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Hello all. I just installed the mac version of eq since I havent played for a couple years ever since my pc dropped on me. Everything went well with the patching and what not, however, my graphics are not loading. let me explain.

Everything works 100% perfect up until char select (slightly buggy). On char select, the characters look fine, but the area they are in is not rendering correctly.

So I enter the game..

All buildings and the ground are white w/out textures. All trees are lacking textures too, showing up something like a plus sign if viewed from above.

Must be a video card issue I've been thinking, so..

I'm running an ATI RAGE 128 with 16mb memory. Below system specs unfortunately.

A couple things I've noticed when I am opening up my eqclient.ini file is that for one, it says "GraphicsDLL=EQGfx_Dx8.DLL". Is this correct?

The second thing that worries me is the last line of the eqclient.ini file which reads as "VideoCard=0". Not sure if this means it isn't recognizing my video card or what.

I am including a copy of my eqclient.ini file following this for anyone who may wish to see it.

Thank you to anyone who can offer some advice to me in advance.

[Defaults]
GraphicsDLL=EQGfx_Dx8.DLL
Sound=TRUE
UseLuclinHumanMale=FALSE
UseLuclinHumanFemale=FALSE
UseLuclinBarbarianMale=FALSE
UseLuclinBarbarianFemale=FALSE
UseLuclinEruditeMale=FALSE
UseLuclinEruditeFemale=FALSE
UseLuclinWoodElfMale=FALSE
UseLuclinWoodElfFemale=FALSE
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UseLuclinHighElfFemale=FALSE
UseLuclinDarkElfMale=FALSE
UseLuclinDarkElfFemale=FALSE
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UseLuclinHalfElfFemale=FALSE
UseLuclinDwarfMale=FALSE
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UseLuclinTrollMale=FALSE
UseLuclinTrollFemale=FALSE
UseLuclinOgreMale=FALSE
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UseLuclinGnomeMale=FALSE
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UseLuclinIksarMale=FALSE
UseLuclinIksarFemale=FALSE
UseLuclinElementals=FALSE
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TextureCache=TRUE
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InspectOthers=TRUE
Log=FALSE
AttackOnAssist=TRUE
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LockWindows=FALSE
InvWinLabels=TRUE
HidePlayerWin=FALSE
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HideTargetWin=FALSE
HideSpellsWin=TRUE
HideBuffWin=FALSE
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TrackSortType=NORMAL
TrackFilterType=0
DefaultLanguage=0
ShowGrass=TRUE
DefaultChannel=8
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UseLuclinVahShirMale=TRUE
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LoadArmor17=FALSE
LoadArmor18=FALSE
LoadArmor19=FALSE
LoadArmor20=FALSE
LoadArmor21=FALSE
LoadArmor22=FALSE
LoadArmor23=FALSE
RunMode=FALSE
LastCharSel=1
ScreenMode=NORMAL
AllLuclinPcModelsOff=TRUE
SkinPath=UiFiles\
ReadOnce=TRUE
LoadVeliousArmorsWithLuclin=FALSE
HideAltAdvWin=FALSE
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And here is your reason. Not enough video memory.

When I first started on EQMac during the beta and the first 3 months of the like server, I was playing on a G4 400 PowerBook with only 8MB of video resulting in the same thing that you are describing. The specs say 32 MB minimum, so you are still at half of that. Your textures won't get any better unfortunately.

"VideoCard=0" is the video renderer that was chosen (or detected) by the game. I believe that it is telling the game to look for and use your video card. I have a G5 with an ATI Radeon Pro 128 MB and have that same option in my .ini file. Since there are 3 choices for rendering, I can assume that =0 is High, =1 is Medium, and =2 is Low. This is under Game Options below the Play button (before you go into the game to get to your Character Selection screen). Try moving that to medium and see if it makes any difference. Also try turning off some of the NPC models. But, I'm still thinking that with 16MB, you wont have enough to enjoy any "eye candy" like the world textures.

I occasionally run EQ on my 700MHz G3 iBook.
The video card is an ATI-RageM6 with only 16MB of memory.
It is also under specs, but I do not have any graphics problems.
When comaring my eqclient.ini file to yours, The only differences are:

(other than window positions and key mappings)
TextureQuality=2
ServerFilter=1
AllLuclinPcModelsOff=False
CombatMusic=False

I am also running at 1024 x 768.
I have 768MB of RAM, not sure how much that effects the graphics.

I play occasionally on my Titanium 550 mhz with 16 mb of vram. At the PLAY button window, turn off all your model options. Turn off music and sound. Basically, turn off everything. You should see better rendering, but it will be the primitive pre Luclin models. Lag may become a real issue. I have trouble moving around in the bazaar and in the Luclin zones.

It is the Rage card that is your problem. I have one, too, and can't see any textures. You need to get a new video card, preferably a Radeon in the 9500-9800 range so you get the added benefit of being able to use Quartz Extreme and Core Image. If you don't have an AGP slot, then a Radeon 7000-9200 PCI with 32 or more megs of RAM (32 megs is the minimum for EQMac, more is better and higher numbered chipsets are also better).

Be sure you get a Mac Edition card or one that has been flashed with a Mac ROM.

Snuffy,

I have tried turning everything off (low rez textures, 640x480, social animations off, lighting redraw off, all Luclin models off, and anything else that consumes memory) on my G4 Powermac and there still isn't enough memory to view the textures with a 16mb Rage card.

I know this is an old post(I didnt bump it) but it reminds me of when I started. I played on an old iMac and had the same problem-I couldn't even see the grass! It certainly made for intersting fights right off the bat. So when I made my character I couldn't even see me face so I had no idea what I even looked like until I upgraded my machine at lvl 17! LOL I came to realize I was one of few toons running around with an eyepatch and a mullet! When I finally saw myself I didnt have the heart to change it, LOL Those were the good old days!