New to server/getting annoyed

[Vandictive]

Hey all,

So I have been playing on the server for a few days now and love the way the server in run. However I have been using the Eqemu launcher and not the private log in using the THF login credentials. Now I can not get the servers to come up on the Eqemu launcher so I have no way of connecting with my old characters. I am allowed to connect to the server with a private account that I recently created but I don't have any of my characters on it. Is there anyway to connect with my Public account w/o using the eqemu launcher? ANy help would be awesome

Thanks,

Thodin

[Noren]

Hi Thodin,

Sounds like an eqhost.txt issue. This file is located in the root directory of everquest, and points to a login server. I believe that you should be able to skip the eqemu launcher so long as you change your eqhost.txt file to meet your needs. I'll admit, though, that reading your post I'm still confused about what you did and what you are doing now. I'll recap what I've gathered:

So I have been playing on the server for a few days now and love the way the server in run. However I have been using the Eqemu launcher and not the private log in using the THF login credentials.

You created a username at eqemulator.org and have been using their login server (through EqEmu Launcher) to connect to THF. You then created characters on THF that are specifically tied to that eqemulator.org username(s).

Now I can not get the servers to come up on the Eqemu launcher so I have no way of connecting with my old characters. I am allowed to connect to the server with a private account that I recently created but I don't have any of my characters on it.

Having never used the EqEmu Launcher myself, I can only hazard a guess at what's going on. I assume that since you have to tell it what server to connect to, the port it is trying to use is incompatible with your client. 5998 is Titanium and 5999 is SoD+ (someone please correct me if I'm wrong).

What I'd urge you to do is this:
Make a shortcut to eqgame.exe, change the properties on that shortcut so that the target line reads like this... C:\everquest\eqgame.exe patchme ...appending 'patchme' with a space after whatever your eqgame.exe path is.

Then go into your everquest folder and edit eqhost.txt. It should look like this:

[LoginServer]
Host=login.thehiddenforest.org:5999
*Host=eqemulator.net:5999

but with only one Host line. I put in both the eqemulator login server and the private THF one, using only one by putting a * in front of the one I don't want.

The eqhost.txt file is read by the client only when the client is first started. If you've edited the file while you have the game running, then you'll have to exit out of it and then restart it for the changes to take effect. My guess is that your characters are tied to eqemulator.org's login servers, so I'd check there first. Make sure you have the correct port :5998 or :5999 down in the eqhost.txt file.

If you find your characters on the eqemulator.org login server and you wish to copy them over to THF's private server, you may follow the guide here: viewtopic.php?p=19678#p19678


Good luck, sir

[Vandictive]

Noren,

I have been able to reach the server using the private log in server using the same instructions that you have posted. I guess what I was asking is if I could retrieve my characters from my public account without actually logging in with the public account. I have lost access with my public account and I am only able to log in with a new private account with no characters on it.

Might just have to start over at this point... Thanks for the input though!

-Thodin

[Vandictive]

*Update

Got it to work and bypass the Eqemu Launcher!

Used:

[LoginServer]
Host=login.eqemulator.net:5998
Host=eqemulator.net:5998

Thanks for the help!