Question - Crash Report

[hextile]

UPDATE -- it looks like it's due to having plugged in some speakers via the aux port in the back (uses headphone jack) so...after unplugging that it works fine....I swear



Howdy, this just started happening today.

Looks like something to do with audio. Right after selecting server select I get this error.

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EverQuest Crash Detected
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MacroQuest caught a crash:

Process ID: 27768
Version: 3.1.1.3783
Location: mxdMessage+0 (C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\wdmaud.drv+000000000001BED0)

CrashID: a6a0709e-54c5-4c7d-831e-555861c727ec

You can either:
* [RETRY] Continue execution and hope for the best.
* [CANCEL] Write a crash dump and terminate EverQuest.

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Retry Cancel
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Also this from the EQ Crash log
[Tue Mar 24 16:29:50 2026]00027:Sound Manager loaded 5157 filenames from soundassets.txt.
[Tue Mar 24 16:29:51 2026]00028ump generation request succeeded: C:\Crash\78011ca4-e702-473c-85c3-31d287c3edf8.dmp
[Tue Mar 24 16:29:51 2026]00029:Fatal error occurred in mainthread! (Release Client #630)


Weird update #2 --- It runs from steam just fine...

Update #3 -- returned back to regular launching

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EverQuest Crash Detected
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MacroQuest caught a crash:

Process ID: 22064
Version: 3.1.1.3783
Location: DllGetClassObject+0 (C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUDIOSES.DLL+00000000000093B0) <---- different error location

CrashID: 1646aa08-1c9a-4125-a182-26365a5297d8

You can either:
* [RETRY] Continue execution and hope for the best.
* [CANCEL] Write a crash dump and terminate EverQuest.

Copy the contents of this dialog to your clipboard by pressing Ctrl+C

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Retry Cancel
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[Feudyin]

That's the grand design of the EQ audio engine. It works via steam because it forces its own driver wrapper that handles the audio handoff better when you plug in a new audio device. Try setting your speakers as the default communication device and the default device in Windows sound settings before you launch the game. Might also need to change the eqclient.ini so SoundDevice=0 to force it to stick to the primary (default) driver.