Consider Project 2002

[Bheart]

Originally Posted by Bheart [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Seems like my C++ is already up-to-date. Have both the 2010 and 2013 x64 and x86.

Are there any installation steps that I'm missing?

- Downloaded "Project 2002 for PC" zip file.
- Copied Project 2002 folder into C:\Program Files
- Ran EQW.exe and pointed to eqgame.exe
- Checked "Run Patch Program" & "Fix eqclient.ini" (tried with and without checks)

Besides copying the Project 2002 folder to C:, is there some sort of actual installation that needs to be done before running EQW?

[budorf]

Originally Posted by am0n [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I tried playing for a bit. The client + population was it for me, unfortunately. I know more people joining would fix the population, but I logged in during prime time and counted about 50 characters... but you could tell about 1/3 of them were three-boxing.

Hey good on you for at least giving it a try. The client is definitely a hold up for some people. And yes, the population is not great but it has definitely picked up the last month or so. Hoping that the trend continues!

[Haynar]

Originally Posted by Bheart [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Besides copying the Project 2002 folder to C:, is there some sort of actual installation that needs to be done before running EQW?

The copying of the very specific files is the installation really. You basically have copied files as they were installed back in 2002. So no updates are needed.

I run on win7. So my installation folder is c:\users\public\eqmac. Just to be simple.

Eqw.exe was originally written for live. So it also has patcher options that are unused. I think I had to set the path to the eqgame.exe in the running eqw.exe is all really.

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[am0n]

Originally Posted by budorf [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hey good on you for at least giving it a try. The client is definitely a hold up for some people. And yes, the population is not great but it has definitely picked up the last month or so. Hoping that the trend continues!

Thanks. I'll keep an eye on the server. I never played AK (I actually only ever played real classic, prior to Kunark), but I've played enough games since to know that QoL improvements are something I appreciate. Perhaps if they go to a newer client, or the population starts to rise, I'll consider hopping over there. I'm just not really interested in multi-boxing and it seemed like without that I'd basically be running solo most of the time.

[Lorian]

Consider it. P99 is for power players that loves the original (and hardcore) style EQ, if you are more of a casual player and enjoyed the PoP era then P2002 is for you.

[Swish]

OP for this thread has been banned there by the look of it, lol.

[Alenon]

Originally Posted by Lorian [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Consider it. P99 is for power players that loves the original (and hardcore) style EQ, if you are more of a casual player and enjoyed the PoP era then P2002 is for you.

What if I enjoyed pop but detest boxers?

[BossThunderace]

Originally Posted by Alenon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What if I enjoyed pop but detest boxers?

the atmosphere will make you stay, people are pretty awesome here.


In other news, the bazaar has more traders up

[Wharhog]

Originally Posted by Alenon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What if I enjoyed pop but detest boxers?

Then you never played PoP on live....many in my guild as well as myself boxed during PoP

[budorf]

If you detest boxers, this server is not for you. Boxing is accepted, discussed a lot on the forums, and part of the draw for a lot of people. That's not to say that grouping is discouraged, in fact I've found quite the opposite during my time on the server (I've grouped on p2002 more in 2 months than I did in over a year on p99). It makes it an awful lot easier for the casual player who just wants to log on for 45 minutes and get some exp, but may not be able to find a group in that amount of time (PoK helps a lot with this too for travel time). There is a huge exp bonus for grouping (similar to red99) so it is always in your best interest to find at least one or two other people to group/box with. That said we are seeing an influx of newer players who are not boxing at all, and a lot of the higher levels are helping them out with buffs and some starting items to get through the lower levels until they can find more people to group with.