major, MAJOR bug

OldNecro · Post by **OldNecro** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 5:00 pm

MQ *completely* stops running when EQ is not the window in focus. I liched to death probably a dozen times before I realized what the problem was...

AlphaBeta · Post by **AlphaBeta** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 5:22 pm

Sorry OldNecro but thats funny and then again not funny all in the same breath. Are you using EQ's window mode or EQW? I use EQW myself and haven't noticed anything like that. Just wish MQ would support EQW cause I can't afford another computer to bot with.

SingleServing · Post by **SingleServing** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 4:31 am

OldNecro wrote:MQ *completely* stops running when EQ is not the window in focus. I liched to death probably a dozen times before I realized what the problem was...

What do you mean stops running? Sounds like he died memed litch again and casted it died and repeated. Sounds like it was running fine...but then again your going to have to clarify

L124RD · Post by **L124RD** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 5:10 am

Salutations,
When Posting a bug, could you please post more information to help debugging such as OS, Version of MQ, EQw, etc. Using 20030111 on XP w/ EQW I have been able to hunt using a fighting macro which went around the zone fighting. I was able to monitor the macro as It beat the things to death while doing other things. I have not used MQ with the windowed mode that EQ has, perhaps it would pause then. I will perhaps look into this tomorrow but could you please post more information as listed above?

OldNecro · Post by **OldNecro** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 7:18 am

Sorry... Was in a hurry when I made the first post.

No, the Lich deaths were all on seperate occasions, so... hehe.

Basically, what I notice happening is when I use the included windowed mode with EQ, MQ pauses all operations if that window loses focus. For example, if I start up Outlook or anything else for that matter and my mouse leaves the EQ window, MQ stops running, then continues running from where it left off in the macro as soon as the window comes back into focus.

I'm using win98se and the latest IRC package.

lifewolf · Post by **lifewolf** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 10:51 am

OldNecro wrote:Basically, what I notice happening is when I use the included windowed mode with EQ, MQ pauses all operations if that window loses focus. For example, if I start up Outlook or anything else for that matter and my mouse leaves the EQ window, MQ stops running, then continues running from where it left off in the macro as soon as the window comes back into focus.

I'm using win98se and the latest IRC package.

This happens to me about 1 in 20 or 30 times of tabing out of EQ using EQW. Happens near never (once, twice? so far) with perl installed.

It also 'breaks' the EQ exe so that reloading MQ does not 'unfreeze' MQ ...

However reloading EQ (but not MQ) will fix this...

So...

L124RD · Post by **L124RD** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 1:56 pm

Salutations,
Does EQ pause as well? (can you see people moving?) and if you use EQw does the problem fix?

OldNecro · Post by **OldNecro** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 8:12 pm

in further testing, my situation is the same as lifewolf's. It is only happening sometimes. and yes, it is only pausing MQ, not EQ itself.

Malachi · Post by **Malachi** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 2:42 am

Since the windowed version that SOE offers stinks for many reasons, I'd assume the cause is obvious...Using the default windowed mode, you CANNOT type if the window does not have focus, so it would make sense that EQ would not accept keystrokes/input at this time either, even those generated by MQ.

Additionally, the windowed mode hates XP and you have to use the marginally effective patch. If you haven't done that, try it, and if you have then I'm sorry.

I still use EQW, since it's tons better than sony's crappy windowed mode. The new EQW is only something like 267k, so get it. None of my friends has had any success w/ sony's mode, it either screws up the graphics (specifically gamma), crashes EQ, or lags it all to nuts. Oh, and I'm assuming that they're still saying EQW doesn't violate the EULA, but then this is macroquest, lol, I don't think I care. :)

Just throwin that out there...

~malachi

SingleServing · Post by **SingleServing** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 4:27 am

Malachi wrote:Since the windowed version that SOE offers stinks for many reasons, I'd assume the cause is obvious...Using the default windowed mode, you CANNOT type if the window does not have focus, so it would make sense that EQ would not accept keystrokes/input at this time either, even those generated by MQ.

Additionally, the windowed mode hates XP and you have to use the marginally effective patch. If you haven't done that, try it, and if you have then I'm sorry.

I still use EQW, since it's tons better than sony's crappy windowed mode. The new EQW is only something like 267k, so get it. None of my friends has had any success w/ sony's mode, it either screws up the graphics (specifically gamma), crashes EQ, or lags it all to nuts. Oh, and I'm assuming that they're still saying EQW doesn't violate the EULA, but then this is macroquest, lol, I don't think I care. :)

Just throwin that out there...

~malachi

/agree

Wow guess theirs a first for everything! =)

lifewolf · Post by **lifewolf** » Sun Jan 26, 2003 6:57 pm

MQ's keystrokes are sent directly to the DInput parser function thing whatever. EQW prevents DInput from noticing keystrokes from your actual hardware, but MQ isnt hardware, and bypasses EQW.

Plus this only happens rarely (at best) so its not just some 'feature' of using MQ and EQW togather.

In other news, now EQW sometimes wont put my mouse back into EQ without double CTRL ALT R'ing. Wish VI would either let EQ die or quit making it worse.

major, MAJOR bug

major, MAJOR bug

Re: major, MAJOR bug

sorry...

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aye

I'd assume...

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