Valdaor, i hate you....

zag, you don't know me, so hush up!! you must be a hateful person too. :twisted:
Now look, some of your posts aren't helping me at all but i'd like to thank you for trying to. Lol, some of you seem to be having a reading disability. Anyway this is EXACTLY what I did.

1.) Installed EverQuest to C:/Program Files/EverQuest/
2.) Ran the EverQuest Patcher till no more updates where available.
3.) Installed EQEmu to C:/Program Files/EverQuest/
4.) Ran EQEmu Patcher, small wait then it says, "Cannot Connect to Server" then it closes after a bar fills up.
5.) Ctrl Ced the EQHost.txt and removed my current one and Ctrl Ved the new one in.
6.) Open EQWindow, logged on EQEmu, but there is a version problem now, this will be because I have recieved the files that EQEmu Patcher is suppose to download and thats because my EQEmu Patcher won't run.

I have basically tried everything. All I need is the files that overwrites things inside the EverQuest folder so it lets EQEmu be the host instead of Sony.

I don't know whats wrong, so can't help, sorry :( But I did notice your #3, you don't have to download the emu files from the main page, they are just for those that want to create a server (if you are, sorry, I didn't know). All you need is the patcher, updated eqhost.txt and EQ to play on the servers.

You also need the Patcher to work so it can do it's part in downloading the necessary files for EQEmu to take over for you to beable to get onto the EQEmu servers and other players servers

Vald, do you use XP/ME, what? I think XP hosts its own firewall.

I was using XP and I realised the patcher wasn't working then, but I formatted now I'm using Windows 2000 Professional.

umm i just got my new computer and when i fully patched eq live i made an exact copy of it and renamed it EQEMU EverQuest. I downloaded the patcher and installed it into that folder above and now I can play EQEMU and live with the click of a few buttons...no need to repatch anything its really that simple. And why is this the only thread on the page with 4 pages? jeez this shoulda been resolved long ago

Dude, I didn't start this up to find out who can get EQEmu Patcher running, basically I started this so there could be a way to download all the files that EQEmu Patcher downloads from somewhere. If those files were all available on this site to download then there is a backup to everyone having problems getting EQEmu Patcher to work. Haha, we got to get some admins reading this and get their opinions.

Guest_03 we wait for your opinions and all the other admins!! :lol:

Using the EQEmu patcher is the only way to get the files to you "legally". The patcher checks to see if you have certain EQ files and their dates so by sending you the files that way, it can't be warez because you already own EQ.

Now back to the topic.... i would take hogies advice on maybe you have a transparent proxy or some other interuption in your connection. Call up your ISP and ask them if this is true.


Dont bother trying to log in until the EQEmu patcher does its thing and downloads the "correct" eq files. if you dont, you will always get an error when you try to log in.

I wouldn't call it an error it's more "I can't connect" issue.

Oh almost forgot, yeah i'll try giving my service provider a ring see if they know anything about this "Transparent Proxy" thing. Thanks for the advice, Shawn

Shawn is right (whats new? lol, jk :D ), patcher is the only legal approach they can do, if someone hosted the files and let you download them, that would be warez and they can get in trouble with Sony, would not be good. I might have to give my ISP a ring to, I never can connect to the patcher, I just luckily found an old backup CD that had it on there.

So, I sent an e-mail to my ISP a few days ago to ask about the proxy thing, weel, it turns out my ISP uses one of those transparent proxy things.
Is there any way for me to get this thing to work?

Can't the admins give out just the required files to play eqemu, just the files that NEED to be changed. If they would do that, people without the game wouldn't be able to run eq.

If they won't do that, will eqemu catch up to the eqlive patch any time soon?

Hardy, if you have MSN or an email of some sort could you please send me the files to me through MSN - kalvar200@hotmail.com or to my email addy - coulsonjl@paradise.net.nz I would prefer email if you could..

Also, I think maybe putting in an extra site, where you need to be logged in with your forum account to access a page where you can download the files that your EQEmu Patcher downloads.

No, I won't.

Smart move, Hardy :) Safety first.

your a retarded fuck guest_03!!!!!!! F..UC..KiNG B,,I...T, C HES

:lol: :roll:

Valdaor, I hope nobody helps you with anything ever :) You're on my crap list.

Most of us were trying to be nice, but he/she just kept complaining. Then he/she asked for warez, crap list it is. :wink: :twisted:

*edit* Damn! Every time I make a post, it rarely gets past page 1! This is on page 4, AHHHH!!!!

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Actually hes right..

Being in IT myself I can see when theres a connection issue. There are HUNDREDS of people with this problem albeit alot of them have done this incorrectly.

You say the files are located on this server? Are they located on a subdomain? I noticed a lot of people can access the main site but can't get into the forums. I personally got this working but have a few friends who cant get access. I thought originally by looking at the log files that it was trying to connect to www.foreverhacking.com and also noticed that the people having these problems where able to see the site but unable to ping the site.

Does the patcher use an address or an IP to connect? I know for a fact there are lots of people having connection issues and I do agree with those that say this is definatley a dns issue. Could we change the patcher to connect to an IP address instead of a named address? Also could we move the files to the root domain instead of having it on a subdomain if thats the case?


Thanks

Johnny5

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I forgot to add how I know this is a DNS issue..

When the files where on www.foreverhacking.net I noticed they where able to see the site somehow but unable to ping it in dos. Also if I gave them the ip address of the site they were NOT able to ping it.

Val or whatever your name is. Try and open up a dos box and see if you can ping www.eqemu.net . If you get unable to resolve host, you have a corrupt TCP/IP protocol and need to reinstall it. If you get bad host or no reply error message the answer is that your isp has disabled your ability to ping it. Also note that Norton also deactivates ping for security. This is both incomming and outgoing.

I know this sounds like a lot of babble, but it makes sense in my head :?

Most of the time, it's people with XP or antivirus complaining. XP has a built-in firewall. Also, dns didn't work for a while with eqemu.net. It could be related to that.

im pretty sure that wont happen. with all do repsect the devs probably dont give a fuck about the patcher, in other words if it works for u, great if it doesnt, then ur screwed. i'm not really sure why, of all things wouldn't the patcher be fixed first.

at least let some more people play and maybe some better databases/servers would be made or something.

I say we fix EQEMU to match current before we fix a working patcher.

[quote]I say we fix EQEMU to match current before we fix a working patcher.[/quote
Amen! I always wanted to check out LoY, hehe.

yeah but doesn't sony have eq patches like every week or so?

I am having same problems as Valdaor, but I unable to play. I found out an idea, if your EQEmu Patcher works, look at the files it downloads, then take a copy of them from where the directory is you installed them to and zip them. Then you can possibly host them on Geocities seen that EQEmu won't do anything. Also EQEmu has to remember that technology improves everyday and that not everyone is running Windows 98 but a more reliable Windows like XP or Windows 2000 Proffessional and ME. There should be a way round these proxies, all that needs to happen is for the patcher to be hosted differently. If you can't do that, then EQEmu Patcher is screwed for 100's of us. If I could do something, I would.. Why don't you GM's show a little support in the players too. Don't get all uptight about a rude person, I know what he's going through. He just wants to have a nice game of EQEmu that you guys are suppose to provide for us.. well that's all I got to say for now.

Whoever does that is in violation of the agreement he agreed to when he got a username here. DO NOT post those or talk about posting them here. It is not allowed. Risk permanent banning.

See how sad you GM's are.. EQEmu doesn't deserve to exist. I shall inform Sony to prosecute you for legal copyright information! I hope EQEmu comes down for life. You guys are childish little shits with no respect at all. If you are going to run another EverQuest you should be responsable for everything that is going on around here. Not us, but you and stop fucking blaming all this on US. It's freakin' YOUS, NOT US!! Get that in your freakin heads.

First off, you haven't talked to a GM yet. Nor have you spoken to a developer. We are users. We only encourage following the rules. Stop whining. Out of the near year I've been following EQEMU, I have been able to play maybe 6 months of that time.

You've been following the project how long? Just wait until the update comes out... Jeez. Bunch of babies.

These guys don't owe you anything. Stop complaining! It's free, open source. If it doesn't work, fix it yourself. The devs have jobs, families, and other worries than making eqemu work for the maybe 100 people out of several 1000 that can't get it to work.

Patcher is closed source, and is controlled to avoid piracy. It sounds like it does its job too well. Don't blame us.

Hah.
 

Hi. Just wondering, did you ever star in the movie Grease?

Well, freakin A man!

On the plus side, your a dumbass, which is quite amusing after a day of falling into 22 mph current.

On the negative side = All of your other text. Why, oh, why do you people post that shit? Have you nothing else to do but say "OMG THE GOVERNTMENTSA GIS GONING TO GET UUU YES THY R UR DEAD"
?

Of course you don't, god bless you.

LOL, EQEmu has been alive for over 2 years (not sure the exact date), and I bet you Sony has know about EQEmu for all 2 years. They can't do anything about it, why? Because this project is legal.

BTW, where did all these whiners come from? I think Vald recruited em all. Used to be such a quiet board..... (with no whiners that is)

Actually you are wrong my friend..

If you read through their eula or whatever its called you will see it clearly states that connecting to another server other than those provided by sony is not allowed and you will be banned. That means EVERYONE here is breaking the rules..

Nice try though.

Johnny5

Actually talk to a good lawyer about their EULA. If they tried to prosecute anyone based on their EULA they would get laughed out of court. And if they came after me I would come right back after them. The only thing they dare try to hold the EULA up to is banning people. That is the only thing it is useful for.

Ever notice that all the rest of the software you install and use on your computer only presents the EULA once. That's because forcing people to agree to it more then once invalidates it. Now you're agreeing under duress.

Ummm, we'll be banned from EQLive, which few of us play. How would anyone CATCH someone who wasn't, without some warrant to invade personal information. Last I checked, person to person (coorporations are people under law) contracts that are breached aren't exactly worth a judge allowing privacy-invading tactics. Sony would waste a LOT of money to come after each of us.

i was in an eq live chatroom a few weeks ago and eqemu came up and the GM's already know about it they acted as if they didnt give a shit either.

EVERYONE??? I dont' play EQLive, I don't have to follow them rules, I am not breaking anything. I also just said it is LEGAL, as in, they can't take you to court.

Nice try though.

I'm not tryin to lay blame on anyone here but the everquest eula is for the use of the software as well as the eqlive servers. so eventhough you don't play on the live servers you are still violating it. i play eqemu so i'm not saying you wrong to do so, but those are the facts.

zorg