Everquest has detected that your client may have crashed

[takaron]

I haven't played P99 in a couple of months and noticed a new patch. I downloaded and placed the files in my existing P99 directory and attempted to load the game.

I get the error in the title and see the "Select A Character" graphic on the left of the screen, and I hear a sound similar to a character swinging their weapon, however the screen is black... save for the Select A Character graphic.

Looking at the dbg.txt I see this;

2025-11-01 15:35:35 Attempting to load load.EQG.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Verifying world files.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Loading zone specific files.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Loading load_obj2
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Loading load_obj
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Loading load_chr2
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Loading load_chr
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Loading load
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Loading objects
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Loading lights
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Initializing cameras.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Initializing lights.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Initializing visual effects.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Initializing target indicator.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Initializing player path.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Performing post-load operations.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Initializing precipitation system.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 World initialized: load
2025-11-01 15:35:35 load done.
2025-11-01 15:35:35
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Starting char select.
2025-11-01 15:35:35
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Clearing display buffers.
2025-11-01 15:35:35
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Display buffers cleared.
2025-11-01 15:35:35
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Initializing character select UI.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 Resetting game UI.
2025-11-01 15:35:35 fatal error in main thread Code = c0000005 ADDR=0x03f9c9fc
2025-11-01 15:35:35
2025-11-01 15:35:35 EAX=0019e1f0 EBX=00000000 ECX=0000001f EDX=3c23d70a
2025-11-01 15:35:35
2025-11-01 15:35:35 ESI=00000000 EDI=00000001 EBP=2a6e05c8 ESP=0019e1c8

I'm not sure what the "fatal error in main thread" might be. Any ideas on what the issue is? My Google Fu is failing me on a resolution.