WinEQ 2.0 + multicore CPU fix?

[Rararboker]

I have an 8-core and use WinEQ2, solves my problem without additional changes. Maybe it is something else giving you problems?

[Bombay2]

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

I have an 8-core and use WinEQ2, solves my problem without additional changes. Maybe it is something else giving you problems?

What are your settings on WinEQ?

[dafier]

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

I have an 8-core and use WinEQ2, solves my problem without additional changes. Maybe it is something else giving you problems?

Maybe I am using WinEQ2 wrong. I start it using the Wineq2 executable. Please help me!

It's that chop. Random but happens often chop! It's terrible! Could you please give me a step by step of what you did? I am pulling my hair out (dealing with it really) trying to figure out what is wrong.

EDIT:
AMD 8350FX (Not overclocked)
16GB of 1600 DDR3
Gigabyte MB
Nvidia 660GTX

[fuelforthehate]

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

Maybe I am using WinEQ2 wrong. I start it using the Wineq2 executable. Please help me!

It's that chop. Random but happens often chop! It's terrible! Could you please give me a step by step of what you did? I am pulling my hair out (dealing with it really) trying to figure out what is wrong.

EDIT:
AMD 8350FX (Not overclocked)
16GB of 1600 DDR3
Gigabyte MB
Nvidia 660GTX

All silly questions but: are you using lite or the pro version? Windowed or fullscreen? And all of your drivers are up to date?

I just read that WinEQ2 automatically sets your CPU affinity and cycles them per session. Maybe manually setting an affinity screws this up?

[Rararboker]

When I run the WinEQ2 executable it only makes the program appear in my task menu near the clock. It doesn't start the game at all. From there I right click on it and then open the EQ window. That props open the client where I can go sign into the servers.

My settings:

Hide Context Menu: Off
Auto Expand: Off
Lock Gamma: On
EQPLAYNice: On
HIde Memeory Warnings: Off


The General WinEQ2 settings:

Set CPU Affinity: On
Picture-in-Picture: Off
Automatic Tiling: Off

[dafier]

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

When I run the WinEQ2 executable it only makes the program appear in my task menu near the clock. It doesn't start the game at all. From there I right click on it and then open the EQ window. That props open the client where I can go sign into the servers.

My settings:

Hide Context Menu: Off
Auto Expand: Off
Lock Gamma: On
EQPLAYNice: On
HIde Memeory Warnings: Off


The General WinEQ2 settings:

Set CPU Affinity: On
Picture-in-Picture: Off
Automatic Tiling: Off

This information is valuable to me. I will check this when I get home. I am not following this procedure.

Thank you very much!

[dafier]

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

When I run the WinEQ2 executable it only makes the program appear in my task menu near the clock. It doesn't start the game at all. From there I right click on it and then open the EQ window. That props open the client where I can go sign into the servers.

My settings:

Hide Context Menu: Off
Auto Expand: Off
Lock Gamma: On
EQPLAYNice: On
HIde Memeory Warnings: Off


The General WinEQ2 settings:

Set CPU Affinity: On
Picture-in-Picture: Off
Automatic Tiling: Off

OK Rar. I made sure my settings are just like yours. It did make a difference in the lihting because of the Lock Gamma change. Actually it's the only change I had to make to exactly mimic your settings.

Didn't work. I STILL get the chop.

Also, I checked AMD's equivalent to SpeedStep. It is Cool 'n Quiet. I disabled that, and it still doesn't work for me. I'm not giving up.

[Nune]

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

[dafier]

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

YA! So, I went in to my Gigabyte AMD MB BIOS. There is no SpeedStep setting. I believe this is the 'turbo' for the CPU setting. I found it though and disabled it. The setting I am referring to is "AMD something CPU". I can't remember the name of the setting. I'll have to get back to you about it.

[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.