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Galadhriel
05-30-2004, 11:55 PM
Yeah, I know I need to upgrade my OS. :p
I was able to deal with the workaround for missing text, but I started crashing at the server select screen after another patch to eqmain.dll that happened after May 25th. I found this thread on the SoE tech forums (http://eqforums.station.sony.com/eq/board/message?board.id=tech&message.id=33073&view=by_date_ascending&page=3) that fixed my problems. So try it out and maybe it will work for you, too.

Hello everyone,

I managed to fix this problem on my computer. I had no text on my character select screen and no characters in the game. I was able to restore the font in game as described in earlier messages, but the character select screen remained blank. I bought a new card since I needed an upgrade anyway -- no luck. I put my old card in an older computer and to my surprise it worked in the old computer just fine -- text everywhere without any special commands. I was then able to compare the systems side by side.

I ran msconfig from the Run menu, selected system.ini, expanded the "boot" folder, then noticed that the system.drv=****** was different on the two systems. The working computer said system.drv=system.drv, and the non-working system said system.drv=atmsys.drv or something like that. I searched for the file, checked its properties finding it to be an adobe file. I edited the entry to read system.drv=system.drv, rebooted then everything worked fine. I don't know what side effects will result with adobe programs.

I hope this works for everyone else. Good Luck!

Magobrillo, The Tribunal