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Message ID: 4524
Date: Wed Apr 9 00:11:39 BST 2003
Author: Dorfl
Subject: Re: [EverQuest] Slow load and zoning


Hi,

When I got the Shadows of Luclin expansion, my loading and zoning times
went from almost instant to just like yours. With a p4 1.2 ghz, 384 MB,
32mb geforce 2 and a 512k connection. =(

Now i've managed to get my zoning times down to less than 20 seconds =)

I'm assuming that you have got Shadows of luclin, as this caused everybody's
zoning times to go up when it first came out. The main problem with SoL is
the RAM requirement, it really needs a minimum of 512MB to run smoothly, but
heck i'm a full time student, I took the cheap option =)

I switched off some of the new 'Lucin' character graphics and my zoning and
loading times went right back down, I switched off just less than half of
the new models and now i have great performance without needing to add more
ram.

(to switch off the models, on the Eq title screen, click options, keep
clicking 'ok' until you get to the list of character models, then uncheck
some of the boxes, load up eq and see how it runs).

Hope this helps

(Of course, this is assuming that you have SoL installed, if not then i hope
that someone else can help)
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Dorfl - Beastlord (50 levels and rising)