Memory could not be read

[Kealenfists]

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

The issue is Windows 11

Yeah I think the majority of us have figured that out but we need a fix.

[Lobster1071]

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

I'm having an issue which happens randomly. After a random amount of time in game eventually a window pops up saying:

The instruction at 0x00000000CECECECE referenced memory at 0x00000000CECECECE. The memory could not be read.
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This happens either randomly during play after 10 minutes to many hours or upon zoning sometimes.

Exact same issue for me. Exact error and exact randomness.

I came back after a long break as well. Used to have a Windows 10 machine, and P99 ran nearly flawless for years. Now have a new Windows 11 machine game crashes randomly every time with that error. Disappointing if this is what will stop me from playing again.

I didn't know the error window could be dragged away and still play. I'll have to try that instead of just clicking OK.

Going to poke around for some other solutions which I know I haven't checked everywhere for yet.

Intel i9-12900KF 3.19GHz
32gb RAM
Windows 11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

[khandman]

I'm on Windows 11 and thankfully I've not happened across this issue yet

[Corso]

Never had this issue before switching to Windows 11, now it happens from time to time.
I use wineq2 (+ compat win xp sp2), ran flawlessly until Windows upgrade.

Specs for posterity:
Intel i9-something
Dual GPU: intel something + RTX 2080 (p99 runs on the latter)

[khandman]

I play exclusively in Windowed mode, so don't use Full Screen at all, if that may have any bearing.

[Corso]

I play using windowed mode also.
Would you care to post your specs, khandman? It could help narrow down the issue.

[khandman]

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/52753115

Link to a User Benchmark when I got my now current machine.

[Lobster1071]

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

I play exclusively in Windowed mode, so don't use Full Screen at all, if that may have any bearing.

I always play in Windowed mode as well.

I am now trying the "Affinity" fix, and it seems to have cut down the number of times it crashes, but it does still happen.

This is what I tried in case you don't know:
https://wiki.project1999.com/Players:Technical/Affinity

[GuyBrush Threepwood]

Sorry haven't checked this thread in a bit, no fixes have worked. I can confirm I do use windows 11 I have 8gb of ram but never come close to that limit. I suppose windows 11 may be the culprit, I'm not sure what to do about that short of running a virtual machine with whatever operating system (probably windows XP SP3 should work flawlessly) or downgrading back to 10.

[Lobster1071]

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

Sorry haven't checked this thread in a bit, no fixes have worked. I can confirm I do use windows 11 I have 8gb of ram but never come close to that limit. I suppose windows 11 may be the culprit, I'm not sure what to do about that short of running a virtual machine with whatever operating system (probably windows XP SP3 should work flawlessly) or downgrading back to 10.

Has anyone ever tried running EQ in a virtual environment?
I was thinking about that, running Windows 10 in VirtualBox, but thought the performance might be horrible. Anyone have experience with this?