EQ2Login
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What is EQ2Login?

EQ2Login is an editor for the front login page of EverQuest II. In order
to reach this page, you will need to run EverQuest2.exe rather than the
default shortcut which points to EQ2.exe. Fortunately, EQ2Login will put
a shortcut on your desktop called EverQuest II No Patch which points
to the right place. Simply click this shortcut instead of the default
EverQuest II shortcut.

If Sony has issued a patch, the login page will ask you to re-run the
patcher. Just run the original EverQuest II shortcut and it will patch
for you.

What does EQ2Login do for me?

EQ2Login allows you to enter the account information for all accounts to
which you have access and then to attach the characters and their servers
to each account. When EverQuest2.exe is run, you will be presented with a
login screen with all your characters' names in alphabetical order. Simply
click the one you want and then click Connect and you're in. No Character
Select screen, no remembering which password is for which account.

Even if you only have access to one account, EQ2Login enables you to save
the password so that you do not have to enter it every time you log on
or switch character. It also saves the patch time, making startup of EQ
much faster.

To switch characters, simply /camp the current one. The login page
will re-appear and you can select another character, even if it's on a
different account. If you want to go to the original Character Select
screen for a particular account, there is a button at the bottom for
each account.

Where can I get EQ2Login?

The EQ2Login application can be downloaded by running the enclosed
installer program or bty going to Http://www.may.be/eq2login/. It
simply installs and runs. The current version is 1.6.1.0 but you will
always get the latest version.

What it does is to check that you have .NET version 2.0 installed and,
if not, it will download it from Microsoft's site. It will then install
EQ2Login.exe. It makes use of Microsoft's new ClickOnce technology and
will appear in your Start Menu under May.BE -> EQ2Login.

Every time you run the program, it will check this server for updates and
install the latest version.

Where does EQLogin store my personal data?

All the data is stored in and read back from eq2ui_loginscene.xml in
your current custom UI. On running the program, if EQ2Login detects that
you are using the Default UI, it will create a custom UI called EQ2Login
in your UI folder and will store eq2ui_loginscene.xml there. If, later,
you decide to download a custom UI, simply move eq2ui_loginscene.xml to
that UI's folder. The EQ2Login folder can then be deleted. Don't forget
to edit eq2.ini in EverQuest's base folder to point at the new UI.

Your passwords and character data are not stored anywhere else and,
other than to check for updates, EQ2Login does not access the Internet
in any way. If you delete eq2ui_loginscene.xml, all your data will be
lost.

Source Code

May.BE runs a Subversion Server with public access for the code
to this project. The current source to EQ2Login can be found at
http://svn.may.be/svn/x10status/trunk/x10status/. If you make any changes,
please feed these back to me via email.

Contact Details

If you like EQ2Login, please let me know. Ditto if you hate it or find a
bug in it or want to make a suggestion for it. I'm Sixes on EQ2Interface
and Cliff Stanford and you can mail me as cliff@may.be. On EQ2 I'm
Sixes on Oggok Blackburrow, a member of Britannic Lore and you can mail
me there in-game or as sixes@britlore.co.uk. And thanks to Mook from
Antonia Bayle for his original concept.
