Everquest Web Browser?

[djeryv]

I tried this Rogue browser...

http://rogue.gotgame.com/

...and it just keeps the SoF client typing letters on its own (so it is useless for EQ SoF). Does anyone know of an in-game web browser?

- Djeryv

[Yeormom]

That generation is here I see.

[trevius]

There is a browser build into SoF already. Just need to figure out how to use it to load up google or something. I tried changing a few files, but none of them worked so far.

[djeryv]

Well...I only played EQ only at the end of the 90s (I never even made it to he first expansion). I do remember that one guy who built an in-game browser that Sony just threw lawyers at and made it go away.

- Djeryv

[demonstar55]

There is an MQ2 plugin to take advantage of the built in web browser (if your client has it that is, Titanium AFAIK, doesn't, SoF does though)

[djeryv]

I looked over MQ2 and it seems a little too "involved". Especially the compiling section where you have to basically compile it on the machine you plan to use it. If it were something I could just make binaries for...I would give it a try. It states they are trying to stop pre-compiled binaries. I wonder why. If some stranger makes binaries...and you choose to download and use it...then it is your problem if things go wrong. Anyway...since I run EQ on 4 different PCs in my house...I don't feel like repeating the process over and over. I'll just wait and see if any of us figure out how to redirect the SoF browser to a different site.

- Djeryv

[trevius]

Yeah, the browser built into SoF should have some way to re-direct it to another website, but I was unable to find where to set that after playing with it for a few minutes. There are quite a few files that mention URLs in them in the EQ Folder, and a couple that mention the exact address that this window sends you to. I tried editing those URLs and restarting EQ, but none of them made any difference. I did notice that Mav UI comes with a UI_charname_servername.ini file that has a section in it for configuring the URL that window points to. I assume that it could be modified to point to another URL. That may only work if you have a custom UI that supports it though, and I haven't messed with that at all really. I am pretty sure it could be redirected somehow, just not sure how yet and probably not going to work on it anymore since it isn't a big concern to me. Would be neat to have, though.

[djeryv]

I've tried that already...it exists even without the custom UI. Needless to say...it did not work either.

-Djeryv

[djeryv]

I dug around and opened alot of files...I am getting convinced that it is hard-coded.

-Djeryv

[Derision]

I don't know whether you are referring to the web page that opens up when you enter the /petition command. The URL is hardcoded into eqgame.exe. I added this line:

66.102.9.104 soe-ing.custhelp.com


To my c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (66.102.9.104 is an IP for google.com) and while it opened up the google search page when I did /petition in SoF, nothing happened when I clicked on any links, which makes me wonder whether, although you can redirect the initial page, there is code in there to prevent you clicking on links which aren't in the soe-ing.custhelp.com domain.

[djeryv]

I noticed that even when at Sony's page, you cannot click on any ads on the page.

-Djeryv

[steve]

I noticed that even when at Sony's page, you cannot click on any ads on the page.

-Djeryv

You can follow a link from the support site to the EQ forums and then click links there and get into Alla's, etc. I've done it before.

I always thought the hosts file would be a way to get around it, but never messed with it. Sorry to hear it doesn't work :(

[Yeormom]

I don't know whether you are referring to the web page that opens up when you enter the /petition command. The URL is hardcoded into eqgame.exe. I added this line:

66.102.9.104 soe-ing.custhelp.com


To my c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (66.102.9.104 is an IP for google.com) and while it opened up the google search page when I did /petition in SoF, nothing happened when I clicked on any links, which makes me wonder whether, although you can redirect the initial page, there is code in there to prevent you clicking on links which aren't in the soe-ing.custhelp.com domain.
You are going to need to point it at a page that actually matches the request path. For example, it is most likely calling http://soe-ing.custhelp.com/Support.aspx for example. When you point it at someone elses server, they too must be serving the relative path in order for the request to be answered.

So you will need to find the full path requested then you could setup a web server hosting a redirection at that path to forward the page to Google.

[djeryv]

I did find the exact path...and also recreated it on a HTTPS server. Still get an error.

(something like \cgi-bin\userdata\php\form.php)

- Djeryv

[Yeormom]

Did your web server logs show a request come in?

[provocating]

Many years ago when I played EQ they had even popped in an MP3 player. I think they canned it though.

[provocating]

It would be nice to have a browser without having to alt-tab out.