Tried and tried...need some help guys
 

I've downloaded eqemu multiple times always had a little trouble, but I tend to figure it out. I am running vista now and I have downloaded eqemu onto vista once before but I don't remember how I successfully did it. Been on all the forums searched and searched...but still problems. When I open eqgame.exe it opens up screen goes black like it wants to open and then goes back to desktop without any evidence that it tried to open. Tried compatibility mode changes. Tried downloading new drivers. Just cant figure out why it wont just stay open. Any suggestions would be awesome thanks in advance.

try using the admin option , right click the shortcut and choose the option "run as administrator"

nope still just starts to open screen goes black and then up pops the desktop

forgot to add in im running a intel x4 nvidia 9800 8 gigs of ram anyone wanna do me a favor and post your eqclient.ini files seems like some people needed to change them for it to work

If your running Titanium, you probably need to run EQ client in a compatibility mode.

Check your PM. sent you both client ini files.

Sounds like a possible resolution issue. Try playing with your desktop resolutions. EQ doesn't play nice with some of the wide screen resolutions or the higher resolutions these days. If you can get it running in something like 1024X768, then you know that is your problem and you can try adjusting it until you get it working in a resolution that is more acceptable.

well tried all resolutions my clients running in compatability mode i changed my client.ini to the one that was sent because mine was different and nothing my logs say
2009-09-27 21:34:12 Starting EverQuest (Build Oct 31 2005 10:33:37)
2009-09-27 21:34:12 Timezone: UTC-8h00m
2009-09-27 21:34:12 Loading graphics DLL.
2009-09-27 21:34:12 Parsing INI file .\eqclient.ini
2009-09-27 21:34:12 INI file .\eqclient.ini loaded.
2009-09-27 21:34:14 Initializing timers.
2009-09-27 21:34:17 Checking critical files.
2009-09-27 21:34:17 Initializing WinSock.
2009-09-27 21:34:17 Enumerating 3D devices.
2009-09-27 21:34:17 Found adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (8.16.11.9062)
2009-09-27 21:34:17 Adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT :
2009-09-27 21:34:17 32Bit = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1
2009-09-27 21:34:17 16Bit(565) = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1
2009-09-27 21:34:17 16Bit(1555) = 0, D32 = 0, D24 = 0, D16 = 0
2009-09-27 21:34:17 Initializing keypress handler.
2009-09-27 21:34:17 Parsing INI file .\defaults.ini
2009-09-27 21:34:17 INI file .\defaults.ini loaded.
2009-09-27 21:34:17 Loading keyboard tables.
2009-09-27 21:34:17 Creating window.
2009-09-27 21:34:17 Checking display driver version.
2009-09-27 21:34:18 Activating window.
2009-09-27 21:34:18 Picking a default resolution, desktop is 640 x 480, 32 bits
2009-09-27 21:34:18 Ratio is 1.33
2009-09-27 21:34:18 Resolution was capped at 800 x 600
2009-09-27 21:34:18 Resolution verified 800 x 600, 32 bits ... diff was 1000 from 0 modes
2009-09-27 21:34:18 Resolution selected 800 x 600, 32 bits
2009-09-27 21:34:18 CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.
2009-09-27 21:34:19 CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.
2009-09-27 21:34:19 CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.
2009-09-27 21:34:19 CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
2009-09-27 21:34:19 Using hardware vertex shaders.
2009-09-27 21:34:19 Initializing render system.
2009-09-27 21:34:19 Trilinear Mipmapping available.
2009-09-27 21:34:19 Vertex Shader Version: 3.0
2009-09-27 21:34:19 Pixel Shader Version: 3.0
2009-09-27 21:34:19 Initializing engine internals.
2009-09-27 21:34:19 CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.

which doesnt give me much to go off of....this is driving me insane haha

While I don't think this is your problem, it can't hurt and may even help. I was running vista home premium for a while and I had to copy d3dx9_30.dll file into my eq folder. The thing is my eq would start up then give an error about this file missing. You aren't getting the error, but maybe it is still occurring and your eq is dying. I am now running windows 7 rc, and not having any issues at all.

Just a thought, hope it helps.

Looks like it fails right after it initiates your video. I see it looks like you tried changing your EQ resolution in the eqclient.ini file, but what I was referring to was trying to change your actual desktop resolution. You can also probably try setting the Windowed Mode setting in the eqclient.ini to True so it starts in Windowed mode which should let it ignore deskop resolution issues.

nothing. changed desktop resolution changed windowed mode to true. Im givin it a reinstall and gonna make sure the steps i do are all perfect. I remember when i made it work on vista i had to go into the user accounts in control panel and change something... dont remember what though.

Oh and Syl where did you get that file? did you download it somwhere or did you just have. one more piece of information vista says that eq may have not downloaded correctly and it wants me to verify if it was correct or not. Everything looks normal just kinda odd.

well thanks everyone for the help the reinstall did it. something didnt download correctly originally now its time to play :)

Gratz to you. I'm in the same boat you were. But i'm using WIndow 7. Reinstalled the game twice. and use the step by step instruction on the file thread.

Will also run into issues at times if you copied it from a backed up location. I riped an ISO off my cd since I tend to lose them and anytime I encounter really serious issues I backup my character files / ini file and uninstall and reinstall.
that resolution bug is a real shame since I recently upgraded to a much larger monitor and find myself limited to a resolution aprox 1/2 the size of my screen