Why does the arrow key input lag greatly?unplayable

Kasey · Post by **Kasey** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:42 am

I tried eqw wineq2 ectect and its always the same problem.My direction input lags behind making my characters movements utter pain and boxing impossible.Any ideas?Its like its moving on its own, super annoying.Help please

Post by **Lax** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:51 am

Post your sysinfo.txt for me and I'll see if there's anything obvious. You can get it by right clicking on the game window's title bar (launched with WinEQ 2) and selecting Get System Info from the menu. Do this while you're logged in and having the problem for best results, and paste the information in a post here

Kasey · Post by **Kasey** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:08 am

Well this doesnt have anything to do with WinEq pretty much because its the same for Everquest without any plugins and its the same if i am using EqW.The problem is just the people at the official boards are clueless and eqw got a bad support.Only good chance at finding people who might have had similar troubles is here.
Its simple, as soon i am playing more then one everquest on my highend machine (1gig ram, 3 gig athlon xp ectect no ati ect) and i move around the account starts to move around on its own.Thats what happens on the first glance but if you pay attention closely the input you do on your keyboard on the arrow up left right down keys just lags sometimes. Makes my char go gaga and makes it totally unplayable. I tried to restart everquest several times in the past years but Sony has managed to totally prevent any attemptd with their utter lack of support. I am frustrated and need some help.Anyways heres the requested info.

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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: 612/1023MB
Page File: 2121/2459MB
Virtual Memory: 1921/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ @ 2009MHz
CPU Affinity Mask: 1
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1024,768) (1024x768) PRIMARY
Sound: ¨
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.13

Loaded Modules:
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Module 0: e:\eq\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: e:\eq\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: e:\eq\DSETUP.dll
Module 15: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.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\SHELL32.dll
Module 23: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 24: C:\WINDOWS\system32\LPK.DLL
Module 25: C:\WINDOWS\system32\USP10.dll
Module 26: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
Module 27: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
Module 28: E:\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 29: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 31: C:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll
Module 32: C:\Programme\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2005\pavlsp.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCR71.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCP71.dll
Module 35: C:\Programme\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2005\PavTrc.dll
Module 36: C:\Programme\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2005\icl_cfg.dll
Module 37: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 38: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 39: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 40: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 41: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 42: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 43: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 44: E:\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 45: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 46: E:\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 47: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3dx9_27.dll
Module 48: E:\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 49: E:\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 50: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 51: E:\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 52: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
Module 53: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
Module 54: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 55: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 56: e:\eq\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 57: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 58: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 59: e:\eq\dpvs.dll
Module 60: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctagent.dll
Module 61: C:\Programme\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2005\Firewall\SSSensor.dll
Module 62: e:\eq\eqmain.dll
Module 63: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 64: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 65: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 66: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll

Direct3D9:
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Driver: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra/nv4_disp.dll/6/14/10/8198
Adapter Display Mode: 1024x768 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 800x600 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 (Windowed)
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 362MB
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:
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EverQuest:
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Profile 1: WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile
EQ Path: e:\eq
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Server Type: Normal Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 3 (+15 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: MEDIUM (+30 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 328MB (BASE+45MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 15
Additional setting: VertexShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=TRUE

EQPlayNice:
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EQ Version: eqgame.exe Apr 17 2006 14:53:02
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 25
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30

fearless · Post by **fearless** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:18 am

Just a couple thoughts here, 1gb of ram is the absolute bare minimum for two sessions of eq. I would not be surprised if the behavior you are seeing is because the second session of eq pushes you well over your 1gb of ram, which means you start swapping out to the hard drive, which means eq starts to slow to a crawl any time you do anything. You can try to fix this by disabling any / all extra options (models / sky / spell effects / etc).

Second, have you tried with your antivirus software disabled?

Third, if you are getting a lot of hard drive activity you can try to set your dbg.txt in the eq directory to read only. Some on the sony boards have said that has helped a little bit.

Post by **Lax** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:28 am

Its simple, as soon i am playing more then one everquest on my highend machine (1gig ram, 3 gig athlon xp ectect no ati ect) and i move around the account starts to move around on its own.

Your sysinfo appears to be with 1 session, I wanted one from when you're having the problem

MaxFPS: 15

15 is a REALLY low setting for EQ to be using for maximum framerate. You should slide EQ's Max FPS setting up to 100 and let EQPlayNice handle it. This could account for some of the lag (may or may not, but it is recommended to raise it)

Past that, what fearless said is pretty true. If you can post a sysinfo.txt with 2 sessions running and having the lag problem that would help. I dont think you're running out of memory like he says, just because your settings are fairly low and you have over half of your RAM remaining, but it might clear things up to see the whole story

Kasey · Post by **Kasey** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:07 am

as i said, my arrow key input is lagging.Even if i had 2 frames per second i dont care.With the arrow key input lag or whatever it is the game is unplayable.Yes i know that low framerates make the game choppy, i say it again.I have a problem with the keyboard input or something similar.The game goes gaga and i cant control a thing since the game behaves just like i would leave my fingers on the keys.That "feels" like the keyboard input is lagging behind.

Kasey · Post by **Kasey** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:09 am

Again,
looking at the sys.info is not logical imo because the problem i have persists no matter wether i am using eqw wineq or eq .The reason i post here is because this is like the last bastion with people who might have had similar problems.Thanks in advance

Post by **Lax** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:09 am

I understand that, I'm just trying to get to the bottom of the problem. If you cant or wont try any of the suggestions to see if they make a difference, then I'm not sure what you want us to do

Nobody looks at our forums unless they are having a problem at the time, so I wouldnt expect anyone to respond to your post who has had the same problem as you in the past