Follow this guide to the letter and you shouldn't have any issues playing on our servers. Please note: We currently only support Seeds of Discord and Underfoot expansions. Titanium WILL work to log in, however some of the custom models and NPCs may not show up correctly (IE: Snakes and Imps that appear Human Male instead.).
Step 1Download the Everquest: Underfoot expansion from Steam (costs a few bucks).
OR
Download a torrent of the Underfoot expansion from
here. You will need a bittorrent client. (This link will be going away once we are Beta Live and you will be left to your own way to obtain the game aside of a steam link provided later.)
Step 2Install the game.
BUT
DO NOT RUN THE GAME, BAT FILE, NOTHING... next step
Step 3Open notepad and copy the following code into note pad
- Code:
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@Echo off
Cls
Echo Welcome to the War of Thrones easy start system.
Echo =========================================
Echo = Please select a server =
Echo = =
Echo = 1) War of Thrones - PvP Custom Live =
Echo = 2) War of Thrones LAN Party =
Echo = 3) War of Thrones Local =
Echo = =
Echo = Use #1 for online play =
Echo = Use #2 for server site play =
Echo = Use #3 for same machine (development) =
Echo = Press nothing for default (#1) =
Echo =========================================
rem ===== as Windows 2k or XP doesn't have the choice cmd by default, we use set ======
set /p choice="Which server? "
if not '%choice%'=='' set choice=%choice:~0,1%
rem cls
echo [LoginServer]>eqhost.txt
if '%choice%'=='1' goto wot
if '%choice%'=='2' goto wotlan
if '%choice%'=='3' goto wotloc
goto wot
:wot
echo Host=woteq.dyndns-server.com:5999>>eqhost.txt
Goto rungame
:wotlan
echo Host=192.168.1.109:5999>>eqhost.txt
:wotloc
echo Host=127.0.0.1:5999>>eqhost.txt
:rungame
rem start eqgame.exe patchme
Echo File updated to selected server.
Select
File >
Save As...Change the type to either .bat or All Types
Save as eq.bat to your Everquest install directory (C:\Program Files (86)\Sony\Everquest on windows 7 ultimate 64).
Step 4Run the bat file shortcut on your desktop
AS ADMINISTRATOR and select option 1. The other options are for development purposes.
Step 5Run the eqgame shortcut on your desktop and login with the account information provided to you by a GM during Alpha phase. Beta will include a browser based registration form.