Let me know if you have any issues w/ crashing - esp if it starts raining in the zone. I may have to switch from crossover to straight up wine.

I just set this up yesterday and am having that same weather problem.

Whenever it rains it's an instant crash (mac+wine). Everything seems to work great otherwise.

The patch (from the Everquest entry in WineHQ.com) is:

If you are running an older version of EQ with a non-official server that does not use the exact dll above, then you will have to use this method.

Add this line:
pCaps->MaxVertexBlendMatrices=0x4;
In file:
(your wine source directory)/dlls/d3d9/directx.c
At function:
IDirect3DDevice9Impl_GetDeviceCaps(LPDIRECT3DDEVIC E9 iface, D3DCAPS9* pCaps)
Before returning (return hrc;), line 176 (as of 0.9.55)
Build wine as usual and happy Everquesting

Regards,
Mg

Parallels 5 w/ Windows XP and it will work perfectly, if make the computer a little hot and bothered :D It won't crash when it rains at least. Or just use BootCamp.

don't be a fuckwad

I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and Wine 1.2-1.1.4 and my directx.c file looks different from what you described. I posted it here http://pastebin.ca/1879145. I tried pasting what you suggested before line 176 and it didn't appear to effect anything, gave me some error message about pcaps not having a pre existing value when I compiled it. And this function you supplied "IDirect3DDevice9Impl_GetDeviceCaps(LPDIRECT3DDEVI C E9 iface, D3DCAPS9* pCaps)" wasn't in the file anywhere. Any suggestions? I'm assuming that the file is very different from the version you were using 3 months ago.

Dunno, should be pretty darn close to the same. I'll check when I get home - did you just want me to tarball the version I use to you? I can stick one up on my website for download?

Regards,
Mg

That would be very swell of you, thanks.

Is there any way to run it on a macbook without installing windows on a second partition? This laptop is on loan and I'd rather not screw around with my friend's computer to that extent.

You can use Parallels, or try configuring Wine to work. Both of which may be more than your abilities and what you're willing to do to a friends computer however.

Generally as long as it doesn't jeopardize the function of the computer, I'm fine. I'm not sure what parallels and wine are, though I'm not incapable of learning.