Notice: XP users MUST run SP3

ebonweav · 06-22-2008, 04:25 PM

Apparently U46 requires SP3. If you don't have SP3 installed the game will just crash on launch.It would have been nice if they told us this and designed the game to inform you of that instead of just crashing.

Daysy · 06-22-2008, 04:49 PM

That is a problem. After I installed SP3, my EQ2 kept crashing until I removed SP3.

ebonweav · 06-22-2008, 04:57 PM

What? You're saying you CAN run EQ2 on SP2? It did nothing but crash on launch after the U46 update until I read some post in an unrelated thread and updated to SP3, then suddenly everything worked fine. If you're saying you got the exact opposite behavior, then I give up, this game is just a steaming pile of random code that behaves different depending what color shirt you're wearing that day...

KnoxRoxx · 06-22-2008, 05:08 PM

lol ok what update do u have 2 be on if your running vista. This is absolutely nuts, I Believe I have all the updates for Vista and its not running so i expect one update screws up the whole thing.Vondrack

Elorah · 06-22-2008, 06:05 PM

I am not on SP3 and I run it just fine... *shrugs*

Wingrider01 · 06-22-2008, 06:57 PM

ebonweaver wrote:

Apparently U46 requires SP3. If you don't have SP3 installed the game will just crash on launch.It would have been nice if they told us this and designed the game to inform you of that instead of just crashing.

Just loaded a ghost image of XP-SP2 on a box for testing something else, out of curiousity I loaded eq2 on it and the game runs with no issues. If you are crasing after GU46 then there is another problem. SP3 is NOT required for EQ2 GU46.

Wingrider01 · 06-22-2008, 06:59 PM

KnoxRoxx wrote:

lol ok what update do u have 2 be on if your running vista. This is absolutely nuts, I Believe I have all the updates for Vista and its not running so i expect one update screws up the whole thing.Vondrack

Do you have a link to a post with your system information and a detailed problem description of the problem you are expierencing?

KnoxRoxx · 06-22-2008, 08:21 PM

Just ask saragon whyllo and others we all have the same problem and been trying for about a week now i believe.

Wingrider01 · 06-23-2008, 08:47 PM

KnoxRoxx wrote:

Just ask saragon whyllo and others we all have the same problem and been trying for about a week now i believe.

Post your system configuration information as requested by the stickied post and all 3 of you might gain a resolution. No promised though, in this environement what may be the resolution for one connection issues may or may not work for someone else.

06-22-2008, 06:05 PM	#5
Elorah Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,200	I am not on SP3 and I run it just fine... shrugs __________________

06-22-2008, 06:57 PM	#6
Wingrider01 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,999	ebonweaver wrote: Apparently U46 requires SP3. If you don't have SP3 installed the game will just crash on launch.It would have been nice if they told us this and designed the game to inform you of that instead of just crashing. Just loaded a ghost image of XP-SP2 on a box for testing something else, out of curiousity I loaded eq2 on it and the game runs with no issues. If you are crasing after GU46 then there is another problem. SP3 is NOT required for EQ2 GU46. __________________ Fixing computer issues, one SOC7 at a time. Yes Jim, the user has experienced the dreaded PICNIC error

06-22-2008, 06:59 PM	#7
Wingrider01 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,999	KnoxRoxx wrote: lol ok what update do u have 2 be on if your running vista. This is absolutely nuts, I Believe I have all the updates for Vista and its not running so i expect one update screws up the whole thing.Vondrack Do you have a link to a post with your system information and a detailed problem description of the problem you are expierencing? __________________ Fixing computer issues, one SOC7 at a time. Yes Jim, the user has experienced the dreaded PICNIC error

06-23-2008, 08:47 PM	#9
Wingrider01 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,999	KnoxRoxx wrote: Just ask saragon whyllo and others we all have the same problem and been trying for about a week now i believe. Post your system configuration information as requested by the stickied post and all 3 of you might gain a resolution. No promised though, in this environement what may be the resolution for one connection issues may or may not work for someone else. __________________ Fixing computer issues, one SOC7 at a time. Yes Jim, the user has experienced the dreaded PICNIC error

06-22-2008, 04:25 PM	#1
ebonweav General Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15	Apparently U46 requires SP3. If you don't have SP3 installed the game will just crash on launch.It would have been nice if they told us this and designed the game to inform you of that instead of just crashing.

06-22-2008, 04:49 PM	#2
Daysy Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 436	That is a problem. After I installed SP3, my EQ2 kept crashing until I removed SP3.

06-22-2008, 04:57 PM	#3
ebonweav General Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15	What? You're saying you CAN run EQ2 on SP2? It did nothing but crash on launch after the U46 update until I read some post in an unrelated thread and updated to SP3, then suddenly everything worked fine. If you're saying you got the exact opposite behavior, then I give up, this game is just a steaming pile of random code that behaves different depending what color shirt you're wearing that day...

06-22-2008, 05:08 PM	#4
KnoxRoxx Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11	lol ok what update do u have 2 be on if your running vista. This is absolutely nuts, I Believe I have all the updates for Vista and its not running so i expect one update screws up the whole thing.Vondrack

06-22-2008, 08:21 PM	#8
KnoxRoxx Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11	Just ask saragon whyllo and others we all have the same problem and been trying for about a week now i believe.