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What does it do? It records every single word and emote that NPCs say. This slows you down by a huge amount. It used to be checked by default until SOE realized what a massive resource hog this is. Be sure to look and make sure your journal is not enabled. | What does it do? It records every single word and emote that NPCs say. This slows you down by a huge amount. It used to be checked by default until SOE realized what a massive resource hog this is. Be sure to look and make sure your journal is not enabled. | ||
=== CPUAffinity | === CPUAffinity === | ||
:'''It has been [https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/set-affinity-win-10.273549/ mentioned on the Daybreak forum] that Windows 10 can manage CPUAffinity on its own without using these adjustments. At this point, Fanra recommends that you leave this setting alone or just eliminate all references to CPUAffinity from the ''eqclient.ini'' file. The advice below may or may not be useful if you are having problems multiboxing. No official Darkpaw advice has been found and your mileage may vary.''' | |||
If your CPU (processor) has more than one core (if your computer is from 2007 to the present, it likely has more than one) you can tell EQ to set its affinity to use all cores. While EQ only uses one core, this should enable it to use whichever core is free. Regardless, everyone should set this, as it is unlikely to hurt and can help. | |||
To do so, edit your ''eqclient.ini'' file, located in your EverQuest folder on your computer (note by default Windows hides the extension ''.ini'' in Explorer). Open ''eqclient.ini'' (or just ''eqclient'' if extension hidden) by double clicking on it. Look in the file for "CPUAffinity0=x" (without the quotes, and a number instead of x), usually in the [Defaults] section. | |||
If it does not say: "CPUAffinity0=-1" (that's a negative one), then change it to that (without the quotes). If you can't find it, add it to the [Defaults] section. | |||
If you multibox on the computer, add "CPUAffinity1=-1" for two boxing and "CPUAffinity2=-1" for three boxing, and so on (again, without the quotes). | |||
:CPUAffinity0=-1 | |||
:CPUAffinity1=-1 | |||
:CPUAffinity2=-1 | |||
:CPUAffinity3=-1 | |||
As of the [https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/game-update-notes-january-19-2022.280388/ January 19th 2022 Patch] CPU affinity has changed to ClientCore with a default of -1. | |||
=== Windows power settings === | === Windows power settings === |