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Dillin

04-14-2010, 09:59 PM

Whatever update came across the streaming client screwed it up AGAIN. So I uninstall/reinstalled EQ2 streaming client and it deleted my asset cache so I have to redownload everything AGAIN.Seriously?

Wingrider01

04-15-2010, 07:40 AM

<cite>Karthes@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote>Whatever update came across the streaming client screwed it up AGAIN. So I uninstall/reinstalled EQ2 streaming client and it deleted my asset cache so I have to redownload everything AGAIN.Seriously?</blockquote>Are you running the streaming launcher as administrator? Right click the icon select Run as Administrator. There is another launcher available - it is the full download version

Trelayna

04-15-2010, 07:52 AM

No - this is specifically related to a Windows update, I think. Two people, in two states, were working fine yesterday before installing a recent Windows update. One on Win7 x64, the other on WinVista x64, and now the client won't finish loading. You open the (streaming) launcher, it updates for a second, you click Start, then the start button starts flashing between Starting... and Updating endlessly.There were 7 updates installed overnight:KB978338KB980232KB979683KB981332KB890830KB905866an d KB987601UAC is off, we're both running the prog as Admin, I've tried allowing the user running the game Full Control at the directory level, making LaunchPad, Launcher, and EverQuest2 all run as Admin and in Windows XP SP2/3 compatibility mode -- none of the usual tricks work.Any thoughts?

Rahz

04-15-2010, 06:33 PM

I didnt update my win7 64 and I still cant get in with using everything you mentioned.

Rahz

04-15-2010, 06:34 PM

Where is this "full Download Version" launcher?

TSR-DanielH

04-15-2010, 06:41 PM

<cite>Rahzek wrote:</cite><blockquote>Where is this "full Download Version" launcher?</blockquote>That would be the station launcher, available here:<a href="http://launcher.station.sony.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://launcher.station.sony.com/</a>Also, if you're having trouble with the station launcher then you might want to try the following fix:1) Right click on the shortcut you use to open the game and select 'Open File Location'2) Locate the dbghelp.dll file in that folder and delete it3) Then rerun the patcher (right click and select 'run as administrator' if using Windows 7 or Vista)Please let us know if the issue persists at that point so we can assist you further.

Rahz

04-15-2010, 06:46 PM

Yes, its still doing the same thing with those instructions you just posted.

Rahz

04-15-2010, 06:52 PM

Also, I would like to add, thank you for the link to the full launcher. I Downloaded it, and am now installing with it. Once its done, Ill come back here and say if that work worked or not.

TSR-DanielH

04-15-2010, 07:48 PM

<cite>Rahzek wrote:</cite><blockquote>Also, I would like to add, thank you for the link to the full launcher. I Downloaded it, and am now installing with it. Once its done, Ill come back here and say if that work worked or not. </blockquote>Let us know if that works. I generally recommend using the station luancher instead of the streaming launcher you were using previously.

Rahz

04-15-2010, 07:49 PM

If i knew about the station launcher, I would rather have used it, I dont like the idea of the streaming.

TSR-DanielH

04-15-2010, 07:50 PM

<cite>Rahzek wrote:</cite><blockquote>If i knew about the station launcher, I would rather have used it, I dont like the idea of the streaming.</blockquote>The streaming client is great as a trial so that people can try out the game without a big download. I wouldn't recommend it beyond that circumstance, though.

Elftimber

04-15-2010, 08:08 PM

<cite>TSR-DanielH wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rahzek wrote:</cite><blockquote>Where is this "full Download Version" launcher?</blockquote>That would be the station launcher, available here:<a rel="nofollow" href="http://launcher.station.sony.com/" target="_blank">http://launcher.station.sony.com/</a>Also, if you're having trouble with the station launcher then you might want to try the following fix:1) Right click on the shortcut you use to open the game and select 'Open File Location'2) Locate the dbghelp.dll file in that folder and delete it3) Then rerun the patcher (right click and select 'run as administrator' if using Windows 7 or Vista)Please let us know if the issue persists at that point so we can assist you further.</blockquote>I am having the same issue. I am running on a laptop with Vista using the streaming client. I got the same errors before and after the Windows update (I just got the updates and installed them). I tried the "delete file and run as admin" but that did not help.It appears that the configuration for the streaming client got hosed in the last update. Here are 2 more clues to the puzzle. I found 2 new files in the install directory that point to shaders code as part of the problem, alertlog.txt and verifylog.txt. These have today's date as their create date.verifylog.txt:build="SOEBuild=6385L" version="SOEVersionString=2010/4/12 12:22:24" build_type="USER OPTIMIZED" ls_address="none" zone="<None>" loc=" 0.00 0.00 0.00" performance="5" verify="E:liveeq2frameworkrendersrcVeShader.cpp(10162): m_pPixelShader 0092f635"build="SOEBuild=6385L" version="SOEVersionString=2010/4/12 12:22:24" build_type="USER OPTIMIZED" ls_address="none" zone="<None>" loc=" 0.00 0.00 0.00" performance="5" verify="E:liveeq2frameworkrendersrcVeShader.cpp(10162): m_pPixelShader 0092f635"from alertlog.txt ( a long file so only last 4 lines )build="SOEBuild=6385L" version="SOEVersionString=2010/4/12 12:22:24" build_type="USER OPTIMIZED" ls_address="none" zone="<None>" loc=" 0.00 0.00 0.00" performance="5" alert="E:liveeq2frameworkcoreutilsrcVeNetLUT.cpp(331): WARNING - Could not find lookup table 'appearance.dat'."build="SOEBuild=6385L" version="SOEVersionString=2010/4/12 12:22:24" build_type="USER OPTIMIZED" ls_address="none" zone="<None>" loc=" 0.00 0.00 0.00" performance="5" alert="E:liveeq2frameworkvdlsrcVdlErr.cpp(85): (VDL Parser) *buffer*(0) : Error, File not found: shaders/code/genericguinotexture.vdl"build="SOEBuild=6385L" version="SOEVersionString=2010/4/12 12:22:24" build_type="USER OPTIMIZED" ls_address="none" zone="<None>" loc=" 0.00 0.00 0.00" performance="5" alert="E:liveeq2frameworkvdlsrcVdlErr.cpp(85): (VDL Parser) *buffer*(0) : Error, File not found: shaders/code/genericguinotextureworldspace.vdl"build="SOEBuild=6385L" version="SOEVersionString=2010/4/12 12:22:24" build_type="USER OPTIMIZED" ls_address="none" zone="<None>" loc=" 0.00 0.00 0.00" performance="5" alert="E:liveeq2frameworkrendersrcVeShader.cpp(10155): alert: shaders/code/genericgui.vdl: no pixel shader"Hope this helps point to the root cause of the problem.

Rahz

04-15-2010, 08:29 PM

Are you talking windows update or the Client Update? If you mean windows update, then I have to say windows update has nothing to do with this issue. The reason I know this is simple, I have windows update Off. Last time I used windows update was feb 2nd.

Rahz

04-15-2010, 11:03 PM

That new Launcher worked great. Thank you.

Topher

04-16-2010, 02:14 AM

Downloading the "Full Version Client" Should I (or already have) uninstall(ed) the entire game?

Wingrider01

04-16-2010, 07:35 AM

<cite>Topher wrote:</cite><blockquote>Downloading the "Full Version Client" Should I (or already have) uninstall(ed) the entire game?</blockquote>no need to, just make sure to configure the launcher for the directory you have eq2 in and your language setting

Swarfega

04-16-2010, 04:26 PM

I've installed from disk and used the streaming client to update and have been using the streaming client to play for a couple months as the 10162 veShader error is stopping me from using the .exe directly. Current EQ2 folder size without SF expansion is ~11.2gb.Using the streaming client i've been getting massive connecting times and a strange delays after pressing "play" (1-5mins) before Everquest2.exe fires up properly. (Firewall execeptions for eq2voiceservice.exe, launchpad.exe, launcher.exe, everquest2.exe make no difference to this delay nor do removing them and allowing when the block message comes up)So today i thought i'd try the station launcher to improve those startup times. It informs me i have a 9gb download ahead? Really? Are all those files that far out of date? or should it be ~20gb? Considering i'm playing fine (once the patient wait is over) on the streaming client files all cant be that far out.

Rothgar

04-23-2010, 05:44 PM

If you're still experiencing the <verify>m_pPixelShader error, try adding this line to your eq2.ini file.cl_resource_address <a href="http://eq2.patch.station.sony.com/patch/eq2/assets/live" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2.patch.station.sony.com/p...eq2/assets/live</a>This parameter is passed in by the streaming client, so this error can occur if you are using the streaming installer but are launching the EXE file directly. As far as the E: drive paths, you can ignore those. Those filenames are for debugging purposes so we know which file the error is occuring in. All of the resources on your computer are packed into resource files and those paths won't make any sense on your computer.