Problem - aquietone's Guide to Emu Stability

[aquietone]

Thank you to aquietone for opening this post as a wiki-post.

• Make your eqgame.exe Large Address Aware (aka, the "4GB Patch"): This will prevent crashes by allowing the old 32-bit client to use more memory. https://ntcore.com/4gb-patch/
• Update your drivers: Motherboard, GPU.
• Some users have found the following helpful if they are still experiencing regular crashes:
  • Ensure the complete DirectX 9.0 SDK is installed (not simply downloaded using the .exe): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
  • Try turning on Direct Play as a legacy Windows feature https://recordit.co/rWl4oWpiXS
• If on a laptop, EQ should be set to use the discrete graphics card, if there is one.
• Set up the MQ Frame Limiter. It is superior to (and trumps) the built-in frame limiting in EQ (Algar's personal settings below). More info below.
• Use in-game settings or eqclient.ini tweaks to further adjust performance once the above steps have been taken.
  • Some users have more than one EQ install, so one install can have a client ini with "prettier" settings for their driver.
  • An example eqclient.ini can be found on Rekka's E3Next git wiki, linked elsewhere in this post. I recommend understanding what you are changing by using it.
  • Beware of using performance guides aimed at "Modern EQ" (like Fanra's). Some of the information may not be relevant or correct, as EMU currently uses an older 32-bit client.
• The fix for everything being stuck in "Turbo Mode" (aka "the AMD bug"): https://github.com/RekkasGit/E3Next/wiki/5)-Common-issues---FAQ#help-everything-is-moving-too-fast
• Modern-gen Intel processors with P/E cores may require further tuning of core use with something like Process Lasso (this is very rare and non-trivial).
• Gaming overlays can cause conflicts with MQ (Discord, Nvidia, Overwolf, etc).

Frame limiter:

• The "community standard" is typically minimum background FPS. I've found 1fps stops ImGui Animations from being stuck on screen for a very long time.
• Foreground FPS is generally for the user's preference.
• It is recommended to turn spell particle effects off for background characters when using the frame limiter. (/showspelleffects off, or edit the ini).

More frame limiter info/discussion can be found at: https://www.redguides.com/community/threads/mqnext-framelimiter-demo.78448/

 

[dunevenker]

I didn't have this problem about a year ago. I just recently started playing again and suddenly crash central. How do I get to the limiter? MQ settings?

 

[Algar]

I didn't have this problem about a year ago. I just recently started playing again and suddenly crash central. How do I get to the limiter? MQ settings?

I think you can have a look at

https://www.redguides.com/community/threads/mqnext-framelimiter-demo.78448/

 

[grimmier]

I didn't have this problem about a year ago. I just recently started playing again and suddenly crash central. How do I get to the limiter? MQ settings?

/mqsettings

 

[Algar]

Edit: Merged into wiki post above.

This is the guide that I wrote for EQ Might.
I don't believe old models or global load adjustments to be necessary with the most recent patch. Feel free to do with it as you will. I used links and resources I knew to be available to the public, as this was not aimed at RG-users specifically.
Some of it is brief because I was keeping it under the 2000 character no-nitro discord limit.