EQ2 map update and vista 64

[DRADYNE]

Hi im new to eq2 and windows vista 64 I am having a hard time understanding the install process with the eq2 map could some one please explain it simple step by step process as how to do it thanks

[CustomProfile]

All you have to do is download it from here: http://www.eq2interface.com/download...nOfficial.html and then just install it. XP, Vista32-64bit, doesn't matter just install it once you download it. Once it is installed open it up(run it) and let it download all the updates. Once it is finished it will start EQ2 for you. Once in-game jsut open your map and boom, there is your mod. I run Vista 64-bit and no issues

[Kaldran]

If you install it at the default location (which is /program files (x86)), you'll have to run it as administrator, as it saves its settings within its own directory, which is not allowed in Vista.

[jnils]

Originally Posted by Kaldran

you'll have to run it as administrator

Im not sure if that in nesesary anymore as 1.0.18 now includes a manifest that tells windows what rights the program needs to run.
But i don't have Vista so i don't know.

[Kaldran]

Does not work for me. On a quick look through the manifest-file I don't even see that it requests admin-rights.

[jnils]

Originally Posted by Kaldran

Does not work for me. On a quick look through the manifest-file I don't even see that it requests admin-rights.

It does:

<trustInfo>
<security>
<applicationRequestMinimum>
<PermissionSet class="System.Security.PermissionSet" version="1" Unrestricted="true" ID="Custom" SameSite="site" />
<defaultAssemblyRequest permissionSetReference="Custom" />
</applicationRequestMinimum>
</security>
</trustInfo>

[Kaldran]

It should be something like

         
<requestedPrivileges>
            <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator"/> 
</requestedPrivileges>

within the security container, as you can't just set the file unrestricted. The execution level has to be requested and UAC sets the file unrestricted after the user acknowledges it.

But that may not work as well. Last time I played around with it for my own updater, Vista just ignored the manifest file as long as it was not embedded into the executable itself. Microsoft delivers a file called mt.exe with their SDK which is able to stream the manifest into the application.

Another option is to call UAC from within your application when it is really needed. You can get an example here: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista-...Elevation.aspx

And the easiest solution is to not write to the program directory at all :P But EQ2 has to be outside the \program files directories as well.

[jnils]

Ok, it may not request admin rights, but it tells the runtime compiler that it needs to be unrestricted, not sure how it handles this , but all error reports about access denied has stoped
I have not made these extra files, they are generated by VisualStudio

[Landiin]

I don't think it is possible to make it not ask or have to be ran in admin to allow it to write to %programfiles%. I think it just tells the OS it has to be ran as admin. Thats my take on what i read over at MSDN. Other wise the UAC would be useless if activated.

Basically you have to do what SOE does on the patcher. Detect if the app has admin rights, if not inform the user to run as admin.

[jnils]

Originally Posted by Landiin

Basically you have to do what SOE does on the patcher. Detect if the app has admin rights, if not inform the user to run as admin.

I was thinking of it, but i have not found a way to get what access it has yet.

I know that UAC has to ask , but if you deny , it won't run the program.
This way you can't get access errors.

[Siggwinfa]

I am having this problem as well. I just got a new computer that came with Vista 64 bit OS. I have been trying to download eq2maps auto updater for the last two days. I have downloaded it, deleted it re downloaded it over and over again and still I dont have the maps updated in game. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? Please. Oh and please dont tell me to run a clean install.... I have done that.

[jnils]

Does the updater download the files?

[PsiKoTicK]

First Option: Right click, select "Run As Administrator"

Second Option: If that is a headache, right click, go to properties, then go to the compatibility tab, and down at the bottom there is a checkbox that says "run as administrator" - select it. Now, a little Windows Flag colored shield is on the icon, and it will automatically run as administrator (meaning the UAC pops up, and you have to click continue to run it).

Third Option: If you don't want to deal with UAC at all (which removes plenty of security functions, but stops you from having to deal with all the extra buttons), go to control panel. Then select User Accounts (You may have to click "use classic view" in the top left). The last link on the User Accounts page is "Turn User Account Control on or off" - click it. Then uncheck the box that says "User Account Control is on" or whatever it says. Reboot your machine. Now, everything is an administrator, which can be bad for security concerns, but good for gamers

[Landiin]

Originally Posted by PsiKoTicK

Third Option: If you don't want to deal with UAC at all (which removes plenty of security functions, but stops you from having to deal with all the extra buttons), go to control panel. Then select User Accounts (You may have to click "use classic view" in the top left).

Or click on your user pic that is on the start menu.

[Siggwinfa]

Originally Posted by jnils

Does the updater download the files?

yes I have .net framework 3.5. the files downloaded to the computer when I click on the icon and select Run as Administrator it brings up an install box. I click run and go through it until finish it starts the eq2maps updater but then I get an error message saying unable to start everquest II and to start it manually. I start it manually but my maps are not updated. I have downloaded Profit UI and it works fine, the eq2map thing isnt working

[Siggwinfa]

I tried all of that. I just uninstalled it and redownloaded it to the regular program files eq2 maps directory and that didnt work either

[jnils]

Ok if you get this message:

I get an error message saying unable to start everquest II and to start it manually.

It is a known error.
The path to the game that the updater found in your windows regestry is not right, the updater should have ask't you when you first run the program if the path was right.
To fix this you need to do a search for "everquest2.exe" to get the path to the .exe file or right click your desktop icon and select propertys and read the path there. When you found it open Options in the updater and browse to the rigth path. You have to change both Everquest 2 and Autolaunch EQ2 path. This should work

[alexineD]

Hi, I was having the same problem this is what I did. I downloaded the 64 bit version of Framework 3.5. I saved the eq2 map updater in my Sony EQII folder (look below for how to find it, thats if you saved it in default save). At the end it needed a location to open. Well thats when i searched in

1. my computer
2. c: Drive
3. Program files (x86)
4. Sony Folder
5. EQ II Folder
6. then i scrolled down to find a symbol to launch eq2 i clicked on it so it would open from there.

After i did that I now can open the updater and it will look for the eq2.exe where i told it to open from.