SOLVED: crash to desktop when camping
 

There are a few threads floating around about this, but I thought I'd make Forumquesters proud by sharing how I actually solved this issue:

After upgrading to a SSD computer, my game began crashing every time I camped. A number of fixes pointed to right-clicking on the Everquest icon and running it in compatibility or admin mode, but that never worked.

What DID finally work was installing a custom UI to replace the default p99 UI. I tested both Duxa's and QQUI, both worked -- once I loaded the skin onto a character, camping worked without crashing. Any characters that did *not* have the new UI installed continued to crash when camping.

So, there you go! No idea why this works, but it does. Cheers!

Interesting. I fixed my crashing when camping issue by changing compatibility on the eqgame.exe executable to Windows XP SP3.

Just tried this one and it worked for me. Thank you. :D

Thanks, this solved my issue!

Changing compatibility to Windows XP SP3 on eqgame worked for me as well. No more crashes on camping. Thanks!

If I change my EQ to Windows XP 3 or 2 I crash when I zone, when I leave it default I crash when I log. So either way, none of those work for me. Or Admin mode. I'm at a loss.

Yeah, there seems to be two camps here:

-People who crash when camping every single time
-People who fix that issue and then never crash

Meanwhile, I crash when camping like.. 60% of the time, and maybe 10% of the times I zone. No pattern to it otherwise, it can be any zone.

I've also definitely noticed that I crash *much* more often if I frequently switch between two characters on separate accounts, compared to switching between two characters on the same account.

I used to crash while zoning or logging into a character quite frequently. Once I switched to a custom UI (QQUI mixed with Duxa) I hardly ever crash anymore.

still waiting for the "fix" of why i crash 50% of the time when i first try logging in but will never crash on my second attempt. makes no sense.

oldgame.imsurpriseditstillworkseventhisgood.exe

I have all of the problems noted in this thread too.