I had played with underfoot for years, 6 box, one hard drive, 6 GB ram. Hardly ever lost a character while zoning. After switching to RoF2 (which rocks), I lose one to two per zone. I ran through the optimization guide many times to make sure i haven't missed something there.
I've tried running all from one directory, and also where just my main is from one directory, with the other 5 from a lighter directory.
I have both of the eqgame.exe's and their shortcuts to run in compatibility mode for WindowsXP SP3 as "Administrators" as suggested. I do not run MQ in compatibility mode.
Any suggestions on what i should check next?
Below are a few lines from the dbg.txt file that appear multiple times (clipped in just lines with a "failed" and a few others, not in any order):
[Tue Jun 14 07:54:08 2016]00066:D3DXCreateEffectFromFile failed. (RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshCBS1_VSB.fxo)
[Tue Jun 14 07:54:08 2016]00067:CEffect::CreateEffect [SPL/SkinMeshCBS1_VSB.fxo] failed.
[Tue Jun 14 07:54:14 2016]00080:Failed to open C:\Program Files\Sony\everquest_rof_full\GlobalDRK_chr.s3d.
[Tue Jun 14 07:56:14 2016]00189:D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture blueglobesp501.dds for particle system.
[Tue Jun 14 09:26:24 2016]00916:Networking: Connection Closed
[Tue Jun 14 09:26:24 2016]00917:Stopping world display.
[Tue Jun 14 09:26:25 2016]00918:Attempt to send message 18205 on a void connection.
[Tue Jun 14 09:26:25 2016]00919:Beginning EnterZone block.
[Tue Jun 14 09:26:44 2016]01059:Failed to open C:\Program Files\Sony\everquest_rof_full\abh.s3d.
[Tue Jun 14 09:26:44 2016]01062:Failed to open C:\Program Files\Sony\everquest_rof_full\pri_chr .s3d.
[Tue Jun 14 09:26:44 2016]01071:Failed to open C:\Program Files\Sony\everquest_rof_full\spr.s3d.
[Tue Jun 14 09:26:44 2016]01080:Failed to open C:\Program Files\Sony\everquest_rof_full\clg.s3d.
[Tue Jun 14 09:26:45 2016]01109:Failed to open C:\Program Files\Sony\everquest_rof_full\str_chr .s3d.
[Tue Jun 14 09:26:46 2016]01164:Failed to open C:\Program Files\Sony\everquest_rof_full\sdc.s3d.
[Tue Jun 14 12:36:08 2016]00281:D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelo1.tga for particle system.
[Tue Jun 14 14:36:57 2016]00357:Uploader Error: ERROR: CasGetSessionTicketRequest::Validate, failed with invalid url
[Tue Jun 14 14:36:57 2016]00358:Uploader Error: ERROR: UploaderImpl::AddRequest, failed with invalid request
[Tue Jun 14 15:04:01 2016]03490:Networking: Connection Closed
[Tue Jun 14 15:04:01 2016]03491:Stopping world display.
[Tue Jun 14 15:04:01 2016]03492:Attempt to send message 18205 on a void connection.
[Tue Jun 14 15:04:01 2016]03493:Beginning EnterZone block.