CPUAffinity?

[khandman]

I use the below from a batch file.

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C Start /affinity 1 N:\Games\Project1999\eqgame.exe patchme

[VII]

i have a 12 core 24 thread cpu, how does this work for me? just change maxcpu=24? can i still keep it at 6? to limit which cores it can use?

[digush]

setlocal
SET _AppFolder=C:\YOUR_EQ_DIRECTORY
SET _AppName=EVERQUEST
SET _AppEXE=eqgame.exe
SET _AppParams=patchme
SET /a _MaxCPU=24
SET /a _rand=%RANDOM%*%_MaxCPU%/32768+1
SET _affinity=0x01
IF %_rand% EQU 2 SET _affinity=0x02
IF %_rand% EQU 3 SET _affinity=0x04
IF %_rand% EQU 4 SET _affinity=0x08
IF %_rand% EQU 5 SET _affinity=0x10
IF %_rand% EQU 6 SET _affinity=0x20
IF %_rand% EQU 7 SET _affinity=0x40
IF %_rand% EQU 8 SET _affinity=0x80
IF %_rand% EQU 9 SET _affinity=0x100
IF %_rand% EQU 10 SET _affinity=0x200
IF %_rand% EQU 11 SET _affinity=0x400
IF %_rand% EQU 12 SET _affinity=0x800
IF %_rand% EQU 13 SET _affinity=0x1000
IF %_rand% EQU 14 SET _affinity=0x2000
IF %_rand% EQU 15 SET _affinity=0x4000
IF %_rand% EQU 16 SET _affinity=0x8000
IF %_rand% EQU 17 SET _affinity=0x10000
IF %_rand% EQU 18 SET _affinity=0x20000
IF %_rand% EQU 19 SET _affinity=0x40000
IF %_rand% EQU 20 SET _affinity=0x80000
IF %_rand% EQU 21 SET _affinity=0x100000
IF %_rand% EQU 22 SET _affinity=0x200000
IF %_rand% EQU 23 SET _affinity=0x400000
IF %_rand% EQU 24 SET _affinity=0x800000

start /affinity %_affinity% eqgame patchme
endlocal



this should work if you have 12 cores and 24 threads

[digush]

the point of all this is to choose a random thread out of the 24 threads that you have so EQ isn't always running on thread "7" or some hard-coded thread#

so u mite run the batch file once and it'll select thread #3
then you close EQ run the batch file and it'll select thread#18

keeps it random as possible to give your cores a chance to take a break between EQ sessions

[VII]

understood. it seems that since i’m running eq as admin the batch needs to run cmd.exe as admin as well to have to set affinity. was extra lines can i add to run cmd.exe in the batch as admin?

currently if i run the batch as you’ve written my affinity on eqgame.exe is still all cores enabled. if i uncheck run as admin in eqgame.exe properties, then your batch works as intended. but i was to keep eq in compatibility mode which requires admin.

[mcoy]

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understood. it seems that since i’m running eq as admin the batch needs to run cmd.exe as admin as well to have to set affinity. was extra lines can i add to run cmd.exe in the batch as admin?

currently if i run the batch as you’ve written my affinity on eqgame.exe is still all cores enabled. if i uncheck run as admin in eqgame.exe properties, then your batch works as intended. but i was to keep eq in compatibility mode which requires admin.

Create a shortcut to the batch file, and in the advanced properties of the shortcut, set it to run as admin:

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-Mcoy