Everquest: Windows - Application Error

[OscarGrouch05]

i have no problems running on windows 7 x86 version or xp reg eq or emu

[trevius]

I run Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit and am running on a Dual Core CPU. I always get random crashes and common dual core bug unless I set the affinity manually for EQ after I first start the program. Once the affinity is set though, it all runs perfectly.

One thing I am going to look into tonight is getting EQ to start from the shortcut to automatically use only one of the cores. This should stop me from having to set it manually each time.

This is a little thing I wrote up on my wiki that I am going to test out tonight and see if it works:

Setting EQ to Start using only 1 CPU:

Windows Vista/7 has an option that lets you start an application and set the CPU affinity, 
which assigns the application to run on a specific CPU in a multi-core system.


To start an application you have to pass the affinity flag to the start utility in the command prompt.
For instance, if you wanted to start notepad assigned to CPU, you could use the following command:

   c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 "c:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest\eqgame.exe" patchme

You will need to adjust the path name of the file that is in quotes so it knows where to find your eqgame.exe file. 
You should be able to add this line to your shortcut, but I will need to test it and update here if it works or not.

[syler]

ok just got a new comp today.... 8 gig ram 512 vid dual core...we have tried every trick in the book and are still getting memory error. we have shut off 1 pcu what ever you can think of.

[blackdragonsdg]

Another note on cpu affinity and dual core processors....AMD makes a Dual Core Optimizer that fixes the issues that can occur with dual core processors and older software. It can be found here: http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/dyna...42f&ItemID=153

DO NOT use that program if you have an Intel Processor.

DO NOT use any dual core optimizer or dual core fix with a quad core processor.

[trevius]

BTW, I tried this:

c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 "c:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest\eqgame.exe" patchme

And it worked perfectly

It pops up a command prompt window briefly before starting EQ, but it closes right away on it's own. Other than that, it works just like starting EQ normally and sets the affinity as can be seen through the task manager after starting EQ. And, this is supposed to work on any multi-core CPU, not just on Dual-Core. You can chose which processor you want to use by changing the "/affinity 1" to 2, 3, 4 or whatever. Setting it to 1 uses CPU 0, and so on.