My fix to the screen freeze with game still active in the bacK

[lituviel]

It seems like alot of people have the same problem, which is :

Screen freezes, game is still playing in the background. Gotta /q to close it.
Some people report to be able to alt+enter to enter or exit fullscreenmode , it might fix it for some people, not all.

However, I noticed that it appears around or below some dedicated light places, for instance in Skyshrine merchant corridor. I couldn't move in it without 10crashes.

So how I fixed (so far after a few tests no more crashed) mine with the following config:

- 2560x1440 resolution with 144hz refresh rate
- RTX3090 and win10.
- game runs with winEQ2.0.

Main fix is in the eqclient.ini
I modified the setting for these 2 lanes :
MultiPassLighting=0
ShowDynamicLights=FALSE

Since the, no more crashes.
Worth what it worth.
Might fix yours aswell.

peace o/

[void221]

thanks. i will check this too.




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[void221]

ok ... i have tested this now for 5 days or so .... i played every day some hours eq.
sometimes on my main pc and sometimes on my old one .... never got a freeze yet ...

perhaps this is the solution for that freeze-bug ? for me it seems so...

Windows 10
playing in Windowmode
NO winEQ2.0
running with Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
running in Admin-Mode

pc1:
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

pc2:
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
GeForce GTX 1070



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[void221]

hi.

i played now 5 day without a freeze with this eqclient.ini changes.

yesterday i also set in the nvidia-systemcontrol "shader cache = off"
today i got a freeze ... :)
perhaps this shader cache thing was it. i will set it back to normal


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[roguep1999]

Hey lituviel

I try your solution and it works, less crash now from 5 freezes per day down to 1 freeze in 3 days.
I check system event log and it is more related to Timeout Detection and Recovery of GPUs (TDR)


try this

https://www.wagnardsoft.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=755#p1718

This small tool disable TDR

[Polixa]

Main fix is in the eqclient.ini
I modified the setting for these 2 lanes :
MultiPassLighting=0
ShowDynamicLights=FALSE


peace o/

I'm going to test this to see if it helps me. I think you are on to something since I have noticed my freeze-crashes often happen near a brazier. Notably at Cabilis guards in LoIO and in the FM Giant Fort right next to the brazier.

In my EQClient it has MultiPassLighting=FALSE
Am I correct in thinking this is effectively the same thing as MultiPassLighting=0 ?

[void221]

In my EQClient it has MultiPassLighting=FALSE
Am I correct in thinking this is effectively the same thing as MultiPassLighting=0 ?


yes , it is.

FALSE = 0
TRUE = 1


btw. i did not have a freeze yet .... since 22.july ... on 2 different computers .. played every day

[khandman]

Screen freezes, game is still playing in the background. Gotta /q to close it.


For me it is the Admin prompt/UAC/Secure Desktop, modes that cause this.

All I do when it happens is ALT+ENTER (I play in windowed mode) to go into full screen, and then press ALT+ENTER again to go back into Windowed mode.