C++ Runtime Error

[zalt00]

Hi guys. Did a little searching around here and havent found anyone with this same problem. I downloaded Underfoot onto my laptop and it loads fine until the character select screen. I select enter world and the game crashes stating there was a C++ Runtime Error Abnormal Termination. I have ravaged google for a solution to this problem with no results. I have done most of the usual things to solve the problem, I set all privileges to administer, running as administer, running in compatability mode for windows xp service pack 2 (tried others as well, i am running windows 7) Tried downloading direct 9.0c, nothing. The only thing close to an answer that i found was a person with the same processor and problem AMD -50 processor I dont know if thats it. I am inclined to think its a resolution problem somehow conflicting with windows b/c when i set eq to a higher resolution it simply doesnt load and says memory cannot be found. If you know how to fix this problem or any advice im open please thanks.

[provocating]

Do me a favor and run the OptionsEditor.exe file in your Everquest directory, keep everything at default. Run the client and see if you can get into the game, then we can take it from there.

[trevius]

You might try switching to windowed mode as well either by using ALT+Enter or by editing your eqclient.ini file in your EQ folder. If you patched your client at all, that could be the issue too. You might want to verify your client version by reading this:

http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...ClientVersions

If client version is correct, then I am curious where you got your version of UF. If you got it from Steam, it should work fine. If you got it from Amazon, then it won't. If you got it illegally, there is no way to know what the problem may be, and we don't support illegally attained clients here for that reason and others.

[provocating]

99% percent of the time that error you are getting is resolution related. Either out of graphical limits, refresh not matching.....something.

UF is definitely more forgiving that Titanium but honestly, you would have figured with this many expansions they would had gotten that handled by now

I still get graphic anomalies from time to time if I log in and out a few times on my client. Either the client gets mega laggy or I get some crazy vertex thing going on that makes the NPC's look like they are on an acid trip.

[zalt00]

Did another fresh install of Underfoot curious to see if the problem would persist and indeed it is. I am downloading fresh from Steam. My eqclient is indeed correct after checking said link. I did open the OptionsEditor in my everquest folder and if by default you mean to have nothing selected then I left it at that and still with no results. Also my OptionsEditor displayed all options as Unknown String i'm sure thats probably a problem too but for now I just want to log on and play lol. I am still inclined to think its a resolution problem, for some reason only a few of the resolutions even load and for some reason this laptop is always trying to force EQ out of full screen mode. Example the brief moment when you select a server and before any loading begins it will try to put the game in a window. Hope some of this helps, any insight would be awesome.

[zalt00]

btw if it helps i am on a Toshiba Satellite, AMD C-50 processor, 3 gigs of RAM, Windows 7 Installed 64-bit. This is my GF's computer I would never game on a laptop personally but im determined to get everquest working on it. Originally just to mess around every once in awhile when im not at home but now im down right determined to get it working after countless hours on google reading everything from directx to the faults on the AMD C-50 processor, literally ive tried everything, im lost.

[provocating]

Originally Posted by zalt00

OptionsEditor displayed all options as Unknown String i'm sure thats probably a problem too

That is indeed troubling. I have never run across that.

[Noport]

If Directx is installed on Windows xp copy d3dx9_30.dll put file in system,system32 directory in windows 7 then install Directx for windows 7.

I'm using a Dell E228WFP monitor with settings in eq VoA no problems.
[VideoMode]
Width=1680
Height=1050
FullscreenRefreshRate=0
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
WindowedWidth=1680
WindowedHeight=1050

[provocating]

Originally Posted by Noport

If Directx is installed on Windows xp copy d3dx9_30.dll

Although you will normally get an error about this missing file, maybe you are not and it could be causing your crash, make sure you have it.

[Noport]

sorry forgot to add in post copy eqclient.ini to desktop make changes then copy back into eq. make sure FullscreenRefreshRate=0 is set to zero.

[lerxst2112]

You should never copy random DLL files around from other installations. The DirectX installer is here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=35

If you have the game installed under Program Files or Program Files (x86), move it somewhere else, like C:\EQ. It avoids all sorts of nonsense from the special permissions on those directories.

[provocating]

I have always downloaded the d3dx9_3X.dll files from dll-files.com for my EQ installations and never had any issues.

[zalt00]

well I did try everything suggested so far. I made tried changing the client windowedmode = true, double checked to make sure all the directx components are there and in the proper area, moved my everquest folder out of program files and I am still getting C++ Runtime Error. The native resolution on this laptop is 1366 x 768. I changed the laptops resolution to 1280 X 768 and nothing. I know it has to be a resolution issue b/c I am only able to select resolutions in everquest that are 1280 x 768 or under otherwise the game doesnt load and i get a could not read memory error. Also my laptop and everquest when set to lower resolutions they dont completely take up the screen if you understand what im saying. Like I will have the game maximized and I can see everything but there is a good inch and a half of black space not being used on the right and the left almost like a movie in widescreen only on the sides not top and bottom.

[provocating]

Just curious, does the Windows Error Log show anything important after the crash ?

[zalt00]

no i dont receive any information except that it's a C++ Runtime Error and had to terminate abnormally.