Fixed Internally Game launcher stalls after update

I think choosing to not use Steam for EverQuest II is the most solid advice you'll get. There's no real benefit to using it, and apparently it's been causing a variety of issues for people.

Edit: And Steam does have the ability to add non-Steam games to your library so if using the Steam UI is really an important thing for you for whatever reason, you can still do that.

How is this still an issue?! Why isn't anyone from Darkpaw responding?

Still not working

For anyone who has the launchpad working but gets dropped back to desktop after hitting 'play' delete your eq2_recent.ini and let the game rebuild it. Warning - you will have to redo a bunch of custom settings but it should get you in.

For anyone who still has launcher issues re-install it or failing that try deleting your launchpad.libs folder and see if it can rebuild from there. Warning - even if it does rebuild you will lstill ose your settings and gain a dragon so be prepared to reset everything.

Edit: the problem setting in the eq2_recent.ini is the line:
software_cursor_enabled true
this needs to be deleted or set to false.

Hmm...but what about clicking the check box about looking for the rest of the fully installed files and being content with that? Getting rid of the old launchpad.libs and getting new ones would interfere with that? :-/

Uwk

Deleting the LaunchPad.libs folder effectively resets the launcher back to its default state, so you'd need to re-enter your login credentials and any changes to the settings you've made will be lost. It's not a huge thing, just something to be aware of because they still default to the streaming version of the client.

I'll back out recent software cursor changes for tomorrow's update.

Twenty years of changes to personal settings sounds like a pretty huge thing. :-/

Uwk

It's really not because deleting the LaunchPad.libs folder doesn't do anything to your in-game settings. It only affects the launcher and not the game client itself.

Resetting the launcher can potentially fix problems with downloading updates and logging in. It won't fix the crash people are apparently seeing after the game has been updated. Apparently, that has to do with changes made to the "software cursor" feature, and I imagine the number of people choosing to use that particular option for whatever reason is fairly small. Looks like something Tkia came across and posted about how to work around it for now (in other words, don't use the software cursor option).

Not sure if this is related or you might want to check deeper into that client build but I just got this new one popping up:

<verify> g:\live\eq2\game\client\src\ClientNet.cpp (415): Failed sendMsg (/42)bytes: 14

Toon was in Tim Deep on AB server. Pulled up the fast travel map, selected Antonica and on clicking zone map to choose destination got this error followed by a fast trip to desktop.

Edit: when I logged her back in just now she was actually at her destination, so it did follow the instruction despite the error.

STILL NOT WORKING

STILL not working (software cursor bug should be treated as a different problem, as this thread's original problem is stalling, not crashing).

I've been using EverQuest2.exe to skip the launcher for weeks, but because of this morning's patch, the client needs updating so the game is now unplayable for me.

I've reinstalled the game, it's working now.

I have used everyones suggestions and its still not patching

eq2setup does not repair my installation; it finds the installation ok and lets me select it
but then flakes out claiming it is the root of my program files. its not the root of my program files it is 2 levels above it
C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II Play the Fae

I am in the same boat - this is beyond frustrating...

Guildmate had same issue and had to put in a ticket to it fixed today.

Update - made full copy of "D:\Daybreak Game Company\Installed Games\EverQuest II" folder *just-in-case
downloaded the installer from main EQ2 page, EQ2_setup.exe
ran the installer
selected same location, and luckily it accepted the location. It downloaded/installed DirectX files, like a dozen of them, and finished the update.

I have a 4k laptop, so I have a link to the EverQuest2 file (set up for compatibility - that's a whole other thread) - I wasn't sure it would work, but it started right up. Account login screen showed up and the patcher is now working - I verified I could run it directly running Launcher, thru my compatibly link, and thru the EQ2MAP updater mod i have installed. Everything in game is fine, which I expected, but it's nice to verify.

Amen, yeah. What's frustrating is having to dance through so many hoops... X-P

Uwk
wondering if this dancing has anything to do with the old wads of spaghetti code... :-/