No NPC or Chars show

[Moscot]

i cant see any char models. when i create a char all the chars are missing. Same in the Game but in the game i can run around sit/stand/cast, I can see NPC and Players names, weapons and spell effects. I can trade with them and give them things.

I just re-did a clean Titanium install from disks. Installed the P99 files, from the P99FilesV62.zip.
The 2nd install i added an exclusion to windows bit defender for c:\P99 but I still nothing.

[Moscot]

messing around with settings i got it so it will show the character model in the char selection. But it doesn't redraw the background so it turns all grey. Also all the text is just bars there are no letters. Its like it wont draw a background for anything.

[Lakserejseren]

Try and check RenderEffects folder in EQ Directory. MPL holds 50 files & SPL 79.

[Moscot]

yep, i have 50 in MPL and 79 in SPL.

[Moscot]

i got it working in steam but i keep getting the "your spells file is outdated. Please visit project1999.com and get the latest files from the getting started post."

The last box has errorcode SP-1

I am pretty sure i have done this, I am using the file downloaded from https://www.project1999.com/files/P99FilesV62.zip

[Moscot]

I got a clean install working but it wont patch.

[Moscot]

I GOT IT !!!

i had to run:

mv .steam/P99/drive_c/P99/DSETUP.dll .steam/P99/drive_c/P99/DSETUP.dll-UPPERCASE_ORIG

i can see me and i can login WOOHOO. All the dragons are mine i called them.

[Lakserejseren]

Nice!
Yeah the classic DSETUP.dll -> dsetup.dll :-)

[kavalek]

Hey guys. I just did a fresh install on a Mac mini using VMware and this is the only problem I'm running into. What did you mean about dsetup? How would I do on that on a Mac?

[Moscot]

Mac can have case sensitive file system or it can use their default which is not a case sensitive file system.

You can check like this: (* i dont have a mac now and this is from memory *)

diskutil info /

### look for these 2 lines
File System Personality: Journaled HFS+
...
Name (User Visible): Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

### If you file system is case senstive
### the "File System Personality line will list: "Case-sensitive Journaled HFS"
### the Name line will list: "Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)"

if that fails, go to a command line and

touch a
touch A
and see if both files exist. If they both exist then yoiur file system is case sensitive. Just move the dsetup.dll out of the way. If you don't have case sensitive file system then I dont think this is your problem.

mv ./Project1999/dsetup.dll ./Project1999/dsetup.dll-ORIG


But if your in vmware then your in windows. I would check if you unzipped the project1999 files corrently. Maybe the dsetup.dll file isn't getting overwritten by the Project 1999 DSETUP.dll file correctly?

[kavalek]

Thanks for the response. I checked dllsetup and it was not looking like it copied over, since it was still capitalized. I renamed the original and then copied over the new one. It's now showing correctly. I made sure I recopied all the original patch files again. Still no char bodies. Hmmmmm

[Moscot]

In your reply you listed the filename wrong.

dsetup.dll --- original everquest file. move this out of the way ie: dsetup.dll-orig
DSETUP.dll -- project 1999 file. this is the file you want the game to find.

[Moscot]

I just unzipped the P99 files. the dsetup.dll is the p99 file. so i am removing their file, not the everquest file.

If I am correct and mine works... And you are in windows you would need to copy the files over EXCEPT dsetup.dll.

So you would need to do something like this:

1. install the Everquest client.
2. unzip the P99 files into a temp directory
3. remove dsetup.dll from the P99 temp directory
4. copy the P99 temp directory files into the Everquest client directory

[kavalek]

thanks for that mascot. appreciate the help a lot. unfortunately that didn't work. I was able to load up and get to char selection screen, but I'm getting that spells are outdated error now. Any ideas?