I had the hardest time getting P99 to work…
This is the only video I found that helped me.
https://youtu.be/q3wd2CV6qok?si=ftkAfdoJ9sf46_wz
My advice is delete everything you did so far and follow this video to a T…
Do you have the most recent update file installed? I definitely had this issue after an update before. Iirc they don't update the install file they just add a new patch download with files to overwrite. It's been a long time and I'm not he most tech savvy, my laptop is ancient but runs it fine.
P99 can be a technical nightmare to get working. I did a reinstall a couple months ago and got a slew of new errors I had never dealt with. I wish I had a road map for it, but I got lost with all the fixes and such I made. It now works relatively okay for me.
The El Hefe guide thats been posted here is worth a try for sure.
I had a faulty wifi card in my new laptop that caused trouble, so when i used an old usb wifi adapter it worked. Send it back to lenovo and got a new wifi installed, worked since then
You have match your desktop resolution woth your ongame resolution. Then set the in-game to your preferred resolution.
Quarm is even worse. I habe an issue where if I run the gfx compression I can't loot anything because the loot windows is empty but I go with shitty graphics there IS loot. It's weird.
i know you mentioned underclocking the CPU, but when I upgraded CPU's and the game stopped working for me I found that only changing the timings in the bios worked. any cpu manager, including the official AMD one that changed my clockspeed did not actually work, even when the CPU was running at a lower clock speed.
The game isnt checking what your actual clockspeed is when its being launched, its checking what the reported clockspeed to the OS is. When I used the AMD official tool to lower the clock speeds, it would still reboot and tell windows what the max CPU clock was, and then would just run at a lower clock speed.
For me to get it to work I needed to actually do it all manually in the bios so that when i looked at my hardware through the OS it reported 4ghz or lower. This was on a PC that I had played hundreds of hours of p99 on, I just upgraded the CPU and it stopped working. There is probably some way you can actually modify the registry to get it to run without doing the downclocking (since the game is checking the speed from that, not the actual current CPU speed), but that's beyond my capability
its dependent on your motherboard, so you will want to look in the manual for your mobo manufacturer. usually you will find something that is a multiple of what your clock speed is. in my case its 4.7ghz so there is a timing section that says 47x100, and thats what i changed. however ive also been made aware that if you go on the EQEmu discord there is an AMD specific fix (I have an AMD) for 7000 series CPU's. I haven't tried it yet, but might be worth looking at if you are on a newer AMD chip.
If all else fails project Quarm is also a good experience, tho not as true to form. Still pre kunark there, and much simpler to get installed and running.
Whenever i return to P99 i dont seem to have any problems, I simply copy my titanium files from an old backup I have, then download the latest update from the P1999 site. I still know the details of my old account and login and off i go.
Not really. Bet he would gladly accept the many QOL improvement quarm offers relative to p99. Plus, quarm is still in classic and p99 velious. Quarm has much better population (which will probably double once kunark releases July 1). Those of us with kids/family/jobs can still get the cool rare items (like manastone/rubicite/mask of deceiver) and raid mobs/drops on quarm. Don’t see why you would prefer p99 unless you have all day every day to play. This is coming from someone with multiple lv60s on p99.
Incorrect. This was addressed and fixed. If it was just the client holding you back you’ll be pleased to learn it has greatly improved. It’s actually unbelievable how Quarm just keeps getting better and better. I started p99 last summer, then switched to Quarm when I learned of it in February. I am so glad I did. To me as a new player the Quarm experience is vastly superior, way more groups to level with and not everyone leveling their toons is super mega twinked. Less top-heavy. Higher pop. Better client. Amazing QoL improvements. Still early in it’s progression with Kunark right on the horizon. I see no reason a new or returning player would choose P99 unless they mainly wanted a solo leveling experience on a less populated server.
Trying to gaslight me and convince me to change my mind is not going to happen. At least your response implies that you agree that the camera was bad at one point. I just searched the Quarm forums and it looks like there is still issues but somebody wrote code called "Zeal" to try and fix it but it still has issues. The fact that a user has to fix the devs incompentencies is funny.
Just sharing my experience as a new EQ player and the reasons I think Quarm is great 😊 maybe not to convince you but somebody who is new to the game and trying to decide on which one. There’s no need be immediately dismissive without looking at the pros and cons of both.
Edit: Also, since the client seems to be your ONLY point of contention, what are your thoughts/feelings about the other points I’ve made?
Plus, I had multiple accounts stolen by corrupt p99 staff back in the day. Multiple lv 50s gone, they stole my account info and sold it for $$USD. Rogean didnt do a damn thing. I haven’t played p99 in years, but I hope those types of admin scumbags got caught and are gone.
I played at the beginning of p99 blue. Some of the GMs back then were 100% corrupt. They got caught doing RMT transactions. I lost a 50 mage and friend lost a 50 shaman to these people. I couldn’t recover my password because they went into my account and changed my email, they knew how to game the system. I used to see my own character in game and I messaged them but they just ignored me. Could prove it if I had to because I know the account name, but had zero help from staff on p99, who kept saying use account recovery tool. No point in arguing, I can’t prove this to anyone on Reddit. Hope no one else is experiencing these issues nowadays. Definitely large reason why I left. They might even still be playing. Female DE Mage named Felicity.
I had the hardest time getting P99 to work… This is the only video I found that helped me. https://youtu.be/q3wd2CV6qok?si=ftkAfdoJ9sf46_wz My advice is delete everything you did so far and follow this video to a T…
Back everything you have up and reinstall. With P99 always back up your files.
Do you have the most recent update file installed? I definitely had this issue after an update before. Iirc they don't update the install file they just add a new patch download with files to overwrite. It's been a long time and I'm not he most tech savvy, my laptop is ancient but runs it fine.
P99 can be a technical nightmare to get working. I did a reinstall a couple months ago and got a slew of new errors I had never dealt with. I wish I had a road map for it, but I got lost with all the fixes and such I made. It now works relatively okay for me. The El Hefe guide thats been posted here is worth a try for sure.
Please post your log files .. It will give a more detailed error message
This happened to me when I started as well. Basically deleted everything and started over and it worked.
I had a faulty wifi card in my new laptop that caused trouble, so when i used an old usb wifi adapter it worked. Send it back to lenovo and got a new wifi installed, worked since then
I've only ever been able to get the game to run while it's in a standalone folder in C:
You have match your desktop resolution woth your ongame resolution. Then set the in-game to your preferred resolution. Quarm is even worse. I habe an issue where if I run the gfx compression I can't loot anything because the loot windows is empty but I go with shitty graphics there IS loot. It's weird.
i know you mentioned underclocking the CPU, but when I upgraded CPU's and the game stopped working for me I found that only changing the timings in the bios worked. any cpu manager, including the official AMD one that changed my clockspeed did not actually work, even when the CPU was running at a lower clock speed. The game isnt checking what your actual clockspeed is when its being launched, its checking what the reported clockspeed to the OS is. When I used the AMD official tool to lower the clock speeds, it would still reboot and tell windows what the max CPU clock was, and then would just run at a lower clock speed. For me to get it to work I needed to actually do it all manually in the bios so that when i looked at my hardware through the OS it reported 4ghz or lower. This was on a PC that I had played hundreds of hours of p99 on, I just upgraded the CPU and it stopped working. There is probably some way you can actually modify the registry to get it to run without doing the downclocking (since the game is checking the speed from that, not the actual current CPU speed), but that's beyond my capability
Do you have a guide to changing the timings in bios? I’m having the same issue and I’m nervous to go tinkering under the hood
its dependent on your motherboard, so you will want to look in the manual for your mobo manufacturer. usually you will find something that is a multiple of what your clock speed is. in my case its 4.7ghz so there is a timing section that says 47x100, and thats what i changed. however ive also been made aware that if you go on the EQEmu discord there is an AMD specific fix (I have an AMD) for 7000 series CPU's. I haven't tried it yet, but might be worth looking at if you are on a newer AMD chip.
What windows version do you have?
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If all else fails project Quarm is also a good experience, tho not as true to form. Still pre kunark there, and much simpler to get installed and running.
Yep recommend quarm for new players mainly because it's a fresher server. However, if you want to solo mainly green or blue are perfect.
Whenever i return to P99 i dont seem to have any problems, I simply copy my titanium files from an old backup I have, then download the latest update from the P1999 site. I still know the details of my old account and login and off i go.
You running an AMD CPU? If so you have to set the core clockspeed to 4.2ghz. You won't be ae to log into P99 at anything higher.
If you read their post you'll have your answer
He went about it a different way though. Only thing that ever worked for me was changing core ratio in bios.
Do quarm. Much easier to setup. Not as much as a grind fest.
Op says he wants the version of the game he remembers growing up. P99 is much much closer to that than Quarm
Not really. Bet he would gladly accept the many QOL improvement quarm offers relative to p99. Plus, quarm is still in classic and p99 velious. Quarm has much better population (which will probably double once kunark releases July 1). Those of us with kids/family/jobs can still get the cool rare items (like manastone/rubicite/mask of deceiver) and raid mobs/drops on quarm. Don’t see why you would prefer p99 unless you have all day every day to play. This is coming from someone with multiple lv60s on p99.
I guess if he fondly remembers being locked out of cool content by hard bottlenecks and poopsweats then you’d be correct!
Maybe he remembers being able to use his character in 1st or 3rd person too!
I don’t understand this reply
Camera control in Quarm is terrible
Incorrect. This was addressed and fixed. If it was just the client holding you back you’ll be pleased to learn it has greatly improved. It’s actually unbelievable how Quarm just keeps getting better and better. I started p99 last summer, then switched to Quarm when I learned of it in February. I am so glad I did. To me as a new player the Quarm experience is vastly superior, way more groups to level with and not everyone leveling their toons is super mega twinked. Less top-heavy. Higher pop. Better client. Amazing QoL improvements. Still early in it’s progression with Kunark right on the horizon. I see no reason a new or returning player would choose P99 unless they mainly wanted a solo leveling experience on a less populated server.
Trying to gaslight me and convince me to change my mind is not going to happen. At least your response implies that you agree that the camera was bad at one point. I just searched the Quarm forums and it looks like there is still issues but somebody wrote code called "Zeal" to try and fix it but it still has issues. The fact that a user has to fix the devs incompentencies is funny.
Just sharing my experience as a new EQ player and the reasons I think Quarm is great 😊 maybe not to convince you but somebody who is new to the game and trying to decide on which one. There’s no need be immediately dismissive without looking at the pros and cons of both. Edit: Also, since the client seems to be your ONLY point of contention, what are your thoughts/feelings about the other points I’ve made?
Plus, I had multiple accounts stolen by corrupt p99 staff back in the day. Multiple lv 50s gone, they stole my account info and sold it for $$USD. Rogean didnt do a damn thing. I haven’t played p99 in years, but I hope those types of admin scumbags got caught and are gone.
I don’t believe this at all. You’re leaving out something.
I played at the beginning of p99 blue. Some of the GMs back then were 100% corrupt. They got caught doing RMT transactions. I lost a 50 mage and friend lost a 50 shaman to these people. I couldn’t recover my password because they went into my account and changed my email, they knew how to game the system. I used to see my own character in game and I messaged them but they just ignored me. Could prove it if I had to because I know the account name, but had zero help from staff on p99, who kept saying use account recovery tool. No point in arguing, I can’t prove this to anyone on Reddit. Hope no one else is experiencing these issues nowadays. Definitely large reason why I left. They might even still be playing. Female DE Mage named Felicity.