December 18th Patch

**Rogean** · #1 12-17-2003, 09:45 PM

The December 18th Patch Has Broken EQEmu.

This means DO NOT PATCH Without making a backup of your existing EQ Folder.

haecz · #2 12-18-2003, 02:25 AM

tnx for sharing... lets just corss our fingers that we dont get spammed with posts asking about why they cant play :s

Ephezian · #3 12-18-2003, 03:17 AM

Is there a place to download the previous patchs? I have a dial up connection and have to reinstall. Any help would be appreciated.

Ephezian

#4 12-18-2003, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ephezian

Is there a place to download the previous patchs? I have a dial up connection and have to reinstall. Any help would be appreciated.

Ephezian

short answer = no

long answer = that would be handing out warz and you even asking the question you did is against the rules and can get you banned

danielwow12 · #5 12-18-2003, 03:22 AM

Hey, thanks for the forewarning!

So, do i just need to not run the updater?

RippaN · #6 12-18-2003, 03:49 AM

verant is trying to be smart when they first made us confirm that the patch didnt broke eqemu, then right after that they updated with a destroying file so everyone thought it was ok to patch.. i think maybe.. not.. or.. something =)

haecz · #7 12-18-2003, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danielwow12

So, do i just need to not run the updater?

what?!
that post makes no sense?
is anythin wrong,cant u play? :s
im confused ;P

Canadili · #8 12-18-2003, 10:00 AM

is there anyway to reverse the patch, if you already ran it? i tried sing eqemu patcher but it doesnt work anymore

Tertiary · #9 12-18-2003, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canadili

is there anyway to reverse the patch, if you already ran it? i tried sing eqemu patcher but it doesnt work anymore

No, you need to wait until EQEmu catches up with todays patch. This could take a while, just check back every week or so to check on progress.

kettle · #10 12-18-2003, 11:03 AM

There is a way to reverse patch, I use WinXp in start/programe/ accessorie/system tools/system restore.

Thanks for warning

Arastiroth · #11 12-18-2003, 03:10 PM

I have patched forward, but have another computer with the old patch on it still -- does anyone know what files have broken the game, and if I just replace those with the older files would it work? Or anything that anyone else could tell me about getting those to work? Would I have to replace all the files that were updated, or just a couple?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks. =)

a_Guest03 · #12 12-18-2003, 03:46 PM

Technically, you only have to replace a couple! Finding out which couple won't take you long. Search your everquest folder for any and all files replaced 12/17/03 or 12/18/03. When you have compiled a list, you can replace only those. It's probably faster to replace it all.

Arastiroth · #13 12-18-2003, 04:00 PM

I looked at my Everquest.log file and at the bottom it says:

Code:

[19:15:33] -------- CRC Validation ------------------------------
[19:15:33] CRC for eqmain.dll: -1229297779
[19:15:33] CRC for spdat.eff: -1521775102
[19:15:33] CRC for eqtext.txt: 126010213
[19:15:33] CRC for fr_eqtext.txt: 73989424
[19:15:33] CRC for de_eqtext.txt: -1170578037
[19:15:33] CRC for eqgame.exe: 368550649
[19:15:33] Preparing to launch eqgame.exe
[19:15:33] -------- CRC Validation End --------------------------

Would that mean those are the files that were updated?

Tolarn · #14 12-18-2003, 07:32 PM

You should be able to just replace those files with the old ones and have it work

haecz · #15 12-18-2003, 10:46 PM

actually you will need to replace "eqp_config.xml" and "eqp_strings.xml" aswell...
they are important, filled with info about the version
of EQ, so if you do not recover these files, you
will not be able to play.