Duxa's All In One Installer Tool

[RiceMan93]

Yeah, thanks to both of you; changing my resolution eliminate the problem. Works like a charm.

[Solter]

Thanks for the replies and all the help. I am a computer idiot (except when it comes to playing a SK) and just wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking anything.

[Messianic]

Duxa - Are you sure the shrink portion of the installer works? Because i'm running it, and using the C:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest directory as the target, and i'm still seeing files like Bertoxtemple.eqg, blacksail.eqg, bothunder_ch2.eqg...

It didn't appear to shrink my install...I'm running XP if that helps.

[Chrushev]

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

Duxa - Are you sure the shrink portion of the installer works? Because i'm running it, and using the C:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest directory as the target, and i'm still seeing files like Bertoxtemple.eqg, blacksail.eqg, bothunder_ch2.eqg...

It didn't appear to shrink my install...I'm running XP if that helps.

yeah it should work. How big is your EQ install? (Right click the install folder and go to properties).

Just because the files you mentioned above are still there doesnt mean it didnt work. When i wrote the shrinker I made it get rid of huge files (mostly zone files). It is normal for bothunder_ch2.eqg to be there since its only 256kb, so i didnt bother removing it.

As far as the other 2 you mentioned. Berthoxtemple is part of Seeds of Destruction, and Blacksail is part of the Buried Sea. Neither of which are in the Titanium client. Are you using SoF client? Because that would explain why those files were't removed. Shrinker is not looking for them, it only looks for files that are in the Titanium client. So basically it did work for you, it just removed files from:

The Planes of Power (October 2002)
The Legacy of Ykesha (February 2003)
Lost Dungeons of Norrath (September 2003)
Gates of Discord (February 2004)
Omens of War (September 2004)
Dragons of Norrath (February 2005)
Depths of Darkhollow (September 2005)

and NOT from

Prophecy of Ro (February 2006)
The Serpent's Spine (September 2006)
The Buried Sea (February 2007)
Secrets of Faydwer (November 2007)

Not really sure how you have Bertox Temple zone file since that was after SoF in Seeds of Destruction (October 2008).

Either way, check if you have these 3, if not then it did work as I described above. These 3 files are nearly 100mb together (400 times bigger than that bothunder file that i kept).

dreadspire.eqg
eastkorlach
dranikcatacobmsc.eqg

PS - if I had SoF client or at least the list of files in it I could make it include the files from later expansions, but since I dont. I cant.

[Messianic]

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

yeah it should work. How big is your EQ install? (Right click the install folder and go to properties).

Just because the files you mentioned above are still there doesnt mean it didnt work. When i wrote the shrinker I made it get rid of huge files (mostly zone files). It is normal for bothunder_ch2.eqg to be there since its only 256kb, so i didnt bother removing it.

As far as the other 2 you mentioned. Berthoxtemple is part of Seeds of Destruction, and Blacksail is part of the Buried Sea. Neither of which are in the Titanium client. Are you using SoF client? Because that would explain why those files were't removed. Shrinker is not looking for them, it only looks for files that are in the Titanium client. So basically it did work for you, it just removed files from:

The Planes of Power (October 2002)
The Legacy of Ykesha (February 2003)
Lost Dungeons of Norrath (September 2003)
Gates of Discord (February 2004)
Omens of War (September 2004)
Dragons of Norrath (February 2005)
Depths of Darkhollow (September 2005)

and NOT from

Prophecy of Ro (February 2006)
The Serpent's Spine (September 2006)
The Buried Sea (February 2007)
Secrets of Faydwer (November 2007)

Not really sure how you have Bertox Temple zone file since that was after SoF in Seeds of Destruction (October 2008).

Either way, check if you have these 3, if not then it did work as I described above. These 3 files are nearly 100mb together (400 times bigger than that bothunder file that i kept).

dreadspire.eqg
eastkorlach
dranikcatacobmsc.eqg

PS - if I had SoF client or at least the list of files in it I could make it include the files from later expansions, but since I dont. I cant.

File size was 4.35 gb IIRC (at work atm). I use Titanium, not SoF. It seemed to remain that size even after I ran it. I'll look into it more closely when I get home [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Haymaker]

I've done the installer and everything seemed to be working great, logged in, picked p1999 server then it went black screen with EQ cursor, then it spit me back to login screen, logged in went to server select and it sayed error 1017: cannot login to the everquest server. you may need to rerun the update patch repeatadly seeing this message indicates a loss of connectivity to the patch server, this is usually temporary. Been trying to get this game to work for a whole year. I saw this and thought id try it. thought it would work but got same error as i kept getting before, dunno what its for, if you could help i would appreciate it so much! thanks

[Chrushev]

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

I've done the installer and everything seemed to be working great, logged in, picked p1999 server then it went black screen with EQ cursor, then it spit me back to login screen, logged in went to server select and it sayed error 1017: cannot login to the everquest server. you may need to rerun the update patch repeatadly seeing this message indicates a loss of connectivity to the patch server, this is usually temporary. Been trying to get this game to work for a whole year. I saw this and thought id try it. thought it would work but got same error as i kept getting before, dunno what its for, if you could help i would appreciate it so much! thanks

Sounds like you are doing something wrong. Here are the steps of doing stuff to set up the game (before you start delete/uninstall anything you have done so far):

1) Install EverQuest Titanium into C:\
2) Run Duxa's All in One installer and pick option (0)
3) Use the shortcut on your desktop.

[Clbhill]

I'm unable to launch the game from my shortcut on my desktop. All I did was install EQ Titanium, installed Duxa's (option 1) and it won't load. I even tried doing from the everquest directory itself. Won't load from EQgame.exe or Everquest.exe either. I did the recommended install of EQ Titanium. I've tried rebooting and re-installing EQ. Still nothing. I'm not sure if anyone else is having this problem, but I couldn't find anything in the last threads.


Edit: Nevermind, figured it out.

[Chrushev]

Does it give you an error or anything? Its strange that it isnt working.

if it was a fresh install of Titanium then option (1) wouldnt work, you should pick option (0) in those cases. Option (1) assumes that the game is already setup to run on p99 (therefore not a fresh install).

My installer does not modify the eqgame.exe or everquest.exe in any way. So I think the problem is either with your PC or with the install.

Did the game ever run before? What videocard / processor do you have?

[Chucck]

I just installed fresh EQ titanium, then ran your program and selected 0. Now I cant get the game to run. I have it on my main comp and it runs fine, but its giving me an error as if i didnt make a new EQ shortcut with proper non patching properties like if you install and edit everything yourself.