Graphic EQ1 UI issue while 2 boxing

timls80 · Post by **timls80** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:20 am

Default EQ UI, looks normal and fine up until I start the 2nd instance of EQ. After the 2nd character gets loaded in the 1st characters screen looks like this. Tried messing with a bunch of the settings but nothing is working.

Any ideas welcomed.

timls80 · Post by **timls80** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:20 am

WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
-----------------------------------
Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 3/2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236
System Physical RAM: 1716/2559MB
Page File: 3597/4452MB
Virtual Memory: 1136/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) XP @ 1837MHz
CPU Affinity Mask: 1
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: 7.0.5730.13
WinEQ: 2.15

Loaded Modules:
-----------------------------------
Module 0: C:\Program Files\Everquest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: C:\Program Files\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\Secur32.dll
Module 10: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
Module 11: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
Module 12: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Module 13: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
Module 14: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT8.dll
Module 15: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3dx9_30.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Normaliz.dll
Module 19: C:\WINDOWS\system32\iertutil.dll
Module 20: C:\Program Files\Everquest\xul.dll
Module 21: C:\Program Files\Everquest\js3250.dll
Module 22: C:\Program Files\Everquest\nspr4.dll
Module 23: C:\Program Files\Everquest\MSVCR71.dll
Module 24: C:\Program Files\Everquest\plc4.dll
Module 25: C:\Program Files\Everquest\plds4.dll
Module 26: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 27: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 28: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 29: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comdlg32.dll
Module 31: C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
Module 32: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\avgrsstx.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.5512_x-ww_35d4ce83\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:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
Module 40: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 41: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 42: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 43: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 44: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 45: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 46: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 47: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.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:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 53: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 54: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 55: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 56: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
Module 57: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 58: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 59: C:\Program Files\Everquest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 60: C:\Program Files\Everquest\dpvs.dll
Module 61: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctagent.dll
Module 62: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 63: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 64: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 65: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 66: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 67: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 68: C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
Module 69: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
Module 70: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
Module 71: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
Module 72: C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
Module 73: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.DLL
Module 74: C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
Module 75: C:\Program Files\Everquest\eqmain.dll

Direct3D9:
-----------------------------------
Driver: RADEON 9800 PRO/ati2dvag.dll/6/14/10/6727
Adapter Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1280x968 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN (Windowed)
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 110MB
Direct3D8:
-----------------------------------
Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: (not currently available)
DirectInput8:
-----------------------------------

EverQuest:
-----------------------------------
Profile 1: WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile
EQ Path: C:\Program Files\Everquest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Server Type: Normal Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 0 (+0 min RAM)
Texture Compression: ON (+0 min RAM)
Sound: ON (+22 min RAM)
Dynamic Lighting: ON (+4 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: 3. LOW (+0 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 309MB (BASE+26MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: VertexShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=TRUE

EQPlayNice:
-----------------------------------
EQPlayNice version: 1.22
EQ Version: eqgame.exe Oct 28 2008 23:07:04
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30

timls80 · Post by **timls80** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:37 am

Forgot to add I also get a low texture warning message that pops up when i get to character select screen while loading in the 2nd character.

durew · Post by **durew** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:55 pm

thats the EXACT same problem i'm having right now! Have you found a way to fix it?

durew · Post by **durew** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:58 pm

I mean the invisible UI, I dont have the texture warning message.. but my UI vanishes!

durew · Post by **durew** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:13 pm

Here is my info:

WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
-----------------------------------
Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 3/2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236
System Physical RAM: 913/3454MB
Page File: 4231/6751MB
Virtual Memory: 736/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz @ 2798MHz
CPU 2: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz @ 2798MHz
CPU Affinity Mask: 1
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition 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: 7.0.5730.11
WinEQ: 2.15

Loaded Modules:
-----------------------------------
Module 0: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\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\Secur32.dll
Module 10: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
Module 11: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
Module 12: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Module 13: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
Module 14: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT8.dll
Module 15: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3dx9_30.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Normaliz.dll
Module 19: C:\WINDOWS\system32\iertutil.dll
Module 20: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\xul.dll
Module 21: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\js3250.dll
Module 22: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\nspr4.dll
Module 23: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\MSVCR71.dll
Module 24: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\plc4.dll
Module 25: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\plds4.dll
Module 26: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 27: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 28: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 29: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comdlg32.dll
Module 31: C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
Module 32: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\avgrsstx.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.5512_x-ww_35d4ce83\comctl32.dll
Module 35: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 36: C:\Games\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 37: C:\Games\WinEQ2\Lavish.dll
Module 38: C:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll
Module 39: C:\Program Files\Logitech\MouseWare\System\LgWndHk.dll
Module 40: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
Module 41: C:\Games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 42: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 43: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 44: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 45: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 46: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 47: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 48: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 49: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 50: C:\Games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 51: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 52: C:\Games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 53: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 54: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 55: C:\Games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 56: C:\Games\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 57: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
Module 58: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Logitech\Scrolling\LgMsgHk.dll
Module 59: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCP60.dll
Module 60: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 61: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 62: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 63: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\dpvs.dll
Module 64: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 65: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 66: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 67: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 68: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 69: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 70: C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.DLL
Module 71: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\mssmp3.asi
Module 72: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\mssvoice.asi
Module 73: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\mssa3d.m3d
Module 74: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\mssds3d.m3d
Module 75: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\mssdx7.m3d
Module 76: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\msseax.m3d
Module 77: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\mssrsx.m3d
Module 78: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
Module 79: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\msssoft.m3d
Module 80: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\mssdsp.flt
Module 81: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
Module 82: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
Module 83: C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
Module 84: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.DLL
Module 85: C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
Module 86: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\vivoxsdk.dll
Module 87: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\ortp.dll
Module 88: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\alut.dll
Module 89: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy\wrap_oal.dll
Module 90: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SensApi.dll
Module 91: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CLBCATQ.DLL
Module 92: C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMRes.dll
Module 93: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll

Direct3D9:
-----------------------------------
Driver: RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition /ati2dvag.dll/6/14/10/6833
Adapter Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1280x960 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 (Windowed)
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 11MB
Direct3D8:
-----------------------------------
Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: (not currently available)
DirectInput8:
-----------------------------------

EverQuest:
-----------------------------------
Profile 1: WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile
EQ Path: C:\Games\EverQuest Trilogy
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Server Type: Normal Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 11 (+55 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: 396MB (BASE+113MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: HardwareTnL=TRUE
Additional setting: VertexShaders=1
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=1
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=0

EQPlayNice:
-----------------------------------
EQPlayNice version: 1.22
EQ Version: eqgame.exe Dec 10 2008 23:51:13
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30

fearless · Post by **fearless** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:00 pm

durew wrote:Available Texture Memory: 11MB

you were saying something about odd video card behavior?

durew · Post by **durew** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:57 am

hmm? I was 2 boxing at the time when I took that info.. which might be why its low?

Post by **Lax** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:54 am

Once you start running out of texture memory, the behavior of the game rendering is going to seem kind of weird. It wont be able to load certain textures, so they may come up transparent, or some games apply a certain color -- like WoW I believe will start showing them as green instead of the textures you're used to. Asheron's Call used to show things in white if I recall correctly. So your low texture memory doesn't particularly surprise me with this report. You can alleviate some of the problem by decreasing resolution, color depth (e.g. change windows desktop to 16-bit instead of 32-bit), or reducing certain EQ settings such as texture quality or removing additional Luclin models (I see you have many of them turned off already).

Beyond that, I see you have RAM that isn't in use (913MB from your sysinfo.txt) that could be shared with the video card for texture memory. I don't know what the setting is called in BIOS these days, but it used to be something like AGP/Graphics Aperture/Window Size (any combination of the words, such as AGP Aperture Size, Graphics Aperture Size, Graphics Window Size, etc). I have to assume based on your low texture memory that it is set pretty low on your system, and setting it to 512MB or so should be fine.