Yes that is the location. You can move the directory to where you want it or back it up however you want to. I backed mine up to a couple of DVDs to make it easy to install again if I ever need to.

Bought SoD off Steam for $2.50 last night and finished download this morning.

I downloaded the server code from SVN and compiled the server and EQEmuLoginServer. My existing PEQ database was still the same revision so I left my SQL alone.

Booted up the server and EQEmuLoginServer, booted up the SoD client and connected to localhost on port 5999. Everything went smooth. The SoD client saw my server and I was able to make a new character and load into the tutorial zone, no crashes or disconnects.

World.exe did spit out a bunch of [Debug] [WORLD__CLIENT_ERR] messages, but nothing that caused a crash or disconnect.

I haven't ran the server for very long but so far it is looking absolutely superb!

This might not help much, I am still fairly fresh behind the ears when it comes to compiling and running an EQ server, so I have to say if *I* was able to get it up and running without any trouble that must mean something! ;)

I downloaded it off steam and backed up the install dir to a DVD...now how do I get this game on another PC with these 2 DVDs I made? I don't want to hook up to STEAM to play this.

- Djeryv

All you need to do is copy the install folder to your other PC where ever you want it and then create the shortcut to eqgame.exe like normal. Everquest doesn't require anything special like registry entries or anything like some applications need, it just needs to have the install folder there and you can start it up right away. It is very easy to move the install around because of this :)

SoD is no longer on sale. The price is listed as $19.99 on Steam now.

Awwwe, that sucks! I hope everyone who wanted it has gotten it already... I will go around and update all of the posts that mention the sale to reflect the change.

Thank you trevius. I was getting a tad worried because I did what you said on a Windows 7 machine...and I get some memory errors on load up. I will bring it home later and try it out...as I have many Windows XP machines there.

Also...since I mentioned it...does anyone have SOD working on Windows 7? If so...did you have to do anything fancy for it to work. In order to get SOF working on Windows 7...I had to install direct x 9c...but it worked after that. I did not have the same success with SOD.

-Djeryv

I have Titanium, SoF, SoD, and EQLive all installed on my Windows 7 Ulimate 64bit system and they all work fine. I didn't have to do anything special at all to get SoD running on Windows 7, it just worked. Maybe you were missing a file or something. I wouldn't be surprised if you still need to install DX9c for SoD, but mine worked right away on Windows 7 (though I already had DX9c installed from previous EQ installs).

I'm also running win7ult 64 and I have it running but I had to load dx9c first. Once I did that, it all ran fine.

Moved this from news since the sale is over.

Thanks, Cavedude. I will probably make a news post about EQEmu being compatible with SoD again once Rogean gets the Public Login Server working with it. It will basically just be an informational news post to let people know a bit about the expansion and where to get it and such.

I will also make sure to update the install wiki guide to add SoD specific instructions to it once it works with the Public Login Server.

I purchased and downloaded the steam SoD yesterday right before the sale closed but even changing the port number and trying it using 2 different sets of eqhost.txt settings I cant get it to go online. It gives a "cannot connect to server" message

[code:1:fb7b962cbb][LoginServer]
Host=projecteq.net:5999
[/code:1:fb7b962cbb]

or

[LoginServer]
Host=projecteq.net:5999



Ive also set the shortcut for eqgame.exe with the
" patchme statement.

Ive tried with all firewalls disabled and still cant connect.

I am online running SoF client just fine on the same XP machine so I know it has to be something in either my SoD DL or a setting im missing, Any help would be great.

Yeah, I think PEQ is the only current server that people can play on with SoD until Rogean gets the Public LS working with it. It looks like you had the eqhost.txt file set correctly as far as I can tell.

I think PEQ requires that you register your account to be able to log into their secondary private Login Server. Does your SoF install work on their Private LS ok? If so, the eqghost.txt file for SoD should be exactly the same as the one you have on SoF, accept the port should be 5999 instead of 5998.

I use the EQemu login on SoF. But no I hadnt claimed on the PEQ. I claimed my account and attempted the login again, now its giving a "timed out" message. I checked my EQhost file and its changed to the following on its own....

[LoginServer] ]
Host=projecteq.net:5999

[LoginServer]
Host=xp-smitchell:7308
Host1=

This is what you want it set to:

Try using it on your SoF install and if it works there, then it should work for SoD as well. If it still doesn't work on SoD, then maybe you patched SoD by mistake after you downloaded it from Steam.

Make sure you use the exact text I have in that code box above though. All of the other examples you have tried so far have not been exactly accurate. Also, make sure that the shortcut you created is for the eqgame.exe not the everquest.exe file.

Thanks so much, I changed SoF to PEQ and it logged in fine showing just the one server. Then i copied exactly what you put in the eqhost file and this time it logged in to SoD and didnt change the host info.

I dont know what was different other than using the PEQ host file in my SoF from when i tried the second host info from my first post but it works great now on both clients. Thanks!!

I purchased this game during the sale. Should i download SoF or SoD. I would currently like to start playing. Can i just download SoF and start playing once i follow the instructions on this website?

I don't believe believe they have the login ready for SoD. The login stalls after entering in the user name and password. But before I removed it, SoF was working fine.

When you guy SOD special it came with a SOF as a seperate download from SoD. So am i able to download just SoF ands play. Sorry if im not getting this right away.

From what I have heard, the SoF download from Steam is just the same download as SoD is as far as files go. I am not really sure why it is there other than maybe as a backup download or something.

Currently, the only way to play using SoD is to register over at the PEQ website and use their private Login Server. They use the open source Login Server for their second LS connection, and that one is compatible with SoD. We are still waiting on the Public Login Server to be updated so it is compatible with SoD.

So just confirming before I try to muck around too much. The only server you can play on with the Steam install at the moment is PEQ?

Yes, that is true, but with the recent addition of the Dual Login Server code to the Google SVN, it probably won't be long before other servers start using another Login Server so people can use SoD (or just to have a backup LS). I know I plan to get Storm Haven on a Dual LS setup one way or another fairly soon.

Hopefully the Public LS is compatible with SoD soon, as it is still the simplest way to handle accounts and such. But, until then, at least we have an alternative way opening up that also adds to more diversity/redundancy for LS access.

I bought the SoD a little too late. I ended up payin the 19.95 but I figured wth.

I seem to have an incomplete download from steam tho or it's a different version/updated a bit. I seem to be missing files in the default UI folder.

The game crashes and throws a UIErrors.txt log
I tried replacing the XML files it said it was missing from my live version but that ended up in a dead end of undeclared referenced file errors.

Any ideas here I am at a loss now.

I would install Sof first then Sod the one you bought then load and copy the steam version if your having problems. the Sod version you bought is back dated too Sof opcode that why i said copy the steam version.

Yea I tried the SoF default UI folder in the SoD folder, was still a no go. It gave me the same errors.

But on a whim I decided to go comment happy on the live version's XML reference files. Well it worked. Had to do mass commenting in EQUI_Templates.xml (I loaded all the XML files into VS and did a find in files 'file name from error log here' and killed all reference to them)

Apparently the achievements window is something new in live since the steam version or at least they modded it? Either way, I got it to log in and work fine.

Thanks for the reply and the thought, much appreciated.