everquest1 on linux

[electorite]

it took me so long to figure this out, i figured i would post a 'how to' on winehq. maybe the wine developers will implement something from my instructions into future wine versions so people don't have these problems. i can't take credit for most of this information and software, but i did add some interesting things which will help people who are trying to install everquest and encounter big problems.

i used linux mint. with these instructions it shouldn't matter which version of wine or mint, or even linux you use. these are version independent instructions. i wrote this on 11/11/17 using the newest versions of everything to give you an idea when it was made. i've used a dozen different linuxes, so trust me that the version of linux isn't terribly important. for versions different than mint (like arch) you will need to change the syntax of the commands, but it should work using the same instructions. you can even use alien to convert wine if wine is not made for your linux, but obviously alien doesn't always work.

## instructions ##
i suggest try playonlinux first. it's a better way to install because it will update automatically. my instructions might not update everquest automatically, so you might have to redo my instructions every time there is a patch to everquest. follow these instructions here to attempt to get playonlinux working with everquest.
https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/ind ... -pon.1185/
if playonlinux works, great! you don't need to do anything else if playonlinux works. if playonlinux does not work proceed to step 1

1.
## what you need ##
1. a working version of everquest on a windows computer
2. linux mint (or other working linux)
3. a way to transfer over 10gb from your windows to linux

2. make sure you can log into everquest successfully on windows, and then copy the entire everquest folder to a linux computer. (to find the everquest folder, right click on the shortcut everquest created, left click properties, and "find target" or "open file location" to find the everquest folder. the title of the folder is "everquest". it's not difficult to find if you use this method. it wasn't in my program files on windows 10 oddly)

3. install wine, winetricks, and winehq on your linux computer

4. paste the everquest folder into your wine C drive. (i'm not going to go into detail how to do this, and you might not have to put it in your wine folder. you might be able to put the everquest folder in any folder on your linux, but i suggest putting it into your wine C, program files, folder (not program files 86) ). it will be somewhere like c:/program files/everquest (actually something like /home/electorite/.wine/program files/sony/everquest

5. get the eqclient.ini from the website here (or at the bottom of this post. this is too important to lose, so i am reposting it at the bottom here. it was created very well by http://wiki.project1999.com/Linux_Refer ... t.ini_File ) overwrite the same file in your linux everquest folder. these are special settings which get everquest to work on linux mint (and probably other linuxes)

6. open up a command prompt (terminal) and input this into the command prompt
export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine/; cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Sony/EverQuest; taskset -c 0 padsp wine eqgame.exe patchme
you will probably have to change the paths to match where everquest is on your computer.
if this works great! if not proceed to step 6.

7. you will see if there are any dependences needed for everquest. use winetricks to install anything you need. most people on forums seem to need some directx. it's not difficult to install the exact dependency with directx needed. make sure when you start winetricks you set the winetricks prefix. i don't know why winetricks uses this screen first and doesn't combine the screens or something. it confuses the average user. when you get to the second screen "install a windows dll or component". this is where you can install things you need to get everquest running.

## other possible problems and comments ##
some other issues i've seen is you need to make sure permissions are enabled in your everquest folder. this wasn't a problem for me because of the way i set linux up. in some linuxes there is a real issue with permissions for files because most linuxes aren't a 'one user per computer' setup for some reason.

another possible problem is you need html support for eq to work, but i didn't have this problem either.

another possible problem is to limit the display resolution to 800x600 or smaller. again i didn't have this problem.

i figured i'd list the most common problems also after spending a long time searching the internet. i hope people link this walkthrough to important posts and even comments and improves my instructions to install everquest. the main thing i added was with the winetricks. it took me a while to figure out simply editing the libraries in the wine config was not installing the directx. i guess i should have known when there was no installation screen, but this really should be more clear in the wine config gui, or have an option to install these things in the wine gui, instead of somehow knowing you need to install these in winetricks instead.

setting wine to windows xp or windows 7 didn't seem to matter. i think setting wine to windows xp actually made eq1 run a bit faster, but maybe that's my imagination.

this seemed to be the best walkthrough to install everquest albeit more complicated than mine. if for some reason you still cannot get eq working, i suggest start here
http://wiki.project1999.com/EverQuest_in_Linux_Guide

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[DarkShadow44]

You probably should put this information into the appdb, it will get lost in here.