Iv been looking through the forums and asking around but im still not able to get eqw to run properly.
The game runs fine if I turn eqw off but with the number of people on this server and the huge and vast area within, it's alot easier and fun to DC sometimes. I used to DC with Maeven and Eelin about a year ago but it was a different computer which I no longer have. I was able to DC just fine, I could Alt-Enter to get full screen and do it again to window it in order to switch to the other character... I think I knew shortcutts but thats not relevant.
Anyway, I downloaded the eqw files directly from the starting guide area on this website. I put those 3 files into a separate folder and then ran the patcher. The patcher then gives control over to eqw and that asks for the executable. Now when I try to tell it to use Everquest.exe I get an error program must close and then it says "unable to load eqw.dll". So I looked around and then tried to tell eqw that the file eqgame.exe was the right one. Strangly enough, that worked to an extant. It bumped the game to the upper left corner and I had to readjust the width and height. So I thought that had fixed my program. Unfortunatly now I can't alt-enter to get the game into full screen. Everquest always loads in a window and stays in a window.
Some people have told me that, it's ok. However, the game is unplayable in the current state the window has it in. The text is all choppy and unreadable, the picture is all drawn out and far away, almost just like it looks when you drink alcohol in game.
Now What I used to be able to do was alt-enter to get out of that window screen into full screen. I used the window screen to switch between the 2 characters.
So I guess im running this wrong apparently. Perhaps it lies in the install itself, what im doing, what im telling the program to do.
Hopefully someone can help me out on this... Heres some questions that I may be able to get from help from.
1. When I download eqw from the site, it's in a zip folder. Am I supposed to just copy these 3 files directly from the folder to another folder and tell the patcher where that is? Do I have to try and run eather eqw or the fix exe looking files? Iv tried that and it creates a config readable file.
2. Which executable file am I supposed to tell eqw windows to use? eqgame.exe or everquest.exe
3. Theres checkmark boxes in that executable that can be checked, like, patcher, fix ini. Do I have to have those checked at all?
4. Perhaps Im putting the eqw folder in the wrong place?
5. Is this perhaps a resolution problem with windows? I tried running the inside of the game in different resolutions but I encountered the same problem.
The game runs fine if I turn eqw off but with the number of people on this server and the huge and vast area within, it's alot easier and fun to DC sometimes. I used to DC with Maeven and Eelin about a year ago but it was a different computer which I no longer have. I was able to DC just fine, I could Alt-Enter to get full screen and do it again to window it in order to switch to the other character... I think I knew shortcutts but thats not relevant.
Anyway, I downloaded the eqw files directly from the starting guide area on this website. I put those 3 files into a separate folder and then ran the patcher. The patcher then gives control over to eqw and that asks for the executable. Now when I try to tell it to use Everquest.exe I get an error program must close and then it says "unable to load eqw.dll". So I looked around and then tried to tell eqw that the file eqgame.exe was the right one. Strangly enough, that worked to an extant. It bumped the game to the upper left corner and I had to readjust the width and height. So I thought that had fixed my program. Unfortunatly now I can't alt-enter to get the game into full screen. Everquest always loads in a window and stays in a window.
Some people have told me that, it's ok. However, the game is unplayable in the current state the window has it in. The text is all choppy and unreadable, the picture is all drawn out and far away, almost just like it looks when you drink alcohol in game.
Now What I used to be able to do was alt-enter to get out of that window screen into full screen. I used the window screen to switch between the 2 characters.
So I guess im running this wrong apparently. Perhaps it lies in the install itself, what im doing, what im telling the program to do.
Hopefully someone can help me out on this... Heres some questions that I may be able to get from help from.
1. When I download eqw from the site, it's in a zip folder. Am I supposed to just copy these 3 files directly from the folder to another folder and tell the patcher where that is? Do I have to try and run eather eqw or the fix exe looking files? Iv tried that and it creates a config readable file.
2. Which executable file am I supposed to tell eqw windows to use? eqgame.exe or everquest.exe
3. Theres checkmark boxes in that executable that can be checked, like, patcher, fix ini. Do I have to have those checked at all?
4. Perhaps Im putting the eqw folder in the wrong place?
5. Is this perhaps a resolution problem with windows? I tried running the inside of the game in different resolutions but I encountered the same problem.