Setup

1. Obtain the Rain of Fear 2 client. Google for a download or ask other players for tips. Don't store its content under C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86), but somewhere like C:\RoF2. Once installed, do not run or patch it.

2. Go to the root folder of your Rain of Fear 2 installation. Find the file eqhost.txt and open it with an editor, such as Notepad. Make sure it looks as below:

[LoginServer]

Host=login.eqemulator.net:5999

3. Download the EQ Might specific configuration server files. Copy the files into your Rain of Fear 2 installation. Overwrite existing files. Make sure the files in the sub-folder Resources are copied into the corresponding sub-folder of your installation.

4. You need at least one EQEmu account. To do so, you first need to register to the forum and then create your account(s). 

5. Read the server rules.

6. Optionally download and install any thrid party software you want to use, such as E3Next.

7. Start the client, e.g. using start.bat, which is provided with the server files, in the root folder of your client installation. You can modify the start.bat file with Notepad and replace "YourAccountName" with your actual account name, so you don't have to fill it in everytime you start the game.

8. Create your character(s) - log in and visit the Server-Greeter, Gene and Walter in-game.

🛑 Symptom

When double-clicking eqgame.exe you receice the follwing message:

Please start EverQuest.exe.

📌 Cause

To access an EQEmu server, the client needs to be started with the parameter "patchme".

🛠️ Resolution

• Start start.bat which is provided with the EQ Might server files, or create a shortcut as described in the Resolution 2 of the next topic "eqgame.exe could not be found".

🛑 Symptom

After double-clicking start.bat, the game doesn't launch, instead you receive the following error:

eqgame.exe could not be found

📌 Cause

• start.bat does not resides in the same directory as eqgame.exe or eqgame.exe is missing.
  
  

🛠️ Resolution 1

• Ensure you downloaded and extracted the Rain of Fear 2 (Rof2) client to a directory where you have access permission. It may not resides inside C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86).

• Ensure you downloaded and extracted the EQ Might configuration files, which include start.bat to the same directory as where eqgame.exe resides.

• If the error remains, edit start.bat using a text editor to this:

start "" "eqgame.exe" patchme /login:YourAccountName

🛠️ Resolution 2

Alternatively to using start.bat, you can create a shortcut:

• Right click on your eqgame.exe and Select Send To > Desktop (create shortcut).

• Right click the shortcut and select properties.

• Click on the Shortcut tab. In the Target window after the eqgame.exe hit the spacebar then type patchme.

• Click the Apply button then the OK button.

🛑 Symptom

After launching the game and entering your account credentials, you receive the following error:

A connection to the server could not be reached.

📌 Cause

This error typically occurs when the client is attempting to connect to a login server that is unavailable or misconfigured.

🛠️ Resolution

• Navigate to your Rain of Fear 2 client folder.

• Locate the file named eqhost.txt.

• Open it using a text editor (e.g. Notepad).

• Ensure the contents match the following exactly:

[LoginServer]

Host=login.eqemulator.net:5999

• Save the file and restart the game.

✅ Additional Notes

• Ensure there are no extra spaces or hidden characters.

• If the login server is temporarily offline, retry after a few minutes.

🛑 Symptom

The game runs at extremly high speed and makes it almost impossible to navigate or create a new character.

📌 Cause

AMD speed bug with BASE clock speeds above 4.2ghz.

🛠️ Resolution

• Extract and replace your EQGraphicsDX9.dll in your EQ directory https://github.com/RekkasGit/E3NextAndMQNextBinary/raw/main/Utilities/speedpatched_EQGraphicsDX9.7z 

✅ Additional Notes

• This FAQ is taken from Rekka's Github. Here is the original post:
  https://github.com/RekkasGit/E3Next/wiki/5)-Common-issues---FAQ

🛑 Symptom

After launching the game you receive the following error:

Error in your GUI XML files. Check UIErrors.txt.

📌 Cause

This error often occurs when the game is launched outside its working directory. For example:

start c:\rof2\eqgame.exe patchme

🛠️ Resolution 1

• Start the game from within its working directory by navigating there. e.g. like this:
  c:
  cd rof2
  start eqgame.exe patchme

🛠️ Resolution 2

• Use a shortcut including the working directory (which is defined in the field "Start in") as described in the Resolution 2 of the topic eqgame.exe could not be found.

See section E3N for EQ Might.