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Originally Posted by Eumora [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

When I launched, for some reason it was set to windowed mode automatically, even though my computer is so powerful that it can run Battlefield 1 on ultra graphics with zero lag(thus I obviously don't suspect such a default setting has anything at all to do with my computer's ability(or lack thereof) to run this game).

Move your EQ directory out of Program Files if you haven't. In Notepad, open EverQuest\eqclient.ini, press control+f and search for "WindowedMode". Here you can change whether the client launches in fullscreen or windowed mode by changing the WindowedMode setting to "WindowedMode=FALSE" or "WindowedMode=TRUE", respectively.

Originally Posted by Eumora [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In windowed mode, the resolution(set to my desktop resolution) makes it impossible for me to interact with the bottom inch or more of my screen(where the EQ button, and therefore nearly every administrative option, is located). In other words, I was cut off from vital components to playing this game, as well as cut off from any ability to fix it in game.

Now search for "VideoMode" in the same file - the first two settings under [VideoMode], WindowedWidth and WindowedHeight, will determine the client's resolution when in it's in windowed mode. If the client window is partially obscured by the taskbar, a simple fix is to reduce the WindowedHeight dimension. For example, if my fullscreen resolution is 1680x1050, I can simply reduce the WindowedHeight value from 1050 to 982 so that my EQ window doesn't extend below the taskbar. If you end up with graphical artifacts after doing this, just subtract or add 1 from that value until you find a dimension that your video card agrees with.

Originally Posted by Eumora [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I tried several things. Tabbing out and setting the resolution to a greater value while the game remained running caused it to black out, thus obviously preventing any kind of continuation of such a fix. I used alt+enter to make it full screen again, but, for a reason which, to this day, is unknown to me, pressing alt+enter caused my sound to completely vanish in game. Nothing at all, not a spell, not a footstep, nothing makes a sound at all, and I am unable to figure out why.

This was due to Windows calling for elevated privileges when you changed your desktop resolution - whenever something prompts for administrative privileges in Windows, the client will black out if it's in windowed mode. You can fix this by using alt+enter to switch to fullscreen, and then again to switch back to windowed mode. Losing your sound from doing this sounds like some kind of conflict with your sound card, which could be a driver issue or a result of access security restrictions from having EQ installed in Program Files.

Originally Posted by Eumora [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I closed the game, and messed with my hardware settings to see if I could get a change at all. I restarted the game, and now, every time I log in with ALL THREE of my loginserver accounts, the character select screen shows no characters.

A common mistake when restarting the client is to press "Enter Game" without checking which server is selected - make sure you're signing into the correct server. If that's not the case, then it's likely just a connection issue. The P99 servers can be very finicky - in short, you can have a pristine, flawless internet connection in every regard but you might still have occasional issues connecting to the P99 servers. If this is ever the case, make sure you completely close out and restart the client before attempting to reconnect. It may take repeated tries to get a solid connection, but this is usually intermittent - I have a mediocre DSL connection, and I'd say this happens to me maybe a couple times a year.

Originally Posted by Eumora [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The shortcut to the game is set to run in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3(a version of windows wherein I never had a single problem with the game originating from Windows or any of its settings), as well as being forced to run as administrator.

I'd recommend against using any compatibility settings for eqgame.exe unless you absolutely have to - I've never used any of the compatibility options in either Windows 7 or Windows 10 when running EQ. You will only need to run EQ as an administrator if you have it installed in Program Files, but as mentioned earlier it's just a good idea in general to move it out to avoid a litany of other issues.