Login Time Out

[netwalker0099]

When logging in from the launcher I receive a "timeout occured" error, I have a clean install of EQ Titanium from an ISO copy that I have, the copy consists of 5 ISO's of each disc and was installed via a virtual drive mounting each disk when required, I created with the

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

added on the launcher and my EQhost file modified to

[LoginServer]
Host=eqemulator.net:5998"

on inital run it ran the launchpad patcher, I verified my eqhost file after it ran and it was not modified, I cannot check my client install file because the Everquest\logs directory does not exist, also verified the log file could not be found on the everquest directory.

I've also referenced the FAQ for this issue, my timeout occured error is near instant indicating that I do not have a patched client, but that my EQhost.txt file is incorrect I reverified it for no extra spaces and also changed it to directly point to the IP address

 [LoginServer]
Host=216.59.33.136:5998

and port of the login server instead of the hostname, issue still persists.

Anyone have an idea of how I can still check my client log to find the version or know a way to correct this issue?

netwalker0099