¶ Steam Deck Install
¶ Step 1: Create an EQEmulator Account
Before logging into the game, you need an account on EQEmulator.
- Visit the EQEmulator forum registration page.
- When asked, "What Game is this forum for?", the answer is EverQuest.
- Ensure you correctly capitalize your credentials, as formatting matters.
¶ Step 2: Create a Loginserver Account on EQEmulator
Once you have an EQEmulator account, you need a loginserver account to access the game.
- Log into the EQEmulator forum.
- Visit the loginserver account creation page.
- Ensure you're logged in before proceeding.
- If you do not receive a verification email, request another one here.
¶ Step 3: Create a Games\THJ Folder in Your Home Directory
You need to create a dedicated folder for the THJ install. Mouse and keyboard recommended, or use Steam Link.
- Start your Steam Deck and ensure Developer Mode is enabled
- This is found in Settings in Game Mode
- Enter Desktop Mode
- In your taskbar, open Dolphin
- Click on Home.
- Click on the hamburger menu (
) and select Create New --> Folder. - Name the folder Games.
- Enter the Games folder and repeat step 4, naming the folder THJ.
¶ Step 4: Add EverQuest to Your Steam Library
We are obtaining the RoF2 client from Steam but not downloading EverQuest.
- Open Steam.
- Search for EverQuest in the top-right search bar.
- Scroll down and click Add to Library.
- Do not download the game at this stage.
¶ Step 5: Install Everquest from Steam Depot
- Still in Desktop mode, go to Discover and download Konsole
- Launch Konsole and enter the below command
Steam Steam://open/console
- The Steam console will open. Enter the below command
download_depot 205710 205711 1926608638440811669
- Once the download begins, you'll see a message like :
downloading depot 205711
- There is no progress bar, and the process may take several hours depending on your internet speeds.
- One the download has completed, navigate to the depot folder, copy the files in it, and paste them into the THJ folder you created in Step 3.
¶ Step 6: Install Bottles & Flatseal
SteamOS doesn't come packaged with Wine, so it doesn't know how to handle executables. We need to use a wrapper so SteamOS can launch the game. That's where Bottles (or Lutris, if you prefer) come in.
- On your Steam Deck, launch Discover.
- Search for Bottles and install
- Search for and install Flatseal
¶ Step 7: Configure your Bottle
Bottles is a wrapper that effectively "translates" Windows commands into ones that Linux can handle, allowing us to run executables
- Launch Bottles and find the button to create a new Bottle (
) - Create a new Gaming bottle - name it whatever you like
- Bottles will handle creating the Bottle and config. Just let it run until it says Bottle Created
- Select Add Shortcuts...
- Navigate to your THJ Install folder and select the patcher executable.
- Select the launcher submenu and select "Change Launch Options"
- In Command Arguments, enter the below:
- WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b" %command%
- Click Save
- Select the Settings menu and set the following -
- FidelityFX Super Resolution - OFF
- Discrete Graphics - ON
- Post-Processing Effects & Gamescope - OFF
- Advanced Display Settings
- Virtual Desktop & Mouse Warp- OFF
- Fullscreen Mouse Capture, Take Focus & Window Manager Decorations - ON
- All Performance options - OFF
- Windows Version - 11
- Steam Runtime - ON
- DLL Overrides THIS IS IMPORTANT
- Enter "DINPUT8.DLL" (no quotes) in New Override, click the blue check.
- Ensure the overide is Native, then Builtin
¶ Step 8: Configure FlatSeal & Set Permissions
Flatseal gives us the ability to manage flatpak permissions to modify files in the game directory. This is necessary for patching.
- Launch Flatseal and select Bottles on the left
- Scroll down and find Filesystem - enable all four toggles
- Find your ~/Games folder in Dolphin & right click
- Select Properties
- Select Permissions
- Access Permissions
- Set all to Can View & Modify Content
- Ownership
- Change the Group to the group your Steam deck user is (mine's Deck)
- Click Okay, navigate to the patcher in your folder & run the .exe
¶ Common Issues
- Access Denied during patching
- You have misconfigured file permissions somewhere. Double check everything is set as instructed in this guide in steps 7 & 8
- Getting spammed in game about game version
- This is an issue with the dinput8.dll override. Most common issue here is a typo when setting the override. Refer back to step 7.
- All black textures when game launches
- Most commonly seen with incomplete downloads, or clients downloaded on PC and transferred to the Deck. The ROF files must be downloaded onto your deck directly via Steam.