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Lance Berg - 15 Sep 2004 04:22 GMT

Downloaded the patch this morning and some more this afternoon, finally
got around to trying to log on a few minutes ago... and I'm not getting
close to getting in.

I kep downloading mischiefplane.txt, then getting to the downloads
complete and seeing the whole OOW patch message.

Hit play, I get my windows screen, the EQ box appears down on my taskbar
for a second, then my screen sort of blinks for a split second, and I
get a pop up box saying that EQgame.exe has encountered a problem and
has to terminate, which it procedes to do.

Could be worse, could have decide to exterminate...

But anyway, I went in and deleted the eqgame.exe, repatched and
downloaded it again, no dice. Tried killing the mischiefplane.txt file,
no joy.

No EQ for me today, which honestly is fine I'm too tired to do more that
just take a peek. But its frustrating.

Grage

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Lee Watkins - 15 Sep 2004 06:14 GMT

> Downloaded the patch this morning and some more this afternoon, finally
> got around to trying to log on a few minutes ago... and I'm not getting
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>
> Grage

same problem here. been trying drivers all night. damn, this expansion was
the only thing keeping me in the game....sony better fix this fast or im
out.

lee

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Lee Watkins - 15 Sep 2004 06:29 GMT

> Downloaded the patch this morning and some more this afternoon, finally
> got around to trying to log on a few minutes ago... and I'm not getting
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>
> Grage

5) CORRUPTED EVERQUEST GAME FILES
Occasionally key files required for EverQuest to run will become
corrupted. You may want to delete the eqclient.ini, eqgfx_dx8.dll,
eqgraphicsdx9.dll, eqmain.dll, and eqgame.exe from your EverQuest
directory. One or more of those files maybe corrupt, causing these
issues.
To locate your EverQuest directory:
Double Click the ?MY COMPUTER? icon
Double Click the ?C? drive (or the drive where you installed EverQuest)
Double Click the ?PROGRAM FILES? folder
Double Click to the installation of EverQuest (By default:
?SONY\EVERQUEST? or ?EVERQUEST?

Once you have located your EverQuest directory, please select, right
click and ?DELETE? each of the following files:
EQCLIENT.INI
EQMAIN.DLL
EQGFX_DX8.DLL
EQGRAPHICSDX9.DLL
EQGAME.EXE

If you only see the first part of the file name (ie. ?EQCLIENT? instead
of ?EQCLIENT.INI?) you should delete that file.just did it and im in!lee

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Wayne - 15 Sep 2004 10:17 GMT

Gidday all,

Nicely done Lee, no problems on my main computer but when I copied it
across to my laptop I was having the same problems as you. Deleted
these files and once they had been downloaded again, no problems.

Thanks.

Regards,

Wayne...

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Lance Berg - 15 Sep 2004 11:49 GMT

> Once you have located your EverQuest directory, please select, right
> click and ?DELETE? each of the following files:
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> If you only see the first part of the file name (ie. ?EQCLIENT? instead
> of ?EQCLIENT.INI?) you should delete that file.just did it and im in!lee

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Yep, this fix worked.

After getting in, I backed out and restored my EQClient file, which is
the only one I cared about keeping since it contains many of my
settings... but got the same result.

Guess I'll have to go thru and set all the options and colors again.

BUT it did work, thanks for finding and posting the solution :)

Grage

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Lance Berg - 15 Sep 2004 12:01 GMT

>> Once you have located your EverQuest directory, please select, right
>> click and ?DELETE? each of the following files:
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>
> Grage

So, I wiped EQClient again, then went in to options, where I found every
single model turned on, and all the animations et al also turned on
except for texture compression. Graphics were set to medium and 640*800.

I fooled around with a lot of these, then tried to play and boom, same
problem as before.

Thinking back, during the patch I'd gone in and changed something, can't
recall what, one of the models from luclin to pre luclin or something.

Apparantly there's something about changing the EQCLient file thats
getting messed up. I wonder how playable the game is going to be set
the way it comes by default.

Grage

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Lee Watkins - 16 Sep 2004 16:53 GMT

>>> Once you have located your EverQuest directory, please select, right
>>> click and ?DELETE? each of the following files:
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>
> Grage

i had a similar problem. i deleted the files and repatched. i got into the
game, and i didnt even think about all my settings getting nuked. i went to
change screen resolution from 8X6 to 10X7, but i accidentally clicked the
wrong one. the screen flickered like it normally does, but when it came
back my chat windows and boxes and stuff were all transparent with no
outlines, and my mouse was frozen. 30 seconds later, crash to desktop.
log back in and everything looks good, except for the resolution. its now
at hte wrong one i clicked on.
i go to change it again, sure to click on 10x7. the screen comes back
jacked and frozen agian, and im back to desktop.
i run EQ again, and im crashing at login again.
delete the files again, and i log in at the correct resolution with no
problems.
hehe this expansion BETTER be worth the problem. i spent like 3 hours
tuesday night just trying to log in, and an hour last nite restoring my
settings! ;)

lee

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Graeme Faelban - 15 Sep 2004 15:12 GMT

>> Once you have located your EverQuest directory, please select, right
>> click and ?DELETE? each of the following files:
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>
> Grage

You can cut and paste things like the color settings from the corrupted
one to the new one it creates.

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Mary Poppins - 15 Sep 2004 15:34 GMT

RichardRapier@netscape.net (Graeme Faelban) wrote in
<Xns9565538885D88richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4>:

>>> Once you have located your EverQuest directory, please select, right
>>> click and ?DELETE? each of the following files:
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>You can cut and paste things like the color settings from the corrupted
>one to the new one it creates.

no need to delete the ini file or at least try not deleting it first.

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shady411 - 23 Dec 2006 20:14 GMT

hey
I am a new player on everquest and it wont let me sign in
as soon as i hit play it says error eqgame.exe

>> Downloaded the patch this morning and some more this afternoon, finally
>> got around to trying to log on a few minutes ago... and I'm not getting
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>If you only see the first part of the file name (ie. ?EQCLIENT? instead
>of ?EQCLIENT.INI?) you should delete that file.just did it and im in!lee

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