How to Fix Lag/Performance issues with EverQuest

[Exxodia]

https://eqboard.rebelhq.org/index.php?topic=24843.0

Other optional changes you can do to help are as follows... pick and choose what works best in your situation/comfort/PC performance.

1) If using dual screens for any reason (netflix (for shame during raid!), web browser, work, etc...) Under Alt O (options), Display Tab, Advanced, Max. Background FPS should be set to unlimited (Please note, some patches frustrates me so and changes this to a different setting.)

2) Under Alt O (options), Display Tab, Advanced, Unclick (i.e. black box, not blue box) Enable Bloom Lighting, Enable Post Effects, Stream Item Textures, Radial Flora, Shadows.

3) Under Alt O (options), Display Tab, Far Clip Plane (Your own judgement... at max you can see really far, altering this, shortens the distance images load in).

4) Under Alt O (options), Display Tab, Particles. For a personal choice under spell and player, I usually use On For: Me & NPC. Opacity I usually leave somewhere between 5% to 10%, ample to see shit without lagging out. All other Near clips /densities, I keep em at nears, off or lows.

5) Under Alt O (options), Display Tab, Sky Type, use Simple or off.

6) Under Alt O (options), Display Tab, Unclick any of the following if not needed during raids. (Show Pet names, Show Merc names, Show Pet owner names, show merc owner names. You can also use the various commands of /shownames (1,2,3,4,5,6 or off)

7) Under Alt O (options), General Tab, Hide Players & Hide Pets drop boxes, click all. If you absolutely are a player that prefers to click a PC target in order to cast something upon em (DI, Heal, Buff, etc...)(That is ok, to each their own) then I suggest pre-targetting them using the raid tool (Alt R) and placing them in your extended target box. Once the target is selected (must be in the same zone) click any of the orange exclamation boxes, simply right click it and click on Current Target. Ex. I select Patancia and Joslin to single target during a raid. I click on them using the raid tool while in the same zone, and choose a spot on my extended target window to place them using the current target. They remain on it all evening allowing me to click on them using the extended target window without having them in the same group or having to search and click them. (In my case I also create a hotkey).

8) Out of game, resetting a router/modem. Like a PC running all the time, turning it on and off frequently actually is not recommended. Leaving it on and or in sleep mode is best, but even so, it should be rebooted once a month at least, I recommend once every two weeks. The same holds true for a router/modem. I recommend a hard reboot of this/these device(s) once a month.