Problems need answers. First the problems...

Moac · #1 05-16-2007, 01:11 PM

Wow, no suggestions from anyone? I couldn't have done everything right since I'm not even able to get to the server list. Looking for any clues on where to look next.

vales · #2 05-16-2007, 06:14 PM

Okay, I'll take a stab at it.

1.) What drivers are you using for your 8800?

2.) Have you installed the latest DirectX?

The driver support for the 8 series is appaling. I had to take mine back because I couldn't be assed for driver support. It was causing way too many problems in my games at the time (EQ included). I'll probably get one after some more DX10 games roll out, though - (Call of Juarez and Lost Planet don't count, heh). But waiting a good month for drivers really had me on the edge after dropping an arm and a leg for that card. I could have built another server box, lol.

You might have a better chance looking at the tech support forums on the official site. They usually have a plethora of answers there. Most of the answers that are listed are from the official site - just copy/pasted here for sanity's sake.

Speaking of sanity, I'll link the troubleshooting list from the official boards so people can find it here. This doesn't pertain to you mainly, but about 90% of the problems I see posted here are already covered in this topic.

Moac · #3 05-17-2007, 12:27 AM

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Moac · #4 05-17-2007, 12:39 AM

Vales, thank you for taking a look and getting back to me. I didn't think anyone was going to help me out there for a second. I even went back and read the forum rules again thinking I may have said something I wasn't supposed to and that's why no one answered.

1) I am presently using driver version 158.19. I was also having a real hard time with driver stability for a while. This current version seems to be the most stable when playing more current games. i.e Supreme Commander, WoW, Battlefield 2142, Total War II, and others. So, as you can see, jumping back to drivers EQ was asking me to "update to" would be crazy and really the last thing I would want to do. I was hoping this wouldn't be the issue I was having but knew deep down inisde that it certainly could be. I also beleive I have the latest Directx installed since I am usually playing more current games.

2) Hahaha. Wow, it never even crossed my mind to look at the EQ forums. Dolt! I'll have to take a look at them later since my employer is blocking that site.

Thanks for your help so far.

vales · #5 05-17-2007, 04:31 AM

No problem, man. If you haven't noticed, the admins have a lot on their minds right now with the hosting and all, and everyone else is pretty busy with what they have on their plate. I'm kind of in between things right now since I got laid off, so I thought about firing up the ol' server again and playing with a bunch of friends. So you can say I have a bit more time on my hands than the others, heh.

IIRC, those drivers are beta. The WHQL 158.22 drivers are out now for that particular gpu. I'm personally using the 160.03's right now, and they're the best drivers to date. This might be a long shot, but one of the reasons you could be having issues is because of the WHQL stamp. *shrug* I haven't fired up EQ with these drivers yet, so I can't say.

Another thing you can do is manually go into your EQ directory and see if you can bypass all of the crap they feed you when you start the client. Try changing the options (I think there was a separate .exe for that) and set your client up that way first. The setup I'm talking about is the one that allows you to change the textures to Luclin ones, set the resolution, etc. If you can manage to find that, there should be a newly modifed file in the EQ directory that has those changes listed after you make them - maybe it was EQClient.ini? If you look in that file, you can change the options for skipping the EULA, logged in once, etc.

I'm trying the best I can from memory since I don't have the game installed at the moment. So bear with me. :p

#6 05-17-2007, 05:07 AM

I had issues even running live just like yours,

First i had to sort out the dual core issue, easiest way is to right click the EQ shortcut and run as, admin.... this stops the fighting of the processors over which one is going to run EQ and causing crashes.

Second is video card, the drivers EQ wanted me to use were over a year old and not compatible with any of the other games i played because they all wanted the newest. I had to decide EQ or newer games, If EQ is giving you a driver error with a recommended driver, you need to use those drivers.

Now all of this is EQ issues and not EQEmu issues, so we really cant help.

techguy84 · #7 05-17-2007, 01:53 PM

I have not had this problems but I can answer a couple questions.

Intel Dual Cores do not suffer from the same issue as AMD's, or not on my part they havent. I have tested both a P4 D and a C2D with neither show issues of game corpution. AMD of course has admited it to being faulty drivers in WINXP that cause these issues and since released a patch along with a MS hotfix to allivate the problems.

To the Graphic card driver issue. I have not experiemented with this, but Windows has a hardware profile option that I believe will allow you to boot up a specific type of hardware, disabling othere while leaving some going. You could possible have a profile with the old drivers, and a profile with the new drivers.

Like I said, I have never ever played with this, and therefore you can take everything with a grain of salt. Im a ATI guy, and have been ever since my dreaded bout with the FX series. I had bought a 5200 for DX9 support, it sucked so I upgraded to a 5900 and went through two of them as they were DOA out of the box. I have since been with ATI and had zero complaints, other than it was harder than hell to make it work under Linux, but thats a different story all together.