random crashing while zoning, higher ms, blank server select!?!

[towbes]

This is an issue for me as well, connecting from Myanmar in Asia. I've tried doing some packet captures in wireshark to collect information. I have not made any direct correlations to server population when these issues are occurring, nor to the time of day. However it has seemingly happened at random times of day. I cannot specifically recall a window where I remember it happening more often.

Some analysis of the packet captures:

When a crash on zone occurs, the packet stream abruptly stops once the client loads the "Zoning Please Wait...." text. The packet stream never picks back up and the client just sits with a frozen char screen until timeout where it says "You have been disconnected"

When attempting to log back in, a blank server select will come up, but packets are still being transferred as the client is sitting at the blank server select.

When clicking the Quick Connect button to P1999, wireshark is flooded with malformed packet errors, then the client loads to either a screen of empty characters, or a Spell Files out of Date screen. I have not been able to determine exactly what causes each outcome. *Edit: This occurs immediately after copy pasting the most up to date spell files that I re-downloaded from the site just to be sure.

What sort of information would help the developers narrow down a possible cause of this issue? I'd like to blame my internet, because it is far from good, but there also seems to be an issue with how information is being passed between client and server.

[Tann]

its a new year, lets a fix going for this devs please <3<3<3

[Tann]

made the mistake of zoning after 6pm, crashed and now I can't get back online!!!

thanks once again for fixing this issue in a professional and timely manner <3

[Turp]

Same problem here.
anyone find a fix yet? lots reporting same thing.

[kittendumpling]

Same... In Asia as well. Everything was fine until EQ crashed and now it takes like 100 tries to be able to get through.

Seing blank server selects, no characters listed, spells outdated, and then it just won't load.

[xKoopa]

Sooo.. any ideas what's up with the lag lately?

I started getting horrible lag on Monday, and its been constant since. 200 is low ping for me this week, quite often 800+.

Obvious answer would be my internet connection, but it's not. My lag is exclusive to p99.

I even played some league of legends while sitting in EC, and my league had zero lag on it.

[Forza]

this garbage is happening again. lag and random linkdead....

[MilanderTruewield]

It's been happening to me for about 2 months now. I didn't think about it being linked to the amount of people logged in until I read this thread, but it fits. Mine happens in the evenings when the population is the highest.

Same exact things that others are posting, random crashes/freezes during zones, or zones taking a hugely long amount of time. Server list greyed out when I manage to get past the "an error occurred while connecting to the server". Then when I get logged into the server, saying my spells file is outdated. Ping gets to about 2x normal (Normal is 57ish). It's been getting worse, last night was horrible.

[Whitebreadd]

Add me to the list as well.

The issues started 2 days ago. Out of no where. No changes made, nothing.

Server list blacked out, times out, random crashes while zoning after i do get in.

Whats the deal?

[Whitebreadd]

It's been happening to me for about 2 months now. I didn't think about it being linked to the amount of people logged in until I read this thread, but it fits. Mine happens in the evenings when the population is the highest.

I thought that could be the problem as well since it first started happening when about 1200 people were on.

But ive since tried during several different times of the day. After one spam log in session, i saw the problem was occurring when only 400 were on.

So it seems to make no difference. At least on my end.

[thestallion1]

Still happening here.. played during weekend without 30 log in attempts, now cant get in at all tonight. Going to try donating... wonder if they add you to a secret list. I'll report back soon

[Whitebreadd]

Going to try donating... wonder if they add you to a secret list. I'll report back soon

Haha, that thought had crossed my mind.

[Tann]

bump please fix!

if this was happening to 90% of the server y'all would've fixed this by now, have a heart~

[Tann]

server pop under 900, time/attempts to log in about 3 or 4 (couple minutes).

server pop hitting 1000, time/attempts to log in 100+ so far, 3 times made it to character select only to crash "grey screen" on zone in (going on 1 hour now).

^^^the above happens every night without fail^^^

THIS IS A SERVER SIDE ISSUES PLEASE FIX

[thestallion1]

Yeah so this is a bit ridiculous , I even donated monthly and this 25+ attempts to log in every night is outlandish. I cant even get past the character select screen. I feel like this is not going to ever get fixed. Do we have to private petition? Any help or suggestions would be great...

[Tann]

5 times now seen character select screen and all 5 times crash while loading after that...

Yeah so this is a bit ridiculous , I even donated monthly and this 25+ attempts to log in every night is outlandish. I cant even get past the character select screen. I feel like this is not going to ever get fixed. Do we have to private petition? Any help or suggestions would be great...

the problem:
1) they don't care
1a) why should they? its not like their getting paid to fix issues.
2) the above is proven by the complete lack of response in this forum from devs/staff.
3) 90% probability that "they" believe its on our end, bad internets, etc..

only thing that works for me is to log in early and don't try and zone after 5 or 6 pm pacific time otherwise i'll crash and not be able to log back on.

[Tann]

^^^ and then I come on the forums and cry that I can't play my EQ's..

[Inanna]

This just started happening to me at the start of this week. And today I can't even get to the character selection screen.

[Pipsqueak]

The same issues have been happening to my wife and I since the last patch. During that time I have added a ssd to my comp and done a clean install of my OS and everquest and it has no effect. The same problems plague my wife comp as well and sometimes it takes around 15m to log in. For us it is about a 50% chance of loading a character in or into another zone. Failing to zone just hangs and clicking makes it go unresponsive. Then we have to wait for the server to boot our Ld chars. We also get the failure to connect to the server message and reloading the launcher gets past that. The blank character screen comes up once in awhile as well.

[Tweefiny]

I have experienced the same issues for the past month:

Logon never succeeds and never times out /freezes
Server selection is blank/empty
During zoning the client freezes

Last night was worse, so I decided to reboot my router. That changed nothing, so I switched to my backup Internet connection and that worked wonders!
Everything now works 100%, so it might be a router issue.

My ISP's are 2 different companies and the routers are from 2 seperate manufacturers. The Zyxel router, is the one giving me trouble logging on. My Linksys WRT54GL is the router delivering good connection.

I am having better connection to P99 after i switched, then I have ever had.
Zoning is fast and without the client changing position 3-4 times before the new zone loads.
I can change char multiple times, without the client crashes.
No lag issues and the small 2-3 second screen freeze is gone as well.

My setup is a 5yo Dell Vostro 420 with 4GB RAM and Windows 7 x64 (only supports up to Windows Vista). Harddrive is a 500GB 7200RPM with a 1GB AMD Graphics card

From my house, this is not a server side issue.
I tried switching between the internet connections and as soon as I was on the Zyxel, all my problems was occuring again.

[kaev]

From my house, this is not a server side issue.
I tried switching between the internet connections and as soon as I was on the Zyxel, all my problems was occuring again.

The fact that some less craptastic ISPs manage to cope with p99 better than CenturyLink & etc. does not make this a non-p99 issue. Other games & sites do not have the problem. The system formed by p99 client + p99 server has issues not present with other online services. It's a free service, we have no way to encourage a fix except by asking nicely and explaining the observed behavior as clearly as possible, but that doesn't stop us from hoping for a fix.

[Eldon]

Happening to me every now and then. This was happening a couple months ago and died down until now. It isn't a p99 issue for me. My connection usually fails at the same hop for about 5 mins around 5 times a day.. very frustrating. It's always some node in NY/NJ. I don't have these problems when I connect via my phone's ISP.

[Tann]

bump for great justice!

[towbes]

Disclaimer: The following is all conjecture and I have no proof or data to backup my claims.

This seems to me some issue with TTL on a packet somewhere. The upload on my ISP is absolutely terrible. When trying to zone during times I know my internet is at its worst, the screen will sit loading for ~3 minutes, finally kick back out to login screen, then when I login again it says my character is still in game and I need to wait. So while the character was never really disconnected from the server, there was some signal lost along the way telling my client I was still connected. Likely this is an issue that would require optimizing for poor connections, which would have a decent chance have having a negative effect on gameplay.

[so3arbelnox]

Been having zoning issues for the last 6 months now. I live in Japan but have no problems with any other online games. 200 mb/s Internet. Its really frustrating..and it seems from this 28 page thread that the devs really don't care. Bit of a shame but oh well. Was fun while it lasted.

[thestallion1]

Looks like basically servers are just too congested at times for poor connections to login. High speed internet is required to play for now.

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39238&highlight=login+server

[Tann]

Looks like basically servers are just too congested at times for poor connections to login. High speed internet is required to play for now.

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39238&highlight=login+server

Heaven forbid they fix the problem being that it's their server that cant handle all the connections, better to make those peons out in the blue yonder either give up or drop $$$ for better internets (which isn't an option for some).

[thestallion1]

Doesn't look like its just Project 1999's server issue, because people on other EQemu servers having problems. So you might want to post your bitching on that forum instead ;)

..not even going to respond to that
VVVV

[Tann]

they all use the same login server :P

[Pipsqueak]

I have been having crashing issues only while zoning or loading in from the character screen only since the last major patch. I managed to reduce the 50-60% zone crashing down to about 25% by turning off loading art while zoning in the Eq options as people have suggested in the crashing FAQ. I have tried port forwarding and running in admin mode with no luck. My wifes computer runs the same problem and it has just been since the last patch so i'm not sure what else to try. Hopefully it will get sorted out in a later update its just a minor inconvenience having to force shut down and wait for our characters to get booted before logging in. To everyone elses problems I suggest checking out the FAQ at the top of the Tech page and try some of the remedies. It might not cure it but it made it a lot less annoying.

[jtobias1989]

I too am experiencing this problem. About 75% of the time I can't make it to character select without crashing or have a blank server selection screen, and almost always crash while zoning. Now at 200-400 latency.

This problem just recently starting(~1 week 1/25/2015) with over a year of no issues.

I am using a standard Alienware X51 with the only modification being an SSD and a newer graphics card.
-Intel i7-3770
-16 GB Ram
-GTX 660
-64 bit operating system.

I have tried the following with no success:
-Restarting Computer
-Restarting Internet(Router/Modem)
-Trying either winEQ and EQEMU(Using the right click > Start EQ Only)
-No loading art on zoning

I refuse to badmouth the P99 moderators and owners because I know first hand how awesome they are and how they care for us(The community). And I also see that this is a very common problem, being a 29 page thread going back years. However hopefully my specs and list of things tried will help solve this eventually.

So even though I already had V36 (The most recent distribution files) I re downloaded them again and it seems to have calmed(not fixed) my issue greatly. I am now at 85-140 latency and haven't crashed yet as of 3 hours of play. I would suggest doing this to try and fix.

[lcykueper]

We are having this problem now. Takes at least 2 hours for us to get logged in at times (not kidding), then everytime we have to zone, we freeze, go linkdead, and go about trying to log in once again. We get patch errors, blank server screen, blank screen that takes us back to the log in screen, or flat out refuses to even try to connect with the server. Every other game we have will open and run, but for some reason it wont let us into EQ :( We got booted while zoning on the ship earlier.... Are our bodies going to be out in the ocean??? We flat out can not log back in...

[Ravager]

I have the exact same problems. Occurs most frequently during peak hours, but can happen any time of day. Unfortunately I live in the last mile and DSL is the fastest connection I can get. When I do manage to log on, my pings are usually around 67ms, so not bad The problems only ever occur when the client talks to the login server. Spent three hours trying to logon to recover a corpse last night, most of that time spent trying to get passed all of the logon issues described by everyone here.

[Sampten]

Having same problems, can't figure it out. It's definitely not my FIOS connection

[CreamyCowboy]

Just tried to login .. and I get a blank server screen.

[Sampten]

Any update/solution to resolve this issue? Still happening often to me in the evenings.

[OmgLemurs]

Ditto here. Let's necro this shit and hope someone has a solution?

[ALLCAPS]

Having same problems, can't figure it out. It's definitely not my FIOS connection

I am using FIOS as well and this issue is driving me nuts! Makes porting people rather hard when I freeze up before I get to zone in. Never had an issue before until this one.

[OmgLemurs]

I too am using Verizon FIOS.
Empty sever screen. Crashes on zone. All that jazz.
My ports are forwarded properly, so I know it's not that either.

[OmgLemurs]

Last night I went through and reinstalled every single one of my drivers. Motherboard, vid card, everything.

Seems to be working fine now! We'll see!

[Ravager]

I just want to bump this. For me these problems always arise at prime times when the population is 1,000+. It's unplayable at 1200+. I have a feeling this is going to get a lot more attention when Velious launches and the population reaches those numbers at all times of day.

[ALLCAPS]

I was talking to a guildy the other day about this and he claimed it had something to do with the RAM "bottoming out". He said that when you zone into a zone the EQ client loads up all the memory but when you zone out of the zone it doesn't clear that memory out properly (or something like that). So after awhile of going through different zones the client ends up freezing because it can't load anymore memory.

Told me to restart my computer and try again. Sure enough, after a restart the problem does go away, but depending on how much you zone determines how long until you have to restart your computer again. If I am porting a lot it only takes a couple of hours before I have to reboot everything.

Really wish this wasn't an issue at all though.

[Jadian]

I have all these issues at the moment but only when dealing with specific zones. These zones will always give me trouble regardless of any of the temp or otherwise fixes listed. Didn't have this issue when I was last playing 5-6 months or so ago. Anyone have any luck fixing issues with specific zones?

[Sampten]

I have all these issues at the moment but only when dealing with specific zones. These zones will always give me trouble regardless of any of the temp or otherwise fixes listed. Didn't have this issue when I was last playing 5-6 months or so ago. Anyone have any luck fixing issues with specific zones?

Since updating to the latest Nvidia driver, I've seen this happen less. That being said, I don't believe it has anything to do with the video card/driver.

I never have this problem when the server population is sub 1,000. The only time I see this as a problem is prime time (EST) between 730pm and 1130pm or so.

[Jadian]

Updated all my drivers and everything yesterday. The time I was having this problem the worst was last night during the most offpeak hours I've ever seen lately. (~70 on red and ~440 on blue). I increased my zoning speeds and other various aspects, however the same zones still crash every. single. time.

[Ravager]

I never have this problem when the server population is sub 1,000. The only time I see this as a problem is prime time (EST) between 730pm and 1130pm or so.

You and me both. It's unplayable primetime.

[Jadian]

Strange to me that you guys only have trouble when it's busy, that's doesn't seem to affect me at all. Hell I've been unable to log a character into the Overthere for 3 days straight now, probably 30+ failed attempts, and I mostly only play during offpeak hours.

[Ziggy]

this seems to be happening to us pretty frequently, more often on the AMD rig though...

[YotamR]

I also just started crashing when trying to log in/zone... Started happening to me a few weeks ago. Disabled loading screen art, and that helped at the time, but the problem surfaced again today.
Tried restarting computer/router a few times, but that didn't affect anything.

[Staru]

Also experiencing this issue. And have for a few days. No changes made on computer, one day it was fine, the next getting freezes, no server select etc

[Staru]

Gf no longer using chromecast in the same room as my computer with wireless connection. All is good :)

[Briscoe]

I'll throw my hat into the ring.

The problems discussed extensively in this thread are completely killing my ability to play this game now. Every night is a battle to log in. And then when I do get to log in, whenever I zone or camp to character select screen I have a non-negligible chance of crashing, at which point I must resume the battle of trying to log in.

This has been happening for a few weeks now.

Tonight I logged in after 15 minutes fighting with the blank server select problem. Once I logged in the first thing I did was port out, but I crashd zoning. Now I've spent the last 30 minutes trying to log in again.

[Jaleth]

This is happening a lot to me as well the last couple of weeks. Thought it was just me.

[ALLCAPS]

I will say that rebooting my computer nightly, or whenever this error happens to occur, greatly reduces the amount of crashing that I have been receiving. I'm not sure if this helps any of you, but a guild mate suggested it, and I'm terrible when it comes to shutting down my computer since I am on a laptop, but I've tried it and it helps me immensely.

[Tonden_Ockay]

Hi while trying to play P99 the game Freezes Up after I pick my character and try to log in about 50% or more of the time.

It does the same thing ever time I zone.

However I tried playing on SoD and it never happens there. What could be causing it here but not there?

Oh and last night I tried the chinese server on EQEmulator and had no problem there as well.

I have internet that travels over a radio antenna. So my only guess is that P99 is pickier on how data is transferred over the internet. May be there is more data needing to be transferred so it needs a stronger connection for a longer time?


I am guessing but I would love to find a fix because I would love to play here. However at this point in time its not looking like I will be.


I just know the other servers I have tried out I don't have this problem with.

I have tried:
turning all my settings off and to 0.
WinEQ
Running on one Core
New game installs
New Patch installs
Run as Administrator
Run in XP
Run in Win7
Updated Drivers

I have 4 desktops and one laptop in my house and I have the same problem on all of them with P99 but not with some of the other servers I have tried out. So this has to be something to do with my internet and the P99 server.

I would be grateful for any and all help.

[Tiggles]

Having this problem on my laptop

please fix

[Jadian]

Hi while trying to play P99 the game Freezes Up after I pick my character and try to log in about 50% or more of the time.

It does the same thing ever time I zone.

However I tried playing on SoD and it never happens there. What could be causing it here but not there?

Oh and last night I tried the chinese server on EQEmulator and had no problem there as well.

I have internet that travels over a radio antenna. So my only guess is that P99 is pickier on how data is transferred over the internet. May be there is more data needing to be transferred so it needs a stronger connection for a longer time?


I am guessing but I would love to find a fix because I would love to play here. However at this point in time its not looking like I will be.


I just know the other servers I have tried out I don't have this problem with.

I have tried:
turning all my settings off and to 0.
WinEQ
Running on one Core
New game installs
New Patch installs
Run as Administrator
Run in XP
Run in Win7
Updated Drivers

I have 4 desktops and one laptop in my house and I have the same problem on all of them with P99 but not with some of the other servers I have tried out. So this has to be something to do with my internet and the P99 server.

I would be grateful for any and all help.

This. Exactly this.

[ALLCAPS]

I'm sick of the mods talking about cracking down on RMT but yet they won't take the time to even address this issue. I seriously have been having the worst luck with this shit tonight. I'm trying to do parts of my epic quest and sure enough the client freezes EVERY TIME I try porting. Now when I try to log back in my server select screen is empty. Once I finally get to the screen (after, I dunno, maybe like 20-30 tries), I try to log in and it tells me my spell files are out of date.

When is this shit going to become a big enough problem for you mods to start doing something about it? Has a mod even addressed this issue at all? Is anyone looking for a fix? I am clearly not alone here and I don't give a shit if 90% of the servers population was participating in RMT because as of now it's unplayable anyhow. This is a joke. When I started on this server I had never had this issue, now I am getting fed up very quickly with how things are.

[Grizzled]

The mods have addressed this issue. A year or so ago I worked (through petition forum) to identify the issue. We traced it to a low quality ISP and packet loss. So the issue was put on the ISP. I shared such "results"

I have tried to do posts here and there to explain everything but few actually dig through a 30 page thread. But i will do a summary, yet again:

Mine started a long time ago. I have a Sat connection. Once the server changed data centers, I started having issues. The same issues you guys are having, I had. It will evolve into PERMANENT characters being unable to load and zone. The packetloss led us to believe the ISP was the issue. Which is true the packet loss is the cause. However everyone seemed to stop there and not finish the root cause. My issues started after the data center moved. I totally believe the data center is dumping poor connections, and/or the game/ui/software is rejecting inferior connections. I believe the ISP is only the trigger to a deeper issue. I do not have access to server/datacenter, etc. I personally cannot test these theories. Those who can could, and may have but no comment has been made officially.

You can ping and tracert all you want too and show good connection, you will still get cut off. Im not an IT guy or anything of the sorts. Ive just been around computers since apple 2e's. Just my 2cp.

[Mesnset]

Ditto on the issues.

I logged in with no issues last night around 5:30 pm EST. After a bit I crashed on zoning. Had trouble getting to a populated screen but eventually did. Played some more then another freeze on zoning. After that, if I could get to the server select, it was blank. It was a progressive failure which, to me, screams server side problems.

IIRC, EQ had serious connection problems at one point. They kept telling people it was their connection. One day, they released a patch and all these issues went away.

[Sampten]

I had awful issues last night and tried everything under the sun to fix them, with no luck.

As far as my ISP is concerned, I have FIOS.

I am an IT person and I cannot pinpoint the issue. The issue ONLY occurs when there are over 1100 people logged in on Blue. If I get on in the morning (EST), I never run into a problem.

I hang when zoning, I get a no server select screen, I can get to the character select screen, click on the character and log in and it hangs.

I've updated everything and anything on my end. I even flashed my router last night, flushed out DNS settings on both the local machine and at my router level.

Seeing as this ONLY happens when the population of Blue exceeds 1100, I'm absolutely positive it's an issue on their end.

[Tonden_Ockay]

I have been testing out other EQEMU server as well as EpicEMU and SoD (which aren't on EQEMU) I haven't had these problems. I can play on all these other servers and zone all day long and never freeze or crash. So this seems to be just with P99. So there for it has to be on their end.

They are forcing me and others like me who want to play on P99 to go play on other EQ servers.

If it was 2/3 of the population having this problem they would be all over it. But because it is a small group of us they do not seem to care, which is sad.

I will go play on Chronicles of Norrath till this gets fixed if it ever gets fixed. I really do hope it does, but I just cant deal with the game freezing up all the time on me.

Again I don't have this problem on other server so it has to be something to do with P99.

Take Care all I will check back now and then.

[Mesnset]

Update for me:

The past two days I've had no problems as compared to the three prior days. Server populations when I logged in were 1084 and 1144. I changed nothing on my end.

[Mesnset]

And the problems are back again. When I could see the login screen, population count was at 1167

Since my last post of no issues, a few days later started having infrequent drops. It got more progressive with time. Memory leak or some other server side corruption would be my guess.

[Sampten]

I have absolutely no idea what to do here. The game is unplayable when the population exceeds 1100 for me.

I crash every time i zone.

[Attila the Fun]

This is a frequent issue for me too. I always get the blank server select screen after a zoning crash and, strangely enough, by far the most common crash is when I zone from EC to WFP. Other than this issue, I never crash while zoning and can run P99 totally fine (no WinEQ no nothing).

[Malsirian]

I had this same problem today for the first time. I was going from Butcherblock into Kaladim. Froze up during loading and then when I tried to reconnect there were no servers. I eventually figured out that I could logout then back in again repeatedly until the server list appeared. Still had problems zoning, though not every time. And sometimes I could just wait it out and eventually load the zone instead of getting disconnected. There were 1300+ people on at the time.

[Attila the Fun]

Got this problem again, this time back to back nights only zoning into North Freeport. Blank server select fixes after a few tries, but for the first time ever I am having problems getting back in the game.

[Tonden_Ockay]

I can play EQ Live with no problem
I can play SoD with no problem (not on EQemulator)
I can play EPICEMU with no problem (not on EQemulator)
I can play all kinds of EQ emulator servers with no problem
I have used Titanium, RoF2, Underfoot, and EQ live free download plat forms with no problem at all.

The only Server I have this problem with is P99. So the Derv's have screwed with something that is causing this.

[kaev]

And now, with population routinely topping 1300, when you do manage to get in you have the added bonus of desyncing at random intervals, followed of course by another 15 to 30 minutes of not being able to get back into the game. No point in trying to get a group due to zoning issues + desyncs, solo is stupidly risky due to desyncs, tradeskilling pointless too with the desyncs.

this shit sucks :(

[towbes]

This is a problem that happens to me frequently on a terrible internet connection in Asia. Here is a debug log of me logging into feerrott, then hammering off of a mob. The client never finished zoning just froze at the screen of my hammer proccing:

http://pastebin.com/Lmwb3cDc


The following is a log of me attempting to log in from char select. The client gets a full loading bar, then just sits at the char select with loading bar full (I have loading screen art set to off)

http://pastebin.com/EHAw501p

[Old Prexus]

I had the same problem, but it was always when I had Netflix running in the backround. When I play without Netflix I never have the black server screen or zone load freezes. not sure if that harlps.

[Frudrura]

I was talking to a guildy the other day about this and he claimed it had something to do with the RAM "bottoming out". He said that when you zone into a zone the EQ client loads up all the memory but when you zone out of the zone it doesn't clear that memory out properly (or something like that). So after awhile of going through different zones the client ends up freezing because it can't load anymore memory.

Told me to restart my computer and try again. Sure enough, after a restart the problem does go away, but depending on how much you zone determines how long until you have to restart your computer again. If I am porting a lot it only takes a couple of hours before I have to reboot everything.

Really wish this wasn't an issue at all though.

I will try this and see, I do porting as well so I guess it could be something like this.

I have been having this problem, it has gotten WAY worse this past week. I have tried resetting my modem/router, disabling and enabling my wireless card through my OS. For a while, it seemed like just resetting the modem/router "fixed" things, but yes this past week it has been pretty bad. I can get into the game usually, it is just when I zone that the problem occurs. If the server select screen is black, I just hit Esc and login again and the servers usually show up always. I guess if I don't come back to complain more, maybe just restarting my computer is the solution for now, until something better can be found.

[Frudrura]

Well. It seemed to work. I restarted, then for probably 5 zones in a row, there was no linkdeath. But, then it started happening again. And like other people, it seems to happen when the server is at peak hours, not before.

[Swish]

How old is your computer Frudrura? I was playing on a 2009ish second hand laptop up until last year and never had a ram problem, and it wasn't by any means a gaming laptop.

Have you disabled everything before playing? Tried turning off things like your firewall? Definitely try a wired connection if you can, that's the best bit of advice I can give to anyone who's struggling with connectivity issues.

I'd guess that zoning into a populated zone like EC would make it worse/more likely to crash?

[Frudrura]

It is relatively new, i5 4670k, windows 8.1, 8gb ram. I am on a wireless connection though. My Dad might help me get a wired connection to my room soon so maybe that will clear things up. Just did some optimization using inSSIDer to find best channel for my router to use. I am not sure if this will help, but you are right the wired connection is probably the best thing to use.

[jf2673]

Having same issue. Last night I was in Kurns tower and had to quickly zone out to not die, when zoning back in it was stuck on the loading screen. Had to re-open eqgame.

[Samoht Farstrider]

Every time I camp out with my bard, the game crashes. I have 7 other toons I play on but only crash with the bard.

Any ideas?

[jf2673]

Every time I camp out with my bard, the game crashes. I have 7 other toons I play on but only crash with the bard.

Any ideas?

That happens to me too! 9/10 times I crash out when I camp. I play on a Windows 8.1 laptop and sometimes on my Windows 7 desktop. Both using WinEQ2 newest version. Both computers have the new i5 and i7 processors with decent graphics cards.

[ogmot]

The interesting part is, They said they may have fixed the issue last server patch, ironically i had all last weekend off and i played all day Saturday and Sunday with not one single zone crash ect. server select was good ect. Starting this past Monday 15-JUNE-15 I started crashing again, i log on around 8pm EST time. almost every time i zone, no matter the zone i freeze, group tells me i go LD because i am in Vent so they can tell me that, so i close out re log, no server select...get in past server, no characters found and or spell list out of date, after a few times trying i am in...zone just fine then die and freeze while coming back to bind point.

Now i played all this week because i am fool and love this game so much i tried to "let it go" like frozen, but its has been the most annoying week of my EQ P99 life, crash after crash while zoning, no log on servers ect. I has a sad, but I am at a loss on what to do. I have two different clients ( drag and drop folder version, and ISO version ) and three machines, laptops also all do the same thing, i also can log in from work and it happens so i do not think its something with my set up or home internet.

END RANT.

[Harmonicdeth]

I have the same issues...I have reinstalled, opened firewall, opened router, changed ports on router, tried direct connection to modem, uninstalled add-ons, deleted UI files, i dont know what else to do..has to be a patch issue, this PC hasn't had an issue till this latest patch :/

[Latex]

I am having the same issue. It is incredibly frustrating. Things have been running smooth for a year plus until this last patch.

[Valerik]

Started having these issues recently in the past month. Very annoying. Zoning is a risk at this point. :/

[Ruien]

To everyone seeing recent problems, please review this thread (http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=197923) and especially this post by Wisteso (http://www.project1999.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1941059&postcount=16).

[ppdanny]

Over the last 2 days been experiencing problems. I crash every time I zone now. I crash almost every time I try log in. Right now I can't even get to a character select on my main's account without getting booted back to server login page.

[Archalen]

I'm having these issues badly. I'm on a pretty brand new PC with a good graphics card; every other online game works fine. I don't know nothin bout computers though.

[Ruien]

It has indeed been pretty bad. I have trouble logging in, trouble zoning, frequent blank character select, etc. It was really good for awhile, and recently has become nearly as bad as it's ever been. It's even affecting my ability to participate in guild events and raids.

xo.net and ntt.net really need to figure out their network peering issues. That's never going to happen without pressure from their customers (the datacenter where p99 is hosted).

[Sampten]

It has indeed been pretty bad. I have trouble logging in, trouble zoning, frequent blank character select, etc. It was really good for awhile, and recently has become nearly as bad as it's ever been. It's even affecting my ability to participate in guild events and raids.

xo.net and ntt.net really need to figure out their network peering issues. That's never going to happen without pressure from their customers (the datacenter where p99 is hosted).

There's clearly some issues going on again. I noticed the no servers screen when logging in this evening and also noticed it took forever to log in.

Zoning has been taking me forever this evening as well.

[reppa]

saying my spell files is out of date then when i try to copy pasta the patch it doesnt go through? what the heck is going on?

[Tiggles]

Bump. This game is almost unplayable some nights due to this.

Please fix what ever issue is causing this.

[jdixon485]

only having these issues after last patch

[iadas]

Hi all,

I've been having this happen to me on two separate computers. sometimes zoning takes several minutes, or could let me right through. Othertimes when I crash or login into server select, the select is blank. pretty much everything everyone else is talking about.

I've done the reinstall last night, and made sure that I downloaded the p99 zip file again from the site, but still no joy.

Any chance that I could get the IP address of your server to run a wireshark against it? I'm not totally convinced that it's not my antivirus (ESET already hates your dsetup.dll), but even sometimes when both firewall and protection turned off...still problems.

Many thanks!

[xabler]

ditto, Same issues. started a week ago.

[tirfup11]

glad to see im not alone

[hexric]

Bump.. need help with the zoning issue badly

[contemptor]

Happened to me today for first time. ~140 MS, very laggy, then crashed when zoning. On getting back in, the login server occasionally works, but then blank server select. Tried about 6 times so far.

Edit- Finally got back in. Slow zone, but made the first one. Crashed on second : (

Time warner cable

[woad]

36 pages on this thread and everyone I speak to in game acts like they have no issues at all. this only started happening after last patch .... ive reinstalled titanium , renewed ip address and jumped through some other hoops as possible fixes to this issue and nothing has worked . 6months no issues at all , then boom is completely unplayable ...... help

[xabler]

I had all the issues everyone describes for over a week but out of no where it stopped.
The game no longer crashes while zoning and everything is running smooth again. I didn't do anything to my PC, Router or to the game files. I do feel your pain cuz the game was unplayable.

[Plowyabeastlord]

so yea im experiencing all of the above, at first I thought it was a shitty internet connection and they came out and replaced my router and it still is occurring. please help ive been unable to play for weeks now

[magician]

Bump - any fix for this yet? Still having these symptoms.


Crash on zone 70% of the time
No characters showing up in character select
Wrong patch file in character select
Login server freezes after putting in password and hitting enter

[magician]

plz help lord rogean or lord nilberg

[Plowyabeastlord]

I still haven't found a fix, still continues to do this to me been about 3 months now

[magician]

bump

[Ménage à trois]

Ever since the last patch, I've had extremely weird issues with crashing on zone, high ping times, and intermittent problems.

The strangest thing is that I can replicate the issue each time (see below), but here's a rundown of some of the symptoms I'm experiencing - just an FYI this is on Windows 10, clean build, had no problems up until last patch:


If I join the 5Ghz wireless band on my access point, ping is always 500ms+ (100pct)
Joining the 2.5Ghz band on my access point, ping is anywhere from 67ms - 250ms (typically depends on people online)
If I run the EQ exe as Administrator, regardless of which band I'm connected to (right-click > Run As Administrator) ping is always 500ms+ (100pct)


During all of these tests, after I join the P1999 server (and have 500+ms lag) it seems to affect my web browsers as well (surfing slows down significantly). If I close the EQ application completely - web sites load normally. Speedtest.net shows down speed of ~150Mb/s down, 90Mb/s up

I've tried different access points, tethered cell phone internet, disabling Windows Defender, closing background applications, and it's hit or miss. One this is for certain though - if I use the 5ghz band or run the program as an administrator the ping goes through the roof.

I want to try a few more tests like running the EXE in compatibility mode, REGEDIT for ACK packets, and running hard wired (not a long term solution since the access point is a considerable distance from my office).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces

Once you reach this folder there will be 2 or more folders with strange file names. Search though one until you find the one that contains your IP address. It’ll appear as DhcpIPAddress with the data value of 192.168.xx.xxx (whatever your IP is).

Anywhere in the white space on the right pane right click and select New –> DWORD Value (appears as DWORD (32bit) Value for Vista and 7 users). Give it the name TcpAckFrequency (make sure you type it exactly as I did or it will not work) When finished right click your newly created file and select modify and give it the value “1” without the quotes.

Create another DWORD Value file and name it TCPNoDelay. Again, make sure you spell it exactly as I did or it will not work. When finished do the same as you did for the previous file. Right click, Modify and assign it the value of 1.

Reboot


I'll let you know if I find any fixes for the issues I'm experiencing

[mdavis522]

Ever since the last patch, I've had extremely weird issues with crashing on zone, high ping times, and intermittent problems.

The strangest thing is that I can replicate the issue each time (see below), but here's a rundown of some of the symptoms I'm experiencing - just an FYI this is on Windows 10, clean build, had no problems up until last patch:


If I join the 5Ghz wireless band on my access point, ping is always 500ms+ (100pct)
Joining the 2.5Ghz band on my access point, ping is anywhere from 67ms - 250ms (typically depends on people online)
If I run the EQ exe as Administrator, regardless of which band I'm connected to (right-click > Run As Administrator) ping is always 500ms+ (100pct)


During all of these tests, after I join the P1999 server (and have 500+ms lag) it seems to affect my web browsers as well (surfing slows down significantly). If I close the EQ application completely - web sites load normally. Speedtest.net shows down speed of ~150Mb/s down, 90Mb/s up

I've tried different access points, tethered cell phone internet, disabling Windows Defender, closing background applications, and it's hit or miss. One this is for certain though - if I use the 5ghz band or run the program as an administrator the ping goes through the roof.

I want to try a few more tests like running the EXE in compatibility mode, REGEDIT for ACK packets, and running hard wired (not a long term solution since the access point is a considerable distance from my office).



I'll let you know if I find any fixes for the issues I'm experiencing
Thank you for pointing out the 5G thing. I am using that option for the first time today and having crash issues. I'll give it a go on the lower option and see if there's a difference.

[thestallion1]

Try using a VPN first. Like WTFast https://www.wtfast.com/ . Paid the monthly sub for it. worth it if u are hardcore gamer. I had a sh*ty connection so server select would rarely show up. Zone crashed all the time. Finally i researched that VPN or GPN can help enhance your connection power with games. Could run it with a tether 4GLTE cell phone connection. Thats the only fix I know. Its mostly the p99 server, their connection is terrible.... but its free to play so.. work with what you got
GLHF

Pantheon is Coming!

[mdavis522]

It was the 5G network for my problem. Thank you so much. I switched to 2.5ghz since my last post and its been smooth as pie!