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

[Thulack]

ok well since the weekend i have basically had all the following things happen to be on a regular basis:

Blank sever select(75% of the time)
Crash when logging into a toon from char select screen(probably 50% of the time)
Crash while zoning in many random zones(10-20% of the time)
double the ms ping. Usually it was 62-64ms and now is regularly 116-125ms(100% of the time)

Nothing new has been introduced into my system or changed. Ive rebooted everything and p99 and the p99 webiste which is running slower then normal too are the only things that are effected. No other websites are loading slower and my speedtest is still hitting 23mb/s DL 4.5mb/s UL.

[JayN]

working as intended after patch this is very classic; good work staff!

[Thulack]

hmm what was changed between the v29 and v30 patch? i remember downloading the patch on the 8th and it was v29 when i did but now when i went to repatch just incase it was v30. once i did that i logged in fine but still have 129ms.

[Lyra]

I'm confused about the whole v29 - v30 thing.

Rogean changed the file location and made it v30, but I don't know that there was an actual change from the 8th to when he moved the patch?

On the 8th it was http://www.project1999.org/files/eqchangesv29.zip

Then at some point it was changed to: http://www.project1999.org/files/P99Files30.zip

I didn't download again after the 8th.

I only noticed the change because people were complaining my instructions weren't working with the v29 link.

[Thulack]

Maybe nothing was changed i was just wondering cause i just noticed it.

[andvarion]

EXACT same things happening to me.

1. Zoning used to always take about 5-10 seconds, now it can be as quick as that or as slow as never successfully zoning at all (freezes).
2. Sometimes freezes when loading the game from character select screen.
3. Exactly double the ms ping. Used to be about 50, now is about 100.
4. Server select isn't blank, but it sometimes takes a while to connect to the server now, and when it does, sometimes it says my spell file is out of date. Simply quitting EQ and trying again usually works.
5. EDIT: Actually, server select is blank from time to time too.

Absolutely nothing has changed on my end. I logged off EQ one night, all was fine. Went to sleep, went to work the next day, came home and logged onto EQ and experienced all of the above. Computer wasn't touched between EQ sessions. Started about two days ago.

[Thulack]

EXACT same things happening to me.

1. Zoning used to always take about 5-10 seconds, now it can be as quick as that or as slow as never successfully zoning at all (freezes).
2. Sometimes freezes when loading the game from character select screen.
3. Exactly double the ms ping. Used to be about 50, now is about 100.
4. Server select isn't blank, but it sometimes takes a while to connect to the server now, and when it does, sometimes it says my spell file is out of date. Simply quitting EQ and trying again usually works.

Absolutely nothing has changed on my end. I logged off EQ one night, all was fine. Went to sleep, went to work the next day, came home and logged onto EQ and experienced all of the above. Computer wasn't touched between EQ sessions. Started about two days ago.

Yep thats how its working for me.

[JayN]

tbh i suspected it was to mess up bots, help detect hacking and fastswitchers; nfc what they did but it is beyond frustrating for an average user!

[Roku]

I've played on this server almost since day 1 and this has just started happening to me since the last patch as well. All the things you've described.

[Elissa]

All of this same stuff has just started happening to me as well, within the last two days. Maybe we need to start listing some of our relevant hardware/software to find a common issue?

AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz processor
ATI Radeon 5850
Windows 7 64

[newt3k]

All of this same stuff has just started happening to me as well, within the last two days. Maybe we need to start listing some of our relevant hardware/software to find a common issue?

AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz processor
ATI Radeon 5850
Windows 7 64

I just posted the same issues last night. Exact same things happening to me as well.

AMD Phenom II X4 955 black
16GB DDR3
Nvidia GTX 650 TI 2GB
Win 7 64
Nothing overclocked

Using WinEQ launcher or just a shortcut ends up doing the same thing intermittently with both.

[Elissa]

I just posted the same issues last night. Exact same things happening to me as well.

AMD Phenom II X4 955 black
16GB DDR3
Nvidia GTX 650 TI 2GB
Win 7 64
Nothing overclocked

Using WinEQ launcher or just a shortcut ends up doing the same thing intermittently with both.

well we've got similar processors... maybe we're on to something!

[Thulack]

AMD Phenom II X4 B50 3.2ghz
8gb DDR3
Radeon HD 4850
win 7 64 bit
4th core unlocked on a x3 processor(always been that way for 2 years of playing now)

[andvarion]

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core (OC'ed 4.2GHz)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" SSD
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 680 2GB (factory OC)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DG 24-bit 96 KHz
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

AMD processors don't seem to be the culprit, as I'm Intel. Surely more than just a handful of us are having these problems.

What about ISPs?

I'm Comcast, in Tennessee.

[burdenday]

I'm in the exact same boat.

AMD A8-3850 APU
4 GB Ram
750 GB HD
Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
Comcast is my ISP in California

[Thulack]

Comcast in central Pennsylvania

[andvarion]

The things we're experiencing definitely seem like network issues... and Comcast is suddenly looking like a possible culprit. Although the timing of it all seems to coincide with the server getting the XP boost. I wonder if it's something on the server's side of things.

[Handull]

This is happening to me pretty much exactly as described, one two different computers. I also have the underfoot client installed on one of my computers, for playing on another server, and I don't apply the p99 patches to those files. Even my underfoot installation is having issues with the server select screen appearing blank very often. Not seeing crashing as often on underfoot, but on p99 crashing is very common since last patch.

[Elissa]

Comcast in CA here too.

[Cyph]

Jealous at your pings, us here in Aussieland get 300ms+ !

Also getting the same thing infrequently happening with the crashing whilst zoning.

[Ella`Ella]

I'm experiencing the same exact issues starting just a couple nights ago. Nothing has changed on my end either.

[Silent]

This has been happening since the patch to me as well, I know a few guildmates who its happening to also which is why I finally decided to check the forums. I run ramdisk and am used to 0 lag, quick zone times(2-4 seconds) and a average of 50-60ms.

Since the patch, Sometimes I get lucky or sometimes I have really bad luck and I will crash 8/10 zone times. Sometimes it just ends up taking nearly a minute to zone if you leave it alone, Other times it simply freezes and you have to wait for a DC or exit EQ forcefully. Only to restart EQ and come in to a server select that is empty, Restart EQ and try again usually the 2nd restart will display the servers or if you wait about 15 minutes. Mind you I did the Tashania spell quest(10 coins, 10 towns across the world) and this crashing made it hell, The only thing that made up for the zone crashing was being able to load back in almost as fast as active char dissapeared due to ramdisk.

Other times I will go most of the day with no issues then all of a sudden I crash zoning, and it happens again and stuff just goes wrong. Guildmates report similar incidents along with higher ping. I currently have a average ping ingame of 85-95 on comcast.


// The computer I run EQ on
AMD Athlon™ II X4 620 Processor (2048KB L2 Cache, CPU 1) @ 2600MHz (200MHz FSB)
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (Processor: ATI display adapter), 1920x1080x32, 60Hz
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (SP1)

Has anyone installed that patch 30 or whatever and know if it makes a difference? I play on red so trying to rush somewhere for pvp/encounters is very tough when experiencing this.

[Kasyra]

Same here. Was getting slow load times while zoning, sometimes disconnects and had to restart EQ. Now, I cant get the server select screen to populate after I enter in login info. It just sits at a blank server select screen until I get a timeout error.

[Thulack]

logged on today and my ping has gone back down to 67ms. have raid later so will see how it goes and will be switching toons and stuff so can see then but nice to see ms down back under 70.

[Kasyra]

system specs
Intel core 2 quad cpu 2.4ghz
4gb ram
windows 7 professional
nvidia geforce 9800gtx

all drivers are up to date.

[Thulack]

system specs
Intel core 2 quad cpu 2.4ghz
4gb ram
windows 7 professional
nvidia geforce 9800gtx

all drivers are up to date.

comcast internet by chance?

[Kasyra]

comcast internet by chance?

Yes, sorry forgot to add that.

[Thulack]

I bet its something with comcast. i had a issue with them about a month ago that my internet was out a few times over a week span and i ended up getting a new modem(the problem "fixed" itself before i got the new modem but still. I wish there was a better option then crap that is 2/3 slower and same price.

[Trouble]

Having all the same problems and now constantly getting errors trying to join the server. "An unknown error occurred while trying to join the server."

[appariti0n]

Same exact problems here.

Suddenly it takes 3 or 4 tries to get to the server select screen, and i get the "an unknown error occurred" message each time I try to connect to the server.

Shaw cable In Calgary AB Canada is my provider. I've tried with 2 computers and I also tried it by turning on my phone's wifi hotspot to see if it was a problem with my provider.

[Kasyra]

Ok got it working again. Turns out my roommate turned in some video game/streaming media boost option in our router. Turning it off allowed me to connect on first try.

[Roku]

Mine seemed to work fine last night. Ping was back down and didn't crash while zoning. No changes made on my end. Hopefully this is a trend.

[Thulack]

Mine seemed to work fine last night. Ping was back down and didn't crash while zoning. No changes made on my end. Hopefully this is a trend.

same here.

[adk08]

try "run as administrator" on your shortcut. i know this is crazy because i never had to do this before, i was having the exact same problems and this fixed it first try

[Thulack]

try "run as administrator" on your shortcut. i know this is crazy because i never had to do this before, i was having the exact same problems and this fixed it first try

it wasnt that. it was something with comcast i believe. it stopped after the last post i made and hasnt happened again since.

[vaportrail007]

Hey guys,

My buddy and I are having the same issues mentioned above on

-3 different systems (1 homebrew intel, 1 HP amd, 1 dell laptop),
-3 different versions of windows (XP, Vista and Windows 7)
-2 different internet connections (His place, my place)

And all on Time Warner connections not comcast.

We've done the Quick fixes mentioned in other posts:
-Turned off Loading screen (helped with 90% of the zoning crashes, but Freeport still hates us, we have a 50/50 shot to not crash)
-Run the game as Admin and in compatibility mode (XP service pack 2) This actually sped the game up a bit.

We had no problems at all UNTIL the data center/Hardware adjustment switch on Monday this past week, then all these things started happening at once.

Issues:
-Crashes while zoning (complete lock ups)
-Empty server window
-Saying our files are out of date on character select screen, etc

Usually restarting the client corrects everything but the crashing. I'm sure its a bug somewhere , especially since the login sever didn't want to work with titanium after the switch either.

-Vaportrail

[citizen1080]

Same issue here..and im not on Comcast. Time Warner.

[Mistle]

Having this issue as well, since the patch.

[WarKnignt]

Same problems here sine server shut down few days ago...before that, was running perfectly..

[Thulack]

Sounds like Time warner having the same problem Comcast did :(

[Mistle]

I'm not even American. It's not the ISP's, the patch buggered something.

[skipdog]

Same issue here..and im not on Comcast. Time Warner.

[Bill Tetley]

Having problems here as well. Long ago (2011?) when I first started playing I would zone and the game would just sit there zoning and never zone... then suddenly this behavior went away and it was AWESOME. Since the server move or the last patch this behavior has resurfaced.

When I click Enter World (best button name to play a game ever btw) the game will just sit there and not do anything. I'd say this happens about 50% of the time I attempt to first log in to the game. Today I crashed between zoning 4 times... game sits there and does nothing forcing me to close it. This happens on TWO different computers. One is my laptop which is Win7 x64 and the other is Win8.1. Two different ISPs as well... earthlink (verizon) and comcast. Strange how it all of a sudden started happening again. I have no changes on my end to either computer. My MS is low 60-30 and sometimes I do see a blank server select screen. Also player avatars will disappear and reappear more often than they use to...

[Bill Tetley]

Game is crashing while zoning still. I don't think it's my connection speed?

http://s8.postimg.org/3m1ie1pbl/speed.png

[Vexenu]

Add me to the list of people having these problems.

[Spacebar]

Same here. It actually happened to me last year and the year before and maybe the year before that, I forget. I remember before it was because some undersea cable had been cut that was going from the US to Asia (where I'm working). A few years back there was a big storm in Japan, and I guess the main cable going from US to here was cut then. It was claimed for the last 2 years that there were cable problems and each time, during that time, I was having these problems.

However, now the gov't here and the internet companies aren't saying anything about problems with that cable, so....

But either way, I'm having these crazy issues also, particularly at certain times of the day. Server time I'm having the problems between 3am-?1-2pm I suppose (I never stay up that late). So I assume it has little to do with many people being on the server at the time.

It is actually semi-comforting to know that I'm not the only one having the problem (been 3 weeks now), but at the same time VERY frustrating.

[Triangle]

same issues for me (time warner)

[bizzum]

Playing during the daytime is unbearable. Cant even move between zones or characters without experiencing some issue that crashes me of IP blocks me.

[JayN]

Playing during the daytime is unbearable. Cant even move between zones or characters without experiencing some issue that crashes me of IP blocks me.


Many of us are just not playing, sounds like IB got pissed their mac buymywaytothetop sandbox got shut down.

[Argentate]

Still getting the same issues. The problem may have something to do with Rogean's anti-DDoS provisions, as the timing seems to match. If that's the case, I guess we'll just have to put up with it :(

[Volec]

I'm having the same issues as well.

[Sun Ra]

Same problems as previously mentioned.

It has been pretty bad the last few days.

[quido]

me 2

[Korpskugga]

me 3

[mtb tripper]

I guess im just gonna hop on this thread now that they deleted my other thread from the tech discussion

[Bill Tetley]

crashed zoning 4 times so far since 1:30 est

[Bill Tetley]

crashed 5 times zoning today so far... verizon isp

[Gulliver]

i tried Wineq for and it seemed like it almost worked for a little while but not really. the last week it has gotten even worse. i crash about 80% of the time and often have to login/load 2-3 times before i get in game. has made the game unplayable and not fun. even if the raid scene wasnt a retarded fucked up mess

[Chrimes]

same problem here cant find a fix

[Bill Tetley]

timed out zoning 4 times in the last 45min. verizon still

5 times now
edit: 6 times now
7 times ive timed out zoning.

edit: 1/15/2014

first timeout zoning of the day.

1/17/14 - first timeout of the day.

[Bill Tetley]

real broken this morning... each time I zone I timeout. when I log back in I see no server list. when I do see the server list and I join and it will timeout and say there was some type of connection error. I close the game and keep trying and it will work eventually... I click enter world and I timeout again. testing internet speed and im running over 50mb this morning.

[Daldaen]

Yea I am having this all over the place. I attributed it to shitty hotel internet that I am dealing with, but it looks like it may be more wide-spread than that.

Crashing on every other zone line is extremely fucking annoying.

[Daldaen]

Anyone else still having these issues or managed to resolve them?

I'm considering completely reinstalling at this point in time.

[Argh]

Iv crashed everytime I zone today... takes me 15 minutes worth of log in tries to actually get in with characters on my screen.

So frustrated.

Same thing is happening to me right now.

[ciqills]

I've been having issues logging in since the patch as well.
Getting booted back to log-in screen after choosing my character regularly, takes 2-3 tries to get in.

[Argh]

I switched Load Screen: None to Load Screen: Load Art and haven't crashed again.

Maybe try this if you also have it set to none.

[phacemeltar]

I switched Load Screen: None to Load Screen: Load Art and haven't crashed again.

Maybe try this if you also have it set to none.

any idea what value i set in eqclient.ini?

[Tasslehofp99]

I've been crashing on zone/while camping out of game since the last patch, almost 100% of the time.


Ill get a client crash error message along with some "cannot read memory" error.


Could this have to do with the UI files from the last patch? I also noticed that this patch had significantly more files than any I've ever downloaded.

[Solb]

ok well since the weekend i have basically had all the following things happen to be on a regular basis:

Blank sever select(75% of the time)
Crash when logging into a toon from char select screen(probably 50% of the time)
Crash while zoning in many random zones(10-20% of the time)
double the ms ping. Usually it was 62-64ms and now is regularly 116-125ms(100% of the time)

Nothing new has been introduced into my system or changed. Ive rebooted everything and p99 and the p99 webiste which is running slower then normal too are the only things that are effected. No other websites are loading slower and my speedtest is still hitting 23mb/s DL 4.5mb/s UL.

^This

[Derubael]

Are people still having these sorts of issues after the latest reboot (about 3:00pm EST 2014/1/26)

[Darkyle]

Just crashed zoning from unrest to dagnors training out a hag. Couldn't get back in for about 5 minutes

[Daldaen]

Crashed porting from EC -> Butcher.

[Nephazz]

I got a disconnect yesterday while sitting around in EC and couldn't log in anymore afterwards. This happens from time to time (not being able to log in, I mean), usually I just wait it out for a day or two and it works again.

[Argh]

Are people still having these sorts of issues after the latest reboot (about 3:00pm EST 2014/1/26)

I'm still having the issue of crashing from character select. If the character isn't in ec, it always takes three or four attempts to log in.

Crashing when zoning isn't happening as much, but still occurs every time I zone in to specific zones (TT from seb, lguk, uguk from lguk, seb)

[odiecat99]

I had to disable texture compression and texture caching and mip mapping, and this all went away.
same thing happened to me Thul, its fixed now.

[Daldaen]

I had to disable texture compression and texture caching and mip mapping, and this all went away.
same thing happened to me Thul, its fixed now.

Tried this last night after I crashed.

Got a blank server screen 1st try and was able to log in 2nd try. Then after zoning from UGuk -> Inny Swamp and Inny Swamp -> Grobb I crashed again.

Seems like this didn't fix it for me :/.

[odiecat99]

Weird. I know when my router is under high stress I crash ALOT zoning.

[Daldaen]

And I also randomly get the "Your spells file is outdated" character in my character select screen... even though I've had the most recent one downloaded for the past 2 weeks and nothing has changed.

Which is annoying.

[odiecat99]

I get that when my router is getting raped by 3 netflixes and several downloads on tablets / smartphones. Comcast blows.

[Daldaen]

Yea I get the feeling it's just this shitty hotel Internet and I'll have to suck it up til I'm done with this place.

Sigh.

[Thulack]

I get that when my router is getting raped by 3 netflixes and several downloads on tablets / smartphones. Comcast blows.

[greer]

Very buggy lately... might need to log in 4-5 times, and regularly crashes during zoning :(

[Tasslehofp99]

Very buggy lately... might need to log in 4-5 times, and regularly crashes during zoning :(

I'm still crashing anytime I use the /camp command everytime.

/camp
/camp desktop
/camp server
/q


All of these commands cause a client crash with a "cannot read memory" error.

Basically the only way I can exit the game is to use the command /ex.


Nothing was changed on my end aside from downloading the latest patch.


Any suggestions?


Bump, apparently I'm not the only one.

[Ghend]

I am crashing on death a lot. Fine when zoning normally, but when I die I get kicked to login screen a lot

[greer]

Same again today - 15 minutes to log in, disconnects on every zone/death. Never had this problem before, but it seems consistently occuring for the last 2-3 days.

[mattkwi]

This is getting worse. Never had this problem before just recently. Tonight i can barely move around between zones. Crashing nearly every time.

[Thulack]

This is getting worse. Never had this problem before just recently. Tonight i can barely move around between zones. Crashing nearly every time.

Pretty sure this was just a random occurance. half my guild was having issues and crashing everytime they zoned.

[Tasslehofp99]

I am crashing on death a lot. Fine when zoning normally, but when I die I get kicked to login screen a lot

Same here, and 100% of the time I /camp or /q....makes switching toons a real bitch cause I crash then have to wait for 1018 everytime.

[Tasslehofp99]

Something is deffinetly fucked up since the last patch, tons of people having issues crashing.

I may consider a fresh install this week if these issues persist, but I literally haven't changed a single setting besides download the latest patch.

[Triangle]

OMG this is getting ridiculous. Having huge crash problems today. Failure to zone, failure to log in properly. its horrible.

[Wollie]

Crashed while zoning on boat and then crashed again trying to relog.

[Tasslehofp99]

I'm still crashing anytime I use the /camp command everytime.

/camp
/camp desktop
/camp server
/q


All of these commands cause a client crash with a "cannot read memory" error.

Basically the only way I can exit the game is to use the command /ex.


Nothing was changed on my end aside from downloading the latest patch.


Any suggestions?


Bump, apparently I'm not the only one.
bump!

[Childhoods3nd]

I can successfully log into my bank toon in EC, but when I log in to my Main (50s') who is also in EC the screen freezes right after loading. Tried about a dozen odd times - one time I even made it 3 steps before it froze! pleeeezzeee haaalllpppp

[Gulliver]

this had cleared up more or less for a little while after last patch i think but seems to be back to normal(bad).

[greer]

All since the last patch for me. On Thursday, I'll document the Saga Of Trying To Log In.

[Crom]

ok well since the weekend i have basically had all the following things happen to be on a regular basis:

Blank sever select(75% of the time)
Crash when logging into a toon from char select screen(probably 50% of the time)
Crash while zoning in many random zones(10-20% of the time)
double the ms ping. Usually it was 62-64ms and now is regularly 116-125ms(100% of the time)

Nothing new has been introduced into my system or changed. Ive rebooted everything and p99 and the p99 webiste which is running slower then normal too are the only things that are effected. No other websites are loading slower and my speedtest is still hitting 23mb/s DL 4.5mb/s UL.

/same

[Daldaen]

Crashed zoning
Crashed logging back in
2 Times got to login screen but 0 characters (selected right server and clicked Play not Quick!)
2 TImes got to login screen but told incorrect spelldata file

W.T.F.

[senna]

Just started playing again and I guess this issue is hitting me now. Never had any problems before.

Blank server select
5+ minute zone times
Not zoning at all and having to reload

Game is pretty much unplayable unless I just sit in one zone

GG

[Dakidd4990]

Any word on a fix for these problems? I've been having the same issues since last patch. Seems like 50% of the time I crash while zoning. Then when I try to log back in I'll get empty server select or empty char select. Forcing me to close client and restart over and over until it works. When I actually DO zone it takes much longer than it used to. Ping is up to 90-100ms when it used to sit at ~40

What's going on hur?

[Brocktree]

Anyone who said they were going to try to a full re-install do it and fix the problem? Thinking about it but don't want to go through the hassle if it doesn't solve the problem.

[senna]

Anyone who said they were going to try to a full re-install do it and fix the problem? Thinking about it but don't want to go through the hassle if it doesn't solve the problem.

I did it. No dice.

Also I can play in hidden forest with no hitches at all. Def a p99 patch thing.

[DirtySloot]

Mine has been doing all of this for about 2 weeks, Died today after 10 log on attempts just lagged out to desktop or instantly sent me to desktop. Every time i camp and every time i zone i crash. Body now stuck behind door in HS west because of it lol! Oh the joyous classic connection problems!

If anyone has any fixes please post! although I am not sure this is a User problem.

[Tasslehofp99]

Anyone who said they were going to try to a full re-install do it and fix the problem? Thinking about it but don't want to go through the hassle if it doesn't solve the problem.

Nope, fresh re-install/patch and I still crash EVERY TIME I /camp. I can zone fine, and play without any lag...but /camping = auto client crash everytime. This has only been happening since the last patch.

[Danth]

I get the crash after camping a character, but it hasn't been every time. It'll do it 3 or 4 times in a row, then work normally 3 or 4 times in a row. I've not identified a cause.

So far the rest of the game seems to be working normally except my "default_old" UI broke and I'm stuck using the blue titanium UI. The wife's UI still works normally so it's possible I goofed up the install.

Danth

[Rogean]

Those having issues try logging in / zoning right now and let me know.

(Camping may still be broken).

[Tasslehofp99]

Those having issues try logging in / zoning right now and let me know.

(Camping may still be broken).

I'll give it a try, as long as its not just me having this issue with /camping I feel a little bit better about it now. I reinstalled and still had the issue, so at that point I started worrying about maybe some change/compatibility issue (on windows 8.1, yeah I know...)

[Zarzob]

tried to play today but game always craps out at various points:
can't log in to server list
blank server list (sometimes says error 1017 Cannot log in to the Everquest server)
disco when logging in character
very long zone times
disco while zoning after a zone or 2

running thru wine on OSX (red99)

[Rogean]

I'll give it a try

dotdotdot

[Tasslehofp99]

Sorry for the delayed response, had to leave for work in a hurry.

I logged in earlier and was able to zone twice without crashing. I camped to char select(just /camp) and crashed to desktop. Then I loaded eq up again and loaded in without issue, tried camping to char select again and this time it worked(/camp again, nothing different from first time)surprisingly. Logged into an ec trader character fine after that, then crashed again when I camped to go to work.

I haven't had issues zoning for a few days now but /camping seems to be causing a client crash most times, I would say 9/10 attempts to camp result in a client crash.

I should note that any time I was able to successfully camp out of game to char select I was in windowed mode and kept the EQ window selected. Following these successful camps I would try again while in windowed mode except I would alt-tab to a different window and EQ crashed while camping everytime. Pretty sure this is just coincidental though as I've crashed trying to camp even with nothing but EQ opened. Also tried in full screen mode, same issue except the screen just turns black and I have to alt+tab to minimize/then close eq.

I've also tried:

/camp server
/camp desktop

Both commands functioned fine prior to the last update as far as I know.

/q also causes a client crash where before it would bring me to login screen.

/ex is currently the only way I can exit eq without the client crash messages popping up.

[Merrik]

I've crashed while zoning a few times today, and have now crashed after trying to log in from character select 6 times with one successful login. I promptly crashed again after porting during that one login.

can't remember any issues with camping, but random crashing (which I never did in the past) is really bad right now.

[odiecat99]

this is prob why the server is going down eh

[Dakidd4990]

Still experiencing this issue very frequently even after the downtime today (2/9) probably worse now than it's ever been. I'm crashing 75% of the time when I zone and having to wait for "active character" error when I attempt to log back in. Really starting to get annoying :( Have tried with/without wineq2. Tried fullscreen and windowed. Tried playing with graphics settings and disabling loadscreen splash art. Bunch of different suggestions from posts I saw that said it would help and so far nothing has.

[Acura_4]

Having all the same issues myself.

[blondeattk]

random disconnects this morning in various zones.....just started since the reboot of server yesterday.

[Bill Tetley]

first crash of the day. was stoked when I didnt crash when I zone into nfp (since I typically always crash then) but then omw back to EC the game timed out zoning. QQ

[Nuggets]

+1

For prolly the past 2 months. Had gotten better past couple weeks. Past few days been rough again

[parlay1]

Mine had gotten much better after the patch in late January, and now went right back to crashing on porting to several zones or trying to log into characters in those zones with this last reset.

[phacemeltar]

a fresh install always seems to fix all my problems, which is annoying

[Bill Tetley]

a fresh install always seems to fix all my problems, which is annoying

ruled this out for me. when I play at my friends house on his shitty economy internet I have none of these problems. When I play on verizon 50mb pipe I have all these problems all the time. This is using the same laptop in both places. seems to be an issue with the routing or firewalls or something like that...

[DirtySloot]

I just did a fresh EQlite install...No go, almost seems like it got worse. I'm out of ideas =(. Mine is so bad I can barely do anything if i have to zone/camp in and out.

[Archalen]

Still having problems. Zone crash about 50% of the time; about same rate for hitting the Login button and getting "Logging in to the server...Please wait," but never does.

[parlay1]

Even worse today, can't log into characters in EC, DL or Timorous.

[Brocktree]

Same...barely playable. Please respond if you've fixed this issue somehow!

[Crom]

wow all time high today, ping is 118, line looks good, spells take 3 extra sec to cast or are not cast at all when you try, zoneing is a one min thing or a disconnect.
trying to melee anything, nothing happens, 30 sec later you get a few miss msg'es and then nothing again, mobs are running round as you actually hit em or something.

[Tasslehofp99]

I'm also still having client crash issues while trying to /camp out of game, in any zone, on any character, on several different internet connections with the same machine. I also tried a fresh install of EQ last week with no luck.

[Nisse]

Frequent crashing during zoning especially certain zones, and loading game from character select screen. Has been a persistent issue for last couple of months, but gotten worse since the recent downtime. Some zones were consistently difficult to load into previously (OT, The Hole, etc) but since the downtime I crashed loading my main characters from both blue and red into zones that were previously accessible (DL/Feerot respectively) and haven't been able to retrieve them for several days. Seems to be P99 specific as I haven't been able to reproduce this issue on any other emu server I play on.

2014-02-13 07:39:26 Server selected 66.55.145.2 (6809852).
2014-02-13 07:39:26 Initializing DirectInput.
2014-02-13 07:39:26 Initializing Keyboard.
2014-02-13 07:39:27 Initializing Mouse.
2014-02-13 07:39:27 Creating font list.
2014-02-13 07:39:27 Creating game object.
2014-02-13 07:39:27 Deleting obsolete files.
2014-02-13 07:39:27 Loading string tables.
2014-02-13 07:39:27 Initializing client variables.
2014-02-13 07:39:27 Loading spell effects.
2014-02-13 07:39:27 Initializing display structures.
2014-02-13 07:39:27 Sound Manager loaded 2165 filenames from soundassets.txt.
2014-02-13 07:39:28 Voice Manager loaded 12 macros from VoiceData.txt.
2014-02-13 07:39:28 Networking: using port [56675].
2014-02-13 07:39:28 Networking: Connection Established [1]
2014-02-13 07:39:29 WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.
2014-02-13 07:39:39 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x6957 (26967).
2014-02-13 07:39:39 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0xfa6 (4006).
2014-02-13 07:39:39 WorldRPServer message: server name project1999
2014-02-13 07:39:39
2014-02-13 07:39:39 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x3c25 (15397).
2014-02-13 07:39:39 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x7cba (31930).
2014-02-13 07:39:39 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x52a4 (21156).
2014-02-13 07:39:39 WorldAuthenticate. Access granted.
2014-02-13 07:39:39
2014-02-13 07:39:39 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x4ec (1260).
2014-02-13 07:39:40 Player Animations loaded 9 specific sounds from file AnimationSounds.txt.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 Initializing display.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 Initializing Particle System.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 Setting display options.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 Using hardware vertex shaders.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 Initializing render system.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 Trilinear Mipmapping available.
2014-02-13 07:39:40 Vertex Shader Version: 3.0
2014-02-13 07:39:40 Pixel Shader Version: 3.0
2014-02-13 07:39:40 RenderEffects\SPL/Lit.fxo is using Technique: Lit_DX6_FF_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:40 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionOldDetailSingle.fxo is using Technique: DetailSingle_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:40 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionOldDetailPalette.fxo is using Technique: DetailPalette_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:40 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionC1.fxo is using Technique: RegionC1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:40 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionCG1.fxo is using Technique: RegionCG1_DX6_VS1_PS0_1Pass
2014-02-13 07:39:40 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionCE1.fxo is using Technique: RegionCE1_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:40 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionCB1.fxo is using Technique: RegionCB1_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:40 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionCBS1.fxo is using Technique: RegionCBS1_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionCBSG1.fxo is using Technique: RegionCBSG1_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionCBSGE1.fxo is using Technique: RegionCBSGE1_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionC1_2UV.fxo is using Technique: RegionC1_2UV_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionCB1_2UV.fxo is using Technique: RegionCB1_2UV_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionCBSG1_2UV.fxo is using Technique: RegionCBSG1_2UV_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionTerrain.fxo is using Technique: RegionTerrain_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionLava.fxo is using Technique: RegionLava_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionLava2.fxo is using Technique: RegionLava2_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelC1.fxo is using Technique: SModelC1Prelit_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelCG1.fxo is using Technique: SModelCG1Prelit_DX6_VS1_PS0_1Pass
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelCE1.fxo is using Technique: SModelCE1Prelit_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:41 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelCB1.fxo is using Technique: SModelCB1Prelit_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:42 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelCBS1.fxo is using Technique: SModelCBS1Prelit_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:42 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelCBSG1.fxo is using Technique: SModelCBSG1Prelit_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:42 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelCBSGE1.fxo is using Technique: SModelCBSGE1Prelit_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:42 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelC1_2UV.fxo is using Technique: SModelC1_2UVPrelit_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:42 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelCB1_2UV.fxo is using Technique: SModelCB1_2UVPrelit_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:42 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelCBSG1_2UV.fxo is using Technique: SModelCBSG1_2UVPrelit_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:42 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelLava.fxo is using Technique: SModelLavaPrelit_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:42 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelLava2.fxo is using Technique: SModelLava2Prelit_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:42 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshC1.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshC1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:42 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshCG1.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshCG1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:43 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshCE1.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshCE1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:43 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshCB1.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshCB1_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:43 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshCBS1.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshCBS1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:43 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshCBSG1.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshCBSG1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:43 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshCBSGE1.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshCBSGE1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:44 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshLava.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshLava_DX9_VS2_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:44 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshLava2.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshLava2_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:44 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshOld.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshOld_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:44 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshLuclin.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshLuclin_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:44 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshLuclinT1.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshLuclinT1_DX6_VS1_PS0_1Pass
2014-02-13 07:39:44 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionOldA.fxo is using Technique: RegionOldA_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:44 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionWater.fxo is using Technique: RegionWater_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:44 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionWaterFall.fxo is using Technique: RegionWaterFall_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:44 RenderEffects\SPL/RegionLavaH.fxo is using Technique: RegionLava_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:44 RenderEffects\SPL/SModelWater.fxo is using Technique: SModelWater_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/SkinMeshWater.fxo is using Technique: SkinMeshCBSGE1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_Basic.fxo is using Technique: RegionBasic_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_Blend.fxo is using Technique: RegionBlnd_DX8_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_BlendNoBump.fxo is using Technique: RegionBlndNoBump_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_Full.fxo is using Technique: RegionFull_DX8_VS1_PS14_Norm_Pow
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_Full_2UV.fxo is using Technique: RegionFull2UV_DX8_VS1_PS14_Norm_Pow
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_Bump.fxo is using Technique: RegionBump_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_Bump_2UV.fxo is using Technique: RegionBump2UV_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_SB.fxo is using Technique: RegionSB_DX8_VS1_PS14_Norm_Pow
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_SB_2UV.fxo is using Technique: RegionSB2UV_DX8_VS1_PS14_Norm_Pow
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_GB.fxo is using Technique: RegionGB_DX8_VS1_PS11_NoGlow
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_GB_2UV.fxo is using Technique: RegionGB2UV_DX8_VS1_PS11_NoGlow
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_RB.fxo is using Technique: RegionRB_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/Region_RB_2UV.fxo is using Technique: RegionRB2UV_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_Basic.fxo is using Technique: SModelBasic_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:45 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_Blend.fxo is using Technique: SModelBlnd_DX8_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_BlendNoBump.fxo is using Technique: SModelBlndNoBump_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_Full.fxo is using Technique: SModelFull_DX8_VS1_PS14_Norm_Pow
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_Full_2UV.fxo is using Technique: SModelFull2UV_DX8_VS1_PS14_Norm_Pow
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_Bump.fxo is using Technique: SModelBump_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_Bump_2UV.fxo is using Technique: SModelBump2UV_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_SB.fxo is using Technique: SModelSB_DX8_VS1_PS14_Norm_Pow
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_SB_2UV.fxo is using Technique: SModelSB2UV_DX8_VS1_PS14_Norm_Pow
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_GB.fxo is using Technique: SModelGB_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_GB_2UV.fxo is using Technique: SModelGB2UV_DX8_VS1_PS11_NoGlow
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_RB.fxo is using Technique: SModelRB_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/SModel_RB_2UV.fxo is using Technique: SModelRB2UV_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/Terrain_Bump3Detail.fxo is using Technique: RegionC1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/Terrain_3Detail.fxo is using Technique: RegionC1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/Terrain_Bump2Detail.fxo is using Technique: RegionC1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/Terrain_2Detail.fxo is using Technique: RegionC1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/Terrain_Bump1Detail.fxo is using Technique: RegionC1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/Terrain_1Detail.fxo is using Technique: RegionC1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\SPL/Terrain_NoDetail.fxo is using Technique: RegionC1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\MPL/Terrain_Base.fxo is using Technique: TerrainBase_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\MPL/Terrain_LightB3SVS1.fxo is using Technique: TerrainLightB3SVS1_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\MPL/Terrain_LightB2SVS1.fxo is using Technique: TerrainLightB2SVS1_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\MPL/Terrain_LightB1SVS1.fxo is using Technique: TerrainLightB1SVS1_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\MPL/Terrain_LightVS1.fxo is using Technique: TerrainLightVS1_DX9_VS1_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\MPL/Terrain_TextureD3SC1T.fxo is using Technique: TerrainTextureD3SC1T_DX8_VS1_PS14
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\MPL/Terrain_TextureD2SC1T.fxo is using Technique: TerrainTextureD2SC1T_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:46 RenderEffects\MPL/Terrain_TextureD1SC1T.fxo is using Technique: TerrainTextureD1SC1T_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Terrain_TextureC1T.fxo is using Technique: TerrainTextureC1T_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_Base.fxo is using Technique: RegionBase_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_BaseB.fxo is using Technique: RegionBaseB_DX8_VS1_PS11_Norm
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_BaseG.fxo is using Technique: RegionBaseG_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_BaseGA.fxo is using Technique: RegionBaseGA_DX8_VS1_PS11_Norm
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_BaseGB.fxo is using Technique: RegionBaseGB_DX8_VS1_PS11_Norm
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_Light1.fxo is using Technique: RegionLight1_DX8_VS1_PS11_Norm
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_LightB1.fxo is using Technique: RegionLightB1_DX8_VS1_PS11_Norm
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_LightBS1.fxo is using Technique: RegionLightBS1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_LightBSF1.fxo is using Technique: RegionLightBSF1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_LightBVS1.fxo is using Technique: RegionLightBVS1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_LightB2VS1.fxo is using Technique: RegionLightB2VS1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_TextureD1.fxo is using Technique: RegionTextureD1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_TextureD1T.fxo is using Technique: RegionTextureD1T_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_TextureD1C1.fxo is using Technique: RegionTextureD1C1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_TextureD1C1T.fxo is using Technique: RegionTextureD1C1T_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_TextureD1C1ST.fxo is using Technique: RegionTextureD1C1ST_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_TextureD1R1.fxo is using Technique: RegionTextureD1R1_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_TextureD1C1R1T.fxo is using Technique: RegionTextureD1C1R1T_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_TextureD1C1SR1T.fxo is using Technique: RegionTextureD1C1SR1T_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/Region_TextureD2C1ST.fxo is using Technique: RegionTextureD2C1ST_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_Base.fxo is using Technique: SModelBase_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_BaseB.fxo is using Technique: SModelBaseB_DX8_VS1_PS11_Norm
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_BaseG.fxo is using Technique: SModelBaseG_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_BaseGA.fxo is using Technique: SModelBaseGA_DX8_VS1_PS11_Norm
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_BaseGB.fxo is using Technique: SModelBaseGB_DX8_VS1_PS11_Norm
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_Light1.fxo is using Technique: SModelLight1_DX8_VS1_PS11_Norm
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_LightB1.fxo is using Technique: SModelLightB1_DX8_VS1_PS11_Norm
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_LightBS1.fxo is using Technique: SModelLightBS1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_LightBSF1.fxo is using Technique: SModelLightBSF1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_LightBVS1.fxo is using Technique: SModelLightBVS1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_LightB2VS1.fxo is using Technique: SModelLightB2VS1_DX9_VS2_PS20
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_TextureD1.fxo is using Technique: SModelTextureD1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_TextureD1T.fxo is using Technique: SModelTextureD1T_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_TextureD1C1.fxo is using Technique: SModelTextureD1C1_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_TextureD1C1T.fxo is using Technique: SModelTextureD1C1T_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_TextureD1C1ST.fxo is using Technique: SModelTextureD1C1ST_DX6_VS1_PS0
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_TextureD1R1.fxo is using Technique: SModelTextureD1R1_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_TextureD1C1R1T.fxo is using Technique: SModelTextureD1C1R1T_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:47 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_TextureD1C1SR1T.fxo is using Technique: SModelTextureD1C1SR1T_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:48 RenderEffects\MPL/SModel_TextureD2C1ST.fxo is using Technique: SModelTextureD2C1ST_DX6_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:48 RenderEffects\MPL/FinalBlend.fxo is using Technique: Final_DX8_VS1_PS11
2014-02-13 07:39:48 Initializing engine internals.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 Display options set, return code 1.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 AutoMipMapping set to 0.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 Camera created.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 Storing display options.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 Initializing fonts.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 Loading string tables.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 Initializing UI.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 Initializing UI manager.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 Initializing fonts.
2014-02-13 07:39:48 Parsing UI XML.
2014-02-13 07:39:50 Loading default UI resources.
2014-02-13 07:39:50 Initializing Music.
2014-02-13 07:39:50 Activating Load Screen.
2014-02-13 07:39:51 Display initialized.
2014-02-13 07:39:51 Initializing global data.
2014-02-13 07:39:51 Loading GlobalFroglok_chr
2014-02-13 07:39:51 Loading GlobalPCFroglok_chr
2014-02-13 07:39:52 Loading frogequip
2014-02-13 07:39:52 Loading GlobalSKE_chr2
2014-02-13 07:39:52 Loading GlobalDRK_chr
2014-02-13 07:39:52 Failed to open C:\Program Files\EverQuest\GlobalDRK_chr.s3d.
2014-02-13 07:39:52
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2014-02-13 07:40:34 Zone addr [66.55.145.2:26907] received...
2014-02-13 07:40:34 ZONING
2014-02-13 07:40:35 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
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2014-02-13 07:40:38 Player = Nisse, zone = Dreadlands
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2014-02-13 07:41:29 Networking: connection terminated [client:DisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,server: DisconnectReasonNone]
2014-02-13 07:41:29 disconnected at C:\EQ\EverQuest\EverQuest.cpp:17233 (char. select) DisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,DisconnectReas onNone
2014-02-13 07:41:29
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2014-02-13 07:41:33 Resetting character select UI.
2014-02-13 07:41:33 Resetting game UI.
2014-02-13 07:41:33 UI Reset.
2014-02-13 07:41:35 Cleanup 11
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2014-02-13 07:41:35 Picking a default resolution, desktop is 1366 x 768, 32 bits
2014-02-13 07:41:35 Ratio is 1.78
2014-02-13 07:41:35 Resolution was capped at 1280 x 720
2014-02-13 07:41:35 Resolution verified 1280 x 720, 32 bits ... diff was 1000 from 0 modes
2014-02-13 07:41:35 Resolution selected 1280 x 720, 32 bits
2014-02-13 07:41:35 CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.
2014-02-13 07:41:35 CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.
2014-02-13 07:41:35 CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.
2014-02-13 07:41:35 CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
2014-02-13 07:41:35 Using hardware vertex shaders.
2014-02-13 07:41:36 Initializing render system.
2014-02-13 07:41:36 Trilinear Mipmapping available.
2014-02-13 07:41:36 Vertex Shader Version: 3.0
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2014-02-13 07:41:36 CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.
2014-02-13 07:41:36 Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
2014-02-13 07:41:36 INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.

[Brocktree]

I did a clean install dispute others saying it did not solve their issue. No surprise, it did not solve my issue.

It does seem to happen less frequently when server population is low. I spent all morning from about 8:30AM EST - 3:30PM EST porting from OT to various locations without any zoning issues. Now I am crashing again (didn't log or do anything different). I have also played on red and experienced the same issues pretty regularly. I notice that if I am ONLY playing red it happens a lot less frequently but once I start crashing on blue I almost always crash on red the next time I zone.

*Edit* I have a wiindows desktop and an install on my mac laptop via wineskin that both have the same issue although I seem to crash less often using wineskin.

[Crom]

any updates on this ?

[killa0885pve]

Wondering if this is similar to issue I have? I can't login probably 90% of the time, as I get "Server is not responding" and drops me back to login screen, Strangely enough though this is when trying to logon pj99RED. I can logon to blue 100% of the time without any problem.

Just sold up everything I had on blue to come to Red, and now I get this shit =(

[Justchronic]

I'm having the same problems as well, spent 30 mins trying to log on last night before i gave up and just played other online games which i never run over 50 ms at. On this however I'm now constantly 150-200 crash every time i zone and its another 30 mins to try and log on. This game has pretty much become unplayable for me.

[Zarzob]

This game has pretty much become unplayable for me.
+1... err -1?
at least my gf is happy

[grenravenlock]

I am just going to toss this out here because it is something I noticed and have done a little testing on my end.

I think wineq is related to this problem. Just running the Launch Titanium BAT file I can not only log in and zone with no issues but it works while the wineq version does not. This encompasses all the issues I have seen and the problems immediately come back when I switch back to the wineq version.

Sadly abandoning wineq is not an option for me due to the game being utterly unplayable without it.

[Archalen]

this issue has gotten much better for me lately, crossing my fingers though.

[Aviann]

The problem still persists, but it seems as if it has gotten more stable until the past week or so. I have a feeling it could have something to do with population density, and considering I am not the only person that is having these exact issues (as well as seeing people disappear and reappear) on a hardline, it leads me to believe so. It could also be due to a graphics issue, considering when it happens, if I do not restart my PC afterward, I also have graphic issues where certain parts of the axis will disappear when facing certain concrete directions. Unfortunately, I have not found any solid cardinal direction that is happens on in any numerous situations so I can not make the distinction between.

[grenravenlock]

Aviann that is not a patch related bug. Textures disappearing when you face different directions is a client bug that took the eqlive devs ages to fix.

[Shad]

ruled this out for me. when I play at my friends house on his shitty economy internet I have none of these problems. When I play on verizon 50mb pipe I have all these problems all the time. This is using the same laptop in both places. seems to be an issue with the routing or firewalls or something like that...

This^ On home cable modem....Lagged out of game last night, couldn't get to server select after, couldn't even open P99 web site to check for issues...could hit google, etc just fine. Speedtest showed good connection. Tried logging in for 20-30 mins, and finally decided to switch to my work mifi connection, logged in 1st try with no issues rest of the night.

[odiecat99]

Some isps block certain ports ( could not get on p99 at hotel tried to hack but no dice) sometimes its the router. Sometimes its the network traffic.

3 netflixes on at my house = no login server, crash on zones, camping, moving)

Hope you all figure it out.

[1203jjt]

I'm having the same issues, and today I can't even get into the game. Has anyone tried reinstalling to see if that fixes it?

[Brocktree]

^

I did a clean install despite others saying it did not solve their issue. No surprise, it did not solve my issue.

It does seem to happen less frequently when server population is low. I spent all morning from about 8:30AM EST - 3:30PM EST porting from OT to various locations without any zoning issues. Now I am crashing again (didn't log or do anything different). I have also played on red and experienced the same issues pretty regularly. I notice that if I am ONLY playing red it happens a lot less frequently but once I start crashing on blue I almost always crash on red the next time I zone.

*Edit* I have a wiindows desktop and an install on my mac laptop via wineskin that both have the same issue although I seem to crash less often using wineskin.

[1203jjt]

Ah, thanks, Brocktree.

[Rogean]

Camping should be better now after today's patch.

[Hollywood]

When you try to reconnect you get the 'already have a character on this server' message, which over the weekend has been happening a lot.
Simple zoning has resulted in five minutes of waiting and then client crashing. Upon returning, you get the above message and sometimes get stuck in a loop.

Though one char is working now.

[Crom]

Camping should be better now after today's patch.

any chance to fix the zoneing disconnect ? and the extream slow zoneing the few times it works ?

[1203jjt]

any chance to fix the zoneing disconnect ? and the extream slow zoneing the few times it works ?

+1

[Brocktree]

Ive been sitting here for a half an hour now trying to log in... blank server select... empty character screen saying I havnt updated my files when I have... im pretty fed up with this.

To correct for this I recently created a second login account, when I login account1 and it's blank, I login as account2 to see the list of servers then just cancel and log back in as account 1 and it seems to fix the problem. Hope it helps.

Still crashing while zoning occasionally but it does seem significantly better for now.

[1203jjt]

I figured out that my problem is a bad router...I hard wired into my computer last night and this morning, and no issues whatsoever.

[cries4hardcore]

Guess my post elsewhere was pointless. This just started happening to me tonight, now I can't log in. Shits weak.

[cries4hardcore]

I hope this is not an issue with server strength and lack of financing. If so may I suggest a donation drive? If there are more players there are more people to chip in. I know we are all cheap but if we all kicked in 3 dollars we could probably finance a better server and take some pressure of our noble devs.

[Bill Tetley]

Today has been the worse day yet... Just can't get into the game period.

I enter my password and get a connection to the server could not be reached error
Can't see the server listings
I get an unknown error occurred while trying to join the server
I get a Error - Timeout error when trying to join the server
I connect and I have none of my characters
I connect and it says spell files are out dated (they are not)

forced to play over a verzon mifi and now I have no problems connecting.... wtf!

[cries4hardcore]

Recycling modem worked for me, have you given that a go?

[Bill Tetley]

hosting over 100 websites/online services with about 200 end users. can't just power cycle my 'modem'. :(

[Nephazz]

Recently (I want to say after the patch but I think it started shortly before that) I have experienced a series of disconnects, which never happened before. I have had maybe two or three disconnects since I started in December, but for the last couple of days I can't play for longer than an hour before I get disconnected and get locked out for who knows how long. Nothing has changed on my side setup-wise.

Edit: Should have read the post about rebooting the modem (router), looks like at least I can log in again now.

[Trelaboon]

I'm having these exact same issues - at first it started with the same thing everyone else is saying; constant zone crashes, high ms, 5-6 login attempts before success, blank char screen, saying spell files are out of date etc.

As of two nights ago, I can no longer log in at all. It takes about 10 tries before I can even get to the server select, and then once I do, I get constant "unknown error while trying to join the server". I haven't been able to play for two days and I'm itching bad

[Auronis]

As of two nights ago, I can no longer log in at all. It takes about 10 tries before I can even get to the server select, and then once I do, I get constant "unknown error while trying to join the server". I haven't been able to play for two days and I'm itching bad

Started having this exact issue as well. I cannot login at all with PC or Mac. My internet (Verizon ISP) is working fine for everything else, even the P99 and EQEmulator websites/forums, have done reboots/resets etc. still can't get in game except 1 rare time I managed.

What's really odd is if I purposely mistype my password when trying to login, I will typically still get the "A connection to the server cannot be reached. Please check your internet connection to make sure you are online." message. However, once in awhile it will correctly say "DB error - invalid password." So some data is getting through still? Very confused here.

[jaybone]

stop tabbing out

[Mollyflogger42]

I have Time Warner, and it runs great for everything. I've been playing on P1999 for two months and have never experienced any issues.

Until last night. I began crashing every time I zoned. It got to the point where I could no longer log in, being met with blank server screens, unknown errors, out of date spell files, to finally being able to hit "Enter World" only for it to crash after loading.

As it stands the game is absolutely unplayable. I have made no changes to my internet settings, or anything for that matter, to cause these issues. As stated by someone before, I logged off and went to bed one night with everything running as it should, went to work the next the next day and came home and logged in, only to have a completely unplayable experience.

That unplayable experience is still happening sadly.

[Nephazz]

However, once in awhile it will correctly say "DB error - invalid password." So some data is getting through still? Very confused here.

If I am not getting the "unknown error" I will get the "DB error - invalid password", even with the correct password, so that doesn't really say anything.

[Whiteberry]

there was a day I was on and eqemu was very slow loading.. and I have Verizon Home Fusion 4G LTE 10mb down 5 or 6 up it started happening recently...And I actively run Vent and TS at the same time and have never had problems lagging my connection out and what not..and I also get that blank server select / crash on zoning/ kicked to LS but this has never happened before until the last 2 patches.

My Setup is
Lenovo L430 Laptop
4gb ram
Intel Celeron B830 Dual Core Processer
Intel HD Graphics 4000

[justin2090]

I'm unable to get past character select screen now. I have to tab out and ctrl alt del it. Once I did get a blank screen with a "server unavailable" message tho.

[kaelwin]

I am playing on a 2008 iMac and was able to successfully install EQ using the the wineskin guide. My problem seems to be similar to everyone else. Says incorrect password, server list is blank, dc after zoning/death. I read through the other posts on this thread and didn't really see any Mac users having problems. I have cox as my isp and play over wifi. The rare times that I do get to play the game is working great! I was just curious what current thought is on this issue because this thread started like 6 months ago. Are the people that were having problems back in October still having problems? Is this a patch fix or something on my end? Any ideas are appreciated! Look forward to playing once I can get on consistently.

[kaelwin]

Update: I have also tried bootcamp with windows 7 without WinEQ2 and with WinEQ2 and I am getting the exact same issues. What would be my next plan of action to get this working? I am convinced its somehow I communicate with the server there is an issue (not the most tech savvy person). If someone who was having issues on this thread and is not anymore please tell me if it just started working or you had to do something else, I would appreciate it.

[Crom]

Update: I have also tried bootcamp with windows 7 without WinEQ2 and with WinEQ2 and I am getting the exact same issues. What would be my next plan of action to get this working? I am convinced its somehow I communicate with the server there is an issue (not the most tech savvy person). If someone who was having issues on this thread and is not anymore please tell me if it just started working or you had to do something else, I would appreciate it.

Think most of em just got tired of nothing happening so they stoped posting....

Everytime I zone or port (I'm a druid, so I do it alot) it's like 100% random if I will load the new zone or get stuck mid zone or disconnect from the server or finish loading after a looong time.
When I joined p1999 december 2012, I zoned in 10 sec or so, I was allways first to finish loading after a port or zone and had to wait for everyone else, now I zone in 30 - 90 sec, and get random disconnects or stuck mid zone.

Would realy like to see something done about it.

[GeinHealy]

Crom,
Just wanted to confirm that I've experienced the exact same thing on my Druid...

I asked about it in the "Server Issues" area and got a very nice, very prompt reply:

=====

Hello GeinHealy,

I'm sorry to hear you are having technical difficulties. From first glance, it appears to be a connection issue. Have you restarted your computer / modem /router?

If yes, and your problem persists, I suggest posting in the technical discussion forum asking the community to help you trouble shoot. Provide as much information as possible.

I hope you are able to resolve your issues soon!
=====

The next day the problem just disappeared and I was back to normal. However, the problem comes back occasionally. I was able to play all weekend without problems. Then yesterday evening I was not able to play at all. Everytime I tried logging on it would hang at various places in the process including sometimes getting a blank server list... the best I got was getting to character select, but then the music just played over and over after I selected my character.

I'll give it another try this evening.

[Merrik]

I posted in here having some of the same issues as others where I was crashing out on zoning and sometimes I'd get to character select and couldn't even get in to the game without crashing and retrying 5-6 times.

Long story short...MY issue seemed to just be congestion with the cable in my area during peak times. I went in to my router and turned on the QoS (quality of service) option and set the down/up rate that I have from my ISP and I haven't had an issue since. No more lag during peak times internet usage times (for my area), no more crashing on zone or crashing from character select. It's all working just like it used to.

I don't know if it will help anyone else, but it's something to try out if your router has that capability. Who knows, it could just be one huge coincidence for me, but I figured it was worth sharing.

[Bill Tetley]

zoned 4 times. crashed 4 times. this sucks

[Psychok]

My computer freezes half the time I gate, die, zone now. Lots of issues all of the sudden. Pretty frustrating.

[NachtMystium]

I also just now started experiencing this... crashed while zoning and now i get:
blank server screen
timeout trying to connect
outdated spellfiles(even though they aren't)
unknown error

i've been playing since 2010 and this has never happened. just wanting to contribute to this thread. still no luck trying to connect after 45+ minutres.

[cries4hardcore]

Try recycling your modem, I don't know why but it completely fixed the problem for me

[Sajan]

I'm getting this for the first time ever this morning as well. I left my character logged on overnight in EC tunnel, and when I woke up this morning EQ was Not Responding so I closed and reopened to discover I couldn't get past character select on multiple accounts. I finally managed to get in game once and crashed immediately after zoning for the first time.

[Vexenu]

I'm crashing a lot while zoning now as well.

[Kristian]

I'm also suddenly crashing while zoning, about 20-30% of the time. Been on p99 blue about a year.

[Bill Tetley]

crashing a bunch today... can any GMs chime in on this? this issue appears to be spreading...

[JHTheisen]

I'm having the same problem. It's odd because sometimes I can zone or log on just fine and then about a minute later it stops responding to my mouse then it crashes to desktop. Kinda of a drag.

[Bill Tetley]

yeah this is horrible. I wish a gm would at least acknowledge this thread and comment on all the different people having this same problem.

[Akuma]

I am also having this issue severely. I can't get back into the game for the last 3 hours now.....Keeps pulling up a blank server selection screen after it crashed on me 3 times in game I haven't been able to get the server selection to come back up. Very discouraging.

[JHTheisen]

I'll write more about this when I get home but I changed the name of the UI folders associated with the character with whom crashing was a problem, forcing EQ to use the default UI as well as the default window placement. I logged on last night for a while and had no problem crashing. Further more, I had no trouble zoning into EC. Previously, I could not zone into EC with my main character even while my alternate character had no problem.

[JHTheisen]

I've played for a couple days now and am having no more problems. It started out when I found I could not zone into EC with one of my characters...EQ would hang then crash to desktop. I finally had to petition a GM to move my character to another zone. After that, I started to crash to desktop at random. It got to the point that EQ became unplayable.

The odd thing was that my alts seemed to have no problem and could even zone into EC with no trouble at all. I tried several measures suggested on these forums...Win EQ, set affinity to a single core, set combatibility to Windows XP sp3, etc. Nothing seemed to work.

But I remember reading a post here about the UI being the cause. So, I /loadskin default but even that didn't work. But it occurred to me that one of my chat windows I set up to hold the /auction channel and that even though I loaded the default skin, my chat window placement was as I made them. So, going into my uifiles directory, I found a folder with my character's name on it. I renamed that folder to "character_name_Old", loaded up EQ and have had no trouble since.

This is purely speculation but could it be that the auction window I set up might have caused the problem? It was EC, where the server's player market is, that I couldn't even zone into. And, I can't prove this, but maybe what seemed like random crashing in other zones occurred when someone happened to use the auction channel. I have no idea why it might cause EQ to crash but it seemed related. Correlation does not imply causation but I can think of no other reason.

Anyway, I'm happy now that EQ is working for me.

[Bill Tetley]

getting worse and worse... can GMs help at all or say anything on this?

[senna]

Tried to come back to p99, tried logging in my char and sat loading for 5 mins, EQ stopped responding. Still. lol. Try again in a few months.

no problems with EZ or hidden forest, strictly p99.

[Wild]

I have these problem too :/ Sometimes there are no problem whatsoever, but sometimes I can't zone without the game completely freezing. It's so annoying...

[Bill Tetley]

I don't see how this is related to hardware in a computer... At least in my case the problem is surely network related. There seems to be some type of routing issue between my ISP and the Project1999 servers. When I go around my ISP by using a MIFI to connect to P99 I have no trouble connecting or zoning... I just wish there was something I could do to correct the routing. I'm in MA... the server is in what NY?

http://i62.tinypic.com/14vproh.jpg

Help :(

[Bill Tetley]

9000 views 180+ replies. not a single dev/admin post. why is it whenever something is network related nobody EVER wants to take blame or try and troubleshoot. its always the other guys problem. le sigh

[Rogean]

There's nothing we can do about packetloss problems with your ISP.

[Bill Tetley]

so everyone that has this issue. all these people that can barely ever load into the game are just shit outta luck? this connection problem never existed for myself and many others until the server was moved to a new data center. what are we suppose to do? this is an issue between our isp and your server. I have no packet loss or connection trouble else where that I go on the internet. its directly related to your server only.

[hendle]

Game is pretty much unplayable for me once the population is over 1000...which seems to be more and more the norm

Can't log in, if I can then crash very frequently at zone...

Anything I can try or do?

[Bill Tetley]

No. It's our fault we can't play on their server.

[corradojeff]

Honestly, this is not an issue with ISP. If it was it would not be an issue with the multiple different ISPs cited in this string. I'm from Canada on Shaw. not many posters here are with my ISP and I have the exact same issue. I have played P99 since 2009 and NEVER had this issue till the last change.

I have played on P99 for the last 4 years on the same PC and ISP and have had load times of 5 seconds or less. I have never had any issues crashing or anything else that has been stated in this post. Since the last change I crash on 7 out of 10 zones and the game is basically unplayable. If it is considered "playable" it is not enjoyable.

While I do consider that this is a free server and you are not paid for your troubleshooting and work that you put in to this server; it would be nice that you at least consider that there could be an issue.

Only since the last change have I crashed on 7/10 zones (and NEVER crashed while playing in a single zone. stable at 100ms ping). I have deleted ini files and reloaded. Removed EQ and reinstalled fresh. Restores windows 8.0 to the date BEOFRE this started happening. Did a fresh install of Win 8.0 and reinstalled EQ. Did a fresh install of the upgraded Windows 8.1 the fresh install of EQ. Still same issue.

I installed EQ on a different computer and tethered my phones internet to it (which has been very reliable in the past on P99, before this issue started) and still same issue. Its not my ISP and its not my computer. Doesn't leave many options.

We CANNOT start to fix this issue till someone server side at least acknowledges that there is an issue.

Thank you very much for your time and effort on this server but PLEASE look in to this!

[krran]

I am having this problem too.

Hanging on account login
Hanging on server login
Hanging/disconnects on character login
Extremely long or disconnect on zoning
Sometimes I even get a message on the character select screen that my spell files are outdated (but I am up to date) preventing me from logging in, but on the next few attempts, this message is gone.

I have played every now and then for quite a while, but this is the first time with these problems. I agree, at this time, this server is nearly unplayable for me, which is unfortunate.

EDIT:

I should clarify, this seems to happen zoning in and out of EC a majority of the time. Maybe avoiding that zone will help with this issue for now.

[Grevan]

I am having this problem too.

Hanging on account login
Hanging on server login
Hanging/disconnects on character login
Extremely long or disconnect on zoning
Sometimes I even get a message on the character select screen that my spell files are outdated (but I am up to date) preventing me from logging in, but on the next few attempts, this message is gone.

I have played every now and then for quite a while, but this is the first time with these problems. I agree, at this time, this server is nearly unplayable for me, which is unfortunate.

I am having these exact same issues. For me it just started today.

[Yardcore]

I am having the same issue.

Long loading time, random lags and eventually black screen. Never had this problem before.

[Dillian]

have you tried resetting the gateway on your modem/router? It worked for me. I now reset it once a week.

[Skittlez]

Same stuff happening to me. If I get in, I can't leave the zone im in or I get hung up for 999 hours.

[Yardcore]

ok after resetting modem, I still had the same issue so i went ahead and installed latest patch file again (even though there was no message for me to go get an update) and it FIXED!

No lag no crash for 3 hours of playing!

[lowbrow]

Having the same issue, i have done pretty much everything reset modoms/routers/computers, fresh installs, reset gateways, newest patch files, newest eq launcher, tried bypassing launcher, wineq2....everything

[Fysts]

I work on the road, so I use multiple different connections, and when I am home on the weekends I use a different pc completely. I am having the same basic issues.

1) I crash all the damn time while zoning, or while loading from charecter select to zone.
2) Atleast half the time, the server select screen is blank.
3) Sometimes It tells me to update my spell files and such once in char select.
4) I have random graphic freezes, not lag. All these issues just started recently.

[FinalTidus21]

This problem continues every day.

[krran]

The following fixed the issue for me:

Plugging the ethernet cable directly into the cable modem

or

resetting/unplugging and plugging back in the router I am using (a cheap Frys router).

Some websites were slowing way down and downloads were failing which caused me to investigate the issue further. I strongly suspect the router, but it seems like a weird issue.

[Bill Tetley]

I have attempted this suggestion but unfortunately it did not work for me.

[ksungjune]

Looks like this is the most original thread of this issue. My problem as described in my thread is exactly same as this one. (Maybe with some minor detail difference.) I tried all suggested fixes like router/modem/fullscreen etc. They never work.

[Justchronic]

When I first had this problem it ended up being my poe box wasn't working properly. Ever since it's only when my isp is terrible and as soon as I get them to reset the radio I get my Internet from all problems cease.

[Bill Tetley]

After months of this bullshit like magic this issue has gone away for myself... for now at least. Networking issues like this are a pain in the ass. Perhaps my ISP is now taking different routes to p99 than it use to which resolved the issue. But it's not like I nor p99 did anything to resolve it... at least nothing on MY end has changed. I guess it's completely random.

[Zenren]

This just started happening to me two days ago. Out of the blue I started to lag and crash while zoning. I used to have this issue in the early states of EQ as well, so I thought it was just something that hadn't been resolved in this version yet. Anyways, I'm on Comcast, so I don't think it has to do with Time Warner in my case. I do think it has to do with lag specifically. If anyone has any idea how to solve this issue, please let me know.

(Edit- Last time this happened I was in the middle of a fight when I just stopped responding. Ran to zone and it just kept loading the screen, so I had to close the application and come back.)

[gprater]

I have had an increase of all of these today.

[Thulack]

After months of this bullshit like magic this issue has gone away for myself... for now at least. Networking issues like this are a pain in the ass. Perhaps my ISP is now taking different routes to p99 than it use to which resolved the issue. But it's not like I nor p99 did anything to resolve it... at least nothing on MY end has changed. I guess it's completely random.

This is what ended up happening to me too after weeks of it happening just magically disappeared. Sucks other have to deal with it but just think that one day it will be gone and you will enjoy EQ again. ;)

[Bill Tetley]

neat tool that can give you statistics on your routing to the p99 server...

http://www.pingplotter.com/

collects data over and over and can show you the trouble spot(s). Then once you have that data and the trouble spot is located you can do nothing about it because it's most likely not a route owned by your ISP. boo...

[BirrionDorra]

Hey guys, I was having the same issues everyone was describing in here. I found a solution that worked for me. I went into my router and checked the firmware, it was outdated. After updating the firmware, the server list showed up with no problems and connected with no issues. I recommend checking the firmware on your routers and modems as well as checking your ethernet/wireless drivers on your computer to make sure they are up to date. I hope this helps some of you, good luck!

[BirrionDorra]

I was having issues again logging in. I do not think the firmware update was the solution. My next fix that seems to work is opening up the command prompt by going to start>run>cmd

Type in ipconfig /renew

This resets your ip address and that seems to fix connection issues for some reason.

[BirrionDorra]

For anyone using the ipconfig /renew fix it only seems to be a quick fix. I have had to use it every time I am having connection issues.

[Whoop]

This started to happen to me as well, suck for sure!!

[Whoop]

I uninstalled Duxas UI and haven't had the issue since, could this be UI related...?

[Tankdan]

I have also been crashing frequently, maybe once per day, as of a week or two ago. I use Duxa and some improved Walls/floors install. But Ive had both for months and the crashing has just started as of a week or two ago.

[Whoop]

Was the same for me. Been using it for a long time without any problems.

[fzzzt]

This happens to me every time I play. I've tried wireless, wired, Linux, Windows, different hardware, different installs... I think it's almost definitely networking related. It's incredibly frustrating not being able to zone 50% of the time, having to end task, restart, try to log in, crash, restart, then get in again (needs an extra cycle for some reason). Every other time I zone.

It's a real shame they don't make this more reliable/resilient. :(

[Thulack]

This happens to me every time I play. I've tried wireless, wired, Linux, Windows, different hardware, different installs... I think it's almost definitely networking related. It's incredibly frustrating not being able to zone 50% of the time, having to end task, restart, try to log in, crash, restart, then get in again (needs an extra cycle for some reason). Every other time I zone.

It's a real shame they don't make this more reliable/resilient. :(

Honestly i put it being on the cable company and no p99. It will stop for you eventually with no changes to p99.

[fzzzt]

I don't have cable, I have DSL, and it happens on a fiber connection too at work.

[Quiet]

i'm in the same boat. I get a number of the following problems and i'm running a Intel Quad Core with Time Warner connection from Upstate NY. Keep in mind that in a 20 minute time frame I can get ALL of these.

Sever screen blank 2-20 times.
System may be down for scheduled maintenance
Cannot connect, may indicate loss of connection to patch server
Client crashed from character select 2-4 times.
An unknown error has occurred while trying to join the server.
2-5x increased loading zones. (I generally out zone any and everyone with very few exceptions on red99)
When I do get logged in, ping still the same ~55-63ms

I can also go hours with having none of these issues.

[Laugher]

I've been having similar issues on the win8 laptop Ive been using lately: lag, server select list not showing and crashes on zoning. The lag I do not have An ms for but noticed it in delay of spells being cast, the server select issue comes up about 1/3 tries, and crashing about 1/5 times zoning


Do not have these issues on my desktop (Linux); also 2 laptop is on wifi soo might just be something with that for me /shrug

[TheFishyOne]

My client is constantly hanging while zoning. Not crashing, just hanging. Game is nigh unplayable.

[Grizzled]

Ive had this for over as year, but less than 2 years. Gave up on trying to figure this crap out and just went ahead and bit the bullet and got into d3. Its an inferior game, but hey it works like a charm.

I still try and log in once in a while. but most character selection attempts get booted to login screen. this issue most likely will never get solved. there is nothing the user can do to correct it.

[douglas1999]

I've had the blank server select issue for going on two months now. When I play at work (same ISP with faster up\dl speeds) it never happens. My work computer is vastly inferior to my home computer in every other way.

EDIT: Should also add that I've been playing on the server since it launched with the same computer and ISP and I've never had this problem until ~2 months ago.

[wwoneo]

I've been having really high ping and DC issues when a I zone constantly as of late. I ran a bandwidth speed test and had 15ms and a DL speed of 60mbps. So it doesn't seem to be a connection issue on my end. I don't have this problem playing other games. So, not sure what's going on.

[Zephys]

Has nobody found any fixes for this?

[Uteunayr]

This just recently started happening to me at an incredible rate. I will not see the server list probably 80% of the time, and when I log in, it will hang at "Logging in to the server. Please wait...", and will crash probably 95% of the time when I try to load up my character.

This has made loading into the server an incredible ordeal, as after every crash, I need to wait the 1-2 minutes for my character to be DCed out of the game after the client crash. It takes me a solid hour and a half at times just to go from logging in to actually loading in.

[wwoneo]

This just recently started happening to me at an incredible rate. I will not see the server list probably 80% of the time, and when I log in, it will hang at "Logging in to the server. Please wait...", and will crash probably 95% of the time when I try to load up my character.

This has made loading into the server an incredible ordeal, as after every crash, I need to wait the 1-2 minutes for my character to be DCed out of the game after the client crash. It takes me a solid hour and a half at times just to go from logging in to actually loading in.

^ this

Need fix please. Anyone got any suggestions? I've tried a million different things to fix this issue.

[TheFishyOne]

For me, this has only been an issue for the past few weeks. What's the deal? Does the server need a reboot? More donations? I'll gladly pony up some cash if it helps get this crap fixed.

[Absolution]

It happen randomly to me, some days it's like 7 times sometimes 1 or 2. I also experiencing crash at character select & just after I enter in the world (screen freeze and eq error)

[Nuktari]

I, too, suffer from the same ailments.

[Tann]

Upgraded my phone to Android Lollipop and now having these exact same issues, so I'd wager its not an ISP problem if my tethered connection to super cellular internet is having the same problem.

[Tann]

100 attempts logging in, 1 of those actually got to the character select screen but crashed upon loading.

GG take care buh bye

[kaev]

I uninstalled Duxas UI and haven't had the issue since, could this be UI related...?

I doubt that. I've had it off-and-on since long before I started using Duxa. Network issues exacerbate it, including local shit like wife and kids killing my bandwidth by streaming video on the wifi (my connection is wired but all go thru the same router), but I've had the client crash or lock up even when nobody else is competing for bandwidth locally.

All of the following occur at random intervals (zoning includes entering game from char selection and camping to char selection from ingame):

client crashes zoning
client disconnects zoning and dumps me at the login/password screen
client disconnects zoning, then reconnects after some arbitrary delay (i.e. I finally zone after 1 to 5 minutes but I'm out of group and groupmates were notified that I had gone linkdead)
client hangs just before it loads zone files (i.e. no progress bar)
client hangs when it attempts to load in (i.e. after progress bar full, other people will see my char with no level info and unknown zone on a who all).

BTW, as far as I can tell the client/server hang states never time out. I walked away in disgust once when my client locked up entering game from the char select screen. When I came back about three hours later and killed client with TaskManager I had to wait out a minute's worth of 1018 errors before the server would let me log back in.

If server population is high (> 1000) these failures are more common, but it doesn't seem to matter what the zone population is. That is, I seem to be no more likely to have a problem entering EC than any other zone. Worst case is server pop > 1000 plus heavy demands on my wifi/lan by other family members, I've had play sesions where I crashed, disconnected, or hung, roughly half the times I zoned, just getting ingame from the login screen can take 6+ attempts.

[Tann]

Well it wasn't upgrading to Lollipop that screwed me, rolled back to kitkat and same issues persist..

with all the last 2 pages talk of this just happening over the last few weeks i'd wager its 100% something serverside

[wwoneo]

This is still a consistent problem: Crashing on zoning, random long periods of high MS (until relogging), etc... Anyone find anything at all that could be helpful into fixing this problem? Have tried all of the following:

1. Fresh install
2. WinEQ2
3. Running in different compatibility modes
4. Duxa's all-in-one installer

And a few other fixes that I found been advised to try.

Crashed on entering world 5 times in a row and counting...

[BardPop]

Been playing 5 months no issue, now this. Today i have crashed to login screen more then i can count, for doing everything from zoning to entering world. From there i get "unknown server errors" and timeouts trying to log back on, for hours. Randomly, when i tab back to eq and click login, it'll occasionaly get me to char select then crash, or crash after i load in a character. Took me about 40min to run from south ro to oggok, every zone was a crash, every crash was a ordeal trying to get back in. From there it's gone nuts and i have not gotten in for an hour

[Tann]

was connecting reasonably well today until server pop hit 1K+ then blank server select 100% of the time.

please fix!

edit: would server population be causing issues with the login server? since after reading this thread most can't even get to server select screen.. please fix the login server!! will donate!

[wwoneo]

was connecting reasonably well today until server pop hit 1K+ then blank server select 100% of the time.

please fix!

edit: would server population be causing issues with the login server? since after reading this thread most can't even get to server select screen.. please fix the login server!! will donate!

In order to test this I went and played on red for a little while and didn't have any problems zoning back and forth. However, I'm uncertain if this is a pop. issue, or just a server issue.

[Tann]

Yea could've been a fluke who knows.

I've given up, it's now a waste of time and blood pressure raising to try and log on. Was working perfectly for a month and then suddenly on the 10th it was borked, something changed somewhere. Yet I can still connect to any website and Mb/s is solid.

Only conclusion I can come up with is its something on the eqemu side, literally NOTHING has changed on my end yet instead of a 100% successful connection rate its about 4%.

I don't expect a fix either, these folks are busy with beta's and other such things.

[Tann]

^^ Just tried running through a few different VPN's, same result. 110% confirming at least to myself that its not something on my end.

If only this was blizzard so I could have one of their techs come point fingers at my ISP like during the D3:RoS disconnecting fiasco that affected shittons of folks, but oh no it was our fault not theirs :rolleyes:

[Tann]

bump, please fix this^^ been trying for 30min to get online. was able to earlier just fine before server load hit 800+

something with your login server doesn't like less then optimal connections when server load is high.

still offering to donate to fix this!

[kaev]

I doubt that. I've had it off-and-on since long before I started using Duxa. Network issues exacerbate it, including local shit like wife and kids killing my bandwidth by streaming video on the wifi (my connection is wired but all go thru the same router), but I've had the client crash or lock up even when nobody else is competing for bandwidth locally.

All of the following occur at random intervals (zoning includes entering game from char selection and camping to char selection from ingame):

client crashes zoning
client disconnects zoning and dumps me at the login/password screen
client disconnects zoning, then reconnects after some arbitrary delay (i.e. I finally zone after 1 to 5 minutes but I'm out of group and groupmates were notified that I had gone linkdead)
client hangs just before it loads zone files (i.e. no progress bar)
client hangs when it attempts to load in (i.e. after progress bar full, other people will see my char with no level info and unknown zone on a who all).

BTW, as far as I can tell the client/server hang states never time out. I walked away in disgust once when my client locked up entering game from the char select screen. When I came back about three hours later and killed client with TaskManager I had to wait out a minute's worth of 1018 errors before the server would let me log back in.

If server population is high (> 1000) these failures are more common, but it doesn't seem to matter what the zone population is. That is, I seem to be no more likely to have a problem entering EC than any other zone. Worst case is server pop > 1000 plus heavy demands on my wifi/lan by other family members, I've had play sesions where I crashed, disconnected, or hung, roughly half the times I zoned, just getting ingame from the login screen can take 6+ attempts.

This is happening about twice as often since the patches this week. I can't help but believe it's related to the p99 client modifications. I'm running p99 on WinXP on an old single-core Athlon system with NVidia 7600GT graphics, you know, just the sort of system the titanium client ran on back in the day. Very frustrating.

[kaev]

Bumping for great justice. Would be nice if this could be fixed, or at least made less common.

[Tann]

easy solution i've found, log in during non peak hours, never log off and stay in the same zone.

(ﾉಥ益ಥ）ﾉ ┻━┻

[Ravager]

Yep. After the latest patches this has been happening to me after 5pm EST. Wasn't an issue before the patches. Probably going to uninstall and take a break from the game since it's not any fun perpetually closing the client to attempt a relog.

[Shatford]

I agree with the comments on this page. I've been having similar issues the week of Dec 15, 2014 with no modifications on my client's side.

I too run XP on a "vintage EQ" comp (circa 2001). Bump for the other purists/cheapskates.

[Grizzled]

I almost wonder.....

My situation like most others comes from inferior ISP's. The ISP is the trigger, but the cliet is the code that permanently locks the game up. Could it possibly be something with the server host company in there network settings. Maybe they have a program running that cuts off poor connections? Constant cutting would lead to constant character select failures. Loggingin and server selecting I believe is all routing and minor communications. But character selection starts the downloading of data. (as far as i know). I do p99 has moved data centers, and at that point connectivity issues became a problem for myself and others. ( as far as i remember lol)

[Bazia]

Keep "greying out" when I zone which has never been an issue before a few days ago, have amazing ISP and computer

[Trax]

I'm at 113ms today. I normally have 30ms.

[Forza]

lag, drop loading, empty char screen, empty server screen, errors connecting, 300+ ping.......

[Ragnaros]

yea ive been crashing while zoning a lot lately too

[thestallion1]

Also getting blank server select and freeze after zoning or character select freeze. Looks like you have to stay logged in and not zone anywhere just to play. Any level 1-60 zones?...

Edit: This only happens during the hours of 8pm - 2am PST, definitely has to be the servers problem

[jsmooth]

I'd say that I crash on zone loading with a 1 in 5 chance. Normally I can reload and everything is fine. Today I'm getting the blank server list. I tried waiting a few minutes. I tried quick connecting, but the quick connect says it can't find the blue server... even though the website says there are still 500 people on it.

I'm considering requesting an IP exemption. You know, for science.