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that typically happens when the game has been patched and MQ2 hasnt
your image says that your mq2 date is oct 22, but your eq game is oct 14 - which means you need to patch eq
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Thankx for the help guys, patch work thankx again
Thankx for the help guys, patch work thankx again
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Yes, after loading up 12 clients thru MQ2 it locks up my whole computer and i keep having to do a manual reboot, have not been able to figure this out. Have uninstalled and reinstalled redguides and that didnt even work. Have also tried MQ Next and that doesnt help
as mentioned in the PM that you sent. that isn't a whole lot of information to go on - and just a "i hit the reinstall button on mq/mq2" is unlikely to resolve what appears to be a computer problem.
my first step would be completely forgetting mq2 and entirely go "next".
then i would try and figure out why my computer is freezing - "locks up my whole computer" isn't super descriptive - what do you mean locks up? your clients become unresponsive? your entire computer becomes responsive? are you getting crash windows with crash dumps?
is your eqclient.ini set in a way that you're core locking your instances and pegging your cpu?
are you running out of memory with 12 toons?
is your computer overheating? Is it filled with dust, doghair, sawdust, bird feathers, leaves, nail clippings, potato peels, bird's nests, lost foreign exchange students, or anything else that may be restricting air flow causing an issue when you load 12 toons?
on mq2 are you using eqwire?
on next did you set up framelimiter?
Considering you are having - I'm assuming based on little information, the same issue on mq2 and on mq "next", it doesn't appear to be specifically a macroquest issue, but likely an issue with your computer, or an issue with how you have your eq setup (like the aforementioned eqclient.ini)
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First off I appreciate you responding but I dont appreciate you trolling and degrading me when I am looking for help on my problem.
Secondly what I said to you in my messages and comments were fairly straightforward questions And a pretty clear explanation of my problem I apologize for not going further in depth for you .
So to answer your questions about it crashing.... I have been running MQ2 for 7 months now with absolutely ZERO problems running 24 to 30 accounts. I got a couple crash dump windows here and there but nothing like what I'm experiencing .
So when I say my system completely locks up and I have to perform a hard reboot... that should be fairly straightforward for most people.
What I mean by this is that my entire system freezes up . It locks up... control alt delete do not work therefore a hard reset ...
There are no crash dump windows .
There is nothing wrong with my cooling for my PC...
Everything else is fine it is just when I run mq2 I can load up 6 toons and play for hours with no problem at all. As soon as I load up my second team it Freezes my computer entirely .
Ive updated my video drivers , uninstalled and then reinstalled redguides and mq2 manually that didnt work, then I tried reinstalling it from the redguides launcher and that didnt work either .
What I dont understand is I guess why it only happens with MQ2 and nothing else on my computer. I havent Even changed any of my settings to cause conflict with anything else so why is this happening all of a sudden ?
Secondly what I said to you in my messages and comments were fairly straightforward questions And a pretty clear explanation of my problem I apologize for not going further in depth for you .
So to answer your questions about it crashing.... I have been running MQ2 for 7 months now with absolutely ZERO problems running 24 to 30 accounts. I got a couple crash dump windows here and there but nothing like what I'm experiencing .
So when I say my system completely locks up and I have to perform a hard reboot... that should be fairly straightforward for most people.
What I mean by this is that my entire system freezes up . It locks up... control alt delete do not work therefore a hard reset ...
There are no crash dump windows .
There is nothing wrong with my cooling for my PC...
Everything else is fine it is just when I run mq2 I can load up 6 toons and play for hours with no problem at all. As soon as I load up my second team it Freezes my computer entirely .
Ive updated my video drivers , uninstalled and then reinstalled redguides and mq2 manually that didnt work, then I tried reinstalling it from the redguides launcher and that didnt work either .
What I dont understand is I guess why it only happens with MQ2 and nothing else on my computer. I havent Even changed any of my settings to cause conflict with anything else so why is this happening all of a sudden ?
trolling you? ok bud.
reguarding "pretty clear explaination[sic]" andyou said:
"completely locks up" and "that should be fairly straightforward for most people."
in one response you say your computer is freezing, in others, you say your game keeps freezing.
so i guess i'm just some chump for taking time out of my day to try and clarify so i can best direct you towards something.
I hope you find a resolution to your issue, but i don't think i'll be able to help you.
Have a good one.
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You're a jerk and a chump... how are you even a mod on this website going around trying to humiliate people and when you get Called out you want to bang your drums ?
You even got mad at me one time when I was asking you a simple question for another macro , I Told you it wasnt working the right way and memming the spells on random pages and you messaged me telling me I was right ..
You're funny
You even got mad at me one time when I was asking you a simple question for another macro , I Told you it wasnt working the right way and memming the spells on random pages and you messaged me telling me I was right ..
You're funny
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It's a process of elimination. The details are important. None of his suggestions appear to be trolling you in any way. All the requested information would assist in being able to try and narrow down the cause of your issue. If it makes him a troll/jerk/chump to try and assist you, then I don't blame him for not being interested in assisting you.
I will say that I've not had something MQ2 related cause my entire computer to lock up the way you're describing.
You say that you only experience the issue when running MQ2. But I have to ask if you've tried to log all your accounts in manually without MQ2 and tried running them? Maybe you have a bad memory module and you're hitting a speed bump on the bad memory that's locking up the computer.
I will say that I've not had something MQ2 related cause my entire computer to lock up the way you're describing.
You say that you only experience the issue when running MQ2. But I have to ask if you've tried to log all your accounts in manually without MQ2 and tried running them? Maybe you have a bad memory module and you're hitting a speed bump on the bad memory that's locking up the computer.
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This happened to me once upon a time. Sometimes H/W issues are really a pain to diagnose.
Hey Guys.... Lets take a step back and a big deep breath... Inhale ...exhale... Now lets start with step 1. From what I have read in the posts everything works fine when you load up a group (yes or no?) this only happens when you load a second group (yes or no?)
Lets start there. Also have you tried (like mentioned above) and tried to log your two groups with just eq running. (yes or no?)
Zeb
Lets start there. Also have you tried (like mentioned above) and tried to log your two groups with just eq running. (yes or no?)
Zeb
you can wait for mq2 and VeryVanilla to be patched.
today is a patch day. servers *just* came up.
patch days require MQ / MQ2 to be updated and then rebuilt
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Depending on the particular patch and what is involved for the MQ/MQ2 devs to update and then for a rebuild to happen it can vary quite a bit. the "usual" is by 8pm est, but often times, recently, much earlier than that
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Hey all recently new with MQ2 and just after patch today now it won't run. Says EQGame and MQ2 have different dates. Tried updating both but nothing seems to work? Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks in Advance
it is a patch day.
you need to patch (both eq and mq2) - if you look at the dates it will indicate which one needs to be updated
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I just had this same issue last night. I uninstalled all of the files and than installed redguides launcher and used that to stall and update the MQ2 file n program than went on as a normal day
worked wonders. Also if you have your character ini files set the way you like them I'd suggest copying them and adding them after you've reinstalled.you quoted a post from january of 2020.I just had this same issue last night. I uninstalled all of the files and than installed redguides launcher and used that to stall and update the MQ2 file n program than went on as a normal day
yesterday was a patch day, on patch days you have to patch both EQ AND macroquest (once macroquest is updated and available for a patch).
the date warning tells you that one is out of date. in the person you quoted from nearly two years ago, you can see that they had updated their EQ, but their MQ2 was not patched and updated yet, as the MQ2 was looking for the date of "Dec 19 2019" but was finding "Jan 9 2020"
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*twiddles thumbs*
prolly gonna need another MQ build in 2 hours.
prolly gonna need another MQ build in 2 hours.
So I'm pretty curious about this now. I'm not trolling you but I do want to know if this statement is a generalization or if it's reproduceable.
Are you saying that if you load up exactly 12 clients simultaneously ten times, your whole PC will lock up all ten times? If so, is that immediate, is there a specific amount of time that passes first, or is there a random amount of time that passes (and if so, what's the upper limit to that amount of time that you've seen)?
Also, are you saying that if you load up exactly 11 clients, your PC will not lock up the way you're describing, even if you leave the clients open indefinitely, say 24+ hours? (and then if you wait for 24 hours running 11, then load up a 12th client, you lock up?)
This would be really interesting to know because if so something is definitely happening when you boot up client #12, and maybe we can dig into this deeper if this is the case.
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If it's an older computer and you have been running 20 plus accounts on it. I would guess one or two.
First guess would be something is overheating, processor or gpu
Second, memory issue
Third some type of auto windows update or driver update could cause a new issue.
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Ok sorry You are 100 percent understanding what I was trying to explain. Gove me a few hours and will update with a better explanation my friend .
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Eqgame crashes can be all sorts of stuff. and it being mq2 and not mq "next" it is really hard to say.
I would do a file integrity check with your eq from the eq launchpad, and then i would definitely get setup with macroquest "next"
> next guide <
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Ok i am trying to update the mq2 very vanilla redguides launcher. I was able to update the macros and plugins. However, when I try to update the MQ2 very vanilla ...I get this error:
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"Sorry looks like there was an issue.
End of central directory was not found.
Please report this to management.
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I travel and sometimes have to use my cell phone as a mobile hotspot. My cell company (Xfinity Mobile) only allows me to havae a download connection speed of 600kb/sec. When I am at home and connect my laptop to my wifi I do not have this problem. Can someone help me with this problem. Thanks.
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"Sorry looks like there was an issue.
End of central directory was not found.
Please report this to management.
Unquote
I travel and sometimes have to use my cell phone as a mobile hotspot. My cell company (Xfinity Mobile) only allows me to havae a download connection speed of 600kb/sec. When I am at home and connect my laptop to my wifi I do not have this problem. Can someone help me with this problem. Thanks.
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Stregg01
unfortunately, the error isn't super helpful to you or to me! (not your fault).
usually, that issue means there was an issue with the download, and the file didn't quite make it through - which i would ask "do you have a poor internet connection" which might be what you articulated as your issue.
you *can* directly download the zip outside of the launcher > here < and then you could unzip it and manually place it to where it needs to be
Thaks Sic...as usual you the man....Gonna try that and after a few hours downloading (slow internet) Jeesh....With today's technology you would think that the cell companies would get the internet connection thing figured out.....
So after I download (sometime tonight) and reinstall...Will it update the files that need to update or will I have to save the macros and plugins into a different directory znd then move them back when I have finished instlling the new MQ2 files?
So after I download (sometime tonight) and reinstall...Will it update the files that need to update or will I have to save the macros and plugins into a different directory znd then move them back when I have finished instlling the new MQ2 files?
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