ubuntu 22.04, tried steam version but same error as what im trying to do today, again spoiler since its linux [spoiler] wine winecfg winetricks with some mods installed (apt repo), with winetricks i installed corefonts, and a few random other fonts (below), installed the ?? directx and latest of 9 10 and 11 (6 check-boxes installed via graphical interface) seems the launcher only AFTER install process and directx installation (skip/cancel) has problems, loops an error.. some 'cef child process' with a bunch of errors, Though launching the launcher is working (wine launchpad), login is okay with errors in the background terminal I'm using the launch from. Note my computer doesn't go back to Windows anymore (it literally turned everything pink even the led on the computer) ... So im going to attempt and figure this out heuristically... Edit before Create Thread: I was expecting the same outcome as the last 5-10 times I tried to install standalone or via steam, though with a simple setup since the last time i erased everything and reinstalled ubuntu 22 it's working. Since its a bigger distro, here's what worked (maybe it'll help someone) apt list wine installed> wine wine32 wine64 winetricks $ winetricks > select default prefix, ok, > Install a Windows DLL or compenent > current profile blah /home/username/.wine d3dcompiler_47 d3dx10 d3dx11_43 d3dx9 d3dx9_43 Install a font> andale arial comicsans corefonts courier georgia impact times trebuchet unifont verdana webdings ( i think most came from corefonts ) download from site, $ wine eqsetupfile.exe ok install, canceled direct-x, navigate to the drivec dir, eq directory $wine launchpad logged in and working, graphics look really nice. looks 100% I thought I'd have questions due to the fact last builds I tried play on linux as an installer and proton with steam which goes hay-wire [/spoiler]
sorry, but there is one problem if anyone is able to help out, my character is stuck where they can only turn less than 90 degrees before needing to let go of the left mouse hold-down, both left and right, is this a new thing? there's no way to turn more at a time. Same with right click hold-down, where viewing the whole character in third person is no possible now Kind thanks
Had this same problem and don't remember exactly what I did to solve it. Some config stuff to maybe help ya figure out what did it. * winecfg -> Applications -> Windows Version: Windows 10 * winecfg -> Graphics -> Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows: checked * winecfg -> Graphics -> Emulate a virtual desktop: unchecked Need to log in with the Xorg/X11 version of your desktop engine, Wayland causes problems for EQ (and many other programs). The only other thing I can think of is that I run my games through GE Proton 7.20 using Lutris as my game library (https://github.com/gloriouseggroll/wine-ge-custom).
these are the instructions i use anytime i have to install on linux. 1. install steam 2. enable windows games in steam 3. install everquest 4. install protontricks 5. protontricks 205710 d3dx9 / protontricks 205710 corefronts / protontricks 205710 d3dx9_43 6. add --disable-gpu to launcher options to get patcher to work. these are the steps required to get eq working fully on linux. edit the eqclient.ini to your liking. if protontricks doesnt recognize everquest yet, simply run the everquest client through steam, it wont work, but it will generate the files needed to make protontricks work. this should work with default proton installed. i do GE proton from time to time as well, it seems to handle most of my games better. as for the mouse going as far as left or right side of screen then stopping, i havent found a fix for this, but it happens rarely for me, this only seems to happen when i mess around with wine too much installing things that dont need to be installed.
I'm Sorry to bump my thread but i am playing in Ubuntu again (or trying to) funny i found my own post on google search so I thought I'd update it a bit. If you install too many extra components using winetricks (d3dx9_x , vulkan compnents, or something other than i listed above) it seems to error out (lot of terminal prompt ERRors. It will use installed libraries over other things, so if you ended up intsalling more than what I listed, it may error out or show a blank launchpad. This above method still works with a launchpad, login, and working gameplay. To get rid of components you may have installed in addition that may cause errors, you can try "Run winecfg" after selecting a prefix, in $ wintricks. This is without lutris or playonlinux, just the default wine install (not 32 or 64 or other stuff) If you click the libraries tab in Wine Configuration (winecfg), you can select the other installed stuff on the bottom list and simply Remove the compnents. The following is working for me (removing all else) *d3d10 (native) *d3d10core (native) *d3d9 (native) *d3dcompiler_47 (native) *d3dx11_43 (native) *d3dx9_43 (native) *d3dx10_43(native) The installed fonts you dont need to remove I believe, as I ended up installing most or all of them trying to figure out what was wrong before removing extra compents. I believe corefonts is the big one. If you want to just use steam launcher, it seems to mess up on the new proton versions (under compatibility). The only way to get the launcher to show is proton version 4.10x? (here you can probably update the game at least, but then you must (if possible) use something higher (if any) to launch the game into working gameplay, though you may not see a launchpad (though a workaround if youre logged into the launcher would be to hover over where the PLAY button would be, which seems to have workekd once, but a clean standalone launch above seems to work better Ive read a post where playonlinux does the trick easier though you may have to change a few things or at least add d3d9 or something similair. Lutris seems to be a mess in this case. The proton trick to get the launcher to install the core game works the same with Elder Scrolls Online, strangely, you must skip to 4.10x (or 4.11-x) can't remember from here, this will show a normal hard disk space to install, then for ESO you can launch the game be resetting the compatbility to expirmental or something high such as version 8. Then you can launch since the core of the game will be installed. The launchpad acts jittery after launch so it's bessed to alt tab close it (sometimes it decides to popup during gameplay for some reason) The game runs though. Solving my owb problem here may help others in the future. Good luck ! edit: steam launcher may use 'protontricks' found under the ubuntu dpkg, I believe it acts identical to winetricks so the above components may solve the steam launch issues
