Changing sessions = slow? < Noob

simon014 · Post by **simon014** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:45 am

Hey guys, I've just bought this program today after never really successfully getting the trial version working.

Anyway, here is my problem...

When I load EQ, whether normally via the patcher or in WinEQ, when I click on minimize or on another program, i.e. change gaming sessions, my PC freezes for like 10-20 seconds, as if I was changing resolution in game which is really starting to bug me. My PC is 3500+ AMD, 2 x 7800 GT nvidia cards and 2 gig of ram, so I don't think that is the problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

/cheer

Post by **Lax** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:30 pm

Right click on the game window title bar and select "Get System Info". This will open some info in notepad. Paste the whole thing here, or to me in email if you prefer, just don't leave bits out

Interesting that it would freeze for that amount of time. You might want to double check that you have all the latest windows service packs, windows updates, drivers (video, sound, motherboard chipsets, everything) and that no other programs are interfering -- shut down all other programs to see if maybe something is causing a problem. You can also run virus (free and good: http://free.grisoft.com ) and spyware scans (free and good: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/securit ... fault.mspx ) to make sure nothing is messing with your system that shouldn't be.

simon014 · Post by **simon014** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:11 am

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: 1480/2047MB
Page File: 2863/3430MB
Virtual Memory: 1929/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ @ 2210MHz
CPU Affinity Mask: 1
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
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: 2.14

Loaded Modules:
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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\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:\program files\everquest\DSETUP.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
Module 19: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 20: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 21: C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
Module 22: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 23: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 24: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 25: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2982_x-ww_ac3f9c03\comctl32.dll
Module 26: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
Module 27: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 28: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 29: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\Lavish.dll
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll
Module 31: C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktopNetwork1.dll
Module 32: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 35: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 36: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 37: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 38: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 39: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 40: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 41: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 42: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 43: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 44: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 45: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 46: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 47: C:\WINDOWS\system32\apphelp.dll
Module 48: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
Module 49: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Msctf.dll
Module 50: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 51: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 52: c:\program files\everquest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 53: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 54: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 55: c:\program files\everquest\dpvs.dll
Module 56: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctagent.dll
Module 57: c:\program files\everquest\eqmain.dll
Module 58: C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
Module 59: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 60: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 61: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 62: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll

Direct3D9:
-----------------------------------
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT/nv4_disp.dll/6/14/10/8198
Adapter Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 (Windowed)
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 398MB
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 2: Tancx
EQ Path: c:\program files\everquest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Server Type: Normal Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 29 (+145 min RAM)
Texture Compression: ON (+0 min RAM)
MipMapping: ON (+4 min RAM)
Sound: ON (+22 min RAM)
Dynamic Lighting: ON (+4 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: MEDIUM (+30 min RAM)
Sky: COMPLEX (+10 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 498MB (BASE+215MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: VertexShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=TRUE

EQPlayNice:
-----------------------------------
EQ Version: eqgame.exe Oct 3 2006 16:48:28
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30

Post by **Lax** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:02 pm

Yeah, that looks normal. Any response to the rest of my post? It actually sounds like you're running out of RAM (and/or have a HDD driver problem -- e.g. SATA, IDE, RAID drivers), but your sysinfo is only showing 500MB used, so I assume you're only running 1 session. Do you get this problem running only 1 session?

simon014 · Post by **simon014** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:30 pm

Lax wrote:Do you get this problem running only 1 session?

sure do

hendrix04 · Post by **hendrix04** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:58 pm

so all drivers are up to date?

simon014 · Post by **simon014** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:56 pm

I have automatic updates on so I presume so. Bit of a noob at computers.

. Anyone have a link to a good site that searches for driver updates? Googled one but I'm not paying $30 fee just to search for drivers. I'm pretty sure my G Card drivers are out of date, will go update them now.

Thanks for the help guys.