Since today i get this message what is spammed every 60 seconds in my chat...

I use dolloader with .bat files since ~4 Years cause it was some problems with DAoC portal.

I use Win7 and 1.09 game version.

Why dolloader is dont supported now? Some problems with dolloader? And what game version i need now so that its work without problems with DAoC Portal?

had to look for an alternative way of connect into uthgard since recent problems with daoc portal, now are we getting forced to use the same troubling program

I was just thinking that I could use a break from playing to go back to the drawing board , AGAIN...

The things I put myself through to play this game. jeez.

i'm looking at the .bat file... I'm not understanding what the implementation of it is. I see that within the file there are instructions to put the path to the connect.exe and game.dll and login information, but no instruction on what to do with the file after putting this information into it.

You must install DAOCPortal to connect. If you wish to use the batch file connection, you can do that - download the batch file from the downloads section. Change the path to your game.dll install and connect.exe (in the daocportal folder). If you are using daocportal, please choose "Help, check for updates" and allow it to update.

Connecting with daocportal should be painless. I don't see any big problems left. We reworked it a lot to give you the least trouble. It will automatically install and update any required mods. If you run any version below 2.8 you have to start it with admin rights and let it patch. After this its not required to do this step again.

If your UI isnt compatible with 1.113 you have to use the 1.109 game.dll and use the Uthgard Batch File to connect. This will prevent auto-updating to 1.113.

(german anleitung)

Blue wrote:Connecting with daocportal should be painless. I don't see any big problems left. We reworked it a lot to give you the least trouble. It will automatically install and update any required mods. If you run any version below 2.8 you have to start it with admin rights and let it patch. After this its not required to do this step again.

Will daoc portal also install correct game.dll? I run 1.109 atm ..

Well there is problems with connect.exe for people using linux or people like me using an old version of mac osx :p
It worked without any problem with dolloader.exe and not with connect.exe.

Will require probably some time to find the way to use connect.exe for us :p

Yea for us linux users every time things change like this we are back to square one.

This is the "most" broken it has been for me since I started trying to find solutions to this [playing on linux] over a month ago. I've been playing and appreciating Uth for awhile now but twice in just this week or so I have had to face the possibility that all of the time into my character may be effectively lost.

I have tried now with 2 versions of wine, and 4 different ways of running Daocportal (2 versions of .net support, linux-level mono, and wine prefix installed mono). Something is busted in every possible configuration. The only configuration that is currently working (but with the repeating warning in-game that I will not be able to login this way soon) is version 2.6 of daocportal on .net 3.5 installed by winetricks. Ironically, version 2.8 of daocportal USED to work in wine with mono installed, but version "b" came along (with claimed improvements for linux) and that actually busted it. heh.

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any way to obtain specific versions of daocportal, you can get 2.6, or the latest (via update.exe), I lost the version of 2.8 that WAS working (made the mistake of allowing the updater to run).

I suspect there is something to do with this .bat file that has potential to get me up and running, but with no instruction on where the file goes and what to do with it after configuring it available it is just a file sitting on my desktop. Abydos is trying to help but his instructions read to be exactly like the instructions I already read in the file, which leaves a glaring "then what" for me. I'm sure it's obvious to some people, but the "then what" part has me baffled. I don't know what "use" means in this context.

The first time through all of this was sort of fun, like solving a puzzle. Having to go back and keep doing it is quickly dissolving my passion.

I do hope that on the large scale, the changes being made help more people than they hinder.

Regards,
Eric

Dirtymind wrote:

Blue wrote:Connecting with daocportal should be painless. I don't see any big problems left. We reworked it a lot to give you the least trouble. It will automatically install and update any required mods. If you run any version below 2.8 you have to start it with admin rights and let it patch. After this its not required to do this step again.

Will daoc portal also install correct game.dll? I run 1.109 atm ..

No it will only downgrade to 1.113 if you have any version above 1.113. It will not upgrade your installation. For that you have to run camelot.exe.

Pouli wrote:Well there is problems with connect.exe for people using linux or people like me using an old version of mac osx :p
It worked without any problem with dolloader.exe and not with connect.exe.

Will require probably some time to find the way to use connect.exe for us :p

Connect.exe should work under linux as Metty works 95% under Linux and he is the developer of the latest DAoCPortal versions.

Please also see this thread viewtopic.php?f=15&t=29609 where Metty responds. His recommendation is to use "wine connect.exe"

grrr i updatet my Client today.
First i make the Uth.bat runable. still the msg.
then i make Client update und backpatch with 1.109 game.dll then daocpartal automoded this Version. and i get still the msg.

Wtf?

Contact us via /callgm. We can investigate what went wrong. Make sure you use DAoCPortal 2.8b and that it was able to update properly.

Why did you patch to 1.109 anyway? Its not required anymore. Uthgard works with uptodate DAoC versions.

for rectors catgard, atm only works with 1.109, atm he doesnt have time to update it for 1.114

Updated to 1.113 and 2.8b portal because of this annoying spam.
Decided to patch back to 1.109 because ui didnt work anymore - worked fine yesterday, today again this annoying spam in all chat windows - wtf? How can i stop this s.hitty spam with 1.109 and 2.08b? which daoc portal version i need?

Harkon wrote:Updated to 1.113 and 2.8b portal because of this annoying spam.
Decided to patch back to 1.109 because ui didnt work anymore - worked fine yesterday, today again this annoying spam in all chat windows - wtf? How can i stop this s.hitty spam with 1.109 and 2.08b? which daoc portal version i need?

I reloged and it worked for me, idk for how long