WinEQ v2.12 Lite - EQ1 Crashes when pressing and holding ALT

[tedly]

This occurs for me on 3 different systems. It happens when I have multiple accounts logged in, and it happens with just 1 instance of EQ. When using alt + tab to switch windows it occurs intermittently. But if you use ALT within the window for an EQ command, such as ALT + O for options, or ALT over say your memmed spells to get a list of what's memmed, it locks everytime. This only occurred after the update to the latest version of WinEQ. Here's my SysInfo.txt:

WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
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Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 2/2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158
System Physical RAM: 33/1023MB
Page File: 1306/2437MB
Virtual Memory: 1138/2047MB (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: 2
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/RADEON 9600 SERIES
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/RADEON 9600 SERIES - Secondary
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 4: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1152,864) (1152x864) PRIMARY
Sound: Intel(r) Integrated Audio
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.12

Loaded Modules:
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Module 0: C:\Documents and Settings\ted\Desktop\Utilities - Apps\Everquest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: C:\Documents and Settings\ted\Desktop\Utilities - Apps\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:\Documents and Settings\ted\Desktop\Utilities - Apps\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\system32\LPK.DLL
Module 21: C:\WINDOWS\system32\USP10.dll
Module 22: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
Module 23: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
Module 24: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 25: C:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 26: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 27: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 28: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 29: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 30: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 31: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 32: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 35: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 36: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 37: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 38: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 39: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 40: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
Module 41: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
Module 42: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 43: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 44: C:\Documents and Settings\ted\Desktop\Utilities - Apps\Everquest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 45: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 46: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 47: C:\Documents and Settings\ted\Desktop\Utilities - Apps\Everquest\dpvs.dll
Module 48: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 49: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 50: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 51: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 52: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 53: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 54: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mslbui.dll
Module 55: C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.DLL

Direct3D9:
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Driver: RADEON 9600 SERIES /ati2dvag.dll/6/14/10/6571
Adapter Display Mode: 1152x864 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1024x768 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 335MB
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: EQ
EQ Path: C:\Documents and Settings\ted\Desktop\Utilities - Apps\Everquest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Test Server: OFF Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 3 (+15 min RAM)
Texture Quality: INVALID VALUE 3
Calculated minimum RAM: 298MB (BASE+15MB)
Level of Detail: 0
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: HardwareTnL=TRUE
Additional setting: VertexShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=TRUE

EQPlayNice:
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EQ Version: eqgame.exe Oct 25 2005 17:13:06
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30


Please help. I just came back to the game and built a new system to play multiple EQ's. I'm paying like $90/month for all my accounts and now it's useless since the new pc I built was built with the intent of playing 4+ accounts at a time. If I need to donate to get this fixed I will (I have donated before as well). Thanks.

-Ted

[Lax]

Apparently only non-subscribers are having this issue, so I've done a quick update to the non-subscriber data on the server just now. Let me know if the problem continues

[tedly]

Thanks Lax! I guess I'll subscribe if that fixes it as well. I was before, but I just haven't played for a while =) I'll let you know either way if it works on the non-subscriber.

[tedly]

Ok it's working better but i'm still getting occasional crashes now. It seems to happen when alt-tab'ing now only, but it's not everytime. If you say the subscriber version has no problems I guess I'm forced to buy again =)

[Lax]

All I can really say is there's no posts about this on the subscriber forums, but there's a few on the non-subscriber forums.

I'm doing what I can to fix the problem, but since it hasnt happened to me in testing and there doesnt appear to be a really good way people have given to reproduce it (that works on my system), I'm really just shooting in the dark

Have you scanned for spyware to ensure that's not part of the problem?

[tedly]

Ok I just bought a subscription, and it happened again! It seems the best way to lock it up would be to hold the ALT button over the buff window. This is not a spyware problem, as the system it just happened on is a fresh install of windows as of this morning. Also it occurs on my other 2 systems, and the ONLY thing that I can think of that's similar between the 3 systems is my custom ui. Could bad xml files cause this?

[Lax]

Actually someone in IRC just brought this up.

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[20&#58;56] <Valthonis> I did some checking into the alt crashing thing thats be happening and Part of it is from Custom UIs<the buff window portion>
[20&#58;56] <Lax> lol ok, so these people have a bad MQ2 ui?
[20&#58;57] <Lax> or is it a bug with real UIs?
[20&#58;57] <Valthonis> All custom UIs

Try unloading the custom UI and see how that affects things. If it's something with the UI, then this isnt WinEQ-related after all

[tedly]

Damn I'm good =) Already tried it since my last post and it seemed to stop the problem. All the times before it must have happened when my mouse was over the buff window and I alt-tabbed.

[Lax]

For reference, this is the only thread on the official EQ forums I could find on the topic: http://eqforums.station.sony.com/eq/boa ... .id=109032
It's just a few users reporting an issue, and no indication as to whether they were using WinEQ or not, and of course no response from SOE. Either way, the odds that they're using WinEQ are pretty slim and I dont have users with similar names.

Report back if you figure it out, and I will refund your subscription if you want since it wasnt relevant to the problem you were having.

[tedly]

I haven't figured it out yet, but either way you make a good product; keep the cash =)