Patch Notes: December 19th, 2024

[Rogean]

The latest patch contains new required files. Download the new Patch Files from the top of the Home page, or the Getting Started Guide.

Changelog Nilbog: Poriss Splitrock is named Poriss Crackrock [!Dec2000]
Nilbog: Goblin Forged Iron Legplates may now drop. [Aug2000]
Nilbog: Goblin Forged Iron Armplates may now drop only from goblin stonechanters. [Aug2000]
Nilbog: Trudie Steelbone, Daria Smith, Andara C`Luzz, Trista N`Ryt, Zartox Ru`Soe, Nekola N`Ryt, Garren D`Vek, and Hutyn L`Lozz no longer spawn.
Nilbog: Added missing guard event in highpass.
Nilbog: Staff of the Morning Dew is 2hb until [Nov2001].
Nilbog: goblin depredators are now shadowknights. goblin legates now use a regular cleric spellset.
Nilbog: Rolandal, Kardakor, Taskmaster Abyott do not spawn until [May2001]
Nilbog: Teachings of Gkrean, Head of Staff Sergeant Drioc do not drop until [May2001]
Nilbog: Vilefang does not spawn until [May2001]
Nilbog: an enslaved iksar provides bad faction dialogue for quest keywords, turn ins, and has multiquest support.
Nilbog: [Nov2000] Small pieces of high-quality ore may drop from certain goblins in Runnyeye until the zone's revamp. After the revamp, they may drop from goblin janitor.
Nilbog: Ralgyn does not discuss his quest until [May2001]
Nilbog: Corrected an issue where a particular sand giant spawn would drop no coin in sro.
Nilbog: Corrected despawn behavior of Kael Militia Captain.
Nilbog: Updated faction hits for 'a noble'.
Nilbog: Corbin Blackwell's respawn time increased.
Nilbog: Added missing spellset to faerie dragons in wakening.
Nilbog: Wista no longer offers wolf meat quest.
Nilbog: The 4th coldain prayer shawl quest, npcs, and related tradeskill recipes are not implemented until [Mar2001]
Nilbog: 'Majik Power' quest now requires tadpole fleshes instead of snake skins.
Nilbog: 'More Help for Innoruuk' quest removed.
Nilbog: Bricks of High Quality Ore do not drop until [Sep2000]. Adjusted vendor buy/sell pricing of the ores to match classic values.
Nilbog: Connie Link now exists [Sep2000].
Nilbog: Several chainmail vendor wares corrected and spawns restricted until [Sep2000].
Nilbog: Restricted many tailoring patterns and recipes to their proper eras.
Nilbog: Rylin Coil doesn't spawn until [Oct1999].
Nilbog: metal fastening, sharkskin tubing, lime coated meshing, and fine coral mesh do not appear on vendor lists until [Oct1999].
Nilbog: Resolved an issue with several undead npcs not seeing through regular invisibility.
Telin: Added classic tint color to lighting in outdoor zones. Credit to Solar for the RGB values.
Telin: The moon now rises and sets in the South/North as in classic era.
Telin: Removed non-classic solar/lunar directional lighting.
Telin: Ultravision and Infravision will have improved performance due to the changes above.
Telin: Lions now drop ruined lion skin.
Telin: Treants in WK are less common than before.
Telin: Isabella Cellus should now require LoS to engage in aggro.
Telin: Kilva's skin of flame and related dosage recipes should now combine properly.
Telin: Updated loot and faction for Cei Sunjumper, Sil Silverstar, Shadow Treebright, and Ceel Moonwhisper of West Commonlands.
Pained Soul on P99 Green will no longer utilize the /list system.

[Dronelord27]

I was playing my new little rogue. I was like this is BOGUS! The moon?!? Not classic! Take the servers DOWN! What is gonna happen to us all? :D

[Zwieback]

25 will be the year of merges

[Pacatus]

Vindi BP still not fix Rog, come on man

[p99portage]

/chant What do we want?
/chant Food and drink durations!
/chant When do we want it?
/chant NOW!

[Misek84]

Just downloaded the new patch. Whenever I enter game, its extremely choppy, I can’t look around, and there appears to be some issue with chat cause I’m not getting the camp count down and have to /q. Anyone getting this?

[sogundordor]

Just downloaded the new patch. Whenever I enter game, its extremely choppy, I can’t look around, and there appears to be some issue with chat cause I’m not getting the camp count down and have to /q. Anyone getting this?

I have this problem when login the first time after this patch too,
i quit the game and open eqclient.ini change the maxfps to something like 30,
login again it becomes normal, which means the fps bar in game setting is working
i don't know why but its ok now~

[Ciderpress]

There was an optional patch that re-enabled the FPS slider in-game a couple weeks ago. Maybe it's included in this patch by default, so if your slider is set to a low value, everything will be choppy until you change it.

[Ciderpress]

Hmm my barb is no longer blind at night. With gamma up everything has a consistent blue glow, almost like I have a weak form of UV on. Then when I get actual UV it's really bright.

Before patch barb\humans were truly night blind even with gamma up. Only lightsources would help.

Not really a complaint so much as the first thing I noticed. I understand UV\Infra were changed, but it seems to be quite a bit different now even without any vision buffs.

[Jimjam]

Thank you Rogean, Nilbog, Telin et al.!

[jolanar]

I was like this is BOGUS! The moon?!? Not classic! Take the servers DOWN! What is gonna happen to us all? :D

I feel dirty knowing we've had a non classic Drinal for the past 15 years.


Also my EQ says (Not Responding) after this patch, even though it is still working fine. For whatever that's worth.

[SteveTheDreamer]

Nilbog: Wista no longer offers wolf meat quest.
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Curious what was the reason for this removal? This was the only quest and sole method recorded to raise Grobb Merchants faction.. :(

[jolanar]

Curious what was the reason for this removal? This was the only quest and sole method recorded to raise Grobb Merchants faction.. :(

The Grobb quests that were removed were determined to be from after the Trolls switched back to Grobb and the Frogloks moved to Rathe Mountains, which happened long after the P99 timeline.

[loramin]

Thank you Rogean, Nilbog, Telin et al.!

[BattleToad99]

Does this mean no more Circlet of Falinkans?

[mcoy]

Glowing Stone Band is super useful again! Thanks devs!

-Mcoy

[damianicus]

Does anyone feel the patch ignores a few elephants in the room?

- Just pathetic population. Green and Blue merge, please. No, making another classic server will just hurt pop again. Green was a bad idea in the first place imho.
- Zone experience mods in dire need of retooling. You all ruined Hole and Velks is now a Bard xp zone 24/7. Maybe boost xp in a 50-60 zone that doesn't ruin OT banking?
- And then maybe come up with ideas to grow the pop. Perma xp bonus?

[chillybob]

Does this mean no more Circlet of Falinkans?

No. We are well past that era in the timeline.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Timeline

If you're confused feel free to browse.

[chillybob]

And then maybe come up with ideas to grow the pop. Perma xp bonus?
If you want a perma xp bonus boy do I have the recommendation for you!
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1220168024582127666/1288236745497772042/SPOILER_SPOILER_SPOILER_IMG_5211.jpg?ex=67652bb6&is=6763da36&hm=02d5f6d79a4a387879c655c0b62dea67d392da468227e82 364c462eb5db6a37f&=&format=webp&width=505&height=671

[Swish]

Amen brother :) ��

[Goregasmic]

Does anyone feel the patch ignores a few elephants in the room?

- Just pathetic population. Green and Blue merge, please. No, making another classic server will just hurt pop again. Green was a bad idea in the first place imho.
- Zone experience mods in dire need of retooling. You all ruined Hole and Velks is now a Bard xp zone 24/7. Maybe boost xp in a 50-60 zone that doesn't ruin OT banking?
- And then maybe come up with ideas to grow the pop. Perma xp bonus?

At this point I wouldn't mind if they merged green/blue ESPECIALLY if they end up making a new server but I'm not a raider so those people might feel differently.

52-60 is a grind, always was. It is the classic experience. Just be happy we get Holiday double exp/loot/faction bonus, that didn't happen live back then.

[Salaryman]

RED99

[Tearrah]

Do i need to patch the previous patch first?

[rrggllpp]

Just downloaded the new patch. Whenever I enter game, its extremely choppy, I canÂ’t look around

I have the same problem. It's incredibly slow, like <1fps, even on the login screen. (Although some things, like mouse cursor, move at normal speed.) I can't look around or move, although I can look up and down with the mouse (and oddly, that happens at normal speed). Movement keys don't work, and the whole interface is glitchy, for example clicking an item appears to duplicate it, and it never gets picked up.

This is the same thing that happened after the optional patch last month, by the way. To fix it that time, I reverted to the previous patch. This time I can't.

I tried a complete reinstall, even deleting all of the user files; nothing helps. This laptop is older, running Windows 7, but it's still a decade more recent than EQ Titanium and runs it fine. It has a dedicated graphics card and was top of the line at the time I bought it. I don't think this is a performance issue, though, because of the way some things work at normal speed, and because of the interface errors.

[harvard5]

whats wrong with it

[Jimjam]

Do i need to patch the previous patch first?

You should only ever need to do the most upto date patch :)

[rrggllpp]

Update (I can't find an edit button): A fix from the thread about v59 worked. I copied the file dsetup.dll from a previous patch and everything is normal again. I used v58; the person in the thread used v56. Anything pre-59 may work.

[funnland]

I have the same problem. It's incredibly slow, like <1fps, even on the login screen. (Although some things, like mouse cursor, move at normal speed.) I can't look around or move, although I can look up and down with the mouse (and oddly, that happens at normal speed). Movement keys don't work, and the whole interface is glitchy, for example clicking an item appears to duplicate it, and it never gets picked up.

This is the same thing that happened after the optional patch last month, by the way. To fix it that time, I reverted to the previous patch. This time I can't.

I tried a complete reinstall, even deleting all of the user files; nothing helps. This laptop is older, running Windows 7, but it's still a decade more recent than EQ Titanium and runs it fine. It has a dedicated graphics card and was top of the line at the time I bought it. I don't think this is a performance issue, though, because of the way some things work at normal speed, and because of the interface errors.


Having the same problem. Can we please revert the client changes in this update? Note: Changing the fps settings did not fix this for me.

[damianicus]

[CENTER][SIZE="5"][B]If you want a perma xp bonus boy do I have the recommendation for you!

Watching the server pop drop below 200 on Blue, when it once was over 2,000. So uh I'm just tossing out an idea. Typical internet. You can agree there's a problem but step on my suggestion to fix it. Let's hear your ideas?

[damianicus]

I have the same problem. It's incredibly slow, like <1fps, even on the login screen. (Although some things, like mouse cursor, move at normal speed.) I can't look around or move, although I can look up and down with the mouse (and oddly, that happens at normal speed). Movement keys don't work, and the whole interface is glitchy, for example clicking an item appears to duplicate it, and it never gets picked up.

I'm not getting it that bad, but I have noticed what feels like less framerate. Movement choppier. I dropped my view distance and that helped a little. Only running on a 2021 Razer Blade i7 with a 3070gpu, maybe I need to upgrade for this patch?

[Salaryman]

Watching the server pop drop below 200 on Blue, when it once was over 2,000. So uh I'm just tossing out an idea. Typical internet. You can agree there's a problem but step on my suggestion to fix it. Let's hear your ideas?

Link the post where he agreed with you that there was a "problem" you propagandist.

Now begone with you, your ilk will not be having the chance to rmt legacy items on this museum ever again.

[Pabruzzese99]

RED99

The wind...




Strike it.

[Leorus]

I’ve had the same issue since the patch with occasional frame rate drops or slight stuttering.

[Aurlie Poet]

Question:
Nilbog: The 4th coldain prayer shawl quest, npcs, and related tradeskill recipes are not implemented until [Mar2001]

What does that mean for the shawl question at the moment?
Thank you!

[CrazyPro]

Question:
Nilbog: The 4th coldain prayer shawl quest, npcs, and related tradeskill recipes are not implemented until [Mar2001]

What does that mean for the shawl question at the moment?
Thank you!

It means nothing since both blue and green are at the end of the timeline.
This is just a change to the timeline for any future p99 servers.

[Aurlie Poet]

Thank you!

[Goregasmic]

Watching the server pop drop below 200 on Blue, when it once was over 2,000. So uh I'm just tossing out an idea. Typical internet. You can agree there's a problem but step on my suggestion to fix it. Let's hear your ideas?

The game is over 25 years old, not without its flaws and the content fans out after 2 years. Don't forget that most people who play this game are probably people who played live back then and are on a nostalgia trip. There is a limited quantity of those and it is going to be a tough sell to get new blood in.

The comical exp curve is an integral part of EQ's identity. 54 and 59 are rites of passage and other hell levels are a part of the culture. Perma exp bonus would cheapen the experience in my opinion and I doubt it would make anything else than more level 60 alts.

Outside of marketing (which is not happening) or restarting servers more ofen and merging the older ones I'm not sure of what else could be done to keep them more alive.

That being said I wouldn't mind a merge with blue and more groupability in general, especial in the lower brackets would be nice but as someone with limited playtime I don't mind getting most camps when I want them.

[jolanar]

Personally I wouldn't mind if they spread out the exp curve so people spent more time in lower and mid level areas, but that's only because I love those areas so much. I didn't play Green all that much, but one of my favorite things about how crowded it was at launch was that it forced people to go to areas they normally wouldn't have.

The problem with changes is it's a very slippery slope. Just look at other server options to see how quickly small changes pile up into a completely different experience.

[Goregasmic]

The whole goal of p99 is offering a mostly classic experience so as long as it remains as such, it gives very little room to tweak variables for bigger appeal.

I have a few changes in mind that would probably help but purists will inevitably complain about it anyway. From a devs standpoint, I'd guess the closer it is to classic, the less people can complain anyway.

[wuanahto]

man, the removeal of the grobb quests really bummed me out even tho its been 5+ years since i did either

the fuck am i ganna do with a bag fulla wolf meat now?

[Donkeyhammers]

What do the references to HQ brick drops mean? Did they stop dropping, start someplace new, or no change? The normalize the merchant price gives me the impression that these are available on a merchant in unlimited quantity similar to other non human cultural bricks.

[Goregasmic]

What do the references to HQ brick drops mean? Did they stop dropping, start someplace new, or no change? The normalize the merchant price gives me the impression that these are available on a merchant in unlimited quantity similar to other non human cultural bricks.

IIRC small pieces stopped dropping entirely so the put them back in under new conditions.

HQ bricks start dropping after the mentionned date, which means nothing changes for red/blue/green.

For the price I think it was just wrong for the era and changed it accordingly, that's it.

[Misek84]

Update (I can't find an edit button): A fix from the thread about v59 worked. I copied the file dsetup.dll from a previous patch and everything is normal again. I used v58; the person in the thread used v56. Anything pre-59 may work.
Thats exactly how I fixed my to work. My only worry is that a future patch might not allow an old dsetup.dll

[ecbean]

Thats exactly how I fixed my to work. My only worry is that a future patch might not allow an old dsetup.dll

I just used the v58 dsetup.dll and I'm still getting an error. Any other ideas on what might get things to work? Thanks!

[rrggllpp]

I just used the v58 dsetup.dll and I'm still getting an error. Any other ideas on what might get things to work? Thanks!

The problem solved with a pre-59 dsetup.dll is not an error message, and it's not slow/choppy gameplay. The game is completely frozen-- you can't do anything. You can't move, a lot of the keys don't work, and even char select is at <1 FPS, not an exaggeration.

Any other problem will likely not be fixed with an old dsetup.dll!

[ecbean]

The problem solved with a pre-59 dsetup.dll is not an error message, and it's not slow/choppy gameplay. The game is completely frozen-- you can't do anything. You can't move, a lot of the keys don't work, and even char select is at <1 FPS, not an exaggeration.

Any other problem will likely not be fixed with an old dsetup.dll!


I can log in but at the character screen I get an error message about a file being incorrect:

spells_us.txt (1444581257)

This file is in the main folder and when I open it it's full of Chinese characters. Anyone have this issue?

[ecbean]

I pulled the spells_us.text file from v58 and tried that and it did not work.

[Terrok]

I pulled the spells_us.text file from v58 and tried that and it did not work.

Sounds like you are moving more than just "dsetup.dll" from the old patch, run the new patch again, then only copy the "dsetup.dll" file from v58, a Ninja level trick is to patch while at log in screen, and it will patch everything but "dsetup.dll"

My concern is having to use other files people have been banned for changing files, so it would be nice if they would fix it on their end. Or if their was a fix we could do on our end like certain video card or whatever they are forcing us to use.

[danzig]

I've found three users (myself included) who use Parallels on Mac that have a peculiar problem after updating to v60. Sometimes when I log in now the game graphics move in extremely slow motion, such that the game isn't playable. All three of us had the same issue right after updating to v60. It's only fixed by rebooting Windows/Parallels.

[jbramlett]

I had an issue where I would log all the way in, but my character couldn't move and my brother couldn't even see me in game. I had to end up deleting the dsetup.dll from this version 60 and then copying and replacing it with the dsetup.dll from version 56. It fixed the problem. Something got botched in version 60's dsetup.dll file.

[snowghost]

I can log in but at the character screen I get an error message about a file being incorrect:

spells_us.txt (1444581257)

This file is in the main folder and when I open it it's full of Chinese characters. Anyone have this issue?

I'm having the same issue, has anyone found a resolution?

[stcox72]

I'm having the same problem with the error message at character selection screen. I tried several of the tips already suggested in this thread with no success. Any ideas?

[snowghost]

I'm having the same problem with the error message at character selection screen. I tried several of the tips already suggested in this thread with no success. Any ideas?

I was advised to try downloading Titatium all over again and then the new patch, but i havn't tried it yet

[sogundordor]

I've found three users (myself included) who use Parallels on Mac that have a peculiar problem after updating to v60. Sometimes when I log in now the game graphics move in extremely slow motion, such that the game isn't playable. All three of us had the same issue right after updating to v60. It's only fixed by rebooting Windows/Parallels.

I'm the 4th, using parallels 19 with macbook m2 and 20 imac m1

[lewicki]

With the removal of all of the merchants, Neriak no longer has a vendor that sells a Wristband Pattern.

That can't be right, right?

https://wiki.project1999.com/Wristband_Pattern

[loramin]

With the removal of all of the merchants, Neriak no longer has a vendor that sells a Wristband Pattern.

That can't be right, right?

https://wiki.project1999.com/Wristband_Pattern

Classic was all about making you travel to do tradeskilling (even though trades were almost completely worthless), so this is working as intended.

As another example, if you want to Blacksmith in Qeynos you need to go back and forth to Halas, because neither city has all the items you need.

(The live devs really hated tradeskills.)

[Innoeus]

Does this patch include the additions in the optional patch that allowed for modern CPU clockspeeds to function ok or does one patch that optional patch after this?

[Swish]

Classic was all about making you travel to do tradeskilling (even though trades were almost completely worthless), so this is working as intended.

As another example, if you want to Blacksmith in Qeynos you need to go back and forth to Halas, because neither city has all the items you need.

(The live devs really hated tradeskills.)

I know this is fixed in era but having Kunark launch and not letting iksar shamans make potions due to a missing vendor was wild :D

shit's classic

[Goregasmic]

Classic was all about making you travel to do tradeskilling (even though trades were almost completely worthless), so this is working as intended.

As another example, if you want to Blacksmith in Qeynos you need to go back and forth to Halas, because neither city has all the items you need.

(The live devs really hated tradeskills.)

Just the whole concept of doing tradeskills in freeport and needing stuff from 3 different zones whatever you do is extremely infuriating.

But the one that takes the cake is removing a gem seller from NFP blue building to replace it by a useless NPC and now if you want half your gems you have to run to the other end of EC or use the greedy merchant in the bank because fuck you, that's why.

I mean we all like the game partly because it is so hostile to players but some stuff they pulled is just pure spite. We can talk about 158 to 262/335 tailoring gap if y'all want... and let's not talk about 222.

[Insaiyan]

It's super unintuitive to figure out where the patch download is.
Shouldn't it be in big letters somewhere?
Or have its own wiki link?

Currently you click on post for a wall of text and it's jammed 3 links down near the middle.
At least include a link in a main post like this.

[Ashintar]

Or you can just go to the Forums home page and look under the welcome message at the top.