Questions about patching!

[Arturo]

Hey!
I found my old, oooold Everquest cd. However, I've read in the emulator's webpage that I shouldn't patch the game. Is this true?
Can I play with mi '98 cd?

I tried to, but the game said it couldn't find the eqhost.txt file, which I modified to run this emulator.

Thanks!

[Trumpcard]

No, you should patch the game, and once you have it working with the latest version (latest patched version of EQ works with 3.6), make a copy of it, and only patch that copy when they say it's ok. Out of the box, you need to patch to current.

[Shawn319]

If you have been away from EQ or EQemu for a while it's a good idea to ask someone in the chat room if its safe to patch. some patches we cant fix fast enough for a fast release so sometimes its best not to patch.

[Arturo]

Thanks for the quick answers :).
However, the Sony servers for patching seem to be the slowest thing on earth. Is there any other alternative way to patch the game, instead of using Sony's server?

[Shawn319]

nope.. usually patching takes less than a few minutes for me (at the MOST).. maybe you need a better connection? hehe

[Arturo]

Hehe, not likely. While I don't have the fastest connection on earth (a simple 128kbps cablemodem), it is enough to download stuff. Sony's server, on the other hand, takes way too much time. Same happens when I download patches for Ultima Online. I found an alternate way to patch UO, and was looking for something similar in Everquest.

Oh well, guess I'll just have to put up with it.
Thanks again

[DarkRaven]

hehe yeah mah dsl patches pretty quick :D

[DarkRaven]

tests

[Arturo]

Okay, I managed to patch the game, change the eqhost.txt, modify datarate, but I still get disconnected all the time!
Does somebody else has this problem? and if so, how did you fix it, because, sadly, datarate didn't work for me. Also, can I enter the green servers, or are they reserved for developers only.

[Lurker_005]

You can enter any server not listed as locked.