eq emulauncher problem

[Nogood123]

How everyone doing Try to play eq today an it wouldnt wanna load the servers up i played yesterday dont know why or what happen, here what is says
[9:27:48 PM]: Running EQEmuLauncher

[9:27:48 PM]: EQEmuLauncher - V1.24 http://moestaverne.com

[9:27:48 PM]: An unofficial EQEmulator Launcher

[9:27:48 PM]: Loading config...

[9:27:48 PM]: Checking for updates

[9:27:48 PM]: Loading serverlist ...

[9:27:58 PM]: Error while retrieving newest version.

[9:27:58 PM]: Could not reach webserver. Trying again in 10 seconds

Can anyone help me please thank you

[psuomega]

Having the same issue today. It worked fine yesterday, no changes were made that I'm aware of...

[psntroller]

same here as well

[c0ncrete]

you can connect directly and not use the launcher and it will work fine.

http://www.eqemulator.org/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=PlayGuide

[psuomega]

When trying to bypass the EQ Emu Server, by running the Everquest.exe shortcut (in my case c:\EQ\everquest.exe patchme), I'm receiving the Connection Failure Could not establish a connection. Please check your network connection or contact eqtech@soe.sony.com.

I've tried connecting over my regular internet connection (it's kind of weird due to the network I'm on, there's a manadatory proxy server, and some other things to deal with on my way to the gateway).

I've tried connecting to a VPN, which will allow me to bypass all the weird stuff because of the tunneling, and receiving the same messages.

I tried changing my eqhost file to point to
[LoginServer]
Host=eqemulator.net:5998

It was previously set to
[LoginServer]
Host=login.eqemulator.net:5998

Oh, I can ping eqemulator.net also, so it's not physical layer or routing. I'd try to telnet to port 5998, but they took my tool away in Windows 7 *curses Microsoft*

No dice. Any more ideas?

[lerxst2112]

From the guide:

Step 5 - Creating Shortcut
To do this, go into your EverQuest directory. Locate the EQGAME.EXE file. Right-click on the file and select "Create Shortcut."

[psuomega]

Wow, guess I better go back to primary school and learn to read again. I was just skimming it, and totally overlooked that it said eqgame.exe vs everquest.exe. Works like a champ...Also the patcher issue seems to have sorted itself after the power outage..

[c0ncrete]

you're not bypassing any eqemu server by connecting directly as per the instructions in the wiki. the launcher is a third-party utility and it has had problems like this from time to time. it's not a requirement to play on emulated servers and you my not be seeing any real benefit from using it.

[fennixad]

its not working for me, the same issue. I created shortcut of EQGAME.EXE, i run it as administrator or normal, and it says: Please run EverQuest.exe
And when i run Everquest.exe it says: Connection Failure. Could not establish a connection. Please check your network connection or contact eqtech@soe.sony.com

WTF? how is it possible? i started to play yesterday and it worked really fine for me... i didnt touch anything... Thanks

[ness619]

I'm having the same issue today. Was fine yesterday. Haven't touched anything. The P99 website says the server is up. Whats going on?

[Akkadius]

I've not seen Rumzuck (Creator of the launcher) around but I imagine its down for a short while

I'll let you know when I find out more.

[lerxst2112]

I created shortcut of EQGAME.EXE, i run it as administrator or normal, and it says: Please run EverQuest.exe


That means you didn't add patchme to the command line.

[Rumzuck]

http://eqemulauncher.moestaverne.com/clarification.html

Please check out this link for more information about EQEmuLauncher V1.24 and lower