Error 1010? (And yes I did search for it)
 

Says something about the Eqtext file for hosting. Any ideas?

Still says no host found.

Maybe your eqhost.txt file? What are the contents?

[LoginServer]
Host=eqemulator.net:5998

That is all that should be in your eqhosts.txt file.

Yes my file looks like this. (I copy and pasted this directly from my eqhost.txt file. I'm still getting this message when I try to log in.

Error 1010: No host was found!
Check that the file EQHOST.TXT exists in the Everquest directory.

[LoginServer]
Host=eqemulator.net:5998

are you sure its named correctly?

Seen this a lot because people had eqost or eqhos

Yes, the information provided is a direct *paste* from my eqhost.txt file. If the one provided is in error then I could fix. The guide I've been using from this website is very thorough, but I'm not sure how to go about troubleshooting this. Could it be a firewall thing?

"are you sure its named correctly?

Seen this a lot because people had eqost or eqhos"

From what I've read in the guide there is no where that I actually type eqhost... There is an eqhost.txt file, but that one is already imbedded in the Eq directory so... Is "eqost or eqhos" just an example, or is there something that the guide is missing?

What he asked was if you had it named wrong and those were examples of what he has seen.

eqhost.txt should be in your eq folder. That's is where it is read from.

make sure it's not in there as eqhost.txt.txt

Load it up in notepad and do a saveas and change it from txt type to allfiles type before saving it again.

Ok I just did a search on my computer and found that in that location

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

I have 6 files. None of them say eqhost.txt ... and the instructions I downloaded from this website don't say anything about placing an eqhost.txt file there. So should I create one there? And how do I do that? Create a text file that says eqhost.txt?

Hosts, Hosts.msn, Imhosts.sam, networks, protocal, services

These are the six that are currently in there. Thanks again for your help!!

My Bad, I edited the post as you were reading it... Just make sure it doesn't have a double extension on the file.

Also, did you try using the ipaddress instead of the url

Host=64.251.21.39:5998

So change

[LoginServer]
Host=eqemulator.net:5998

To

[LoginServer]
Host=64.251.21.39:5998

Gonna try that now.

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Update:

Still says the 1010 no host error. I saved the host.txt file to ALL files from the EQ properties menu.. What else should I try? I'm game for ANY advice *-)

you keep calling it host.txt someone else called it eqhosts.txt


it is eqhost.txt

if you saved it as eqhost.txt when it was already eqhost.txt it may have saved as eqhost.txt.txt make sure thats not the case

My EQ file
 

When I go to Properties from the EQ shortcut Icon I find eqhost.txt

The content of that txt file is what has been posted earlier. I'm fairly sure that the problem is with my eq host directory because I've put in 1 letter for both station name and password to see if the error message would change. Granted I am definitely not a computer specialist so I'm glad to try any and all fixes presented.!!

So should I make a new eqhost.txt file on my computer's notepad?? I'm not sure because it wasn't in the guide that I downloaded.

Yes, it is eqhost.txt, that was a typo in my earlier message. The "host" that I'm referring to is in the actual txt message Host=

http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...akka=PlayGuide

That is the wiki guide you should be using. The eqhost.txt file is really simple. All you do is go to your everquest directory and look for a file called eqhost.txt. Then double click that file and it will open up in notepad. Then put in the following information:

[LoginServer]
Host=eqemulator.net:5998

Make sure that you remove everything else that is in that file. Then click "file" and then "save" in notepad (don't "save as"). This will automatically save the changes without having to worry about it adding another file extension onto it. That is all. You are making it too complicated. You don't have to have any other host files anywhere or edit any of your other host files.

The only thing that concerns me is that you said you right clicked on your eqemu shortcut icon and went to properties and it listed the eqhost.ini file in there??? That definitely shouldn't be there lol. The only things you need in there are:

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

Start in:
C:\Program Files\Everquest\

There shouldn't be anything about eqhost.ini in your shortcut.