@Tarlace - Sorry to hear it's not working. Though I did get it to work for hours yesterday. I'll leave that in the Update section.
@Houseplant - I did a little research for you, found 3 links. I'll summerize what I found in each.
1 -
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.g...46547961bf71fb
This one says that EQ doesn't play nice with video drivers. Not specified which card type. There is a tidbit that says to have windowed and full-screen to match.
2 -
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/foru...134534751&h=50
The 2nd message has a reply to check your monitor refresh rate, then edit the eqclient.ini file. It basically goes on to say that the "RefreshRate=0" is the culprit, and it should be set to your rate. Some varying results.
There are several other messages that point to AVG or Norton anti-virus being a problem. I personally use Avast! and have the directory where I install my games on as not scanned. I don't think that's the problem, so I'm thinking of changing that.
3 -
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=8765
This thread talks about where DirectX failed to reset the Direct3D device. (2nd msg). However, there is a mention for WinEQ2, mentioned in the last three messages.
Here's the WinEQ2 link:
http://www.lavishsoft.com/joomla/ind...&id=3&Itemid=4
Update:
Well, here's what I did to have greatly improved performance. But it did crash later in the day.
Ran with 2 monitors running
Put eqgame.exe into compatibility mode for WinXP SP2
Longest time was on Storm Haven (3-4 hours). On Irreverent, I went for 2 hours (a record! But nothing against that server. It's great there.)
So to help both Tarlace and Houseplant, here's what I would suggest.
1 - Take a look at the refresh rate and fix that.
2 - Put Eqgame.exe to WinXP SP2 mode.
3 - Download and install WinEQ2. (This is the one I'm trying next)
4 - I'm going to also set one monitor mode after trying WinEQ2. May not apply to you both.
So good luck on this you two. I'll report back on what happens.
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