Forum :: Lounge 2.0 :: Optimizing Endless Online to Work with Windows 10

Hello everyone.

As I'm sure many of you are already aware of, running EO on Windows 10 is a nightmare since the game runs and feels all clunky.

I haven't played EO in a while, and I would like to know if there's any way I can optimize it so that it runs smoothly on Windows 10.

Are there any programs that can emulate processes as though they're being run on Windows XP, Vista or 7?

I'm not so interested in setting up a virtual machine, so if there are any other alternatives I'd be happy to hear them.

do you run it in compatibility mode?

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Hacker_Alex posted: (5th Jul 2016, 01:54 pm)

do you run it in compatibility mode?

I've attempted to run it in compatibility mode numerous times, but the issues seem to persist.

well at least you have free windows updates for years until your computer breaks ( windows 10 is the last "new version" of windows distributed seperately. from now on new major windows revisions will be sent via windows update in windows 10! )

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Hacker_Alex posted: (5th Jul 2016, 02:07 pm)

well at least you have free windows updates for years until your computer breaks ( windows 10 is the last "new version" of windows distributed seperately. from now on new major windows revisions will be sent via windows update in windows 10! )

Doesn't really resolve my issue though...

Might have something to do with your graphics drivers. What kind of gpu do you have?

Ryouken posted: (5th Jul 2016, 06:39 pm)

Might have something to do with your graphics drivers. What kind of gpu do you have?

I'm dual booting on a MacBook Air. I know it shouldn't have anything to do with the graphics drivers because I've seen other people report on this issue as well.

manually update your graphics drivers, rather than choosing the recommended automatic update. (all will seem well with automatic driver updates, but manual will give a noticeable difference because windows 10 is fucked)

are you receiving graphics driver errors often? if so, you need to set/edit your TDR file in your registry editor, I can guide you through the process to fix this.

also, try right clicking your eo file and running as an administrator?

adjust the priority via task manager?

snap posted: (5th Jul 2016, 07:21 pm)

manually update your graphics drivers, rather than choosing the recommended automatic update. (all will seem well with automatic driver updates, but manual will give a noticeable difference because windows 10 is fucked)

are you receiving graphics driver errors often? if so, you need to set/edit your TDR file in your registry editor, I can guide you through the process to fix this.

also, try right clicking your eo file and running as an administrator?

adjust the priority via task manager?

Since I'm dual booting, I don't think there's a way to manually update them, since the Boot Camp manager is in charge of that.

Never had any errors from my graphics drivers.

I've tried everything from running the program as an administrator, to meddling with the compatibility modes; nothing seems to work.

Pileser posted: (5th Jul 2016, 08:39 pm)

snap posted: (5th Jul 2016, 07:21 pm)

manually update your graphics drivers, rather than choosing the recommended automatic update. (all will seem well with automatic driver updates, but manual will give a noticeable difference because windows 10 is fucked)

are you receiving graphics driver errors often? if so, you need to set/edit your TDR file in your registry editor, I can guide you through the process to fix this.

also, try right clicking your eo file and running as an administrator?

adjust the priority via task manager?

Since I'm dual booting, I don't think there's a way to manually update them, since the Boot Camp manager is in charge of that.

Never had any errors from my graphics drivers.

I've tried everything from running the program as an administrator, to meddling with the compatibility modes; nothing seems to work.

I can fiddle with it over teamviewer if you want. (I just got interest in it because my buddy rubs has windows 10 too now and is complaining about eo running slow)

For some background I'm a computer technician and service computers for a small company.

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There is one thing that breaks EO on Windows 10 and it is the drivers for the graphics card.

To prove this, go to the Windows 10 search bar at the lower left, type "Device Manager" and select that from the top of the returned results. In the Device Manager window, click the arrow to the left of "Display Adapter" to expand the tree to show all graphic cards (you most likely have one). Right click on whatever the name of the graphic card is and select "Disable". At this point, run the EO game client. You will notice the game will run smoothly as it did back on previous versions of Windows.

The proper way to fix this would be to update the drivers for the graphics card, but with thousands of different cards there is no promise that will even work due to the way Windows 10 and device drivers just don't get along. Anyway, there is the only known fix to make EO playable on Windows 10 if it seems horribly choppy. Share it, make a YouTube video how to, etc...

Apollo posted: (6th Jul 2016, 07:02 pm)

There is one thing that breaks EO on Windows 10 and it is the drivers for the graphics card.

To prove this, go to the Windows 10 search bar at the lower left, type "Device Manager" and select that from the top of the returned results. In the Device Manager window, click the arrow to the left of "Display Adapter" to expand the tree to show all graphic cards (you most likely have one). Right click on whatever the name of the graphic card is and select "Disable". At this point, run the EO game client. You will notice the game will run smoothly as it did back on previous versions of Windows.

The proper way to fix this would be to update the drivers for the graphics card, but with thousands of different cards there is no promise that will even work due to the way Windows 10 and device drivers just don't get along. Anyway, there is the only known fix to make EO playable on Windows 10 if it seems horribly choppy. Share it, make a YouTube video how to, etc...

Manually updated the drivers and the problem still persists. Guess that means I'm out of luck?

Also, disabling the graphics adapter turns the screen black.

EDIT: Tried disabling the graphics adapter again and now it seems to run smoothly. Much appreciated.

I've recently had a breakthrough that may dramatically help with Win10 rendering issues. Still need to test a few things but this could be an easy solution for EO.Addon users. If anyone would like to help test this drop me a message in my inbox. You'll need to be using EO.Addons and be expected to know how to do things like install new addons, edit your client config files, etc.

EDIT: Forget inboxing me. I just removed the debug stuff and released it anyway. As usual it can be found on http://sordie.co.uk/addons It's called EOSoftwareRender.eaf

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Sordie posted: (7th Jul 2016, 07:15 pm)

I've recently had a breakthrough that may dramatically help with Win10 rendering issues. Still need to test a few things but this could be an easy solution for EO.Addon users. If anyone would like to help test this drop me a message in my inbox. You'll need to be using EO.Addons and be expected to know how to do things like install new addons, edit your client config files, etc.

EDIT: Forget inboxing me. I just removed the debug stuff and released it anyway. As usual it can be found on http://sordie.co.uk/addons It's called EOSoftwareRender.eaf

Is it possible to play in fullscreen mode using this method? I've still to figure out how to make that work.

EDIT: Fullscreen mode doesn't work.

EDIT #2: Downloaded some add-ons and it looks pretty nice now. Thanks Sordie! :)

I'm working on getting fullscreen working. I'll update you as soon as I have something working. Shouldn't take me too long.

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