WoW issue - flickering screen

[Aalwein]

bottom of my screen in wow flickers when screen is streched to the max width / height of monitor and/or is put in "emulated" full-screen. Closing WoW results in a error screen. Here it is:

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World of WarCraft: Assertions Enabled Build (build 4222)

Exe: d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe
Time: Mar 4, 2005 9:48:30.937 PM
User: Jeremy
Computer: DESKTOP
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This application has encountered a critical error:

ERROR #0 (0x85100000)
Program: d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe
File: C:\build\buildWoW\ENGINE\Source\gx\CGxDeviceD3d\CGxD3dDevice.cpp
Line: 614
Expr: newRefCount == 0


WoWBuild: 4222
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Stack Trace (Manual)
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Address Frame Logical addr Module

00594BDC 0012FE10 0001:00193BDC d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe
00595A74 0012FE24 0001:00194A74 d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe
005856D4 0012FE7C 0001:001846D4 d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe
00418582 0012FE9C 0001:00017582 d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe
0041821D 0012FF00 0001:0001721D d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe
00418001 0012FF14 0001:00017001 d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe
0040422B 0012FFB4 0001:0000322B d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe
00401000 0012FFF0 0001:00000000 d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe

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Stack Trace (Using DBGHELP.DLL)
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00594BDC wow.exe <unknown symbol>+0 (0x032A2DC8,0x0012FE54,0x03320E08,0x0012FE7C)
00595A74 wow.exe <unknown symbol>+0 (0x032A2DC8,0x005C5DC8,0x005BD414,0x032A2CA8)
005856D4 wow.exe <unknown symbol>+0 (0x00000000,0x032A2818,0x032A2808,0x00000001)
00418582 wow.exe <unknown symbol>+0 (0x77F5166A,0x001423AC,0x00000000,0x69676E45)
0041821D wow.exe <unknown symbol>+0 (0x0000000A,0x00402442,0x00000001,0x0012FFB4)
00418001 wow.exe <unknown symbol>+0 (0x0040B1A4,0x00400000,0x00000000,0x001423AC)
0040422B wow.exe <unknown symbol>+0 (0x00000200,0x00000000,0x77E8141A,0x77F5166A)
00401000 wow.exe <unknown symbol>+0 (0x00401000,0x00000000,0x78746341,0x00000020)


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Loaded Modules
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0x00320000 - 0x003AF000 d:\program files\world of warcraft\fmod.dll
0x00400000 - 0x00B33000 d:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe
0x015C0000 - 0x015E3000 D:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
0x015F0000 - 0x01606000 C:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
0x01770000 - 0x017A1000 D:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-WOW.dll
0x017B0000 - 0x01813000 D:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
0x01820000 - 0x0183A000 D:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-Win32I.dll
0x01B70000 - 0x01B99000 D:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
0x041C0000 - 0x04369000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\d3d9.dll
0x04370000 - 0x04376000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\d3d8thk.dll
0x04380000 - 0x0438E000 D:\Program Files\Belkin\Nostromo\nost_FSH.dll
0x043A0000 - 0x043B0000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctagent.dll
0x043F0000 - 0x044C1000 d:\program files\world of warcraft\dbghelp.dll
0x10000000 - 0x10069000 d:\program files\world of warcraft\DivxDecoder.dll
0x16000000 - 0x16028000 D:\Program Files\Trillian\events.dll
0x1A400000 - 0x1A47D000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\urlmon.dll
0x4FEC0000 - 0x4FFF6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
0x51000000 - 0x51050000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DDRAW.dll
0x51080000 - 0x510E1000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\dsound.dll
0x5ED00000 - 0x5EDC6000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\OPENGL32.dll
0x5EF80000 - 0x5EF84000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\KsUser.dll
0x63000000 - 0x63096000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
0x68B20000 - 0x68B3E000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\GLU32.dll
0x70A70000 - 0x70AD6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
0x71950000 - 0x71A34000 C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.1612_x-ww_7c379b08\comctl32.dll
0x71A50000 - 0x71A8B000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
0x71A90000 - 0x71A98000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
0x71AA0000 - 0x71AA8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2HELP.dll
0x71AB0000 - 0x71AC5000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2_32.dll
0x71AD0000 - 0x71AD8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WSOCK32.dll
0x71C20000 - 0x71C6E000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\NETAPI32.dll
0x72D10000 - 0x72D18000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\msacm32.drv
0x72D20000 - 0x72D29000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\wdmaud.drv
0x72FA0000 - 0x72FFA000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\usp10.dll
0x73BC0000 - 0x73BC6000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x75A70000 - 0x75B15000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USERENV.dll
0x762A0000 - 0x762B0000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
0x762C0000 - 0x7634B000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
0x76380000 - 0x76385000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSIMG32.dll
0x76390000 - 0x763AC000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\IMM32.dll
0x763B0000 - 0x763F5000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\comdlg32.dll
0x76B40000 - 0x76B6C000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WINMM.dll
0x76BF0000 - 0x76BFB000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\PSAPI.DLL
0x76D60000 - 0x76D77000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\iphlpapi.dll
0x76E80000 - 0x76E8D000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\rtutils.dll
0x76E90000 - 0x76EA1000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\rasman.dll
0x76EB0000 - 0x76EDB000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\TAPI32.dll
0x76EE0000 - 0x76F17000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\RASAPI32.DLL
0x76F20000 - 0x76F45000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DNSAPI.dll
0x76F60000 - 0x76F8C000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
0x76F90000 - 0x76FA0000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\Secur32.dll
0x76FB0000 - 0x76FB7000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
0x76FC0000 - 0x76FC5000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\rasadhlp.dll
0x77120000 - 0x771AB000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
0x77340000 - 0x773CB000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
0x77BD0000 - 0x77BD7000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\midimap.dll
0x77BE0000 - 0x77BF4000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSACM32.dll
0x77C00000 - 0x77C07000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
0x77C10000 - 0x77C63000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCRT.dll
0x77D40000 - 0x77DD0000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
0x77DD0000 - 0x77E5D000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x77E60000 - 0x77F46000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
0x77F50000 - 0x77FF7000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ntdll.dll
0x78000000 - 0x78087000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
0x7C340000 - 0x7C396000 D:\Program Files\Trillian\MSVCR71.dll
0x7CD00000 - 0x7D512000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
0x7F000000 - 0x7F041000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll


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Memory Dump
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Stack: 1024 bytes starting at (ESP = 0012F048)

* = addr ** *
0012F040: 3C 4D 66 00 48 F0 12 00 A8 23 00 00 B3 F3 12 00 <Mf.H....#......
0012F050: 00 00 00 00 48 F0 12 00 60 F0 12 00 3C 4D 66 00 ....H...`...<Mf.
0012F060: 74 F0 12 00 98 4C 64 00 A8 23 00 00 03 00 00 00 t....Ld..#......
0012F070: 00 00 00 00 EC FD 12 00 2A 45 64 00 00 00 00 00 ........*Ed.....
0012F080: C8 2D 2A 03 C8 2D 2A 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .-*..-*.........
0012F090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F0A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F0C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F0D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F0F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 ............ ...
0012F190: 96 E7 4E 35 2A 21 C5 01 B4 80 B9 1D 3E 21 C5 01 ..N5*!......>!..
0012F1A0: 64 09 AA FD D1 13 C5 01 00 00 00 00 34 10 46 00 d...........4.F.
0012F1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 57 6F 57 2E 65 78 65 00 ........WoW.exe.
0012F1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F200: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F210: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F220: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F230: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F240: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F250: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F260: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F270: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F280: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F290: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F2A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F2B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F2C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 54 68 69 73 ............This
0012F2D0: 20 61 70 70 6C 69 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 68 61 73 application has
0012F2E0: 20 65 6E 63 6F 75 6E 74 65 72 65 64 20 61 20 63 encountered a c
0012F2F0: 72 69 74 69 63 61 6C 20 65 72 72 6F 72 3A 0A 0A ritical error:..
0012F300: 45 52 52 4F 52 20 23 30 20 28 30 78 38 35 31 30 ERROR #0 (0x8510
0012F310: 30 30 30 30 29 0A 50 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 3A 09 64 0000).Program:.d
0012F320: 3A 5C 70 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 20 66 69 6C 65 73 5C :\program files\
0012F330: 77 6F 72 6C 64 20 6F 66 20 77 61 72 63 72 61 66 world of warcraf
0012F340: 74 5C 77 6F 77 2E 65 78 65 0A 46 69 6C 65 3A 09 t\wow.exe.File:.
0012F350: 43 3A 5C 62 75 69 6C 64 5C 62 75 69 6C 64 57 6F C:\build\buildWo
0012F360: 57 5C 45 4E 47 49 4E 45 5C 53 6F 75 72 63 65 5C W\ENGINE\Source\
0012F370: 67 78 5C 43 47 78 44 65 76 69 63 65 44 33 64 5C gx\CGxDeviceD3d\
0012F380: 43 47 78 44 33 64 44 65 76 69 63 65 2E 63 70 70 CGxD3dDevice.cpp
0012F390: 0A 4C 69 6E 65 3A 09 36 31 34 0A 45 78 70 72 3A .Line:.614.Expr:
0012F3A0: 09 6E 65 77 52 65 66 43 6F 75 6E 74 20 3D 3D 20 .newRefCount ==
0012F3B0: 30 0A 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0...............
0012F3C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F3D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F3E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F3F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F410: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F420: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F430: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0012F440: 5C 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 \(..............


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Hardware/Driver Information:
Processor: 0x0
Page Size: 4096
Min App Address: 0x10000
Max App Address: 0x7ffeffff
Processor Mask: 0x1
Number of Processors: 1
Processor Type: 586
Allocation Granularity: 65536
Processor Level: 15
Processor Revision: 3072

Percent memory used: 48
Total physical memory: 1073201152
Free Memory: 551223296
Page file: -177594368
Total virtual memory: 2147352576


When you select border (from the right-click context menu) the flicker goes away.

[Lax]

The error on closing is a known issue with WinEQ 2, and probably wont be resolved. The issue does not exist, however, with Inner Space (and the same hotkeys WinEQ has are provided for you by default).

As far as flickering.. do you have the game itself set to windowed mode? If not, it needs to be. What exactly is flickering? The bottom half? Just the portion where the taskbar would be?

[Aalwein]

not necessarily where the task bar is, but where there is empty black space at the bottom, between lines of text. I think it's just time to switch to inner space... guess i better start looking at all the add-ons.

[Lax]

The only time I've seen flickering like that is in true full screen mode, when some window is set to "always on top". For example, in early EQ when they didnt have windowed mode and I hadnt heard of EQWindows yet, I always had to minimize Winamp or it would keep flickering into the screen, because it's always on top. In windowed mode, that should never happen... I'm really unsure why you would see it in WoW with WinEQ at all and it certainly doesnt happen to everyone -- my wife uses WinEQ when she plays WoW and would complain non-stop if that happened to her ... My first and the most obvious suggestion would be to try the newest drivers from nvidia.com (assuming NVIDIA card here) or even beta drivers from guru3d.com -- there's actually some WHQL beta drivers and they might improve things for you.

Past that, I really dont know. It could be some other program flickering itself in. If you have WoW set to always on top, for example, another always on top program might try to show itself and then get replaced by WoW again.

Or another possibility, I suppose, is a window that has a DirectShow layer for showing videos, etc, such as Windows Media Player. If the two windows overlap, that might do weird stuff but would usually be the entire window flickering.

[jdemers]

If you use Nvidia driver, you can try the following:

Go in "Permormance & Quality Settings"

Under, "Global Driver settings", go to "Vertical sync" and remove the application controled checkbox and be sure it is turn off.

When 2-Boxing on a same pc, it removed all my texture flickering in expansion like Oow and Don.

A friend of mine also have some kind of weird "glitch" in WoW that have been fixed by disabling the VSync.

Hope it can help you.