I am nostalgic for old EQ; my computer is not

[D'lonzo]

I got the crave - I dont know how many times that was happened since around year 2000 - for some old style EQ. Recently finding out about Project 1999 has got me overjoyed at finally getting those old zones and models back, EQ pretty much in the state it used to be in, with actual people playing it.

Alas, it's not meant to be, apparently. I tried on two different computers, one old and one newer, and I tried two different sources of EQ Titanium as well.

The problem: Once I reach the EQemu server list (where I can select P99 among others), any server I try to log to will get me a black screen for a number of seconds, showing only the EQ cursor. Then it comes back to the Station login screen (main title). When I try a second time, as I reach the server list again I have an error 1017 window.

I'm running EQ Titanium on Windows 7.

I tried everything I could find. First step was of course reading the "getting started" section and following every step by the book.

http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Play_Gu...etting_Started

I googled for hours and tried many suggestions, to no effect. Here are some fixes I tried, those I can remember:

- Changed the target path in the EQgame shortcut to the one with 'affinity', I dont remember exactly
- Used compatibility modes such as XP SP3 and others. Also other options such as Run in 640x480 and disable desktop composition
- Changed resolution everywhere: desktop, eqclient.ini, the EQ external option menu, changing then, matching them, using 4:3, widescreen, anyway that doesnt seem to do it.
- Underclocked my CPU using Intel Extreme Tuning utility, disabled throttling as well. Admitedly I have no idea if it actually takes into effect.
- Opened port 5998 on my router
- Tried shift+enter, ctrl+enter, alt+enter combos when the screen is black. No response.
- Deleted eqclient.ini so it would create a new one
- Assigned only one CPU core to EQ (core 0)
- Tried a different computer, an older desktop
- Tried a different version/source of EQ Titanium on both computers

Is the Getting Started guide up to date?

Can I resume the procedure like this:

1) Install EQ Titanium
2) Change eqhost file to the correct server path
3) Create eqgame shortcut and add patchme in the target
4) Play

So there is no file to download, no patching to be done or anything? (I'm excluding P99 files). Is there something I am skipping?

Do you have any tip I havent tried yet, that could possibly solve the issue?

Thanks for your time.