Running EQ under LINUX - Page 17

Branlail · #1 11-30-2016, 12:04 PM

I actually have the same issue going full screen. It crashes out. I also find that it is running ridiculously slow in windowed mode. Unplayable really.

I have installed it, updated to v43 files (which had the correct DSETUP file) and verified that my comp is running off my NVIDIA chipset, not the onboard intel stuff. I guess my next step is to play around with drivers and see if that helps.

Anyone have any thoughts? I have a 660m NVIDIA Geforce with the NVIDIA 367.57 recommended drivers going.

Branlail · #2 11-30-2016, 01:07 PM

Little update on this. I tried editing the eqclient.ini file and found a sort of work around. I might actually like this better.

I tried changing the fullscreen refresh rate to 60 per instructions in another thread. They said it worked for them, it did not work for me. After that failed I changed the width and height under video settings:

[VideoMode]
Width=1920 (this used to be 1600)
Height=1080 (this used to be 900)
FullscreenRefreshRate=60
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
WindowedWidth=1600
WindowedHeight=850

when I changed the above values I was able to select 1920x1080 from screen resolutions and things it seems to run smoother and it's basically full screen without being fullscreen. The other positive is all the UI elements are smaller, taking up less space. I like it.

Branlail · #3 11-30-2016, 01:40 PM

Tried to edit but time was up...

Actually when I try to make this fullscreen now it mostly works. The bar on top goes away and the space where the Linux taskbar is normally on the bottom of the screen show a sliver of my desktop. Good enough I guess. (LINUX mint 18 cinnamon and wine 1.8.5)

Will keep toying with the ini and see if I can get any better results.

mgellan · #4 03-28-2017, 10:32 AM

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

I actually have the same issue going full screen. It crashes out. I also find that it is running ridiculously slow in windowed mode. Unplayable really.

I have installed it, updated to v43 files (which had the correct DSETUP file) and verified that my comp is running off my NVIDIA chipset, not the onboard intel stuff. I guess my next step is to play around with drivers and see if that helps.

Anyone have any thoughts? I have a 660m NVIDIA Geforce with the NVIDIA 367.57 recommended drivers going.

Was just reading back through the thread and saw this - for ANYONE having display problems on Linux with NVIDIA make sure you're running the proprietary NVIDIA drivers not the open source drivers that come by default. Other than causing all sorts of problems with multiple monitors etc. performance is shit. Yes I know this guy is but just a thought [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Regards,
Mg

dikafu · #5 12-26-2016, 08:05 AM

Problem: No text appearing.

I scrolled back about 6 pages and didn't see anyone else with this issue. Apologies if it's addressed on a page I haven't read.

Firstly, I copied a working installation from windows partition across to Elementary OS with a newly installed Wine. The program runs, but there is no text. I can get no further than the login screen.

I reinstalled Ubuntu (needed to anyway) and tried the same approach. I got the same problem.

Finally, I reinstalled from disk - patched to v43 and ... the same problem!

Anyone else had this issue?

wine is reporting `unsupported vertex format PIPE_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM`. Is that a red herring?

dude · #6 01-25-2017, 11:05 AM

Some things that help playing under ubuntu that I forgot to mention.

Drop the bar to the bottom then hide it.
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Bottom

gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-hide-mode 1

If you play on a 24" monitor its perfect.
to undo when your done playing if you need to.

gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-hide-mode 0
and
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Left

malishious · #7 03-08-2017, 11:49 PM

I have Titanium installed and have modified the necessary files from the website and have removed the needed ones as well. I am just lost on how to make a link do run the game. I try to make an icon for the .bat file that would normally be used in Windows and with that I get an error and when trying to make an icon with the eqgame.exe I get an error message that says run Everquest.exe. What I am missing in order to get this to work please?

I am running the latest version of Zorin OS if it makes a difference.

Zaela · #8 03-09-2017, 12:18 AM

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What I am missing in order to get this to work please?

Whatever you are using needs to invoke eqgame.exe with "patchme" as an argument following it, e.g.:

Code:

wine eqgame.exe patchme

The popup saying to run Everquest.exe happens because Everquest.exe is the patcher, and on live you would have normally always started EQ through the patcher. eqgame.exe is the real EQ client program, and when it sees "patchme" as an argument it behaves as though the patcher already ran.

pinedepain · #9 03-09-2017, 05:57 AM

Hello everyone,

thanks to this guide I manage to play Project1999 on wine (Lubuntu), thanks alot!

There is one main problem that remains. I'm having difficulties with the keyboard layout. I'm an AZERTY player. If I don't do anything when I fire up EQ through wine I have many dead keys, and one of the most important is the / (slash).

One fix I found is to switch my Lubuntu keyboard layout to QWERTY when launching EQ. This gives me the opportunity to play in EQ with the AZERTY layout (yes yes! AZERTY layout in EQ, QWERTY layout in Lubuntu) and have the / key available. However, some keys are not at the good place such as the 'm' and numbers 4, 6, 8 are dead keys, by that I mean that I cannot produce any number 4, 6, 8, which is quite problematic.

As a reference of my problem, while searching the forum I found two people having the same problem :
https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=15100

I tried to download an AZERTY keyboard.txt version of EQ but it did not fix anything. If someone has a fix or an idea, I'd be glad to hear it.

The good side of this story is that I can play on Project1999 on my only and loving operating system almost perfectly even with this problem.
Thanks again to the developers and the community for this great work!

malishious · #10 03-11-2017, 02:39 PM

Quote:

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

Whatever you are using needs to invoke eqgame.exe with "patchme" as an argument following it, e.g.:

Code:

wine eqgame.exe patchme

The popup saying to run Everquest.exe happens because Everquest.exe is the patcher, and on live you would have normally always started EQ through the patcher. eqgame.exe is the real EQ client program, and when it sees "patchme" as an argument it behaves as though the patcher already ran.

I have been able to get it to run the Everquest.exe and then it tries to patch but I stop it before it can connect. What settings do I need to change in order to follow the instructions that you have listed? I would appreciate any assistance you can give me. Thanks.

I added a screenshot of what I have tried so far.