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Topic: I need help... Bad.
Mayor of Townsville
Pancake
posted 12-06-2001 04:45:13 PM
I tried to go on EQ today, but it won't let me leave the new character models screen, the screen after it (Social Animations, Sounds, etc.), and the Primary Display Driver screen. It goes like this:

Primary Display Driver-Models-Screen After-Repeat.

How can I fix this? I also have to put up the Gamma thingy, select server, and select new models everytime I play. Anyone know how to fix this?

The city of Townsville... is entirely mine!
Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 12-06-2001 04:57:00 PM
First: Are you using EQw? All that does is fubar EQ now.

Second:

quote:
Kegwen Tabibito had this to say about the painfully obvious:
1) Do you have less than a Pentium III?
2) Do you have an ATi video card that is not a Radeon?
3) Do you have 128mb of ram or less?
4) Does your system run Windows 3.1, 3.11, NT 4.0, 95, pre-SE 98 or ME?
5) Did you update your drivers!?
6)DID YOU TAKE THE TIME TO UPGRADE TO DIRECTX 8.1!?
7) After installing DirectX 8.1, reinstall your video and sound card drivers. EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAD THE LATEST VERSION. Installing DirectX sometimes overrides parts of your drivers, which is easily fixed by reinstalling said drivers.

Mayor of Townsville
Pancake
posted 12-06-2001 05:01:34 PM
1) I have a processor more powerful than a Pentium III.
2) I have a GeForce II.
3) 256 MB of RAM.
4) Windows 98.
5) Yes.
6) Yes.

I was able to play EverQuest yesterday with SoL. This might sound kind of stupid, but what is EQw?

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Waisztarroz
I love democracy
posted 12-06-2001 05:05:44 PM
EQw is EQ Window. Lets you play EverQuest in a window.

[ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: WaisztarrozBarrimas ]

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Azeroth™
Want my opinion?
posted 12-06-2001 05:06:26 PM
Make sure to download the new Detonator driver that just came out a few days ago, that fixed everything for my Geforce2.

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Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 12-06-2001 05:07:23 PM
quote:
Mayor of Townsville had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
This might sound kind of stupid, but what is EQw?

EQw (at one time) was a nice little program that put EQ in a DirectX window. DX8.1-ified EQ don't get along with it.

Anyway, now that you've passed the "DUH" tests, you qualify for actual help.

But wait... if you were able to play EQ with SoL yesterday, how come it's asking you to setup all those first-run settings?

You may want to reinstall EQ/SoL, however if you're not on broadband I don't recommend it...

Trying to think of other possible solutions, I'll be back.

Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 12-06-2001 05:07:54 PM
quote:
Azeroth wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Make sure to download the new Detonator driver that just came out a few days ago, that fixed everything for my Geforce2.

Right, follow the link in my first post.

Mayor of Townsville
Pancake
posted 12-06-2001 05:09:01 PM
Okie dokie. *Goes off to download the driver*

I think that what I am experiencing doesn't have anything to do with what video card I am using. It keeps showing me the Character Model screen once I selected what I wanted, and everytime I enter EQ, I have to set the Gamma to what I want it at.

[ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: Mayor of Townsville ]

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Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 12-06-2001 05:10:27 PM
This is BY NO MEANS a link to the nVidia webiste!

Err, sorry, posted this too quickly.

If that doesn't fix your problems, come back to us.

[ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: Kegwen Tabibito ]

Lyinar Ka`Bael
Are you looking at my pine tree again?
posted 12-06-2001 05:12:41 PM
I have the same card, but I'm actually able to get in. My headache is that the damn thing lets me play a little bit, then freezes.

I read the tech help on the official site and they mentioned going into safe mode and making sure the old drivers aren't still installed. I'm going to do what when I get home tonight. You might look into that too, Mayor.


Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin

Mayor of Townsville
Pancake
posted 12-06-2001 06:18:58 PM
Okay, I installed the driver, but I still can not get in.

What I am mainly asking is how can I make it so that once I select something once, such as choosing New Character Models or setting the Clip Plane, I don't have to do it again.

The city of Townsville... is entirely mine!
Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 12-06-2001 06:19:52 PM
That should be automatic.

I think your install is fubared.

Mayor of Townsville
Pancake
posted 12-06-2001 06:27:27 PM
I've been experiencing it ever since I put EverQuest on my system. Lemme explain:

I originally had EQ on a real crappy computer. When I got a new, way better system, I wanted to put EQ on it. Problem: The CD somehow broke.

I copied the files for EQ and put them on a CD so I can copy it to my new computer. After I copied all the files on to my computer, that is when it started to do this kind of stuff. Maybe I am missing a file that saves stuff like this?

The city of Townsville... is entirely mine!
Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 12-06-2001 06:31:53 PM
I did that for awhile. It got progressively worse.

Any of your friends own EQ? Borrow the disks from them.

Kitudo
Pancake
posted 12-06-2001 06:56:09 PM
Try adding this to your [Defaults] part of eqclient.ini:

VisitedLuclinOptions=TRUE

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Mayor of Townsville
Pancake
posted 12-06-2001 06:57:13 PM
I'm afraid not. I have a copy of EQ on another computer though. On that one, it saves stuff like the Gamma, etc. If I could get the name of the file, I could look for it and send it over to my computer.

Okay, I'll try that.

[ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: Mayor of Townsville ]

The city of Townsville... is entirely mine!
Mayor of Townsville
Pancake
posted 12-06-2001 07:07:52 PM
Okay, the Visited Luclin Options thing worked. Thanks loads! ^_^

*Runs off to play EQ*

The city of Townsville... is entirely mine!
Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 12-06-2001 07:45:03 PM
quote:
Kitudo had this to say about (_|_):
Try adding this to your [Defaults] part of eqclient.ini:

VisitedLuclinOptions=TRUE


Saved the day. Thanks!

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