with it if it weren't for the fact that it takes up less than 10% of my screen and I can't modify the chat colors.

They said its a common problem and that a fix is on the way.

[Taryth]

I get instant crash upon entering character select screen with NewUI=TRUE, changing it to NewUI=FALSE 'fixes' the problem but then I have a teeny-tiny window with the original UI. I'd be ok with it if it weren't for the fact that it takes up less than 10% of my screen and I can't modify the chat colors.

They said its a common problem and that a fix is on the way.

Go to EQMac/Resources/UIfiles. Delete or move "default" to another location. DL a custom UI, such as power of 2 or Duxa. Install under EQMac/Resources/UIfiles and rename the folder to "default." Set the NewUI to TRUE. Edit the eqclient.ini under EQMac/resources to reflect your screen res. Problem solved!

It took me a while to figure out how to get it to work, too. I hope tey fix it soon, as it's just another deterrent for potential players.

[JackFlash]

Just got this working also. Had to download power of 2 and use that instead of default UI. Works great now. Thanks citizen and company for the help!

[LittleSorcerer7]

Also if anyone is looking for a guild on the server <Shadow of Hope> is recruiting!

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Go to EQMac/Resources/UIfiles. Delete or move "default" to another location. DL a custom UI, such as power of 2 or Duxa. Install under EQMac/Resources/UIfiles and rename the folder to "default." Set the NewUI to TRUE. Edit the eqclient.ini under EQMac/resources to reflect your screen res. Problem solved!

It took me a while to figure out how to get it to work, too. I hope tey fix it soon, as it's just another deterrent for potential players.

I'm trying to avoid any special UIs that are too "custom" if you catch my drift. I keep hearing about Power of 2, is similar to the stock Velious/Luclin stock UIs?

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

I managed to get Power of 2 to work, its running full screened though, Is there an easy way to make it windowed or do I need to download some type of plugin so I have easy access to other windows/if I decide to box.

[citizen1080]

I managed to get Power of 2 to work, its running full screened though, Is there an easy way to make it windowed or do I need to download some type of plugin so I have easy access to other windows/if I decide to box.

dexpot is pretty much the only boxing software that works with eqmac. It's actually
really nice though and i am using it even when not boxing. Gives you as many desktops as you want and you can set them up with hotkeys. So i have a web/music desktop, 3 desktops for each eqmac instance im boxing etc.

[Taryth]

Hmm, I can't actually get my install to run in Fullscreen, did you try editing the ini manually? WindowedMode=FALSE should be set to TRUE if you want windows . . . however, mine is set to FALSE and I still get it windowed, haha.

Make a copy of your ini file, back it up, and then c/p my ini into it. See what happens (also, edit the resolution!)

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[Zadrian]

I get that I am "Unable to load eqw.dll"

I have it pointing to the right directory and eqw.dll is in there

[citizen1080]

I get that I am "Unable to load eqw.dll"

I have it pointing to the right directory and eqw.dll is in there

running it as admin?

[Zadrian]

running it as admin?

yep

[citizen1080]

yep

Overwrote all the files in the folder it needed to? And did u add it last? If you did it in the middle one of its files may have gotten changed. I would try extracting it into the folder again.

[Zadrian]

Overwrote all the files in the folder it needed to? And did u add it last? If you did it in the middle one of its files may have gotten changed. I would try extracting it into the folder again.

I followed the step-by-step guide linked earlier in the dropbox. I'll try reextracting it

[Zadrian]

Same issue =*(((((

[citizen1080]

Check the properties on the file. Make sure its not read only...maybe...grasping at straws at this point but it seems like a rights issue. I would check the tak tech forum as well. They have some good threads in there.

[JackFlash]

One thing to note is that the installation has to be in C:\EQMac, If you put it somewhere else you have to edit the EQW.ini to point it in the correct folder.

[brentwoodbam]

So, I've done everything and i'm getting same "Exception Processing Message 0xc0000135" message followed by "Failed to Load Graphics DLL". I followed the link for the microsoft redistributable link and it said both my Direct X and Microsoft C++ Redistributable package already had a newer version installed. Is this what i want or should I want the older versions for EQ?

[citizen1080]

You need all 3 of the .net frameworks installed

[brentwoodbam]

Got a link for that?

[citizen1080]

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/search.aspx?q=.net+framework

Install 3, 4 and 4.5 for sure. maybe 2 too...

Here is what my updates look like. Make sure you installed C++ for 32bit and 64bit

http://grabilla.com/05108-d19f3449-c30b-4161-8f63-0f4a4d32cd65.html

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Hmm, I can't actually get my install to run in Fullscreen, did you try editing the ini manually? WindowedMode=FALSE should be set to TRUE if you want windows . . . however, mine is set to FALSE and I still get it windowed, haha.

Make a copy of your ini file, back it up, and then c/p my ini into it. See what happens (also, edit the resolution!)

Sorry, I should of been more specific. The game runs in a window but the cursor is isolated to that window and doesn't allow me to interact with other windows/the desktop/etc..

[Brojob]

Thanks everyone that sent me links to get this going.

Rolled a war/shm duo.

[brentwoodbam]

Unfortunately my PC already has .net framework 4.5 and none of the prior ones will install bc it says i have newer software..... =(

Unless there is some way to bypass and force it to install the older versions?

[Brojob]

Having 4.5 shouldn't stop you from getting previous versions. Search for "turn windows features on or off" and check the box for .Net 3.0. Then hit ok.

[citizen1080]

Sorry, I should of been more specific. The game runs in a window but the cursor is isolated to that window and doesn't allow me to interact with other windows/the desktop/etc..

Bandaid for this is Ctr + Alt + R to unlock mouse. dextory works much better tho, setup your forums/music/hentai on one desktop...EQ on another.

[brentwoodbam]

So i uncheck .net 3.0 and reinstall it?

[pharmakos]

awesome post from the TAKP forums about class balance in planes of power:

From Velious to AK's PoP... I'll give this a shot off the top of my head:

Bards - Fading memories AA gives them an FD. Makes them fantastic pullers. Spell and skill focus group songs increase DPS for raids outrageously.
Beastlords - Good utility, strong pet, AA's to make them good raiders, group mana regen. Welcome in most any group.
Clerics - Still the best healers.
Druids - Additional heals to make them viable group healers. Lots of utility, good outdoor pullers which is helpful in POP experience zones. Group healers in raids.
Enchanter - Amazing on raids where charming is possible. Utility provided. The best grouping class with charm. Can illlusion other people.
Magician - No longer a mod rod summoner, COH trick pony. COH is still good, but mages do well with best ds + pets + nukes. They are in a good place.
Monk - Lost a bit in their tankability from velious, but they still reach top levels of dps, and are most often the main pullers.
Necromancer - Dots stack. Suddenly they are raid dps and utility. This is a great time for them.
Paladin - Raid off-tanks, ridiculous group tanks, utility, rez, etc. Good group healers on POP raids. Great era for hybrid tanks.
Ranger - This era is where Rangers should lose the "Ranger down!" jokes. Top of the line dps with bows and archery AA's, good outdoor pullers, track utility is gigantic in outdoor pop zones, and group ATK buffs.
Rogue - Still the best melee dps. Now you can shroud of stealth and be nearly invisible everywhere. Corpse retrievers.
Shadowknight - Great pullers, fantastic off-tanks, great group tanks, lifetaps in this era make them fun and fearsome. Hybrid tanks love POP.
Shaman - Canni 5 is game changing. As are their top level spells. This class is simply overpowered in a group, and solid on a raid. Main shamans can be bored like enchanters on raids, but they are still needed.
Warrior - The best tank just gets better in pop where high DPS mobs with less life mean warriors evasive/defensive are even better.
Wizard - Where this class lacks in group sustainable dps (its better than velious, much better!), makes up for in ridiculous burst damage. When 7/10 pop fights are short bursts rather than long sustained fights, this class shines.

As you can see, there are no dogs in this race. In my opinion, pop nearly achieved class balance unlike any other expansion. As we make our way to POP, you'll see where hybrids and utility classes finally catch up to the core classes.

Writing this made me want to play all of these classes now.

[Brojob]

So i uncheck .net 3.0 and reinstall it?

If it's already checked then you should already have it. Maybe something else is causing your error.

[citizen1080]

This means i have to lvl 5 threesomes =(

Although...there is a reason i rolled druid/bard/bst for my first...go go PL

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Bandaid for this is Ctr + Alt + R to unlock mouse. dextory works much better tho, setup your forums/music/hentai on one desktop...EQ on another.

I'm looking for it to be seamless without having to use any keyboard command. On EQlive and PEQ you simply had to click on the window you want on the taskbar.
Unlocking the mouse is certainly a step in the right direction though, so thanks for that. :)

[pharmakos]

you can also set a keyboard key to autocycle through your EQ windows.... in eqw.ini

still need to alt tab or release mouse to get to non-EQ windows, but being able to press a single key to switch between boxes is awesome.

i have not tried the surron numpad box switcher program since my laptop doesn't even have a numpad. that sounds like it would be the best solution, though.

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

I have a G-15 so I'll play around with some macro shit. Pressing a single button to release the mouse isn't that bad, I wish simply clicking the window would re-inbed it though. Mac based stuff is so senselessly counter intuitive. :eek:

[Haynar]

Made a mage. Tried to solo a single mob (have no pet, and only training robe).

10 deaths. Never came close to killing a level 1 mob.

Conclusion = its not a server for me. What a craptastic experience.

H

[pharmakos]

wat

level 1 was rough for me but not THAT rough

what race did you roll?

[Haynar]

Made a dark elf mage. Unable to kill a single mob. Using shielding buff too.

Sad. My kung fu is pretty weak if I am unable to solo a level 1 mob in a 15 year old elf sim. I did plan to box. Just not at level 1.

H

[citizen1080]

Mobs did seem a little mean to me in FoB...but i was 3 boxing so it was not as noticeable. That and i was smart enough not to roll a mage! =p

[Breeziyo]

Currently playing an ikky beastlord. I've died well over 20 times so far. Hit level 2 and I've probably got a 30% chance to beat a white for like 8-9% xp, or I can resort to sorta doing well vs level 1s for 1% xp a kill.

It's kind of unreal and something's gotta be broken. On p99 I can run out as a level 1 ikky and tank like 3-4 level 1s and be fine. People said to try other places than FoB but all of the starter zones I've been to have been no different.

I need to get to 9 so I can ball out with my pet.

[brentwoodbam]

Still getting error message "Failed to load graphics DLL". Anyone ever find a fix for that ? =/

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Currently playing an ikky beastlord. I've died well over 20 times so far. Hit level 2 and I've probably got a 30% chance to beat a white for like 8-9% xp, or I can resort to sorta doing well vs level 1s for 1% xp a kill.

It's kind of unreal and something's gotta be broken. On p99 I can run out as a level 1 ikky and tank like 3-4 level 1s and be fine. People said to try other places than FoB but all of the starter zones I've been to have been no different.

I need to get to 9 so I can ball out with my pet.

Everfrost was easy on my lvl 1 guy. Decaying Skeletons dropping like flies.

[erog84]

For everyone that has mentioned install issues and bugs in the game, don't let that stop you from trying it out. Every server is going to have issues when it first starts up, p99 wasn't always so smooth either. Also some people have different taste. I have played on p99 for years, red and blue, and I have really enjoyed it. If I had more time I would play full time on both, but since I want to get back into POP era content at some point, my main focus is alkabor, with some p99 still thrown in there. To each their own.

[-TK-]

I'm experiencing the 'Exception Processing Message 0x0000135 Parameters' error as well. My .Net and Visual C++ match Bob's but when I go to the features toggle in Control Panel it only lists 3.5.1. I've done everything else included in the instructions and tried to download the older .Nets but they all say something newer is installed/already installed in my operating system. I'll mess with it again later.

[Tuffpuppy]

Same. I've tried everything mentioned here, al Kabor tech help forum, and other websites. Still getting the same exception processing message followed by unable to load graphics dll. The only time I was able to not get that message was turning on DEP for all programs inside system properties. Except after I did that I would get unable to load eqw.dll error, even though the dll from Eqmule patch is there. Have basically given up, hope someone figures out a fix for this eventually.

[pharmakos]

Made a dark elf mage. Unable to kill a single mob. Using shielding buff too.

Sad. My kung fu is pretty weak if I am unable to solo a level 1 mob in a 15 year old elf sim. I did plan to box. Just not at level 1.

H

nektulos is brutal for a newbie zone. always sorta has been.

north qeynos went okay for me with my two box crew (necro/paladin). level one did indeed take a long time. level two went a bit better, especially once my paladin's Offense and Defense skills started going up a bit. after level 3 things were a breeze. i'm level 16 on both chars now. would be higher than that even but i took the time to do all the newbie armor quests for my paladin.

before level 4 even cons and yellow cons were really tough to do, but doable with some really ghetto kiting tactics. now i can kite yellows and low reds okay. and my paladin can tank even cons or lower just fine.

[Haynar]

nektulos is brutal for a newbie zone. always sorta has been.
Ya, it's where I call home. I made a few tweaks to my strategy. I can kill stuff fine now, just not fast.

However. I get packet loss and disconnected a lot.

They really need to rework some of the net code looks like.

Remember the packet loss days of dalaya? /cm refresh, anyone?

Server has potential.

And seeing 50's running around on a week old server? Full of neckbeards too.

H

[pharmakos]

yeah i don't even think Main and Stairs slept. i was lucky enough to have four days off work in a row starting on the day the server launched, and was able to play like 12-14 hours a day. and those guys that are level 50 now were on when i got on in the morning, and still on when i got off at night.

the packet loss/disconnect issues are strange in that they only affect some people. i personally barely ever get disconnected. the rare times that i do get desyncs or disconnects are usually when my roommate or i are doing something else on our internet connection while i am playing.

they've got a lot figured out, but they're still learning the best ways to communicate with 2002-era Macintosh software. server is definitely still in beta, and might feel like alpha for those with connection issues...

[Erasong]

Feels like low level mobs are double attacking and kicking/bashing way too early and for too much.

[Flamewraith]

It took me four and a half hours to go from 3 to 4 as a mage. Even cons kicked the living shit out of me. I got my pet and went from 4 to 5 in literally 23 minutes. ou get full exp for pet kills, and it rips through yellow cons like nothing. With some skill you can kill red cons for like 30% exp. Also made about 70pp off of drops that aren't supposed to drop. (plague rat tails and pristine claws from skunks and aviaks).

[apio]

There are still a lot of kinks to work out, that's why the server is still in beta and will be for the foreseeable future. If you are having problems with mobs being too hard, consider switching to a different spot (PoK portals make moving much easier) and just report everything that doesn't seem right. For example, low level mobs dual wielding and double attacking should be reported, also report if some zones seem extremely hard to level in compared others.

When reporting bugs, make sure to

a.) check the forum if there isn't already a post ON topic. If there is, just add your insight to that post and bump it that way, if your issue is only loosely related to something that has been posted before, it is often better to open up a new topic.
b.) follow up on your bug reports - the dev cycle is very fast right now, just keep track of your posts and follow them up if you can - Bugs not being retested is a major issue in every beta project like this

[Byrjun]

5 gig download on my 120 KB/sec connection... see you guys in Kunark maybe.

[Orruar]

5 gig download on my 120 KB/sec connection... see you guys in Kunark maybe.

If that's with dropbox, go into the dropbox settings and set the max speed to like 40000 kb/sec. By default it's set to automatically detect max speed and it's terrible. I think I was at like 20kb/sec before changing it.

[Byrjun]

I'm downloading from Abacab's Google Drive link.

My internet is just that slow. Good ole redneck backwoods cable.

[Zadrian]

I got passed server screen. Now my client crashes once the loading is done. Will have to figure this out tonight.

[Byrjun]

If only someone made a classic EverQuest emu that was made to work on a PC!

[wwoneo]

Ya, it's where I call home. I made a few tweaks to my strategy. I can kill stuff fine now, just not fast.

However. I get packet loss and disconnected a lot.

They really need to rework some of the net code looks like.

Remember the packet loss days of dalaya? /cm refresh, anyone?

Server has potential.

And seeing 50's running around on a week old server? Full of neckbeards too.

H

^ This just killed ANY and ALL motivation I had for trying out this server.

[Erasong]

make sure to report all that shit that seems messed up. they need and want the feedback. and believe me there are some kinks.

[Orruar]

It's almost like the server is in beta or something.

[Byrjun]

Nothing can be as bad as day 1 P99 lag.

Nothing.

[Haynar]

Some zones you seem to get disconnected a lot. Others work very nice. No lag. No crashes.

PoK books are in. Try out the different newbie areas. No reason to be level 5 and not have hit every newbie zone from halas to felwithe. See which works best for you.

H

[Breeziyo]

After learning what I can and can't take the newby experience isn't nearly as awful as it was. The server's honestly a lot of fun. I hear there's an enormous xp boost for playing in a full group; that's probably how people are already 50.

Trying to decide on a race for my Beastlord now. I was initially dead set on Iksar but Vah Shir look super dope in leather armor.

[Haynar]

I've been having a problem loading EQ for this, maybe someone on here knows of a way to fix it. I followed every step on the guide above, several times with different clients. Whenever I try and start EQ from EQW(running as admin)I get the same error. Exception Processing Message 0xc000007b Parameters 0x000007FEFD9E718C 0x000007FEFD9E718C 0x000007FEFD9E718C 0x000007FEFD9E718C and when I click OK another message pops up "Failed to load the graphics DLL!".



If anyone has an idea any help would be great.
You need visual c++ 2010 runtime redistributable.

Had same issue on one of my PCs that happened to not already have it.

H

[-TK-]

You need visual c++ 2010 runtime redistributable.

Had same issue on one of my PCs that happened to not already have it.

H

I just wanted to throw out that I'm also having the same problem that you quoted there but already have the Visual C++ 2010 runtime redistributable for both x86 and x64 on my Windows 7 machine. My setup matches Bob's in the Grabilla link in the post referenced below. Still having the same error.

http://www.project1999.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1735757&postcount=143

I've gone through every Microsoft 'recommended' fix or scan for the problem as well to no avail.

[Brojob]

Haven't heard anything about group bonus but dungeons seem to have a crazy exp mod. At lvl 5 i was getting huge chunks of my level per kill in befallen.

[Tuffpuppy]

You need visual c++ 2010 runtime redistributable.

Had same issue on one of my PCs that happened to not already have it.

H

Yup same as TK. Had visual c++, all the .net run times, uninstalled everything, reeinstalled everything, same error. I was able to "fix" it by formatting my c: and reinstalling windows. Works perfectly now.

[citizen1080]

Yup same as TK. Had visual c++, all the .net run times, uninstalled everything, reeinstalled everything, same error. I was able to "fix" it by formatting my c: and reinstalling windows. Works perfectly now.

You really wanted to play =D

[Buellen]

I ran into this problem when i had NEW UI true on in the eqini file.

I had download and incomplete mac eq resource folder. once i got the complete resource folder and recopied it into my C:EQMac directory fixed my problem could play with new UI or just use the original as i pleased.

[citizen1080]

Yea...ive had a few people i sent files to copy the Resource folder itself into the eqmac dir. Gotta copy the files INSIDE it into the eqmac root.

[Tuffpuppy]

You really wanted to play =D

I'm not sure which I wanted more, to play, or to just get it working. I logged in for maybe 5 minutes. My c: drive is a real small partition anyway, and it hasn't been formatted since I bought the harddrive in 2013.

[Pokesan]

Yea...ive had a few people i sent files to copy the Resource folder itself into the eqmac dir. Gotta copy the files INSIDE it into the eqmac root.

Read this! Pay attention when you try to get this running, the PC client is more forgiving than it should be and it's quite easy to fuck the whole thing up BUT still be able to connect(poorly)

[Brojob]

let me know if anyone wants to group... lvl 10 war/shm/mag

[Haynar]

Level 4. Had my dose of EQ. I am good for another 6 months when I think I want to play again. Oh the good ole days. 50-60 hrs of EQ a week. For over 3 years. WTF was I thinking? And yes, I had a 40 hr a week job too.

H

[citizen1080]

Level 4. Had my dose of EQ. I am good for another 6 months when I think I want to play again. Oh the good ole days. 50-60 hrs of EQ a week. For over 3 years. WTF was I thinking? And yes, I had a 40 hr a week job too.

H

I still want to play..just don't have the damn time lol...my team is still lvl 6 and i aoe kited those levels...pretty sad haha.

[Byrjun]

Almost level 5 on my Shaman/Warrior/Monk. Luckily it all worked out of the box for me, although I do get some weird lag issues. Also the pathing on this server is hilarious.

[pharmakos]

earlier this week i got 26% of my level for kiting a level 15 ghoul at level 9. grinded out several levels that way. apparently EXP should have been hard capped based on % though and it got nerfed, because today i kited a level 22 mob at level 16 and only got 8% of my level.

bah. there goes my plan to kite undead mobs most of the way up.

[Torven]

made about 70pp off of drops that aren't supposed to drop. (plague rat tails and pristine claws from skunks and aviaks).

They are supposed to drop. They dropped on AK. In fact pristine skunk claws aren't priced correctly; they sold for about 4pp on AK. This is why I always recommend leveling in Butcherblock for new players.

low level mobs dual wielding and double attacking should be reported

This is intentional. Mobs can double attack from level 1, just at extremely low rates. It's 1% chance per level up to level 36, where it jumps even higher. NPCs become dual wield capable at level 4, because they are that way on Live; (no running AK server to test this on) however the rate at which mobs can dual wield is also scaled similarly to double attack, and NPC offhands cannot double attack until level 36.

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38708

[LittleSorcerer7]

I love this server it's been great :)

[Buellen]

tons of broken quest sadly in qeynos area, one of my favorite starting areas. level 4 wizard so far no boxing for me .

[pharmakos]

^ human wizard? i've got Assorted Research pages 1, 2, and 3 banked for that nice human caster dagger, if you want 'em.

[brentwoodbam]

I've finally got the client working and am able to create characters! Can anyone give me some tips on how to tweak my eqclient or whatever files are necessary for getting my screen to be bigger? Currently its only about 70% size and some of it is hidden in the right of my screen

[Breeziyo]

eqclient.ini has a resolution setting you can adjust and eqw.ini has x and y positioning you can adjust for those certain resolutions. once you get into the game though if you press the mouse release button that you set in eqw.ini you can move your window around easily without having to change the xy position in the ini

[-TK-]

I've finally got the client working and am able to create characters! Can anyone give me some tips on how to tweak my eqclient or whatever files are necessary for getting my screen to be bigger? Currently its only about 70% size and some of it is hidden in the right of my screen

What was your fix on the error at start up?

[Pokesan]

I've finally got the client working and am able to create characters! Can anyone give me some tips on how to tweak my eqclient or whatever files are necessary for getting my screen to be bigger? Currently its only about 70% size and some of it is hidden in the right of my screen

hopefully you're 1920 x 1080

http://www.takproject.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=777

[brentwoodbam]

I sent you a PM TK about what worked for me

[Mandalore93]

So after very set instructions from Lord Bob (Thanks very much!) I finally work out some of my initial problems. Fixed the bad redirect, picked which of three or four executable files to use and then I run into another set of problems.

It's saying that my Nvidia Geforce 450 can't have any more than two Luclin Models activated. I figure what the fuck, it's three am I just want to be able to log in. So I set up my game accounts like a good little boy. Then I login. I think I'm at the finish line. The game finally starts loading in. The music plays. I'm so happy after three hours of putzing around. And then it fucking crashes out of no where. Think I'm done tinkering with it for the night.

[apio]

the trick with the luclin models is to press the ENTER key instead of clicking the OK button, then it will work.

[Bleepo]

Some things you should know about this server

Half of the staff has never played EQ in the era that server will be in (PoP) - So they have no clue about game mechanics, and you need a legal team to get stuff patched to where it is supposed to be.

Half of the codebase is from a server called PEQ, notorious for having a terrible DB full of junk. Anyone who has ever played there will know what I am talking about.

The leader of the project and several other GMs on the box are all playing in the same guild, a guild which was a huge fan of the rotation in place on AK. No doubt there will be a forced rotation, if a guild should ever emerge to dominate the content. You can rest assured that <Destiny>, the guild that has 2 devs and 2 more GMs in it, will not be denied their pixels in the long run. The staff has said that much on forum posts ("guilds WILL play nice")

The flakey nature of the staff is another big issue. Numerous times they have gone back and forth on decisions, deleted and censored forum posts with discussions headed in the "wrong" way. They have issued punishments only to take them back a few minutes or hours later.

They used to have a public shaming subforum, which was subsequently shut down because it was showing their back and forth attitude in decision making

The staff has a half arsed nature when it comes to following their own idea of what the server should be. Certain bugs, like stripping all buffs and debuffs when zoning with low HP, have been painstakingly recreated by the dev team. Other bugs, they removed without so much as an informative post. Half of the stuff gets voted on by the community, but they have stated numerous times that your opinion does not matter, and in the end the staff will have final say in what's happening, and will go against the will of the community if they "have to"

The server has a 3 box limit, but due to nature of their account tool, you are only allowed to have 3 accounts. Which means that if you choose to play more than 3 characters, they will have to share the account with another of your characters.

The netcode is horrendous, half of the people have to play over a VPN to not get disconnected everytime they cast, which basically teaches people from day 1 how to circumvent the 3 box limit, because they are being educated in how to connect via VPN to change their IP.

Some people are getting preferencial treatment. I have seen people run around with Stones of Gnoming, Guises and Rubicite armor, when the normal population has no access to these items. Another thing worth mentioning is, that there will be no mana stones, guises or any other items that were nerfed or removed pre PoP era.

The server has a kind of a split personality. On one hand it wants to be a PoP Era server, in other cases it chooses to be a progression server. Out of Era stuff (PoP era stuff) is being activated and deactivated on a case to case basis.

The bottom line is. The people in charge are mostly bipolar, and have a real problem with making rules and following them. The only upside to the project is that once Speedz goes insane (and believe me, this is bound to happen sooner or later), due to the open source nature of the project, at least it wont all be lost, like in the case of EQClassic or EpicEmu.

[Arclyte]

boxing is gay and so are you bob

[Haynar]

The netcode can be fixed. Been there. Done that.

They need to put ACK on spell bar enable opcodes for casting. If you have any dropped packets, its brutal without that.

Don't play over a wireless, is HUGE. Boxing requires seperate computers to work well.

I am having fun over there so far. But I love to 3 box. Will probably never be in a guild. And may never make it to level 30.

H

[Tuffpuppy]

Got my two characters up to 6, barely have time to play though. My only problem is when zoning it seems to hang up and I have to close the window and reload the game, and it does this very often. Other then that it seems like it can be a fun server to spend some time on.

[apio]

http://www.takproject.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2017

AFAIK those are the only items given out

[Haynar]

I run on a pc, and run the eqgame.exe patchme. Staying away from eqw, running full screen, has been more stable for me. I am level 5 now, boxing sk, shm, mag. I may only get an hour or two a week to play though. I have a few coding thing for p99 that I am tackling this week, so seriously cramping my game time.

I was able to download some UI components from 2003 on EQInterface that I used to use and most worked. Those helped a lot. I will try to post components I had success with.

H

[Haynar]

http://www.takproject.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2017

AFAIK those are the only items given out

I have played the help for in game rewards before. Did that over on Dalaya. Then they totally nerfed my rewar later. I dont help there anymore. Their loss. I have no plans to help on tak. I dont get along very well with others sometimes. And dev by comittee is not for me.

H

[Secrets]

They need to put ACK on spell bar enable opcodes for casting. If you have any dropped packets, its brutal without that.
H

Ack flags are set on the spell bar enable packet. Maybe we're handling acks wrong? Not sure.

[Gwence]

Been sporadically messing around on this server

Seems decent

My one complaint would be not being able to scroll out in first person view. Is there a way to make this possible on pc client? Game would be like 100x more awesome

[Haynar]

Ack flags are set on the spell bar enable packet. Maybe we're handling acks wrong? Not sure.

Not sure. I pulled out my old netcode to see how it worked. Almost puked. And quit looking at. Will take another glance. I did a lot of trial and error on a few things. I found less ack's were way better than more.

H

[Torven]

Half of the staff has never played EQ in the era that server will be in (PoP) - So they have no clue about game mechanics, and you need a legal team to get stuff patched to where it is supposed to be.

I'm not in Destiny and never will be, but Destiny certainly did PoP content.

I was MT of a top 10 guild in PoP on PC EQ circa 2003 before I played on Al'Kabor, and I'm painstaking parsing each and every raid boss (and lots of trash) for mob statistics.

If there are broken mechanics, feel free to list them. There are however inaccurate mechanics we are aware of and we just simply haven't gotten to them yet because this is a lot of work.

Half of the codebase is from a server called PEQ, notorious for having a terrible DB full of junk. Anyone who has ever played there will know what I am talking about.

And I suppose P99, the gold standard of emus, started from scratch? TAKP is heavily modified and every single NPC in the database has had stats adjusted.

The leader of the project and several other GMs on the box are all playing in the same guild, a guild which was a huge fan of the rotation in place on AK. No doubt there will be a forced rotation, if a guild should ever emerge to dominate the content. You can rest assured that <Destiny>, the guild that has 2 devs and 2 more GMs in it, will not be denied their pixels in the long run. The staff has said that much on forum posts ("guilds WILL play nice")

This is really up in the air, actually. But I can say that the server will not end up like p99's first few years with the hardcore poopsocking and javelin throwing. One thing people should understand is that AK's community was very unlike P99's and tended to not care about cutthroat progression at the expense of others. A lot of people over there would want rotations. Lots of servers 15 years ago had rotations. Mine did. It's certainly 'classic'. How much the staff gets involved (and I don't claim to speak for all of them) is entirely undecided. Personally I'd rather we stay out of inter-guild politics as much as possible while still ensuring a certain level of order.

If cutthroat competition is what you want though, p99 can accommodate you. (no criticism intended-- 'PvE PvP' is certainly a valid playstyle many enjoy)

The staff has a half arsed nature when it comes to following their own idea of what the server should be. Certain bugs, like stripping all buffs and debuffs when zoning with low HP, have been painstakingly recreated by the dev team. Other bugs, they removed without so much as an informative post. Half of the stuff gets voted on by the community, but they have stated numerous times that your opinion does not matter, and in the end the staff will have final say in what's happening, and will go against the will of the community if they "have to"

I'm sorry you're mad that pet pulling will likely not be going in.

We simply changed our minds on it after seeing it abused so much so early. I never liked it but I didn't really protest until I saw how it was being used for just about every high end encounter.

From day one it was claimed that there would be bug fixes. Some will be kept, some won't. I'm sorry if you had your heart set on a server with EZ-mode Xegony and IVA click spam.

I do not like the losing buffs on zoning thing either. Devs can disagree with each other and we can change our minds. Don't be surprised to see that gone one day.

The server has a 3 box limit, but due to nature of their account tool, you are only allowed to have 3 accounts. Which means that if you choose to play more than 3 characters, they will have to share the account with another of your characters.

Fair criticism. I was not involved with this. There was talk of implementing a character mover feature.

The netcode is horrendous, half of the people have to play over a VPN to not get disconnected everytime they cast, which basically teaches people from day 1 how to circumvent the 3 box limit, because they are being educated in how to connect via VPN to change their IP.

Al'Kabor doesn't exist anymore to test on or packet sniff. Reverse engineering something that doesn't exist anymore is difficult. But yes, connection issues are a problem.

Some people are getting preferencial treatment. I have seen people run around with Stones of Gnoming, Guises and Rubicite armor, when the normal population has no access to these items. Another thing worth mentioning is, that there will be no mana stones, guises or any other items that were nerfed or removed pre PoP era.

I wish Speedz's post on this was a little more thorough...

ONE person got a rubi BP and a guise because he was our most dedicated tester and donated hardware. The rest of the the rewards for testers were some gnome illusion item and a guide pack. (which around 10 people got) Also some titles.

The server has a kind of a split personality. On one hand it wants to be a PoP Era server, in other cases it chooses to be a progression server. Out of Era stuff (PoP era stuff) is being activated and deactivated on a case to case basis.

Some devs wanted certain things, others didn't. We're not run by a dictator with a 'vision'. Some things win, some don't. I didn't like PoK being open before PoP at all, but some people wanted it; nor did I want beastlords or iksar at launch. But to some, it's more enjoyable this way. It's a matter of taste. Emus can do these kinds of things.

due to the open source nature of the project, at least it wont all be lost, like in the case of EQClassic or EpicEmu.

By all means, fork it. I give my data to the world.

Not all of the devs are involved with running the server and just want to make a freely available open source server anybody can run.

[Haynar]

I uses to totally trivialize pulling VT with pet pulling. I single pulled everything, faster than the raid could kill what was brought in sometimes. I love pet pulling. I did not vote on the preference of whether to keep it on tak. Two good monks can do amazing pulls too. So the issue is mute.

H

[pharmakos]

Some things you should know about this server

Half of the staff has never played EQ in the era that server will be in (PoP) - So they have no clue about game mechanics, and you need a legal team to get stuff patched to where it is supposed to be.

Half of the codebase is from a server called PEQ, notorious for having a terrible DB full of junk. Anyone who has ever played there will know what I am talking about.

The leader of the project and several other GMs on the box are all playing in the same guild, a guild which was a huge fan of the rotation in place on AK. No doubt there will be a forced rotation, if a guild should ever emerge to dominate the content. You can rest assured that <Destiny>, the guild that has 2 devs and 2 more GMs in it, will not be denied their pixels in the long run. The staff has said that much on forum posts ("guilds WILL play nice")

The flakey nature of the staff is another big issue. Numerous times they have gone back and forth on decisions, deleted and censored forum posts with discussions headed in the "wrong" way. They have issued punishments only to take them back a few minutes or hours later.

They used to have a public shaming subforum, which was subsequently shut down because it was showing their back and forth attitude in decision making

The staff has a half arsed nature when it comes to following their own idea of what the server should be. Certain bugs, like stripping all buffs and debuffs when zoning with low HP, have been painstakingly recreated by the dev team. Other bugs, they removed without so much as an informative post. Half of the stuff gets voted on by the community, but they have stated numerous times that your opinion does not matter, and in the end the staff will have final say in what's happening, and will go against the will of the community if they "have to"

The server has a 3 box limit, but due to nature of their account tool, you are only allowed to have 3 accounts. Which means that if you choose to play more than 3 characters, they will have to share the account with another of your characters.

The netcode is horrendous, half of the people have to play over a VPN to not get disconnected everytime they cast, which basically teaches people from day 1 how to circumvent the 3 box limit, because they are being educated in how to connect via VPN to change their IP.

Some people are getting preferencial treatment. I have seen people run around with Stones of Gnoming, Guises and Rubicite armor, when the normal population has no access to these items. Another thing worth mentioning is, that there will be no mana stones, guises or any other items that were nerfed or removed pre PoP era.

The server has a kind of a split personality. On one hand it wants to be a PoP Era server, in other cases it chooses to be a progression server. Out of Era stuff (PoP era stuff) is being activated and deactivated on a case to case basis.

The bottom line is. The people in charge are mostly bipolar, and have a real problem with making rules and following them. The only upside to the project is that once Speedz goes insane (and believe me, this is bound to happen sooner or later), due to the open source nature of the project, at least it wont all be lost, like in the case of EQClassic or EpicEmu.

you sound like you're one of the guys that got to level 50 in the first week, and then you got burnt out and started bitching at the GMs.

[Swish]

The server has a 3 box limit, but due to nature of their account tool, you are only allowed to have 3 accounts. Which means that if you choose to play more than 3 characters, they will have to share the account with another of your characters.

(then)

The netcode is horrendous, half of the people have to play over a VPN to not get disconnected everytime they cast, which basically teaches people from day 1 how to circumvent the 3 box limit, because they are being educated in how to connect via VPN to change their IP.

Problem and solution in the same post <3

[Gwence]

All these problems are trivial compared to scrolling out in first person. Who can make that happen?????

It's not me!

[Bleepo]

yeah that doesn't work. You get used to it. Hit F9 2 times and use your delete/insert keys to zoom behind you. It's not the same and not nearly as convenient but it at least helps you sometimes

[Rhambuk]

yeah that doesn't work. You get used to it. Hit F9 2 times and use your delete/insert keys to zoom behind you. It's not the same and not nearly as convenient but it at least helps you sometimes

Loved this is classic, be careful hitting your page up key or a near key will angle your camera above you aiming down so its like youre standing over your character and lock it like this until you relog. at least it did in classic, i hated that.

[Secrets]

Not sure. I pulled out my old netcode to see how it worked. Almost puked. And quit looking at. Will take another glance. I did a lot of trial and error on a few things. I found less ack's were way better than more.

H

From what I have seen (based on the Shards netcode) you're probably right in that assessment. When it hits 65535 in the ACK sequence, weird things start happening.

Thanks for the tip. Will try and mess w/ it a bit.

[Haynar]

The ack sequence wont roll over correctly. Thats when packet loss starts.

Keep acks to item moves. Spell casting. Spell buffs. May be a few minor others. But keep the group small to prevent rollover.

[Haynar]

I think other part with acks is for packets sent when zoning, is needed. If client does not get them in right order, zoning fails.

H

[Secrets]

I think other part with acks is for packets sent when zoning, is needed. If client does not get them in right order, zoning fails.

H

I noticed also the ack sequence starts at a random integer each time. Shouldn't we be starting the ack sequence at 0? I guess it wouldn't hurt to try.

[Haynar]

Starting at 0 or 1 should be fine. The random number I think was used for encryption having a diff starting point each time. Not totally sure on that. Vague memories at best.

H

[Secrets]

Starting at 0 or 1 should be fine. The random number I think was used for encryption having a diff starting point each time. Not totally sure on that. Vague memories at best.

H

Thanks so much, pal!

I did a brief audit and noticed we were accidentally requesting acks for each OP_MobUpdate. Whoops. That'd do it :)

[pharmakos]

yessss go haynar and secrets. sounds like that is going to fix a lot! you guys rock.

[citizen1080]

Haynar gets title for helping! And I get title for getting him started on server?! =p

[Bleepo]

There was no reason to start new threads for all the different AFK things.

First of all, this is NOT flames and rants. Get my point people?

Secondly, the rules are for THIS server. We are not PC Live, we are NOT AK, only a recreation and if you read close it is stated AK with improvements.

Thirdly, people got annoyed rather fast on AK with spell skill spammers in public places and even in other places as well.

So, I will not draw a line in the sand in a hurricane. We have stated our position. Live with it or start your own server. The source is open to do so.
We made those rules for a reason. Some rules are strict, while others are a matter of GM discretion for the circumstances they come across.
I have no desire to deal with someone dumb enough to set afk swimming and somehow their character dead in the water somewhere stuck where they can't get their corpse and sends a petition to reclaim it. Granted that might be rare, but that is only one reason.

If I wanted a debate on the rules I would have left them blank and made a poll for each and every rule to see if everyone was happy and joyful. But that is not how it works.

Any more of this garbage and I will delete posts and start dealing with this in ways that will make you complain further.
Play the game and leave constructive feedback in a civil non-insulting manner or not at all.


News Flash
Speedz confirmed only minutes away from nervous breakdown after people ask if AFK Swim and Instrument skill ups are agains the rules. Posts have been deleted to cover up any valid discussion amongst players.
http://www.takproject.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2151

[apio]

Haynar gets title for helping! And I get title for getting him started on server?! =p

I should get a(nother) title too in that case !

[Haynar]

Titles are dumb.

Who cares about afk swimming? Who cares if they delete posts that they think are silly. If players feel like they are not being allowed to have discussions, player run boards are an option.

Just wait til they have a bigger population. The stupid questions keep coming.

H

[Mandalore93]

After many, many hours of playing around with this god awful calamity I've finally gotten this bitch working. Anyone have any good UIs for me to use? I had to force it into the old UI to get it to work but I think I might be able to get others going.

[Secrets]

Titles are dumb.

Who cares about afk swimming? Who cares if they delete posts that they think are silly. If players feel like they are not being allowed to have discussions, player run boards are an option.

Just wait til they have a bigger population. The stupid questions keep coming.

H

This is exactly how I feel about it and why I've opted to develop instead of interact with the community.

I tolerate people by focusing on things that actually matter. Glad we're in the same boat there Haynar.

[Mandalore93]

I prefer my online communities ran with an iron fist since that's how I always did it in the good old days. Was a little disappointed that the server wasn't immediately taken down when they completely changed xp and to be honest, botched it more than a little.

[brdurango]

When I try to register on takp for login info I can not get the question for registration correct. I did some digging and seen that QM was the answer but it did not work for me and now I have a lockout because of attempts. Does someone have the correct answer?

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

I prefer my online communities ran with an iron fist since that's how I always did it in the good old days. Was a little disappointed that the server wasn't immediately taken down when they completely changed xp and to be honest, botched it more than a little.

It's still loads faster than p99. Those crushbone belts omg.

[brdurango]

I have tried using the password QM to register for losing but it is telling me that answer is wrong for regristration. Any help is appreciated thanks

[Pokesan]

XP change is garbage

[Patriam1066]

Ok so I've gotten into the server select screen. First, I see the thank you Project AlKabor whatever BS, but I see no servers. I started the game regardless and got no where? Any ideas what I've done wrong?

Also I'm an idiot when it comes to computers so bear with me.

[Pokesan]

press enter

e: oh you mean it crashed? probably a bad default UI

try editing eqclient.ini to NewUI=FALSE and see where that gets you

[Portasaurus]

Does this server have ice cream?

[Pokesan]

Doesn't look like it.

Might I tempt you with a stack of Bixie Parts?

[Aradune]

eqmac server is garbage.

fyi

[citizen1080]

Does this server have ice cream?

It has various types of meat and produce both fresh and not so fresh.

[Byrjun]

XP change is garbage

Yup.

Server is even more masochistic than P99 atm.

Oh, and Speedz is an idiot. This dude is gonna cause a lot of problems in the future.

[citizen1080]

I havn't logged on in...weeks? it's been awhile regardless...what did they do to xp? Last time i played they had adjusted run speed and the mobs were all bards lol

[Pokesan]

Doubled the exp required for 1-50 after a ton of their poopsocking alpha pals already dinged 50.