Question about playing off of a thumb drive

[shams]

Hey everybody,

I've got lots of free time in between classes and was wondering if I could copy my p99 files onto a thumb drive and play p99 on my laptop via the files on the thumb drive. Would I need to move them off of the thumb drive and onto the hard drive of my school lap top and if so, where/how should I do that.

I'm not very tech savy so if anybody could point out what/how I should go about accomplishing this I'd be grateful!

Thanks :)

[Lyra]

Put it on the lap top. It's not a big file, and won't cause you issues.

Right click start and choose Explore or whatever it is to see your directories.

Make a new directory (folder) off of C name it everquest.

Copy the files off your thumb drive to the folder everquest.

Make a shortcut on your desktop named: C:\everquest\eqgame.exe patchme

If you are starting with the fresh copy of Titanium, follow these instructions :

I swear sometimes the EQEmuLauncher is more trouble than its worth. And I can't believe all the information regarding setting up P99 without the Launcher has been removed...

Here goes:
1) Default install of EQ: Titanium (other clients will NOT work). Copy/pasting the EQ folder from another install works just fine here. (For consistency, I'm going to assume you installed EQ to C:\Everquest so that the eqgame.exe path is C:\Everquest\eqgame.exe.)
2) Right-click on the eqgame.exe icon within your everquest folder, select Create Shortcut.
3) Right-click on the Shortcut to eqgame.exe you created in step (2). Select Properties.
4) In the Properties menu that appears, edit the target line to say "C:\EverQuest\eqgame.exe" patchme. The quotes are only needed around the destination string if it contains spaces. Select Apply and then OK to close the properties box.
5) Open the C:\Everquest\eqhost.txt file in the text editor of your choice.
6) Delete whatever is in the eqhost.txt file and replace it with the following two lines:
[LoginServer]
Host=login.eqemulator.net:5998
7) Save and close the eqhost.txt file.
8) Download the latest eqchangesvXX.zip file from the patch notes. As of this post, we are on v30, found . http://www.project1999.org/files/P99Files30.zip if this post is out of date, just update "30" with the current number)
9) Extract the eqchangesvXX.zip file into the C:\Everquest directory, overwriting any files it asks for.
10) Within the C:\Everquest directory, delete the following files to allow these updated zones to function properly on P99:
arena.eqg
arena_EnvironmentEmitters.txt
lavastorm.eqg
nektulos.eqg
Nektulos_EnvironmentEmitters.txt
11) Log into the server with the account you created at EQEmulator.org (http://www.eqemulator.org/).
12) Select Project1999: The Ruins of Kunark from the server list.
13) Enjoy playing on P99.

[blondeattk]

slight variation on this question.....

on live/some forum I asked does eq load faster from a non mechanical hard drive. The answer i got was suprising....no zone loading isnt any faster. BEcause the slow part is a connection issue to the soe servers, that was the answer given.

HOwever ive noticed that p99 zone sload a bit faster than live zones, so again am wondering if its worth moving eq onto a non mechanical hdd? (on a sata2 drive atmo)

I dont have usb3 on my pc, which is a single core intell with 4gig ram.

Advice on fater load times plz )

[Honest]

I may be incorrect but I think load times, while slightly affected by hardware, is more a connection thing. But I also think that its server side as well? I think there is a minimum time built in to server for zoning. Could be wrong tho.

[Thulack]

Your fine playing off a flash drive. it will be alittle slower but nothing too noticeable . Just plug the drive in and make sure you have a Eq shortcut in folder with the patchme like you do at home and your set.

[shams]

Woot thanks for the answers everybody. No more wondering what to do with 7 hours between classes :)

[Thulack]

Go home for awhile maybe? lol

[shams]

Yeah, but I end up getting a lot more studying done if I stay at school. Too many distractions at home. EQ can be my just reward for studying and finishing homework :p

[Thulack]

Yeah, but I end up getting a lot more studying done if I stay at school. Too many distractions at home. EQ can be my just reward for studying and finishing homework :p

haha you say that now til your trying to sneak some xp in while in class :D

[mtb tripper]

sounds like some fun

[shams]

Alright, so I have a new question.. I copied my EQ files that I use on my home PC onto a thumb drive along with the shortcut I use at home to launch the server selector. This morning when i got to school, I copied and pasted everything over so that it mirrors (at least I'm 99.9% positive...) where/how I have my files set up at home when I play p99. When I go to log in however, I keep getting an error saying that a connection to the server couldn't be made. Also, I tried using the EQemu launcher after using Duxa's AllInOne installer and I essentially get the same error there.

Also, when I close the EQemu launcher it tells me that it could not write the config file and to please check access to C:\Program Files(x86)\Sony\Everquest\eqemulauncher.xml.
Below that it tells me that access to the same path mentioned above was denied.

Again, I'm not the most computer savvy person so I'll keep looking around for a solution, but in the mean time if something comes to mind, please throw me a bone :)

Thanks for all the help thus far, I love the p99 community despite the image the server forum can present at times!

Edit: my shortcut that I'm using does have the patchme line added to it and I am running Windows 8 (I know).