freezing at log in screen

onecrazy88fan · #1 07-30-2011, 09:26 PM

Hi all.. I'm new to the emulator but an old-time EQ player. I am having trouble logging in. I have loaded my old Titanium disks and did not patch. I made the correction to the eqhost file and moved the files indicated. I also downloaded the zip file and installed those into my EQ directory. I fixed the shortcut to have "patchme" on the end.
When I launch the program, it goes through the initial screens to the login screen. I type in the username and password that I registered with EQemulator and the program freezes. I can move the mouse, but I can't shut it down without re-booting.
I am using Windows 7 64-bit and have an AMD Athlon II processor. My video card is an NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430. I have 2 gigs of RAM.

Any clue as to what the problem may be?

killinyousoftly · #2 07-30-2011, 09:31 PM

try to run through the settings and change resolution and such might help...

onecrazy88fan · #3 07-30-2011, 11:26 PM

Didn't seem to make any difference. Somebody please help. I WANNA PLAY!! LOL

killinyousoftly · #4 07-30-2011, 11:32 PM

Download starteq.bat from FileFactory.com

download this file...make a shortcut to it to launch game and try again.

onecrazy88fan · #5 07-31-2011, 12:02 AM

Downloaded and ran it, but nothing. It still just hangs up at the login screen. No messages, nothing. Have to reboot to clear it.

Dunge0nMastr · #6 07-31-2011, 12:47 AM

are you playing in fullscreen mode? maybe go into your ini file (or is that done with the options exe? cant remember exactly) and try running in windowed mode - ive heard alot of people having problems with win7 and full screen.

onecrazy88fan · #7 07-31-2011, 07:48 AM

I was in full-screen mode, but it is now windowed thanks to the installation tool by Duxa. However, I haven't been playing because I can't even get to the server select screen. When I try to log in to the game itself, it just sits there and does nothing.

onecrazy88fan · #8 07-31-2011, 10:54 AM

Well, I tried turning off the firewall on my anti-virus and turning on Windows firewall. I then went in made an allowance for EQ in the Windows firewall. Still nothing. I type in my "Station Name" and password, and it's freeze-ville. It does say at the top of the window "not responding".

onecrazy88fan · #9 07-31-2011, 12:39 PM

I had to uninstall it. Something I did trying to make it work caused my PC to crash every time the internet connected, so I had to do a System Restore. If anyone sees anything that makes them think "Oh, yeah!" please let me know. I still really want to play but not at cost of all this aggravation.