bat file to run multiple EQ

[wunaye]

Hi guys I'm trying to make a bat file so it opens up 4 everquest games. I use autologin so it will auto login my characters.

My current attempt at making the bat file has it starting up 2 or 3 but not all and not a consistent 2 or 3, it's random. I added a delay in it to see if that would help but it hasn't really.

Here is what I'm using:

@start D:\EverQuest\EverQuest.exe
timeout 20 /nobreak
@start D:\EverQuest\EverQuest.exe
timeout 20 /nobreak
@start D:\EverQuest\EverQuest.exe
timeout 20 /nobreak
@start D:\EverQuest\EverQuest.exe

 

[wunaye]

Nevermind. It seems using call instead of @start fixes my problem!

 

[Artemus]

So how do you autologin?

 

[wunaye]

Damn it! It worked the first time now it's back to starting 2 or 3.

Im using mq2autologin, enable it then edit the ma2autologin.ini file to set it up. Let me know if you need help with it.

 

[Dead]

Just a little confused... Doesnt EQLaunch already do this for you? or are you trying to avoid downloading Wineq?

 

[wunaye]

Not sure as I don't use wineq. Wineq costs money?

 

[saar]

wineq is free and can be paid for aswell

 

[imgregrice]

Isboxer also does this. Its super cheap and you can use wineq or interspace I highly recommend it

 

[aikijitsu]

EQLaunch

Plugin Mq2Autologin and configure eqlauncher to launch however many sessions you want for free. There's a logon ini to put in station name and character to log in. My only complaint about this is if you have a crash and only need to login just 1 you have to bypass eqlaunch or disable it to get the 1 character back in game.

 

[HardOne]

Plugin Mq2Autologin and configure eqlauncher to launch however many sessions you want for free. There's a logon ini to put in station name and character to log in. My only complaint about this is if you have a crash and only need to login just 1 you have to bypass eqlaunch or disable it to get the 1 character back in game.

ISBoxer + MQ2AutoLogin = Single shortcut even if one crashes.

I can run anywhere from 3-5 toons at a time. If one crashes, I just hit the shortcut for that character set, and it logs in only the ones that are not currently logged in.

 

[Zeta1]

This is my .bat file contents for loading 5x EQs with MQ2AutoLogin (I don't use EQLaunch or ISBoxer)

start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\" eqgame.exe patchme
PING 127.0.0.1 -n 16
start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\" eqgame.exe patchme
PING 127.0.0.1 -n 16
start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\" eqgame.exe patchme
PING 127.0.0.1 -n 16
start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\" eqgame.exe patchme
PING 127.0.0.1 -n 16
start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\" eqgame.exe patchme

 

[wunaye]

Hi Zeta1 thanks for that giving it a go now.

 

[wunaye]

Just tried it twice and it worked both times so hopefully it continues to work!

Thanks heaps!

 

[JimJohnson]

This is my .bat file contents for loading 5x EQs with MQ2AutoLogin (I don't use EQLaunch or ISBoxer)

start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\" eqgame.exe patchme
PING 127.0.0.1 -n 16
start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\" eqgame.exe patchme
PING 127.0.0.1 -n 16
start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\" eqgame.exe patchme
PING 127.0.0.1 -n 16
start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\" eqgame.exe patchme
PING 127.0.0.1 -n 16
start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\" eqgame.exe patchme

What does the -n 16 do? not a command line person but learn when I see something interesting

 

[aikijitsu]

counts for 16 seconds

 

[wunaye]

Yeah it's basically a 16 second delay but only needed on older systems like XP since vista onwards came with a command called timeout.

 

[[40oz]]

Specifically, with ping -n provides a number of times to ping the target address. Ping on windows defaults to sending 1 ping per second. Thus, pinging 127.0.0.1 (your own machine) 16 times will stay on that operation for approximately 16 seconds before moving to the next command.

edit: doh, 3 day old post. whoops~