Not seeing anything after install....

[BigDaddy]

Need a little help here.

Here is what I have done;

I downloaded the EQ2MAP-Updater-1.0.0-Setup.exe file and installed it.
Ran the program and it asked me if it had the correct EQ2 directory, which it did (C:/program files/sony/everquestII).
I never saw anything, no error messages or anything. Looking in the task manger I could see the program running but no visual effect.
I double-click the EQ2 icon and it started up the launcher no problems.

I uninstalled the EQ2MAP program and redownloaded the file and reinstalled it.
This time I turned off anything Norton, anti-virus, etc before I downloaded it.
I installed the file and ran the program.
Again it asked me for the correct directory, this time I manually selected it and still nothing.
No error messages, no visual, no anything.
Again I could see it running under the processes tab under task manager.
I let the computer sit for about 5 mins thinking the program ran in the background and just needed time to download everything the first time.
I then went into EQ2 and loaded up a character and checked the map and no dice.

I know I am running .net and have read over as much of the troubleshooting forums as I can.

Any clues?

Thanks

[taco-man]

try going into C:\Program Files\EQ2MAP Updater
and changing the eq2map_config.cfg, you can open it with notepad. you want to find:
<ConfigValues>
<OptionName>AutoUpdate</OptionName>
<OptionValue>True</OptionValue>
</ConfigValues>
and change it to:
<ConfigValues>
<OptionName>AutoUpdate</OptionName>
<OptionValue>False</OptionValue>
</ConfigValues>

let me know if that works.

[BigDaddy]

hmmm...that file does not exist in that directory or on my computer anywhere. Here is a list of the files that are in that directory...and yes I have the "show hidden files" option turned on

AxInterop.SHDocVw.dll
EQ2MAP Updater
EQ2MAP_Updater.exe
Interop.SHDocVw.dll
stop_button.png
uninst.exe
update_button.png

I also created that file with those lines and still nothing.

[taco-man]

try using the cfg file inside this zip. put it in that directory.

[BigDaddy]

Extracted that cfg file and still nothing, except this time it never asked me for the eq2 directory.

Again, the program is loaded when lookin at the task manager.

btw - I am running windows xp on a 3Ghz pent w/1G of ram.

Thanks for the help on this!

[taco-man]

make sure you end all the others(in the task manager) that you may have opened before running it or it could be casuing this and then try again.

[BigDaddy]

Double checked everything and uninstalled and went through it all again and still no dice.

Very odd.

[taco-man]

i had this problem before when i first started wrking on the updater. it has to do with VB being rather stupid. i thought i had fixed it using some timers to work around the problem, and it seemed to be working for everyone, but apparently soemthing about your system makes it not want to work. i appologize and wish i could do something about it, but there is really nothing i can do, if you are familiar with visual basic .net coding, you are welcome to get my source code and take a stab at trying to fix it yourself, its on sourceforge.net @ http://sourceforge.net/projects/eq2map-updater/

[codehoser]

Hi there.

I also had trouble with the software. My wife's computer took to it just fine, but mine didn't. After reading this thread, I took a look at the eq2.ini file and noticed it was malformed. I had already created this file for testing anti-aliasing and had an option specified in it. The installer appended to the file without adding a carriage return (it seems), causing a malformed ini file.

Once I added the carriage return and restarted Everquest, the software worked fine (great actually!).

I submitted this as a bug on your project page (1258240). I provided details in the bug report, but incase it's useful for anyone here -- the ini file looked like this after installation:

r_aa_blit 1cl_ui_skinname EQ2MAP
cl_ui_subdir UI/

I changed it to:

r_aa_blit 1
cl_ui_skinname EQ2MAP
cl_ui_subdir UI/

Problem solved. Hope this helps.

Kevin

[taco-man]

yea, i will fix it and put a new version o fthe updater tomorrow thanks for the info.

[taco-man]

ok its been fixed, i did it late tonight...err rather real early this morning i guess. well anyway the new version i just released corrects this problem., time for sleep!