Problem - MQ Creating Huge log files? (1 Viewer)

[TempusX]

Updated MQ via the launcher today (21NOV23) since I hadn't updated in a few days. During raids I noticed I was lagging *heavily* and couldn't figure out why. Task Manager showed MQ using between 8 and 20% of my CPU consistently. Clients were using the standard 0.5% to 1.5% CPU. Seemed strange

Also noticed that my NVME boot drive/mq drive was unusually full. Unusually, as in 30gb from being maxxed out, and I try to keep it about half full (so, 450-500gb used). Thought maybe i'd contracted a virus somewhere. Did some history cleanup, heavier than usual scans for things. Nothing.

When I started tracking down where my disk space usage went, I found the culprit - Macroquest. The huge CPU usage at some point created two launcher logs of pretty enormous size. No idea what's inside of them, notepad++ and standard notepad refuse to open the big one due to file size (Duh).

No idea if the launcher is retarded and gave me a bad patch, hiccuped and had issues, or if something in the build is busted. Nor am I sure how to check. But yeah, filling the drive is not a good time. Below is a snap of the filesize quirk. Really curious what caused this to happen, it's never happened before with MQ.

 

[Rare Spawn]

I had a similar issue. Do not 'Run as administrator' was the fix for me.

 

[TempusX]

Well, I've tried to open the big file, no avail. the smaller 2.5gb log has some peculiarness going on that I don't particularly understand.

D 2023-11-21 19:04:50.721788 [MQ] Logging Initialized (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:198)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.722257 [MQ] Starting MacroQuest Loader. Built Wed Nov  8 00:06:56 2023 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:1005)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.723158 [MQ] Initializing crashpad handler (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\Crashpad.cpp:100)
D 2023-11-21 19:04:50.723185 [MQ] Handler Path: C:\Users\Johnny-5\Desktop\MQN\crashpad_handler.exe (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\Crashpad.cpp:101)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.723568 [MQ] Crash report submission is: enabled (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\Crashpad.cpp:106)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.723749 [MQ] Crash report guid: f0d31d6c-6750-466f-b4a7-02bbd67b6909 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\Crashpad.cpp:110)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.723762 [MQ] Using shared crash reporter for all MacroQuest instances (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\Crashpad.cpp:120)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.744584 [MQ] Starting NamedPipeServer thread for \\.\pipe\mqpipe (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\common\NamedPipes.cpp:594)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.832704 [MQ] Process monitor using ToolHelp started (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessMonitor.cpp:430)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.832740 [MQ] MQ2Main Path: C:\Users\Johnny-5\Desktop\MQN\MQ2Main.dll (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:964)
D 2023-11-21 19:04:50.837032 [MQ] Process closed: 16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:956)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.839145 [MQ] Build: MacroQuest [Nov  9 2023 (Live)] (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:984)
D 2023-11-21 19:04:50.841629 [MQ] Initializing injector (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:1182)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.846938 [MQ] Performing injections on any existing eqgame.exe processes (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:730)
D 2023-11-21 19:04:50.847029 [MQ] Injector thread started (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:1075)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.850312 [MQ] Requesting injection into process id 16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:714)
D 2023-11-21 19:04:50.850336 [MQ] Injecting MQ into eqgame.exe: pid=16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:939)
E 2023-11-21 19:04:50.850445 [MQ] Failed to get eqgame.exe base address. pid=16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:980)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.850460 [MQ] Scheduling injection for retry: pid=16192 retriesLeft=9 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:1122)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.863712 [MQ] Waiting for events... (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:1203)


I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.867092 [MQ] New process detected: 16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:950)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.867139 [MQ] Requesting injection into process id 16192 with delay 1000ms (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:712)
D 2023-11-21 19:04:50.867173 [MQ] Process closed: 16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:956)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.870313 [MQ] New process detected: 16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:950)
I 2023-11-21 19:04:50.870341 [MQ] Requesting injection into process id 16192 with delay 1000ms (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:712)
D 2023-11-21 19:04:50.870366 [MQ] Process closed: 16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:956)

This is the header, and seems normal, although there is no such C:\agent\ folder in my filesystem, so Im really not sure what that's about. This second half of the code is repeated pretty frequently.

About halfway through th elog file it turns into the below which seems fairly worrying, and I expect the 480gb file is similar inside:

I 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174307 [MQ] New process detected: 16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:950)
I 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174369 [MQ] Requesting injection into process id 16192 with delay 1000ms (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:712)
D 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174416 [MQ] Injecting MQ into eqgame.exe: pid=16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:939)
D 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174431 [MQ] Process closed: 16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\MacroQuest.cpp:956)
E 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174550 [MQ] Failed to get eqgame.exe base address. pid=16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:980)
I 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174569 [MQ] Scheduling injection for retry: pid=16192 retriesLeft=9 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:1122)
D 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174578 [MQ] Injecting MQ into eqgame.exe: pid=16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:939)
E 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174658 [MQ] Failed to get eqgame.exe base address. pid=16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:980)
I 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174672 [MQ] Scheduling injection for retry: pid=16192 retriesLeft=7 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:1122)
D 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174680 [MQ] Injecting MQ into eqgame.exe: pid=16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:939)
E 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174760 [MQ] Failed to get eqgame.exe base address. pid=16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:980)
I 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174881 [MQ] Scheduling injection for retry: pid=16192 retriesLeft=5 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:1122)
D 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174894 [MQ] Injecting MQ into eqgame.exe: pid=16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:939)
E 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174980 [MQ] Failed to get eqgame.exe base address. pid=16192 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:980)
I 2023-11-21 19:14:25.174994 [MQ] Scheduling injection for retry: pid=16192 retriesLeft=4 (C:\agent\_work\1\s\src\loader\ProcessList.cpp:1122)