EQmac Saved - Now FREE to play!

[ElanoraBryght]

There was some trolling from fake name users on the forums.
Obvious trolls were obvious.

Bards must do much clicky.

[Lazortag]

Can bards old-school aoe kite here? As in with auto circle and not all of the extra clicky that is required here on p99?

I'm assuming swarming is as it always has been.

What "extra clicky"? On p99 you just need to auto-strafe and the rest is just turning slightly when you're casting your dots.

[Bardalicious]

Can't even get the EQMac launchpad to load on their website.








Seems legit.

[Weekapaug]

What "extra clicky"? On p99 you just need to auto-strafe and the rest is just turning slightly when you're casting your dots.

You answered your own question.

[Barnes]

There was some trolling from fake name users on the forums.
Obvious trolls were obvious.

Bards must do much clicky.

Cold!

[Weekapaug]

There was some trolling from fake name users on the forums.
Obvious trolls were obvious.

Bards must do much clicky.

Whatever they did, they've convinced an entire server that all of the world's evils can be cured by not mixxing with PC gamers. Also, apparently, owning a MAC carries ethics, nobility and innate morality with it. Sanctimony, obviously. And here I just thought it meant you don't know how to use computers.

Bards always do much clicky. My question is, is AoE kiting as it was on live classic?

[Zapatos]

Kiting in all of its wondrous forms work there, yes; bards rejoice! Training/aggro transfer works properly, ie if you only have proximity aggro, mobs will aggro someone else if they get run over (Lron isn't very good at this). Therefore swarm kiting also works and is the fastest exp in the game!

Also this should be in the off topic forum.

[Weekapaug]

Thank you. That's fantastic. The kiting part, that is.

I enjoyed that era and have been jonesing to old school aoe kite like I did a few years ago just before the nerf...havent been in luclin or dealt with AA in forever and that would be cool to mix things up. And I never completed pop flagging before it was a non issue back then either so that would be cool too. I'll keep an eye out for a used mac or something coming up and do it legit tho....the locals seem to frown upon the whole cross platforming that's been going on and I can respect that. Sounds like a nice server over there.

BTW, none of my questions should be taken as complaints about aoe-ing here, I think it's awesome that it can be done, all things considered. I've just been lazy and haven't relearned it.

[BruizeLee]

if anyone can host this file again plz do cause ones on this thread is not workin thanks

[Bardalicious]

Kiting in all of its wondrous forms work there, yes; bards rejoice! Training/aggro transfer works properly, ie if you only have proximity aggro, mobs will aggro someone else if they get run over (Lron isn't very good at this). Therefore swarm kiting also works and is the fastest exp in the game!

Also this should be in the off topic forum.


How can you possibly be AoE kiting here? I rolled a bard here in the past few days and any pull over 3 mobs results in 1k+ latency from the server. Trying to circle in close to land a tick = hit by a shit ton of mobs. Granted it will be different when I can charm and single target DoT for swarm kiting.

Idk, maybe it has something to do with my client. I also noticed I can't search anything in the bazaar, it pops up a bunch of scrambled text strings instead of item names.

[Bardalicious]

if anyone can host this file again plz do cause ones on this thread is not workin thanks

A google search of the file name resulted in this working link:

http://www.2shared.com/file/3nkssBB0/EQMac-Windows-SecretsEdition-v.html

I didn't upload that nor do I know who did though.

[BruizeLee]

thanks alot bard i tryed 2 or 3 of these download sites none of them worked but that one did

[BruizeLee]

ive done everything this thread has sead right before char load screen i gives me the error 1017 any other ideas?

[BruizeLee]

ok ok i got it now 1 more thing when i go to load to the char select screen it throws the screen up in the left hand corner and i cannot see to make my char anyone know?

[Bardalicious]

Mine worked right away.

Make a folder C:\EQMac\ and put all the files from a FRESH copy of EQ Titanium there, not a copy that has P99 files and such in it already. Make sure all the EQ files and subfolders are going right into C:\EQMac\, not C:\EQMac\EQTitanium\ etc.

Download the patch from http://www.2shared.com/file/DmtWSdX6/EQMac-Windows-SecretsEdition-v.html and copy + replace all files from that folder to your C:\EQMac\ folder.

Go to https://lp.soe.com/eqmac/live/ and login with a station username and password. This downloads the ACTUAL EQMac client to your computer. When the patch bar is complete, go to the little double white gears button (lower left on the patch window) to open options. Click "Open Game Directory". Check your task bar, it should have opened "EverQuest Mac" folder where it saved the files. In that folder go to Content > Resources folder, copy EVERYTHING, all files and folders, inside the Resources folder. Paste them into your C:\EQMac\ folder, overwrite anything it asks to, merge folders when it asks, etc.

Make sure you put both the Secrets patch and the EverQuest Mac resources files in the main C:\EQMac\ directory, not any subfolders contained in it. Then from C:\EQMac\ run eqw.exe - everything should be set correctly, but just in case make sure "Fix eqclient.ini" is checked. Nothing else should be. Hit Start EQ.

[Bardalicious]

ok ok i got it now 1 more thing when i go to load to the char select screen it throws the screen up in the left hand corner and i cannot see to make my char anyone know?

This happened on my laptop a couple times. Either try exiting out of the client completely and reloading the game to see if it fixes itself (it did for me), or, try going back to the initial login screen to the Options button. Change your game resolution on the tab to the lowest setting possible and log into the game. Then hit alt+o to bring up options and go to the video tab to change the resolution to whatever you'd like from there.

Pretty sure I'm giving up on playing bard here unless I find someone to level with early on. PBAoE kiting is pretty fucked with random pathing, mobs warping on top of you and server latency issues. Hard to pass up on a Fading Memories bard puller later on though.

[Weekapaug]

Pretty sure I'm giving up on playing bard here unless I find someone to level with early on. PBAoE kiting is pretty fucked with random pathing, mobs warping on top of you and server latency issues. Hard to pass up on a Fading Memories bard puller later on though.

Why would a legit live server have issues? Is it not hosted by sony with the rest of the servers or something?

If I went it would be as much for the clean pathing, pulling at distance and having mobs path to you instead of warp (for some reason with the classes I've been playing lately this one has been getting on my nerves a bit...a lot), and all the perfect little details you can't really expect from a emu. And actual AoE kiting as it was, not what you can "work," basicly.

Am I correct in gettting the impression that this server is basicly an EMU at this point?

[Maze]

Are they going to get rid of the PC hack?

I would really like to try and play there but it's not worth buying a mac.

[Weekapaug]

That's the thing...I said before I would wait and get a mac, but if it's basicly a Sony supported EMU that has all of the problems of an EMU, why bother? Even if you wanted to get a mac, you would be crazy not to go check it out on PC first before making that investment if there are known issues. Lack of development and support for a server like that I can understand, but performance issues that break bards? On a live server now?

Besides the era, being on a live server with the polish and performance that should bring is half the point, no? I say this as a current paying subscriber to EverQuest.

[Maze]

It's free, and it doesn't have nearly as many issues as this EMU.

Pathing and other shit are much, MUCH better there.

My main issue back in the day was the mouse look is dogshit and I couldn't get it to work better.

[Wolfgang]

does eqmac run on ipod?

[Bardalicious]

That's the thing...I said before I would wait and get a mac, but if it's basicly a Sony supported EMU that has all of the problems of an EMU, why bother? Even if you wanted to get a mac, you would be crazy not to go check it out on PC first before making that investment if there are known issues. Lack of development and support for a server like that I can understand, but performance issues that break bards? On a live server now?

Besides the era, being on a live server with the polish and performance that should bring is half the point, no? I say this as a current paying subscriber to EverQuest.

I've only gotten to level 6 as a bard, so I can't offer a lot in the way of criticism for the server. However as I did say in my previous post, I'm experiencing significant server-side latency issues that spikes up only when I start pulling multiple NPCs for an AoE kite. And I'm not talking half of a zone, maybe 5-10 mobs at a time. This results in mobs randomly jumping closer to you than perceived mid-circle, which will mean certain death at higher levels. This was happening in four different zones for me.

Is this normal for Mac users? Could it have something to do with being on a Windows machine using a hacked copy of EQ Titanium to connect? Is there a Trojan in the patch files so that Secrets can see what kind of porn I'm viewing late at night? I have no idea. I tried asking some higher level bards if they had difficulty PBAoE kiting but they all seemed to be using charm and chants instead.

[Bardalicious]

If you're on a PC look in the Eqmac folder find the datarate.txt....Open it up i think it's set at 5.0 make it 9.0

Just attempted this, didn't seem to do anything. The right side of the latency bar (server-side?) is still jumping to over 1500 during kites. Just got gibbed by a pack of 8 orc centurions. On top of this, they're still seeming to "warp" on top of me at random intervals. The strange part of it being that not all of them do it, only 1-3 at a time, whereas the rest of the kite seems to stay where they should.

I am confuse. Also, fuck the fog in gfay.

[Bardalicious]

I watched a bard in Plane of Nightmare solo month or so ago he was using some sort of charm method. Only time i have had super lag was at the Ring event with 50+ people there the other night but it was manageable. 4-5 mob pulls in a grp latency sometimes jumps up to 1k from time to time but i am not kiteing either :( sorry i got no fix for ya.


That bard was rocking the planes with that charm method though

Yeah dude, standard swarm kiting uses charm + single target chants. I'd have zero issues doing it that way even with the lag I'm getting because you don't have to get as close to the pack of mobs, but the first bard charm is around level 27 iirc. Level 6-27 is a looong grind with no way to PBAoE kite and seemingly no lowbie groups happening.

Thanks anyways though. The server still excites me, just looks like I'm playing something else to start.

[Bardalicious]

I'm on my bard Hyarth. Not sure what your character name is. I'm loafing around PoK re-memming songs heh.

[brentwoodbam]

This has undoubtedly been asked, but can EQMac be played with a PC?

[Bardalicious]

This has undoubtedly been asked, but can EQMac be played with a PC?

Yes. And if you look a few posts back I gave a quick recap on how to do it. There is also a few other step by step guides in this thread as well.

I am playing from a PC on Windows atm, no hackintosh OS or anything special. Just an altered EQ Titanium install basically.

[brentwoodbam]

A google search of the file name resulted in this working link:

http://www.2shared.com/file/3nkssBB0/EQMac-Windows-SecretsEdition-v.html

I didn't upload that nor do I know who did though.

Are these the files I apply to a clean titanium client to get it working on PC? I wasnt sure which post you guys were referring to.

[Bardalicious]

Mine worked right away.

Make a folder C:\EQMac\ and put all the files from a FRESH copy of EQ Titanium there, not a copy that has P99 files and such in it already. Make sure all the EQ files and subfolders are going right into C:\EQMac\, not C:\EQMac\EQTitanium\ etc.

Download the patch from http://www.2shared.com/file/DmtWSdX6/EQMac-Windows-SecretsEdition-v.html and copy + replace all files from that folder to your C:\EQMac\ folder.

Go to https://lp.soe.com/eqmac/live/ and login with a station username and password. This downloads the ACTUAL EQMac client to your computer. When the patch bar is complete, go to the little double white gears button (lower left on the patch window) to open options. Click "Open Game Directory". Check your task bar, it should have opened "EverQuest Mac" folder where it saved the files. In that folder go to Content > Resources folder, copy EVERYTHING, all files and folders, inside the Resources folder. Paste them into your C:\EQMac\ folder, overwrite anything it asks to, merge folders when it asks, etc.

Make sure you put both the Secrets patch and the EverQuest Mac resources files in the main C:\EQMac\ directory, not any subfolders contained in it. Then from C:\EQMac\ run eqw.exe - everything should be set correctly, but just in case make sure "Fix eqclient.ini" is checked. Nothing else should be. Hit Start EQ.

[Zapatos]

I watched a bard in Plane of Nightmare solo month or so ago he was using some sort of charm method

That was probably my bard.

It's because prox aggro actually works there. Can just gather a swarm, charm one mob, let the swarm beat your mob to a pulp, hide/invis to break charm when your pet is at a few %left, snare the former pet (to separate it from pack), charm a new mob, sick that new pet on the old one and get the exp while the swarm beats on your new pet. etc etc etc. Can plow through the entire stalker camp in just minutes.

Likewise, the same strategy can be used to break into and solo Pofear.

As for your pb-aoeing not working? I'm not sure what's wrong. I haven't done that in a long time and I was never a fan of that method, though I've successfully done snow cougars in iceclad, rockhoppers in dawnshroud, and w/e random animals i could grab in stonebrunt (for hides).

[brentwoodbam]

I got everything working properly, connected to server and getting same Error 1017: Cannot log into the Everquest Server. You may need to re-run the update patch....


Any ideas of a fix for this? Thx

[evilnancyreagan]

This has undoubtedly been asked, but can EQMac be played with a PC?

Yes however, mind you Al'kabor is a fetid slum of xenophobic sycophants so, it's best if you don't mention that you are not from Stevejobsland...

[porigromus]

This is project 99 forum. This post should be moved to off topic.

[Weekapaug]

I watched a bard in Plane of Nightmare solo month or so ago he was using some sort of charm method

<edit>

That bard was rocking the planes with that charm method though

Stalkers camp? That's my single favorite solo camp in the game, ever. You can clear that entire camp three times as a bard swarming on a single Vet Exp if you camp between pops to save the buff....10 mins per kite. The social aggro is perfect....best in the game to that point that I know of....eventually it becomes second nature and you can do it in your sleep. Butter.

They say the hobgoblins on the other side of the ditch are just as good but bit higher level.

[evilnancyreagan]

This is project 99 forum. This post should be moved to off topic.

and most petitions SHOULD be resolved in a day. Well I guess we aint in Shouldland anymore, Toto. ;)

[Seaweedpimp]

I want to play eq mac but i come to a p99 thread for help.


derp

[Bardalicious]

I want to play eq mac but i come to a p99 thread for help.


derp


P99 = EverQuest. EQMac = EverQuest. Both = MMORPG Gaming Communities.

Is any of this sinking in yet?

[evilnancyreagan]

Server Chat:
General discussion related to Project 1999 and classic Everquest.

[Seaweedpimp]

Calm down ladies, dont you think it would be easier to find help on thier site?


byez

[porigromus]

Server Chat:
General discussion related to Project 1999 and classic Everquest.

Classic to PoP, not sure if that is considered classic in regards to this project.

[evilnancyreagan]

Classic to PoP, not sure if that is considered classic in regards to this project.

Try it out, you'll find that (expansions aside) EQMac is far more authentic and true to the period than P99. let's not even mention the differences in functionality...

[Weekapaug]

I love it here, but this is tugging hard.

Hard!

[Lron]

There is no reason why you cant play both. Both servers help keep classic EQ alive. Everyone knows about p99 on eqmac and both servers co existing helps both servers out imo.

If i wasn't so busy purifying my server, i would be over here and fully intend to very soon.

[Weekapaug]

Heya Lron,

I surfed the forums over there the other day and kind of got a vibe like we are unwelcome over there, PC users that is. I'd love to check it out if people are cool, tho.

My earlier post got me wondering...how do vet rewards work there? If I use my old main station account can I access my rewards on al'kabor?

[Kevlar]

Stalkers aren't that great. Not really enough of them and a lot of druids like to do them too. I used to do gargs or nettling wraiths in the back, or POD flies. But once you get your pop AAs with extended range you can aoe kite bugs in valor. Like the whole upper part of the zone. I'd get like 3AA per kite back in the day.

If I wasn't having such a blast playing Tera I might give the old EQ a go, but I just don't think I can go back to an auto attack style game. Tera/Age of Conan really got it right.

[Flunklesnarkin]

I had no problem getting this to work.

that link people keep tossing out for the launchpad wouldn't work for me but i just googled eqmac client and downloaded it from soe's website.

I really enjoy that they haven't nerfed night/ultra vision on eqmac


one thing i noticed when installing was when i did a fresh install of the titanium client.. it put it in a directory with an extra folder like C:/...sony/everquest/(bunch of files here)

if you just move the folder to EQMac directory.. the game will start up then crash with that 1017 (iirc) error when you reach select al kabor and click play.

you have to take the bunch of files part out of whatever starting directories there are and put them directly into the eqmac directory and it wont crash anymore.


pretty much if there is a folder in a folder by itself.. its wrong and won't work

[Weekapaug]

I maxxed AA for 55 at the stalkers and had a blast doing it. Different strokes, I guess.

[porigromus]

Try it out, you'll find that (expansions aside) EQMac is far more authentic and true to the period than P99. let's not even mention the differences in functionality...

I quit eq because of the pok, books, cats on the moon, aliens, bazaar. They lost the cohesive feel of the game after velious. Any way this thread should probably be on off topic.

[Weekapaug]

Go to https://lp.soe.com/eqmac/live/ and login with a station username and password. This downloads the ACTUAL EQMac client to your computer.

When I go to that link, it loads a blank grey box with an everquest logo above it and some account management links at the bottom. Am I missing something?

[evilnancyreagan]

When I go to that link, it loads a blank grey box with an everquest logo above it and some account management links at the bottom. Am I missing something?

mmmmhmmmmm. you sign in. :cool:

[evilnancyreagan]

also you need to install the soe plug-in in your browser

[Weekapaug]

also you need to install the soe plug-in in your browser

I think that's my problem. The old page (from earlier links in this thread) makes the popup bar come up but it doesnt seem to install anything. No popup happens on the above link.

Can I manually download it somewhere?

[Weekapaug]

Okay so now the old one actually gives me fields. I guess it did install. But the new one does not.

When I try logging into the old one it just hangs there loading endlessly

[evilnancyreagan]

I think that's my problem. The old page (from earlier links in this thread) makes the popup bar come up but it doesnt seem to install anything. No popup happens on the above link.

Can I manually download it somewhere?

the download should start when you visit the page. When i visit the page now with my pc I am getting an error on sony's end. however, my mac is having no trouble with it.

again, try signing in to your account @ soe.com and then vist lp.soe.com/eqmac/live

[Weekapaug]

It should, but it doesn't. Wonder if the error you are getting is causing the page not to push the plugin? Think this is they way they are going to keep PC people from playing?

I think I'm logged in but will try again. Thank you for your help.

[Weekapaug]

Yep. No dice. :(

[evilnancyreagan]

Yep. No dice. :(

clear your browser cache and try again. I confirmed it is working for PC. Also, I am using Chrome.

[Weekapaug]

clear your browser cache and try again. I confirmed it is working for PC. Also, I am using Chrome.

Right from "web browsing for dummies." durrrrr. Thanks bud didnt even think of that. I bet that does it.

[Weekapaug]

No joy. :(

I noticed when I went to do all that, the old launcher finally loaded, but on the official site it said that was out of date or something so I didn't patch it.

[Weekapaug]

downloading chrome now

[Weekapaug]

Using Chrome instead of Explorer did it.

[evilnancyreagan]

Using Chrome instead of Explorer did it.

internet exploder? yeah, there's your problem :P :rolleyes:

[brentwoodbam]

Finally got it running, had to reinstall and be sure to install it in C: drive for sure. Anyone know how to get a nice full screen to play with? Have messed with the in game resolution but that only made the screen smaller, i want the actual window to be full if possible.

[evilnancyreagan]

Finally got it running, had to reinstall and be sure to install it in C: drive for sure. Anyone know how to get a nice full screen to play with? Have messed with the in game resolution but that only made the screen smaller, i want the actual window to be full if possible.

add patchme to the target of the shortcut like you do with P99. the login screen will be a hot mess but, the game will be in full screen.

option 2 is to resize the window to create pseudo fullscreen.

[brentwoodbam]

add patchme to the target of the shortcut like you do with P99. the login screen will be a hot mess but, the game will be in full screen.

option 2 is to resize the window to create pseudo fullscreen.

Where exactly do i add that patchme? When i right click the "eqw" file that launches eqmac, it doesnt give me a target box. Same with EQgame.

[evilnancyreagan]

Where exactly do i add that patchme? When i right click the "eqw" file that launches eqmac, it doesnt give me a target box. Same with EQgame.

create a shortcut for eqgame.exe and add patchme to the target field in the properties window.

[brentwoodbam]

Thanks for the help, and i hate asking a ton of questions, but now i'm getting an error such as "Creat Surface (Primary) failed", after a google search some claim it has something to do with the colors, any idea?

[evilnancyreagan]

Thanks for the help, and i hate asking a ton of questions, but now i'm getting an error such as "Creat Surface (Primary) failed", after a google search some claim it has something to do with the colors, any idea?

I heard some people making noise about running in 16 bit color but, I run 32 bit just fine. I'm not sure how you set up your client but, this walkthrough should set you up with a stable client easy-peasy:

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/mmorpg-general-discussion/38234-eqmac-now-free-play-79.html#post2289359

[brentwoodbam]

Thanks for the help, as much as i love the memories of the old ui, i think gameplay will go more smoothly with luclin. With that being said, after following suggestions on that thread, i am getting "EQW only supports 16 and 32 bit video modes", where in in the ini file is it located to change that?

[evilnancyreagan]

Thanks for the help, as much as i love the memories of the old ui, i think gameplay will go more smoothly with luclin. With that being said, after following suggestions on that thread, i am getting "EQW only supports 16 and 32 bit video modes", where in in the ini file is it located to change that?

eqw.ini

also make sure your display adapter is set to either a 16 or 32 bit mode in windows (i.e. no 24 bit or other wonky crap)

[brentwoodbam]

I'm currently running True Colors (32 bit) colors on my pc, but what specific piece of eqw.ini is to be changed to match that?

[Weekapaug]

so it launches but I get the "eqgame.exe has experienced a problem and must shut down" error or whatever when I launch it. If I don't dismiss the box, the game still loads. As soon as I do it shuts it down.

What is EQW? And why does it put you in the old school ui etc? I got into the game....in a postage sized old school window with that error box to the side....as soon as i dismiss the box it shuts everything down

[evilnancyreagan]

so it launches but I get the "program has experienced a problem and must shut down" error or whatever when I launch it. If I don't dismiss the box, the game still loads. As soon as I do it shuts it down.

make sure you are running the program as administrator from C:\EQMac

[Weekapaug]

I'm running 32 bit XP...do we have administrator mode?

[evilnancyreagan]

I'm running 32 bit XP...do we have administrator mode?

yessir

right click eqgame.exe ---> Properties ---> Compatibility ---> Voilà

[Weekapaug]

Really appreciate all the help. I'll check that in a second.

I just started over....the patcher is telling me my game files are updated before I patched....went into advanced tools or whatever....it's checking my actual current live directory (not C:/EQMac)....C:/Program Files/Sony Online Entertainment/Installed Games/EverQuest is what it's looking at. I'm guessing it thinks it's patched because it patched all that before.

Do I need to point it to the eqmac directory? How?

[Weekapaug]

No administrator mode. Just has selectable compatability modes for older operating systems

[Weekapaug]

Correction....that was an error message there when I tried to hit PLAY.

But why else would it think everything on a fresh install was patched, unless it previously patched my actual legit EQ files and that's what it's looking at?

This is confusing as shit.

edit: I followed the instructions from the FOH website and they have you apply secrets patch after everything else. Same thing still happening.

[brentwoodbam]

I'm still getting "EQW must run in 16 or 32 bit display mode". My computer's settings is 32 bit, but idk what the EQ is set at or how to change it.

[BruizeLee]

just starting playin on server so far i like it so if anyone has quit eq mac or has extra stuff PM might be able to work somthin out

[Weekapaug]

Fixed it...I run P99 via wineq2 to fix the multicore issues....it stays up in the tray even when you log out and I guess that was conflicting.

Now just gotta figure out how to get this thing fullscreen and at a modern resolution.

[evilnancyreagan]

I'm still getting "EQW must run in 16 or 32 bit display mode". My computer's settings is 32 bit, but idk what the EQ is set at or how to change it.

you can change EQ's color depth via eqclient.ini

[evilnancyreagan]

add patchme to the target of the shortcut like you do with P99. the login screen will be a hot mess but, the game will be in full screen.

option 2 is to resize the window to create pseudo fullscreen.

[Weekapaug]

This is pretty awesome. Thank you again for all your help.

One last question. Are luclin models enabled here? wouldnt let me do it coming in but I was going to change it in the ini

[evilnancyreagan]

This is pretty awesome. Thank you again for all your help.

One last question. Are luclin models enabled here? wouldnt let me do it coming in but I was going to change it in the ini

yeah, simply enable then in the .ini and you are good as gold. :cool:

[Weekapaug]

Won't be able to play for a bit but had a poke around. Looks fantastic.

Last question...Is there a way to fix the bazaar problems?

[Lron]

Heya Lron,

I surfed the forums over there the other day and kind of got a vibe like we are unwelcome over there, PC users that is. I'd love to check it out if people are cool, tho.

My earlier post got me wondering...how do vet rewards work there? If I use my old main station account can I access my rewards on al'kabor?

No you cannot access your rewards but you can play on EQmac from your all station account.

Also, I would say atleast 65% of all the player on AK came from PC. I have never once felt unwelcome because of that and i am the most wanted man on my island.

[Tewaz]

I have been able to do a few pbaoe kites on there with no lag issues. The exp is a lot faster on the mac server and I hasn't leveled to 10 just doing the newbie armor quest. Hit me up in game, name is tewaz. I am pumped for 27 and charm kiting with kei!

[brentwoodbam]

you can change EQ's color depth via eqclient.ini

I hate to feel so clueless, because i'm generally good at solving issues like this. But i searched the eqclient.ini and eqw.ini for "color" and anything that looked like it would involve changing the color depth but I couldn't.

Where in the eqclient file is this changed?

Thanks again for all the help

[Daldaen]

No you cannot access your rewards but you can play on EQmac from your all station account.

Also, I would say atleast 65% of all the player on AK came from PC. I have never once felt unwelcome because of that and i am the most wanted man on my island.
Came from PC, but if you USE a PC to access the server, you won't be well liked... But I don't think anyone can match you in that endeavor.

But then no one can really tell unless you say it outright that you play on a PC.

[evilnancyreagan]

Won't be able to play for a bit but had a poke around. Looks fantastic.

Last question...Is there a way to fix the bazaar problems?

Yes, I read updating the UI fixes this. You're going to have to peruse FOH post from earlier to get the exact solution.

[evilnancyreagan]

I hate to feel so clueless, because i'm generally good at solving issues like this. But i searched the eqclient.ini and eqw.ini for "color" and anything that looked like it would involve changing the color depth but I couldn't.

Where in the eqclient file is this changed?

Thanks again for all the help

scroll down to [VideoMode] and make sure you have BitsPerPixel=16

yeah, I can see how it might be a bit tricky, whodathunk it'd be under video mode :rolleyes:

[brentwoodbam]

changed it from 32 to 16 BitsPerPixel and still get same "eqw only supports 16 and 32 bit video modes" error. Is it a problem with my screen resolution, that may need to be adjusted?

Edit: Changed my screen resolution from 1600x900 to 1280xwhatever and i can get on now ;) It isnt necissarily pretty but its EQ

[evilnancyreagan]

changed it from 32 to 16 BitsPerPixel and still get same "eqw only supports 16 and 32 bit video modes" error. Is it a problem with my screen resolution, that may need to be adjusted?

Edit: Changed my screen resolution from 1600x900 to 1280xwhatever and i can get on now ;) It isnt necissarily pretty but its EQ

add patchme to the target of the shortcut like you do with P99. the login screen will be a hot mess but, the game will be in full screen.

option 2 is to resize the window to create pseudo fullscreen.

just like you do with P99; create a shortcut for eqgame.exe and add patchme to the target

[brentwoodbam]

When i add patchme i get that Create Surface (Primary) error again. I think i'll just stick to how i have it unless you know how to fix that particular error :X

[evilnancyreagan]

When i add patchme i get that Create Surface (Primary) error again. I think i'll just stick to how i have it unless you know how to fix that particular error :X

This is the only time I have heard of that happening. Sounds like you could probably stand to update your drivers.

[Weekapaug]

Last question...Is there a way to fix the bazaar problems?

Google yeilds nothing. Always has to be something, eh?

[Bardalicious]

I am pumped for 27 and charm kiting with kei!


Why KEI? For the mana pool increase?

Unless I missed something, only mana regeneration from worn items and AA's affect a bard.

Glad to hear you can PBAoE kite though. No idea why I'm having such weird latency issues when I try it.

[Aroith]

I didn't read through all 33 pages, but http://launch.soe.com/lp3/index.html...skin=everquest that link for the mac client doesn't work for me. Where do i get the eqmac client?

[evilnancyreagan]

I didn't read through all 33 pages

[Aroith]

I read back a few pages, still all the links for the clients don't work for me. I click on them log in and it just loads for ever... I dono maybe the website is not working?

[Aroith]

This one loads for me. Is it the right client? Here is the link…
https://lp.soe.com/eqmac/live

[ElanoraBryght]

This one loads for me. Is it the right client? Here is the link…
https://lp.soe.com/eqmac/live

Winner.

This is the link for the new (in the last few weeks) LP4.
Easy way to tell if you're using the right one - If it isn't https it is not the new link.

[Vaighn]

Just installed last night. Awesome. Anyone want to start characters together? PM me on here.

[rugerx]

I'm having this problem with right-click mouselook where X axis is super slow, and Y is super fast also. I changed MaxFPS in eqw.ini to 30 but it hasn't made any difference.

Does anyone have any ideas?

FPS limiter setting on nvidia driver.

I had the same issue, it comes down to the FPS are to high and eqmac does not have the fps slider bard.

I fixed mine by going into my nvidia driver control panel, and configuring for the game executable itself, advanced settings, there is an option to limit frames per second. I set it to 30 for eqmac and now my x axis issues are over! Works for both my screens so 2boxing is a champ. Also no buggy mage issues there so I am quite pleased.

If you have and ati, sorry cant help.

Hope that helps.

[Aroith]

doh when i click on eqw.exe and hit start eq i get and Error: Couldn't start program. I followed guide perfectly dono what to do.

[Kevlar]

Ok tera was down tonight because of some exploit so I made a character on Al'Kabor. Seems pretty cool so far, but can't get the chase cam to work at all.

[Aroith]

do i run the game through the eqw.exe? or how do i get to the login

[rugerx]

Ok tera was down tonight because of some exploit so I made a character on Al'Kabor. Seems pretty cool so far, but can't get the chase cam to work at all.

hit f9 once or twice and use mouse and DEL/INS to move back and forth.

Its close to the mouse zoom out.

[Slycen]

What's the server population like there?
Where can I find some sort of program torun eqmac via windows?

PM me please if ya can help :)

[ElanoraBryght]

Server pop is low during off hours, so getting a group and leveling up can be hard. Many people compensate for this by leveling 2 or 3 chars at a time, so they can make their own group when they need to. Most also gladly sit out their boxes and just play their main when a group is available.

Once you figure out the install, the hardest part of getting going is probably going to be finding gear at the low levels. It's easy to fly through them with buffs, and there isn't a lot of pre-50 gear for sale in the bazaar.

Most of the class newbie gear quests are in though, and that helps a lot.

Shoot me a tell if you need some buffs or spell pp to get started - if you don't see me on Embre or Enbre /join alliance and ask if I'm around.

[Kevlar]

Yeah I made a second account. To box on Al'Kabor you have to run two different clients though, so copy your EQMac folder over to EQMac(2) and run two separate clients. It won't run two copies of the same client for some reason.

[ElanoraBryght]

You can launch multiple clients from one install if you launch all clients before you log in.
Launch client, get past the EULA / promo screens, stop at the login screen.
Launch 2nd client, get past the EULA / promo screens, stop at the login screen.
Launch 3rd client, etc.

When all the clients are launched and at login screen, then start logging them in one by one.

[lilyanna]

I'm Euro so groups can be harder to get but it's still so much fun, lots to do and really nice people over there. And yes you dont need to install it twice you just need to create two different accounts to box, although my computer has a hissy fit any time I try.. time for an upgrade I think :)

[porigromus]

I would seriously consider not allowing people purposely coming to project 1999 trying to pull people over to other servers. Not being mean but this is only detrimental to this great project.

[Kevlar]

So anyone figure out how to fix mouselook?

[Daldaen]

So anyone figure out how to fix mouselook?

Not classic, hence not available on that server.

[rugerx]

So anyone figure out how to fix mouselook?
read page 37, thats the best you will get.

[CanadianTSi]

So I can launch the game and get the Load Screen the come up but as soon and it fully loads the game just closes with no error or anything?

[Kevlar]

whats really strange is at the char select screen if you select 'explore' the mouse works perfectly. But once you load the world its fuxxored.

[Aroith]

Woot finally got it to work. I did the same thing 3 times in a row and finally it randomly worked this time!

[Aroith]

now can i download project 1999 and beable to play on either server on this computer or will that cause a problem?

[Lron]

I would seriously consider not allowing people purposely coming to project 1999 trying to pull people over to other servers. Not being mean but this is only detrimental to this great project.

Im Lron The Server Legend....just the mere fact that i am posting on this forum brings thousands of new players over here that would have otherwise never known Project1999 exists.

[Aroith]

nvm figured it out both p1999 and eqmac can be on same computer

[Kevlar]

Yeah its a good idea to keep a virgin titanium install tucked away in case you want to try some different emu servers or eqmac or even live since it went f2p. With a 2TB drive it isnt really an issue. I have five versions of eq installed now.

[stewzimme]

I am running eqmac on a pc.. but i can't figure out how to box... anyone know how to remedy this?

[evilnancyreagan]

I am running eqmac on a pc.. but i can't figure out how to box... anyone know how to remedy this?

You can launch multiple clients from one install if you launch all clients before you log in.
Launch client, get past the EULA / promo screens, stop at the login screen.
Launch 2nd client, get past the EULA / promo screens, stop at the login screen.
Launch 3rd client, etc.

When all the clients are launched and at login screen, then start logging them in one by one.

It's amazing what you can find when you LOOK. :rolleyes:

[stewzimme]

let me rephrase that... i have tried to launch multiple clients before i log in, if i do this, the original freezes... i know it isn't a hardware issue.. i am looking for an alternative to what has originally been suggested

[Aroith]

It will only let me run 2 luclin character models? How do I unlock all of them. It says I can't handle that many models, which is bs.

[stewzimme]

solved my own problem.. you (or atleast I) have to go screen by screen.. you have to advance them to the next screen right after each other or one lags out

[evilnancyreagan]

let me rephrase that... i have tried to launch multiple clients before i log in, if i do this, the original freezes... i know it isn't a hardware issue.. i am looking for an alternative to what has originally been suggested

try bypassing eqw.exe. just like P99; create a shortcut for eqgame.exe and in the properties window add patchme to the target. remember to run as admin.

It will only let me run 2 luclin character models? How do I unlock all of them. It says I can't handle that many models, which is bs.

Aroith, meet eqclient.ini he will be your new best friend.

[Kevlar]

let me rephrase that... i have tried to launch multiple clients before i log in, if i do this, the original freezes... i know it isn't a hardware issue.. i am looking for an alternative to what has originally been suggested

You can always copy the files to another directory and run two different clients. Less chance of conflicts that way and with a fast modern hard drive space and speed aren't an issue.

[evilnancyreagan]

let me rephrase that... i have tried to launch multiple clients before i log in, if i do this, the original freezes... i know it isn't a hardware issue.. i am looking for an alternative to what has originally been suggested

You can always copy the files to another directory and run two different clients. Less chance of conflicts that way and with a fast modern hard drive space and speed aren't an issue.

hell that being said, might as well have the second install on a second computer. even the the fugliest of today's craptops can run one box of eq with little trouble and we all have one (or know someone who has one) just collecting dust in a closet somewhere. connect that clunker to your neighbors unsecured wireless network and you have a whole new wealth of possibilites.

[Kevlar]

hell that being said, might as well have the second install on a second computer. even the the fugliest of today's craptops can run one box of eq with little trouble and we all have one (or know someone who has one) just collecting dust in a closet somewhere. connect that clunker to your neighbors unsecured wireless network and you have a whole new wealth of possibilites.

Oh its easy enough to run on 2 comps. Back in the old voodoo gfx days that was the only way to do it. I personally prefer alt-tab and one mouse and keyboard though. Less Electromagnetic radiation attacking your scrotum.

[Kevlar]

Mouselook problem fixed. Now I can really get into this time waster all over again!


http://dxtory.com/v2-home-en.html

Neat little program, like fraps but has a software FPS limiter built in. Fraps only does it while recording, this one will do it anytime. Limit FPS to 30 and everything is smooth. My vid card doesn't have an easy option for doing it unfortunately.

[Bwils]

Kasperky anitvirus keeps wanting to delete wsock32.dll saying it is a virus. Is kasp just tripping or is it safe?

[SunDrake]

Error opening packed file system? With characters?

Also, what am I to use as a launch into the login? eqw.exe, eqgame.exe, etc?

Edit: Bwills, Vipre also didn't appreciate the wsock32.dll. I wasn't sure what it was either.

[Kevlar]

Edit: Bwills, Vipre also didn't appreciate the wsock32.dll. I wasn't sure what it was either.

Here is a post from the FOH board:


NOTE: WSOCK32.dll is a fake winsock program. If you require its source I can post it here but any disassembler can open it and you can clearly see it is a DLL loader for eqgame.dll and a proxy for WSOCK32.dll, if it flags as a virus then that's because it's named after a system file. This is just an order of operations issue in Windows that I exploit to load the actual code to EQGame.exe and it is not a virus.

From what I can see my virus suite likes to delete WSOCK32.DLL from the EQMac folder. When this happens I can't get to the login screen. I can get to server select but when I go to login I just get "You have been disconnected" right before the world loads.

Just turn off the virus scanner, copy the wsock32.dll from secrets patch back into eqmac, and the game loads fine. It doesn't seem malicious, but you never know. Not sure someone would go through this much trouble to make something work just to install a trojan that 20 or 30 people might try out.

[SunDrake]

Here is a post from the FOH board:




From what I can see my virus suite likes to delete WSOCK32.DLL from the EQMac folder.

Just turn off the virus scanner, copy the wsock32.dll from secrets patch back into eqmac, and the game loads fine.

Done. Still no luck. Wanting to check the server out soo badly. Not finding many resources.

[Kevlar]

You need to execute eqw.exe. You also need to have all relevant files created in c:\eqmac. There are some files that are hard coded to look for that directory, at least one I found eqw.cfg.

Here is what I did.

1. completely disable virus check
2. fresh install of titanium
3. copy titanium files to c:\eqmac
4. copy the resources folder from the eqmac SOE site directly on top of c:\eqmac using copy/replace
5. unzip secrets patch directly into c:\eqmac
6. open eqconfig.ini change newui=TRUE. Default is set to false and causes problems
7. start up dxtory and limit video fps to 60
8. launch eqw.exe, right-click run as administrator
9. check the popup box to fixeqclient.ini - you might get an error the first time
10. connect, log in with a valid station account, select the first al'kabor server, profit

If you get to the server select and get disconnected on loading in check to make sure wsock.dll is still in your eqmac folder. Mine is constantly getting removed.

[Alkorin]

Don't turn off your antivirus. Figure out how to add an exception for that file and do it that way.

[SunDrake]

6. open eqconfig.ini change newui=TRUE. Default is set to false and causes problems
7. start up dxtory and limit video fps to 60

Just tried #6 and 7. Still getting a cannot open packed file system message. The EQW window never takes me into the login before that message pops up.

[Vaighn]

I played for a few hours the other night after first time logging in. Now I can't get on..

It sticks at load wheel of death on the web launcher (http://cl.ly/310U3i001V0w391j3O1X)

Any suggestions? Dying to get back in!

I'm playing on a mac..

[Tewaz]

Confirmed ddd kiting in ek right now. Have had bad luck with cod, and but ddd seems to work well.
Bard aoe kiting works at 18 and swarming at 27.

[dredge]

.

[Tewaz]

About 20 to 40 traders In the bazaar every time I have been in there. I usually see groups in all the low to mid areas. I have been buffed while fighting in Kurns by 65s. It definitely has a smaller pop than p99., and bit it is nice to get away from all the bs.

[Ytrafik]

It is quite easy to run EQmac on a PC with all the help I found in the thread but I still have a minor prob:

When in 1st person wiew, I cannot scroll out of my char to see his back. I think macintosh mouses don't have scroll wheel but I am not sure. My sister has a laptop without mouse.

Any tips/clue about the scrolling issue pls ?

[Tewaz]

That feature did not exist in PoP, and so it isn't on that server.

[Gwence]

cant scroll out view on eqmac, I would use F9 x3 and play in that view, it's similar and you get used to it in about an hour.

[Kevlar]

You can sort of scroll out with insert/delete, gives you a good 3rd person view but camera doesn't pan right while running.

[dredge]

.

[Gwence]

if you're playing from a mac, all that info is on there forums eqmac.com

[Fists]

I've attempted a few fresh installs of titanium to get this going, with no luck. I consistantly get to the load prior to the character select screen and either get a memory dump crash or it just freezes.

If anyone from the p99 side of things knows how to fix this (for pc), i'll toss 5-10kpp your way.

[maahes]

I was able to follow this guide a few months ago with success. However, I just tried to get this setup on one of my lab computers at work with no luck. It appears something int he process has changed, or maybe they "fixed" the hack.

Sad too, cause I could never justify spending money on a Mac. We all know you can take the same money you were about to spend on a Mac and get twice the "power" by building a PC. (If you are tech savoy)

[Danyelle]

I was able to follow this guide a few months ago with success. However, I just tried to get this setup on one of my lab computers at work with no luck. It appears something int he process has changed, or maybe they "fixed" the hack.

Sad too, cause I could never justify spending money on a Mac. We all know you can take the same money you were about to spend on a Mac and get twice the "power" by building a PC. (If you are tech savoy)

Odd, still works for me. Same old patch etc.

http://i.imgur.com/oludA.jpg

You sure you followed it right? Titanium files in the folder first, then EQMac files, then custom patch files. Run through eqw.exe not eqgame.exe. Click option to "fix eqclient.ini" etc etc.

PS. Yes RBD is still level 2 there. I really only been playing P99 or Live's Test. I'm sure Glitch is very disappointed in me :( lol

[Fists]

http://imgur.com/4FISV thats about as far as I can get bleh

[The Revanchist]

lol, people still trying to get on this? community is horrible.

i'll see what i can do, tryina dig up logs because i helped someone with this before but i cant remember what we did.

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

[Danyelle]

http://imgur.com/4FISV thats about as far as I can get bleh

I just sent you a PM, but that seems to be the exact warning you get if you have WinEQ open while trying to run EQMac (I sent that in the PM as well, at the bottom lol) and it crashes at about that spot. I dunno if you have WinEQ running, or even installed, but if you do then close it first and try again. WinEQ is not compatible with EQMac.

EDIT: Scratch that, it crashed a little faster than that with WinEQ up (login page was the farthest I managed to get before it crashed while clicking really fast :P) it also references different memory. But message is still the exact same, minus the fact it gives me the option of debugging but that's cause I have Visual Studio installed.

Either way, I'm betting it's either WinEQ or another incompatible program.

[Airdefier]

I keep getting the " you need to rerun patch program " jargon. Ive reinstalled exactly the way it says everytime :(

[Glitch]

I'm sure Glitch is very disappointed in me :( lol

WHATEVER

[Danyelle]

WHATEVER

YOU KNOW I HEART YOU

[Taresh]

https://forum.pleaseignore.com/uploads/profile/photo-143.gif

[Danyelle]

No! My kin!
http://i.imgur.com/8bgzW.jpg

[Taresh]

come play eve and join ponysquad

http://i.imgur.com/z6XD8.gif

[SamwiseBanned]

come play eve and join ponysquad

http://i.imgur.com/z6XD8.gif

i think im like 12 days away from cruiser V, then its logi t2 ship time.

[Taresh]

did you reroll? i NEVER see you online. I even watchlisted your ass.

[Austrianna]

<s>I've gotten as far as needing to download the eqmac launchpad. When I try to log in to download, it just sits there and spins and spins and goes nowhere. I got as far as resetting the password then having to set up the account ... and beyond that, no actual logging in to download. Any advice?</s>

Downloaded, now I just don't know where it downloaded the files for the launcher so I can move them. I'm a n00b, help?!

[Crystallized]

The Y-Axis seems extremely sensitive and the X-Axis seems extremely slow. Any way to fix this in the PC version?

[radditsu]

Any way to fix the "XML Files not compatible with current Everquest Files" error

Will not load a UI either.

This is on a PC with a slipstreamed titanium client etc etc.

[Austrianna]

Okay i finally got it to load, got it downloaded ... but no idea where it downloaded the files (did it on the website, no prompt etc) so I can move them.

^^^n00b

[Danyelle]

Any way to fix the "XML Files not compatible with current Everquest Files" error

Will not load a UI either.

This is on a PC with a slipstreamed titanium client etc etc.

I suppose I can host my UI. You know you're supposed to overwrite the UI with the EQMac version as well correct? Not all the xmls will work though. Any xml for a window not present during the PoP era that this client was built, will not read properly and will give that error. Though it shouldn't prevent you from using the new UI entirely.

The Y-Axis seems extremely sensitive and the X-Axis seems extremely slow. Any way to fix this in the PC version?

Unfortunately, that's the way this client works. Not really a PC thing, just it's code. No fix afaik =/

[Danyelle]

Okay i finally got it to load, got it downloaded ... but no idea where it downloaded the files (did it on the website, no prompt etc) so I can move them.

^^^n00b

It's in AppData some where. Something like:
"C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Sony Online Entertainment\blahblahblahblah"

[Austrianna]

Cool, thank you!

[radditsu]

I suppose I can host my UI. You know you're supposed to overwrite the UI with the EQMac version as well correct? Not all the xmls will work though. Any xml for a window not present during the PoP era that this client was built, will not read properly and will give that error. Though it should prevent you from using the new UI entirely.




so i cant just load up my old eq disks up til pop and copy the ui files over?

[Danyelle]

so i cant just load up my old eq disks up til pop and copy the ui files over?

Nah you'll have to use what came with the EQMac download. Discs would be on a slightly different patch day than the EQMac Intel client.

[Austrianna]

I am truly such a n00b! There was a link to it right in the options on the eqemu downloader.

[radditsu]

I actually just reinstalled and everything and its doing the same XML file error.

Trying to load a custom ui does not work at all.

Another note it seems like its not wanting to read my eqclient.ini correctly. Everything is set to true but it does not load the newer models. uggh.

[Danyelle]

I actually just reinstalled and everything and its doing the same XML file error.

Trying to load a custom ui does not work at all.

Another note it seems like its not wanting to read my eqclient.ini correctly. Everything is set to true but it does not load the newer models. uggh.

Wait, you're trying to load a CUSTOM UI? Yeah you can't do that. It has to be the stock new UI that comes with EQMac. I don't believe there are even custom UIs still around built during that era of Everquest. If any at all seeing as this was the release of that UI in the first place.

[radditsu]

Wait, you're trying to load a CUSTOM UI? Yeah you can't do that. It has to be the stock new UI that comes with EQMac. I don't believe there are even custom UIs still around built during that era of Everquest. If any at all seeing as this was the release of that UI in the first place.

I was just trying UI files from the EQ MAC forums that are for this build. The main UI is fine i just wanted to get rid of the XML file error.

[Austrianna]

Can you change the eqclient.ini to 32bit and have the game work in 32bit or are you stuck at having to make your screen resolution 16bit and sucking it up?

[Austrianna]

If you get to the server select and get disconnected on loading in check to make sure wsock.dll is still in your eqmac folder. Mine is constantly getting removed.

My wsock32.dll is still there.

I can select the server but no matter what, when I load I get

The instruction at 0x77082eef referenced memory at 0x8da5f036. The memory could not be read.

I have followed the instructions and am not sure where I am going wrong. Has anyone else had this problem and knows how to correct it?

Thanks for any help

[Garmuk]

When i add patchme i get that Create Surface (Primary) error again. I think i'll just stick to how i have it unless you know how to fix that particular error :X

I have the same problem. (Updating video drivers does nothing.) Did you ever find a fix for this?

When I use EQw at 1920x1080 the text crunches up in several area of the screen making a simulated full screen effect impossible to get. Does anyone know how to fix that?

As of right now I can log in but not being fullscreen kills it for me and makes it basically unplayable.

[Austrianna]

My wsock32.dll is still there.

I can select the server but no matter what, when I load I get

The instruction at 0x77082eef referenced memory at 0x8da5f036. The memory could not be read.

I have followed the instructions and am not sure where I am going wrong. Has anyone else had this problem and knows how to correct it?

Thanks for any help

Just wondering if anyone can help out at all? =) thank you!

[Danyelle]

Just wondering if anyone can help out at all? =) thank you!

I just sent you a PM, but that seems to be the exact warning you get if you have WinEQ open while trying to run EQMac (I sent that in the PM as well, at the bottom lol) and it crashes at about that spot. I dunno if you have WinEQ running, or even installed, but if you do then close it first and try again. WinEQ is not compatible with EQMac.

EDIT: Scratch that, it crashed a little faster than that with WinEQ up (login page was the farthest I managed to get before it crashed while clicking really fast :P) it also references different memory. But message is still the exact same, minus the fact it gives me the option of debugging but that's cause I have Visual Studio installed.

Either way, I'm betting it's either WinEQ or another incompatible program.

You try this?

[Austrianna]

WinEQ is that just like EQW (eq windows i think) that "just some dude" made back in the day? I don't have that and if it's not that, I don't think I have WinEQ anyway because I'm not 100% sure what it is.

I have the EQMac stuff installed on a different hard drive than the p99 eq and I don't run any third party programs when I play that are game related. Usually I just have the game and firefox up.

I'm really at a loss as to what it could be, but I appreciate your help - you have been amazing in this thread!

[Once]

More fun than you'd think. It's a breath of fresh air and a real throwback to classic EQ.

[bizzum]

http://www.project1999.org/forums/image.php?u=21193&dateline=1323222856

My thoughts exactly.

[Azmere]

So I'm a total noob. Do I need a Mac to play on this server? Is it free?

thanks

[baub]

doors your avatar is beautiful so i'll just put this here for everyone to enjoy

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Wr15UVmovD4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Once]

So I'm a total noob. Do I need a Mac to play on this server? Is it free?

thanks

You don't need a mac.
It's free.
It's a legitimate SOE EQ server with real GM/Advisor support
It's capped at Planes of Power but we're progressing through content @ the Velious level. Send me a PM and I'll link you a "Get Started" guide.

[booter]

doors your avatar is beautiful so i'll just put this here for everyone to enjoy

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Wr15UVmovD4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Are you fools playing DOTA2???

If you aren't feeders, add me on Steam - Boing Ding Zoom! (or maybe my steam id is khysanth333 I don't remember).

[radditsu]

WTB XML file fix.

[EQsale]

Quick question

How does one resolve this after login and selecting the server?

[EQsale]

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[Kevlar]

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That is what happens when your virus software deletes WSOCK.DLL from your program directory at launch. Reinstall "secrets patch" and disable your virus software before you start the program.

[Gwence]

You don't need a mac.
It's free.
It's a legitimate SOE EQ server with real GM/Advisor support
It's capped at Planes of Power but we're progressing through content @ the Velious level. Send me a PM and I'll link you a "Get Started" guide.

did you play on Saryrn, I knew a character named Once there.

[Gwence]

that loadscreen image makes me think you're not using the titanium client.

[Danyelle]

that loadscreen image makes me think you're not using the titanium client.

It defaults to the PoP loadscreen. It doesn't uset he DoDH one stock with titanium. In fact, the EQMac client doesn't even use things like the globalload.txt file, zonename_chr.txt files, or most anything in the resources folder (Where the loadscreen is kept in modern clients). It's not coded to.

[Vladesch]

I was having very strange problems with this.
The graphics were messing up very strangely, and I was running at supersonic speed.
Fixed it.

You need to set processor affinity to 1.
This is what my command line looks like...
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 eqw.exe

[Tudana]

I was having very strange problems with this.
The graphics were messing up very strangely, and I was running at supersonic speed.
Fixed it.

You need to set processor affinity to 1.
This is what my command line looks like...
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 eqw.exe
OMG I was just fixing to post this as my issue!

Thanks, I`ll try this fix tonight.

Wished i had gotten SS, was funny watching my character model folding in half and arms stretched behind their heads...

[Vladesch]

You don't need to set your color depth to 16. Have it set to both 32 on the desktop and inside the eqclient.ini file.

Here is some lines I changed in my eqclient.ini file

NewUI=TRUE

UseD3DTextureCompression=TRUE
MipMapping=TRUE
ShowDynamicLights=TRUE

TextureCache=TRUE
VideoModeBitsPerPixel=32

Width=1680
Height=990
(obviously this changes depending on your screen size)

Must say my client is working very nicely now on EQMAC, expecially since I found out how to adjust the fps with nvidiainspector.
Got a necro up to level 11.
Want to hunt wisps? Make a level 1 mage and give myself some magic daggers. Score!
(But I decided commons sucked even so. Too many adds. Went to nro where it is very safe)

Seems like a waste, but I doubt I'll be back. Too many problems with this server and just reading through the forums doesn't give me any incentive to get to the end game.

[Tudana]

I was having very strange problems with this.
The graphics were messing up very strangely, and I was running at supersonic speed.
Fixed it.

You need to set processor affinity to 1.
This is what my command line looks like...
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 eqw.exe
I thought I understood you here, but I am not sure how to type to the \cmd window.
i typed it as you have it and it didn't like it. also, will this "affinity 1" mess with anything else in my computer?

my issue atm is everything is moving at the sound of speed..even mobs.

[Vladesch]

I thought I understood you here, but I am not sure how to type to the \cmd window.
i typed it as you have it and it didn't like it. also, will this "affinity 1" mess with anything else in my computer?

my issue atm is everything is moving at the sound of speed..even mobs.

Yes, setting the affinity to 1 should fix it. All it does is restrict the program to 1 core. It won't affect your computer at all. Normally this is done for you by wineq when you tick the affinity box.

What you have to do is drag the eqw.exe onto your dektop with the alt pressed down. This will create a shortcut.
Then right click on the shortcut... properties.
Then type what i said into "target".. ie
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 eqw.exe

[Kevlar]

IF you need to fix your FPS issues and your gfx card software doesn't allow it, there is a freeware program called dxtory with an FPS limiter. I have mine set to 60 and it works perfectly. Fraps has one also, but only works in record mode. Dxtory is always on without recording.

[Crystallized]

IF you need to fix your FPS issues and your gfx card software doesn't allow it, there is a freeware program called dxtory with an FPS limiter. I have mine set to 60 and it works perfectly. Fraps has one also, but only works in record mode. Dxtory is always on without recording.

I tried this program, and it did limit my framerate; however, it cause a whole lot of stuttering. For instance....Say I'm walking at 100% my normal walk speed....DXTORY would slow my speed down to 50% for a second or two, then speed me up to 100% while also teleporting me forward a few feet. It was really weird. I tried it on two computers.

I have officially found a fix to the slow horizontal mouselook, but it only works on nVidia cards. If you are using an nVidia card, go to the nVidia Control Panel by right clicking on your desktop and selecting it. Once in, I forgot where it is, but it's called "Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames". Set it lower than 3. I set mine to 1 and it made my vertical and horizontal mouselook about the same speed.

I have yet to find an option like this for AMD RADEON cards. There is a "Flip Queue" something in RadeonPro (a 3rd party program), but it doesn't do the trick for me, even though a lot of people talk about it. I use a program to show my FPS in the EQW window, and in some zones, I get 500fps, even if I have vSync on.

It has been known that high-FPS is directly responsible for the horizontal mouselook problem being slower than the vertical mouselook. I've been looking for ways to cap my framerate at 30fps, but I can't find anything. I've even tried fpslimiter 0.2, but it doesn't work either. And yes, I installed JAVA and installed it correctly.

Any help with AMD RADEON cards would be greatly appreciated. No matter how much I max my graphics settings and force higher settings in the Catalyst Control Panel and RadeonPro than the game allows, I just can't get my framerate to go lower than 500fps in some areas.

It's annoying, because, if I'm in PoK, my fps is about 125-150, and it takes about 5 feet moving my mouse across my computer desk to rotate my mouselook character's view (in first person) 360 degrees. If I'm in....say....Field of Bone, in the middle of nowhere, during a storm (reduced visibility), my fps goes up to 500, and it takes my mouse about 50 feet across my table (which means I gotta pick up my mouse about 25 times to move it more across the table).

It's annoying as fuck. Hobart, the EQMAC Dev fixed it for MAC users, but for some reason, it doesn't fix in EQW.EXE emulating the EQMAC client.

HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLPPP!!!

Playing the game on an AMD RADEON is so annoying if you use your mouse to look around. Thanksfully I found a fix for my laptop running nVidia, but I still have yet to find one with my main computer's RADEON card.

[Crystallized]

So, I'm sure a few people are aware. On the EQMAC server, running on a PC using EQW.EXE, the horizontal mouselook is hella slow.

Example: I'm looking around in first person view. If I want to do a 360 going to the right, I right-click and hold, and drag my mouse across my desk to the right about 50 feet (which means I gotta pick up my mouse about 25 times so I can drag it 2 feet to the right again, and again, and again). If I want to look up? I move my mouse about 6 inches up, and I'm looking straight up.

It is known that your framerate is what causes this. In highly populated areas where you have low FPS, it may only take you 5 feet across your desk to do a 360 turn. In areas where you have very high fps, like Field of Bone, during a storm (no visibility), it takes you about 50 feet of dragging your mouse across your desk to do a 360.

In the PC client, they put in a "Max FPS" slider to solve this issue for many. Unfortunately, the EQMAC server never got this patch, hence, they have the issue. Hobart, the dev for EQMAC found the issue for MAC users and fixed it for them. Unfortunately, for those of us playing on EQW.EXE using an Intel PC, this fix doesn't work.

I have found a fix for nVidia users. Right click your desktop, go to the nVidia Control Panel, then to Manage 3D Settings, then find "Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames" and change it from 3 to 2, or 1, or 0. Depending on what works best. I set mine to 1. My laptop has an nVidia card and it fixed it. My mouselook for horizontal and vertical is about the same no matter what my framerate.

I have yet to find a fix for AMD RADEON users. If anyone happens to know something similar, it would be greatly appreciated if you could share. I have tried FPSLimiter 0.2, RadeonPro, and DXTory, but they all don't work. Anyone else know any decent FPS limiters out there or any fixes for RADEON users?

Thanks in advance!

P.S. I have tried using the "vsync=TRUE" modifier in the "eqclient.ini" and I have also tried setting "MaxFPS" for Foreground and Background to 30, but I still get 125-500fps in game. It's like the "MaxFPS" in the EQW.ini file doesn't work at all.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

It reads my 12 gb of memory as 4096 mb... uhhh

And mouselook is ok with luclin UI

[Gwence]

there's a fix for that too if you're using a pc

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

Hmm, just having issues with the ui and ini I copy over from live, or p99.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

tried a second directory?
I Havent messed with it yet.

Fix for what Gwence, my memory detection?

[Kevlar]

I run separate directories for each box and have no problems. You have to change a couple of ini files around for the launcher so it starts in the right directory though.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

Yeah I tried that, didn't work, user error lol. Can you make an eqmac2 folder? or must it be eqmac?

[Tewaz]

Does anyone have the problem where their fonts look weird? Mine have like a line cut out of the middle, but only on certain letters and it seems to be pretty random. I have done the fix for the mouse look and changed my affinity to 1, but it hasn't helped with my fonts.

[Kevlar]

Yeah I tried that, didn't work, user error lol. Can you make an eqmac2 folder? or must it be eqmac?

mine are set up eqmac1, eqmac2, etc.

You just have to change eqw.ini so that the eqgame.exe target points to the right directory.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

mine are set up eqmac1, eqmac2, etc.

You just have to change eqw.ini so that the eqgame.exe target points to the right directory.

Tried that, but when I try opening the second instance of eq, the first closes.

Unless I start them both the same time, in windows.. then I can. Be nice if I could work it through wineq.

[Crystallized]

Tried that, but when I try opening the second instance of eq, the first closes.

Unless I start them both the same time, in windows.. then I can. Be nice if I could work it through wineq.

All I do is open EQW, get into the came. ALT-TAB to the desktop and then double-click EQW again, run a second instance, get in the game on that one, and bam....I'm boxing. I don't have to have two copies of the EQMAC in separate places at all. I only have one install.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

hm,, set cpu affinity? Run it in compatibility mode? I try that and the first instance closes

[Crystallized]

hm,, set cpu affinity? Run it in compatibility mode? I try that and the first instance closes

I don't do any of those things. Maybe your computer isn't powerful enough to run two instances of the game, or may the connection is slow? At this point, I'm just throwing turds to the wall and hoping one sticks.

[Flunklesnarkin]

eqmac is awesome

lots of content and mostly classic.. come give it a go ;p

there are plenty of guilds dedicated to not racing content or intentionally blocking others.. why do you think the sleeper is unwoken on eqmac.. its not because they aren't capable of waking it.

[Tewaz]

I start a game and get to the login screen, then I start a new one. I always have the fix eqclient.ini box checked. If the window is open before I start playing, I can use it.

Hit me up in game Shaere and I can get you some starting stuff if you plan on playing.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

Intel i7 @ 2.67 @2.67 ghz, 12 gb ram, 2 ati radeon 5900 series? Should be fine..

You tewaz in game there? im playing, got a few toons i dabble on

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

eqmac is awesome

lots of content and mostly classic.. come give it a go ;p

there are plenty of guilds dedicated to not racing content or intentionally blocking others.. why do you think the sleeper is unwoken on eqmac.. its not because they aren't capable of waking it.

amen

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

Now I got this problem where if I camp out, everytime i try and log in it crashes to desktop after I try to enter the world from character select and I need to reinstall.

[Liukang]

got the folder in C drive ? not program files?

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

I do, a work around seems to be load another character on the account, log off, then log back into Shaere...lol

[Liukang]

i 3 box there with no problem so i dunno

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

issues when alt tabbing? like having to alt enter, enter after u do?

[Writ3r]

so i got this bad boy up and running, does anyone know if there is a way to get strafe implemented like it is within p99 onto EQmac or is that something serverside? Also, within apply velious textures does it still allow for classic textures or does it automatically overwrite those as well?

Also, is the server currently down? Won't let me login says there is no response.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

look in your eqclient.ini find a line says loadveliousarmors etc etc.

and yes I think it's down

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

LoadVeliousArmorsWithLuclin=true

LoadArmor17=true
LoadArmor18=true
LoadArmor19=true
LoadArmor20=true
LoadArmor21=true
LoadArmor22=true
LoadArmor23=true

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

You also can't scroll in and out with the mousewheel, and horizontal mouselook is slower then vertical. I'd like a fix for alt tabbing. Hafta alt enter, enter each time I do

And playcombatmusic=false with sound=true gets rid of combat theme keeping sounds. If sound=1 you get nothing bu city music.

[Kevlar]

You also can't scroll in and out with the mousewheel, and horizontal mouselook is slower then vertical. I'd like a fix for alt tabbing. Hafta alt enter, enter each time I do

And playcombatmusic=false with sound=true gets rid of combat theme keeping sounds. If sound=1 you get nothing bu city music.

You scroll in and out with insert/delete. Mouselook is fixed by setting your FPS to 60, I use dxtory. Alt-tab works fine for me, I never have to use alt-enter.

And login server is down. I saw they were having problems last night so I left all my chars online, and they are still up today.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

login server been down since before the ufc fight..lol gdammit. hmm alt tab works fine for you? Is your in game resolution same as desktop? Do you run it in compatibility mode?

[quido]

I'm curious as to why this is the place to solicit AK help when they have their own forums.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

Since you obviously are trolling and haven't thought about it, I'll respond.

The eqmac official forums are rarely used, and are by mac users. The whole pc client thing is unofficially frowned upon so pc client users seek help outside of a traditional mac user forum from other pc client users. That means here, which has active enough forum users to get a reply relatively quickly, or the eqmac.com forum. That again is mainly for mac users, but I would still try there if the admins would activate my registration.

Crawl back under your bridge.

[ElanoraBryght]

Unfortunately when the login server goes down for SOE games, there is a Konami code involved in resetting the EQMac login.

The search is on for a tech who knows the proper sequence to bring it back up.

Talking about pc hacks on eqmac.com forums is also frowned upon. The first 5 posts you make at the forums there are moderated before posting; posting anything about pc hacks in those 5 posts may lead to the post not being approved.

Next server reset is scheduled for 7/11. Expect lots of raiding* this week eqmac'ers, either Wednesday / Thursday after the scheduled reset or today / tomorrow if they have to do a restart to fix the login!

*(Rotting raid loot is typically announced in /alliance and may be looted in a FCFS manner, regardless of guild tag.)

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

Ridiculous how long they've been down. No movement on sony forums, someone in game petition!

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

The problem is that the glitch happened late last night AFTER all my contacts were gone. So, they got their messages about 30 minutes ago and tried contacting me to see if the issue is continuing, and I just got home from an early morning gig, so the ball is just starting to roll now. I'll shoot up another post once I hear back.

[Flunklesnarkin]

yah utdaan just made a post earlier this morning saying he just got the ball rolling on getting it back up.

[quido]

I wasn't trolling, was really just wondering.

[Writ3r]

Going to be good times for the raiders with the reset, hopefully i can get a char leveled up relatively soon to enjoy some of that fun and get some gear for my new naked toon :) [just starting yesterday and now having this login server fail kind of sucks by the way haha]

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

damn dude don't out level meh! I already got invited to the horde but for now i said I wanna enjoy leveling up and gearing myself, not getting powerleveled.

[Writ3r]

server is back up

[Austrianna]

My wsock32.dll is still there.

I can select the server but no matter what, when I load I get

The instruction at 0x77082eef referenced memory at 0x8da5f036. The memory could not be read.

I have followed the instructions and am not sure where I am going wrong. Has anyone else had this problem and knows how to correct it?

Thanks for any help

Any ideas?

[ElanoraBryght]

This is usually one of four things -
1) Install path was not c:/eqmac
(you should be running the file c:/eqmac/eqw.exe to launch)
2) you are not running as administrator
(from Windows Explorer right click c:/eqmac/eqw.exe and choose Run As Administrator
3) Your antivirus needs you to set an exception for eqgame.exe and/or eqw.exe
4) Your firewall is blocking access and you need to allow EQ to connect

[Austrianna]

The only things out of those I can think it might be is running as admin - which I will try.

The install path is correct, exceptions have been added for antivirus (after it kept trying to blow up the wsock32.dll) and for the firewall. Now the folder is EQmac not eqmac - is it picky that way or is that just splitting hairs?

I will give it another go tonight and run as admin, hopefully that solves things, thank you. I just want Velious and Luclin and this one will only go to Velious, lol ;)

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

click the fix eqclient.ini box before you click start eq, after you double click eqw.exe..? That box that pops up that says start eq, click the box on the right, fix eqclient.ini.

And yeah run as admin.

[Flunklesnarkin]

I actually made my folder EQMac (first 3 letters capital) because i wasn't sure if it was case sensitive or not.. but i followed that set up guide and thats how it was written.


I tested it out and I can run two clients at once.

[Austrianna]

click the fix eqclient.ini box before you click start eq, after you double click eqw.exe..? That box that pops up that says start eq, click the box on the right, fix eqclient.ini.

And yeah run as admin.

So I'm closer, but still not cigar.

With running it as admin in 16bit, I can get it past the server select screen, but it doesn't actually load into the game. Usually when I load p99 and pick the server the window text says Not Responding for a moment, then it loads in - same with char select and zoning. I'm used to this.

This one just goes black and says Not Responding, like every other time on P99, but then doesn't go anywhere ...

So frustrating! Any other ideas?

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

run it in 32 bit. make sure your firewall is off for your first time running it. And in your firewall, make sure eqw.exe. eqgame.exe, winsock32.dll from the same folder all are allowed. But you can run it in 32 bit, I do, edit your ini file. The eqclient.ini file.