Running EQ under LINUX

[Menemas]

I still get blank server screens at home (Boston area) on my linux laptop. However, when I recently traveled to Toronto and tried to log in so my buddy and I could diagnose the issue, it worked fine. Upon return home, the server select screen was blank again.

[mgellan]

My original posting has been updated to reflect Ubuntu 12.04 - just got an HP Z620 workstation with Xeon E5-2620x12 CPU, 21GB RAM, a solid state drive a while ago, finally found some time to install LINUX and, of course, EQ. EQ is faaaaaaast LOL [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Regards,
Mg

[mgellan]

Originally Posted by Menemas [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I still get blank server screens at home (Boston area) on my linux laptop. However, when I recently traveled to Toronto and tried to log in so my buddy and I could diagnose the issue, it worked fine. Upon return home, the server select screen was blank again.

But you get Server Select screens under Windoze?

Personally, if it works in the Peoples Republic of Canuckistan and not at home, I blame the NSA surveillence boys.

Regards,
Mg

[mgellan]

Originally Posted by Eslade [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is the exact laptop that I'm trying to use, except I have 3 gb of ram and my processor is 3.4ghz.
http://www.linlap.com/hp_pavilion_zd8000
It's running Mint 15 32bit. Ive kinda ran out of Ideas short of scratching everything and starting over again.

^^^ ATI Mobility Radeon X600 might be your problem.

Regards,
Mg

[Menemas]

Yes, under windows at home I get servers.

[big league chew]

UIErrorLog created at Sun Sep 08 20:16:44 2013
[Sun Sep 08 20:16:44 2013] Warning: file EQLSUI.xml not found in directory UIFiles\default\. Attempting to use file from Default skin.
[Sun Sep 08 20:16:44 2013] Couldn't open or read UIFiles\default\EQLSUI.xml
[Sun Sep 08 20:16:44 2013] Error reading XML.
[Sun Sep 08 20:16:44 2013] Error loading skin: loading default skin instead.
[Sun Sep 08 20:16:44 2013] Warning: file EQLSUI.xml not found in directory UIFiles\default\. Attempting to use file from Default skin.
[Sun Sep 08 20:16:44 2013] Couldn't open or read UIFiles\default\EQLSUI.xml
[Sun Sep 08 20:16:44 2013] Error reading XML.

i did the eqclient.ini fix but is there a different fix for eqlsClient.ini maybe? ive been scratchin my head too long at this

[hextasy]

EDIT: nevermind, i'm an idiot. this patch works just fine with 1.7.0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Recently and reluctantly I tried to update wine
I've been using 1.5 versions and this patch has always worked. Doesn't seem to work with 1.7 though. has anyone had luck using 1.7? Tried using an unpatched version as well with no luck.

amd64 with nvidia fyi

--- old/dlls/d3d9/directx.c	2013-09-16 19:07:12.798588111 -0400
+++ new/dlls/d3d9/directx.c	2013-09-16 19:05:42.950581914 -0400
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@
 
     pCaps->MaxVertexShaderConst = min(D3D9_MAX_VERTEX_SHADER_CONSTANTF, pCaps->MaxVertexShaderConst);
     pCaps->NumSimultaneousRTs = min(D3D9_MAX_SIMULTANEOUS_RENDERTARGETS, pCaps->NumSimultaneousRTs);
+    pCaps->MaxVertexBlendMatrices=0x4;
 
     if (pCaps->PixelShaderVersion > 3)
         pCaps->PixelShaderVersion = D3DPS_VERSION(3,0);

[falkun]

I use a stock version of wine 1.7 (64-bit, I don't think its 1.7.2), and use the eqclient.ini settings that are floating around somewhere in this thread. I haven't had any issues playing on P99.

PS: 3570k @ 4.2GHz and Nvidia GTX660 with 13.04-64.

[hextasy]

really? stock install? I tried gentoo stock 1.5.24 and 1.5.27 as well as 1.7.0 - just get a black screen at character selection... maybe something in one of their patches. but the MaxVertexBlendMatrices thing has been a fix for me for a few years now.
post that ini if you find it (i'll look around too), you've got me curious...

[Ruien]

Project1999 works fine under a stock Wine install; I'm using wine-1.4.1 from the Ubuntu 13.10 repositories, plus the patched d3dx9_30.dll and custom eqclient.ini mentioned earlier in this thread.

I think the pieces needed to get this working are somewhat scattered around, so I wrote this thread to show how I've done it:

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh....php?p=1160795

Hope that helps!