How do I fix my framerate on my new PC?

[Loadsamoney]

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

Fair enough. Yeah that Laptop is plenty for P99, should do it easy at 60FPS but still, you gotta do some optimization for a solid 60fps but should do it..

1050 ti is decent but no where near a 1060 for example, just to keep in mind..

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti-Mobile/3639vsm223242

It's a 1650 actually, but I get what you mean, 1660 probably head and shoulders above it.

[mcoy]

Any graphics card made in the past decade is leagues above what's required for (even the recently constricted) p99. If the native client doesn't show your graphics card in the ALT+O > display > advanced field then use dgVoodoo2 and it should use it. There's an ini to edit (or an exe you can use to do so) where you can tweak your settings. For my regular config (laptop with gtx 980m) the defaults worked flawlessly. Note: I play in windowed mode so I can look stuff up, and watch streaming video whilst medding.

-Mcoy

[Loadsamoney]

So now I'm having a new problem where my screen goes completely black if I try to mouse-turn my camera. The Alt+Enter thing doesn't work for me either as trying to fullscreen the game results in an instant crash for me.

Mouse strafing causes the same problem.

What is this?

[Lich]

WinEq2 fixes a lot of these issues. You can then use borderless gaming to make it full screen. Set the max fps under winEq2s eqplaynice to 60.

[Loadsamoney]

I've got WinEQ running now, so we'll see if that fixes it. The framerate is set to 60 but with small hiccups, but I'm hoping this at least fixes the problem where turning the camera makes the screen go black.

[Lich]

I remember reading something about automatic cpu throttling potentially causing dips in performance. The only thing that fixed the random mouse look jerk was running eq from ram disk. I'm currently using the paid version of amd ram disk. The free version is enough to test it out but the paid version unlocks background saving which makes shutting your computer down much faster because it doesn't have to wait for ram disk to save back to your hdd/ssd.

[Loadsamoney]

I'm not bothered by little hiccups in fps, I'm bothered by the screen turning completely black and forcing me to alt+f4 whenever I turn the camera, and if WinEQ2 doesn't fix it, I probably won't be able to play.

[Shawk]

Try setting your resolutions to be all the same in EQClient.ini.

this is mine for example..

[VideoMode]
WindowedWidth=2560
WindowedHeight=1440
Width=2560
Height=1440
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0
WidthWindowed=2560
HeightWindowed=1440

I don't use WinEQ2 and I don't inject any weird compatibility mode into the eqgame.exe either, these only will interfere with your diagnosing of the actual issue.

I use to have a lot of the issues you speak up, fixing it all took a while can't really remember everything I did but mine runs flawless now, but ya.. it took some messing around.

Also add this at the start of your EQClient.ini, allow multi-threading etc..
[Defaults]
CPUAffinity0=-1
CPUAffinity1=-1
CPUAffinity2=-1
CPUAffinity3=-1
CPUAffinity4=-1

Maybe post your entire EQClient.ini

[Loadsamoney]

Well, with WinEQ2 in effect and changing the FPS limiter, it seems like things are stable now. Maybe now I can start leveling my twinked Ranger whose been stuck at level 3 for a year now.

[Argh]

If you copy/pasted your EQ directory from your old computer to your new one, try renaming your current eqclient.ini file to generate a new one.