Random *BAD* Lag and lots of "//////'s

[Dereksaganii]

I'm using WinEQ2 (and MQ2) for quite a while now. In the past two weeks I've noticed a strange increase of lag on my 6-box setup (I have 2 GIG of RAM). After a while one of the sessions will, for all intents and purposes, STOP (like 1 frame 15-20 seconds). When this happens, I have to shut ALL my EQ sessions and start over for it to go away. Seems to happen more when I've been zoning around a lot then when I just go straight to 1 zone and stay there for a long time. I tried it without MQ2 but I didn't see any changes (though to be honest I can't do as much as I can with it to really stress the setup.). I did find that if I force Windows to minimize all the windows to the desktop and then open all the other windows except the frozen one that it will do it's "MQ Thing" and run macros fine.

The other thing I've noticed since the last WinEQ2 patch is that every now and then 1 instance will be LOADED with "////" and other strange characters. Kind of acts like it's bleeding from one session to another but I can't be sure.

Here is my sysinfo.txt:

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WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
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Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 2/2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519
System Physical RAM: 1969/2559MB
Page File: 6068/6501MB
Virtual Memory: 1455/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1:               Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz @ 2533MHz
CPU Affinity Mask: 1
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1280,1024) (1280x1024) PRIMARY
Sound: SB Live! Audio [FF80]
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.12

Loaded Modules:
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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:\games\EverQuest\DSETUP.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 19: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.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:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 23: C:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 24: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 25: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 26: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 27: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 28: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 29: C:\Program Files\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:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 38: C:\games\macroquest2\MQ2Main.dll
Module 39: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
Module 40: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 41: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 42: C:\games\EverQuest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 43: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 44: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 45: C:\games\EverQuest\dpvs.dll
Module 46: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2labels.dll
Module 47: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2itemdisplay.dll
Module 48: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2custombinds.dll
Module 49: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2hud.dll
Module 50: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2map.dll
Module 51: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2bzsrch.dll
Module 52: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2chatwnd.dll
Module 53: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2eqbugfix.dll
Module 54: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2moveutils.dll
Module 55: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2spawnmaster.dll
Module 56: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2debuffs.dll
Module 57: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2gmcheck.dll
Module 58: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2fps.dll
Module 59: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2autodestroy.dll
Module 60: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2autoskills.dll
Module 61: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2combat.dll
Module 62: C:\Program Files\Iomega\DriveIcons\IMGHOOK.DLL
Module 63: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctagent.dll
Module 64: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.dll
Module 65: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2exchange.dll
Module 66: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2timestamp.dll
Module 67: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2timer.dll
Module 68: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2irc.dll
Module 69: C:\games\macroquest2\mq2clip.dll
Module 70: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mslbui.dll
Module 71: C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.DLL
Module 72: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 73: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 74: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 75: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 76: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 77: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 78: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
Module 79: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
Module 80: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
Module 81: C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
Module 82: C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll

Direct3D9:
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Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT/nv4_disp.dll/6/14/10/7801
Adapter Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1152x864 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 292MB
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 1: Atomm
EQ Path: C:\games\EverQuest
EQClient.ini: .\eq_client_atomm.ini
Patch:  ON  Test Server: OFF  Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 2 (+10 min RAM)
Texture Compression: ON (+0 min RAM)
Sound: ON (+22 min RAM)
Dynamic Lighting: ON (+4 min RAM)
Texture Quality: INVALID VALUE 3
Calculated minimum RAM: 319MB (BASE+36MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 40
Additional setting: HardwareTnL=TRUE
Additional setting: VertexShaders=1
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=1
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=1

EQPlayNice:
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EQ Version: eqgame.exe Sep 20 2005 10:06:42
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 35
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 10
Rendering: 1/10

All my sessions are configured identically except that only the main has sound and patches. Each session has 2 luclin models (horses/elementals and the race of the char) only.

Thanks!

Dark2phoenix