Players:Live Client

Players - Free Client Setup (live)

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Step 1: Getting a Full Download of the Live client

You can get a copy of the live client form the EverQuest II website. Once you have downloaded the client you need to make sure you change over to the full client from the streaming version. This is accomplished by going into the advanced tools tab aka settings tab. In the advanced settings menu choose the Select Game Version option. Beside the Full Download make sure the box is checked. This will re-download your client install. It is something like 16GB. There is an attached image for a reference.

Convert to Full Client

Step 3: Backing up the client

Locate the install directory. This is usually in C:\users\Public\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games. Inside that dir there is a folder EverQuestII, highlight the folder, right click, and copy. Once this is done head over to the root of your hard drive this is C:\, create a folder and name it EQ2Emu clients. Highlight the folder you just created, right click, and paste. This will make a copy of the entire EverQuestII folder into the EQ2Emu clients folder. Congratulations you now have a backup and can prepare it for emulator connection.

Step 4: Configuring client to connect to emulator

There are two methods to configure the client. The first one is to use the EQ2EmuLauncer Inside your C:\EQ2Emu clients\EverQuest II folder