Like any game, EQ players come and go. Sometimes it's years in between play times. Many users, however (whether ones coming back, or ones who have played for years) leave their old installations alone, or restore them from backup, etc. Usually their hardware has changed in one or more ways since the last time they played, though.
I wanted to post this, as I've seen an issue on the rise over the past few months, with crash issues that end up being EQ/system related, and not really MQ2.
Even if you only crash with MQ2, that doesn't necessarily mean it's MQ2's fault. MQ2 accesses certain info or functions, automatically, while your game client may not do so except under very specific circumstances.
That's not to say it's not a plugin causing you to crash. That's why I ask you to send me your info & the debug.dmp in the problem thread. Otherwise, here are just SOME of the possibilities: DirectX, video drivers, video hardware, system memory issues, operating system files or libraries, EQ configuration, one of 100+ MQ2 plugins, etc. As you can see, it's like a needle in a haystack. Asking for help with a crashing issue, without providing the information asked for, is pretty much going to get you ignored in most cases. It's nothing personal, it's because of the reasons I just stated.
Here is some generic information that may (or may not) help you with EQ issues, you are welcome to try any of them out, and if you have an opinion on (or addition to) these statements, post away - the more information we all have to work on this stuff together, the better.
Here are a generic set of EQ/system related steps to try:
Feel free to add to the list as you go, for people who have other ideas on how to chase down basic issues someone may be having, so we can all enjoy our time with EQ/MQ2.
htw
I wanted to post this, as I've seen an issue on the rise over the past few months, with crash issues that end up being EQ/system related, and not really MQ2.
Even if you only crash with MQ2, that doesn't necessarily mean it's MQ2's fault. MQ2 accesses certain info or functions, automatically, while your game client may not do so except under very specific circumstances.
That's not to say it's not a plugin causing you to crash. That's why I ask you to send me your info & the debug.dmp in the problem thread. Otherwise, here are just SOME of the possibilities: DirectX, video drivers, video hardware, system memory issues, operating system files or libraries, EQ configuration, one of 100+ MQ2 plugins, etc. As you can see, it's like a needle in a haystack. Asking for help with a crashing issue, without providing the information asked for, is pretty much going to get you ignored in most cases. It's nothing personal, it's because of the reasons I just stated.
Here is some generic information that may (or may not) help you with EQ issues, you are welcome to try any of them out, and if you have an opinion on (or addition to) these statements, post away - the more information we all have to work on this stuff together, the better.
Here are a generic set of EQ/system related steps to try:
- Camp completely out of EQ, if you are in game.
- Open windows explorer, browse to your EverQuest installation directory.
- Delete eqclient.ini
- Delete any UI_*.ini files
- Delete any toonname_server.ini files (e.g., bubba_povar.ini)
- Delete eqdevice.txt
- For your EverQuest installation directory (and all files/subdirs), recursively take control & assign yourself Full Control (if you need help with this, post away, myself or someone else will give you details - be sure to say what operating system you are using)
- Go to microsoft.com, and get directx. You should download dxwebsetup.exe, which will check your system, to make sure you have the latest directx files.
- Make sure you have the latest video drivers for your video card installed (go to www.ati.com, www.nvidia.com, www.intel.com, etc. - and grab latest & install them)
- In your EverQuest installation dir, you will find a program called "OptionsEditor.exe". Run this, and set your default options. For resolution, don't worry if the specific one you want is not there, just pick the closest. You can change that once you get in game, with your Alt-O / Display options.
- Run EverQuest via station launcher or patcher (everquest.exe), and do a full scan.
- Log all the way into game, and set all your options up - including UI related options.
- In game, try different memory configuration options, to see if one fixes your issue. EQ's memory models, for most of them, suck TBH. You can find this option, in game, by going to Options (Alt-O), then the Display tab, then click the Advanced button, and find the drop-down for "Memory Mode".
Feel free to add to the list as you go, for people who have other ideas on how to chase down basic issues someone may be having, so we can all enjoy our time with EQ/MQ2.
htw
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