I'd be happy to attempt to reproduce the issue and see if we can fix it.
Here's some context so we can factor out common issues. I'm currently running Xubuntu 13.04 64-bit, and EQ is working based on the following setup:
If you want to update manually, you should be able to use
http://www.project1999.org/files/eqchangesv28.zip as of this posting. EQ is working fine for me (`wine eqgame.exe patchme` to start eq is enough). Also, patches are infrequent enough that using the patcher from a small windows partition every few months is a fine solution as well, if you prefer using the patcher.
So, onto your question. I just tried the launcher on linux, and so far I haven't gotten as far as you have. Here's what I did:
Code:
apt-get install mono-complete # probably overkill...
apt-get install libmono-webbrowser2.0-cil libmono-webbrowser4.0-cil # ensure libgluezilla
export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/wineprefixes/eq
export WINEARCH=win32 # idiomatic
wine EQEmuLauncher.exe # version 1.71
This tries to run EQEmuLauncher but doesn't even bring up the launcher screen. I've also tried "winetricks forcemono", but that results in some missing dll errors:
Code:
err:module:import_dll Library mscoree.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Sony\\unzip\\EQEmuLauncher.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\Sony\\unzip\\EQEmuLauncher.exe" failed, status c0000135
Are you using `winetricks forcemono`? Which specific winetricks options/commands have you used? If I can reproduce everything up to what you've done, we might be able to figure it out.