Help please. Boxing, Lag on one character.

Discussion in 'The Veterans' Lounge' started by Toukan, Jun 19, 2019.

  1. Toukan Augur

    Sorry if this is on the wrong forum.
    I've played for years. Boxed for years. 3 to 5 chars at once, one computer.
    A few weeks ago, one character lags BADLY when I (try to) window him in. The amount of lag varies from seconds to MINUTES. Sometimes, rebooting the computer helps. Sometimes it fixes the problem entirely. But it's still insane to have the problem. Always on the same account.
    Thank you!
  2. Allayna Augur

    I experienced this on my old main account. The only one to lag at all out of 7 boxes loaded. He would lag if he was the only toon logged in. He would be several minutes behind on raid fights. It was all the same EQ folder, same install. I have used an external hard drive for years to move EQ specific files from computer to computer as I update to a newer machine. This has been going on for me since EoK and I'd had enough this week.

    I deleted my EQ folder and did a fresh install, including all specific files related to that toon. UI, INI, advanced loot settings, hotbars, everything lost, but it was worth it to fix the lag.

    Fresh install.
  3. BlueberryWerewolf Augur

    Doing the SetCPUAffinity change to eqclient.ini (i think?) might help.

    I also use separate folders for my boxes, though.
  4. Toukan Augur

    Hoping to avoid re-installing. Very much hoping to avoid that. (Such a pain every time I get a new computer)

    So, ignorance showing, I have no clue whatsoever, what Set cpuaffinity change means.
    I have played the game for 17 years or so, but I haven't messed with anything on the computer side, at all, in all these years.
    Thank you.
  5. Dythan Ban Lev in Plane of Fire guy

    Did you exclude the logs in windows defender?
  6. Toukan Augur

    No. I don't even know what that means.
  7. Allayna Augur

    I'm assuming he's using 1 install, which means that all of the toons would share lag equally if it was a windows defender problem.

    It's likely a corrupt file related to that individual toon.
  8. BlueberryWerewolf Augur


    So, it's a thing I did a while ago. I don't remember it exactly. It seems to have helped. I'm not at home so I can't just pull up eqclient.ini and look, but I think there are lines in there along the lines of

    CPUAffinity1=0
    CPUAffinity2=0

    etc

    and you want to change the 0's to -1 which will have each instance of the client choose an available CPU core instead of all using the same one.

    Just make a copy of your eqclient.ini file and store it somewhere else first. If it doesn't work or goes bananas, just switch it back.
  9. Toukan Augur

  10. Toukan Augur

    Someone said something that prompted me to check something. The lag occurs when agro'd.. Unagro'd, all is well.
    But, on a different character on the same account, there is no problem.

    Thanks again all, for any input, and for remembering, I know the game, but not the terms for going into the files on my computer.
  11. Password1234 Augur

    FWIW I had this problem off and on and nobody ever knew what caused it. I tried reinstalling, setting CPUAffinity to 0, tried everything everybody recommended, and nothing ever fixed it. That computer finally died so I still have no idea what caused it, but I know that copying over all of my .ini files hasn't caused any problems on my new computer.
  12. Eisenriech New Member

    Toukan,
    Did you ever resolve the problem? Still going on? Please let me know because I'm having the same exact thing on my ranger account. Only His account and only the 1 toon. NPC Dialogue lags me out real bad during combat. Raiding isn't really possible with this going on. Any advice would be appreciated.
    Thanks
  13. Fanra https://everquest.fanra.info

    Check this guide link: Graphics and performance settings guide

    Also, in Options > Display > Advanced, check the Max. Background FPS. That's the frames per second of the game when you can't see it (in the background). Unless the character is having trouble autofollowing while you are not using them, that should be set low.
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  14. I_Love_My_Bandwidth Mercslayer

    Post the contents from your charactername.ini file of a "healthy" toon, and of the "afflicted" toon.
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  15. Eisenriech New Member

    I deleted the UI_toonname and bristle_toonname files and reinstalled from a backup. It's all working fine now.
    Thanks everyone for taking the time to assist me. Happy New Year