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yo how do i manage to get a certain version of the game when it patches everytime i start it up, logically that would mean i would have to open the game without it patching can someone tell me how to accomplish this?

To open the game without the EQLive patcher, patching your game, just use EQWindows (with the patch game box unchecked), or you can created a shortcut to your eqgame.exe. Then right click on it and go to properties. the target should read as follows:

"c:\Program Files\Everquest\eqgame.exe" patchme

with the quotes and all. Though, your directory for everquest may vary (read SHOULD vary), that is the default location for the target line.

You SHOULD make a backup directory containing ALL your everquest files, because if you play EQLive, then you will have to patch every time they put a new one out or you wont be able to play live. But if you overpatch then you will break EQEmu and wont be able to play that. This is what I learned the hard way (being very new to EQEmu, I really didnt have a choice since you can no longer get an erlier patched version of the game. So I, like all others new, will have to wait and just learn as I go hehe).

Hope this helped you some.