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Slow running with MQ2 on, no problems otherwise.
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 4:49 pm
by jomomma
To the point. I load EQ and have no problems with lag until I start MQ2. The game slows WAY down and I have to restart the computer. I have /maxfps set to 20 fg and 5 bg, but changing this doesnt help. I am using the Mar 16 version. I have never had this problem with previous versions.
Two questions I have:
Why is the program slowing my computer so much?
Why cant I close MQ2 completely by just right clicking its icon and exiting from the start bar?
Thanks.
P.S. I tried to search for this topic before I posted and have read the manual several times.
Oh, and one more thing YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!! This is the one program that has make EQ fun for me again. The mundane has become bearable now. Keep up the great work.
Re: Slow running with MQ2 on, no problems otherwise.
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 4:54 pm
by dweomer
Theres mention of this somewhere else, but basically mq2 isn't using the foreground fps value at all, instead it always uses the background value. Thats why you are seeing the lag start when you load mq2, because once it loads thw mq2fps plugin it immediately throttles your fps down to 5. You should take a look at the fps meter, woulda been obvious from that
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:28 pm
by jaq
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:42 pm
by Lax
Make this change in eqgame.h
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#define __HWnd [color=red]0x7953C4 [/color]
compile and you're set.
have fun, this will be in a new zip soon
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:00 pm
by jomomma
Woo hoo! my first post and no flames. Thanks guys, I will try out the solutions.
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:16 pm
by jomomma
OK, I made the applicable changes in eqgame.h and recompiled but that didnt seem to correct the problem.
I did change the background value and that did the trick. I guess I will wait for the next patch to come out, thanks again for the help.
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:16 pm
by dweomer
doesn't work for me either. still same behavior.
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 10:56 pm
by Lax
Hmm well, it fixed it for me. Check if its different between windowed and non-windowed?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 7:03 pm
by jaq
I tried the new offset lax with no luck.. tried it in fullscreen as well as windowed mode, and got same results.
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:31 pm
by zedisdeadbaby
I had this too, found the FPS setting and I thought it fixed it. There were intermittent lag spikes as I ran MQ for 3 minutes or so then got booted to the server select screen.
I'm not using any addon but MQ, and I'm compiling with .NET 2003. I used that abs() fix posted in the other thread to get it to compile too.
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 4:31 pm
by SwiftyMUSE
MQ2Globals.cpp
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// EQ Address Initialization
DWORD EQADDR_HWND=0x6D5190;
change to
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// EQ Address Initialization
DWORD EQADDR_HWND=__HWnd;
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 4:55 pm
by Lax
lol
good catch
Re: Slow running with MQ2 on, no problems otherwise.
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 5:30 am
by xyilla
Re: Slow running with MQ2 on, no problems otherwise.
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 6:07 am
by xyilla
Re: Slow running with MQ2 on, no problems otherwise.
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 6:44 am
by xyilla