Reset Device. Losing hope

[xaix1999]

if your device is resetting you can try three things

install your gpu drivers from your manufacturers website
install dgvoodoo drivers in place of dx8/9 dlls to convert to dx11/12 api calls
install wined3d for dx8/9 translation to opengl or Vulkan

Live Long and Prosper

[xaix1999]

if your modern gpu is sending device reset
chances are you are getting memory heaps of of range
not as in to big but to small
the whole of titanium client is less than 4gb (i think)
i have a 8gb card
at max it uses about 200mb of ram
meaning i can address about half of my gpu ram to run the game and still have enough room for a second install on my gpu before i run out of ram
the game uses old tech
we have cheap gpus now that have 128 bit wide ram
back in the day 64 bit was like hot dang
the 2nd and 3rd options are your best bet

[zactical]

For some more context, here is the warning that is seen in the windows event viewer

Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

One of the difficult things about troubleshooting this is that it is hard to know if any one change actually did anything. The game might run fine for several hours and then still end up crashing. I am experimenting with different resolutions and refresh rates in the eqclient.ini.

Originally Posted by xaix1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

install wined3d for dx8/9 translation to opengl or Vulkan

I am going to give this a shot as well, thanks for the tip.

[xaix1999]

also did some light google'ing

Rolled back to 446.14 DCH and haven't had any issues (did not need to change any graphics or power settings).

source problem is a laptop with a type of 2070
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce...nding-and-has/

and found that 451.48 DCH and 451.67 DCH were the only releases to cause this issue for our setups

[beaon]

@Zatical I Also see those messages in my event viewer. I question whether those modifications will help though. Keep me posted if you find something.

[beaon]

OK I got dgvoodoo2 working but only when I don't use WINeq2. Is there a way to use both?

[xaix1999]

no
wineq2 uses dx8/9
dgvoodoo uses dx11/12

[beaon]

So that is a massive quality of life drop from wineq2 since you can set a lower resolution and scale it up on a 4k monitor with wineq2.

So far dgvoodo2 has returned the reset device when alt-tabbing or moving from full-screen and back. This problem was completely eliminated with wineq2.

Still that doesn't mean there aren't improvements. The original test was to see if in-game stability improved. I will find out next week when I return from a short vacation trip. If it does stabilize the game in certain spots than it will be worth it to me but losing wineq2 is a bummer in that case.

[xaix1999]

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

So that is a massive quality of life drop from wineq2 since you can set a lower resolution and scale it up on a 4k monitor with wineq2.

you can do this natively in windows

[xaix1999]

Here’s how:

In the search box, type the name of the app.
Select the app’s tile and tap or click Open file location to open File Explorer on the desktop.
In File Explorer, tap and hold (or right-click) the app’s executable (.exe) file and select Properties.
Select the Compatibility tab.
In the Settings section, select display scaling on high DPI settings.
Click OK and check with the results.

Hope the above information is helpful.