THF and P1999 parallel installation

[valthalion]

I have played p1999 for some time and will continue to do so. But I also want to play on THF and logging on is no issue, but i need to download the custom files.

The issue is i dont want to overwrite the p1999 files.

So has anyone successfully accomplished being to log onto both (not at the same time)?

thanks, Jeff

[Allizar]

Easiest way is to have 2 separate installs, one with P99 files and one with THF files

[Jatrasis]

That's what I did. There is a launcher that downloads the files needed to play on specific EMU servers, but it sometimes does not show the server's status correctly.

[Lillu]

well the launcher isn't up to date with our custom files either, so I suggest you to just grab them from our portal, and use a clean separate installation folder for THF (that will work for most of the other emu servers too).

[valthalion]

Thanks. I kind of wondered if that was going to be the answer. But figured their might be a handy "swap" utility since i figure i would not be the first with such a need.

OK....so any issues installing client 2 times on same machine? Wonder if there are registry settings which might get clobbered by the second install.

thanks, Jeff

[ChaosSlayer]

1. delete uninstall all eq related things first
2. install EQ T
3. copy the folder
4. now rename 1st folder as EQ-99 and another as EQ-THF

EQ has no registry entries to speak of.

[Grey]

Really the only thing you need to play on P99 is the old lavastorm.
On Computer A I have lava set for P99.
I also have a folder on my desktop which is my EQBackup folder.
I have 2 sub folders. One contains the GlobalLoad and spell file for default eq titanium install.
The other folder has every THF custom file THF has released in the previous year.
Yes I kept the zip files cause im strange like that.
Just because P99 is "classic" did not mean I was going to butcher my UI and spell icons.
I dont care about that garbage, I play(ed) there to see old content when I get super mega bored.

Otherwise yes having 2 installs is fine and considering how large HD are these days it is not that big of a deal to have a separate install for every server you play on if you do not like changing files.

[Stickybuds]

you can also significantly reduce the file size of the P1999 folder as it only needs the zone files for classic to velious. I think there is a thread on their forums on how to get it under 1GB so it will go on any flash drive and you can play it on basically any comp. Although i think the 1GB thing is classic only (no kunark or velious, which are not completed yet anyways).

i would highly recommend 2 different folders instead of switching files each time. else you will miss something and run into issues like i had with missing zone files which caused several problems for me when i 1st started playing here that i couldn't figure out. Kudos to the great staff here for helping me resolve those issues even though they were produced from my own oversight.

[Grey]

Stickybuds you feel like doing a writeup on your experience and putting it on the wiki.
Its been awhile since we had a connection guide for people to view.
Maybe someone will find it useful. Maybe one of those hundred people asking in ooc will actually read the forum/wiki for a change.