PROBLEM WITH EQPATCHER...

[Obi-Wan00]

ive followed all the steps to run EQ for the first time, but when i tried to patch with the eqpatcher, it says CANNOT CONNECT TO PATCH SERVER...

please , help me, thx.


ps: yes, ive downloaded mdac_typ.exe...

cya! :cry:

[Memener]

well at leastn you dont get a missing DLL file or a runtime error like i do

[Obi-Wan00]

i tried to run everquest.exe then enter with my acc. and pass of the forum (cause i replaced the eqhost.txt on the EQfolder) but when i reach the servers (they all appear correctly) all of them said something like : "cant connect now to the servers, must be a temporary thing" or something like that (i dont remember exactly) but it says that all the time i want to enter to a server...

i know, i cant patch it with the EQPATCHER, but maybe i dont need it. do i?? whats wrong, please help me cause im VERY VERY NEW with this... thank you...

[Memener]

i tried to run everquest.exe then enter with my acc. and pass of the forum (cause i replaced the eqhost.txt on the EQfolder) but when i reach the servers (they all appear correctly) all of them said something like : "cant connect now to the servers, must be a temporary thing" or something like that (i dont remember exactly) but it says that all the time i want to enter to a server...

i know, i cant patch it with the EQPATCHER, but maybe i dont need it. do i?? whats wrong, please help me cause im VERY VERY NEW with this... thank you...
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You should not of run everquest.exe try to find the EQfix.exe and cop those files to your everquestb folder

[Obi-Wan00]

do you mean EQWFIX.EXE ??

if is this one, isnt supposed to run UNDER the EQ folder??

thx for the help. :wink:

[Obi-Wan00]

now ive ran the game with the "eqgame.exe patchme" way... and the error i get is "ERROR 1017 CANT CONNECT TO THE SERVER..."

i dont know much bout this... i hope it can help so you guys can help me!! hehe... thanx a lot in advance...

[Memener]

no i mean the EQfix.zip file i have and i am looking at it right now

[Obi-Wan00]

can u tell me please WHERE to get that file? thanx!! (cause the EQPATCHER "DOESNOT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!" )


THX. :cry:

[Obi-Wan00]

can someone HELP ME HERE!! THANX. :(

[Nub]

Nobody will give out those files because they call it "Warez" and Verent will take everyone to the cleaners...

I guess making an emulator and a so called "patch program" is totaly legal and in line with Verants "dream"

I would love to know how making a patch server and program called EQEMU Patcher is not "warez" :)

[Obi-Wan00]

bahh!! come on!! are u kidding me guys|???? isnt this supposed to be a place where u can play EVERQUEST for free??? so, thats not legal at all!!

so, if you don want to post here the fix, its ok, but dont says this is legal, cause YOU KNOW ITS NOT LEGAL... but if you want to "believe its legal" that up to you guys...

thanx for THE HELP... it was VERY USEFUL!!! I MADE IT WORK YEAH SURE!!! RIGHT... WITH THIS HELP I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK !!! CAUSE I FOLLOWED ALL THE STEPS AND DOESNT WORK!! OH... WAIT.. YOU NEED A FIX!! YES... OK... GIVE ME THE FIX... OH.. SORRY... WE "CANT" ITS ILEGAL!!

COOOOOOME OOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GUYS MUST BE JOKING THINKING ALL THIS BU##S$IT IS LEGAL...

well.. i dont want to keep going.. its EVERYTHING ok... never mind about the fix.. ive DELETED everything concerning everquest and the eqemu... cause ITS NOT WORKING... thanx for nothing... bye

[Memener]

Email me and i might tell you where you can donwload the file from

[Anakin]

Thx memenerr but the smtp server of eqemu.net isnt working. ;(

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Could not connect to smtp host : 110 : Connection timed out

[agentlogun]

i have the same problem as obi wan how can i fix it ?
can send me an e-mail where to download the fix at agentlogun@yahoo.co.uk

[agentlogun]

ok i'm gonna try to explain my current situation, been using eqemu for a few weeks, and been farting about on various servers to get the jist of things... then i accidently zone from upper to lower guk crash to desktop and my eqemu patcher refuses to patch.

fair enough sumthing has gone wrong, so i reinstalled the eqemu patcher and the mdac thingy nothing seems makes a difference, so is this warez thing the only way to fix it?

i find it very strange, one zone knackers the whole thing when i been crashing to desktop for weeks /shrug any help would be... well helpfull hehe thanks in advance.

[Trumpcard]

1st off, people arent using the patcher the correct way..

You should NEVER trust the patcher to patch you EVERY SINGLE time, if you patch, and can log into EQEMU with it, then you should MAKE A COPY OF THAT EQ DIRECTORY FOR USE PLAYING EQEMU AND NEVER PATCH AGAIN...


The patcher will get you running, but its only a matter of time between live and eqemu patching that it's just not going to work anymore. Everyone that stays on eqemu does that, and I hate that the patcher has forced the community in general to believe that they can flipflop between LIVE and EQEMU on the same client merrily with no worries, it just doesnt work that way..

So here is my advice for those of you using the patcher and it still works..


BACKUP YOUR EQEMU client directory, and play EQEMU from there, and dont use the patcher anymore unless you have to fix that new directory.

If your eqemu client is working just fine, there is no need for you to run the patcher everytime to start the game, you are just risking something getting screwed up..

Take it how you like it , but if you dont have at least 2 copies of EQ on your drive, you are asking for trouble, and eventually you will just be locked out.

I havent had any problems with my client files in months. Its because I always play from the same folder for EQEMU, and never patch it, EVER! When the emulator is ready for the latest patch, we'll tell everyone.

I think the patcher is causing more problems than its fixed, we really need to remove it from being downloadable. The developer that released it hasnt been heard from in a couple of months, so we have no-one to work on it or support it at this time, I'm not even sure the dev team has access to the source code for it.

[Mauritius]

i have 5 backups, each one working with a specific version of eqemu :wink:

[Anakin]

Trumpcard im trying to patch my first everquest for eqemu, but i cant..... :?

[Anakin]

Trumpcard im trying to patch my first everquest for eqemu, but i cant..... :?

[agentlogun]

thanks for the replies, but i dont play eq live at all, only eqemu, and i cant find anyother way to get into eqemu to play without the patcher, so i am gonna have to sift through all your readme's etc to see if i missed sumthing...

[agentlogun]

thanks for the replies, but i dont play eq live at all, only eqemu, and i cant find anyother way to get into eqemu to play without the patcher, so i am gonna have to sift through all your readme's etc to see if i missed sumthing...

[agentlogun]

thanks for the replies, but i dont play eq live at all, only eqemu, and i cant find anyother way to get into eqemu to play without the patcher, so i am gonna have to sift through all your readme's etc to see if i missed sumthing...

[agentlogun]

thanks for the replies, but i dont play eq live at all, only eqemu, and i cant find anyother way to get into eqemu to play without the patcher, so i am gonna have to sift through all your readme's etc to see if i missed sumthing...

[agentlogun]

oops i thought the page wasnt loading soz for the spam hehe

[cmchoffa]

First off Obi needs to chill out.

I'm having the same issue.

I was on yesterday 3 or 4 different times then logged off for the night. I'm trying to connect now and I get a "cannot connect to patch server error" for about the last 2hrs.

Is there a fix or is the patch server down?

Anyhelp will be greatly appreciated.

[joshkincheloe]

Try to uninstall the patcher and then redownload it and install again. I had this problem myself and doing this fixed it right away.

[DarksideKarma]

1st off, people arent using the patcher the correct way..

You should NEVER trust the patcher to patch you EVERY SINGLE time, if you patch, and can log into EQEMU with it, then you should MAKE A COPY OF THAT EQ DIRECTORY FOR USE PLAYING EQEMU AND NEVER PATCH AGAIN...


The patcher will get you running, but its only a matter of time between live and eqemu patching that it's just not going to work anymore. Everyone that stays on eqemu does that, and I hate that the patcher has forced the community in general to believe that they can flipflop between LIVE and EQEMU on the same client merrily with no worries, it just doesnt work that way..

So here is my advice for those of you using the patcher and it still works..


BACKUP YOUR EQEMU client directory, and play EQEMU from there, and dont use the patcher anymore unless you have to fix that new directory.

If your eqemu client is working just fine, there is no need for you to run the patcher everytime to start the game, you are just risking something getting screwed up..

Take it how you like it , but if you dont have at least 2 copies of EQ on your drive, you are asking for trouble, and eventually you will just be locked out.

I havent had any problems with my client files in months. Its because I always play from the same folder for EQEMU, and never patch it, EVER! When the emulator is ready for the latest patch, we'll tell everyone.

I think the patcher is causing more problems than its fixed, we really need to remove it from being downloadable. The developer that released it hasnt been heard from in a couple of months, so we have no-one to work on it or support it at this time, I'm not even sure the dev team has access to the source code for it.

Hey Hoffa, it's Pin (PS You suck, Melissa is out sick today too). I got the same thing this morning when I tried to log in. Now for the post above. My appologies if i'm not understanding this. You say if you get the Patcher to run once great but don't run it after that. How exactly do you run EQ without going through the patcher? Any help is appreciated.

Thank You,

Teh Nuck

[Trumpcard]

you either use EQW (eqwindows) or you execute everquest from the command line with 'eqgame patchme'

[DarksideKarma]

you either use EQW (eqwindows) or you execute everquest from the command line with 'eqgame patchme'

C:\Program Files\Everquest\eqgame.exe patchme

if that's the case it doesn't recognize "patchme" at the end of it. I want to make sure i'm inputting it correctly.

[joshkincheloe]

start -> run -> "%PathToEqDirectory%\eqgame" patchme -> press enter.

That should do it.

[Nub]

Hi, thanks Trumpcard for your reply. I guess somebody needs to make a new patcher or something :(

In the mean time... The files that the patcher replaces? If anyone can help please email me. I have 3 backups of EQ on various drives. I am new to EQEMU and I've never managed to play it. A chance to backup the correct files would rock :) So if anyone knows a location of the files needed so I can manualy patch EQ please email me.

email add is nubz2003@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you.