Shadows Disappearing / Game runs slow / time to quit? [Archive]

luce123

05-12-2007, 12:52 AM

Well i have used the "search" feature which the forum provides for shadows being removed/disappearing and to my extent i have found that it still hasn't been fixed in the game itself and sony supposedly knows about this problem, my shadows continue to disappear and game continues to run slow with shadows on. I did not buy this game so that i can run it on High performance with shadows off. I Exceed the RECOMMENDED requirements by a wide margin and i still cant run the game with shadows. They either disappear or it runs extremely slow. If you would be so kind as to post the real requirements for this game please update them because from what i have seen i surpass them and i cant figure out the problem one single bit. I have been playing world of warcraft in the meantime to keep me going but i loved EQII and wouldnt like to just quit now i would like some hope from sony. I already have a level 70 and the way i played is through high performance with no shadows, ever since i got the game back in 04, now it is 07 and my pc is top notch and i cant beat my old pc's settings i basically cant group without lowering the settings below balanced and turning shadows off, or waiting for them to disappear. I dont want to hear how to optimize my system as it is optimized enough and i have done extensive testing on over 6 different top end games and they have higher demand then EQII does and run better then EQII does can i get some help here...

luce123

05-12-2007, 01:09 AM

Time of this report: 5/12/2007, 00:05:26 Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: NVIDIA System Model: AWRDACPI BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz Memory: 2046MB RAM Page File: 429MB used, 4532MB available Windows Dir: C:WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Display Memory: 256.0 MB Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: SyncMaster 206BW(Digital) Monitor Max Res: 1680,1050 Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher) Driver Date/Size: 10/22/2006 07:22:00, 4527488 bytes The minimum system requirements for EverQuest II are: <ul><li>Operating System: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP</li><li>Processor: 1GHz</li><li>RAM: 512 MB</li><li>Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible. Pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 64 MB of texture memory</li><li>Sound Card: DirectSound compatible audio hardware</li></ul> The recommended system requirements are: <ul><li>Operating System: Windows XP</li><li>Processor: 2 GHz or greater</li><li>RAM: 1 GB</li><li>CD-ROM: 16x CD-ROM or DVD-ROM</li><li>Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible. Pixel shader and Vertex shader compatible hardware with 128mb of texture memory or greater</li><li>Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy</li></ul>

Ninjax

05-12-2007, 02:01 AM

I also get this problem. I have a great deal of problems with graphics, slow sluggish. I run on High Performance and yet it doesn't help one bit. I also fully surpass the recommended system requirements. Current System: --------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------ Version EVEREST v2.20.405 Homepage <a href="http://www.lavalys.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lavalys.com/</a> Report Type Report Wizard Computer OSHI Generator Blair Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail) Date 2007-05-12 Time 16:56 --------[ Summary ]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer: Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name OSHI User Name Blair Motherboard: CPU Type AMD Sempron, 1600 MHz (8 x 200) 2800+ Motherboard Name Asus K8N (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN) Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce3 250, AMD Hammer System Memory 1536 MB (DDR SDRAM) BIOS Type AMI (09/06/05) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Display: Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (128 MB) 3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP Monitor Philips 190B (190B6) [19" LCD] (BZ 318064) Multimedia: Audio Adapter SB Live! 24-bit External Storage: IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6) IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6) SCSI/RAID Controller STLTH317 SCSI Controller Disk Drive WDC WD800BB-00JHA0 (74 GB, IDE) Disk Drive ST380011A (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) Optical Drive HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8525B (52x/32x/52x CD-RW) Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-RAM:5x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM) Optical Drive V386 STEALTH DVD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual DVD-ROM) SMART Hard Disks Status OK Partitions: C: (NTFS) 20002 MB (7303 MB free) D: (FAT32) 56152 MB (19021 MB free) E: (NTFS) 56305 MB (19033 MB free) F: (FAT32) 10524 MB (2250 MB free) G: (NTFS) 4996 MB (116 MB free) H: (FAT32) 4595 MB (4514 MB free) Total Size 149.0 GB (51.0 GB free) Input: Keyboard HID Keyboard Device Keyboard HID Keyboard Device Mouse Logitech HID-compliant G5 Laser Mouse Network: Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport (192.168.1.4) Peripherals: USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2-S - OHCI USB 1.1 Controller USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2-S - OHCI USB 1.1 Controller USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP2-S - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller USB Device Generic USB Hub USB Device Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit External USB Device USB Composite Device USB Device USB Composite Device USB Device USB Composite Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device --------[ Notes ]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have also cranked up my graphics settings in windows to Performance to help run Everquest 2 faster. I have played many games including World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI and KalOnline and I have had better results from those games. I enjoy Everquest 2 and I don't plan on leaving Everquest. I just need to advice on how I can improve my game play. Thanks. ~NinjaxSK

Josgar

05-13-2007, 02:54 AM

<cite>luce123 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Well i have used the "search" feature which the forum provides for shadows being removed/disappearing and to my extent i have found that it still hasn't been fixed in the game itself and sony supposedly knows about this problem, my shadows continue to disappear and game continues to run slow with shadows on. I did not buy this game so that i can run it on High performance with shadows off. I Exceed the RECOMMENDED requirements by a wide margin and i still cant run the game with shadows. They either disappear or it runs extremely slow. If you would be so kind as to post the real requirements for this game please update them because from what i have seen i surpass them and i cant figure out the problem one single bit. I have been playing world of warcraft in the meantime to keep me going but i loved EQII and wouldnt like to just quit now i would like some hope from sony. I already have a level 70 and the way i played is through high performance with no shadows, ever since i got the game back in 04, now it is 07 and my pc is top notch and i cant beat my old pc's settings i basically cant group without lowering the settings below balanced and turning shadows off, or waiting for them to disappear. I dont want to hear how to optimize my system as it is optimized enough and i have done extensive testing on over 6 different top end games and they have higher demand then EQII does and <div align="left">which games? </div> run better then EQII does can i get some help here... </blockquote>Did you try the new shadows? and is NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT an SLI card?

luce123

05-13-2007, 11:36 PM

<cite>Josgar wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>luce123 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Well i have used the "search" feature which the forum provides for shadows being removed/disappearing and to my extent i have found that it still hasn't been fixed in the game itself and sony supposedly knows about this problem, my shadows continue to disappear and game continues to run slow with shadows on. I did not buy this game so that i can run it on High performance with shadows off. I Exceed the RECOMMENDED requirements by a wide margin and i still cant run the game with shadows. They either disappear or it runs extremely slow. If you would be so kind as to post the real requirements for this game please update them because from what i have seen i surpass them and i cant figure out the problem one single bit. I have been playing world of warcraft in the meantime to keep me going but i loved EQII and wouldnt like to just quit now i would like some hope from sony. I already have a level 70 and the way i played is through high performance with no shadows, ever since i got the game back in 04, now it is 07 and my pc is top notch and i cant beat my old pc's settings i basically cant group without lowering the settings below balanced and turning shadows off, or waiting for them to disappear. I dont want to hear how to optimize my system as it is optimized enough and i have done extensive testing on over 6 different top end games and they have higher demand then EQII does and <div align="left">which games? </div> run better then EQII does can i get some help here... </blockquote>Did you try the new shadows? and is NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT an SLI card? </blockquote>Explain to me how these games dont demand equally to EQ2 or more, and why EQ2 runs so slow. Read my system specs vs this and read the eq2 specs vs this. And realize that the games listed i run on max settings and max resolution. the card is single 7800gt. S.T.A.L.K.E.R Recommended Reqs: <ul><li>Intel Core 2 Duo E6400/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+</li><li>1 GB RAM or better</li><li>256 MB DirectX® 9c compatible card/ nVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900/ ATI Radeon® X1850 </li></ul> BF2142 Operating System: Windows XP with latest service pack installed DirectX 9.0c February 2006 edition (included) CPU: 3.0 Ghz RAM: 1.5 Gb Video Card: 256Mb DirectX compliant video card, Pixel shader 2.0 and above. Hard Drive space: 1.8Gb of space is required to install the game Internet connection: 512Mb Cable/DSL connection The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion<ul><li>3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor</li><li>1 GB System RAM</li><li>ATI X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card</li></ul>F.E.A.R * Windows ® 2000/XP with latest service pack installed * DirectX(tm) 9.0c * Pentium ® 4 1.7 Ghz or equivalent * 1GB RAM * 128 MB DirectX ® 9.0 Compliant Video Card with hardware T&L and pixel shader support* * 3.0 GB free Hard Drive Space for installation Splinter cell: Double Agent Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent CPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB hard disk,DirectX 9.0c, Shader 3.0 enabled 128 MB video card (256 recommended)

Zcore24

05-14-2007, 04:35 PM

luce123 wrote:<blockquote>Explain to me how these games dont demand equally to EQ2 or more, and why EQ2 runs so slow. Read my system specs vs this and read the eq2 specs vs this. And realize that the games listed i run on max settings and max resolution. the card is single 7800gt. S.T.A.L.K.E.R Recommended Reqs: <ul><li>Intel Core 2 Duo E6400/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+</li><li>1 GB RAM or better</li><li>256 MB DirectX® 9c compatible card/ nVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900/ ATI Radeon® X1850 </li></ul> BF2142 Operating System: Windows XP with latest service pack installed DirectX 9.0c February 2006 edition (included) CPU: 3.0 Ghz RAM: 1.5 Gb Video Card: 256Mb DirectX compliant video card, Pixel shader 2.0 and above. Hard Drive space: 1.8Gb of space is required to install the game Internet connection: 512Mb Cable/DSL connection The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion<ul><li>3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor</li><li>1 GB System RAM</li><li>ATI X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card</li></ul>F.E.A.R * Windows ® 2000/XP with latest service pack installed * DirectX(tm) 9.0c * Pentium ® 4 1.7 Ghz or equivalent * 1GB RAM * 128 MB DirectX ® 9.0 Compliant Video Card with hardware T&L and pixel shader support* * 3.0 GB free Hard Drive Space for installation Splinter cell: Double Agent Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent CPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB hard disk,DirectX 9.0c, Shader 3.0 enabled 128 MB video card (256 recommended) </blockquote>Easy explanation...all of those you listed are NOT MMO's Single player games can be optimized far easier than an MMO.

feldon30

05-15-2007, 10:38 AM

The recommended requirements are for the game to be playable and have good quality graphics. They will NOT allow you to set the graphics to Very High or Extreme. Realize that when EQ2 came out, there were no graphics cards that could run EQ2 with all the setttings cranked up. It simply could not be done. Now with cards like ATI's new DX10 card and the nVidia 8800 GT, it is possible to run EQ2 at the Extreme setting smoothly. <cite>NinjaxSK wrote:</cite><blockquote>NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP (128 MB)</blockquote> EQ2 really benefits from a 256MB or 512MB video card. 128MB is really the minimum in my opinion. I am running an nVidia GeForce 6800 XT AGP 512MB which I picked up for $135 at NewEgg about 4 months ago. I am able to run EQ2 with some lag (5-15fps) at Extreme Graphics. I usually run the game with Very High Graphics and have been extremely happy. I also have 2.5GB of RAM. <cite>luce123 wrote:</cite><blockquote>NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 256MB</blockquote> The disappearance of shadows seems to have nothing to do with video card capability and is instead a bug which has been reported many times before. That card should be able to handle shadows without much difficulty.

luce123

05-16-2007, 09:41 PM

There is apparently no shadow disappearing fix out there. It is unknown as far as i have seen, sony has done nothing to even think about this since i DID have this on my old pc also WHEN the game came out nov 2004. Anyway i figured you would post that those are all non mmorpgs. Here is a mmorpg with similar requirements to EQ2 and runs about 3x better then eq2. Now think about it just because they are shooters and not mmo's i would like for you to see that this game has truly some poor coding done to the engine itself. This game is old enough to be ripped down on, and it yet cannot be run maxed. The game is unplayable in High quality on my pc. Why is this? This isnt even max quality and its slow. In this game i can enable every feature including anti-aliasing and max it out without any stuttering, shadow problems or anything i have tried. Dungeons & Dragons Online High Res System Specs Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or compatible (must support SSE) Video: Radeon X800 or GeForce 6 6800 GT RAM: 1 GB or more Disk Space: 5GB DirectX: DX9c+ OS: Windows XP Home and Pro AND BEST OF ALL... a game that requires more then eq2 and out performs it. On my system. I can bring in tons of examples and this all leads to my opinion that this game has poor coding. Vanguard Saga of Heroes Recommended Specs: Windows® 2000/XP/Vista DirectX 9.0c compatible computer DirectX 9.0c compatible keyboard or <a href="http://mmostrategyguides.com/vanguard/system_requirements/vanguard_saga_of_heroes_system_requirements.html#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">input device</a> Processor 3.0 GHz Intel or 3500+ AMD processor 2 GB RAM Vertex and Pixel Shader 2.0 compatible <a href="http://mmostrategyguides.com/vanguard/system_requirements/vanguard_saga_of_heroes_system_requirements.html#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hardware</a> with 256MB of texture memory DirectX compatible audio hardware <a href="http://mmostrategyguides.com/vanguard/system_requirements/vanguard_saga_of_heroes_system_requirements.html#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Broadband Internet Connection</a> 16X Speed DVD-ROM