New Patcher Released! 07-25-04
You can get it
Here
New Feature Updates.
The new Patcher-Patcher! This will ensure you always have the most to date Patching program, and EQA files =).
This Newest release is only a single file, no more complicated installers, no more extra dll runtimes, no more missing ocx errors, just a single file, you can place it anywhere you like, i put mine on the desktop to make it easy to find.
The first time you run it double click the icon to start the program, you will be asked to locate your eqgame.exe file, and a file brower will be opened for you. Browse your way to your eq folder you are using for EQA, and choose your eqgame.exe file, this will save the path of your eqfiles to the EQA Patcher.
And thats it! Just let the program run! it will download all the needed files, then it will start up the Real EQA Patcher which is more graphicial.
The first time you run this program you must be ready for ALOT of patching, you will have to download all the UI files needed to play on our server (282 total) and all the files needed to play on our server code, and ofcourse our custom zone files (approx 6mb total per set of zone files).
Note: Our Custom Zone files will not be downloaded as of right now, they are still in the test phase, you can download them manually via our site, but the patcher will not include them right now.
When we release our custom zone files you will be given the option to download our custom music selections as well, they give our custom zones a much more fun feel =), however becuase the music files are in mp3 format they are an average of 2mb each. You will be able to set this option by clicking the Config button on the patcher. (By default music files will not be downloaded).
Note: It is very important that you do not inturrput the patcher during the first run, it can take up to 2 hours on a dial up connection, the patcher is set to check all the UI files (282 total) each time until a successful run is made, after that there are only a set of core files that are checked each time. You can at anytime preform a complete file check by clicking the reset EQA button and typing CFC into the dialog, this will cause the patcher to check all of the files int he UI files directory, and the core files.
To those of you who have used our old patchers in the past, it is HIGHLY advised that you uninstall them using the Add/remove control panel function, failure to do so can result in many different errors, so please uninstall the old patcher versions before using the new one.
Thank you for playing EQA, please post any problems you have on our fourms, or petition/talk to a GM in game.
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