Odd client crash bug
 

I have a sincerely weird bug in my client that causes it to crash when actually trying to login to a server (any server, even EQ live). I get an error message saying:

The instruction at "0x1004f3e3" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read".

So I decided to hit cancel and run my debugger, to help pinpoint the problem. Then I saw this:

Unhandled exception in eqgame.exe (EQGFX_DX8.DLL); 0xC0000005:Access Violation.

I hit ok off of that dialog and the debugger pointed me to the line: 1004F3E3 mov ecx,dword ptr [eax]

This is where I'm stuck. I deleted both eqgame.exe and eqgfx_dx8.dll in hopes that patching and getting different files would solve this.

I'm running Windows2k Pro and have Directx 9.0b. I can give more info if needed. If anyone has an idea how to solve this please let me know :D

Reinstall your video driver.

That did the trick. Thanks :D