Does EQ2 run on Windows 7-64 bit?

[RightInTwo]

<p>Hi there,</p><p>I've been searching the forums and can't really find a solid answer. I'm currently running Windows XP 32. I've upgraded my computer over the last 2 years. I have a pretty decent system, but I'm really wanting to move to Windows 7-64 bit and a solid state drive.</p><p>From what I've read it sounds like some people have installed EQ2 on Win 7-64 w/o any issues, while others have had major issues (some from video driver issues). I've already checked all of my hardware and I know it's all 64 bit compatible. Now....will EQ2 install and run on it? Not in compatibility mode, just plain ol Win 7-64. Does it work?</p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p>-Parabola</p>

[GussJr]

<p>Works fine for me.</p>

[Barx]

<p>Works fine for me, but I always recommend installing it somewhere like C:/Sony/Everquest II or anywhere outside of program files or ProgramData. That cuts down on potential problems.</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p>multibox on a Windows 7 64 bit install with little or no issues. Although I do subscribe to the rule of installing outside of Program Files.</p>

[RightInTwo]

<p>Thanks for the quick reply guys. Interesting on installing it on a different path other than Program Files. Did you guys have issues with that specifically with EQ2 or just a rule of thumb that you use?</p>

[DanKinney]

<p>Windows pretty much requires Administrator privileges if you need to write into C:Program Files.  That is why we've moved the default installation directory under C:ProgramData.  You can put it almost anywhere you want (some folders are restricted, such as C:Windows). </p><p>The game certainly runs on Windows 7-64.  Several of us have this configuration for our primary machines.</p><p>-dan</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>RightInTwo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Thanks for the quick reply guys. Interesting on installing it on a different path other than Program Files. Did you guys have issues with that specifically with EQ2 or just a rule of thumb that you use?</p></blockquote><p>I have had this habit for all games going back to Windows XP. In early beta phases for Vista it was about the only way to get it to run reliably. It works, it is reliable so I just stay with it, besides it makes it a lot easier to backup the system</p>

[Barx]

<p><cite>Wingrider01 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>RightInTwo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Thanks for the quick reply guys. Interesting on installing it on a different path other than Program Files. Did you guys have issues with that specifically with EQ2 or just a rule of thumb that you use?</p></blockquote><p>I have had this habit for all games going back to Windows XP. In early beta phases for Vista it was about the only way to get it to run reliably. It works, it is reliable so I just stay with it, besides it makes it a lot easier to backup the system</p></blockquote><p>Yep, I've installed games in their own directory (outside of Program Files) since... Win 95? I use program files for applications that aren't games, games I put in their own folders to make them easy to access and (ever since Vista) to also prevent UAC-type issues.</p>

[Kain-UK]

<p>I have a hard drive specifically for games, so I always install there.</p><p>Having said that, I dual-box on Win7 x64 Ultimate with no problems at all.</p>

[RightInTwo]

<p>Thanks for the responses everyone. I'll be buying my copy of Win7 64 along with my SSD within a couple of weeks. Can't wait to see how this game runs on it since EQ2 seems very drive intensive. I'm thinking the load times for zones will be pretty fast. We'll see.</p>

[Rejuvenator]

<p>It did until yesterday's update - now I'm having that DirectX 9 .dll error.</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>RightInTwo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Thanks for the responses everyone. I'll be buying my copy of Win7 64 along with my SSD within a couple of weeks. Can't wait to see how this game runs on it since EQ2 seems very drive intensive. I'm thinking the load times for zones will be pretty fast. We'll see.</p></blockquote><p>If you are going to run a SSD as a boot drive would suggest you do some searching on how to more the default users directory, this will save space on the SSD and save read/write cycles to it.</p><p>Use this configuration on one of the machines</p><p>c: = ssd drive with just windows on it</p><p>d: =  1 TB work applications drive and data storage</p><p>e: = 1 TB game and other recreational installs</p><p>f: = 2 TB movies drive</p><p>u: = 500GB drive for users directories onle</p>

[RightInTwo]

<p>I was actually thinking of putting Win 7 64 and EQ2 on the SSD and everything else on my WD raptor.  I think TRIM should help with the wear and tear of the SSD. Does EQ2 write that much info? Other than updates obviously. I would think it's mostly reads vs writes no?</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>RightInTwo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I was actually thinking of putting Win 7 64 and EQ2 on the SSD and everything else on my WD raptor.  I think TRIM should help with the wear and tear of the SSD. Does EQ2 write that much info? Other than updates obviously. I would think it's mostly reads vs writes no?</p></blockquote><p>biggest write would be if you play with logging on, that can generate a ton of writes. It is just personal preference to keep everything except the OS off a SSD</p>

[Sokar]

<p><cite>Barx@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Works fine for me, but I always recommend installing it somewhere like C:/Sony/Everquest II or anywhere outside of program files or ProgramData. That cuts down on potential problems.</p></blockquote><p>I have installed eq2 in default directory (program files), to move the eq2 directory out of it do i need to reinstall or there are other ways to move it?</p>

[Barx]

<p><cite>Anybis@Nektulos wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Barx@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Works fine for me, but I always recommend installing it somewhere like C:/Sony/Everquest II or anywhere outside of program files or ProgramData. That cuts down on potential problems.</p></blockquote><p>I have installed eq2 in default directory (program files), to move the eq2 directory out of it do i need to reinstall or there are other ways to move it?</p></blockquote><p>The nice things about EQ2 is it doesn't really use the system registry, so you can just drag your EQ2 directory somewhere else and run it from there. You might have to update any shortcuts you have pointing to the old spot, but that'll be about it, you won't have to actually 'reinstall' anywhere.</p>

[Sokar]

<p>Thanks, Barx.</p><p>So I moved my EQ2 directory out of ProgramFile/ProgramData in hopes to fix the crash issue I am having.</p><p>EverQuest II has detected an urecoverable error and must shutdown. <verify> E:liveeq2frameworkresmanincResource.hpp (385): m_iRefCount!=0/Tag:0/Type:00000000/Name:[unknown]00401b72 5c34fd82</p><p>It hapens sometimes doring loading a zone, sometimes randomly. 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[urgthock]

<p><cite>RightInTwo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I was actually thinking of putting Win 7 64 and EQ2 on the SSD and everything else on my WD raptor.  I think TRIM should help with the wear and tear of the SSD. Does EQ2 write that much info? Other than updates obviously. I would think it's mostly reads vs writes no?</p></blockquote><p>Unless you purchased an SSD with a extremely low write endurance (100,000 or less per block which are pretty much nonexistant nowadays), you shouldn't have to ever worry about having any problems. One test I saw (at a write endurance rating of 2 million cycles and most SSDs are around 1-5 million cycles) calculated it would take 51 years of constant writing to the disc at full speed to wear it out.</p>

[Filox]

<p><cite>Anybis@Nektulos wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Thanks, Barx.</p><p>So I moved my EQ2 directory out of ProgramFile/ProgramData in hopes to fix the crash issue I am having.</p><p>EverQuest II has detected an urecoverable error and must shutdown. E:liveeq2frameworkresmanincResource.hpp (385): m_iRefCount!=0/Tag:0/Type:00000000/Name:[unknown]00401b72 5c34fd82</p><p>It hapens sometimes doring loading a zone, sometimes randomly. I have one confirmed triger, if I zone into Antonica to the docks and take griffin to oracle tower it crashes when griffin flying by North Qeynos gate.</p><p><span style="font-family: Courier;"><strong>Processor(s)<img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/hr.gif" border="0" width="100%" height="5" /></strong> </span></p><ul><li>Processor <ul><li>CPU_Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz </li><li>CPU_Manufacturer: GenuineIntel </li><li>CPU_Caption: Intel64 Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2 </li><li>CPU_Version: </li><li>CPU_ProcessorId: BFEBFBFF000206C2 </li><li>CPU_CurrentClockSpeed: 3334MHz </li><li>CPU_AddressWidth: 64Bits </li><li>CPU_DataWidth: 64Bits </li><li>CPU_SocketDesignation: CPU 1 </li></ul></li><li>Verified Hardware Device against Order: VARIABLEXYZ </li><li>Verify Correct Processor Frequency </li></ul><p><img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/hr.gif" border="0" width="100%" height="5" /><strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Courier,Arial;"></span></strong></p></blockquote><p>Your CPU is too good. You need to downgrade.  LOL</p><p>Joking aside, have you tried the full file scan for EQ2? Also maybe update your video drives, cause the version number is lower then my ATI driver. I would try the full file scan if its still on the launcher anywhere. Thats all I got since I am not expert <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Hope you fix the problem, good luck!</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>urgthock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>RightInTwo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I was actually thinking of putting Win 7 64 and EQ2 on the SSD and everything else on my WD raptor.  I think TRIM should help with the wear and tear of the SSD. Does EQ2 write that much info? Other than updates obviously. I would think it's mostly reads vs writes no?</p></blockquote><p>Unless you purchased an SSD with a extremely low write endurance (100,000 or less per block which are pretty much nonexistant nowadays), you shouldn't have to ever worry about having any problems. One test I saw (at a write endurance rating of 2 million cycles and most SSDs are around 1-5 million cycles) calculated it would take 51 years of constant writing to the disc at full speed to wear it out.</p></blockquote><p>given that larger SSD's are very expensive, with the users directory on the SSD, if the machine recieve any usages outside of playing the game it will fill up really fast, a full boot drive is not conducive to reliabilty. Best practices is to move extraneous directories off the ssd.</p><p>A 120 GB SSD is over 200.00 US, you can put in a pair of 1 TB drives for that as data and storage and move the user directories off of the ssd and get by with a smaller boot ssd.</p>

[Scillion]

<p>Works on my computer system. Just installed EQ2 last night on my computer, had to install DX9 as well since EQ2 is not DX 11 compatable.</p>

[urgthock]

<p><cite>Wingrider01 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>urgthock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>RightInTwo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I was actually thinking of putting Win 7 64 and EQ2 on the SSD and everything else on my WD raptor.  I think TRIM should help with the wear and tear of the SSD. Does EQ2 write that much info? Other than updates obviously. I would think it's mostly reads vs writes no?</p></blockquote><p>Unless you purchased an SSD with a extremely low write endurance (100,000 or less per block which are pretty much nonexistant nowadays), you shouldn't have to ever worry about having any problems. One test I saw (at a write endurance rating of 2 million cycles and most SSDs are around 1-5 million cycles) calculated it would take 51 years of constant writing to the disc at full speed to wear it out.</p></blockquote><p>given that larger SSD's are very expensive, with the users directory on the SSD, if the machine recieve any usages outside of playing the game it will fill up really fast, a full boot drive is not conducive to reliabilty. Best practices is to move extraneous directories off the ssd.</p><p>A 120 GB SSD is over 200.00 US, you can put in a pair of 1 TB drives for that as data and storage and move the user directories off of the ssd and get by with a smaller boot ssd.</p></blockquote><p>I don't disagree with your statement at all. My previous comment was only really directed towards the RightInTwo's concern about "wear and tear" on an SSD. I wasn't really trying to make any comment on whether or not one should or shouldn't use an SSD for anything beyond the OS.</p>

[Zorastiz]

<p>This seems very odd to me, 3 weeks ago I received my new PC, WiN-7 64 bit gaming rig all the latest stuff blah blah.</p><p>I networked my old PC / New PC together, copied EQ2 from Vista machine to new WiN 7 machine, I put it in the Program Data folder as I read that I should put it there.</p><p>I never updated or downgraded DX11 to DX9, unless EQ2 does this automatically (I don't think it does and my system shows that I have DX11). The game ran perfectly immediately and has continued to do so for the last 3 weeks.</p><p>I don't understand the problem you are having, it seems localized to your system but who knows, I thought I would share my experience as a way of letting you know that it is works just fine for me with this OS so I am hopeful you can sort it out.</p><p>Good luck</p>