Help?

[Gillagad]

Hey I am new to this EQ EMu and am having troble installing it. Is there any guide or walkthrough for instalation?

[Chrysm]

http://www.everquestserver.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9648

[xXToilet_DuckXx]

yes there is. go here:

http://www.everquestserver.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9649

you don't have to install anything to play, just follow the instructions. if you want to create a server, that is a different story

[mattmeck]

It realy depends on what you want to do.

If you want to play read the play guide, If you want to run a server read the guide to running a 5.0 server.

[Gillagad]

I get to step 4 and then it loses me. I searched for eqgame.exe and I got it but

In the menu that pops up after you complete the drag, select Create Shortcuts Here

A new icon has now been created on your desktop.

Right click on the newly created icon and select "Properties" on the menu.

In the Properties window that pops up, find the Target field on the Shortcut tab.

At the end of the text in this field, add a space with the space bar and then type in the word patchme. You should see something like the following:


Kinda loses me. I what is this Target Field? I see none I think.

[mattmeck]

you can choose to DL and use EQW instead. A lot of people find that easier to use.

In XP it should look something like this:

http://www.rama.demon.co.uk/prop.jpg

[Gillagad]

Whats EQW?

and I have Windows ME.

[mattmeck]

http://www.eqwindows.com

[Gillagad]

whats EQW do? heh

[mattmeck]

Read there web site and find out :lol:

[Gillagad]

Thats kewl. But trying to get the Emu to work, its a goal for myself now lol.

[mattmeck]

yes, but with EQW you skip the step your having issues with.

[mattmeck]

Figure ill add more detail, with EQW all you do is patch to live, replace the EQHost, then point EQW to your EQ.EXe (follow there directions) then play.

[Gillagad]

Do u need an active EQ account for EQW?

[mattmeck]

no, as i sayd ealier read there web site.

[Gillagad]

Finnaly got into the EQ login and when I selected a server I get error 1017. Anyone know how to fix?

Also that "patchme" part to the set up, I got it to get the target (I dunno why it didn't show yesterday) but when I type patchme at the end it says its invaild. (I am noob)

[a_Guest03]

Please read all of this and follow all steps to correct your 1017 error.

Before anyone gets frustrated, let's go over the steps to playing eqemu. The first step is to patch to live. I believe you have done this. The second step is to read the most recent guide (http://www.everquestserver.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9649).

Now, assuming that you have made the above changes, let's go over how this goes wrong.
1. If you run everquest.exe, you must make the changes to your eqhost.txt again. You must do this every time.
2. If you can't run eqgame.exe patchme in a shortcut, and NOT in the eqw window, then use this example to edit the Target section in the shortcut properties.
Example shortcut target
"c:\Program Files\Sony Entertainment\everquest\eqgame.exe" patchme
Please notice how the patchme is the only thing outside the quotes. The quotes surround only the location of the file, and not the patchme parameter.
Make sure also that the Start in section of the properties is the same folder that eqgame.exe is in. To match my above example, it must be the following
Example Start In
"c:\Program Files\Sony Entertainment\everquest\"
Please notice that the eqgame.exe and patchme is not included. That is how that input should appear.

Other causes of 1017 errors are that your files are incompatible - running a thorough patch with everquest's live servers will probably fix this. If you do that, you must change eqhost.txt again, like I mentioned before.

Another cause of 1017 errors is a minilogin misconfiguration. There is a sticky in the general help forum that you should read if you are using the "minilogin" program to run the server only on your own PC. If you are just trying to play, ignore this step.

[Gillagad]

Ok I got the patchme thing in. But when I click on the shortcut it redownloads the EQHost.txt. How do I stop it from patching over the stuff I don't need patched over?

[a_Guest03]

If you do patchme correctly, it shouldn't patch. It should just open up the game client without the patcher running. Are you doing eqgame.exe or everquest.exe? It needs to run as eqgame.exe patchme.

[Cripp]

no, eqw is just a program to run everquest as a window instead of fullscreen :D
and to run multiple everquests at once.