So you want to use MQ2 autologin?

[Denizen]

I'll give it a shot...thanks for the ideas.

[Midori]

I was finally able to get this to work. It was the /plugin mq2autologin command for each character I was missing. I somehow missed that in all the information above. Now I am just working on a batch file to launch them and it'll be a single batch file I'll launch while I go grab a drink, then come back to my nicely logged in characters. Thanks for all the input guys!

[Midori]

I am sure this is pure simplicity for most of you, but here's what I did to get everything launching with a single batch file:

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start /min eqbcserver-shortcut.lnk
Timeout /t 2 /nobreak
start /min macroquest2-shortcut.lnk
Timeout /t 2 /nobreak
start /min CharName.lnk
Timeout /t 70 /nobreak
start /min CharName.lnk
Timeout /t 70 /nobreak
start /min CharName.lnk
Timeout /t 70 /nobreak
start /min CharName.lnk
Timeout /t 70 /nobreak
start /min CharName.lnk
Timeout /t 70 /nobreak
start /min CharName.lnk

It launches EQBC, then MQ2, then all my chars. My delays are probably longer than most of you would need. Running off a laptop so I need to leave a long delay before the next line of code launches. I could probably tighten it up on times, but this seems to work well.

Hopefully that is helpful for someone!

Mid~

[moguay]

For auto start the third party applications only if needed, and after all this put your EQ toons start.

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SETLOCAL EnableExtensions

set DIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\EQPlayNice
set EXE=EQPlayNice.exe
FOR /F %%x IN ('tasklist /NH /FI "IMAGENAME eq %EXE%"') DO IF %%x == %EXE% goto EQPlayNiceFOUND
start "EQPlayNice" /D"%DIR%" "%DIR%\%EXE%"
:EQPlayNiceFOUND

set DIR=C:\Game\MQ2Emu_UT_Full
set EXE=MacroQuest2.exe
FOR /F %%x IN ('tasklist /NH /FI "IMAGENAME eq %EXE%"') DO IF %%x == %EXE% goto MacroQuest2FOUND
start "MacroQuest2" /D"%DIR%" "%DIR%\%EXE%"
:MacroQuest2FOUND

set EXE=EQBCS.exe
FOR /F %%x IN ('tasklist /NH /FI "IMAGENAME eq %EXE%"') DO IF %%x == %EXE% goto EQBCServerFOUND
start "EQBCServer" /D"%DIR%" "%DIR%\%EXE%"
:EQBCServerFOUND

For auto read only EQclient.ini for prevent some bad write

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set EQDIR=C:\Game\Everquest_Underfoot_THF
IF EXIST "%EQDIR%\eqclient.ini" attrib +r "%EQDIR%\eqclient.ini"

[possom]

Any changes to this? I get "run everquest.exe".

Tried eqgame and THFDownloader

How can I autologin?

Server instructions say "Do NOT run the game with the default everquest.exe/eqgame.exe files."

[Nilbus]

Any changes to this? I get "run everquest.exe".

Tried eqgame and THFDownloader

How can I autologin?

Server instructions say "Do NOT run the game with the default everquest.exe/eqgame.exe files."

Are you using Macroquest?

Are you using Wineq2 or Innerspace or anything like that to manage profiles?

Or are you just trying to run 1 single EQ instance but want to use the Macroquest Autologin plugin?

[possom]

I'm using macroquest but nothing else. No WinEQ. I'm trying to run 4 characters, but only one folder of EQ files. Would I need winEQ or separated client files to autostart and login the characters?

[Nilbus]

I'm using macroquest but nothing else. No WinEQ. I'm trying to run 4 characters, but only one folder of EQ files. Would I need winEQ or separated client files to autostart and login the characters?

your login batch file will look something like this

"Path to your everquest folder\eqgame.exe" patchme /login:Account1
"Path to your everquest folder\eqgame.exe" patchme /login:Account2
"Path to your everquest folder\eqgame.exe" patchme /login:Account3
"Path to your everquest folder\eqgame.exe" patchme /login:Account4

Then your mq2autologin.ini should have sections like this

[Servers]
HiddenForest=The Hidden Forest [ www.thehiddenforest.org ]

[account1]
Password=yourpassword
Server=HiddenForest
Character=account1charname
[account2]
Password=yourpassword
Server=HiddenForest
Character=account2charname
[account3]
Password=yourpassword
Server=HiddenForest
Character=account3charname
[account4]
Password=yourpassword
Server=HiddenForest
Character=account4charname

also make sure you load the mq2autologin plugin with /plugin mq2autologin or manually edit your macroquest.ini under the [plugins] section to have
mq2autologin=mq2autologin

[Realin]

The nice thing about using WinEQ2 instead of regular shortcuts is that you can give each taskbar process the name of the toon you are loading ... very easy to find and isolate your various toons in your Taskbar.

[possom]

So for autologin I can use eqgame.exe that thf setup guides say never run? Will try if so.