reinstalled . . .

[nocaps]

followed the "Getting Started" sticky to the letter.

can't launch my eqgame.exe shortcut (with the patchme add-on), get an error . . . "eqgame.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close blah blah blah"

any suggestions?

[mgellan]

followed the "Getting Started" sticky to the letter.

can't launch my eqgame.exe shortcut (with the patchme add-on), get an error . . . "eqgame.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close blah blah blah"

any suggestions?

Run Options or look at your eqclient.ini and make sure the client is running at a supported resolution...

Regards,
Mg

[nocaps]

can't get to Options . . . open eqgame.exe . . . get error message . . . fail

here's what's in my eqclient . . .

[Defaults]
Sound=TRUE
TextureQuality=1
VertexShaders=TRUE
20PixelShaders=TRUE
14PixelShaders=TRUE
1xPixelShaders=TRUE
MultiPassLighting=FALSE
UseLitBatches=TRUE

[nocaps]

ok, found OptionsEditor executable.

can't get the reso options to sync up with my monitor.

for instance, my monitor can do 1280x1024 so I set the reso in options to 1280x1024, close it, re-open it to ensure the change took . . . and reso gets changed to 1280x960.

edit: dont think its reso setting . . my monitor supports 1024x768, i can get Options reso to change (and stay) 1024x768 but still getting the error.

[Not_Famous]

I just had this problem on another computer. Have you tried changing the "Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution" setting under the compatibility properties?

[nocaps]

I just had this problem on another computer. Have you tried changing the "Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution" setting under the compatibility properties?

if, by that, you mean "change Reso setting to 640x480 via OptionsEditor" then yeah I just tried that :) but no it solved nothing :(

[Not_Famous]

Not the OptionsEditor in the EQ folder. The icon on the desktop itself. Try;
1:Right Click on the Icon
2:Click on Properties
3:Click on Compatibility
3:Check "Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution"
4:Apply the setting and try it.
On the other computer, I changed resolution in OptionsEditor and didn't work either. but forcing 640x480 made it work.

[nocaps]

thanks for the help guys . . .I've gotten past the error message by changing the reso of my desktop to match whatever I WILL set the EQ options to (desktop first, eq options reso second).

Will try out your suggestion Not_F to see if I can get by without resizing my desktop every time I want to log on.

thanks again

[JackFlash]

If you change it so you can finally get into the game, I've found that it will then give you the correct resolutions in the "in game" options editor.

[nocaps]

it's all good now.

Not_F's trick got me through the launcher into the game and was able to set my reso there w/out having to mess with my desktop reso.