Can't Get Past Server Screen

[DigitalAdhesive]

Hey everyone,

I've done a lot of googling and searching, and I've seen others who have been having this problem, but I haven't found any solutions.

I just installed Titanium, I went through the installation instructions for getting Project 1999 up and running to a T (deleting specific files, adding specific files, etc.), and I can get to the server select screen but as soon as I select a server and hit "Play" it kicks me back to the login screen.

I'm running on Windows 7 for what it's worth. Not sure what to do - help!

[mgellan]

Usually means your screen resolution is not set properly, using the options setup in the client doesn't work, you need to edit eqclient.ini in your Everquest folder and set the screen rez to whatever your desktop is.

Regards,
Mg

[DigitalAdhesive]

I changed everything that looked relevant to my desktop res:

[VideoMode]
Width=1920
Height=1200
WidthWindowed=1920
HeightWindowed=1200
WindowedWidth=1920

I also turned off my secondary monitor in Windows just in case that was an issue. When I select a server, EQ flickers, and then boots me back to the Login screen :/


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Edit: I had installed it on a secondary hard drive (D[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.], so just to be safe I reinstalled on my C: drive - still have the same problem. Not sure what to do at this point. I've also tried it with my firewall turned off. I'm also running it in compatibility mode for XP:SP2 and as administrator. Here's the top part of my DxDiag in case it helps:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/22/2013, 18:19:51
Machine name: DURANDAL-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130828-1532)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 12/30/11 18:38:13 Ver: 11.01
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~4.5GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16360MB RAM
Page File: 5524MB used, 27192MB available
Windows Dir: C:\windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

[Lyra]

I can tell you that most of the issues I've run into with the game not starting properly stemmed from windowed mode not being set correctly in eqclient.ini. For starters, open that file in a text editor and see that you have lines that look like this:

WindowedMode=TRUE

WidthWindowed=1024
HeightWindowed=768
WindowedWidth=1024
WindowedHeight=768

If the height/width numbers are different, that's probably fine. Any resolution you want should work. I think all that matters is that both resolutions match, and that WindowedMode is set to true.

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

For the full screen issue; if you have dual monitors, choose to display on your main screen only. When you get to the character select screen and click enter game it will go back to windowed mode. Alt Enter back to full screen and its fine for the remainder.

If you don't want the hassle of that, then single monitor and disable Win Aero.

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

Using a dual monitor setup? EQ cant run on them by themselves. You have to use Wineq and just resize it to your resolution to get "fullscreen" on dual monitors.

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

Try running EQ under WinEQ2, Found at Http://www.lavishsoft.com.

[DigitalAdhesive]

Thanks for the tips Lyra.

I tried all of them, but unfortunately nothing seems to be helping. I've tweaked the eqclient.ini file, I've tried running WinEQ2, I've tried disabling my second monitor along with Aero, and I've tried all of the above while disabling SLI.

I'm sure this is a fixable problem, but I'm not really sure what to do at this point. Any other ideas?

[DigitalAdhesive]

Big log that I don't understand incoming:
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2013-10-22 21:13:59 Starting EverQuest (Build Oct 31 2005 10:33:37)
2013-10-22 21:13:59 Timezone: UTC-5h00m
2013-10-22 21:13:59 Loading graphics DLL.
2013-10-22 21:13:59 Parsing INI file .\eqclient.ini
2013-10-22 21:13:59 INI file .\eqclient.ini loaded.
2013-10-22 21:14:00 Initializing timers.
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Psh (9000).
2013-10-22 21:14:03
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Checking critical files.
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Initializing WinSock.
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Enumerating 3D devices.
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Found adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 (9.18.13.3158)
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 :
2013-10-22 21:14:03 32Bit = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1
2013-10-22 21:14:03 16Bit(565) = 0, D32 = 0, D24 = 0, D16 = 0
2013-10-22 21:14:03 16Bit(1555) = 0, D32 = 0, D24 = 0, D16 = 0
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Initializing keypress handler.
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Parsing INI file .\defaults.ini
2013-10-22 21:14:03 INI file .\defaults.ini loaded.
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Loading keyboard tables.
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Creating window.
2013-10-22 21:14:03 Checking display driver version.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 Activating window.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 Using hardware vertex shaders.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 Initializing render system.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 Trilinear Mipmapping available.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 Vertex Shader Version: 3.0
2013-10-22 21:14:04 Pixel Shader Version: 3.0
2013-10-22 21:14:04 Initializing engine internals.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.
2013-10-22 21:14:04 Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
2013-10-22 21:14:04 INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Server selected 67.23.190.86 (1307397).
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Initializing DirectInput.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Initializing Keyboard.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Initializing Mouse.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Creating font list.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Creating game object.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Deleting obsolete files.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Loading string tables.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Initializing client variables.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Loading spell effects.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Initializing display structures.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Sound Manager loaded 2165 filenames from soundassets.txt.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Voice Manager loaded 12 macros from VoiceData.txt.
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Networking: using port [65527].
2013-10-22 21:14:21 Networking: Connection Established [1]
2013-10-22 21:14:21 WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 *** ERROR: WorldAuthenticate. My message arrival was NULL, the net has been shutdown.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 *** WorldAuthenticate. Checkpoint 3.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Cleanup 4
2013-10-22 21:14:23
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Cleanup 5
2013-10-22 21:14:23
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Cleanup 6
2013-10-22 21:14:23
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Cleanup 7
2013-10-22 21:14:23
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Cleanup 8
2013-10-22 21:14:23
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Cleanup 9
2013-10-22 21:14:23
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Cleanup 10
2013-10-22 21:14:23
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Cleanup 11
2013-10-22 21:14:23
2013-10-22 21:14:23 CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Using hardware vertex shaders.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Initializing render system.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Trilinear Mipmapping available.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Vertex Shader Version: 3.0
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Pixel Shader Version: 3.0
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Initializing engine internals.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.
2013-10-22 21:14:23 Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
2013-10-22 21:14:23 INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.

[Lyra]

haha I know what it is!

Your GPU or CPU is overclocked.