this doesn't have anything to do with the Redguide's launcher.
this is an eq graphics crash.
you should:
- ensure your video drivers are up to date
- ensure you have disabled the new everquest ui engine in your eqclient
UseNewUIEngine=0
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this is an eq graphics crash.
you should:
- ensure your video drivers are up to date
- ensure you have disabled the new everquest ui engine in your eqclient
I've been using it for over a year and all of a sudden 2 days ago it wont start. I click the shortcut and say yes to the windows prompt to let it have permissions then get the blue swirly thing on my curser for a sec and nothing happens. I reinstalled the program but does the same. Any ideas?
I just had this happen to my other PC after the update it wouldnt launch properly it trys to run testrunner.exe then closes out.
How i fixed it.
Uninstalled ALL reg guides entries in apps and features.
Reinstall after that didnt work, so i nuked again then I found alot of redguides folders that didnt get nuked with an uninstall. if i recall they were under c:\programdata\redguides also c:\users\all users\redguides I would also check c:\users\*Your windows user name*\appdata\local and locallow and roaming deleted anything redguides in there.
then a reinstall worked like normal. IT seems something got corrupted after the upgrade i guess and it wasnt uninstalled with the program.
@Oneton @Archangel
yes. it means you are running eqbcs (the eqbc server) you need to exit out so the launcher can update.
alternatively you can restart your computer.
also, please make sure to post in the right location. launcher questions go in the launcher discussion thread
hope you're well medicman
I am hanging in there SiC thank you for asking. I thought I was putting this question in the right area. I noticed that this started happening after I updated my ExpressVPN to the latest version. Could, simply running a VPN, cause this particular issue. I closed everything out, rebooted my PC, and did a fresh launch of EQ until fully open and then closed out of it. I made sure that were no EQBCS or EQBCS2 running in the background. But, it is still giving me the same user error when starting the launcher.
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Something new. Just reporting to management.
this almost always means that you have something like antivirus or file syncing like one-drive holding it hostage.
Check your settings for each location you have it them pointing to. You should be using a different directory for different install types
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I figured with some downtime today, I would play with a fresh install of RedGuides for the test server into a new folder. I noticed one discrepancy in the way the Macro page works versus the Lua page. On the Macro page, you have the install button for each watched resource, then teh Update All button at the bottom. The Update All button wil download all of the not yet installed macros, as well as update any you had installed previously.
On the Lua page/tab, if I click the Update All button it will only update ones I have already installed, not the ones I have yet to install. That means I have to click the Iinstall button for each row individually. I am not sure if this is deliberate or planned, just thought I would suggest the Update All to actually instal any modules that are watched but not yet installed.
On the Lua page/tab, if I click the Update All button it will only update ones I have already installed, not the ones I have yet to install. That means I have to click the Iinstall button for each row individually. I am not sure if this is deliberate or planned, just thought I would suggest the Update All to actually instal any modules that are watched but not yet installed.
well be using the new launcher soon - should check that out and give feedback on that
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Is that the one that Ionis is developing? I had been tesying that one out a bit, but last time I tried it was still being worked on. I think its time to dio anotehr test. Thanks
The one thing I remember missing was the Update or Install All functionality, so heres hoping that has been added. I have way too many luas I keep installed!
all plugins that come with the emu build are automatically in the emu build - there are no plugins to manage for emu currently.
When it's time to update the launcher, I log out my toons, run a Jupyter notebook to archive the EQ logs, close the notebook, and click "Update" on the launcher.
I've been getting this in the last couple of weeks. Previously I saw this behavior briefly about a year ago.
Clicking "OK" on the notification, stopping the launcher, re-running the launcher produces the same result. The only way to continue is to reboot.
So what could be happening? Obviously the launcher thinks an instance of EQ is running, but there isn't one running. But something must be, since rebooting works.
I've been getting this in the last couple of weeks. Previously I saw this behavior briefly about a year ago.
Clicking "OK" on the notification, stopping the launcher, re-running the launcher produces the same result. The only way to continue is to reboot.
So what could be happening? Obviously the launcher thinks an instance of EQ is running, but there isn't one running. But something must be, since rebooting works.
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EQ over the years has had issues with keeping a set of files "alive" even when all application instances are closed. Thats why one of the first questions that gets asked is "did you reboot". EQ is just bad at releasing its threads/processing loop.
No, because all my toons were already out. I will issue /unload next time BEFORE camping them out.
imo, you should not /unload unless absolutely necessary - running eq without mq running but mq is loaded is a bad general practice.
eq sometimes has issues, even without mq as durango mentioned
I have always fixed these errors either by pausing my file syncing (I use syncthing across a few devices) or, when that fails (or isn't the issue), rebooting the PC.
I also recommend durango's advice. Weird MQ unload dances are not likely to be successful. But hey, let me know if it works!
That message could stand to be updated, perhaps.
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I also recommend durango's advice. Weird MQ unload dances are not likely to be successful. But hey, let me know if it works!
That message could stand to be updated, perhaps.
Edited some extra thoughts
seems launcher takes forever to get info from the forums ... any ideas ?
Nope. Would suggest maybe trying a different default browser
you show you've downloaded the extra plugins you have access to yesterday and again today - is it working for you now?
not really , only workig twice after relaunchig several times , so i managed to grab as much as i can before it dont
on my second PC , still cant
just tryed to install it at work ( yes behind a firewall & so) working with no fail .... so still not working at home ... well from time to time
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Wrong forum
Hey everyone,
First time this every happened to me. I wanted to log into EQ did my regular routine. I ran REDGUIDES to do update. I need to update so when I click update it will say in the lower right corner on the RG UI downloading newest version like it always would say but nothing happens. Does anyone have any suggestion's?
First time this every happened to me. I wanted to log into EQ did my regular routine. I ran REDGUIDES to do update. I need to update so when I click update it will say in the lower right corner on the RG UI downloading newest version like it always would say but nothing happens. Does anyone have any suggestion's?
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Hey Sic. I have done that a few times. I also ran Window's update just incase, there was no update.
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OK I have updatr. I got pop up. It says it looks like am copy of EQ running has some files locked.
restarting your pc should mean that you don't have eq running.
do you have antivirus running? it is scanning / quarantining eq/mq/rg files/folders?
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Nothing has changed from before. I checked my anti and I stilll have EQ as not to be scanned.
Here is a pic
Here is a pic
"Nothing has changed" you may not think so, but verily something has, since this is happening now and didn't before.
Behind that it tells you a file is locked.
What file is it
setting eq not to be scanned may not help mq.
Regardless of what that message says, you need to make sure your mq folder isn't locked by anything as well, that is why Sic mentioned the other locations he did.
What is the actual file it can't access? that is your clue.