WinEQ 2.0 + multicore CPU fix?

[phacemeltar]

Originally Posted by Bombay2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I know how to create a shortcut to run a program with CPU affinity, but how would I create one to run EQ through WinEQ?

my suggestion didnt involve using winEQ2.. ive never tried it before, never thought i needed

[fuelforthehate]

Hm. What are your EQPlayNice settings? (Unless of course you have it disabled)

[dafier]

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

Hm. What are your EQPlayNice settings? (Unless of course you have it disabled)

EQPlayNice is Enabled. CPU affinity is Enabled. All else is default, I've not changed a thing.

I am not home right now but if you or whoever else doesn't mind listing the exact settings they have (that is working of course) I'll try that.

Another thing I thought of this morning was the AMD Cool 'n Quiet. I disabled it in my BIOS, but there are drivers & application in the OS. I didn't make sure those are disabled as well.

I have a feeling it isn't the AMD Cool 'n Quiet, I really feel there is something up with my WinEQ2. If it works for others then I highly doubt my system is THE exception.

EDIT:

Thank you all for your continual help.

More information:
I have 2 SSDs and 1 mechanical HDD in my system. 120GB SSD has my OS and some apps on it and has like 70+GB free. 480GB SSD has all my games and other stuff. Mechanical is for backup.

WinEQ2 and EQ install is on the 480GB.

I only run MSE (Win7Pro) for virus protection on that box. The boot is pretty clean too. There are a few apps that start up with the OS but not much and if anything the MSE is the biggest resource hog at boot.

However, 8 core 4Ghz CPU, 16GB of RAM and booting from an SSD makes everything fast. I am saying this to down play my 'hog' statement.

[Rararboker]

When you run WINEQ2, what happens? I get a small multi colored box that pops up near the clock next to the volume/USB unmount area in the task bar.

I right click on that and it gives you multiple game options like EQ, EQ2, DAoC. Each one has multiple "profiles" available when you put the mouse over the game title. FOr running p99 I click on the profile that I modified with those settings I mentioned before. When I modified the settings I made sure to rename the profile to something more unique than Everquest Profile 1.


My processor is a FX-8350, 16GB DDR3 Ram, Radeon 7870 and EQ/WINEQ2 are both installed onto a SSD. So we have very similar systems from what I can tell. I didn't have to make any changes to bios or anything else like that. But without WinEQ2 the game will NOT run on my system. And unless I run it exactly like I laid out here, It will not work.

If my instructions suck let me know and Ill make some screenshots of my process. I don't even remember how I figured this out. lol

[Bombay2]

Something odd seems to be happening when I limit my FPS. Either through WinEQ, or without WinEQ just using alt+O. Lowering my FPS cap seems to bring back slow-motion movement. At a 40 FPS cap I'm always in slow motion, at 60 sometimes, and at 90 rarely. This is while affinity is set both through WinEQ and without. Has anyone else encountered this?

[dafier]

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

When you run WINEQ2, what happens? I get a small multi colored box that pops up near the clock next to the volume/USB unmount area in the task bar.

I right click on that and it gives you multiple game options like EQ, EQ2, DAoC. Each one has multiple "profiles" available when you put the mouse over the game title. FOr running p99 I click on the profile that I modified with those settings I mentioned before. When I modified the settings I made sure to rename the profile to something more unique than Everquest Profile 1.


My processor is a FX-8350, 16GB DDR3 Ram, Radeon 7870 and EQ/WINEQ2 are both installed onto a SSD. So we have very similar systems from what I can tell. I didn't have to make any changes to bios or anything else like that. But without WinEQ2 the game will NOT run on my system. And unless I run it exactly like I laid out here, It will not work.

If my instructions suck let me know and Ill make some screenshots of my process. I don't even remember how I figured this out. lol

I didn't rename the profile at all but I uses the WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile.

That profile reads as:

Name = WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile

Window Title = WinEQ {VERSION} {PLUGIN} - EverQuest (Hotkey: {HOTKEY})

EQPath = D:\Everquest

EQClient.ini = .\eqclient.ini

Sound = ON

Test/Beta Server = Normal

Global activation Hotkey = AUTO

Locale = us (US English)

EQPlayNice settings are as:
General
Auto Expland - Off
FPS Indicator - Off
FPS Indicator X and Y = 5/25

Forground:
CPU/FPS Limiter Mode - FPS Limiter
CPU/FPS Limit = 40
Rendering Limiter Mode = 1 out of x frames
Rendering Limit = 1

Background:
CPU/FPS Limiter Mode - CPU Limiter
CPU/FPS Limit = 30
Rendering Limiter Mode = 1 out of x frames
Rendering Limit = 30

I have an Nvidia 660GTX. I get that multi-colored box as well. Right click that and do preferences or run EQ profile which starts the game.

Thanks and I look forward to your reply.

[Rararboker]

Looks like we have matching settings. You seem to run the game the same way I do. No clue why you would be having issues. Really confusing, heh

[dafier]

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

Looks like we have matching settings. You seem to run the game the same way I do. No clue why you would be having issues. Really confusing, heh

OK. I really appreciate your time. I am going to mess with the settings now and see if I can come up with a fix.

[Bombay2]

I've worked out a soft fix to my tech problems. It drastically reduces graphical chop and multicore CPU slow-motion from where it was before. My fix was inspired by:

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

Try the speedstep thing I'm tellin ya. I spent 3 days doing every fix cataloged, nothing worked. SpeedStep being turned off fixed everything

Thank you sir.

I also used this thread:
http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/arc...p/t-25327.html

Since my situation is unique in that I run Windows 7 to play EQ on a Bootcamp partition on a 2008 Intel Mac desktop, I couldn't enter BIOS setup and just turn off SpeedStep. I had to compromise, so I created a custom power scheme in my Power Options.

(Control Panel - Hardware and Sound - Power Options - Create a power plan)

I selected High Performance, and left all the advanced power settings on default except for the minimum/maximum processor state which I changed to 50% on both. Doing this meant my CPU wouldn't throttle as often and cause chop or slow-motion. I think. This has been a learning experience. Then named the plan EQ 50/50 and only use it to play EQ.

That solved my bizarre FPS/CPU relation issue, and meant I could run EQ through WinEQ with no problems while having affinity set. Here are my WinEQ settings:

WinEQ2.0 - General
Set CPU Affinity = ON
Picture-in-Picture = OFF
Automatic Tiling = OFF

Everquest - General
Hide Context Menu = OFF
Auto Expand = OFF
Lock Gamma = ON
EQPlayNice = ON
Hide Memory Warnings = Off

EQPlayNice - General
Auto Expand = OFF
FPS Indicator = OFF

EQPlayNice - Foregorund
CPU/FPS Limiter Mode = FPS Limiter
CPUFPS Limit = 50
Rendering Limiter Mode = 1 out of x frames
Rendering Limit = 1

I also set eqgame.exe to compatibility mode for Windows XP SP 2 and to run as administrator. After all was said and done the results were mostly satisfactory. I now hardly get graphical chop or go slow-mo. However if I could I would have just entered my BIOS setup and just turned off Speedstep.

[dafier]

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

Looks like we have matching settings. You seem to run the game the same way I do. No clue why you would be having issues. Really confusing, heh

Bought a R9 270 video card. Going to try it out when I get it and let you know.