[QUICK FIX] Crashing while zoning.

[sounion]

already had this option set to no loading art, but still have this issue, so this is not a fix for me.

[Feanol]

Originally Posted by sounion [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

already had this option set to no loading art, but still have this issue, so this is not a fix for me.

x2

[Ninefinger]

Problem is i don't have the drop down box in the graphics options to disable it! How do you fix that one?!

[mcoy]

Originally Posted by Ninefinger [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Problem is i don't have the drop down box in the graphics options to disable it! How do you fix that one?!

eqclient.ini -> LoadScreenMode=0

-Mcoy

[RecondoJoe]

Originally Posted by Ninefinger [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Problem is i don't have the drop down box in the graphics options to disable it! How do you fix that one?!

same fam

i never found it either

2 days ago, i started crashing every single time i zoned, and sometimes when i tried to load my character from character select... i tried all kinds of shit to fix it..

nothing worked

i noticed windows update needed me to reboot my computer.. i been putting this off for weeks since my computer is also a mining rig and i dont really ever turn it off... well windows updated, took forever... and eq started working again...

[mcoy]

Originally Posted by RecondoJoe [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

same fam

i never found it either

2 days ago, i started crashing every single time i zoned, and sometimes when i tried to load my character from character select... i tried all kinds of shit to fix it..

nothing worked

i noticed windows update needed me to reboot my computer.. i been putting this off for weeks since my computer is also a mining rig and i dont really ever turn it off... well windows updated, took forever... and eq started working again...

EQ relies upon "GetTickCount" which Rezzie does a great job of explaining:

Originally Posted by rezzie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

• 2^31 milliseconds is 24.86 days.
• EverQuest stores the result of GetTickCount() in a signed 32-bit integer.
• 24.86 days after booting your PC this overflows and wraps around, going negative.

For some reason, it being negative stops item hover text from working. If you reboot it resets the counter and item hovers should reappear. Alternatively, wait another 24.86 days and it'll fix itself.

This can cause a couple different issues if you're in the >24.86 day time before it rolls over again.

Note that a lot of people use "Shut Down" on their Windows computers, and MS was kind enough to default a new setting called "Fast Startup" to enabled. This reduces boot times from shut down, but it doesn't fully wipe memory. So either disable fast startup in your power options, or choose "restart" to actually reset this stored value.

Open Power Options and click on "Choose what the power buttons do":

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Additionally, as Joe stated pending Updates appear to also cause issues.

-Mcoy

[Calidore]

I tried this quick fix on a computer I use that always seems to crash when zoning to/from West Freeport and East Commons. Not a single crash! I even zoned over and over between EC/WFP, not a hiccup. Good times [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Did some more testing. Whenever I began the "zoning" process, LOADING, PLEASE WAIT, I started opening other things on the computer like Internet Exploder, MS Word, Chrome, whatever. If I don't have EQ as the active Window on that computer, it will ALWAYS cause the loading process to just get stuck and I'd have to End Task. But disabling the Loading Art really seems to have made the difference. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[nilbog]

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