Look whats new with EQ - Update Notes

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ok, so i signed up for the beta..no biggie..got approved..and have been playing the card game for a couple days. I usually dont log off eq but maybe 2 or 3 times a week. WEll, I did just now and I dont know if it's were i signed up for the beta or if SOE just did a major overhall. The following is the update notes once it all got done. (FYI...I had MQ running and it still works.)



Upcoming
The next Game Update is scheduled for September 5th. Details about this update will be made available as we get closer to the date.


8/29/2007

*** Highlights ***

Welcome to the Station LaunchPad!

EverQuest is now officially on the Station LaunchPad. No game files were changed for this transition, however, here’s a helpful guide to learning your way around.

Why the change? One of the main benefits of having EverQuest on the LaunchPad is that the scans and downloads will be faster. However, please note that the first couple of times you log in the scan may be very slow because the LaunchPad has to build a new patch cache. Future runs will be VERY FAST!


*** Login Screen ***

This page allows you to explore options before logging in with your station account.

-Update: Opens the Game Updates page from EQPlayers.

-Latest News: Opens the main news page from EQPlayers.

-My Account: Allows you to log into the Station to make changes on your station account, including adding subscriptions and updating your email address.

-New Account: Allows you to log into the Station to create a new station account.

-Support: Takes you to the customer support pages. Please remember that you never need to give an SOE employee your password.


*** Update Page ***

Once you log in, you’ll be directed to the update page. A scan of your game files will automatically be done and it will download any new files. Once the download is completed, the world Play will appear and the words Update Complete will appear below it.

On the right you’ll see a list of the Game Update Notes. On the left, you’ll see additional options that you can adjust.

- My Account: Now that you have logged in, this option will automatically display information about your EverQuest subscription and give you options to make changes to it.

-Game Options: This option will let you set up your video card, select which detailed character models you want displayed, and select engine settings based on your computer’s memory status. You do not need to make these changes unless you experience problems running the game.

-Preferences: This allows you to enable Background Downloading. This will download files for future large publishes (such as a new expansion) in the background a little bit at a time while your machine is idle so you never have to wait for a huge patch on release day again.

-Purchase Expansions: If you do not own all of the expansions, this option will take you to the Station Store page so that you can purchase them for download.

-Full Scan: This option runs a full scan of your files to make sure that they are all updated.

-Update Log: This displays a log of the files that are downloaded with the current update.

-Upgrade Textures: This will upgrade the textures for some of the old world zones. This will result in approximately a 600MB download and the act is irreversible. You will only see this button if you currently do not have the upgraded version of the textures.

Play and Enjoy!


- The EverQuest Team


Well, at least we know when the next patch will be...:eek:
 
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Thanks for posting the update, but I think we didn't need to see the 7-25 patch notes portion as I am positive we have seen it already 10 times over. 8)
 
so when this station launch pad was goin through for the first time i noticed a bunch of stuff like map ping and stuff like that being said. MQ still safe with this update? i am not a computer wiz and have no clue i just know when i do an ip ping then it checks my connection didn't have a clue what a map.ping was.
 
there were several *.png files, png is a form of graphic files, like jpg - no relation to network traffic pinging. Found several of the png files in directory to be used as the graphics for the new launcher
 
Hmm I can't load a second instance of EQ since they added the launchpad thing. Or is there a way around it? Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
 
i have two eq instances running on two computers here. had to restart one of them, but otherwise doing ok so far (about 1/2 hour with new stuff)
 
What the hell is the eq card game everyone is talking about?
 
Hmm I can't load a second instance of EQ since they added the launchpad thing. Or is there a way around it? Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

I started having issues running multiple instances while using WinEQ.
Vladus2000 recommended turn off eqplacenice and turn on dont normalize.
 
Thanks for posting the update, but I think we didn't need to see the 7-25 patch notes portion as I am positive we have seen it already 10 times over. 8)

Yeah...sorry about that...just read the first part and decided to post it.:rolleyes: but it's removed now.:D