AMD Dual Core*

[Vanhorn1]

I login, and my chars legs dont move, pets have no animations, NPCs have no animations, corpses stand up, I warp forward at GM speed....

its an AMD dual core issue I think....

I've set affinities, that makes it so I cant 2 box.... I get to a 5 second delay even on desktop if I try to 2 box w/ affinities set.....

I've gotten GnS Affinity, and done it through task manager.....

Downloaded the AMD optimizer.....

Tried all the compatibility modes.....

Now my laptop is getting to where it seems worse off than it was when I started trying to fix this mess.....

I run a Turion64x2 with Vista.... (personally, I'm blaming Vista, I hate it)

Anyone that has cured this problem (with none of the above mentioned working for them) would be much appreciated if I can get this thing running correctly again (it ran fine for like 10 days, then just went off a fucking cliff).

[trevius]

That is definitely a dual core issue. At least the part with the GM speed char sliding. Here is the fix I have on my forums for it. Make sure you are only using Core 0.

Dual Core CPU Fix:
Dual (or Quad) Cores cause crashes, but has a simple fix.
1. Start EQEmu
2. Before logging into the login server, ATL+TAB out of the program and hit CTRL+ALT+DEL
3. Select the 'Processes' Tab
4. Find the eqgame.exe process and right click it
5. Select 'Set Affinity' and then chose CPU 0
6. Return to EQ and run like normal

Alternatively, if you are running an AMD processor, you can fix it by just installing the AMD Optimizer.

[Vanhorn1]

Heh, I have already done that.....

I put it in my post.....

I also got the AMD Optimizer, and the GnS Affinity program.....

[erde]

Use runfirst.exe to start eq
http://www.activeplus.com/us/freeware/runfirst/

[trevius]

Ya, you did mention that you had set affinity in your post, but you didn't specify which core you were setting it to use. From what I have heard, you have to use core 0, which is the only reason I mentioned it at all. If you were trying core 1, supposedly it will still cause issues. I am not sure how that works for boxing since I don't have a dual core to try it on. It may automatically start any other eqgame.exe's to run on the same core as the first one you set. If not, you may need to set them manually. I would try setting both to core 0 and if that doesn't work, try setting the first one to core 0 and the second one you load to core 1 and see what happens.

If this was working fine for 10 days without any issues, then something must have changed to start the problem. That is the part that bugs me. Where you able to 2 box fine during those 10 days?

Also, I doubt it is good to be running more than 1 program for setting the core use at the same time, so you might want to try uninstalling the AMD Optimizer and the other one you installed too and then mess with setting affinity again.

[Vanhorn1]

I thought runfirst and EQEMU were not really kosher....

I'll try removing that shit, and binding affinity....

Tommorrow I am going to sit on the phone w/ Toshiba Tech Support until I get this fixed....

Need my damn garage box