ResetDevice() failed!

[andrewbshifflett]

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

gkmarino.. same exact areas for me.

Following up on koala's advice.. he's got it down.. trying his solution now and ditching WinEQ2 (since it doesn't work with the dgVoodoo2 wrapper).

I've uploaded all files you need to make this work, make sure you remove any explicit mention of what directx dll to use (double-check your eqconfig.ini file and remove if it's there, make sure you run notepad as admin so your changed take effect).

then download the files below and put them into your everquest folder:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...fj?usp=sharing

you may need to run dgVoodooCpl.exe and change the adapter to specifically be set to yours (and not mine, not sure if it updates automatically or not).

ensure eqgame.exe and dgVoodooCpl.exe are both set to run as administrator (for all groups and users).

here's screenshots of my settings for dgVoodooCpl.exe and the borderless gaming app (this will replace WinEQ2, if you're using it):

Borderless Gaming
Global Settings: https://i.imgur.com/Ppb5GK6.png
Game Settings: https://i.imgur.com/TTdsPHF.png

dgVoodoo2
General Settings: https://i.imgur.com/vyZ8Mjk.png
DirectX Settings: https://i.imgur.com/ld2u2qv.png

The shortcut on drive is a shortcut to the launch_titanium.bat batch file that's set to automatically be run as an administrator.

So the flow to open the game is to open Borderless Gaming app, it'll go to the tray area. Then use the EverQuest shortcut that I supplied, double-click to open the game.. it will open in windowed mode.

Log into the server, then select your character. Once you're in the game, go to your tray area and right-click on the Borderless Gaming application icon, then go to Game Settings, click apply/save. It should maximize your game, making it appear to be borderless (with no windowed border or application menu/title bar).

A bit more manual than WinEQ2.. I'll let you all know how it turns out.

FYI -- I also went into the Nvidia Control Panel (right-click desktop -> Nvidia Control Panel) and chose "Use the advanced 3d image settings" clicked "Add" and located eqgame.exe and customized better graphics preferences (16x anistropic, windowed+fullscreen gsync under gsync settings, scaling set to be handled by GPU (not the display), and overriding eqgame.exe's anti-aliasing settings to 8x supersample, as well as turning off vsync, high quality textures, etc).

Not sure how much the above helps, but now that this wrapper is talking to d3d9 better then maybe the above will make my game look nice and all the other stuff will provide relief for the ResetDevice(); failed! error.

I'll report back if I experience the error again.

Big thanks to koala for the great recommendation.

Cheers!

Update. This works! 100% resolved. No errors since doing this.

Borderless gaming is a little funky. if you need help getting it to work properly, let me know I can post a guide. It's not as nice as WinEQ2 but it has its advantages... one being, you don't have to pay or log in to use fullscreen mode for the game.

This means, as long as you have the app then you're good... WinEQ2, if the developer ever shut it down or it went offline, you'd be stuck and couldn't log into EQ to access borderless.

Use Borderless and DgVoodoo2.. if you need help with settings, let me know but I did post screenshots above!

100% FIXED! Big thanks to koala!