INFO ON LUCLIN AND DX8.0

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INFO ON LUCLIN AND DX8.0, NOVEMBER 27, 2001 Server Outage for Shadows of Luclin Launch<br><br>In order to update our server for the launch of EverQuest: Shadows of Luclin, all servers will be taken down starting at noon on Monday, December 3rd. They will be brought back up again on Tuesday, December 4th at 8 am (Pacific Time - which is -8:00 GMT). <br>We regret the down time that setting up the new expansion requires. Shadows of Luclin offers some exciting new content as well as a fantastic new graphics engine. We hope that you'll agree with us that Shadows of Luclin is well worth the extended patch time. <br>Thanks for your patience. <br>DirectX 8.0 or higher Required for EverQuest <br>When we update the servers on December 3rd for Shadows of Luclin, we will also be updating a lot of the code for the existing game. This code is written specifically for use with DirectX 8.0 and higher, and should provide better performance to most of our customers. The improvement will be most noticeable for people using newer hardware. <br>This will require that all EverQuest players update their DirectX to version 8.0 or better to play EverQuest. We will be providing an instructional page to help people with this upgrade in the very near future at www.everquestlive.com. If you want to test your DirectX 8 configuration and drivers sooner rather than later, you can do so by running "TestEverQuest.exe" in your EverQuest directory and logging on to the Test Server. Please view the patch message there for information should you have any problems logging in.<br> <p><p>Written by<table border="0" width="513"> <tr> <td width="56"><b>RL</b></td> <td width="82">Christian</td> <td width="79"></td> <td width="270"><a href="mailto:c_paetzold@t-online.de">c_paetzold@t-online.de</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="56"><b>UO</b></td> <td width="82">Nisil</td> <td width="79">Kitara</td> <td width="270"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="56"><b>EQ</b></td> <td width="82">Enalia</td> <td width="79">Shenala</td> <td width="270"></td> </tr></table></p></p><i></i>

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From the Test Server:<br><br>Hardware TnL is now automatically disabled for all items including flora on low end video cards. To force it to disable on other cards insert UseTnL=FALSE in your eqclient.ini.<br><br>Note: Some people have emailed in saying this fixes a lot of general graphic problems. If you do not know for certain that your graphics card supports hardware T&L then you should insert this line into your eqclient.ini file if experiencing problems with the new directx8 dll (this will be live on Tuesday).<br><br> <p><p>Written by<table border="0" width="513"> <tr> <td width="56"><b>RL</b></td> <td width="82">Christian</td> <td width="79"></td> <td width="270"><a href="mailto:c_paetzold@t-online.de">c_paetzold@t-online.de</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="56"><b>UO</b></td> <td width="82">Nisil</td> <td width="79">Kitara</td> <td width="270"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="56"><b>EQ</b></td> <td width="82">Enalia</td> <td width="79">Shenala</td> <td width="270"></td> </tr></table></p></p><i></i>