I encounter this issue from time to time for various reasons. My fix, which usually works well is this;
1. Enter game in windowed mode. If it won’t, then at the options screen prior to character select, go to options where you select character models and such and ensure resolution is set to 640 x 480 (the lowest option).
2. Enter the game with any character and open the options window. Alt+o.
3. Select (going from memory here), the second tab (display?) and then select the resolution of 640 x 480. The game will ask you to confirm your choice, do so. So now you’ve essentially done this twice.
4. Do alt+o to close and open options again and again go to tab 2 and select full screen. NOW STOP AND READ BELOW.
***IMPORTANT*** when you do this, your screen looks like it is full screen, but it isn’t really. If you click to far outside of where the windowed mode parameters were, eq will minimize, so you may need to be creative with dragging the options windows to the “center” of the screen. It thinks you’re clicking on your desktop and minimizes.
5. Open resolution option and select the resolution of your choice. When the “confirm” window opens, be careful to also drag it to the “center” of the windowed mode screen. Select yes to confirm and you should be done.
***As a last resort, you can enter the eqclient.ini file and change both windowed and full screen resolutions to 640 x 480 then go straight to step 4. I have a shortcut to this file saved on my start bar.
Hopefully this is easy to understand and works first try. Good luck!
P.S. occasionally the gamma can appear a bit white-washed after this, but fixes itself after a reboot. Also, this fix is permanent, until it happens again. ��
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