Guide - (no longer works) Legally download the RoF2 client from Steam

To play on emulators with Very Vanilla MQ, you need an older version of EverQuest. Specifically the "Rain of Fear" or "RoF2" client, which is on Steam.

EDIT: Daybreak has decided to remove the RoF2 version from Steam. If they are still hosting it somewhere let me know, otherwise I have no help for those looking for it, sorry!

 

[heystek]

Thanks Red! The download worked great. I’m hoping a fresh copy will resolve my emu issues.

 

[Knightly]

You can just run DepotDownloader.exe now.

 

[ChatWithThisName]

Spanx, needed new install after new puter. Wurked gr8

 

[ChatWithThisName]

second time this year. Accidentally scrubbed my emu install when doing some folder cleanup and didn't remember what depotdownloader was lol. Think I'll rename and relocate it this time.

 

[Sifter228]

Is there a 32 bit version of the downloader?

 

[Adrift40]

does this not use the newer graphic or character models?

 

[Adrift40]

this gets unable to load world in west commons.

 

[Adrift40]

 

[Redbot]

what server Adrift?

 

[lanceval]

super useful thanks

 

[Hank362]

Trying download from steam today since i had an account....really pissed my off with 3 bans accounts and 4 suspensions...stupid DBGs just do not want anymore of my money so I said fine...be that way i'll go elsewhere and be a happy botter...
typical for me being illiterate and old , could only get so far then gave up downloaded the .net update ran the file to start steam, got email from steam saying i was trying to access, did not get a code to type in to confirm it was me. login to steam normal tried to downloaD ROF EQ said i already had game in my steam account so downloading again i guess i'll see what happens next

 

[Flipsutter]

This no longer works. Any ideas where else to get the client?

 

[Algar]

Worked for me about three weeks ago.
Granted, things could have changed between then and now... what makes you say that it does not?

This no longer works. Any ideas where else to get the client?

 

[Flipsutter]

Processing depot 205711
Downloading depot 205711 manifest
No manifest request code was returned for depot 205711 from app 205710, manifest 1926608638440811669
Encountered 401 for depot manifest 205711 1926608638440811669. Aborting.

Unable to download manifest 1926608638440811669 for depot 205711
App 205710 was not completely downloaded.
The operation was canceled.
Disconnected from Steam

 

[Redfrog]

Like Algar, I also recently did this and it worked without issue. Mine was 2 weeks ago. Granted it was not done today... I'll see if I can try it today.

 

[ChatWithThisName]

Can confirm from my end that it did not function.

 

[ChatWithThisName]

So here's the previously seen manifests and their IDs.

That doesn't mean any of these would work. 1926608638440811669 was the RoF2 we've used. But if it's empty. It's entirely possible others are empty, and I expect the servers are expecting a specific version as well.


I checked it's closest neighbor just below it, and it also failed. So entirely possible they nuked them as part of the ongoing litigation or some such.

 

[Redbot]

We may have to find another way to get a legal copy

 

[brainiac]

I think the point (from daybreak's perspective) is that there is no way to get a legal copy...

 

[burdsjm]

I think the point (from daybreak's perspective) is that there is no way to get a legal copy...

There’s a torrent file that I used. As legal as they come nowadays.

 

[Sic]

There’s a torrent file that I used. As legal as they come nowadays.

just to avoid any confusion past, present, or future.

RG is not willing or able to distribute eqgame.exe (etc) or provide links an somewhere else that does.

any "pm me for link / file" will be taken seriously