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Help with EQ install on Mac!
Hello. I have read many guides and posts here but I still seem to not quite have all the right ingredients together. I followed Phobus' post and he has graciously responded to quite a few of my PMs while trying to configure everything. I decided to make these questions public so that maybe I can get EQ working through a collective of knowledge.
I have installed EQ 2x following Phobus' guide. Both times have resulted with the same black windowed 1999 screen which eventually sports a pink rectangular box in the top of my screen with a crude-white EULA lettering but I am unable to do anything from there but quit the program. Installation Comment: Computer: Macbook Pro DuoCore w/ 2 gigs of ram and a GMA 950 video card. I was able to get it working great on the EQ Mac server. I meticulously followed Phobus' guide. The first time I installed the game, before starting over I attempted to use "Druxa's All in one set up" to see if it might resolve anything I missed. It still didn't allow me to play but I did notice upon looking in the P99 folder that there was an EQEmu file that had previously not been there. There is not one there now as well. Though I have and EQEmu forum PW/acc and Login Server PW/acc I am still unsure what exactly to download or how to go about it. I'm probably overlooking something obvious but I'm hoping someone can help me since I am in no way program or code techy when it comes to computers. Thanks for your time and comments. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] | ||
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Well this one is easier than most of the mac stuff.
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This is from the FAQ, and while you don't have that error message, I am fairly certain it is the same issue.
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I pasted Phobus' code into text edit, made it plain text, and then named it eqclient.ini as the instructions said. [Defaults] WindowedModeXOffset=1 WindowedModeYOffset=1 WindowedMode=TRUE [VideoMode] Width=1024 Height=768 WidthWindowed=1024 HeightWindowed=768 WindowedWidth=1024 WindowedHeight=768 FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32 FullscreenRefreshRate=0 I afterwards changed the monitor size to 1400x800 due to my resolution but it get the same black screen with the freaky looking EULA. I will try 800x600 but I think it's just going to make the same screen smaller. My problem seems to be of a graphical nature. And I don't think I have the EQ Emulator properly or at all. That's the one part I am totally clueless about. I don't know what I'm suppose to download or install for the EQEmu to work. Thx | |||
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Ok I just discovered something. Upon going back into my eqclient.ini I discovered this:
[Defaults] WindowedModeXOffset=1 WindowedModeYOffset=1 WindowedMode=TRUE Sound=TRUE TextureQuality=1 VertexShaders=TRUE 20PixelShaders=TRUE 14PixelShaders=TRUE 1xPixelShaders=TRUE MultiPassLighting=FALSE UseLitBatches=TRUE [VideoMode] Width=1400 Height=800 WidthWindowed=1400 HeightWindowed=800 WindowedWidth=1400 WindowedHeight=800 FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32 FullscreenRefreshRate=0 These lines were originally in the eqclient.ini upon a fresh install but I overwrote them with the info from Phobus' post. However, it appears they have been rewritten. I know Phobus said that it'a a bare bones "ini' and that once you launch EQ it will write the remaining "ini" but I think this is cause a conflict maybe. Does this look correct? Sound=TRUE TextureQuality=1 VertexShaders=TRUE 20PixelShaders=TRUE 14PixelShaders=TRUE 1xPixelShaders=TRUE MultiPassLighting=FALSE UseLitBatches=TRUE | ||
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The EQemu launcher doesn't work with P99 anymore. So that is your issue.
You need your shortcut or whatever it's called on a Mac to go to the executable. So as soon as my new Mac support guy gets unbusy, I know he will be able to help. In the mean time, if you can figure out how to make these instructions work on your mac you'll get in game. Quote:
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When I right click I don't get "create shortcut" that's a PC thing right? Since I have that .bat file I will try and follow up on getting it to work. Thanks | |||
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Thanks for your help. I made the alias. But I get the same thing. It's starting to appear that to play this game you need to be have either programing or code skills to be able to make things work properly. Though I certainly don't mind learning new things, I don't really have the time to spend multiple hours every few weeks trying to fix things that don't work or that have now become broken.
I had to learn how to access and adjust few files in EQ Mac but it was very straight forward and once learned, dependable. This much constant work kind of feels like an elitist-tech persons game and I barely have enough time to play EQ as it is. Maybe if the installation process eventually becomes more standardized and dependable I can join in but I've seriously spent many, many hours this last week just trying to get the game working with no success. Maybe I'll just take a break and see if it makes more sense later. Thanks for all your help. | ||
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If you only knew this community, like I know this community. I know you're frustrated, and I've been there. That is why I attempt to help in this forum. I know we'll get you in the game soon. You won't have frequent trouble. Occasionally weird things happen, but it's not usually to everyone and we try to figure it out together so we can all enjoy the server. | |||
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