So I wrote a new Launcher client.

[kai4785]

https://github.com/kai4785/qEQEcl/re...g/v0.0.1-alpha

I'm a linux user, which means Wine, which means a few hurdles must be overcome in order to play.

1) The files in the zip archive don't always match the same case as the original files.
2) Configuring both Wine and eqclient.ini takes some config file twiddling.
3) Most of the information for #2 is scattered in the wind.

In order to improve the user experience for both Windows and Linux users, it's nice to have a client launcher utility that helps do things like:

1) Pin eqgame.exe to a single cpu
2) Avoid "hard" things like modifying the shortcut on the desktop to run "eqgame.exe patchme"
3) Download and unzip that pesky zip file for you.
4) Maybe even un-do that unzip operation so you don't have to install EQ twice in order to play on different servers (just uncheck the box!)

Reasons why I think that p99 dumped the old .NET launcher from the moestavern guy:

1) No source code to the launcher.
2) It sucked.
3) It didn't work via Wine (dare I hope? lol, probably not)

Just to warn you all, I am a C programmer. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2fhNVQPb5I , esp @2:21, but I'm working on it!) So when you run it for the first time, keep your expectations *really* low. Like version 0.0.0.0.0.0.1 low.

Good news is, it's hosted on GitHub, and if you don't like it, send me a pull request!