I have just encountered an even worse problem: I cant even start the game.


I tried c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c start /affinity 1 c:\progra~1\sony\everquest\eqgame.exe patchme" and double-checked the typing. I fixed the pathing a little, so the cmd prompt at least starts, but then it says that the location cant be found or some BS like that which doesn't make sense.

Anyway, so I just gave and decided I would go back to how I played before, snared lag and all.

I went back to this page: http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...akka=PlayGuide

so that I could reset the path for the Target, under my EQ shortcut Properties. However, it doesn't work. I don't know what I am doing wrong, every time I type it in, or paste it in, case sensitive, etc. I get this message:

The name C:\Program specified in the Target box are not valid. Please check the name and file again.

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I've noticed there are two postings of yours now where there's an extra " mark at the end of patchme. Make quintouple-sure there are *no* quote marks whatsoever if you use:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start /affinity 1 C:\progra~1\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe patchme

Also make sure you're *not* typing it in the "Start in" field. I've done that a few times.

If you're trying to test my AVG fix (which, by the way, I've confirmed works when you set it to a 'slow' scan, not only on the 'automatic' setting), you can just delete the eq shortcut and recreate it using the the same steps they have you do in the installation guide for eq emulator. After the game is opened, use the task manager to set the affinity, and that will accomplish the same thing for you. The shortcut mod just makes it so you don't have to use task manager every time you open EQ to set the processor affinity.

If you're doing this on a laptop, I will bet you anything that's why not many others have the same problems-- laptops have different ACPI (power regulation) settings than desktops, even if they have the same 'specs' on paper. This means the voltage for the cores is regulated differently for a laptop than it is for a desktop. I use a laptop, and that's the only logical reason why running an AVG scan is fixing my problem. It obviously has nothing to do with available system resources, or else an AVG scan would just make the problem worse. It's got to be a problem with how the computer thinks it's best to allocate those resources.

If you're running a desktop with these problems, it may have to do with voltage settings in the bios, so compare those against the required voltages listed by your CPU manufacturer.

I can't recall if you've done it but also be quintouple sure you've installed the AMD dual core optimizier thing. If necessary, uninstall it, restart, reinstall it, then restart again (I had to do this for it to work properly on my fiancee's computer).

Let us know what's up! I would love to know if the AVG fix works for someone else!

Ive got an Intel dual core with Windows 7 and also noticed an AVG-type fix. Even running iTunes helped. I didnt like that solution longterm though, and eventually I found a setting in my BIOS called SpeedStep which I think is an Intel setting that throttles the cpus based on the load. I disabled this option and my slow motion problems ceased. Causes my PC to run a bit hotter, but thats the price I pay. Not sure this would help the original poster or not. Does AMD have a similar cpu throttling feature? Is that what the dual core optimizer fixes?

AMD has Cool'n'Quiet for desktop/server CPUs, and PowerNow! for Laptop processors.

I've run into the slow movement bug once or twice, but fixed it by rebooting my system. I'll have to check the BIOS to see if I have Cool'n'Quiet enabled.

There might be some issues with all the afinity settings.
I am not running Vista anymore, and EQ runs on a pure WinXP machine now, so it isn't an issue for me anymore

(I have an AMD AM2 4600 cpu) and i had great problems with Live and the free trial client with crashes right after entering, or animations being stalled and char ski'ing at a hillarious fast rate and jumping up to 100 feet at each update. At this point i was using Vista crap

So I got help from SoE and went do some AMD downloads wich didn't do scrap. Then i got the Afinity settings tip, and this did it for the Free Trial Client.

Then upgrading to full version SoF Client it got spiffy, cause the problems was 90% gone, but game still sometimes stalls character animations, wich then requires a zone reload (logout and back in, or just zoning).

Even I set the afinity in the shortcut, or manually change it in the task manager to only core 1 (you set the afinity for the launcher on live, wich then launces eqgame with same afinity)

I still have the same problems with P99 that It sometimes stalls the animations, but then again, in win XP I can't set the afinity no matter you have full admin rights, unless you use some form of hacks or apps that can get around this limitation.

However the latest versions of Live Client seem to have fixed the Dual Core issues

I have the exact same problems as nomura. I am running eq on a intel dual core vista laptop with 4gigs of ddr2 and a GeForce 8400m. I have been running Avira AntiVirus scans in the background for a week or so now. Fixes runspeed, but my framerate drops from 100ish to 30ish. It would be interesting to figure out what is behind all of this. I'd really like a true fix, as I can't play high end with 30fps.

I'm running a dual core AMD and had issues where I would crash randomly or while zoning. Additionally, characters models would freeze completely and it would look like my character was gliding. And also I would move hyper speed for a moment only to slow back down. I was able to fix all of that by installing and running WinEQ 2.1.5 Lite. It's simple. Easy to use. But most importantly, it has resolved all my issues I've had in the past.