Black screen after server select

[Ocaevia]

Hello,

I followed all the instructions on the getting started guide. I replaced all the files and stuff. I just did a fresh clean install of Titanium. After I hit P99 or any server for that fact it goes to a black screen, but I can still move my mouse.

Any thoughts?

My comp is:

Gateway FX Laptop
Vista Home Premium SP 2 64 Bit
4 Gigs of Ram
Duo Core 2 GHZ Proc (I changed the target on the eqgame.exe)
2G Video Card

Thanks.

[killabeez951]

I also am having the same problem. After selecting a server, the screen goes black and eventually says Everquest (Not Responding) on the task bar. Any solutions?

[Derision]

Do you have:

WindowedMode=TRUE

in your eqclient.ini ?

Also, post your complete <EQ Folder>\logs\dbg.txt contents. That might shed some light on the problem.

If you have a software firewall on your PC (e.g. Windows Firewall or Zone Alarm), you could also try disabling that temporarily to see if it is interfering.

[killabeez951]

I checked my client and the windowmode true is in there. I also disabled my windows firewall and tried it and its still not working. I am using AVG as my antivirus, could that be an issue at all? Also here is my logs/dbg.txt :

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:00 2010]00000:Starting EverQuest (Build Apr 17 2006 14:53:02)
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:00 2010]00001:Timezone: UTC-7h00m
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:00 2010]00002:Loading graphics DLL.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:00 2010]00003:Parsing INI file .\eqclient.ini
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:00 2010]00004:INI file .\eqclient.ini loaded.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:01 2010]00005:Initializing timers.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00006:Checking critical files.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00007:Initializing WinSock.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00008:Enumerating 3D devices.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00000:Found adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS (8.15.11.8621)

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00001:Adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS :

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00002:32Bit = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00003:16Bit(565) = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00004:16Bit(1555) = 0, D32 = 0, D24 = 0, D16 = 0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00009:Initializing keypress handler.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00010:Parsing INI file .\defaults.ini
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00011:INI file .\defaults.ini loaded.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00012:Loading keyboard tables.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00013:Creating window.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:04 2010]00014:Checking display driver version.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00015:Activating window.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00005:CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00006:CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00007:CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00008:CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00009:Using hardware vertex shaders.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00010:Initializing render system.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00011:Trilinear Mipmapping available.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00012:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00013:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00014:Initializing engine internals.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:05 2010]00015:CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.


2010-08-28 17:40:05 Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
2010-08-28 17:40:05 INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.[Sat Aug 28 17:40:22 2010]00016:Trilinear Mipmapping available.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:22 2010]00017:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:22 2010]00018:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:24 2010]00019:Trilinear Mipmapping available.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:24 2010]00020:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:24 2010]00021:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:25 2010]00022:Trilinear Mipmapping available.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:25 2010]00023:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:25 2010]00024:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:27 2010]00025:Trilinear Mipmapping available.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:27 2010]00026:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:27 2010]00027:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:29 2010]00028:Trilinear Mipmapping available.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:29 2010]00029:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:29 2010]00030:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:30 2010]00031:Trilinear Mipmapping available.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:30 2010]00032:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:30 2010]00033:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:32 2010]00034:Trilinear Mipmapping available.

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:32 2010]00035:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:32 2010]00036:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00016:Server selected 67.23.190.75 (0187475).
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00017:Initializing DirectInput.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00018:Initializing Keyboard.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00019:Initializing Mouse.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00020:Creating font list.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00021:Creating game object.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00022:Deleting obsolete files.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00023:Loading string tables.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00024:Initializing client variables.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00025:Loading spell effects.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00026:Initializing display structures.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:40 2010]00027:Sound Manager loaded 2030 filenames from soundassets.txt.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:41 2010]00028:Voice Manager loaded 12 macros from VoiceData.txt.
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:41 2010]00029:Networking: using port [63381].
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:41 2010]00030:Networking: Connection Established [1]
[Sat Aug 28 17:40:41 2010]00031:WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.

[Derision]

[Sat Aug 28 17:40:00 2010]00000:Starting EverQuest (Build Apr 17 2006 14:53:02)


What version of EQ do you have installed ? Anniversary Edition, maybe Prophecy of Ro, judging by the date ? That is not a supported version, which is why it isn't working.

EQEmu supports these client build dates:

6.2 (Build Aug 4 2005 15:40:59)
Titanium (Build Oct 31 2005 10:33:37)
SoF (Built Sep 7 2007 09:11:49)
SoD (Built Dec 19 2008 15:22:49)
Underfoot* (Built Jun 8 2010 16:44:32)


Some servers, like P1999 only support Titanium (and maybe SoF).

EDIT:

Googling for that build date suggests it *may* be the 'Escape to Norrath' trial version. If you do actually have Titanium or a supported version installed, I would search your hard disk for any traces of 'Escape to Norrath' and delete it, or maybe search your harddisk for all copies of everquest.exe/eqgame.exe and delete those folders and then re-install Titanium and try again.

[killabeez951]

Hmm i had titanium installed on my desktop from back when i used to play and Depths of Darkhollow came out so I'm not sure what other expansion it would be, but I will just reinstall it and see if that fixes it. Thanks much for the help, I'll report back to update.

*Edit:
Oh wow you are probably right, i was playing the trial for a bit while deciding if i wanted to return to EQ, until i stumbled upon EQemu. I'll delete escape to norrath and try that. Thanks!