EQ Lite Client Guide [Auto-Script or Manually] - Page 12

worch · #1 10-08-2014, 11:23 AM

Thanks for starting the project. I run EQ from a ram disk, so reducing the size of the EQ directory helps a lot.

For anyone using linux, attached is a bash script to remove unused files. I had to give it a .txt extension in order to upload the file, fyi.

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

Fixed and amended on my script! To anyone who already ran the EQLite script, you will need to find the full install of Titanium and copy all "growthplane_" files over to your EQLite script. Sorry for the missed files!

I noticed that the manual instructions were not updated to include growthplane files. I went through the manual steps myself and noticed that coyotes in steamfont mountains didn't have the correct model (they appears as human males) when the growthplane files were missing.

FatMagic · #2 03-19-2014, 10:37 AM

Ah I didn't know that! I can easily keep those files. I'll make sure all Plane of Growth files stay. Thanks for this!

worch · #3 04-28-2015, 08:58 AM

A friend who was setting up EQLite had an issue where the launcher script contained in the p99 patch zip's was not copied over to C:/EQLite. I can't confirm since I don't use the script (don't use windows), but this is something you may want to double check.

FatMagic · #4 04-28-2015, 09:02 AM

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

A friend who was setting up EQLite had an issue where the launcher script contained in the p99 patch zip's was not copied over to C:/EQLite. I can't confirm since I don't use the script (don't use windows), but this is something you may want to double check.

I will take a look! Thank you for the heads up.

mr. P · #5 06-03-2015, 05:23 PM

Nice, thanks for the script. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

However, I had to change:

Code:

cd E:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest

to

Code:

cd /d E:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest

for this script to work. Otherwise it would not find any files to copy. I believe that change would solve the issue some people has been experiencing. The "/d" flag would only be necessary in cases where the folder resides in another drive than the current working directory is. But it can be used in cases where the folder is one the same drive as well. I.e. it's a win-win. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, if I would have had my wits about me before I ran this script and deleted my old EQ folder I would have also added this line to the script after the line above:

Code:

for /f %%i in ('dir /b ^| findstr /i ".*.ini$"') do (
	xcopy %%i "%eqlite_dir%"
)

Then I would not have lost my settings (*.ini files). Shame on me.

FatMagic · #6 06-30-2015, 01:30 PM

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

Nice, thanks for the script. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

However, I had to change:

Code:

cd E:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest

to

Code:

cd /d E:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest

for this script to work. Otherwise it would not find any files to copy. I believe that change would solve the issue some people has been experiencing. The "/d" flag would only be necessary in cases where the folder resides in another drive than the current working directory is. But it can be used in cases where the folder is one the same drive as well. I.e. it's a win-win. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, if I would have had my wits about me before I ran this script and deleted my old EQ folder I would have also added this line to the script after the line above:

Code:

for /f %%i in ('dir /b ^| findstr /i ".*.ini$"') do (
	xcopy %%i "%eqlite_dir%"
)

Then I would not have lost my settings (*.ini files). Shame on me.

Thanks Mr.P! I'll make the copy directory/drive change... I like a win-win. I assume the 2nd bit of code just preserves the Player Settings INI file, correct? If so I will include it as well. Thanks!

mr. P · #7 07-01-2015, 06:02 AM

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

Thanks Mr.P! I'll make the copy directory/drive change... I like a win-win. I assume the 2nd bit of code just preserves the Player Settings INI file, correct? If so I will include it as well. Thanks!

It will copy any file ending with .ini. For instance; eqclient.ini.

You could just change it to:

Code:

for /f %%i in ('dir /b ^| findstr /i ".*project1999.ini$"') do (
	xcopy %%i "%eqlite_dir%"
)

That would only copy the character specific ini files for that particular server. I do think that copying all ini files should be OK though. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Grimjaw · #8 06-04-2015, 02:53 AM

^ you can add the line DISKPART CLEAN ALL to free up even more space.

FatMagic · #9 06-30-2015, 08:18 AM

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^ you can add the line DISKPART CLEAN ALL to free up even more space.

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eqgmrdbz · #10 07-27-2015, 07:16 AM

Confirming that the batch file is working, you need to run it outside the Everquest directory, and make sure to edit the batch file by adding /d before the location of your install. From 4 gigs down to 1.4 sweet, thanks OP and all the peeps in the forums especially mr.p for his solution to the problem.