IMPORTANT NOTICE
 

**** DO NOT PATCH ****

The May 18th 2004 breaks EQEMu good, EQLive changed the login interface, along with how login server works.. so patching will result in umm.. some nice breaking ;)

Have fun, if you have patched, umm hahahah your screwed :>

hehe :roll:

LMAO

LOL

You know, though, that someone will eventually reply to this thread asking the questions:

"Why can't I log in anymore?"
"How do I unpatch?"
"Can someone send me the pre-patch files?"

And, of course, the ever-famous:

"When will it be fixed?"

~Gandar

I'm betting with the serverity of this patch we'll get at least 90 posts asking how to fix it or when it will be fixed which is alot more than the already impressive numbers we get most times.

Let the doors open and the idiots that dont listion flow in :twisted:

re:donotpatch
 

well im happy i can play both :D lol its going to be hard to fix i think cause they even changed the eqhost to [LoginServer]
Host=eqlplogin1.everquest.com:15900 well to me it looks like now it runs off a site for login so maybe :idea: if u could make it so it runs the login from this site it might work dont no lol

I feel sorry for people that have patched =( so message fajo in IRC for some pitty =P i will make ya feel better (NO FAVORS NOW SO DONT ASK only soto gets thos =P)

This is like the FIRST time i actually caught it before patching but now i'm kinda stuck. I know it's kinda newbish and i'm not asking for files or anything, but I've looked all over and anyone think they can point me in the direction to where I can get on without patching? I've tried everything and think I'm out of ideas.... Thanks

A Patchme Hint

Just change your EQ shortcut from:

C:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest\everquest.exe

To:

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

Also note that your EQ files may be in another location (ex: C:\Program Files\Everquest Trilogy\)... ergo, your particular mileage may vary. :)

~Gandar

Good thing I didn't patch.... Oh wait... :oops:

Question
 

Cant you just Reload EverQuest ? to fix it, if you patched

Re: Question
 

Sadly no, in order to fix this problem you would need a copy of all the pre May 18th files, the ones from may 12th would be your best bet, i posted a list of the files patched Here. This is from may 18th.

This is only a list, this post will not show you where to get the files, thats your own thing to deal with, so don't PM me or post asking where you can get them, learn to backup your files. If i get another PM asking if i have the backup files i will open a can of Jew on your ass.

If you have the pre may 18th files, the easiest fix is to.
1) copy all the files you have from the may 12th patch into your eq folder, overwritting all the may 18th files.
2) try removing any items in the list above that say "not found on local machine" These were files that were not present on the computer before the may 18th patch.
3)Change your eqhost back to the eqeqmu login servers, using the OLD format.

Now my guess is if you didn't backup your files in the first place, or didn't make a copy of your eq folder, as is suggested when playing the emulator, then you won't understand how to restore older version of files to fix your login problems. and thus i say this

Disclaimer ~ You Mess up your files trying to restore to the may 12th versions, don't tell me its my fault, i am not the one who patched over my only eq directory.

Have fun and good luck.

Solution for this
 

I simply did a system restore and fixed the problem if this is a viable option for you I'd suggest you do the same.

Or you could just run a separate install specifically for eqemu as suggested in the docs and not patch that install until instructed to do so... :wink: