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Old 01-08-2014, 12:03 PM
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So I haven't updated to mavericks yet, should I hold off because it's messing up wine or you guys able to overcome it?
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Old 01-08-2014, 02:00 PM
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So I haven't updated to mavericks yet, should I hold off because it's messing up wine or you guys able to overcome it?
Yeah I can't seem to be able to get EQ up with Mavericks. If anyone has a solution for this, it'd be greatly appreciated, and useful for everyone on Mavericks... Come on gurus!
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Old 01-08-2014, 02:08 PM
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Yeah I can't seem to be able to get EQ up with Mavericks. If anyone has a solution for this, it'd be greatly appreciated, and useful for everyone on Mavericks... Come on gurus!
Was it working on your previous OS?
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Old 01-08-2014, 03:20 PM
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Was it working on your previous OS?
Well, this computer is relatively new (to me). I've only had it with Mavericks, and never had the chance to try installing EQ on another OS. I'd hate to have to downgrade strictly for EQ, but it may be worth it!
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Old 01-15-2014, 11:44 AM
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Well, this computer is relatively new (to me). I've only had it with Mavericks, and never had the chance to try installing EQ on another OS. I'd hate to have to downgrade strictly for EQ, but it may be worth it!
Glad to hear you were able to get it working with the Mavericks guide. I had it working on Mountain Lion and had no issues when upgrading to Mavericks, so I was sure that wasn't it.

Wine simply creates an emulated windows environment with the bare essentials that allow whatever program you install within it to run on you Mac. The error you were getting was a Windows error, so something in Wine wasn't functioning properly... a driver communication problem is most likely.

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Old 01-08-2014, 03:46 PM
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So I haven't updated to mavericks yet, should I hold off because it's messing up wine or you guys able to overcome it?
I've been using Mavericks for a while. The only bug I encountered (related to playing P99) is that I can't move the Wine window between my two monitors. Disabling "Displays have separate Spaces" fixed that for me. It also disabled the new features Mavericks introduced (like having your Dock and menu bar on both displays) but that doesn't really bother me.
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Old 01-08-2014, 06:50 PM
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I’ve been successfully running EQ on Mavericks, 10.9.1, without issue. I just created a new installation and wrote this guide while doing it. I then tested the installation to ensure functionality.

1.) First go to: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tik...page=Downloads. Download Wineskin Winery 1.7.

2.) Unzip the file and open it. Mavericks may prompt you when opening new software
downloaded on the internet, so choose “Open”.

3.) It should also say “New Engine(s) available!”. Click the refresh button to be sure.
Then click the + symbol under Installed Engines. Choose the latest version to install.
I am running WS9Wine1.7.8. Now click “Update” under “Wrapper Version”.
I am running Wineskin-2.5.12.

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5.) Click “Create New Blank Wrapper”. Give it a name like “Project 1999”. It will take a
few moments to create. Click “Show in Finder” to see where it placed it (should be the same folder). You can close Wineskin Winery after it is complete.

6.) This is where you’ll need to mount Disc image 1 of EQ Titanium, or insert Disc 1. If it’s an image, you should be able to just right click->Open the file (or double-click) and DiskImageMounter will automatically mount it on your desktop.

7.) Now open your new “Project 1999” app and choose “Install Software”. Click “Choose Setup Executable”. Browse to “setup.exe” on disc 1 of EQ Titanium, select it, and click “choose”.

8.) The Everquest installer should launch. Click next.

9.) When prompted for an install location, we’re using “C:\P99” (without quotes) for this guide.

10.) Proceed with the install. When prompted for the next disc, right click the current image and choose “Eject”; then right click the next image and choose “Open”. Once the next image is mounted, click “OK” in the Everquest installer. Click “Finish” when the installer is done.

11.) Now go to your “Project 1999” app you just created & installed Everquest Titanium into, and right click -> select “Show Package Contents”. Right click -> Open Wineskin. You should be prompted for the executable and it should already be selected at “/P99/eqgame.exe”. Click “OK”, or browse to it if the executable is somehow not already selected.

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12.) Now you have the Wineskin dialog up. Click “Advanced”. Type “patchme” in the EXE Flags text box:

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13.) Click the “Tools” tab at the top. Click “Winetricks”.

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a.) Under “dlls”, select the checkbox next to “d3dx9” and click the “Run” button; click run again when prompted. Wineskin will then download and install Direct X 9.
b.) Under “settings”, select the checkbox next to “glsl=disabled” and click the “Run” button; click run again when prompted.
c.) Under “fonts”, select the checkbox next to “core” and click the “Run” button; click run again when prompted.
d.) Click the “Close” button on the bottom right. Click the red X to close Wineskin Advanced.

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14.) You should still have the Package Contents of your “Project 1999” app open; if not, right click on your “Project 1999” app and select “Show Package Contents”. Go into your “drive_c”. Then go into your “P99” folder. Leave this open for the following steps.
a.) Delete the following files from your “P99” folder or move them into a “Backup” folder:
arena.eqg
arena_EnvironmentEmitters.txt
lavastorm.eqg
nektulos.eqg
Nektulos_EnvironmentEmitters.txt

15.) Download the Project 1999 Game Files from http://www.project1999.com/files/P99Files31.zip
a.) Unzip the file and go into the folder.
b.) These files will need to be copied/moved into your Everquest Titanium installation folder, but DO NOT just copy them into it; if you just drag them all in they will overwrite the previous folders and erase them without merging.

16.) Have your “P99” Finder window open on one side and your “P99Files30” next to it for copying between the two.

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17.) Select and drag, or copy paste, the following files from your “P99Files30” folder into your “P99” folder; choose “Replace” when prompted and select “Apply to All”:
dbstr_us.txt
dsetup.dll
eqhost.txt
Launch Titanium.bat
spells_us.txt
spellsnew.eff

18.) Now go into your “Resources” folders from within both “P99” and “P99Files30” folders. Drag, or copy/paste, the following files into your “P99” Resources folder from the “P99Files30” Resources folder; choose “Replace” when prompted and select “Apply to All”:
GlobalLoad.txt
loadscreen.jpg

19.) Now go back into your “P99” and “P99Files30” folders. Go into your “uifiles” folders for both “P99” and “P99Files30” folders. Go into the “default” folders for both as well. Drag, or copy/paste, the following files into your “P99” Default folder from the “P99Files30” Default folder; choose “Replace” when prompted and select “Apply to All”:
classic_pieces01.tga
EQLS_background_01.tga
EQLS_background_02.tga
EQLS_background_03.tga
EQLS_background_04.tga
EQLS_background_05.tga
EQLS_background_06.tga
EQUI_Animations.xml
EQUI_BankWnd.xml
EQUI_CastSpellWnd.xml
EQUI_GemsGameWnd.xml
EQUI_HotButtonWnd.xml
gemicons01.tga
gemicons02.tga
gemicons03.tga
spells01.tga
spells02.tga
spells03.tga
spells04.tga
spells05.tga
spells06.tga
spells07.tga
window_pieces01.tga
window_pieces02.tga

20.) Now you must create an “eqclient.ini” plain text file inside the “P99” folder. For some reason the eqclient.ini file is not properly created during installation or during first launch. This will create a base eqclient.ini so the game will launch the first time. After you launch the game and camp, you’ll notice the file will be populated with many more values:
a.) Open TextEdit
b.) Copy/Paste the following into the file:

[Defaults]
WindowedModeXOffset=1
WindowedModeYOffset=1
WindowedMode=TRUE
[VideoMode]
Width=1024
Height=768
WidthWindowed=1024
HeightWindowed=768
WindowedWidth=1024
WindowedHeight=768
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0

c.) Under the Format menu, choose “Make Plain Text.” Save it to your P99 folder (easy way to avoid browsing through your system: in Finder, drag one of the files in the P99 folder to TextEdit’s Save As window), and save it as eqclient.ini. Uncheck the box that says “If no extension is provided, use “.txt”.” Uncheck the “Hide extension” checkbox.
d.) Quit TextEdit. You can modify the eqclient.ini more to your liking in the future after first launch. You’ll most likely want to do this for raising the resolution to better fit your screen.


*Not Tested Today* - but I have run these on my main install without issue:

I also recommend the higher resolution textures. A forum post is here for downloading and enabling them: http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2482

If you’re coming from Al’Kabor and are an ex-EQMac player, you might like the Luclin models better. A forum post is here for enabling them; the “Lazy Load One” works fine: http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...d.php?p=573003
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Old 01-16-2014, 01:16 PM
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Doing it with the p1999 app I created in wineskin I cannot launch. I get:

"The program (unidentified) has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

So I test run the eqgame.exe file in wineskin advanced and it launches, but I am brought to the classic SoE interface and I don't know how to proceed from there. As far as I remember they have stopped service for classic EQ? So how would I subscribe?
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Old 10-03-2014, 12:00 AM
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Doing it with the p1999 app I created in wineskin I cannot launch. I get:

"The program (unidentified) has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
I was having this problem as well, this is an X11 problem where the window cant be resized properly because it is in windowed mode.

To fix, go to wineskin.app->screen options. Set the control to 'override' and change 'Normal Windows' to 'Virtual Desktop' and that should fix it. You can experiment with different virtual desktop resolutions to see what works best.

Also, if anyone is having the problem where they try to run the app and nothing happens, use Innova's guide on page 29 to go through the full setup.
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Old 01-08-2014, 07:19 PM
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Innova thanks for sharing this. I followed your steps to a T and I still get the "Cannot open application" error -10810.

Update: I restarted my Mac in Safe Mode, then restarted it normally, and now I can get into the game and no longer receive the Error -10810!

Thank you again Innova! You rock!
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