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Nocte
04-18-2010, 08:38 PM
I'm new to P99, and have been setting up my UI to start playing again. I set the client to full-screen mode through the in-game menu, and my client immediately crashed and returned an error.

Now, when I log in, I crash at the character select screen, and I cannot log in to change the option through the same menu. Is there a way to set the game to run in windowed mode without logging in? If not, what's the fix?

Ittindi
04-18-2010, 09:02 PM
Open up eqclient.ini in your Everquest folder. Find windowed mode and set to TRUE.

WindowedMode=TRUE


Ittindi
4th Level Bard

Nocte
04-18-2010, 09:08 PM
Would that file be hidden? I can't find it, even when sorting them alphabetically. I'm on Win7.

Ittindi
04-18-2010, 09:11 PM
It shouldn't be hidden. Just try doing a search of the whole folder with the search string looking like *.ini.

Ittindi
4th Level Bard

Nocte
04-18-2010, 09:16 PM
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg81/electricnic/eqclient.jpg

The closest thing I have is eqlsClient.ini, which is completely different (I have it open on the left)

Ittindi
04-18-2010, 09:19 PM
Hop into IRC or PM me with your email and I can send you a copy.

Nocte
04-18-2010, 09:24 PM
PM sent, thank you.

Ittindi
04-18-2010, 09:31 PM
On the way. :D

Nocte
04-18-2010, 09:36 PM
Hmm, no luck. It continued to load in full-screen mode and then crashed the same as before.

Ittindi
04-18-2010, 09:39 PM
Did you change the one line:

WindowedMode=TRUE

Nocte
04-18-2010, 09:47 PM
I tried it both ways, actually, just to make sure. Same result. It's as if that file isn't even being read.

Ittindi
04-18-2010, 09:47 PM
One other thing you might also do is go into your options at the login screen and change your resolution to something lower. Once you get in game you can change it back. This will sync up your eqclient.ini file as well.

Ittindi
04-18-2010, 09:50 PM
One other thing that came to mind is to change the properties of the eqgame.exe file to run in compatibility mode.

Lelroni
04-19-2010, 09:14 PM
Hi Nocte, did you try pressing "ALT+ENTER" when in full screen mode to see if it sets it to windowed?

IzHaN80
05-02-2016, 07:43 AM
Open up eqclient.ini in your Everquest folder. Find windowed mode and set to TRUE.

WindowedMode=TRUE


Ittindi
4th Level Bard
This did help me out with my issue. Thank you very much!

Nathanian
05-02-2016, 01:29 PM
You can also delete your 'eqclient.ini' to start from scratch in case there is an issue with it.

I had similar crashing with fullscreen, it was due to the resolution being different than my desktop (windows 10)

Riiyan
05-02-2016, 10:24 PM
You need to do a few steps. You need to run your shortcut as windows xp capability mode sp3, always run the shortcut as administrator and you have to set affinity to eqgame.exe in windows task manager for 0 to only run on one core. They have many ways to go about this. I'm pretty sure this will fix a lot of your problems.

ALSO P99 doesn't work on high GHZ processors. Around 4.5ghz you hit a limit and start getting weird glitches and crashes. Above 4.7-4.8ghz the game won't even run on most computers.

Are you using an overclocked rig?