EQ:Windows application error..pls hlp

[DaveJ]

I have been away from home for about a week..when i got home this morning i tried to play...it started up right went all the way to the server selct screeen i hit the server ruins of kunark p1999 then it waits a second and says

EVERQUEST: windows application error...the instruction at 0x02b91c6b referenced memort at 0x00000018 Them memory could not be read..Click OK to terminate program...if anyone has a solution or similar problem id really appreciate any help

[loramin]

Not being able to play sucks, but you're in the wrong place; please try the technical forum instead.

[Argh]

1. Help! When I try to run eq, at some point before entering the game, I get an error that looks something like this:
The instruction at 0x029110ce referenced memory at 0xfffffffc. The memory could not be read

This solution to this is actually very simple. Go to your EQ folder. Find the file eqclient.ini and open it in a text editor (i use notepad, its the simplest to use)

hit ctrl+f, type windowedwidth, you should see something like this:

WindowedWidth=1280
WindowedHeight=768
Width=1280
Height=768
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0
WidthWindowed=1280
HeightWindowed=768


change it to this:

WindowedWidth=800
WindowedHeight=600
Width=800
Height=600
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0
WidthWindowed=800
HeightWindowed=600

I'm using 800 x 600 here, but you may need to fiddle with that a bit. If 800 x 600 isnt working, try using your monitors native resolution instead. Eventually, you will get a combination that works, just keep trying.

[DaveJ]

duhh.. thanks bro

[chaosegg]

EVERQUEST: windows application error...the instruction at 0x02b91c6b referenced memory at 0x00000018 The memory could not be read..Click OK to terminate program...if anyone has a solution or similar problem id really appreciate any help

Mine says the exact same thing except the first number is 0x02e41c6b
I've tried editing the eqclient.ini resolutions to various sizes, and told it to start in windowed, but it keeps starting fullscreen!
Any ideas why it would do this and how do I fix it?!?
The last time I was in game (yesterday!) I did have it running fullscreen....

[chaosegg]

I stopped trying to use the EQEmuLauncher and tried running from the default EQ profile using WinEQ 2.0 program...
It works like a charm now.

Started up in windowed mode and loaded in quite fast...
so I guess the problem was the EmuLauncher

[HellHound989]

Edit: NEVERMIND, I see you got it to work!

/offtopic...

Im currently taking x86 MASM classes (Im a Java / C++ developer for retail self checkouts), and really intrigued in that I wish I could see what the instruction at that memory location is attempting to accomplish.

/ontopic...

If the application was working just fine before you left, and there has not been ANY changes to the OS (such as installed drivers, updated drivers, windows updates, etc...) and now that your back the EQ app is now attempting to access protected memory (which NO app should do).. could be a malicious reason? (aka virus)

Granted, there could be many causes...
HAREWARE related...
1) HDD is starting to fail, and thus when loading into memory, the instruction(s) are corrupting, hence an attempted read in high protected memory (which no app should ever do)...
2) Memory is failing, same problem as number 1 above...
SOFTWARE related...
3) Shared libraries are corrupted..
4) and 5) As mentioned, changes in the driver libraries or Windows libraries changed the composition of EQ's calls into those libraries, pointers going everywhere...

But the reason I mention possible malicious change (injected code by a virus re-directing calls elsewhere) is the fact that its attempting to address 0x00000018. That says to me a very specific address in particular to me.

In any case, start with a virus scan... the follow it up with an uninstall / reinstall.. and then see where you are after that