Quick guide to install EverQuest Project 1999 on a Linux Ubuntu system

[Lakserejseren]

- 6 simple steps - Install time 5 minutes

Prerequisites
You will need all 5 EverQuest Titanium .iso disk images.
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## Part 1 - Installation of Wine (latest stable version) - to run the game
Step 1 - Open Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command line:
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sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && sudo apt update && sudo wget -qO- https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key && sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/$(lsb_release -sc)/winehq-$(lsb_release -sc).sources && sudo apt update && sudo apt install --install-recommends -y winehq-stable
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## Part 2 - Installation of EverQuest Titanium
Step 2 - Mount all 5 EverQuest Titanium disk images (.iso files).
Step 3 - Replace YOUR_USERNAME and run command line:
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wine /media/YOUR_USERNAME/EQ_TITANIUM_1
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Step 4 - Double-click setup.exe in ‘Wine file browser’ and follow the installation prompts.
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## Part 3 - Configuring Project 1999
Step 5 - Download ‘Project 1999 Patch Files (V..)’ package from https://www.project1999.com/ to your /Download folder. Don’t extract the .zip file or next step will fail.

Step 6 – This step will extract the archive with the patch files, copy (merge and replace), change filenames and remove useless icons and make a desktop icon called EQP1999.sh to launch EverQuest.

1. Open Text Editor & copy/paste command line into it:
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cd "/home/YOUR_USERNAME/Downloads" || exit && unzip -o P99FilesV62.zip -d P99FilesV62 && rsync -a "P99FilesV62/" "/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Sony/EverQuest/" && dir="/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Sony/EverQuest" && cd "$dir" && mv DSETUP.dll DSETUP.tmp && mv dsetup.dll DSETUP.dll && mv DSETUP.tmp dsetup.dll && mv "Launch Titanium.bat" "Launch_Titanium.bat" && sudo bash -c 'DESKTOP="/home/YOUR_USERNAME/Desktop/EverQuest.desktop" && WDIR="/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/share/applications/wine" && FILES="/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-vbs.desktop /home/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-msp.desktop /home/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-hlp.desktop /home/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-crt.desktop /home/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-chm.desktop" && [ -e "$DESKTOP" ] && rm -v -- "$DESKTOP" || echo "Not found: $DESKTOP" && for f in $FILES; do [ -e "$f" ] && rm -v -- "$f" || echo "Not found: $f"; done && [ -d "$WDIR" ] && rm -rv -- "$WDIR" || echo "Not found or removed: $WDIR"' && sudo bash -c 'cat > /home/YOUR_USERNAME/Desktop/EQP1999.sh <<'"'"'SH'"'"' #!/bin/sh cd "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Sony/EverQuest" || exit 1 wine cmd /c Launch_Titanium.bat SH' sudo chmod +x /home/YOUR_USERNAME/Desktop/EQP1999.sh sudo chown YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_USERNAME /home/YOUR_USERNAME/Desktop/EQP1999.sh &&
sudo bash -c 'cat > /home/YOUR_USERNAME/Desktop/EQP1999.sh <<'"'"'SH'"'"'
#!/bin/sh
cd "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Sony/EverQuest" || exit 1
wine cmd /c Launch_Titanium.bat
SH
chmod +x /home/YOUR_USERNAME/Desktop/EQP1999.sh
chown YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_USERNAME /home/YOUR_USERNAME/Desktop/EQP1999.sh'
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2. Ctrl+H to replace YOUR_USERNAME with yours and maybe version No. V62 from ‘Project 1999 Patch Files (V..)’ - See /Download folder for version No.
3. Copy/paste your updated command line from Text Editor into Terminal and run it.
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## Part 4 - Launching EverQuest Project 1999

Right-click desktop icon EQP1999.sh & choose: Run as a program.
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Follow link for newest detailed guide, troubleshooting & more:
https://www.project1999.com/forums/m...ments&t=448168

[loramin]

Looks great; here's hoping the wiki signups get fixed soon so you can add it!