*** Want to run EQ2 on Linux? Here is how I did it! *** [Archive]

Ahrav

07-16-2007, 06:42 AM

There is some progress about EQ2 under linux, but not with CEDEGA. The working emulator is WINE. Yup the good old wine <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Unfortunatly the game is still unplayable but works. Here is what happens:1. Game install fine.2. To get the patcher to work, you will need to install IE 6 and copy some game fonts to the system dir.3. After that the patcher works and updates fine and the game starts.4. You can see the intro and get to the character screen. You can create, delete, choose a chareacter and the loading screen appears .....Now the game loads untill "inserting character to zone" message. Here the game crashes and there are some driver related error messages linuxwise and eq2 wise, it complains about not beeing able to access a memory address. There were some "mysterios" ingame screenshots, but those were showing only 14 fps and this was outside while soloing. Now we all know what a dungeon group/raid means grafic-wise...so I don't think the game is playable like this.The good news is, it actually works at least a bit. I am still keeping windows because of EQ2 and am using a dual-boot to suse. It would be very nice to see some support from SOE about their games and linux. Heh! They could even be one of the first companies to create a mmo nativly for linux...eventually port all their major mmos to linux. No one seems to notice, that we linux users also play games and that this is still an undeveloped teritory with great potential....

Miss_Jackie

07-16-2007, 07:13 AM

Well, you're as close to getting EQ2 for linux as Mac users getting EQ1 and all the expansions. :'( I think they only have the first couple and it stops there.

Ahrav

07-16-2007, 07:54 AM

I am quite aware, that EQ 2 uses Dx9 features a lot and having a complete port of Dx9 to linux will require help from Microsoft (which I am sure will NOT happen). The interesting part is, that the game actually manages to start and crashes at some loading screen (sometimes even before the character screen). This manages to prove so far, that:1. Patcher is working AND under linux, it gets the same patch as under windows. I've seen discussions here on the forums about the mac version of EQ 1 having separate patches from windows version. It doesn't seem to be the case here.2. The bad part is the problem is still Dx9 related and can't be yet resolved.Perhaps there could be some cooperation between SOE and the wine/cedega teams. This way SOE won't need to hire a separate dev team and the wine/cedega developers could benefit from the help too. This is just anidea and a dream actually, since I doubt there will be any actual cooperation.

willnotuse

07-18-2007, 06:12 PM

Actually the game is able to run to a point on Linux. Points: 1. The Launcher will start under Linux under WINE. WINE will ask you to install Mozilla Gecko to use the web part of it. 2. The game itself will start after resolving errors with configuration files. 3. You will not be able to use more advanced features like the complex shaders (which are still biased toward the CPU instead of GPU). 4. Game performance is not great and due to the emulation you will find the game performs at the level of the minimum requirements even if you have a high level system. So in short.. yes the game will run but with some issues still. It's getting there though. The question is how will it continue working with the future changes to the game engine. - Tested under Linux localhost 2.6.20-sabayon-r3 #1 SMP Tue Mar 13 19:49:49 UTC 2007 x86_64

wyretrip

11-28-2007, 03:43 PM

Disclaimer: I am not an expert in why this works.. especially the parts relating to DirectX. It is my hope that this post will serve as a guide for those that have been hurting for EQ2 on Linux like me. Please don't expect any kind of tech support from me or SOE when trying to run EQ2 on Linux. Your results may vary from my experiences!Sources: - Major props to twickline over at wine-review.blobspot.com for the excellent write up on how to install DirectX 9.0c. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://wine-review.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://wine-review.blogspot.com</a> - Final Clues were pulled from the appdb entry for EQ2 over on winehq <a rel="nofollow" href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=358" target="_blank">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...ion&iId=358</a>What I run: OS: Kubuntu GutsyWine Version: 0.9.49 <<---- EXTREMELY IMPORTANTHardware: Dell Inspiron 9300Video: nVidia GeForce Go 6800Steps I followed: - Get Wine version 0.9.49 from WineHQ - <a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/download" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.winehq.org/site/download</a> - Step through the instructions on how to install DirectX 9.0c - <a rel="nofollow" href="http://wine-review.blogspot.com/2007/11/directx-90c-on-linux-with-wine.html" target="_blank">http://wine-review.blogspot.com/200...-with-wine.html</a>If you have followed all of the steps in the above tutorial, you will be configured to run with a "Wine Desktop" running at a resolutionof 1024x768. The rest of these instructions operate under the assumption that you have enabled a Wine Desktop in winecfg.My advice is to make sure you can run through all the directX tests successfully before you move on from this step. - Make a folder for EQ2 mkdir ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Sony/EverQuest II/ - Copy EQ2.exe from windows install of EverQuest 2 to the folder you created in the previous step. The easiest way may be USB key or to create a share of your EQ2 folder on your windows machine and open Konqueror to <a rel="nofollow" href="SMB://<ipaddressOfWindowsMachine>/<sharename>" target="_blank">SMB:// <ipaddressOfWindowsMachine> / <sharename></a> and copy it over. ( I am sure there are other ways to come by it..if you have one you'd like to share I'll add it here) - Change directories into your Linux based EQ2 folder and type: wine ./EQ2.exe The Station Launcher will download and eventually you will be presented with the EULA and login screens. - If prompted to install the Gecko plug-in, go ahead and let it download and install. - Login to your account and go outside / watch 2 movies / go to bed while the game downloads - Optional Step - I copied all of my fonts from my windows machine C:windowsfonts to ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts in an attempt to make the appearance of text look the same as my windows install. I do not believe this step is necessary to run EQ2, but may be a step that you'd like to perform for yourself. - After the download is completed, quit the EQ2 Launcher. - Edit the eq2_default.ini in your ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Sony/EverQuest II/ folder. Add r_font_ft 0 to eq2_default.ini If you do not complete this step, EQ2 will not load with an error talking about "Unable to init Zapf Calligraphic 801 Bold BT" * IMPORTANT * - If you run EQ2.exe from this point forward to patch, it will erase the r_font_ft 0 entry. You will be required to put it back to continue using EQ2. Really, you will only want to run EQ2.exe when you want to patch. It might be a good idea to keep a copy of the eq2_default.ini file in another location to copy over the one in your EQ2 folder after patch days. - Run the following to launch EverQuest II from your EQ2 folder wine ./EverQuest2.exeIf all has gone according to plan, you should be off and running!Suggestion: I turned my graphics down to Extreme Performance and have been increasing things like particles and textures incrementally. There was a weird instance where the bottom half of my screen was mirrored on the top half for a little bit, but that went away when I dropped my performance profile.Best of luck to you all!

willnotuse

11-28-2007, 04:28 PM

LOL. I had just responded to a another thread with something similar. Thank you. I'm not the only one figuring it out.

quasigenx

11-28-2007, 05:37 PM

What kind of FPS are you getting on your hardware?

wyretrip

11-28-2007, 06:35 PM

I haven't tried to run anything like FRAPS using this config yet to give you exact numbers.It looks to be comparable to the same hardware running under Windows so far. Initial impressions are that the game is *very* playable.I'm expecting to find occasional graphical glitches here and there and I'll post about them as I come across them.

Aloee

11-28-2007, 08:20 PM

Awesome post Wyretrip! Thanks for putting it in one place.One thing to add, I can't stand low resolution, so I was able to set wine to NOT run in a virtual desktop, then set EQ2 using the EQ2Settings.exe to 1024x768, upon logging into the game, I set it full screen and then I can change the resolution as high as 1680 x 1050, on 1920 x 1200 it crashed for not enough video memory. Exited out logged back in and still at 1680x1050.btw...running an Nvidia GeForce 6800 256mb

mortis42

11-28-2007, 10:37 PM

I haven't tried this yet, but it will be great if it works.Previousy I have been able to get to the "recieving zone data" (or whatever it says) but have crashed a that point.Since I'm not sure when I'll have a chance to play with this, I'd like to give an idea to get better performance.Instead of launching EQ2 using wine ./EverQuest2.exe try executing from a script to launch in a separate X session. <a href="http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php/wine:winestuff#advanced_stuff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check it out here.</a>You could even modify the script to launch the patcher first and kill it after patching, move the edited eq2_default.ini back, then launch the game. Though I'm not sure what would be needed to know when patching is done for the right time to kill the patcher.Anyways, if no one tries with a script and in a separate X session before I get a chance, I'll try to remember to post my results when I get to trying them.

DerDrac

11-29-2007, 11:10 AM

Always an easier way.<a href="http://www.transgaming.com/products/cedega/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.transgaming.com/products/cedega/</a><a href="http://games.cedega.com/gamesdb/games/view.mhtml?game_id=3326" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://games.cedega.com/gamesdb/gam...ml?game_id=3326</a>

willnotuse

11-29-2007, 11:16 AM

Except for the little issue of it not working under Cedega.

wyretrip

11-29-2007, 12:33 PM

and it costs money on a monthly basis.

Captain Apple Darkberry

11-29-2007, 12:56 PM

Which Wine build would I download for Sabayon?

willnotuse

11-29-2007, 01:03 PM

<cite>Harvest@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote>Which Wine build would I download for Sabayon?</blockquote>Don't bother with Portato. Go to the terminal and type in: emerge wineBe sure that portage is up to date though.Ok, you can use Portato if you wish but it's no where near as fast as Synaptic. Reason being is that it'll update portage and itself first. Then it'll have to update its source list. Then you pick the application and update it. It downloads it as source and then compiles using emerge. Synaptic (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc) updates the source list and downloads the new binary. Shoot, at least with Synaptic the system is constantly letting you know when any and everything installed on the computer needs updating. One click update like that makes it way, way easier than the hunt and peck routine of Windows.

mbtigger

12-01-2007, 10:38 PM

Thanks for giving me a reason to try installing Linux again.Looks like some people have it working under Fedora Core 8. I found Fedora 4 the easiest distribution to install the last time I dealt with linux (others will disagree with me on this, I am sure). I am now downloading Fedora Core 8 and will give EQ2 a shot next week sometime..MB

willnotuse

12-01-2007, 10:56 PM

Linux Mint and PCLinux0S are the two current easiest distros out there by far.

mortis42

12-03-2007, 01:43 AM

Ok, first round of testing.Environment:OS: Ubuntu 7.04 i386CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @1.9GhzMemory: 2GBVideo: GeForce 6600GT 128MBwinecfg: WindowsXP 'Emulate a virtual desktop' off 'Allow window manager to control...' off Audio: ALSAuser.reg: [Software\Wine\DllOverrides] "d3d8"="builtin" "d3d9"="builtin" "d3dim"="native" "d3drm"="native" "d3dx8"="native" "d3dxof"="native" "dciman32"="native" "ddrawex"="native" "devenum"="native" "dinput"="builtin" "dinput8"="builtin" "dmband"="native" "dmcompos"="native" "dmime"="native" "dmloader"="native" "dmscript"="native" "dmstyle"="native" "dmsynth"="native" "dmusic"="native" "dmusic32"="native" "dnsapi"="native" "dplay"="native" "dplayx"="native" "dpnaddr"="native" "dpnet"="native" "dpnhpast"="native" "dpnlobby"="native" "dsound"="builtin" "dswave"="native" "dxdiagn"="native" "mscoree"="native" "msdmo"="native" "qcap"="native" "quartz"="builtin" "streamci"="native"Running on X display 3 at 1440x900@55hzI do not have a modified eq2_default.ini and tested with and without adding the r_font_ft 0 line to my eq2.ini file.EverQuest II Settings:Performance Settings: Custom, base Balanced with 'Complex Shader Distance' at -1 (see below) Fullscreen, 1440x900@55Custom UI: ProfitUi Reborn w/eq2mapsI use the following scripts to patch and run:patcher.sh:#!/bin/sh#uncomment if launching from console session#sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop#KDE use this instead#sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop# Goto game dir (modify as needed)cd "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Sony/EverQuest II"# Launches game (modify as needed)wine explorer /desktop=eq2,1024x768 EQ2.exelauncher.sh:#!/bin/sh#uncomment if launching from console session#sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop#KDE use this instead#sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop# Launches a new X session on display 3. If you don't have an Nvidia card# take out the "& nvidia-settings --load-config-only" part# May or may not need to use sudo.sudo X :3 -ac & nvidia-settings --load-config-only# Goto game dir (modify as needed)cd "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Sony/EverQuest II"# Forces the system to have a break for 2 seconds, X doesn't launch instantly sleep 2# Launches game (modify as needed)DISPLAY=:3 WINEDEBUG=-all wine ./EverQuest2.exeWhat was tested:Running around Qeynos, crafting, adding/removing items from market window.Observations:It seems that if 'Smooth Fonts' are checked, this causes the zcal font trouble. Checking this box caused wine to crash with a font error.Setting 'Complex Shader Distance' higher than -1 seems to cause intermittent graphic glitches. At -1 I saw no glitches at all. It seems that if the setting is changed after loading into the game, the glitches were harder to reproduce.Doors did not always open when clicked. (this might have been network related, but I have never experienced this while running under windows)All in all, the game seems to run much smoother than under windows. I play on AB, and with the heavy server load, crafting can sometimes be problematic (a quadrillion people in the crafting instance), and with the apparent lighter memory/cpu load I had less than 'typical' reaction latency.Next tests will be traveling outdoor zones, and combat.

willnotuse

12-03-2007, 11:49 AM

Which version of WINE are you using? In terminal (can also do in Synaptic if you want a GUI), you would type in: wine --versionI know they just updated one week ago to yet another new version.

mortis42

12-03-2007, 03:27 PM

That was with version 0.9.49.I just updated to ubuntu 7.10 (when writing my previous post I realized I had not upgraded this machine to gutsy yet) and wine 0.9.50.I'll post more results as I have time.

mbtigger

12-03-2007, 08:45 PM

Hello there intrepid Linux Everquesters.....Assistance Please.OK - I have Fedora 8 up and running nicely. I even have it using my printer and reading windows shared directories - something I was having trouble with the last time I tried to install Linux using Fedora Core 4. Wine is installed and configured. I have installed Directx9C using wine.Currently I am copying the Sony/Everquest II directory from a shared working directory on a windows computer. I am copying it to my Normal Linux home directory where I keep all my normal Linux files. I could not find a way to use the graphical interface to copy directly to the .wine directory - remember I am a newbie - I tend to cut and paste needed command lines! (I tend to use the graphical GNOME interface instead of command lines where I can everyone else I know uses KDE - but GNOME was the default and I am getting used to it)Here goes a few questions Remember I am complete Newbie at this, so these questions are bound to sound silly!Can I use the Wine File interface and copy the EQ2 files from Z:\HomeEVerquest 2 to C:ProgramEverquest 2?is the C drive in wine file equivalent to .wine/drive_c ?When I use the Graphical File system explorer in GNOME I never see a .wine directory. Is there a reason for that? does it not show up? If I type "cd .wine" in a terminal I change directories just fine - Does the .wine directory show up in the GUI filesystem at all?Thanks for answering questions, and hopefully in the next day or 2 - after all files are in the proper place and EQII is patched on the Linux machine, I will see people online again!MB

wyretrip

12-04-2007, 12:05 AM

<cite>mbtigger wrote:</cite><blockquote>Can I use the Wine File interface and copy the EQ2 files from Z:\HomeEVerquest 2 to C:ProgramEverquest 2?is the C drive in wine file equivalent to .wine/drive_c ?When I use the Graphical File system explorer in GNOME I never see a .wine directory. Is there a reason for that? does it not show up? If I type "cd .wine" in a terminal I change directories just fine - Does the .wine directory show up in the GUI filesystem at all?Thanks for answering questions, and hopefully in the next day or 2 - after all files are in the proper place and EQII is patched on the Linux machine, I will see people online again!MB</blockquote> By default, files and directories that have a "." as the first character of their name are hidden files. In Nautilus (tHe gnome file manager), you should still be able to move your files around without much difficulty. If you hit CTRL-L while in Nautilus, you should open the location bar at the top for typing... just type in ~/.wine/drive_c/ and you should see a directory structure similar to what you are used to seeing on a Windows based machine. Simply cut and paste the files to the folder of your choosing.Hope this helps..

mbtigger

12-04-2007, 02:29 AM

That does help a bit...My problem is the directX install - I followed all of the procedures and the files did not copy to my .wine/windows/system32 file until I copied the decompressed DirectX files to a folder inside the .wine directory and ran it from there ( I ran it from the Wine File program). I see all of the DLL's in the system 32 folder but when I try to run EVERQUEST 2 it still says "Need Directx 9.0C".My Direct Install did NOT give me dxdiag.exe in my System32 folder so I could try out Directx.What am I missing? I can't figure it out. I know I am SO CLOSE I can taste it!This is getting very frustrating...MB

wyretrip

12-04-2007, 09:16 AM

Mbt - Lets start fresh. Rename your .wine folder to .wineold.Run winecfg to build the .wine directory structure.Make sure to install a native mscoree.dll and streamci.dll into /system32 from a windows install and set them to native Windows.Also.. go back into winecfg and double check we have all the necessary DLL's specified as neither native or builtin on the "library" tab of winecfg."d3d8"="builtin""d3d9"="builtin""d3dim"="native""d3drm"="native""d3dx8"="native""d3dxof"="native""dciman32"="native""ddrawex"="native""devenum"="native""dinput"="builtin""dinput8"="builtin""dmband"="native""dmcompos"="native""dmime"="native""dmloader"="native""dmscript"="native""dmstyle"="native""dmsynth"="native""dmusic"="native""dmusic32"="native""dnsapi"="native""dplay"="native""dplayx"="native""dpnaddr"="native""dpnet"="native""dpnhpast"="native""dpnlobby"="native""dsound"="builtin""dswave"="native""dxdiagn"="native""mscoree"="native""msdmo"="native""qcap"="native""quartz"="native""streamci"="native"Run your directx setupAt this point you should be able to run dxdiag. Verify that and let us know.

willnotuse

12-04-2007, 12:39 PM

Now here's the situation. We have a fairly working EQ II on Linux now and it'll improve with time and changes to WINE. And I'm sure that someone will find a way to automate the procedure here soon. The question is how transferable is this to BSD, OpenSolaris and Mac OSX? Since they can all run WINE.Have any attempted to do this on any of them?

mbtigger

12-04-2007, 02:41 PM

Still having problems..***Rename your .wine folder to .wineold ***Easily done*****Run winecfg to build the .wine directory structure*****Done- New .wine folder built by running Wineconfig****Make sure to install a native mscoree.dll and streamci.dll into /system32 from a windows install and set them to native Windows.***mscoree.dll and streamci.dll files from a working copy of XP that runs EQ2 were burned onto a CD. The files were copied from the CD to the .wine/windows/system32 directory***Also.. go back into winecfg and double check we have all the necessary DLL's specified as neither native or builtin on the "library" tab of winecfg***Done checked and double checked. NOTE: The selection tab allowed me to select all DLL overrides EXCEPT for Streamci - that one did not appear in the pull down selection menu - I had to type streamci into the "add" space.***Run your directx setup**File directx_nov2007_redist.exe was downloaded and extracted. When asked in WINE to specify a directory I used z:homeMichaelDirectx. From the directory # homeMichaelDirectx the file DXSETUP.EXE was run. dxdiag does NOT appear in my .wine/drive_c/windows/sytem32 folder.

willnotuse

12-04-2007, 02:49 PM

It might very well be a Fedora specific issue. Try with an Ubuntu variant like Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Fluxbuntu or Linux Mint.

mbtigger

12-04-2007, 03:02 PM

<cite>willnotuse wrote:</cite><blockquote>It might very well be a Fedora specific issue. Try with an Ubuntu variant like Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Fluxbuntu or Linux Mint.</blockquote>**SIGH**I just got used to setting up the machine with Fedora. Maybe i will post the fedora Forums before I run a new distro....

mortis42

12-04-2007, 07:28 PM

<cite>mbtigger wrote:</cite><blockquote>Still having problems..***Rename your .wine folder to .wineold ***Easily done*****Run winecfg to build the .wine directory structure*****Done- New .wine folder built by running Wineconfig****Make sure to install a native mscoree.dll and streamci.dll into /system32 from a windows install and set them to native Windows.***mscoree.dll and streamci.dll files from a working copy of XP that runs EQ2 were burned onto a CD. The files were copied from the CD to the .wine/windows/system32 directory***Also.. go back into winecfg and double check we have all the necessary DLL's specified as neither native or builtin on the "library" tab of winecfg***Done checked and double checked. NOTE: The selection tab allowed me to select all DLL overrides EXCEPT for Streamci - that one did not appear in the pull down selection menu - I had to type streamci into the "add" space.***Run your directx setup**File directx_nov2007_redist.exe was downloaded and extracted. When asked in WINE to specify a directory I used z:homeMichaelDirectx. From the directory # homeMichaelDirectx the file DXSETUP.EXE was run. dxdiag does NOT appear in my .wine/drive_c/windows/sytem32 folder. </blockquote>What version are the mscoree.dll and streamci.dll that you copied over? When I was installing DirectX under wine, the installer always said it succeeded, but none of the files copied over. This was because the dll version were for a non-wine-compatible version of .NET. Try it using these versions: mscoree.dll 1.1.4322.5738 streamci.dll 5.1.2600.0<a href="http://www.wine-forum.org/showpost.php?p=236&postcount=32" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link</a> Also, I found that directx install would fail for direct play unless your windows version is set to Windows 2000.

mbtigger

12-04-2007, 08:12 PM

<cite>Thist@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>What version are the mscoree.dll and streamci.dll that you copied over? When I was installing DirectX under wine, the installer always said it succeeded, but none of the files copied over. This was because the dll version were for a non-wine-compatible version of .NET. Try it using these versions: mscoree.dll 1.1.4322.5738 streamci.dll 5.1.2600.0<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wine-forum.org/showpost.php?p=236&postcount=32" target="_blank">link</a> Also, I found that directx install would fail for direct play unless your windows version is set to Windows 2000.</blockquote>Thanks! I am pretty sure that this is the exact information I need to make things work smoothly! Unfortunately (or is it fortunately?) I have also started on an ubuntu 7.10 install just because most of the folks here who got it to work have it working with Ubuntu.The Ubuntu I have install GNOME, so so far it is very similar to Fedora, but it installed significantly faster. So far the install has been very easy. I might end up preferring the Ubuntu - which is a shame because I REALLY like the name Fedora - sounds very Indiana Jonesish....

mbtigger

12-04-2007, 11:36 PM

Bingo - that is it - Directx now tests on my machine. I am pretty sure it was not a Fedora problem, but was the dll sources and/or the wine config version setting to windows 2000. Also - I am fast becoming an Ubuntu convert.

willnotuse

12-04-2007, 11:58 PM

<cite>mbtigger wrote:</cite><blockquote>Bingo - that is it - Directx now tests on my machine. I am pretty sure it was not a Fedora problem, but was the dll sources and/or the wine config version setting to windows 2000. Also - I am fast becoming an Ubuntu convert.</blockquote>Ubuntu is nice, if a bit plain. Try Linux Mint which is based off of Ubuntu but with more polish and multimedia, flash and more working by default.

mbtigger

12-05-2007, 10:33 PM

ARRGGH!Getting Closer! I am stuck at the "Failed to initialize Zapf Calligraphic Bold 801" Error - I have added the r_font_ft 0 line to eq2default.ini and after that did not work to eq2.ini and eq2recent.iniPerhaps I need to install a font pak or something?Any suggestions?MB

wyretrip

12-05-2007, 11:53 PM

mbtigger

12-06-2007, 01:54 AM

<cite>Ashenclaw@Unrest wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>mbtigger wrote:</cite><blockquote>ARRGGH!Getting Closer! I am stuck at the "Failed to initialize Zapf Calligraphic Bold 801" Error - I have added the r_font_ft 0 line to eq2default.ini and after that did not work to eq2.ini and eq2recent.iniPerhaps I need to install a font pak or something?Any suggestions?MB</blockquote>What are you running to start Everquest?</blockquote>Interesting: I have tried Right clicking on "EverQuest2.exe" from the GNOME filesystem and using "open with wine" which give me the Font errorWhen I use the terminal and change to the appropriate directory and type " wine EverQuest2.exe" I get an input screen that I cannot read. Is it some kind of Login screen?

willnotuse

12-06-2007, 02:39 AM

Not sure but try this in the terminal:sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

wyretrip

12-06-2007, 09:36 AM

Or try copying over your /Windows/Fonts folder from a windows machine.

mbtigger

12-06-2007, 04:48 PM

Hmm Not sure what the trouble is. Since Directx tests OK I am assuming that it is a problem with the Everquest files I am once again moving the EverQuest II from the working PC to the .wine/drive_c/Program Files. Then I will have to log on and repatch for however many hours THAT is before I can try it again..SOO CLOSE! I really want his to work. I am tempted to take my machine to a the local Linux Users Group (provided they are still active - I knew a couple of the 10 years ago) if I cannot get it working

mbtigger

12-06-2007, 06:55 PM

Here are a couple more hints....I do not see the ELUA when I run EQ2.exe. I see the accept/Decline box, but not the Terms of Service itself. Most of the material that appears in the pather window is missing except for my list of characters.When I run type wine ./EverQuest2.exe I get a page that is illegible with a blinking cursor...Could it be I need to install browser or Flash under windows?

mortis42

12-06-2007, 08:56 PM

<cite>mbtigger wrote:</cite><blockquote>ARRGGH!Getting Closer! I am stuck at the "Failed to initialize Zapf Calligraphic Bold 801" Error - I have added the r_font_ft 0 line to eq2default.ini and after that did not work to eq2.ini and eq2recent.iniPerhaps I need to install a font pak or something?Any suggestions?MB</blockquote>I have always been able to add the r_font_ft 0 to my eq2.ini file and have it work.<cite>mbtigger wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hmm Not sure what the trouble is. Since Directx tests OK I am assuming that it is a problem with the Everquest files I am once again moving the EverQuest II from the working PC to the .wine/drive_c/Program Files. Then I will have to log on and repatch for however many hours THAT is before I can try it again..SOO CLOSE! I really want his to work. I am tempted to take my machine to a the local Linux Users Group (provided they are still active - I knew a couple of the 10 years ago) if I cannot get it working</blockquote>Follow the instructions <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=170" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to copy over your windows working directory to your wine directory so you don't copy over stuff you won't need.<cite>mbtigger wrote:</cite><blockquote>Here are a couple more hints....I do not see the ELUA when I run EQ2.exe. I see the accept/Decline box, but not the Terms of Service itself. Most of the material that appears in the pather window is missing except for my list of characters.When I run type wine ./EverQuest2.exe I get a page that is illegible with a blinking cursor...Could it be I need to install browser or Flash under windows?</blockquote>If you do not have the gecko engine installed in wine, it should prompt you to the first time wine tries to render a web page, but you do not need the browser for the patcher to work.Not sure what is going on when you run ./EverQuest2.exe, what does it say in the terminal window?

DarthCindel

12-06-2007, 11:53 PM

I have eq2 running under linux.Gentoo Linux - 2007.1 - fully upto date with current portageand wine-0.9.50I didn't try to run the installer, I just copied my windows install over, so i don't run the patcher either, have several computers here that run eq2 under windows and I only patch one then just copy over to the others.eq2 runs ALOT faster under linux, than windows on the same box. Zoning is twice a fast, and just general performance is all around better. Under windows I run under high qual, under linux I can run max everything faster than windows.2 points...The sky is messed up most of the time. and no grass or other frillssystem specs2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-74 Processor 3.0ghz underclocked to 2.0ghz(don't ask long story) 4 cores total4GB DD2 5x 320gb sata hdsNvidia 8600gt 256mb pcieI dual boot XP64 and Gentoo AMD64edit darn middel mouse paste....

mbtigger

12-07-2007, 03:47 PM

Here is what is in the terminal when EverQuest.exe is runningmichael@michael-desktop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/EverQuest II$ wine ./everQuest2.exeerr:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registerederr:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1fixme:reg:GetNativeSystemInfo (0x349690) using GetSystemInfo()fixme:dsound:IKsPrivatePropertySetI mpl_Get unsupported property: {f2957840-260c-11d1-a4d8-00c04fc28aca}fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x34ed24,0x00000000), stub!fixme:keyboard:X11DRV_ActivateKeyboardLayout 0x4090409, 0100: stub!fixme:imm:ImmGetIMEFileNameA (0x4090409, 0x34f634, 1023): stubfixme:imm:ImmGetIMEFileNameA (0x4090409, 0x34fa38, 260): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stubfixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF.fot","UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF",(null)): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stubfixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"..\..\UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF.fot","..\..\UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF",(null)): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stubfixme:d3d_surface:surface_upload_data Using DXT1/3/5 without advertized supportfixme:d3d_shader:shader_arb_load_constantsF >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_ENUM (0x500) from glProgramEnvParameter4fvARB() @ arb_program_shader.c / 109fixme:d3d_shader:shader_arb_load_constantsF >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_ENUM (0x500) from glProgramEnvParameter4fvARB() @ arb_program_shader.c / 123fixme:d3d_surface:surface_upload_data Using DXT1/3/5 without advertized supportfixme:d3d_shader:shader_arb_load_constantsF >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_ENUM (0x500) from glProgramEnvParameter4fvARB() @ arb_program_shader.c / 109fixme:d3d_shader:shader_arb_load_constantsF >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_ENUM (0x500) from glProgramEnvParameter4fvARB() @ arb_program_shader.c / 123The "fixme:d3d_shader" lines repeat from this point on...Being more of an endu user kind of guy, this goes beyond my ability to debug - but if anyone can use this to figure out what needs to be installed or uninstalled I am using wine 9.50 and Ubuntu 7.10Thanks very much..MB

quasigenx

12-07-2007, 06:52 PM

<cite>DarthCindel wrote:</cite><blockquote>eq2 runs ALOT faster under linux, than windows on the same box. Zoning is twice a fast, and just general performance is all around better. Under windows I run under high qual, under linux I can run max everything faster than windows.</blockquote>Can we get some full resolution screenshots on max everything? I'm curious to see if the WINE DX9 output looks as good as the Windows version.

wysh4

12-14-2007, 12:53 AM

I'm stuck at a Wine "Options Error" stating: The options definition file failed to load. This generally means your patch was corrupted for some reason. Try a complete scan, and if that doesn't help then you may need to reinstall.I'm a total linux newb running Gusty Gibbon and the latest version of Wine with a copied-over version of EQ2. This error message occurs when I use Wine to try and run Everquest2.exe.

wysh4

12-14-2007, 02:04 AM

Reinstalling Wine did not help btw. Launcher works though.

wysh4

12-14-2007, 02:39 AM

*edited*

Tarroway

12-14-2007, 08:12 PM

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT2 Gig RamUbuntu 7.10Wine 0.9.50Desktop running at 1680x1050Started from a fresh install of wine with no modifications except to ensure that alsa was set as sound.Started EQ2 with the launcher.sh provided earlier in the thread and entered game with no problems except some sound glitches during loading. The game is running very smoothly but with several strange graphics glitches (sky especially). Bumped performance setting up to very high quality with no noticeable impact on playability. When I moved to extreme quality there was noticeable slowdown and I crashed after entering Qeynos Harbor. After restarting and lowering graphics back to very high quality I had no other problems.I also have a wine setup with the same conditions as above except that DirectX has been installed also. I cannot tell any difference between the 2 setups. I switched back and forth between the two setups (by renaming the directories) several times to test this.So far I have not tested this under a high load situation (raid, etc) so may run into problems there, but so far I am very encouraged.

wysh4

12-16-2007, 02:40 AM

Does the latest version of Wine allow for the previously posted DirectX walkthrough to be bypassed?

mbtigger

12-16-2007, 05:48 PM

<cite>wysh4 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Does the latest version of Wine allow for the previously posted DirectX walkthrough to be bypassed?</blockquote>Yes - At least for me it did. I was able to use the drivers in Wine 0.9.50 without installing DirectX Ubuntu 7.1Wine 9.50Nvidia 7600GT2Gig RamIntel P4 3.0 GhzEQ2 is working like a charm. You DO want to set the complex shader distance to -1, I get some artifacts when I have it set higher.

wysh4

12-18-2007, 03:23 AM

Okay, now I am stuck with:<alert> E:testeq2gameclientsrcClientApp.cpp(3250):You require a video card with pixel shader support.Obviously I have pixel shader support, this game runs fine when I load it under XP. Anyone have any ideas? Using what I believe is the latest fglrx Radeon driver under Gutsy Gibbin Ubuntu. Also, I am a total linux newb. How does one use the launcher.sh code provided above? Perhaps it would help, I don't know. Pretty much have a similar setup to the poster above, latest WINE and all.I really don't want to reinstall XP <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Bärchi

12-19-2007, 06:02 AM

<cite>wysh4 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Okay, now I am stuck with:<alert> E:testeq2gameclientsrcClientApp.cpp(3250):You require a video card with pixel shader support.Obviously I have pixel shader support, this game runs fine when I load it under XP. Anyone have any ideas? Using what I believe is the latest fglrx Radeon driver under Gutsy Gibbin Ubuntu. Also, I am a total linux newb. How does one use the launcher.sh code provided above? Perhaps it would help, I don't know. Pretty much have a similar setup to the poster above, latest WINE and all.I really don't want to reinstall XP <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" /></blockquote>with an Radeon Card you need at leatst following option in your xorg.conf. without this option wine will not use dri on your card, or simply crash. <pre> Option "UseFastTLS" "2"</pre>

mbtigger

12-19-2007, 11:06 PM

<cite>Bärchi wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite><pre> Option "UseFastTLS" "2"</pre></blockquote>Thanks for this bit of info! I am trying a second installation on a machine with a Radeon x1300 card. So far I can get Wine to Work, and I can get the Video Card to work, but I cannot get BOTH to work at the same time. I wonder if this might be a solution. MB

Bärchi

12-20-2007, 06:34 AM

<cite>mbtigger wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Bärchi wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite><pre> Option "UseFastTLS" "2"</pre></blockquote>Thanks for this bit of info! I am trying a second installation on a machine with a Radeon x1300 card. So far I can get Wine to Work, and I can get the Video Card to work, but I cannot get BOTH to work at the same time. I wonder if this might be a solution. MB</blockquote>after two days of testing I can give you following results:the ati-drivers 8.42.4 and 7.11 are partly broken. They drop the value of the UseFastTLS option when they reinit. Use 8.41.7 or 8.40.Xthe 8.41.7 lock up my computer after the intro-video, i can't get the 8.40 working, because they don't like my x1950 (black screen on X-init.) older drivers doesn't work right now, because the intalled linux-kernel is to new (2.6.23) but i will try a downgrade this weekend.

Treggar

12-25-2007, 03:24 AM

<cite>quasigenx wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>DarthCindel wrote:</cite><blockquote>eq2 runs ALOT faster under linux, than windows on the same box. Zoning is twice a fast, and just general performance is all around better. Under windows I run under high qual, under linux I can run max everything faster than windows.</blockquote>Can we get some full resolution screenshots on max everything? I'm curious to see if the WINE DX9 output looks as good as the Windows version.</blockquote>Not quite all max settings because some of the frills annoy me. But here's a screenshot I took this morning.<img src="http://owg.claydirt.com/stuff/screenshot.png" alt="" border="0" />

Emrik

12-25-2007, 01:46 PM

Works in Linux mint ! tried it in exterme quality and backed it down to very high as I dont have a pci express video card but it works great. I have a weird texture bug on some cloth items in game where it seems to only want to draw every other strand and I need to find an creative labs audigy sound driver I think as the sound files are kinda choppy

cryptidan

12-28-2007, 03:24 PM

Ok, running on LinuxMint, everything seemed to work well, except for the fact that I'm still getting the font issue mentioned before...I went back and followed thru with every suggestion pertaining to said font issue, yet i still receive the error when opening EQ2.Any other suggestions?Ran in terminal: wine explorer /desktop=eq2,1024x768 everquest2.exeAnd this comes up at the end, don't know if it is relevant:fixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF.fot","UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF",(null)): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stubfixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"..\..\UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF.fot","..\..\UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF",(null)): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stub

DocFlareon

12-28-2007, 04:40 PM

<cite>cryptidan wrote:</cite><blockquote>Ok, running on LinuxMint, everything seemed to work well, except for the fact that I'm still getting the font issue mentioned before...I went back and followed thru with every suggestion pertaining to said font issue, yet i still receive the error when opening EQ2.Any other suggestions?Ran in terminal: wine explorer /desktop=eq2,1024x768 everquest2.exeAnd this comes up at the end, don't know if it is relevant:fixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF.fot","UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF",(null)): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stubfixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"..\..\UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF.fot","..\..\UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF",(null)): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stub</blockquote>Did you put r_font_ft 0 in eq2.ini? Custom flags can be over-written if they're put into eq2_default.ini As for WINE's debug messages, they are there regardless and it is safe for the end-user to ignore.

DocFlareon

12-28-2007, 04:48 PM

(Sorry for the double-post)Okay, so I got EQ2 working with WINE on my machine. It looks rather nice, though it certainly doesn't deserve better than a Silver rating at the moment. Aside from the known issues with the patcher, fonts, and graphics glitches, I've noticed that the sound seems to stutter while zoning. It is coming along nicely though, and I think that it may well hit the Gold list by March.PS: For their next project, the WINE development community need to start work on getting the new Station Launcher to play nice. It bombs out on startup for me.

cryptidan

12-28-2007, 04:49 PM

<cite>Ekaunek@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>cryptidan wrote:</cite><blockquote>Ok, running on LinuxMint, everything seemed to work well, except for the fact that I'm still getting the font issue mentioned before...I went back and followed thru with every suggestion pertaining to said font issue, yet i still receive the error when opening EQ2.Any other suggestions?Ran in terminal: wine explorer /desktop=eq2,1024x768 everquest2.exeAnd this comes up at the end, don't know if it is relevant:fixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF.fot","UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF",(null)): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stubfixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"..\..\UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF.fot","..\..\UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF",(null)): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stub</blockquote>Did you put r_font_ft 0 in eq2.ini? Custom flags can be over-written if they're put into eq2_default.ini As for WINE's debug messages, they are there regardless and it is safe for the end-user to ignore.</blockquote>Yes, r_font_ft 0 is in both eq2.ini and eq2_default.ini. Found this:<a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=358&iTestingId=17202" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...TestingId=17202</a>saying that r_font_ft 0 does not work?

DocFlareon

12-30-2007, 04:02 PM

I have to give two warnings here. First, WINE 0.9.52 has a regression that breaks EQ2, so for the time being, you should stick with 0.9.51 Secondly, the new Station Launcher program flat out will not work at this time. We must hope the issue is resolved before the Station Launcher becomes mandatory.

cryptidan

12-31-2007, 03:21 PM

still have .51, never updated

DocFlareon

12-31-2007, 03:42 PM

Mehh. . . I am unsure as to the cause of your problem.

casperinmd

01-03-2008, 06:53 PM

<cite>cryptidan wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Ekaunek@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>cryptidan wrote:</cite><blockquote>Ok, running on LinuxMint, everything seemed to work well, except for the fact that I'm still getting the font issue mentioned before...I went back and followed thru with every suggestion pertaining to said font issue, yet i still receive the error when opening EQ2.Any other suggestions?Ran in terminal: wine explorer /desktop=eq2,1024x768 everquest2.exeAnd this comes up at the end, don't know if it is relevant:fixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF.fot","UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF",(null)): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stubfixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"..\..\UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF.fot","..\..\UI/Fonts/zcal801b.TTF",(null)): stubfixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stub</blockquote>Did you put r_font_ft 0 in eq2.ini? Custom flags can be over-written if they're put into eq2_default.ini As for WINE's debug messages, they are there regardless and it is safe for the end-user to ignore.</blockquote>Yes, r_font_ft 0 is in both eq2.ini and eq2_default.ini. Found this:<a rel="nofollow" href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=358&iTestingId=17202" target="_blank">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...TestingId=17202</a>saying that r_font_ft 0 does not work?</blockquote><cite>cryptidan, it is needed currently. It has to do with disabling Smooth Fonts in EQ.</cite>

cryptidan

01-04-2008, 04:21 PM

Also brought this issue up on the Ubuntu forums, and someone mentioned that they noticed a remnant from a custom ui, which might be causing it...I went thru and deleted everything i could find related to said ui in the folders i copied over from my windows partition.But it still didnt work, I'm beginning to think that there may be something further in that i missed, hopefully i can get this resolved easily, b/c redownloading on this dsl connection would prolly mean a good 3-4 days of waiting.

Andaloo

01-29-2008, 03:34 PM

It's extremely easy to run EQ2 on linux now.Just grab the copy of PlayOnLinux and the installation is straightforward. Do not forget to install DirectX. And the .ini file can be copied automatically in the EQ2 bash script.With latest version of Wine it runs FASTER, NICER than on Win. I am really impressed!Now, Windows partition is being shredded <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Wingrider01

01-30-2008, 09:46 AM

<cite>Andaloo wrote:</cite><blockquote>It's extremely easy to run EQ2 on linux now.Just grab the copy of PlayOnLinux and the installation is straightforward. Do not forget to install DirectX. And the .ini file can be copied automatically in the EQ2 bash script.With latest version of Wine it runs FASTER, NICER than on Win. I am really impressed!Now, Windows partition is being shredded <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote>where did you get the PlayonLinux script for the install? Would be interested in seeing the steps you took to get it to work as would the rest of the people over at <a href="http://www.playonlinux.com/en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.playonlinux.com/en</a> since eq2 is not listed in their script database

Andaloo

02-05-2008, 05:06 PM

<cite></cite><blockquote>where did you get the PlayonLinux script for the install? Would be interested in seeing the steps you took to get it to work as would the rest of the people over at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.playonlinux.com/en" target="_blank">www.playonlinux.com/en</a> since eq2 is not listed in their script database</blockquote>I've got no script. What I did in PlayOnLinux:1) Fresh install of PlayonFae.exe2) As soon as the patcher is installed, copy all the contents of the windows EQ2 folder on top of newly created folder in wine3) Install DirectX3) Run the patcher(still have the issue with eq2_default.ini rewrite by patcher)bLook at .PlayOnLinux folder in the /home/user folder. The structure is easy to understand and add to. For instance I created another EQ2 icon within POL just by copying eq2_patcher.script to eq2launc her.script. Edit the launcher script and add before the last linecp /path/eq2_default.ini.bak /path/eq2_default.inithen in the last line change the laucher from PlayOnFae.exe to EverQuest2.exe

Andaloo

02-05-2008, 05:08 PM

OS: Ubuntu 8.04 HardyGPU: Nvidia 8600Wine 0.9.54

DocFlareon

02-08-2008, 10:41 AM

What I am worried about is the issue surrounding the new Station Launcher. As things currently stand with the beta and Wine 0.9.54 the Launcher flat out does not work. This is bad, because the day is coming when the Launcher will be the only way to patch EQ2 and other Station MMOs. Then we'll be stuck with slow-as-molasses Windows again.

cybris

02-25-2008, 08:55 PM

I get stuck with the launchpad saying scanning files. Where it tries to update the UI files for the EQ2 patcher.using wine 0.9.56directx installed fine.using GentooI also tried to copy the files directly from my windows box over and I get an error saying that the options profile couldn't load and to run a compelte file scan.

DocFlareon

02-26-2008, 12:01 AM

<cite>cybris wrote:</cite><blockquote>I get stuck with the launchpad saying scanning files. Where it tries to update the UI files for the EQ2 patcher.using wine 0.9.56directx installed fine.using GentooI also tried to copy the files directly from my windows box over and I get an error saying that the options profile couldn't load and to run a compelte file scan.</blockquote>And that's where we're stuck for the time being. You should downgrade Wine to 0.9.55 for now. 9.56 also introduced a couple oddities in rendering.

cybris

02-26-2008, 08:25 AM

Yep you were right wine 0.9.55 works.

Faudman

02-27-2008, 09:55 AM

Any tips on getting a launcher...the one /desktop=eq1024...doesnt work for me. Ive been playing EQ2 on Ubuntu since 0.9.49 with no problems except this darn launcher lol.C:Program FilesSonyEverquest IIEverquest2.exe" is the path. Any help would be much appreciated.Thanks guys.

DocFlareon

02-27-2008, 04:31 PM

First off, don't upgrade to 9.56 It breaks the patcher. 9.55 works fairly well, you can best start it by typing the command 'wine EQ2.exe' while in the EQ2 directory. EQ2.exe is the patcher/launchpad, EverQuest2.exe is the actual game client.

mortis42

03-07-2008, 09:51 AM

I just updated fine on wine-0.9.56.I do not have wine_gecko installed in my eq2 environment, it might be possible that there is some trouble with the patcher trying to use BITS as wine_gecko does not support BITS.<a href="http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6253" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bug 6352</a><pre>run the patcher by removing wine gecko temporarily, renaming orremoving the keys in HKCU/Software/Wine/MSHTML/.</pre>

junkee

03-08-2008, 04:57 PM

Why are people installing directx? This does not have to be done. Just giving a FYI, because wine already has a directx implementation. The windows directx files will not run on wine because these files need direct support of your drivers. Well was just giving a heads up to help you guys out. Feel free to post on winehq if you run into any problems name is mikee.!

ReilenBlaeyze

03-17-2008, 01:25 PM

I'm currently patching the game on Wine 0.9.57 (rel mar 7, 200<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" />. I'll update on that once it's done patching. (1 hour to go right now)

Drun

03-17-2008, 03:38 PM

I was running it on 9.0.57. At first I encountered some multiple rending lay-overs. Annoying. Only happened while facing certain directions. Seemed to betrelated to water or z- coordinate (topographic) rendering. I fixed that by swiching the HKCU Direct3D -> OffscreenRenderingMode to FBO. That solved the problem, but another problem appeared. Now my I sheet, and dressing room models were inverted, and from time to time my rendering would fail and I would see black artifacts of the foreground as if they were frozen in time. This could be remedied by opening the inventory which instead replaced the nearly full screen blackout to a silhouette in the shape of your I model on your screen(which was pretty bad ace looking). It was a nice fix, but unfortunatly I had to do it very often. However, crashing was reduced by 100% and most of my display options worked as intended. I am going to try v55 for a means of comparison.Performance was very good when I adjusted the graphics to suit the capabilities of my machine. I wouldn't say I had a performance boost but it was fair. Currently windows runs EQ2 better, in my opinion. If you are considering the possibility of doing this and are unfamiliar with linux, I would suggest you be very prepared for what can be a frustrating journey. However, if you have the appetite to learn how to fight with programs to run, and have patience to spend your time fighting with programs to run, then you can get EQ2 to run. That happens to be me.

Drun

03-17-2008, 10:08 PM

I now have eq2 running on ubuntu 7.10 with Wine 0.9.55. It is running very well with no fatal errors. This is a much nicer improvement from 0.9.57. My settings are as follows:Wine Config -> Graphics tab -> check Allow DirectX apps..., uncheck Allow the window manager..., check Emulate a virtual desktop & set resolution to whatever fits your screen. Disclaimer: eq2 will run in a "windowed" mode, but take up the entire window. Set these values to whatever you wish as long as they are smaller than your entire monitor resolution.eq2.ini -> add line r_font_ft 0eq2_recent.ini -> change section.........cl_maximized false cl_screenwidth_windowed 1028 cl_screenheight_windowed 764.........to ... ... ... cl_maximized true cl_screenwidth_windowed (value x from virtual desktop) cl_screenheight_windowed (value y from virtual desktop) ... ... ... Add the following to the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Wine -> Direct3D DirectDrawRenderer -> opengl OffScreenRenderingMode -> pbuffer PixelShaderMode -> enabledRenderTargetLockMode -> texdrawAs you can see most of that stuff came from <a href="http://www.winehq.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.winehq.org</a> AppDB. Full credit to those guys. The only thing that I have not yet seen suggested anywhere is modifying eq2_recent.ini. What does not work with this config is the dressing room or paper-doll, but I couldn't care less about that.Good luck~

Cucuy

03-22-2008, 10:09 AM

Is 0.9.55 the only version of Wine that is currently running EQ2? I have 0.9.57 installed. How do I downgrade to 0.9.55?

Drun

03-22-2008, 06:16 PM

go to winehq.com to find v55.sudo apt-get remove wineinstall v55

Cucuy

03-22-2008, 08:36 PM

Well, crap! 0.9.55 didn't do the trick <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />It seems to start up after the patcher, but then just closes. Screen comes up then immediately goes away.I'm running Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 64-bit beta with current updates. Gecko is not installed.Also, these registry keys were added:[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareWineDirect3D]"DirectDrawRenderer"="opengl""OffScreenRenderingMode"="pbuffer""PixelShaderMode"="enabled""RenderTargetLockMode"="texdraw"If more information would help, I would be happy to provide it if anyone can tell me how.

Rilean

03-24-2008, 04:45 PM

<a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=358" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...version&iId=358</a> This is the WineHQ page for EQ2. Don't know how helpful it is.

DocFlareon

03-24-2008, 05:37 PM

Do not run EQ2 in full-screen. I am guessing that is the problem you are having.

Cucuy

03-25-2008, 11:16 AM

I think that may have been part of my problem. Once I removed the eq2.ini, eq2_default.ini and eq2_recent.ini and then did a full file scan, the game actually loaded up! In full screen even!I have since changed the ini file and set full screen off. The game is playable, but I cannot change any of my options without the game crashing to desktop.Edit::Oh yeah, NOT running in full screen works more consistently than full screen.

Zeroimagination

03-26-2008, 12:07 AM

Edit: nevermind - solution at endOk, this one seems weird to me... so I'll ask the people having more luck.I normally play under windows at 1600x1200. I got eq2 up and running under linux at 1280x1024. Getting 25-30fps, perfectly playable and happy... but I really wanted to convince it to work at my old resolution so I wouldn't have to move windows around and generally fight the lower resolution. But as soon as I go to 1600x1200, I get <1fps. Probably like 0.2fps. I understand that 1600x1200 takes more power than 1280x1024... but not that much more - is there something else that could be causing the game to go wonky?Ubuntu 7.10Wine 0.9.55AMD x64 Dual Core 48002.0GB MemoryNVidia 8800 GTX with the Ubuntu drivers installedAny more specs available if someone tells me what they need!Edit:I found the problem. You need to set OffScreenRenderingMode to "fbo", not "pbuffer" like was said by a previous poster - at least if you have the same problem I did, that'll fix it. Running happily in full screen now with decent performance on Balanced. FPS varies a lot more under linux than under Windows. I think my first group for this experiment will be a guild group - don't need strangers thinking there's yet another bad fury out there if performance suddenly tanks in a group <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Bored

03-28-2008, 03:01 PM

Have EQ2 running with *ZERO* issues...Ubuntu 7.10 & Wine 0.9.58

Cucuy

03-28-2008, 04:57 PM

<cite>Boredom@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite><blockquote>Have EQ2 running with *ZERO* issues...Ubuntu 7.10 & Wine 0.9.58</blockquote>Great! How'd you do it?

Zeroimagination

03-28-2008, 05:20 PM

<cite>Boredom@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite><blockquote>Have EQ2 running with *ZERO* issues...Ubuntu 7.10 & Wine 0.9.58</blockquote>Does that include graphical anomalies? Does the patcher run? (That's my current issue.) Anyeone else confirm working on 0.9.58? I'm doing decent on .55 - but if there's improvements on .58 I'm interested in moving on

Bored

03-28-2008, 05:41 PM

I didn't do anything that wasn't already listed here actually. Clean (& patched) install of Ubuntu (was using Suse), installed Wine, configured dlls and installed DX (using the site linked earlier), copied the EQ2 and fonts directory from my windows installation to the appropriate location within .wine, and finally added the font exclusion line to eq2.ini (also mentioned in this thread).Patcher patches fine, game launches fine, game runs great with no gfx or sound issues.There are only two things that I don't consider an issue which I should mention. If I run EQ2 without a virtual desktop in the background, EQ2 fails. Second, in order for everything to run nicely as it does I have to use SU. But like I said, to me...big deal on them two.

Jacquotte

03-29-2008, 01:08 PM

in all honesty, how is the performance when compared to your previous experience under windows? and how about loadingtimes ..

Zeroimagination

03-29-2008, 05:19 PM

<cite>Corvena@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote>in all honesty, how is the performance when compared to your previous experience under windows? and how about loadingtimes ..</blockquote>In all honesty:The game is quite playable. Getting it up and running was not much of a challenge at all - fresh install of Ubuntu, simple install of Wine, copy over EQ2 directory from a Windows machine, log in.For me - the frame rate is about 20-30% lower. Was getting 30ish, now getting 20ish in the RoK zones. It doesn't really feel that much lower, but that's what the connection monitor window says.Sometimes the sound is choppy, depending on what's running in the background - but my sound card is the motherboard built-in one so maybe someone with a decent card would not experience that.There ARE graphics anomalies. Dressing room and paperdoll images are upside down (even on 9.5<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. The sky in water reflections is black (in RoK - looked ok in KoS to me for some reason). Objects with transparency don't always work correctly - spiderwebs in the caves in KP the parts that are supposed to be transparent are jet black. The sand on the ground in Maj Dul looked weird - I can't remember what it was supposed to look like, but it looked weird.I cannot for the life of me get the patcher to run. Fortunately, I had to install a virtual Windows machine anyhow to get the my Zune working. I just run the patcher from there also.One strange happy surprise is that although my overall framerate is lower, I don't get the stuttering every 30 seconds or so I was getting in windows with my 8800.But, if you want to run Linux, it'll be playable. But don't expect a performance increase. (And I haven't tried a raid or anything really taxing before giving the playable verdict.) One player's opinion.

Drun

04-03-2008, 08:58 PM

I'm sorry to see that some people are still having a hard time getting EQ2 to run.If I could look into your computers I could probably give better advice, but I can't.Some of you are still having glitches and stuff, and that's too bad. A few posts back I pretty much laid out how I was able to get EQ2 running on my machine. I don't know if any of you tried to hook your game up exactly the same way as mine, but if you did, I would like to hear how your game is running so that we may try to come to some consensus on the steps to best maximize game play with wine.For comparison, I have made a video of my game-play. The quality sucks because I had to use a webcam to record the image from my monitor. But, it is good enough to get an idea of the quality of my gaming experience.It is a very reasonable expectation that everyone trying to get the game to run on linux should be able to play at least as well as I can.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeuicyNyW1Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeuicyNyW1Q</a>

Mattri

08-03-2008, 04:14 PM

Been looking threw this tread and I cant see it mentioned anywhere that you have to have the 3d drivers installed for your gfx card in linux. If you can run compiz and get all the fancy stuff with wobbly windows, cubes and so forth well then you probably have got the right drivers installed. For nvidia the driver in /etc/X11/xorg.config should say nvidia and not nv. for ATI I think its fglrx if I remember corectly.You dont need any dll's or install directX to get it to work, just the register stuff and the font thingy in eq2.ini. Then you should be up and running. Check the appdb at winehq for more info, the page about eq2 there have very good information on how to get stuff to work.<a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=358" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...ion&iId=358</a>with fbo the dressing room works now.Ps. Make sure that you have the latest version of wine (today I think its 1.1.2) Becouse eq2 didnt work at all some month ago and its really improving with the new wine versions. For Ubuntu you need the wine apt repo to get the latest wine release as Hardy has some older version installed as default in their repos.

Arwin

09-29-2008, 05:49 PM

To make this simple for anyone who might want to try this, here's how I did it:1.) Download a Linux distro, I used Ubuntu 8.04, and burn it on a CD2.) Install Linux - You can choose to resize your NTFS partition and dual boot Windows and Linux if you want to goof around with it before making the switch3.) Once Linux is installed, download all of the System Updates and Install the 3D Nvidia driver (or ATI if you have an ATI card) that comes with the Updates - Reboot4.) Go to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.winehq.org/site/download" target="_blank">http://www.winehq.org/site/download</a> and follow the instructions to add Wine to your APT Repository. This will allow you to download the latest Wine release (currently 1.1.5)5.) Copy your Everquest II folder from another computer or run it from your NTFS partition if you kept it6.) Go to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=358" target="_blank">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...ion&iId=358</a> and check out notes on running EQ2 with Wine a.) Add r_font_ft 0 to eq2.ini b.) Wine Gecko (Wine's MSHTML emulator) will crash the EQ2 patcher. I recommend installing it then renaming the registry key show here: wine_gecko crashes the patcher screen (no BITS support in wine yet. See bug 6253) so if you want to run patcher, rename the HKCU/wine/MSHTML that should disable Gecko. or You can not install wine_gecko. c.) edit your Wine registry and add the following:HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Wine Direct3D DirectDrawRenderer -> opengl OffScreenRenderingMode -> fbo (with newer video cards) PixelShaderMode -> enabledRenderTargetLockMode -> texdrawd.) Run eq2settings.exe with Wine and uncheck "Use Fullscreen" and set your resolution to slightly smaller than your screen (you have to run eq2 in windowed mode). My monitor does 1280x1024 so I set my EQ2 window size to 1280x960.7.) Congifure Wine: a.) Set the sound system to OSS on the Sound tab. ALSA doesn't work for me. b.) Set the Video tab as follows: Uncheck Allow the Window Manager to Decorate Windows. Check Emulate a Virtual Desktop and put the 1280x960 size in there (or whatever size you chose in eq2settings.exe)8.) I was able to get in game voice to work with OSS and a usb mic but not with my onboard sound's mic input. I haven't yet figured out why Wine/Linux/EQ2 don't like having the same sound device for input as for outputing in game voice.And folks this is what you have to do to run EQ2 with Linux and Wine.<img src="http://www.guildportal.com/Faces/face_happy.gif" border="0" alt="" />

Arwin

09-30-2008, 04:05 AM

I managed to get my in game voice to work on one mixer device (my Logitech USB headset). I had to add the following to the Wine "home/.wine/user.reg" file:[Software\Wine\Alsa Driver]"AutoScanCards"="N""DeviceCount"="1""DevicePCM1"="default"You can substitute "DeviceCount"="1" with 2 if you have more than 1 sound card. You must also change the "DevicePCM1"="default" to the name of the device specificed in your /.asoundrc file.

Arwin

10-02-2008, 07:02 PM

Tech Support and/or Mods - Can thread be stickied pretty please? Some more information on the OffScreenRenderingMode Wine registry setting.. This setting setting has a drastic effect on performance and graphics anomolies. The other available settings are "pbuffer" and "backbuffer". I tried pbuffer and performance was better but I got wierd picture-in-picture graphic anomolies. I also noticed the sky was all black. I haven't tested backbuffer yet. fbo seems to take some pretty fast cpu/graphics hardware to run. I'm getting between 25-35 fps on the Balanced graphics setting. The game is very playable at this frame rate and seems a much more stable frame rate than it was in Windows XP. My system is by no means "High-end".My system:Pentium E2160 Dual-Core Overclocked to 3Ghz, 4 GB DDR2, MSI 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 (overclock edition)*edited for typos*

TSR-TrevorG

10-02-2008, 07:16 PM

STICKIED!SOE still recommends using Windows for this game, and we will probably not be able to help any of you out in case of troubles <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />(

geogod666

10-06-2008, 06:31 PM

Anyone know if this will run on a Playstation 3, running Yellow Dog Linux 6.0?

geogod666

10-06-2008, 06:32 PM

anyone know if this will run on a Playstation 3 running yellow dog linux 6.0?

Arwin

10-10-2008, 05:48 PM

<a href="http://www.winehq.org/?announce=1.1.6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wine 1.1.6</a> announced and released today. Notice the EQ2 patcher failing has been fixed in this release. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />I will be testing this after work today. I assume either disabled Gecko for EQ2 or enabled BITS support for this release. The patch notes do not specify.

Tizzlewizzle

10-11-2008, 01:37 AM

I'm having trouble getting this to run on any distro. I've tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. After patching, the game starts up but the screen stays black and flickers repeatedly. On some distros I'm able to hear the music in the background. I have an ATI 3850 graphics card, maybe that's the issue, if anyone else has this issue and has fixed it please let me know what you did! I'm very sick of getting blue screens in windows :/

Arwin

10-12-2008, 04:02 PM

<cite>Tizzlewizzle wrote:</cite><blockquote>I'm having trouble getting this to run on any distro. I've tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. After patching, the game starts up but the screen stays black and flickers repeatedly. On some distros I'm able to hear the music in the background. I have an ATI 3850 graphics card, maybe that's the issue, if anyone else has this issue and has fixed it please let me know what you did! I'm very sick of getting blue screens in windows :/</blockquote>Since you didn't mention if you've installed Wine, what version of Wine you're running, and what you've done to configure your Wine installation I will ask. Have you read through my post back on page 7 about configuring your Wine installation?6.) Go to <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...ion&iId=358" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...ion&iId=358</a> and check out notes on running EQ2 with Winea.) Add r_font_ft 0 to eq2.inib.) Wine Gecko (Wine's MSHTML emulator) will crash the EQ2 patcher. I recommend installing it then renaming the registry key show here:wine_gecko crashes the patcher screen (no BITS support in wine yet. See bug 6253) so if you want to run patcher, rename the HKCU/wine/MSHTML that should disable Gecko. or You can not install wine_gecko.c.) edit your Wine registry and add the following:HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Wine Direct3DDirectDrawRenderer -> openglOffScreenRenderingMode -> fbo (with newer video cards)PixelShaderMode -> enabledRenderTargetLockMode -> texdrawd.) Run eq2settings.exe with Wine and uncheck "Use Fullscreen" and set your resolution to slightly smaller than your screen (you have to run eq2 in windowed mode). My monitor does 1280x1024 so I set my EQ2 window size to 1280x960.7.) Congifure Wine:a.) Set the sound system to OSS on the Sound tab. ALSA doesn't work for me.b.) Set the Video tab as follows: Uncheck Allow the Window Manager to Decorate Windows. Check Emulate a Virtual Desktop and put the 1280x960 size in there (or whatever size you chose in eq2settings.exe)

Tizzlewizzle

10-12-2008, 06:05 PM

i did every one of those steps except for the sound one. i'm using wine 1.1.5 for each try, and once i even tried going back to one of the older versions (i think it was 0.5.5 or something) <div></div><div>Still no luck <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

Arwin

10-13-2008, 03:45 PM

<cite>Tizzlewizzle wrote:</cite><blockquote>i did every one of those steps except for the sound one. i'm using wine 1.1.5 for each try, and once i even tried going back to one of the older versions (i think it was 0.5.5 or something) <div></div><div>Still no luck <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div></blockquote>Did you install the X.org 3rd party ATI driver?Are you launching the game from EverQuest2.exe or EQ2.exe?Everquest 2 will not run on Wine versions before 0.9.49 so there's no sense in trying 0.5.5.Try using pbuffer or backbuffer for your offscreen rendering mode and see if that helps.HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Wine Direct3D DirectDrawRenderer -> openglOffScreenRenderingMode -> pbuffer or backbufferPixelShaderMode -> enabledRenderTargetLockMode -> texdraw *edit* forgot a question

Tizzlewizzle

10-14-2008, 07:56 AM

i was mistaken with the numbering, it must have been 0.9.55 that i tried. <div></div><div>I've tried all the other offscreen rendering modes as well, the only thing i haven't tried is the x.org 3rd party ATI driver, i'll try that out tomorrow and let you know how it goes, thanks for the help <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </div>

Nakaru-Nitepaw

12-04-2008, 05:40 AM

I followed all the mentioned instructions. Not having any of those problems mentioned. The problem I'm having however is when i load everquest2.exe under wine 1.1.9 on ubuntu hardy haren, I can hear the music just fine but can't see anything on the screen. Then at the point where the login window would normally appear, the everquest 2 window turns all white. I'm using what i believe is the latest distro drivers for Nvidia. My card model is 5200 FX (128mb). When I ran XP on this box i was able to play the game averagly. What do you think could be causing this problem? I've tried changing the registry information, but it doesn't change anything. Also i had to manually type in that Direct3D key int othe registry becuase there wasn't one already.

djdunn

12-08-2008, 10:32 PM

best thing you can do is use the eq2settings program and make sure your not opening the game fullscreen. it works better full screen and pretty much works out of the box without any major changes.

Nakaru-Nitepaw

12-10-2008, 07:27 PM

<cite>djdunn wrote:</cite><blockquote>best thing you can do is use the eq2settings program and make sure your not opening the game fullscreen. it works better full screen and pretty much works out of the box without any major changes.</blockquote>Nah it's windowed. My only guess is i need a better video card.

Nakaru-Nitepaw

12-17-2008, 09:50 PM

Switching to the nvidia edgy drivers corrected the graphical glitches I was experiencing. I can load a character into the game and see the UI, but I can't do anything because the game freezes for long periods of time, giving small spurts of activity once in a while. I tried editing the registry using fbo and pbuffer, but that doesn't seam to change anything. The registry keys had to be manually imported because they didn't already exist. I'm guessing the modern versions of Wine don't use the Wine/Direct3d registry key?Heres what the Character Select looks like (using my second account). I used photoshop to remove the other characters just keeping the main one. As you can see the graphics look really glitched out and blackish. If i click on a option it takes a couple minutes for it to process.<img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/28hfrec.png" />

caeler

01-09-2009, 11:42 AM

^^ This is what I ran into the last time I tried to install on ubuntu, any suggestions?

BearKnuckle

01-26-2009, 08:12 PM

The game runs until the login, then it tells me, I need to patch, but I cannot run the patcher. I try to start the "Station Launcher" but all I see is a tray icon and I cannot open a window or start the patcher.Any hints?Ubuntu 8.10, Wine 1.1.13edit: Finally it is running!What I did was the following:1. Set windows version in wine config to "Windows 98". It will NOT work with any other version (I have not tried Windows NT and such, but Windows Vista and XP).2. Open the Launchpad from console: wine "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Sony/Station/Station Launcher/LaunchPad2/StationLauncher.exeNotice the folder "Launchpad2" in the path, that's one point I missed at the beginning. The path may of course differ on your system.More infos in WineHQ: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=14835" target="_blank">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...n&iId=14835</a>Now the launcher runs like a charm, I can patch the game and afterwards start it. It runs with reasonable fps and nice look. No bugs yet.Next steps for me:<ul><li>Install Profit- or ThorUI</li><li>Install EQ2Map</li></ul>

pun

02-09-2009, 10:11 PM

<cite>Tizzlewizzle wrote:</cite><blockquote>I'm having trouble getting this to run on any distro. I've tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. After patching, the game starts up but the screen stays black and flickers repeatedly. On some distros I'm able to hear the music in the background. I have an ATI 3850 graphics card, maybe that's the issue, if anyone else has this issue and has fixed it please let me know what you did! I'm very sick of getting blue screens in windows :/</blockquote>Pretty much the same issue, black window with "login" music playing in background.

sgbarber

02-14-2009, 03:47 PM

<cite>Tizzlewizzle wrote:</cite><blockquote>I'm having trouble getting this to run on any distro. I've tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. After patching, the game starts up but the screen stays black and flickers repeatedly. On some distros I'm able to hear the music in the background. I have an ATI 3850 graphics card, maybe that's the issue, if anyone else has this issue and has fixed it please let me know what you did! I'm very sick of getting blue screens in windows :/</blockquote>Cedgea does not work with ATI cards and generally nVidia has better driver support for OpenGL and Linux. YMMV.

Gaagagg

03-06-2009, 02:35 PM

Here is my overwhelming success story. I have been very successful using wine 1.1.12. I was not able to install or run the game at all using any engine of cedega (only tested cedega engine versions 6.1.1, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.1.0).I am running Gentoo Linux AMD64 2008.0 updated regularly, and have tried using a couple different kernels: 2.6.26-gentoo-r3 and 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 . I have the same results regardless which kernel I have tried. My system had 2gb RAM during installation, but I have since upgraded to 4gb. I am running an AMD64x2 3800+. I had an Nvidia 5900 ultra 256mb during installation, and have since upgraded to an Nvidia 7800 series card also 256mb with the proprietary Nvidia drivers 177.82 . This was tested within Gnome 2.22.3 using the metacity window manager. In Wine, have my Windows version set to 'Windows XP' in winecfg. I tried running the game with Windows version set to 'Windows 98' as well, and seem to have exactly the same results.The Installer:I pop in the retail CD (I used RoK CD's), and open the setup file using Wine. Installer opens, and installs the game without any issues. Switching disks during the install is not an issue. For those that have trouble, the way I do it is [$wine "D:setup.exe"] or something like that, and then mount/umount the actual disk in a separate terminal as necessary. The installer prompted me to install Direct X 9.0c, which I did not. Wine has 95% built-in support for DX9 as of this posting, so this is an unnecessary step. The Launcher:The launcher opens as expected, lets me log in, and fully updates. I was able to open the preferences and change my settings. I could select my characters, after the first login and even the test server button works. I was not able to view the web content on the launcher (minor issue). A strange thing about the laucher window was that if I clicked on any application other than the Launcher window, or minimized it, I could not get focus of the window again (does not respond to mouse clicks), although it did continue patching. This does not seem to be a big deal as long as you are aware of it, and only seems to effect the launcher, not the game itself.Starting up:Intro movie played, and character select screen works like a charm. The screens in between however, do not show up properly (minor issue). I am able to select my character and load into the game. If I select my character on the launcher, it goes right into the game no problem. *I did not test the character creation at all, but I have no reason to believe there to be any issuse with it.*Game Itself:I can actually get away with much higher settings in Linux as opposed to Windows on the same system and still run smoothly. I won't get into why, as that deserves a lot of discussion. Overall, the game runs great and is extremely playable. There are relatively few display issues, and I will go over them here. I have not had any issues at all with audio, performance, gameplay or game stability. I have not had any issues switching between the running game and other applications such as firefox. It switches applicaitons quickly and smoothly for me.Display issues:<ol><li>When I was using my Nvidia 5900 Ultra, I had to turn complex shaders to -1 or else the top half of the screen was one big shadow. This was fixed by upgrading to the Nvidia 7800. I can now max complex shaders and the game looks great with them on.</li><li>This may be related to the shaders, but I'm not 100% sure yet. The sky sometimes renders properly, and other times is just a solid black color. It seems to be related with the direction I am facing and the angle of the camera. This may be resolved with a newer chipset graphics card, as was the case with the complex shader issue above. I have only been in Thundering Steppes and Darklight Woods since installing in Gentoo, so other areas may not have this issue.</li><li>Particle effects and Flora do not always render. I have maximized the particle effects and flora, but most of the time, I do not see them at all. While I'm running around, I will see all of the flora flash on the screen for a second here and there, but the rest of the time I do not see them. In combat, I see all the character animation but the particle effects are absent. The particle effects will flash on the screen briefly just as the flora does, so the game is doing it, but I'm not normally seeing it. This may be resolved with a newer chipset graphics card, or in a newer release of wine. This is the only drawback for me, as I really like to see the particle effects.</li><li>In full screen mode, I have been unable to change my screen resolution to anything other than 1024x768. This is not a big deal because in Linux, I can just maximize the window and it looks full screen anyway. The game does not have a problem with 1680x1050 (I think that's what I use), as long as I am in windowed mode. Trying to change the full screen resolution in game has crashed my game every time. </li></ol>ConclusionMy experience so far is that the game runs smoother in Linux than natively in Windows, exits instantly when closed, and works almost flawlessly right out of the box using newer versions of Wine. It's so easy that any Linux user should be able to install and run the game without a lot of hassle.Bear in mind, that this is based on my own personal experience on my system. My system uses a source-based distribution and is completely customized from the ground up and optimized for what I use it for. So, this is not exactly how it will work for everyone else on any Linux distro on any hardware. That said, I feel like this game will work extremely well right out of the box on any linux-based system with relatively modern and sufficient hardware, nivida chipset, and the latest stable wine package. ATI hasn't impressed me with linux drivers yet, so if you want this to run in Linux, I would stick with Nvidia, at least for now.I hope this helps somebody.UPDATEI updated Wine to version 1.1.15 and did further testing. The issue with the launcher window becoming non-responsive to my mouse clicks now only occurs if I minimize the launcher window and bring it back up.The issue with the sky turning black is now fixed by turing complex shaders to -1. The game looks a lot better with complex shaders, so this is more of a bandaid than a fix.The issue with flora and particle effects not rendering persists, and continues to bug me.UPDATEI updated Wine to version 1.1.16 and did further testing. The sky still has rendering issues. Particles and flora continue to be an issue. I have also noticed that when I first log in to the game, I am unable to initiate combat with mobs. EQ2 says they are too far away. This problem seems to go away after I run around for a minute. The game is still very playable and game performance is outstanding in Linux.

Vallek

04-06-2009, 07:28 AM

I've been running EQII on Ubuntu 8.10 using wine (1.13-1.1<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> with very few problems but few inconveniences. I run eq2 off the native windows install/partition, not an install through wine.For those wondering how to get the voice chat to work, make sure you disable PulseAudio. I was pulling my hair out and once I killed PA the voice chat started working.I can run with shaders on, the difference I found is to set the offscreen rendering mode to fbo, not pbuffer or backbuffer. Particles and water all work and the sky doesn't black out. I can run EQ2 on the exact same graphics settings under wine as I do in windows.Here are my wine registry settings:HKEY_CURRENT_USER - software - wine - Direct3d (if you don't have a "Direct3D subfolder" in the registry under wine just make one):DirectDrawRenderer = openglOffScreenRenderingMode = fboPixelShaderMode = enabledRenderTargetLockMode = textdrawUseGLSL = enabledVertexShaderMode = hardwareI still get some strang graphic bugs, like sometimes having several small boxes of my screen rendered on top of grass, etc. Minimizing and restoring the windows fixes this.I still crash more than I would like. I can tell when this will happen when my in-game windows go transparent, all that can be seen is the text. Shortly thereafter EQ2 freezes.The problem I'm having is making a desktop launcher to start eq2 up. Making a symbolic link doesn't work. Creating a program launcher spits errors. For the time being I have to right-click the actual executable and select "open with wine..." then it loads fine. I also need to do this to get the patcher to work correctly, if I make a link or a launcher it starts creating an EQ2 install on my desktop!Could my problems come from not having the path to EverQuest2.exe listed in my default paths in Ubuntu?The last frustrating issue I've encountered is not Ubuntu or wine-based; the powermizer utility in the nvidia xserver never raises the clocks on my card to meet demand. I had to make a script to run $nvidia-settings -q all every so often to keep it unlocked.If anyone could help me fix the desktop launcher and/or teh crashing issues, it would be greatly appreciated.

Vallek

04-06-2009, 08:11 AM

Ok I figured out a quickfix to having a "shortcut" to EQ2 on the desktop and having it launch properly.I created a script in the text editor:#!/bin/bashcd /cd /host/Program Files/Sony/EverQuest II/wine Everquest2.exe(note: the command "wine /host/Program Files/Sony/EverQuest II/Everquest2.exe" does not work, spits errors. I had to be in the EverQuest II directory for it to launch in the terminal properly, hence why the script cd's to it before launching EQ2.)And saved it as eq2.sh on the desktop and made it an executable. (Just remember that if you want to do this your path to Everquest2.exe may be different, especially if its a wine install.) From there you can change the icon if you wish, I created a launcher for the script so I could change the name without changing the name of the file, but I'm not sure it matters. Upside is, it works for both Everquest2.exe as well as the patcher executable. Just change "Everquest2.exe" to "eq2.exe" (or whatever the patcher executable is named) in the script.That done, now to figure out the crashing issue.

Hoshinokoe

04-13-2009, 01:02 PM

I made a video of my success.<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLFSDGN6RA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLFSDGN6RA</a>

Vallek

04-13-2009, 11:56 PM

<cite>Hoshinokoe wrote:</cite><blockquote>I made a video of my success.<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLFSDGN6RA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLFSDGN6RA</a></blockquote>Great video, did you change the registry at all or just added the line to eq2.ini and ran it?Also, as a bit of an update, I've fixed my crashing problems by turning off all pixel shaders. That would be seeting complex shader distance and max bumpy point distance to -1. The game runs with all of that on, but sooner or later it will crash. When I turn it off I don't crash. Do you experience this at all?Are you using an nvidia card? How did you fix the powermizer issue? EQ2 is the only game that will not raise the clocks on my card to max. Powermizer keeps it at 300/100 unless I do that command I posted about earlier. Every other game raises them like they should.Thanks for your input!Edit: I think wine 1.1.19 just broke EQ2. I just updated from 1.1.18 and now I get to the character select and it crashes.Edit: Confirmed, I reinstalled 1.1.18 and it works again.

PsiberDaemon

04-19-2009, 02:11 PM

ok, I think I might be hitting a hardware related issue here, so I figured I'd ask here before I go any further and start ripping my roommate's hair out... <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />I currently have a 2.8Ghz processor, 2Gb RAM and an nVIDIA GeForce FX5200 PCI 256MB. Basically, the only reason I keep Windows around these days is for EQ2. So, after reading all the posts about EQ2 under Linux, I decided to dive in and give it a shot. I have already decided not to bother with Cedega, since they won't let me read anything about their support of EQ2 unless I become a member (I don't mind paying, but I'm not shelling out $25 just to see their support forum)So. I went with Ubuntu (8.10) ... installed the latest NVIDIA drivers ... system works great. Downloaded latest version of WINE. configured it, copied over my EQ2 setup, edited the EQ2.ini file... ran it. Splash Screen, Music, Log In... All great. Then it gets to 'Adding Character To Game World' and the 'fun' begins... The window starts to fade out and in. Also, the intro music and the character select music start playing at the same time. About 20 seconds later, it switches to 'Updating Environment Map' the music fades out and the character select music only starts playing. About 30 - 40 seconds after that, the screen fades and I get the Character Select screen but it's all black and creepy and of course, can't select anything. I have to force exit.I have tried this without modifying the WINE registry, and also adding in the suggestions from the WineHQ site. I have also tried without the WINE Configuration and with the WINE Configuration. No matter what I do, I get the same result.So, I'm wondering if maybe my card just isn't going to cut it. If that's the case, I'll run out and buy an AGP, I just didn't want to spend the money if it isn't going to help. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance![EDIT 04/20/2009 @ 1:00PM] Looks like I answered my own question... WineHQ says I need to have Pixel Shader 3+ and this card only has 2.0 ... Looks like I'll be AGP shopping tonight!

Hoshinokoe

04-23-2009, 12:33 PM

<cite>Vallek wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Hoshinokoe wrote:</cite><blockquote>I made a video of my success.<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLFSDGN6RA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLFSDGN6RA</a></blockquote>Great video, did you change the registry at all or just added the line to eq2.ini and ran it?Also, as a bit of an update, I've fixed my crashing problems by turning off all pixel shaders. That would be seeting complex shader distance and max bumpy point distance to -1. The game runs with all of that on, but sooner or later it will crash. When I turn it off I don't crash. Do you experience this at all?Are you using an nvidia card? How did you fix the powermizer issue? EQ2 is the only game that will not raise the clocks on my card to max. Powermizer keeps it at 300/100 unless I do that command I posted about earlier. Every other game raises them like they should.Thanks for your input!Edit: I think wine 1.1.19 just broke EQ2. I just updated from 1.1.18 and now I get to the character select and it crashes.Edit: Confirmed, I reinstalled 1.1.18 and it works again.</blockquote>I have some registry settings, which you can see in my Perfect World International video at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t32GRBnc0T0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t32GRBnc0T0</a>I don't experience any crashing at all, and I do have an NVIDIA 7800GTX with the latest graphics drivers from Nvidia.com. I also have WINE 1.1.19 now and although the patcher is slow, the game works perfectly fine. So I would agree that 1.1.17 and 1.1.18 are the best WINE versions for EQ2 right now.

huipho

05-06-2009, 11:52 AM

Hi,When running EQ2 under linux, it attempts to download (what I assume) are all the latest patches and updates, despite me having copied a fully up to date EQ2 folder over from a windows installation. I have also tried running EQ2 via station launcher, but it appears to have some issues running. Is there a way to get EQ2 under linux to see the updates? Otherwise it has to download 6GB of updates (at a guess).Cheers,Campbell

SidneyLePoilu

05-08-2009, 08:26 PM

<cite>Hoshinokoe wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Vallek wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Hoshinokoe wrote:</cite><blockquote>I made a video of my success.<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLFSDGN6RA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLFSDGN6RA</a></blockquote>Great video, did you change the registry at all or just added the line to eq2.ini and ran it?Also, as a bit of an update, I've fixed my crashing problems by turning off all pixel shaders. That would be seeting complex shader distance and max bumpy point distance to -1. The game runs with all of that on, but sooner or later it will crash. When I turn it off I don't crash. Do you experience this at all?Are you using an nvidia card? How did you fix the powermizer issue? EQ2 is the only game that will not raise the clocks on my card to max. Powermizer keeps it at 300/100 unless I do that command I posted about earlier. Every other game raises them like they should.Thanks for your input!Edit: I think wine 1.1.19 just broke EQ2. I just updated from 1.1.18 and now I get to the character select and it crashes.Edit: Confirmed, I reinstalled 1.1.18 and it works again.</blockquote>I have some registry settings, which you can see in my Perfect World International video at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t32GRBnc0T0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t32GRBnc0T0</a>I don't experience any crashing at all, and I do have an NVIDIA 7800GTX with the latest graphics drivers from Nvidia.com. I also have WINE 1.1.19 now and although the patcher is slow, the game works perfectly fine. So I would agree that 1.1.17 and 1.1.18 are the best WINE versions for EQ2 right now.</blockquote>I'm running on 1.1.18 and it works, but not the Launcher. If any updates come along I'm screwed :/EDIT : Gecko was the problem, I deleted the gecko directory in c:windows, deleted the cab file i had downdloaded and in regedit i deleted HKCUSoftwareWineMSHTML (the whole key)But now the vocal system doesn't work ....... please help <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Swiftpaw

05-21-2009, 09:00 PM

I know most of you have subscriptions, but I wanted to try before I buy, but the EQ sign in thingy takes me to a dialogue where I can click either "subscribe" or "try for 14 days", and either one of those gives me this message: "There appeared to be an error with the URL you were trying to get to. This location was outside of the Sony Online Entertainment network. You will be directed to the Account Management page in 10 seconds." This seems to be the only way to subscribe to anything, and it doesn't work. You can't subscribe using Firefox.Anyone else have any luck with this?Using Ubuntu 8.10 with Wine 1.1.21.Thanks. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" />

Swiftpaw

05-21-2009, 09:50 PM

Why do they have to make all these silly game launcher web GUIs around stupid Explorer, that was a dumb move of failure. Use cross-platform programming and if you're going to make some web-based GUI, use actual, you know, Internet standards.

Rarlin

05-29-2009, 09:51 AM

First of all I'd like to thank everyone who has posted in this thread with ANY info at all. Every issue, every version number and every video helped me get EQ2 not only running, but running WELL.I've got a Gateway laptop running a GeForce9800M GTS video card running Ubuntu 9 (64-bit).Here is what I went through:1-Installed stable release of wine (think it's 1.0.1). EQ2 installed and ran, but had several graphical issues (sky turning black unless looking almost straight up in some zones) and frequent crashes to desktop. Paperdoll and dressing room didn't work either.2-Started testing several development releases to see if anything was better. As other posts indicated EQ2 ran fine until 1.1.18 and anything past that crashed. I ended up installing gecko on 1.1.2(something) and when I rolled back to another release the gecko didn't crash my launcher as it did in that release.3-Rolled back to 1.1.18 but still had graphical issues. The sky turning black was fixed for me by using the FBO setting mentioned elsewhere in the thread (I'll post my Direct3D registry settings in a moment).4-Registry settings - Below are my registry settings[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareWineDirect3D] "DirectDrawRenderer"="opengl" "OffscreenRenderingMode"="fbo" "PixelShaderMode"="enabled" "RenderTargetLockMode"="auto" "VertexShaderMode"="hardware"NOTE: If you're having troubles add/change your settings one at a time. Some settings produced VERY wierd results but this is what worked for ME. Also, there is a great page on some of these settings at:<a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys" target="_blank">http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys</a>5-Even after all this I still had this wierd graphics glitch where it looked like I was running outside of my body. After spending hours re-tweaking my registry I finally tried an older graphics driver (was running version 180, rolled back to 173). After this change I now can run EQ2 great (I still have to change the complex shader setting in EQ2 to -1 or it crashes after a short time).Anyway, hopefully something in this post may help/support the other posts in here and get a few more folks running EQ2 on Linux! It's a freeing feeling! <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> And I'm no Linux expert, I've just started playing with it in the past few months!Thanks again!

Adegx

06-30-2009, 10:27 AM

I just tried it in Fedora 11. I'm 100% complete linux noob so no idea if its just me or what. But I basicly followed step by step instructions off the eq2 wine entry. Patcher works without Gecko. Set resolution to 1024 x 768. Ran in windowed mode. It hung in fullscreen.Used winetricks to install Direct x. Copied eq2 folder from windows partition to my linux (ext4) ran Eq2. Game loads, I actually got to run around in my t3 guild hall for about 60 seconds, even got to check my mailbox before it crashed. T3 GH are very memory intensive May not been the best place to test. I'll play with it later and try a different toon not parked in a GH. Will edit this as time permits.I had a friend who was able to get eq2 to run, He said it crashed often for him. Worse problem was all water reflection basicly mirrored the screen. Was very very bad. Gave us both headaches. Has this been fixed? Water effects was normal. Game ran ok in Neriak without crashing. I dont think wine is up to the memory intensive demands of T3 Guildhalls. Still crashes in fullscreen or any other resolution.Wine Version 1.1.123Nvidia gforce gts88004 Gb RAMFedora 11 x64

Simulated

07-14-2009, 05:07 PM

deleted, since i made this post i've installed eq2 on a windows OS and stole the files. going to update with new errors.. lol..

fobyac

10-28-2009, 01:02 PM

ok, recently decided to dump windows on my old desktop that was running XP and everquest2 reasonably playable. Opted for ubuntu after seeing this thread and went on to install 9.04 and also chose to make the hard drive a completely linux one. So, ubuntu installed piece of cake. Nvidia drivers updated easier than on any windows install I ever did. So far so good.Next was wine. All good so far, now have the latest release of wine, (as per todays date). Like an earlier poster I had no trouble whatsoever installing from my RoK dvd's. Chose to not install directx as per an earlier post.First stumbling block was the font one, easily remedied with the r_font_ft addition to the .ini file.Patcher now working and game updates overnight. This morning I watch the intro video with no discernible issues but then we get no further. I can here the opening music playing but just have a black window.Back to the forums <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Realise I have no direct3d folder in my registry and the fun begins. Seems I need directx so download and open with wine. The program still hangs. Now I notice that the links pointing to the wine appdb and also 'how to install directx' are now broken so start hunting for an answer.After reading about one person using winetricks to install directx I opt for that. Follow the instructions found online and from the terminal I get it sorted. I now have some dlloverides in the registry.After reading <a href="http://www.smokinglinux.com/gaming/play-your-windows-games-with-wine-and-dire" target="_blank">here</a> I guess I need to fiddle with winecfg and add some bits and pieces. Here's where I hit the wall. Really not sure about what I should be doing here and can't seem to make the intuitive leaps necessary <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />This may be attributed to having a bored 2.5 yr old trying his hardest to prevent me from getting my teeth into the problem, maybe he's getting funded by microsoft!Any info or links to where I might find said info would be gratefully received as windows will not be getting put back on this machine and I really am not in a position to get a new one just yet! That said, if I can get eq2 and eve online to work in ubuntu then windows will never darken my doorstep again <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Arderath

10-28-2009, 03:15 PM

Right, so at least for me, it is a simple matter of install wine and run EQ2 (after making the mentioned font change).I am currently using wine 1.1.12, as some later break quite a bit - and it's running quite well (water is black atm. - but that's no showstopper). You don't need to install directx. Simply adding the entry manually into the registry that is mentioned on <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=15985&iTestingId=43460" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...TestingId=43460</a> should be enough.That said, EQ2 is quite playable - but I have *never* tried EQ2 running on Windows, so I don't have that much to compare it to, and can't add much other than the fact that it's quite playable for me.

fobyac

10-28-2009, 03:32 PM

thanks for the link, i'll check this out tonight - halloween costume maker right now <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

fobyac

10-29-2009, 10:17 AM

*edit* added wine and ubuntu versionsok, so I've now tried out all the registry settings seen in the above post and previous ones. I still get the patcher to load and scan files no problems.When I click on 'PLAY' my wine window for some reason resizes to 1024x768 although in winecfg it is 1280x1024 and also in the .ini files within eq2 it is set to 1280x1024.I used to get the EQ2 intro music at this point but that has stopped since I started dicking about with the registry. It seems from this forum that I had a lot less trouble than most getting the patcher to run, I'm assuming as I'm using later editions of the relevant software, but I can't get to the character select screen so far, let alone in game.First confusion now is what do people refer to when they state I should modify eq2.ini? My original install had eq2_default.ini and eq2_recent.ini and at least one site I've visited said to use OR create eq2.ini.Also some sites say I need directx some say I just need to modify the registry settings myself adding keys as they are needed. Seems to be some difference of opinion as to what keys are added and also what settings. I'm guessing this is relation to which gfx card is being used but please correct me if I'm wrong <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />(In the struggle to get directx installed i resorted to using winetricks as a previuos poster also did, do I need to remove this?)What got me into trying to get eq2 running under linux was the amount of people getting better performance out of their computer. In hindsight I maybe should have checked the specs as it seems most people trying this have a more powerful chip and 3-4 times as much RAM. My current system is such:AMD Athlon XP 1800+1GB RamGeForce 6600 LE 256MB AGP 8xRunning wine 1.0.1ubuntu 9.04Next question is am I barking up the wrong tree attempting to get eq2 working through wine on this system?I'd hate to spend much more time trying to get it running if there's little chance it will not play.IMany thanks in advance <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />

Kalvaine

11-22-2009, 12:15 AM

I've played EQ2 in Windows for over 3 years. This game has always been the main reason I've stuck with Windows. After seeing this post I thought I'd finally give EQ2 a try under Linux.Success!! I just installed it under Ubuntu 9.10. After installing Ubuntu I updated the system, installed the stable release of Wine in "Ubuntu Software Center" and installed the recommended nVidia drivers. After the long update I loaded into the world with no difficulties. The 3 things that I'll be looking into are as follows: the sky appears black unless I position the camera just right (does not affect lighting); limited particle effects even in High Quality; and game crashes unless played in windowed mode. None of these issues really affect my gameplay much so I'll be just as happy if I end up not finding a solution.I'll update this post if I experience any changes.System SpecsPentium 4 3.2GhZ HT processor4GB memorynVidia 9500GT (previously nVidia 7900GT)Soundblaster AudigyUbuntu 9.10Wine 1.0.1Update (12/4/09) - Been running EQ2 in Ubuntu Linux 9.10 for about 3 weeks. Everything's been going pretty well with a tweak here and there. I recently upgraded my graphics card which uses the same driver as my old card so that was painless. I really wish that I didn't have to turn my shader down to -1 cuz I feel like I upgraded my graphics card for nothing. I tried EQ2 in Windows XP with my new card and it's beautiful. I'm hearing about more and more people trying out Ubuntu Linux. I really hope that Sony decides to support Mac and Linux in the future because I won't upgrade to Windows 7 just so I can play one game. I'll switch to an MMO that supports Linux or at least one that runs a heck of alot better in Wine. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" />

Szuszpancz

11-30-2009, 09:07 PM

We should change the topic to 'run EQ under NVidia'. All other Linux graphic drivers, basically, suck.

PSmith

02-22-2010, 01:55 AM

I installed Ubuntu 9.10 and Wine 1.0.1, then updated my NVidia drivers. I'm now at the step of installing EQ2.Did you install from the DVD? I tried getting Launchpad from this website and going from there, but so far it isn't working. I kicked off Launcher_setup.exe (via Wine) and got it to bring in Launcher.exe, but when I try to run Launcher.exe (again, via Wine) it pops up a window for a fraction of a second, then shuts down.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Ahlana

05-03-2010, 11:54 AM

Hmm I am having problems with the patcher (even running it directly).I installed Ubuntu 10.0.4 and WINE 1.1.43 (newest) and copied EQ2 over from Windows Drive to my .wine/C drive area. The game runs if I open it directly (I didn't need to install any additional fonts or DX9c, it just straight up works).But when I run the patcher (no matter how I run it) it always starts a full download to my home/user/ drive. Any suggestions on this?Also if I make a shortcut under the Wine Applications menu to try to run the game it always errors out because it is looking for files in the home/user directory even though it is running from .wine/c-drive/Program Files/ect... So unable to run the game from a shortcut and patcher not working.. would love to hear any suggestions.BTW another game works flawlessly (patching, shortcut, ect..) even getting a bit more FPS off that one (actually alot more FPS it is odd, guessing it is the difference between using Direct3D vs OpenGL) anyways that is another story whooooEDIT: I have had a thought but can not check til I get home later. On my Windows PC the Launcher is under C:Program FilesSonyLauncher (or something similiar) and my EQ2 install is on D:GamesEverQuest2So my questions is, is everyone else using a setup where the Launcher and EQ2 are both under the folder Sony? Perhaps I need to setup like that in order for it to work properly?EDIT2: Alright it had nothing to do with my folder setup. I unmapped my /home/user/ folder from WINE under configuration (it mapped by default, though it didnt map to EQ2 so still shouldn't have patched there) once the patcher could no longer see my /home drive it stopped patching improperly. YAY