black screen when launching

[tabemono]

Hi, I have reinstalled the game a few times already making sure I followed the installation guide each time, and when I launch the game, it just shows a black screen.

I have made sure the eqg files that shouldn't be there aren't, made sure I extracted the zip in the right place, and set the shortcut to run in admin with compatibility on. Still no dice.

The only thing I haven't tried yet is not installing into program files. Could that be the issue? or maybe it's a multi-core issue? I am running on an i7 on win7 64-bit. Not sure what to make of this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions/fixes to resolve this? Any help would be much appreciated.

[Thulack]

Are you playing with dual monitors? If so you have to download wineq2 or play in windowed mode.

[tabemono]

I do have dual monitors, is that the reason? Is there a post/guide on how to setup wineq2? I tried installing it but when I ran it, it asked me to login. Do I have to setup an account somewhere

[nephritus]

I am running dual monitors as well and have been trying to fix this black screen with cursor login hangup. I have done all the steps listed above as well.

[Thulack]

Personally i just run in windowed mode. Never used wineq2.

[nephritus]

So how do I do that? I looked under properties for that option but didn't find it.

I also install wineq2 and logd in but no UI for it showed on my desk top and it just says wineq2 is already running.

[nephritus]

nvm, just turned off my 2nd screen and it automatically loads in windowed mode

[Thulack]

Hit alt+enter to get into/out of windows mode for future reference. Also can go into Eqclient.ini and change the setting.