WinEQ 2.05 lite works great for EQ running two characters in groups, but horrible lag if I try to use it on raids. Is using the software for two cahracters on a raids (35-50 toons), asking too much from the software or is the problem my dial-up connection?
AMD 1900 1g Ram, ATI 9800 Pro 128mb using dial-up
from SysInfo:
System Physical RAM: 605/1023MB
Page File: 1987/2461MB
Virtual Memory: 1050/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) @ 1193MHz
EQPlayNice:
-----------------------------------
EQ Version: eqgame.exe Dec 16 2004 17:15:50
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30
or do I just need to adjust my settings?
Issue with lag
Moderators: Lavish Software Team, Moderators
I have tried all the luclin models off except what I need for my ride, sounds off, sky off, clip plane down, names off, etc.
Even though I have 6 different profiles i created, only one shows in the SysInfo file. Is that normal?
WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
-----------------------------------
Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 2/2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158
System Physical RAM: 219/1023MB
Page File: 1442/2461MB
Virtual Memory: 1082/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) XP @ 1193MHz
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/RADEON 9800 PRO
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 4: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1280,1024) (1280x1024) PRIMARY
Sound: ¨
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.05
Loaded Modules:
-----------------------------------
Module 0: C:\games\EverQuest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: C:\games\EverQuest\mss32.dll
Module 4: C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
Module 5: C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
Module 6: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
Module 7: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
Module 8: C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
Module 9: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
Module 10: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
Module 11: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Module 12: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
Module 13: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT8.dll
Module 14: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 15: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\serwvdrv.dll
Module 19: C:\WINDOWS\system32\umdmxfrm.dll
Module 20: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
Module 21: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
Module 22: C:\games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 23: C:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 24: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 25: C:\games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 26: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 27: C:\games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 28: C:\games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 29: C:\games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 31: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 32: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 35: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 36: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 37: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 38: C:\games\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 39: C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\ANTISPAM\asOEHook.dll
Module 40: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCR70.dll
Module 41: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 42: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 43: C:\games\EverQuest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 44: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 45: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 46: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 47: C:\games\EverQuest\dpvs.dll
Module 48: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 49: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 50: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 51: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 52: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 53: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 54: C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
Module 55: C:\Program Files\NetZero\hook.dll
Direct3D9:
-----------------------------------
Driver: RADEON 9800 PRO/ati2dvag.dll/6/14/10/6476
Adapter Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_R5G6B5
Game Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_R5G6B5
Current Adapter: 0
Direct3D8:
-----------------------------------
Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
DirectInput8:
-----------------------------------
EverQuest:
-----------------------------------
Profile 7: Necro2
EQ Path: C:\games\EverQuest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Test Server: OFF Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 2 (+10 min RAM)
Texture Compression: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: LOW (+0 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 293MB (BASE+10MB)
Level of Detail: 0
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: VertexShaders=0
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=1
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=1
EQPlayNice:
-----------------------------------
EQ Version: eqgame.exe Dec 16 2004 17:15:50
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30
Even though I have 6 different profiles i created, only one shows in the SysInfo file. Is that normal?
WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
-----------------------------------
Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 2/2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158
System Physical RAM: 219/1023MB
Page File: 1442/2461MB
Virtual Memory: 1082/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) XP @ 1193MHz
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/RADEON 9800 PRO
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 4: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1280,1024) (1280x1024) PRIMARY
Sound: ¨
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.05
Loaded Modules:
-----------------------------------
Module 0: C:\games\EverQuest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: C:\games\EverQuest\mss32.dll
Module 4: C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
Module 5: C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
Module 6: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
Module 7: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
Module 8: C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
Module 9: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
Module 10: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
Module 11: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Module 12: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
Module 13: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT8.dll
Module 14: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 15: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\serwvdrv.dll
Module 19: C:\WINDOWS\system32\umdmxfrm.dll
Module 20: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
Module 21: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
Module 22: C:\games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 23: C:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 24: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 25: C:\games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 26: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 27: C:\games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 28: C:\games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 29: C:\games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 31: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 32: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 35: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 36: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 37: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 38: C:\games\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 39: C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\ANTISPAM\asOEHook.dll
Module 40: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCR70.dll
Module 41: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 42: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 43: C:\games\EverQuest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 44: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 45: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 46: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 47: C:\games\EverQuest\dpvs.dll
Module 48: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 49: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 50: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 51: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 52: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 53: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 54: C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
Module 55: C:\Program Files\NetZero\hook.dll
Direct3D9:
-----------------------------------
Driver: RADEON 9800 PRO/ati2dvag.dll/6/14/10/6476
Adapter Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_R5G6B5
Game Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_R5G6B5
Current Adapter: 0
Direct3D8:
-----------------------------------
Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
DirectInput8:
-----------------------------------
EverQuest:
-----------------------------------
Profile 7: Necro2
EQ Path: C:\games\EverQuest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Test Server: OFF Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 2 (+10 min RAM)
Texture Compression: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: LOW (+0 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 293MB (BASE+10MB)
Level of Detail: 0
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: VertexShaders=0
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=1
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=1
EQPlayNice:
-----------------------------------
EQ Version: eqgame.exe Dec 16 2004 17:15:50
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30
Yes, that's normal because SysInfo.txt is created when you run EQ, and it's created with the current information.
I don't see anything particularly bad about your settings, and WinEQ doesn't adversely affect game performance. The only bad point about your system itself is the processor speed -- it's showing a clock rate of about 1200MHz, where an Athlon XP 1900+ should actually be 1600MHz. 1200MHz would be an Athlon XP 1400+, which don't exist -- so I'm going to say that your processor is underclocked by 33%, and this would result in worse performance. Typically this will happen when your BIOS settings get reset. What you need to do is go into BIOS and change the CPU frequency from 100MHz to 133MHz. If you don't know your way around BIOS to do that, I would recommend finding a friend that knows what to do or can walk you through it. This is most definitely the first thing I would fix if I were you.
Past that, it depends on which type of lag you are experiencing. If you're getting full speed video and the problem is that spells don't cast immediately, people move in spurts, etc then it's definitely connection speed. Any time you're playing multiple characters on dialup you will experience this particularly when zoning or around a lot of people. You can change "datarate.txt" to have the number 2.5 or 3.0 or so (if it's already lower, dont increase it) and that should help as well. I believe it defaults to 5.0, which is supposed to mean 5k/sec. That's for one session, though, so if you are running 2 it's going to be too high if both are near peak usage.
If the lag you are experiencing is video lag, such as choppiness if you hold down left or right to turn your character, then you want to look for CPU or video card-related issues.
Let me know if this helps
I don't see anything particularly bad about your settings, and WinEQ doesn't adversely affect game performance. The only bad point about your system itself is the processor speed -- it's showing a clock rate of about 1200MHz, where an Athlon XP 1900+ should actually be 1600MHz. 1200MHz would be an Athlon XP 1400+, which don't exist -- so I'm going to say that your processor is underclocked by 33%, and this would result in worse performance. Typically this will happen when your BIOS settings get reset. What you need to do is go into BIOS and change the CPU frequency from 100MHz to 133MHz. If you don't know your way around BIOS to do that, I would recommend finding a friend that knows what to do or can walk you through it. This is most definitely the first thing I would fix if I were you.
Past that, it depends on which type of lag you are experiencing. If you're getting full speed video and the problem is that spells don't cast immediately, people move in spurts, etc then it's definitely connection speed. Any time you're playing multiple characters on dialup you will experience this particularly when zoning or around a lot of people. You can change "datarate.txt" to have the number 2.5 or 3.0 or so (if it's already lower, dont increase it) and that should help as well. I believe it defaults to 5.0, which is supposed to mean 5k/sec. That's for one session, though, so if you are running 2 it's going to be too high if both are near peak usage.
If the lag you are experiencing is video lag, such as choppiness if you hold down left or right to turn your character, then you want to look for CPU or video card-related issues.
Let me know if this helps