FIX YOUR BROKEN GAME!

[Gauge]

<p>SOE:</p><p>PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF EQ2 GOD AND YOUR CLIENTBASE, FIX YOUR BROKEN GAME!</p><p>And please, before any TSR tries in tell me to download a .NET patch, or rub my tummy and right click, and or power cycle my machine... STOP. Been there, done that. Between the countless PURE FUNCTION call errors... and the Countless Application Not Responding crashes.. this game has become unplayable. I play on a PVP server and crashing during a PVP fight is the suk. I've been a LONG time EQ2 player and since the TSO expansion this game has performed like crap. Something is broken.. I've read countless threads claiming the same issues, and countless times the TSR run through this laundry list of "its not our issue" "possiable" solutions...</p><p>OS: Vista Ultimate X64</p><p>/ Admin Policy / No UAC / Tried Compatibility Mode / Toggled ON/OFF Multicore / Turned off shaders ...</p><p>Errors Logs:</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5025/capture.jpg" target="_blank">http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/...025/capture.jpg</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/2264/capture2.jpg" target="_blank">http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/...64/capture2.jpg</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/4707/capture3.jpg" target="_blank">http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/...07/capture3.jpg</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5342/capture4.jpg" target="_blank">http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/...42/capture4.jpg</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4337/capture5n.jpg" target="_blank">http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/...7/capture5n.jpg</a></p><p>EVERY TIME I PLAY NOT BUT 10-15MIN AND THE GAME CRASHES..</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p>2 of the four images you post indicate a fault in a nvidia dll. Try removing your video drivers completely, boot back to a VGA mode driver, runa driver cleaner and installing the latest drivers from the site. a dxdiag would help along with the running programs, services and startup programs from msinfo</p>

[Gauge]

<p>Been here, Done that. This is a fresh Vista Ultimate x64 load, ALL the drivers are the latest from EVGA.</p><p>System Information report written at: 02/22/09 12:36:25System Name: SKULLMAN[Startup Programs]</p><p>Program Command User Name Location DevconDefaultDB c:windowssystem32readreg /silent /fail=1 NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM Startup Sidebar %programfiles%windows sidebarsidebar.exe /detectmem NT AUTHORITYLOCAL SERVICE Startup WindowsWelcomeCenter rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,showwelcomecenter NT AUTHORITYLOCAL SERVICE Startup Sidebar %programfiles%windows sidebarsidebar.exe /detectmem NT AUTHORITYNETWORK SERVICE Startup WindowsWelcomeCenter rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,showwelcomecenter NT AUTHORITYNETWORK SERVICE Startup DevconDefaultDB c:windowssystem32readreg /silent /fail=1 .DEFAULT Startup Windows Defender %programfiles%windows defendermsascui.exe -hide Public HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun AsioReg regsvr32.exe /s ctasio.dll Public HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun NvCplDaemon rundll32.exe c:windowssystem32nvcpl.dll,nvstartup Public HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun NvMediaCenter rundll32.exe c:windowssystem32nvmctray.dll,nvtaskbarinit Public HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun RtHDVCpl c:program filesrealtekaudiohdaravcpl64.exe Public HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun Skytel c:program filesrealtekaudiohdaskytel.exe Public HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun</p>

[Gauge]

<p>System Information report written at: 02/22/09 12:36:58System Name: SKULLMAN[Running Tasks]<p>Name Path Process ID Priority Min Working Set Max Working Set Start Time Version Size File Date system idle process Not Available 0 0 Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available system Not Available 4 8 Not Available Not Available 2/22/2009 12:29 PM Not Available Not Available Not Available smss.exe Not Available 464 11 200 1380 2/22/2009 12:29 PM Not Available Not Available Not Available csrss.exe c:windowssystem32csrss.exe 532 13 200 1380 2/22/2009 12:29 PM 6.0.6001.18000 7.50 KB (7,680 bytes) 11/21/2008 1:48 PM wininit.exe c:windowssystem32wininit.exe 584 13 200 1380 2/22/2009 12:29 PM 6.0.6001.18000 121.00 KB (123,904 bytes) 11/21/2008 1:49 PM csrss.exe c:windowssystem32csrss.exe 604 13 200 1380 2/22/2009 12:29 PM 6.0.6001.18000 7.50 KB (7,680 bytes) 11/21/2008 1:48 PM services.exe c:windowssystem32services.exe 640 9 200 1380 2/22/2009 12:29 PM 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[Gauge]

<p>DXDiag Link: <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfh92x6z_8fpx2xmgg">http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfh92x6z_8fpx2xmgg</a></p><p>Too large to spam here.</p>

[cajonmoose]

<p>Lemme give you a few tips.... from a guy who has built PC's specific for this game.....</p><p>1. the 8800 you have, has been known to cause crashes in EQ2. I know this from personal experience and from seeing all the heat and driver related issues. If you can't trash the card (which I don't expect anyone to do) then try this next method</p><p>2. Update your video drivers from Nvidia.... not EVGA. EVGA has (again from my experience) older less stable drivers. I know Vista is a pain, especially if your running 64 bit so make sure you run the drivers from Nvidia. Microsoft sometimes tries to get Vista to perform a driver update via it's own personal updated drivers..... You don't want those. Make microsofts vidoe drivers go far far away. They arent optimized for the issues your experiencing.</p><p>3. Flash your BIOS. Yeah this one can be tricky. If you have never done it, I seriously say take it to someone who knows how do to this. If you fry your BIOS, you basicly kill your machine. But, just like anything tech related, when you know what your doing this aint that hard. If it's a pre built machine (i.e. Dell, HP, Compaq) there sites usually have some sort of pre packaged easy to do .exe that you can run. If this is a custom built machine, you might need to viist the Manufactures site... like ASUS, Gigabyte, ABIT, INTEL, etc.</p><p>4. Update all other drivers(ie. monitor, sound, network).  I know you just reinstalled your OS, but you really should make sure you have the latest drivers. Stupid as it may seem, when you have older drivers, something may conflict. So make sure everything clicks well.</p><p>5. Disable things that conflict. Look, I know a lot of people mess with having 2 sound cards in their machine. BUT, when your dealing with a game thats pretty much been written with poop and a stick (no offence EQ2 dev guys) you have to realize that something there might be the problem. Since I see you have an audigy and an onboard sound card.... well, either pull the Audigy, or disable the sound card. An intellegent game ( not that I have seen any of those yet) can utilize and split audio into diffrent sound cards <span style="text-decoration: underline;">without any issues. </span>So choose, but choose wisely...... Hehe....</p><p>6. Check your Page File. Again, I know in vista, if you dont know where to find it, this can be tricky, but open up your page file and set it. Make it something standard like 4000 or 6000. Microsoft likes to give you this wierd floating memory usage number... which I have seen causes issues with EQ2. If you have it set to something like 4000. Which is about the amount of memory your using, this will make windows keep its page file only within the parimiters you put it in. (sorry spelling isn't quite my forte.)</p><p>7. Run with and without UI mods to see a diffrence. I personally run only one thing, because it doesnt really mess with my UI too much. But I know if you run something like Prophet, the coding from it may be jacking around with EQ2 (not saying that it does, but it has been known to happen). Try running EQ2 without really any mods. At all. Don't even run stuff in the background. Eliminate all possible problems which could be causing these issues.</p><p>8. Last but not least.... play. Yep, once you tried doing all this stuff, you should be able to actually do what you intended to do.... play the freakin game. So..... have fun and I hope this might have helped out.</p>

[Gauge]

<p><cite>cajonmoose wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Lemme give you a few tips.... from a guy who has built PC's specific for this game.....</p><p>1. the 8800 you have, has been known to cause crashes in EQ2. I know this from personal experience and from seeing all the heat and driver related issues. If you can't trash the card (which I don't expect anyone to do) then try this next method</p><p>2. Update your video drivers from Nvidia.... not EVGA. EVGA has (again from my experience) older less stable drivers. I know Vista is a pain, especially if your running 64 bit so make sure you run the drivers from Nvidia. Microsoft sometimes tries to get Vista to perform a driver update via it's own personal updated drivers..... You don't want those. Make microsofts vidoe drivers go far far away. They arent optimized for the issues your experiencing.</p><p>3. Flash your BIOS. Yeah this one can be tricky. If you have never done it, I seriously say take it to someone who knows how do to this. If you fry your BIOS, you basicly kill your machine. But, just like anything tech related, when you know what your doing this aint that hard. If it's a pre built machine (i.e. Dell, HP, Compaq) there sites usually have some sort of pre packaged easy to do .exe that you can run. If this is a custom built machine, you might need to viist the Manufactures site... like ASUS, Gigabyte, ABIT, INTEL, etc.</p><p>4. Update all other drivers(ie. monitor, sound, network).  I know you just reinstalled your OS, but you really should make sure you have the latest drivers. Stupid as it may seem, when you have older drivers, something may conflict. So make sure everything clicks well.</p><p>5. Disable things that conflict. Look, I know a lot of people mess with having 2 sound cards in their machine. BUT, when your dealing with a game thats pretty much been written with poop and a stick (no offence EQ2 dev guys) you have to realize that something there might be the problem. Since I see you have an audigy and an onboard sound card.... well, either pull the Audigy, or disable the sound card. An intellegent game ( not that I have seen any of those yet) can utilize and split audio into diffrent sound cards <span style="text-decoration: underline;">without any issues. </span>So choose, but choose wisely...... Hehe....</p><p>6. Check your Page File. Again, I know in vista, if you dont know where to find it, this can be tricky, but open up your page file and set it. Make it something standard like 4000 or 6000. Microsoft likes to give you this wierd floating memory usage number... which I have seen causes issues with EQ2. If you have it set to something like 4000. Which is about the amount of memory your using, this will make windows keep its page file only within the parimiters you put it in. (sorry spelling isn't quite my forte.)</p><p>7. Run with and without UI mods to see a diffrence. I personally run only one thing, because it doesnt really mess with my UI too much. But I know if you run something like Prophet, the coding from it may be jacking around with EQ2 (not saying that it does, but it has been known to happen). Try running EQ2 without really any mods. At all. Don't even run stuff in the background. Eliminate all possible problems which could be causing these issues.</p><p>8. Last but not least.... play. Yep, once you tried doing all this stuff, you should be able to actually do what you intended to do.... play the freakin game. So..... have fun and I hope this might have helped out.</p></blockquote><p>Hi Cajun -</p><p>I certainly appreciate the time you took to write the above, I've in fact done everything if not more then you've described above. Outside of the game, I'm a Network Engineer for a major higher ed institution and so when it comes to nailing down a certain issues with a computer I'm pretty savvy at dotting the I's and crossing the T's. Unfortuantly that did not come across in my original post as it was made after a day of crashing, frustration, and with a anger fogged mind-set.</p><p>I've broken down every component on my system, swapped between an ATI/AMD & Nvidia/Intel, I've tested on x86 & x64, WIN XP PRO/Vista, RAM, MOBO's all of which (tho not exact) had similiar issues. (Especially the PURE FUNCTION call error) And doing a simple search on the net and throughout this forum I can see that I'm not alone. I have a buddy whom I regularly game with nightly, of which is expeirencing the same issues I'm having and started approx the same time mine did.. Since the release of RoK.</p><p>We've both tried calling SOE Support of which is uterlly useless and reminds me of days that I had to use the Consumer path when contacting DELL support... "Hello from India, please start by restarting your machine..". I understand from a Developer (and Support) standpoint that its extremely hard to troubleshoot an issue on multiple different platforms, and in some case nearly impossiable.</p><p>But... at the end of the day, I'm paying $14.99 per month for a game that has gotten worse then better. Whether that be because of the transitioning of OS's in the market and their conflict with older gaming code, or what.. but Its become EXTREMELY tiresome. And to top it off, reading the countless reports of the same issues and then read TSR stating that it must be something wrong on the clientside is really the icying on the cake.</p><p>My clientside, could very well be the "problem" and I won't rule that out. But when you see and issue run rampent amonst a large user base, it's time to think of what would be efecting the masses as opposed to what the client has wrong with their machine/game installation.</p><p>So in short, SOE fix it.</p><p>12</p>

[Uncaged]

<p><cite>Twelvegauge@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>cajonmoose wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Lemme give you a few tips.... from a guy who has built PC's specific for this game.....</p><p>1. the 8800 you have, has been known to cause crashes in EQ2. I know this from personal experience and from seeing all the heat and driver related issues. If you can't trash the card (which I don't expect anyone to do) then try this next method</p><p>2. Update your video drivers from Nvidia.... not EVGA. EVGA has (again from my experience) older less stable drivers. I know Vista is a pain, especially if your running 64 bit so make sure you run the drivers from Nvidia. Microsoft sometimes tries to get Vista to perform a driver update via it's own personal updated drivers..... You don't want those. Make microsofts vidoe drivers go far far away. They arent optimized for the issues your experiencing.</p><p>3. Flash your BIOS. Yeah this one can be tricky. If you have never done it, I seriously say take it to someone who knows how do to this. If you fry your BIOS, you basicly kill your machine. But, just like anything tech related, when you know what your doing this aint that hard. If it's a pre built machine (i.e. Dell, HP, Compaq) there sites usually have some sort of pre packaged easy to do .exe that you can run. If this is a custom built machine, you might need to viist the Manufactures site... like ASUS, Gigabyte, ABIT, INTEL, etc.</p><p>4. Update all other drivers(ie. monitor, sound, network).  I know you just reinstalled your OS, but you really should make sure you have the latest drivers. Stupid as it may seem, when you have older drivers, something may conflict. So make sure everything clicks well.</p><p>5. Disable things that conflict. Look, I know a lot of people mess with having 2 sound cards in their machine. BUT, when your dealing with a game thats pretty much been written with poop and a stick (no offence EQ2 dev guys) you have to realize that something there might be the problem. Since I see you have an audigy and an onboard sound card.... well, either pull the Audigy, or disable the sound card. An intellegent game ( not that I have seen any of those yet) can utilize and split audio into diffrent sound cards <span style="text-decoration: underline;">without any issues. </span>So choose, but choose wisely...... Hehe....</p><p>6. Check your Page File. Again, I know in vista, if you dont know where to find it, this can be tricky, but open up your page file and set it. Make it something standard like 4000 or 6000. Microsoft likes to give you this wierd floating memory usage number... which I have seen causes issues with EQ2. If you have it set to something like 4000. Which is about the amount of memory your using, this will make windows keep its page file only within the parimiters you put it in. (sorry spelling isn't quite my forte.)</p><p>7. Run with and without UI mods to see a diffrence. I personally run only one thing, because it doesnt really mess with my UI too much. But I know if you run something like Prophet, the coding from it may be jacking around with EQ2 (not saying that it does, but it has been known to happen). Try running EQ2 without really any mods. At all. Don't even run stuff in the background. Eliminate all possible problems which could be causing these issues.</p><p>8. Last but not least.... play. Yep, once you tried doing all this stuff, you should be able to actually do what you intended to do.... play the freakin game. So..... have fun and I hope this might have helped out.</p></blockquote><p>Hi Cajun -</p><p>I certainly appreciate the time you took to write the above, I've in fact done everything if not more then you've described above. Outside of the game, I'm a Network Engineer for a major higher ed institution and so when it comes to nailing down a certain issues with a computer I'm pretty savvy at dotting the I's and crossing the T's. Unfortuantly that did not come across in my original post as it was made after a day of crashing, frustration, and with a anger fogged mind-set.</p><p>I've broken down every component on my system, swapped between an ATI/AMD & Nvidia/Intel, I've tested on x86 & x64, WIN XP PRO/Vista, RAM, MOBO's all of which (tho not exact) had similiar issues. (Especially the PURE FUNCTION call error) And doing a simple search on the net and throughout this forum I can see that I'm not alone. I have a buddy whom I regularly game with nightly, of which is expeirencing the same issues I'm having and started approx the same time mine did.. Since the release of RoK.</p><p>We've both tried calling SOE Support of which is uterlly useless and reminds me of days that I had to use the Consumer path when contacting DELL support... "Hello from India, please start by restarting your machine..". I understand from a Developer (and Support) standpoint that its extremely hard to troubleshoot an issue on multiple different platforms, and in some case nearly impossiable.</p><p>But... at the end of the day, I'm paying $14.99 per month for a game that has gotten worse then better. Whether that be because of the transitioning of OS's in the market and their conflict with older gaming code, or what.. but Its become EXTREMELY tiresome. And to top it off, reading the countless reports of the same issues and then read TSR stating that it must be something wrong on the clientside is really the icying on the cake.</p><p>My clientside, could very well be the "problem" and I won't rule that out. But when you see and issue run rampent amonst a large user base, it's time to think of what would be efecting the masses as opposed to what the client has wrong with their machine/game installation.</p><p>So in short, SOE fix it.</p><p>12</p></blockquote><p>/agree twelvegauge</p>

[Aylix]

<p>Do you really expect a fix after this long?</p><p>Or expect a tech to actually give you any worthwhile feedback?</p><p>The most that I have come to expect from here is the following.</p><p>1. Other people saying: Too bad, so sad - or - Be patient - or -  I have the same issue</p><p>2. Techs saying: We're working on it, but it's so haaaaaaaard</p><p>I feel your pain, and wish you all the best. If something works, please post. I've tried everything, and the only thing that I can come up with is either buy a new comp or cancel.</p>

[Gauge]

<p><cite>Mikayel@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Do you really expect a fix after this long?</p><p>Or expect a tech to actually give you any worthwhile feedback?</p><p>The most that I have come to expect from here is the following.</p><p>1. Other people saying: Too bad, so sad - or - Be patient - or -  I have the same issue</p><p>2. Techs saying: We're working on it, but it's so haaaaaaaard</p><p>I feel your pain, and wish you all the best. If something works, please post. I've tried everything, and the only thing that I can come up with is either buy a new comp or cancel.</p></blockquote><p>Expectations? None..</p><p>This was my last ditch effort to voice my issue and hope that SOMEONE in the Dev would take notice and really look into the issue.</p>

[Aylix]

<p>12 gauge -</p><p>In no way was any anger or anything directed at you...</p><p>I just didn't want you to take my post that way, in case you did.</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p>try uninstalling and moving the game outside of the ...<a href="file://\program">\program</a> files directory.</p>

[Gauge]

<p><cite>Mikayel@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>12 gauge -</p><p>In no way was any anger or anything directed at you...</p><p>I just didn't want you to take my post that way, in case you did.</p></blockquote><p>None taken, totally understood your comment.</p><p>Wing - I've tested EQ2 installation inside and outside of the Program Files directory, I tested the installation on new dedicated VelociRaptor driver... I've really tried everything I could think of.</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>Inspectahdeck@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Mikayel@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>12 gauge -</p><p>In no way was any anger or anything directed at you...</p><p>I just didn't want you to take my post that way, in case you did.</p></blockquote><p>None taken, totally understood your comment.</p><p>Wing - I've tested EQ2 installation inside and outside of the Program Files directory, I tested the installation on new dedicated VelociRaptor driver... I've really tried everything I could think of.</p></blockquote><p>Not sure sure else to suggest, running a Vista box and having very few issues, normally dual box on the set up occasionally I have 3 boxed on my main setup when my wife was on the other machine on her account</p>