Error: Dungeon Crawls? Some help, please....

[denerin]

Alright, well, I tried to log onto EQ after finally activating my account, and well, I got an error that says: dungeon crawls. I am not sure what to do about this. Can anyone help? Also, if it helps, I can not downloaded The Lost Dungeons of Norrath, didn't particularly want to because it would take a while, but I will if neccesary. Anyways, can anyone help me with this? Thanks, bye.

[Rabaril]

You can't play EQLive unless your client is as up to date as everyone elses... Sorry...

[denerin]

So are you saying that I do need to download the Lost Duegons or Norrath patch? If so, I will do it. Also, are there any other programs I am reqcuired to download from this website? Because I haven't downloaded anything...

[madborg]

LDoN is not a patch - it is an extension. Not everyone has LDoN and it is not needed to play EQlive. I have never seen the "dungeon crawl" message so I have no idea where it comes from.

The client is updated automatically whenever you try to login into Everquest, so you don't have to do anything special.

Where are you getting the message? I mean are you trying to access an EQemu server, have set up your own server, or are just trying to log into EQlive?

maddy

[denerin]

I guess I'm just trying to log onto EQlive. I open up my EQ shortcut, and try to log on. Right after I click log on I get "dungeon crawls." I am not sure what it means either. -shrugs- But it is frustrating me, nonetheless...

[mattmeck]

try reinstalling EQ. at this point it cant hurt.

[denerin]

You're right. Can't hurt. I'll do that!

[denerin]

Alright, I just reinstalled EQ. Btw, I dunno if this contributes to the factor of the problem I'm having, but when I installed EQ, it said "Could Not Define Internal Dialogue Box" :( Maybe that has something to do with it, I hope not. I guess that's why the dialogue of the boxes and options haven't been coming up...

[mattmeck]

Since you get this error with live and you just activated your acount, you could also call SOE and make them fix it :twisted:

You are a paying coustomer. Just dont mention EQEMU :shock:

[denerin]

Alright, well, I think I just took one giant leap forward, towards success. Now, I have text. Now, it only tells me no host was found, make sure the eqhost.txt exists. I changed it to what was said on the guide... What's up now???

[mattmeck]

get logged onto live first, once you can get on there getting on here is easy.

[denerin]

What exactly do you mean by EQlive? I'm a newby to this, I don't understand.... I'm not an idiot, but I'm new to this, I need to be taught things... lol

[mattmeck]

eqlive = Sony's servers eqemu = here.. need to be patched to live to play here.

[denerin]

Ahh, ok, I understand now. Alright, can I log onto EQlive with my forum/EQemu login?

[madborg]

What exactly do you mean by EQlive? I'm a newby to this, I don't understand.... I'm not an idiot, but I'm new to this, I need to be taught things... lol

EQlive is what some of us call the Sony hosted Everquest. Or just plain EQ.


EQemu i(or EQEMu) is the name for this project, but sometimes we also call it EQ = although that should be reserved for the Sony product.

The reason why I ask EQlive or EQemu is to help isolate the problems. If you problem is with EQlive, then its a matter of doing an uninstall of the client and then reinstalling. And if you continue to get a problem, then call Sony Online for tech support.

If your problem is with setting up EQemu, then things could be slightly more complex but doesn't need to be very complex. You can work on it in stages.

1. Have a working EQ client installation and connect to EQlive
2. (recommended) copy your EQ directory for use with EQemu. Its over 1 GB but it is a good safety move if you have the hard disk space
3. Use your client from the EQ directory (if you didn't make a directory copy) and connect to an existing EQemu server. You will need an account and will have a minor change to one of your client files. Easy to do and the process is document on this site.

If everything works fine and you feel brave, then you can try a server installation. The set up is well document but it can get confusing.

maddy

[Rabaril]

LDoN is not a patch - it is an extension. Not everyone has LDoN and it is not needed to play EQlive.

I am almost certain you do need those files... Maybe not all of them... But without certain files, wouldn't the items, npc's, and other LDoN things cause fatal errors when you zoned into that location or examined them...

Maybe not, I am not an EQ guru, nor do I know a lot about DB's or code... I am just speaking from my experience with other games..

[madborg]

[quote]
I am almost certain you do need those files... Maybe not all of them... But without certain files, wouldn't the items, npc's, and other LDoN things cause fatal errors when you zoned into that location or examined them...



There are two parts to an EQ exapansion: the files you need to be able to interact with the new features of an expansion, and the files that are part of the expansion itself.

The "needed" files are part of the patcher update and everyone gets them. The expansion is a complete expansion and is available to only the people that pay for the expansion. If you don't pay for the expansion, you don't get access to the new zones and mobs and special abilities.

LDoN has an expansion pack, but it is not required for other parts of the game such as old world, velious, kunark, Pop, Luclin, and other other (forgot the name).

[Rabaril]

Legends of Yekesha.... And thank you I know how an online expansion works... I was just thrown off by the way he worded his sentence... I thought he hadn't updated since before LDoN.. My mistake... Sorry m'lords... and lady's...

[Asigoth]

Ahh, ok, I understand now. Alright, can I log onto EQlive with my forum/EQemu login?

lol...

no :\ you need an active SOE subscription to do that.

However, you do not need an active subscription to run the patcher and get the most current version. I'd suggest doing all the 'optional' patches too, make sure your updating all expansions.

hey i have a question if i were to install ldon on my comp and run eqemu could i go to ldon zones without registering the cd-key on eqlive?