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Old 02-23-2009, 02:59 PM
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They are all using the same directory but are they all using the same eqclient.ini file? I believe that is the name of the configuration file but it's been awhile. It is a configuration option in WinEQ2.
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Old 02-23-2009, 06:13 PM
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RAM is the biggest limiting factor for multi-boxing. With the amount you have, 6 boxing should be no problem depending on your settings. If you have Luclin models turned on and other effects and settings turned up, then yes, you won't be able to load very many sessions. If you turn all of the settings down and set models to use the old ones, it will let you load up to 2X as many boxes normally. You don't even need WinEQ to do that, it basically comes built into Titanium anyway. Though, WinEQ can be tweaked to probably increase performance overall.

Yes, the paging file can make a difference. If you have it set very small or disabled, you will run out of memory much quicker. For boxing, I recommend turning it on if you have disabled it (it is on by default).

As far as I know, everquest always uses the same eqclient.ini file, so I am not sure what Yeormom is talking about. Maybe WinEQ lets you use multiple or something, I dunno.

The only other thing I can think of is maybe you have a multi-core CPU issue causing your problems. The FAQ in my sig has some suggestions for solutions if so. It also lists some common symptoms you would see while single boxing to tell if it is a multi-core issue or not.

The last thing to consider is to make sure that you have disabled sound for EQ from the configuration menu options before you log into the server select screen. If sound is enabled, you are bound to have crashes after loading more than a couple of issues unless you have a very nice sound card that can handle all of that.
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Old 02-24-2009, 11:57 AM
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As far as I know, everquest always uses the same eqclient.ini file, so I am not sure what Yeormom is talking about. Maybe WinEQ lets you use multiple or something, I dunno.
The primary reason to use WinEQ2 would be for it's ability to maintain separate client settings with one directory, which is where the multiple ini files comes from. You can have say 5 copies of the eqclient.ini file where different windows have different models, sound on/off, etc. The days of needing EQPlayNice are over as the client will now use one copy of graphic files in memory among multiple clients natively, which is what Trevius is pointing out.
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Old 02-26-2009, 09:59 AM
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Still can't figure this out, tested both sticks of RAM the other night for 8-9 hours with memtest. 0 errors.

I lowered the settings on the clients, made sure sound was turned off etc. I tried it with just normal client + EQPlayNice. And when I try and load that 4th client, it just hangs out and closes the window without an error.

Each window seems to be taking up 290k memory with the EQPlayNice/Normal windowed mode. Can't remember if this is about right or not. but the thing is in task manager with 3 clients open my CPU usage is at about 15-20 and the memory usage at the bottom says like 1900/7000..and the 4th window sitll closes.

I think I may test out another graphics card..unless anyone else has any ideas?
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