Two-boxing EQ1 on one machine

[atwrc]

Been playing EQ on and off since it's inception, and two-boxing on whatever my most recent machine was for most of that time. After taking off from EQ for a few months, I decided to start again, but I cannot get my machine to two-box any longer. I have been using WinEQ 2.15 Lite for over a year without issue, but I guess one of the recent patches blew me out of the water.

The first account is perfectly fine whether or not I launch EQ stand-alone [on my c:\drive] or through WinEQ 2.15 Lite. Regrdless of how I attempt to launch my 2nd EQ session (stand-alone on my d:\drive], the 2nd session always gets to the character screen but when a character is selected, the 2nd EQ session crashes. I even tried to lauch two EQ sessions using the same profile through WinEQ 2.15 Lite (ie, I launched two sessions using the EQ executable on from the c:\drive) but the 2nd session always crashes (with a message of "eqgame.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." There's a debug button but nothing happens when you click on it.

I have installed the most recent video drivers and have deleted the various eq files (eqgame.exe, eqclient.ini, etc) that Sony says to delete if you have videa issues, and I do have up-to-date Directx Drivers. I even launched both EQ accounts separately and turned all the advanved video settings to lower values and/or off. Is my system just too damn old anymore ? Will an upgrade to the Full version of WinEq 2 help at all ?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, as I enjoy two-boxing EQ but don't want to go back to grouping (my L80 warrior cannot solo anything that gives decent XP) ... and I don't want to solo my L70 Druid any more.

Here is my sysinfo.txt data:

WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
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Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 2/2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254
System Physical RAM: 617/1022MB
Page File: 1979/2460MB
Virtual Memory: 1023/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz @ 2992MHz
CPU 2: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz @ 2992MHz
CPU Affinity Mask: 1
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/RADEON X800GT
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/RADEON X800GT Secondary
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 4: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1024,768) (1024x768) PRIMARY
Sound: ?
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.11
WinEQ: 2.15

Loaded Modules:
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Module 0: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: C:\Program Files\Sony\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\d3dx9_30.dll
Module 15: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Normaliz.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\iertutil.dll
Module 19: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\xul.dll
Module 20: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\js3250.dll
Module 21: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\nspr4.dll
Module 22: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\MSVCR71.dll
Module 23: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\plc4.dll
Module 24: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\plds4.dll
Module 25: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 26: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 27: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 28: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
Module 29: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comdlg32.dll
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
Module 31: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 32: C:\WINDOWS\system32\serwvdrv.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\umdmxfrm.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2982_x-ww_ac3f9c03\comctl32.dll
Module 35: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 36: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 37: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\Lavish.dll
Module 38: C:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll
Module 39: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 40: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 41: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 42: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 43: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 44: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 45: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 46: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 47: C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mdnsNSP.dll
Module 48: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 49: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 50: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 51: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 52: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 53: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 54: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
Module 55: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 56: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 57: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 58: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 59: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 60: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\dpvs.dll
Module 61: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 62: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 63: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 64: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 65: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 66: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 67: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
Module 68: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
Module 69: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
Module 70: C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
Module 71: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.DLL
Module 72: C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
Module 73: C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
Module 74: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\eqmain.dll

Direct3D9:
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Driver: RADEON X800GT /ati2dvag.dll/6/14/10/6806
Adapter Display Mode: 1024x768 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1024x768 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN (Windowed)
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 361MB
Direct3D8:
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Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: (not currently available)
DirectInput8:
-----------------------------------

EverQuest:
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Profile 2: Default C:\
EQ Path: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: ON Server Type: Normal Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 29 (+145 min RAM)
Sound: ON (+22 min RAM)
Dynamic Lighting: ON (+4 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: 1. HIGH (+32 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 486MB (BASE+203MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 64
Additional setting: HardwareTnL=TRUE
Additional setting: VertexShaders=FALSE
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=TRUE

EQPlayNice:
-----------------------------------
EQPlayNice version: 1.22
EQ Version: eqgame.exe Jun 10 2008 23:41:50
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30

[joncharleslopez]

Having the exact same problem. Please help!

[EventHorizon]

Make sure the setting for EQ (in your eqclient.ini's for each instance of EQ) for the Refresh is set to the same setting. I've had problems where the Refresh setting was some whacky # (no idea how..) or it was blank.

For me, I just set both to 60 (which is what my Dell 22" WS is set to for Windows refresh) and haven't had further problems (so far, knock on wood, etc.).