"Tip" lag fixed with reinstall, one problem remain

Venthos · Post by **Venthos** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:48 am

Used that Driver Cleaner 3 I had used last time months ago to fix the BSOD that was rampant for nvidia users, and that problem with the windows "Tips" bogging my CPU usage to 92%+ went away for me.

HOWEVER

A problem still remains.

It seems half the time that I start up EQ through WinEQ2, it fucks up in how it starts.

My current window position for my EQ windows leaves but a sliver of the titlebar of the window left at the very top. No other borders or anything are visible.

When WinEQ fucks up half the time on start, the window appears in what I assume is default position. I can move the mouse at a severely lagged rate for about 5 seconds (seems like the CPU is taxing itself out at this point) before it bombs and crashes out.

Restarting fixes this. It happens like I say, half the time. I run up to 3 EQ's on my machine. It does it when im starting up the 1st and have no others open (even off a fresh boot for the first time) or if i have 1 or 2 already open. Just seems half the time WinEQ just convulses and doesn't "Start" right and then just bogs down the CPU for a second before crashing.

Next time it happens i'll see what logs I can post.

Venthos · Post by **Venthos** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:49 am

Oh, and where it bogs down and crashes when it messes up is right off the bat. At the Disagree/Agree EULA screen.

Venthos · Post by **Venthos** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:56 am

Heh, just went to start up a 2nd instance and reliably like I said, half the time it bombs.

its like an odd number of starts and it gets angry in the pants!

Anyways, here's the info:

Modules.txt wrote:-- BEGIN eqgame.exe (400000) --
S=0x00E30048, R=0x001DA000, A=0x00C56048
mss32.dll - 216EE4, 0, 1DA354
WINMM.dll - 216E74, 0, 1DA2E4
WSOCK32.dll - 216E84, 0, 1DA2F4
DINPUT8.dll - 216BA4, 0, 1DA014
IMM32.dll - 216BB8, 0, 1DA028
KERNEL32.dll - 216BE0, 0, 1DA050
USER32.dll - 216DD8, 0, 1DA248
GDI32.dll - 216BAC, 0, 1DA01C
ADVAPI32.dll - 216B90, 0, 1DA000
SHELL32.dll - 216DC4, 0, 1DA234
ole32.dll - 216FC8, 0, 1DA438
-- END eqgame.exe (400000) SUCCESS --
Module Loaded C:\WinEQ\WinEQ2-EQ.dll (F30000)
Module Loaded C:\WinEQ\WinEQ2-EQ.dll (F30000)
Module Loaded C:\WinEQ\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll (F80000)
Module Loaded C:\WinEQ\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll (1000000)
Module Loaded C:\WinEQ\WinEQ2-DI8.dll (1060000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll (71A50000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll (71A50000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll (71A50000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll (76F20000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll (76FB0000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll (71A50000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll (76FC0000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll (71A50000)
Module Loaded C:\WinEQ\WinEQ2-DAOC.dll (1240000)
Module Loaded C:\WinEQ\WinEQ2-EQII.dll (1240000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2labels.dll (1280000)
Module Loaded C:\WinEQ\WinEQ2-WOW.dll (1240000)
Module Loaded C:\WinEQ\WinEQ2-WC3.dll (1240000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2itemdisplay.dll (1550000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll (77DD0000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2custombinds.dll (1250000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2hud.dll (1580000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2bzsrch.dll (17D0000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2itemdisplay.dll (1550000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2itemdisplay.dll (1550000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll (7C800000)
-- BEGIN EQGraphicsDX9.DLL (1900000) --
S=0x00E31008, R=0x00186000, A=0x00CAB008
d3d9.dll - 1B421C, 0, 186228
WINMM.dll - 1B4214, 0, 186220
dpvs.dll - 1B4224, 0, 186230
KERNEL32.dll - 1B4048, 0, 186054
USER32.dll - 1B41F8, 0, 186204
GDI32.dll - 1B4004, 0, 186010
ADVAPI32.dll - 1B3FF4, 0, 186000
-- END EQGraphicsDX9.DLL (1900000) SUCCESS --
Module Loaded C:\EverQuest-New\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL (1900000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2chatwnd.dll (1C80000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2eqbugfix.dll (1CB0000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2bardswap.dll (1CE0000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2docrack.dll (1D10000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2exchangeitem.dll (20C0000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2fakelink.dll (20F0000)
Module Loaded C:\MQ2\Release\mq2moveutils.dll (2120000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll (77D40000)
-- BEGIN eqgame.exe (400000) --
S=0x00E72FC8, R=0x001DA000, A=0x00C98FC8
mss32.dll - 216EE4, 0, 1DA354
WINMM.dll - 216E74, 0, 1DA2E4
WSOCK32.dll - 216E84, 0, 1DA2F4
DINPUT8.dll - 216BA4, 0, 1DA014
IMM32.dll - 216BB8, 0, 1DA028
KERNEL32.dll - 216BE0, 0, 1DA050
USER32.dll - 216DD8, 0, 1DA248
GDI32.dll - 216BAC, 0, 1DA01C
ADVAPI32.dll - 216B90, 0, 1DA000
SHELL32.dll - 216DC4, 0, 1DA234
ole32.dll - 216FC8, 0, 1DA438
-- END eqgame.exe (400000) SUCCESS --
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll (77F60000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll (77C00000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll (77C00000)
-- BEGIN eqgame.exe (400000) --
S=0x00EB2008, R=0x001DA000, A=0x00CD8008
mss32.dll - 216EE4, 0, 1DA354
WINMM.dll - 216E74, 0, 1DA2E4
WSOCK32.dll - 216E84, 0, 1DA2F4
DINPUT8.dll - 216BA4, 0, 1DA014
IMM32.dll - 216BB8, 0, 1DA028
KERNEL32.dll - 216BE0, 0, 1DA050
USER32.dll - 216DD8, 0, 1DA248
GDI32.dll - 216BAC, 0, 1DA01C
ADVAPI32.dll - 216B90, 0, 1DA000
SHELL32.dll - 216DC4, 0, 1DA234
ole32.dll - 216FC8, 0, 1DA438
-- END eqgame.exe (400000) SUCCESS --
-- BEGIN EQGraphicsDX9.DLL (1900000) --
S=0x00E72FC8, R=0x00186000, A=0x00CECFC8
d3d9.dll - 1B421C, 0, 186228
WINMM.dll - 1B4214, 0, 186220
dpvs.dll - 1B4224, 0, 186230
KERNEL32.dll - 1B4048, 0, 186054
USER32.dll - 1B41F8, 0, 186204
GDI32.dll - 1B4004, 0, 186010
ADVAPI32.dll - 1B3FF4, 0, 186000
-- END EQGraphicsDX9.DLL (1900000) SUCCESS --
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll (77DD0000)
Module Loaded C:\EverQuest-New\eqmain.dll (2200000)
-- BEGIN eqmain.dll (2200000) --
S=0x00E72FC8, R=0x000B1000, A=0x00DC1FC8
WS2_32.dll - C826C, 0, B1228
DINPUT8.dll - C8054, 0, B1010
KERNEL32.dll - C8084, 0, B1040
USER32.dll - C8200, 0, B11BC
ADVAPI32.dll - C8044, 0, B1000
IMM32.dll - C805C, 0, B1018
-- END eqmain.dll (2200000) SUCCESS --
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll (77D40000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll (77DD0000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll (7C800000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll (77DD0000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll (76C30000)
Module Loaded C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll (4FDD0000)

and...

SysInfo.txt wrote:WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
-----------------------------------
Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 2/2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158
System Physical RAM: 238/1023MB
Page File: 1795/2465MB
Virtual Memory: 1996/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ @ 2094MHz
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 4: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1024,768) (1024x768) PRIMARY
Monitor 2: \\.\DISPLAY2 (1024,0,1824,600) (800x600)
Sound: ¨
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.02

Direct3D9:
-----------------------------------
Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0

Direct3D8:
-----------------------------------
Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0

DirectInput8:
-----------------------------------

EverQuest:
-----------------------------------
Profile 1: WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile
EQ Path: C:\EverQuest-New
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Test Server: OFF Locale: us
Video Adapter: Primary
Luclin models: 29 (+145 min RAM)
Texture Compression: ON (+0 min RAM)
Dynamic Lighting: ON (+4 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: LOW (+0 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 432MB (BASE+149MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: VertexShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=TRUE

EQPlayNice:
-----------------------------------
EQ Version: eqgame.exe Oct 11 2004 15:21:50
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30

-Venthos

Venthos · Post by **Venthos** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:09 am

I need to stop posting things without experimenting further.

It APPEARS that this may be something having to do with MQ2. And its happening multiple times in a row now.

Upon attempting a Debug the angries message is

"Unhandled exception in eqgame.exe (MQ2MAIN.DLL): 0xC0000005: Access Violation."

Debug gets angry at this line marked with ***'s:

Code: Select all

BOOL SetMQ2KeyBind&#40;PCHAR name, BOOL Alternate, KeyCombo &Combo&#41;
&#123;
	if &#40;MQ2KeyBind *pBind=KeyBindByName&#40;name&#41;&#41;
	&#123;
		CHAR szName&#91;MAX_STRING&#93;=&#123;0&#125;;
		CHAR szBuffer&#91;MAX_STRING&#93;=&#123;0&#125;;
		if &#40;!Alternate&#41;
		&#123;
			sprintf&#40;szName,"%s_Nrm",pBind->Name&#41;;
******	pBind->Normal=Combo;
		&#125;
		else
		&#123;
			sprintf&#40;szName,"%s_Alt",pBind->Name&#41;;
			pBind->Alt=Combo;
		&#125;
		WritePrivateProfileString&#40;"Key Binds",szName,DescribeKeyCombo&#40;Combo,szBuffer&#41;,gszINIFilename&#41;;
		return true;
	&#125;
	return false;
&#125;

Hope this helps. Should I post this on MQ2 Boards as well or no?

Post by **Lax** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:36 am

Nope, you should just go read the mq2custombinds first post and fix the plugin since it's a bug with how that plugin was written

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:46 am

I posted a fix for that module in the modules thread on the appropriate board several weeks ago