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Everquest 2 Planes of Prophecy (Free 2 Play)

#!/bin/bash
# Date: 2017-Nov-30
# Author: Steven Binion
# Wine version used: 2.17-staging
# Distribution used to test: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (amd64)
# Game: Everquest II: Planes of Prophecy (2017) Free 2 Play
# Licence: Retail (Not all content will be available without a subscription)
# Script Reference: Everquest II (7 years old) by Benj
# Wine Reference: https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq2/index.php?threads/playing-on-linux-with-wine.563531/#post-6257396

# Notes: Works best with staging CMST enabled. Not yet experimented with newer wine versions, but not seen the need.
# Everquest II still starts DirectX Install though already installed by POL, you can just click cancel.
# Open the launcher, then in Advanced Settings/Select Game Version be sure to check off Full Download.

[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"

#VARIABLES
 TITLE="Everquest 2"
 PREFIX="Everquest2"
 WINEVERSION="2.17-staging"
 COMPANY="Daybreak Games"
 COMPANY_SITE="https://www.everquest2.com/home"
 DOWNLOAD_SITE="https://launch.daybreakgames.com/installer/EQ2_setup.exe"

#CONFIGURING THE SETUP WINDOW
 POL_SetupWindow_Init
 POL_Debug_Init
 POL_System_TmpCreate "$PREFIX"
 POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "$COMPANY" "$SITE" "Steven Binion" "$PREFIX"

#SETTING UP THE PREFIX
 POL_System_SetArch "x64"
 POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
 POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WINEVERSION"

 POL_Call POL_Install_msxml3
 POL_Call POL_Install_d3dx9
 Set_OS "win7"

#DOWNLOAD THE INSTALLER
 cd "$POL_System_TmpDir"
 POL_SetupWindow_download "Please wait while EverQuest II is downloading" "Downloading" "$DOWNLOAD_SITE"

#INSTALLING EVERQUEST 2
 #POL_SetupWindow_set_text "Installing EverQuest II"
 wine ./EQ2_setup.exe
 POL_SetupWindow_detect_exit
 POL_SetupWindow_pulse 100

#CHECK THAT INSTALLATION WAS SUCCESSFUL
 POL_SetupWindow_message "Press forward only when installation is fully complete." "Confirmation of Installation"

#CREATE EVERQUEST 2 SHORTCUT
 POL_Shortcut "LaunchPad.exe" "Everquest 2"

#CLEAN SETUP FILES
 POL_System_TmpDelete

#SUCCESS MESSAGE
 POL_SetupWindow_Message "EverQuest II:Planes of Prophecy - Free to Play has successfully installed.\nClick forward to close the window." "Installation Successful"

#EXIT
 POL_SetupWindow_Close
exit 0

Edited by stevenbinion