Station launcher goes to 9+ gig download when I switch to Euro server

yaxmany · 02-10-2010, 12:03 AM

Greetings -

I stopped playing the game almost 18 months ago. In the intervening period, I replaced my desktop at home, but have the same work computer. The new home Comp has Windows 7, the old work PC Windows XP. When I re-activated my accounts, updating the work PC was easy - just a very long patch with all the new content. The new home PC had no EQ2, so I did a digital download. The odd thing is, I now have to launch the game from Station Launche on the new PC instead of the old familiar EQ2 Launcher. Nontheless, you end up in the same place, even though the Sation Launcher seems like a needless extra step.

Here's my problem. Today on the work PC I created a new toon on the EU server Runnyeye. With EQ2 Launcher, going to EU servers is a simple matter of picking a different language at the first screen - then the rest of the process is the same - the game launches immediately. However, at home tonight, using the Station Launcher I picked English (England) from the language drop down menu, and then the update process tells me I have a 9.44 Gig download. It looks like it thinks it has to download the entire game. Yet - when I check the help section, it's says that EU English and US English are the same game and this shouldn't happen. Any ideas?

Ragnaphore · 02-10-2010, 01:53 AM

They are not the "same" game (Euro servers are not patched at the same time than US servers). You need a complete EQ install for every localized version you want to play.

Pogopuschel · 02-10-2010, 04:48 AM

Ragnaphore wrote:

They are not the "same" game (Euro servers are not patched at the same time than US servers). You need a complete EQ install for every localized version you want to play.

No you don't.

I haven't tried with the Station Launcher, but the delta between the English EU and the US servers is usually just the everquest2.exe (unless there was a recent live update, then the software is quite different), so patching back and forth is very quick.

What you can do is copy over the old launcher from your work PC and use that one at home, works like a charm.

I also find the station launcher to be quite unnecessary when you only play one SoE game.

Wingrider01 · 02-10-2010, 08:45 AM

Uyaem@Runnyeye wrote:

Ragnaphore wrote:
They are not the "same" game (Euro servers are not patched at the same time than US servers). You need a complete EQ install for every localized version you want to play.
No you don't.
I haven't tried with the Station Launcher, but the delta between the English EU and the US servers is usually just the everquest2.exe (unless there was a recent live update, then the software is quite different), so patching back and forth is very quick.
What you can do is copy over the old launcher from your work PC and use that one at home, works like a charm.
I also find the station launcher to be quite unnecessary when you only play one SoE game.

things like voice files and the such are localized, you change regions it downloads the specialized files that have been localized

yaxmany · 02-10-2010, 09:27 AM

I'm certain that you don't need a complete additional install. Yesterday was the first time I've ever created an EU character. When I switched regions/languages, the EQ2 launcher re-ran and patched for all of about 5 minutes, and that was it for my first and only log in to a Euro server. It makes no sense that Sation Launcher wouldn't behave the same way.

Pogopuschel · 02-10-2010, 10:26 AM

Wingrider01 wrote:

things like voice files and the such are localized, you change regions it downloads the specialized files that have been localized

Why would they have extra English voice files for Europe?

Regardless, I've done it, and like for yaxmany, my patch time was < 5 min with the old launcher every time I switched.

02-10-2010, 04:48 AM	#3
Pogopuschel Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 408	Ragnaphore wrote: They are not the "same" game (Euro servers are not patched at the same time than US servers). You need a complete EQ install for every localized version you want to play. No you don't. I haven't tried with the Station Launcher, but the delta between the English EU and the US servers is usually just the everquest2.exe (unless there was a recent live update, then the software is quite different), so patching back and forth is very quick. What you can do is copy over the old launcher from your work PC and use that one at home, works like a charm. I also find the station launcher to be quite unnecessary when you only play one SoE game. __________________ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Runnyeye.Luitgard, 80 Berserker - Member of Xanadu ... and a few alts... 80 Troubadour / 80 Dirge / 80 Ranger / 80 Warden / 80 Illusionist / 80 Mystic / 80 Necromancer / 80 Warlock / 80 Brigand

02-10-2010, 08:45 AM	#4
Wingrider01 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,999	Uyaem@Runnyeye wrote: Ragnaphore wrote: They are not the "same" game (Euro servers are not patched at the same time than US servers). You need a complete EQ install for every localized version you want to play. No you don't. I haven't tried with the Station Launcher, but the delta between the English EU and the US servers is usually just the everquest2.exe (unless there was a recent live update, then the software is quite different), so patching back and forth is very quick. What you can do is copy over the old launcher from your work PC and use that one at home, works like a charm. I also find the station launcher to be quite unnecessary when you only play one SoE game. things like voice files and the such are localized, you change regions it downloads the specialized files that have been localized __________________ Fixing computer issues, one SOC7 at a time. Yes Jim, the user has experienced the dreaded PICNIC error

02-10-2010, 10:26 AM	#6
Pogopuschel Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 408	Wingrider01 wrote: things like voice files and the such are localized, you change regions it downloads the specialized files that have been localized Why would they have extra English voice files for Europe? Regardless, I've done it, and like for yaxmany, my patch time was < 5 min with the old launcher every time I switched. __________________ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Runnyeye.Luitgard, 80 Berserker - Member of Xanadu ... and a few alts... 80 Troubadour / 80 Dirge / 80 Ranger / 80 Warden / 80 Illusionist / 80 Mystic / 80 Necromancer / 80 Warlock / 80 Brigand

02-10-2010, 12:03 AM	#1
yaxmany Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 14	Greetings - I stopped playing the game almost 18 months ago. In the intervening period, I replaced my desktop at home, but have the same work computer. The new home Comp has Windows 7, the old work PC Windows XP. When I re-activated my accounts, updating the work PC was easy - just a very long patch with all the new content. The new home PC had no EQ2, so I did a digital download. The odd thing is, I now have to launch the game from Station Launche on the new PC instead of the old familiar EQ2 Launcher. Nontheless, you end up in the same place, even though the Sation Launcher seems like a needless extra step. Here's my problem. Today on the work PC I created a new toon on the EU server Runnyeye. With EQ2 Launcher, going to EU servers is a simple matter of picking a different language at the first screen - then the rest of the process is the same - the game launches immediately. However, at home tonight, using the Station Launcher I picked English (England) from the language drop down menu, and then the update process tells me I have a 9.44 Gig download. It looks like it thinks it has to download the entire game. Yet - when I check the help section, it's says that EU English and US English are the same game and this shouldn't happen. Any ideas?

02-10-2010, 01:53 AM	#2
Ragnaphore Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 715	They are not the "same" game (Euro servers are not patched at the same time than US servers). You need a complete EQ install for every localized version you want to play.

02-10-2010, 09:27 AM	#5
yaxmany Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 14	I'm certain that you don't need a complete additional install. Yesterday was the first time I've ever created an EU character. When I switched regions/languages, the EQ2 launcher re-ran and patched for all of about 5 minutes, and that was it for my first and only log in to a Euro server. It makes no sense that Sation Launcher wouldn't behave the same way.