Everquest Titanium Installation Guide

Project 1999’s EverQuest Installation Guide

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a draft copy, and it's a work in progress; I apologize for the mess - Loramin.

Requirements

This guide assumes that you have the EverQuest Titanium installation CDs in ISO format. You might have such ISO files as backups of your old EverQuest discs, or you may have downloaded them from a legal online source.

If you still have a physical copy of the EverQuest Titanium discs, those will work too, and you’ll be able to skip the next two sections; just insert disc one and then proceed to The Installation.

Virtual Disc Software

In order to make your computer treat your ISO files as if they were physical CDs, you need a piece of software which enables “virtual disks”. You might have backed up a virtual disk program with your ISO files, but if not there are many virtual disk programs to choose from. One (free) option is Daemon Tools Lite, which we’ll use for this tutorial.

The installation process for Daemon Tools Lite should be largely self-explanatory, and will vary by version, but here are a series of screenshots of the process for version 4.48:

NOTE: I have six more similar screenshots, but I’m won’t bother uploading them for this draft.

Once you have installed your virtual disk program, you’re ready to start installing Everquest.

Loading the Discs

Open your virtual disk program and create a new virtual disk for the first ISO file. If you’re using Daemon Tools Lite, start by clicking the Add Image icon on the toolbar.

Next, browse to the location of the first CD’s ISO file and then select that file. The ISO you selected will then appear in the “Image Catalogue” of Daemon Tools Lite. Right-click on it, and choose “Mount”.

You switch back to Daemon Tools Lite to mount the remaining ISO’s, or you can proceed with the installation and mount each CD as it comes up during the installation process. Either way you will need to mount all of the CDs, which you can do in the same manner as the first CD. The Installation

At this point the EverQuest installer should begin automatically. If it does not, simply double-click on My Computer, then double-click on the (virtual) drive that you just mounted.

Click “Next”, then click “Next” again on the following window.

Agree to the license by clicking the appropriate circle, then click “Next “again.

Most likely you will want to install EverQuest to the default directory, so all you need to do is click “Next”. If however you want to change the installation directory (for instance, if you are installing a second copy of EverQuest for play on a non-Project 1999 server), click “Change” and select the appropriate directory, then click “Next”.

You can now see how much space the installation will take up. When ready, click “Next”.

You will need to wait while this part of the installation completes. When it does, you will be prompted to insert the next disc.

Return to your virtual disk software (eg. Daemon Tools Lite) and repeat the earlier process, only this time for disk two. First, click the “Add Image” button, and select the ISO file for disk two.

Then, right click on the image and select “Mount”.

Return to the Everquest Installation and click “OK”. The installation will once again proceed.

You will continue to be prompted to insert each of the five discs. Repeat the process of mounting for each one until the installation is complete.

Congratulations: once you click “Finish” your installation of EverQuest Titanium will be complete.� Installation Complete

Your copy of EverQuest Titanium is now installed, but you are not quite yet ready to play on Project 1999. First, you must patch your new installation of EverQuest, so that the software knows to use Project 1999’s server’s and not SOE’s.

To do this, follow the instructions at:

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Victory!

You should now have a fully Project 1999 capable installation of EverQuest. We hope this guide was helpful, and if you experience any further difficulties please visit the Project 1999 Technical forum at *insert link*. If you have any suggestions on improving this guide, please use the Project 1999 forum’s private message system to send them to Loramin.