I logged in for a second the other night and noticed
that the characters look a little more "real" now, and
the stars in the sky are a nice touch. But I wasn't
able to do any real playing, just wandered around on
an alt for a few minutes.

After reading all this though, I'm not sure if I want
to try and play, hehe. Maybe I'll wait a few more
weeks... or months...

--- Thomas <tigerfox@...> wrote:

> What happened was Sony wasnt using the Direct X
> engine to run the graphics, they were using their
> own. Recently they decided to change the engine to
> Direct X9 for some reason. The end result so far
> that I've seen is lag, delays in computer responding
> to casting or pulling, LDs, some people falling
> through the earth and ending up in mid-space, even
> dying as a result of falling through. Have no idea
> why this is happening so often, but my guild leader
> cant hardly play anymore since he tends to LD just
> crossing a zone (has even fallen through the earth
> and died one time.) Not sure when they will finally
> get it ironed out, but hope its soon.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Melanie Johnson
> To: EverQuest@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [EverQuest] Re: Very slow after
> DirectX 9 patch
>
>
> I've not been playing for a while now, but this
> has made me curious.
>
> I upgraded to DX9 last summer so I could play SWG.
> Then I started playing EQ again last fall, still
> using DX9. I didn't notice any difference, just my
> usual lag in PoK and the bazaar. So, is it the DX9
> that's messing everyone up, or some "upgrade" that
> SOE did to the graphic engine?
>

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