Joudas
Dalayan Adventurer
Perhaps it would be a good idea to add the nightmareb zone files to the downloads page, if not making them part of the patcher directly?
They can't be patched in with the normal EQ patcher unless the user has PoP installed from the CDs, and to many folks, either new players who want to give the game a try or old players who's CDs have long since become coasters, this is a pretty big issue.
I recently reinstalled myself, and in lieu of buying another copy of PoP for a few zone files (which I'm against in a huge way, mainly because I see no reason to give SoE any more money then I already have), asked a friend to send me the files, and it worked fine. The total size of all of the files is around 5mb.
There've been a few other posts in various places on the forums from people new to the game commenting that the game crashes when they try to make a new character - these missing files is the result. At the very least, there ought to be a note somewhere on the site that without a retail install of PoP, you can't get these files through the patcher.
They can't be patched in with the normal EQ patcher unless the user has PoP installed from the CDs, and to many folks, either new players who want to give the game a try or old players who's CDs have long since become coasters, this is a pretty big issue.
I recently reinstalled myself, and in lieu of buying another copy of PoP for a few zone files (which I'm against in a huge way, mainly because I see no reason to give SoE any more money then I already have), asked a friend to send me the files, and it worked fine. The total size of all of the files is around 5mb.
There've been a few other posts in various places on the forums from people new to the game commenting that the game crashes when they try to make a new character - these missing files is the result. At the very least, there ought to be a note somewhere on the site that without a retail install of PoP, you can't get these files through the patcher.
