Surface Pro 3 - trouble getting game to load

[nivikk]

After the login screen, the game crashed during the load to character select with the message:
EverQuest Windows - Application Error
The instruction at 0x02af45b4 referenced memory at 0x036ff0ec.
The memory could not be read.

Click on OK to terminate the program.

Here's what I did:
Updated the SP3 fully
Turned UAC off referencing Secrets in a Surface Pro 2 thread.
Copied my EQ folder from desktop, a slim 1.34GB file that runs swell, to the SP3 to save space.
Made the normal shortcut with the patchme added
Running on adminstrator account and the game normally, and as admin
Matched eqclient video resolutions to match desktop

[nivikk]

Got it to run. Confirmed the final thing that enabled the game to work was running in compatibility mode to win xp sp 2

[maahes]

Glad to hear you got it working. Considering buying a Surface for the lady for her b-day/cmass gift. Knowing that I can rack XP on it is huge!! :)

[khanable]

The Surface Pro 3 has a 12-inch screen with a 3:2 aspect ratio and a resolution of 2160x1440.

Is this accurate?

What resolution do you play EQ in? I assume the device "scales" the OS? How does EQ handle that?

Sorry for the off-topic question heh

[maahes]

Is this accurate?

What resolution do you play EQ in? I assume the device "scales" the OS? How does EQ handle that?

Sorry for the off-topic question heh

Back in the day I had an incredible Sony Trinitron monitor, was 4:3 - 2560 x 1920 @ around 120 Mhz if I recall correctly. I could rack xp for days with no gaming hangover :)

Bought that monitor for over $1000, years later I couldn't even give it away.

[nivikk]

I matched the eqclient.ini resolution to the 2160x1440. It runs fine, but have to chatfontsize 4 or 5 to read anything. Haven't played on it too much yet, but my face creeps pretty close to the screen cause im used to much larger screens.

[khanable]

I matched the eqclient.ini resolution to the 2160x1440. It runs fine, but have to chatfontsize 4 or 5 to read anything. Haven't played on it too much yet, but my face creeps pretty close to the screen cause im used to much larger screens.

Thanks, this is what I figured. lol

[RicDiculous]

Could you elaborate more on this fix. I am having the same problem and would love to play on my Surface 2. Which file do you run the compatibility mode on? Sorry I'm not very tech savvy.

[Spyren]

Bump, I'm trying to get my SP3 working as well but I'm not computer savvy at all and need a bit more details on the solution that the OP listed.

Thanks for any help/advise

[Sivaeb]

I just got a SP3 and haven't had this problems.

Could you elaborate a little on how to set the resolution in the eqclient file? I see that it has
Width
Height
WindowedWidth
WindowedHeight

would you please share what I need to modify those numbers to =)

[nivikk]

Go to your eq folder, right click eqgame.exe and move to Compability tab.
Choose Run this program in compatibility mode, and choose Win Xp Service Pack 2.

If you guys have more problems with the surface pro I will try to check back here and answer, mine has been running OK for a while now. Though the SP3 is really just a laptop in tablet form, the normal setup procedures should work. Not all of the settings copied over when I straight up copy pasted the same files from my other computer, which threw me for a loop.

[Deadlyfury]

Compatibility mode did the trick for me :)

here were my eqclient settings

WidthWindowed=1024
HeightWindowed=768
WindowedWidth=1024
WindowedHeight=768
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0

Also im using eqemu :)

annnnnd i have this checked

WindowedMode=TRUE


Good luck all!