Odd character behavior in EverQuest1

[Skittleshaman]

Using my laptop and trying to 2-box EQ1 accounts, I'm having and odd "laglike" problem with the characters. When I open EQ in WinEQ and begin moving a character they will periodically start moving in slow motion. This seems to effect only me, but effects movement and spellcasting increasing the amount of time that both take.

It appears random and very short term, but frequent enough to prohibit playing.

AFTER opening an instance in WinEQ, opening EQ through the regular patcher, the same problem occurs until I delete the eqclient.ini file and restart. Once the eqclient.ini has been regenerated, the problem disappears completely.

I'm absolutely mystified.

I've tried manually adjusting the resolution settings in the .ini file to no avail. I've also checked that vertex shaders are on. I've tinkered with a dozen different confiturations ranging from 800x600 with no new models on, low quality textures etc, to my standard running setup with most models and 1280x780 resolution (I have a widescreen aspect ratio LCD monitor.)

I tried copying all of the settings (with the exception of the resolution) from my desktop which works perfectly with up to 4 instances running at once.

Basically, I'm stumped.

I've updated the video drivers (although the laptop is only a couple of months old) but was afraid to try to update chipset drivers or flash the bios, which is the only other thing I can think of.

Help me Laxi Won Kenobi, you're my only hope!





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: 517/1023MB
Page File: 2032/2461MB
Virtual Memory: 1061/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz @ 599MHz
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600 PRO TURBO
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600 PRO TURBO
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 4: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1280,768) (1280x768) PRIMARY
Sound: ¨
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.08

Loaded Modules:
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Module 0: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: C:\Program Files\Sony\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:\Program Files\Sony\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:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 38: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 39: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 40: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 41: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 42: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 43: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 44: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\dpvs.dll
Module 45: C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
Module 46: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 47: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 48: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 49: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 50: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 51: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 52: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
Module 53: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
Module 54: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
Module 55: C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
Module 56: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.DLL
Module 57: C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll

Direct3D9:
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Driver: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600 PRO TURBO /ati2dvag.dll/6/14/10/6476
Adapter Display Mode: 1280x768 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1280x768 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 237MB
Direct3D8:
-----------------------------------
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: WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile
EQ Path: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Test Server: OFF Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 29 (+145 min RAM)
Sound: ON (+22 min RAM)
Dynamic Lighting: ON (+4 min RAM)
Texture Quality: MEDIUM (+30 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 484MB (BASE+201MB)
Level of Detail: 0
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: VertexShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=1
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=1

EQPlayNice:
-----------------------------------
EQ Version: eqgame.exe May 17 2005 09:28:11
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/1

[Lax]

I think I know what you mean, and I get the same thing on my Intel centrino-based laptop while playing WoW. I'm not really sure what it is, but I think it has to do with the FPS limiting messing with the centrino's head. Basically the laptop is trying to preserve power when its probably not supposed to. So when moving around, it kind of goes super slow but then speeds up way too fast.

Try disabling EQPlayNice, and see if that helps. It can be disabled in the WinEQ 2 general settings for EverQuest. Once disabled, you must restart WinEQ for the change to take place. If the change does not take place you will still see the EQPN indicator and it will still appear in sysinfo.txt.

Let me know if that helps, at least we can narrow it down if nothing else. If it DOES help, then there might be some optimal configuration for EQPlayNice. Perhaps having a high FPS limit but a low rendering limit for the background sessions or something.

[Raymond]

also to add, the video processors in laptops dont quite have the juice the desktops have. and I also think the Intel M processors are geared to not be battery hungy and possibly are limited, my laptop has a standard p4 processor, and when I fire up eq on it ALL the cooling fans kick in and kick out the heat like a space heater hehe ( HP pavilion ze5400 ) a friend has a newer toshiba I forget the model totaly chokes on eq and its one of those Intel M chips.