Possible Error 1018 fix, if you are having this issue look here

[gotrocks]

First off, my apologies for not being around lately - real life has kept me too busy to check in here often enough to give any real answers. I sincerely hope anyone having issues has been getting them resolved. I do get notifications for PM's in my email, so if you are having an issue and not getting an answer, please feel free to shoot me a pm and ill get an answer to you as soon as possible. That being said, if you ask me a question that could be resolved by simply reading the FAQ on this forum, it will likely get ignored :D

Anyway, here's a possible Error 1018 fix sent to me by tersoth78


This is what i have done twice and it has instanly fixed the problem both times i have got this error.

I remove all my characters name_project1999.ini files (i think you may only have to remove the last character you were on but not sure)

I remove all my UI_name_project1999.ini files.

Start up eq 1999 as usual

When i get to character select I exit game drop all files back in and game works fine.

As far as I can tell, this seems like a very valid solution. I think I remember suggesting something like this in one of the other 1018 threads around here, but i definitely didn't mention anything about the name_project1999.ini files getting deleted. That may very well fix the problem all on its own, but just to be safe, I'd backup your UI files and delete them as well (go ahead and backup the name_project1999.ini files as well, though I don't see why you'd need to do this, it never hurts to be extra cautious).

If you are having an Error 1018 issue, please do the community a huge favor here. If you could attempt this for us and let us know what happens I know that at the very least you'll have my gratitude, and i'm sure the gratitude of many others as well. Before I can add this into the FAQ as a solution to this issue, I need to be sure it works, and since i've never had this problem before, I can't test it. It would make me very, very happy to be able to add this into the FAQ, because that particular part of it has been void of a solution for quite some time!

So do everyone a favor, including yourself, and if you have an Error 1018, try this out and post your results here! I'd love to hear that this works 100% of the time! Thanks everyone, and i really hope I can get back into the swing of things and start answering some questions around here soon!

[Kagasumi]

The two times I have seen this problem occur, I had played a character, exited out to character select, and picked another character to play without completely closing my client. I haven't done it since those two times, and haven't seen the problem since then.

I'm not sure this will help much, but just thought I would chip in a little more info.

[Lyra]

I hope it works for others, but it didn't work on my bugged account.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?p=817594#post817594

I considered that also, so searched my computer for "Morica" and deleted files on my side without success.

I no longer use the bugged account. I recreated and have not had the 1018 error since. That was almost two months ago.

[pyrese]

This solution failed to work for me. Currently getting 1018 after having created several toons earlier today. I had also had it occur over the weekend (not after character creation mind you) after having not logged in for near 48 hours. The first time however it seemed to resolve after Klesko /who'd my toons and got no hits. However, this has not resolved it this time.

[gotrocks]

thanks for the replies guys (and ladies, hi lyra! :)). It seems this wasnt the solution everyone needed :(

[Lyra]

(and ladies, hi lyra! :)). (

Hello!

You need to be done being too busy to play. What quality of life is that?

[tersoth78]

Sorry it didnt help. I guess It was just a coincidence that it worked on mine :(

[Lyra]

Sorry it didnt help.

No need to be sorry! The more people looking for a solution, the more likely one is to be found. Thanks for your suggestions!

[Bamzal Sherbet]

The first time however it seemed to resolve after Klesko /who'd my toons and got no hits.

Please... do elaborate.

so you tried to log on, got 1018, asked sum1 to /who u, u not on, then u got on?

[ymw]

Error 1018 back after a month without. GFDI.

[pyrese]

Please... do elaborate.

so you tried to log on, got 1018, asked sum1 to /who u, u not on, then u got on?

That is correct, however I would not consider this to be a fix. It is more coincidence I think.

Also, with regards to the theories of logging in to different toons without logging out to server select, its not that. Just played my ranger last night and today again I've got 1018. I understand that these servers are provided to us free, but given how long 1018 seems to have been going on you would think some effort might have been put towards a fix. It is a bit draining to not know whether or not I'm going to have access to a character from day to day.

All this said, for any guide/gm/dev reading, I am a software engineer by occupation and computer scientist by education and am more than willing to look in to the 1018 issue.

[ymw]

I have no alts to switch amongst. Still unable to log in to the P99 box tonight. /sad

[Lyra]

given how long 1018 seems to have been going on you would think some effort might have been put towards a fix.

Things I think I know:
It's account related. My first account was plagued with this error - two weeks of constant 1018 errors. I re-created (new user ID, new email, new account log, new passwords at EQEmulator.org) and I have never had the 1018 error with the new account. I log on everyday. That can't be a coincidence. Others here are convinced it is account related also, and persuaded me to re-create.

Information I think may relevant, but not certain: The errors on my account started after I unintentionally left my character in game overnight. I logged out when I noticed, then a few hours later received my first 1018 error when attempting to log back in.

P99 had stated firmly they can not solve this issue in these quote:

The answer from my original petition regarding this issue: Error 1018 happens from time to time. You just have to be patient and let it clear itself. Unfortunately nothing we can do about it

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=93949

We have no power to fix this currently as CSR reps. I've tried multiple things in-game to see if I could boot people off who are experiencing the problem, but nothing has been successful.

So please don't petition for it ;)

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3425&highlight=1018

It has nothing to do with classic and it's not a mistake. How else would you have us handle clients that are linkdead? Let people instantly disconnect themselves whenever they want? That would be hugely exploitable, as it was before.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2959&highlight=1018
Patch Notes, Sunday Morning, February 14th, 2010

Rogean: The infamous Error 1018 is making its return; Attempting to enter the server with an active character will no longer be possible until that character is removed from the world.
Rogean: Due to the above change, Linkdead characters will now be kicked after 30 seconds of no aggro, or 3 minutes on aggro.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4036&highlight=1018
Patch Notes, March 9th 2010

Rogean: <del>Attempting to enter the server while previously being disconnected during zoning will allow you to enter, and will kick off the zoning character, instead of receiving 1018.</del>Upcoming.

On March 9th, 2010, it appears P99 they attempted to solve the issue without success as the patch change was deleted.

*This information is a result of forum search. There may be relevant information I didn't capture yet. I'll look more later.

[pyrese]

Thank you for the info Lyra. To make a W.A.G, I suspect the Feb 14 2010 patch may be the culprit and that something there is causing a false positive for having an 'active character'. Just speculation though.

[porigromus]

This is definiltely account related. My son and I have a few accounts and this only happens on one of them. The only way I can get in is to reset my password on EQEMU logon account and after a few minutes I can get in.

[pyrese]

Thanks porigromus! I'll give that a try the next time 1018 occurs for me and update here.

[Lyra]

This is definitely account related. My son and I have a few accounts and this only happens on one of them. The only way I can get in is to reset my password on EQEMU logon account and after a few minutes I can get in.

This is interesting. I couldn't find the quote while I was writing up my summation, but I remembered someone writing P99 blames EQEMU and EQEMU claims they are not to blame because this issue does not happen with the other servers.

[pyrese]

There has been some back and forth on whose fault it is, but as the default implementation of the server on EQEmu never returns an OP_CharacterStillInZone (which is what I think triggers 1018 client side) and that the issue arose again after the February 14th, 2010 patch, I would lean towards an erroneous match of conditions that the p99 staff desired for the *fix* against people plugging. (no offense meant to the staff).

If what porigromus posted IS in fact a work around, that would lead me to believe that the account info change is triggering some sort of reset for the state of an account in the p99 database. (Not confirmed, but I think each of the world servers keeps a hash of each accounts pw. I'll check the default EQemu server implementation later).

[ymw]

I've gotten in the three times I reset EQEmu/LS "shortly" after, within 30-60 minutes. It may have cleared up faster, but I generally go do other stuff when I see 1018 pop up.

May be coincidental, but this may finally be a workaround, despite being nothing resembling a fix.

I've tried all other guesses/suggestions with absolutely no luck, even the really weird ones that sound like someone made them up in a choose your own adventure book. This is the only thing that's had me getting in after, and I'm not even convinced it's not a coincidence.

F 1018.

Edit: Engrish

[arosian]

Neither the file removal nor changing of my LS password helped.

[Mattpearson]

After much anguish with the "error 1018" bug and posting my problem under technical discussion, I found this new post for help. I followed the steps with no success. I myself do not understand how the program could be recognizing a player in the game when I had no "name_project1999.ini files" remaining in the directory. I replaced all my files and still have the same error. There has to be a viable solution to this problem for people who are unwilling to lose all their gear to start over.

[Mattpearson]

My problems with the error 1018 bug also began after I accidentally I left a nonactive character logged on over night, and camped/logged the character off after I realized this. When I went to log back on hours later, the error 1018 bug began.

The act of leaving a nonactive character logged on for several hours seems to have some causal connection to the error 1018 bug.

I thought the error had somehow fixed itself when it mysteriously stopped last weekend; the error 1018 bug, however, returned today, and none of the solutions that I have discovered have worked.

[arosian]

My problems with the error 1018 bug also began after I accidentally I left a nonactive character logged on over night, and camped/logged the character off after I realized this. When I went to log back on hours later, the error 1018 bug began.

The act of leaving a nonactive character logged on for several hours seems to have some causal connection to the error 1018 bug.

I thought the error had somehow fixed itself when it mysteriously stopped last weekend; the error 1018 bug, however, returned today, and none of the solutions that I have discovered have worked.

I have accounts that have no characters on them who experience this issue. Even on accounts with characters, correct /camp logouts will do nothing to solve the problem. The error will come and go as it pleases.

There is a server side implementation bug in checking for "Active Characters". See my post here detailing this issue: http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=105606

Take note of the straggling patch note that was crossed out years ago about fixing Error 1018 oddities.