First Post New User "Crashing"

[Corro]

So I have literally tried everything in the world to get this to run. I have attempted every single fix for this crash. I can log in just fine but I get to server selection screen and hit log in to the hidden forest and next thing I know I am booted back to the desktop. I have not seen the character select screen even once.

Specs
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8184MB RAM
Page File: 2561MB used, 13803MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode


Card name: AMD Radeon HD 6670
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x6758)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 751 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1011 MB
Shared Memory: 3835 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: LG W2353(HDMI)

My next step was to downgrade DX but I don't want to have to do that because there are other games I play that require it. Any help would be great. I seriously have tried every possible fix I have found besides the uninstall of dx11 and install of dx9

[Noren]

I feel for you - EQ crashes are never fun. To speed up the process; however, we're going to need to know exactly what fixes you tried (and specifically what changes you made to said thing during the fix). For example, if you edited your eqclient.ini file, then what specifically did you edit in the file?

There are a lot of intelligent people perusing around the forums pretty much 24/7, so I'm sure someone will come up with a solution for you.

[Corro]

I have tried running the game in every possible mode offered by my windows 7 machine, 95,2000 xp sp1,2,3 vista's everything. My eqclient is pointed at the right server. I just can't get past the server select screen when I click enter world it crashes the client to the desktop. I tried the forced affinity fixes, I also set the game to launch on one core only through task manager. I literally tried each of the fixes between eqemu and thf forums. Am I missing something easy? I have not logged in ever as I am a new player and will be creating my first character if that plays any role.

[Nilbus]

If you could post the videomode section from your eqclient.ini (or even the whole thing) it might have a clue as to why you are crashing. It could be as simple as an invalid screen resolution being listed there. Also there should be a file in the logs folder called dbg.txt. Delete that, open the game, let it crash then post the contents of that file here as well.

[Corro]

dbg.txt

[Wed May 15 20:48:09 2013]00000:Starting EverQuest (Built Jun 8 2010 16:44:32)
[Wed May 15 20:48:09 2013]00001:EverQuest Configuration Type: RELEASE_NON_AVATAR
[Wed May 15 20:48:09 2013]00002:Timezone: UTC-6h00m
[Wed May 15 20:48:09 2013]00003:Loading graphics DLL.
[Wed May 15 20:48:09 2013]00004:Parsing INI file .\defaults.ini
[Wed May 15 20:48:09 2013]00005:INI file .\defaults.ini loaded.
[Wed May 15 20:48:09 2013]00006:Parsing INI file .\eqclient.ini
[Wed May 15 20:48:09 2013]00007:INI file .\eqclient.ini loaded.
[Wed May 15 20:48:10 2013]00008:Graphics DLL Configuration Type: GraphicsDLL9
[Wed May 15 20:48:10 2013]00009:Graphics DLL Version 2.00.47211
[Wed May 15 20:48:10 2013]00010:Initializing timers.
[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00011:Checking critical files.
[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00012:Initializing WinSock.
[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00013:Enumerating 3D devices.
[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00000:Found adapter #0 - AMD Radeon HD 6670 (8.17.10.1191)

[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00001:Found adapter #1 - AMD Radeon HD 6670 (8.17.10.1191)

[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00002:Adapter #0 - AMD Radeon HD 6670 :

[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00003:32Bit = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1

[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00004:16Bit(565) = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1

[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00005:16Bit(1555) = 0, D32 = 0, D24 = 0, D16 = 0

[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00006:Adapter #1 - AMD Radeon HD 6670 :

[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00007:32Bit = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1

[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00008:16Bit(565) = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1

[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00009:16Bit(1555) = 0, D32 = 0, D24 = 0, D16 = 0

[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00014:Initializing keypress handler.
[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00015:Loading keyboard tables.
[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00016:Creating window.
[Wed May 15 20:48:13 2013]00017:Checking display driver version.
[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00018:Activating window.
[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00010:CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.

[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00011:CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.

[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00012:CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.

[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00013:CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00014:Using hardware vertex shaders.

[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00015:Initializing render system.
[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00016:Trilinear Mipmapping available.

[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00017:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0

[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00018:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0

[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00019:Initializing engine internals.
[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00020:CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.

[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00000:Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
[Wed May 15 20:48:14 2013]00001:INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00019:Server selected 195.5.177.21 (18882098).
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00020:Initializing DirectInput.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00021:Initializing Keyboard.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00022:Initializing Mouse.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00023:Parsing INI file .\eqclient.ini
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00024:INI file .\eqclient.ini loaded.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00025:Creating font list.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00026:Creating game object.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00027:Deleting obsolete files.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00028:Loading string tables.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00029:Loading database strings file dbstr_us.txt...
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00030:22263 strings read.

[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00031:Initializing client variables.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00032:Parsing INI file .\defaults.ini
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00033:INI file .\defaults.ini loaded.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00034:Parsing INI file .\VoiceChat.ini
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00035:INI file .\VoiceChat.ini loaded.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00036:Loading spell effects.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00037:Initializing display structures.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00038:Sound Manager loaded 12 filenames from soundassets.txt.
[Wed May 15 20:48:21 2013]00039:<verify> Line 255, C:\p4\EverQuest\live\EQpfs\packfs.cpp:

Error - snd1.pfs is not a PFS file

==========================================
eqclient.ini


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[Nilbus]

There are two videomodes sections. That might cause some confusion.

Had you tried deleting that eqclient.ini and letting it create a new one?

And your dbg.txt cutting off there is normally right before it communicates with the worldserver after it tries to load sounds. Could have a bad install if that snd1.pfs is bad like it seems to think.

Have you played on any other emus with this install?

[Corro]

I tried deleting the eqclient.ini and that did not work. The sound files I took directly from a person using THF and basically took his eq files. I have not played any other EMU only wanted to play this with my brother.

[Nilbus]

I tried deleting the eqclient.ini and that did not work. The sound files I took directly from a person using THF and basically took his eq files. I have not played any other EMU only wanted to play this with my brother.

I'd try doing a fresh install from disc of titanium, underfoot, sod or SOF, whichever of those you have. Then patch the THF specific files /configure login and such.

[Corro]

MOD: PLEASE REFRAIN FROM TALKING ABOUT PIRATING ANY TYPE OF PROGRAMS OR FILES. THANKS. RE-READ SERVER RULES

[Noren]

Try setting Sound=FALSE and CombatMusic=0. Then maybe it won't try to load your bad sound file.