Difference between revisions of "EverQuest"

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Introduction

EverQuest (EQ), is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Sony's last reported subscription numbers were given as "more than 430,000 players" on 14 January 2004. It was the most popular MMORPG before World of Warcraft.

System Requirements

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Note: Not all Direct3D cards are supported. DirectX 9.0b or greater is required for all XP/Vista installations.

Playing EQMac on a PC

Many players have very fond memories of the days of Classic Everquest. While there are emulated servers like Project 1999 they are often buggy, and less stable than a server hosted by Sony. This is where EQMac comes in. EQmac is an official SOE server that is permanently time-locked in the early stages of the Planes of Power expansion. This may sound great, but what if you do not own a Mac? Thankfully there is a work around to enable PC clients to connect to this server!

First you will need to install a fresh copy of Everquest Titanium
Move the installation to the directory C:\EQMac Please note that it needs to be in the root directory not program files.
Unzip contents of Secret's patch zip that can be found here into C:/EQMac overwriting anything it asks to. It has been reported that certain virus scanners are reporting this as a false positive
Then you will need to go to the EQMac Launchpad and let it download all of the necessary files
Take contents of the Resources folder from the EQMac Launchpad download and copy them INTO C:\EQMac, overwrite anything it asks ( will be a lot )
run eqw.exe in 256 colors, 640 x 480 resolution (the game itself will run in a higher resolution) and run it as administrator. Note* if you want the newer UI (I personally recommend it as it is much more stable than running the game with the old UI) edit eqclient.ini and change newui=FALSE to TRUE, other settings can be changed in eqclient.ini also, like new / old PC models, etc.
Once EQw.exe starts up make sure to check the box to patch your ini file, then click start.

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 Note: Not all Direct3D cards are supported. DirectX 9.0b or greater is required for all XP/Vista installations.
+== Playing EQMac on a PC ==
+Many players have very fond memories of the days of Classic Everquest. While there are emulated servers like [http://www.project1999.org/ Project 1999] they are often buggy, and less stable than a server hosted by Sony. This is where EQMac comes in. EQmac is an official SOE server that is permanently time-locked in the early stages of the Planes of Power expansion. This may sound great, but what if you do not own a Mac? Thankfully there is a work around to enable PC clients to connect to this server!
+# First you will need to install a fresh copy of Everquest Titanium
+#  Move the installation to the directory C:\EQMac '''Please note that it needs to be in the root directory not program files.'''
+# Unzip contents of Secret's patch zip that can be found [http://fileb.ag/0ei29cadn4k7 here] into C:/EQMac overwriting anything it asks to. '''It has been reported that certain virus scanners are reporting this as a false positive'''
+# Then you will need to go to the [https://lp.soe.com/eqmac/live/ EQMac Launchpad] and let it download all of the necessary files
+# Take contents of the Resources folder from the EQMac Launchpad download and copy them INTO C:\EQMac, overwrite anything it asks ( will be a lot )
+# run eqw.exe in 256 colors, 640 x 480 resolution (the game itself will run in a higher resolution) and run it as administrator. Note* if you want the newer UI (I personally recommend it as it is much more stable than running the game with the old UI) edit eqclient.ini and change newui=FALSE to TRUE, other settings can be changed in eqclient.ini also, like new / old PC models, etc.
+# Once EQw.exe starts up make sure to check the box to patch your ini file, then click start.
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