Logging/Zoning Issues since Patch

[Rogean]

This thread is for people who have been experiencing issues that ONLY STARTED with the February 10th Patch. If you have unrelated issues, or issues that have happened since before that date, this thread is not for you, do NOT comment.

I've adjusted the rates on the server today, as of 12:45 PM Eastern. Those of you who had issues since February 10th please attempt various logging in / zoning and comment if you are still having problems.

[loramin]

This thread is for people who have been experiencing issues that ONLY STARTED with the February 10th Patch. If you have unrelated issues, or issues that have happened since before that date, this thread is not for you, do NOT comment.

I've adjusted the rates on the server today, as of 12:45 PM Eastern. Those of you who had issues since February 10th please attempt various logging in / zoning and comment if you are still having problems.

Actual footage of Rogean fixing P99 networking issues:

https://i.imgur.com/aN0wHxF.gif

Just kidding, thanks Rogean! So far this morning I've had no issues.

P.S. For the newer folks, Rogean's old avatar was Peter from Family Guy ... and there are less space hamster (or whatever that current avatar is) GIFs out there.

[solleks]

fixed my zoning issues, thanks man

[Martan]

As of yesterday 8pm cst on Red I was still having the issues. I’m freezing while zoning and logging in from character select screen.

[Vollsung84]

Game still crashes 75% of the time for me when i zone/log in. sometimes it will seem to be loading a long time then kick me to the login screen. Also the server list is blank a good part of the time when i attempt to log in.

[Aluin]

I seem to be crashing on zone/login a little more often now. After the February 10 patch it was about one in five zones. After yesterday I'd say it's closer to one in three.

[|tda| fatal]

Was good up until a few days ago, now i'm getting the spells are out of date bug @ char select and crashing 75% of the time zoning.

[Trexller]

I am crashing on any toon, about 75% of the time that I zone, or camp out, I get a 1018 bug attempting to relogin, this usually clears faster than it used to.

When I do zone successfully, I do notice faster load times

I don't ever crash logging in, or loading the world from character select

[Jlott22]

crashing almost every time i zone reinstalled everything and still crash

[Arakash]

Starting this afternoon (3/21/19), my sever select screen is blank. This occurs only on my 5G network. On my 2.4G network however, the sever select screen comes up fine.
Not sure what to make of that but, I'll be playing at a slower speed for a while.

[ziggler52]

Was doing some hunting in crushbone... zoned out and crashed to login screen. Now every time i log into that server (rise of zek) the load bar fills and then sends me back to the login screen. Can load into other servers just fine.

[loramin]

Was doing some hunting in crushbone... zoned out and crashed to login screen. Now every time i log into that server (rise of zek) the load bar fills and then sends me back to the login screen. Can load into other servers just fine.

It was my understanding that you shouldn't use the same EQ Client for P99 and other servers (eg. Rise of Zek), because P99 modifies the client's files in a way that breaks other servers.

Unless there's something special about Rise of Zek (like that it uses the P99 zone files), I think that might be your problem right there. You need one EQ install for P99, and a separate one for Zek or any other EQEmu server.

[ziggler52]

I will have to look into that.. I've been bouncing back and forth from zek to blue all week with no issues until last night.

[OGEQ99]

Crashing at nearly every zone. upon trying to relog crashing after hitting "enter world" from server select on p99 blue. Have had hardly any issues with this prior to yesterday/today. If I can't load in I will likely wipe everything and do a fresh install and report back.

[OGEQ99]

Logged in successfully in 800x600 resolution. Did not reinstall. First zone from West Freeport to North Freeport loaded successfully.

[OGEQ99]

Playing on blue p99. Started crashing upon loading several times today w/ no previous issues. Game would freeze after hitting "enter world". Read up a few threads, changes resolution to 800x600 and eventually loaded/zoned fine @ 800x600 resolution several times. Weather changed to rain as I was just about to zone to West Freeport. "not responding" on zone after the rain hit. Now having the same issue where the game freezes upon hitting enter world. Have tried windowed and full screen modes when I am able to get logged in. Most recent attempt to switch to full screen crashed the game. I'm wondering if there is some correlation between the rain effect and the crashed because I was playing/zoning fine for about 30 minutes until the rain hit before I zoned and it crashed again.

[Shyftie]

I have also had severe issues with crashes. I crash almost every time I camp a character, about 50% or more of the time when I zone, as well when porting in parties I can no longer see 1 person that is still in the party. This has all started since the patch and is nearly making it unbearable to even play the game.:confused:

[OGEQ99]

Solved the zoning issue. DO NOT CLICK WHILE ZONING OR YOU WILL FREEZE.

[Madbad]

Solved the zoning issue. DO NOT CLICK WHILE ZONING OR YOU WILL FREEZE.

This has been my experience here since 2012. Seems unrelated to patch for me.

[dreamcasterx]

I have one main account and 2 sub accounts.

My main account about 75% of the time I get outdated spell files when I try to log in.
My sub accounts this never happens.

All accounts I freeze/crash about 1/2 the time that I zone. I have never had this issue ever playing this game in the past. This is a new issue.

I also didn't change any settings before having this issue. It came out of no where and I've tried everything to fix it.

Buy new video card.
Reinstall P99 from scratch
Use default UI with no changes to client files
Use custom UIs


All give the same results. I don't think this issue has anything to do with files or my video card settings.

I feel this is either a simple setting issue or a network connection issue.

Please fix this asap. I don't want to play a crappy game while I wait for a fix. I love this game.

[OKGO]

Well it's my turn now. I crash upon zoning. Then I can't log back in without a full reboot of PC. I get an "unknown error" from server selection screen after a zoning crash when I can get to server screen without a reboot. Mostly though I can't even get back to the server selection screen unless I reboot.

[|tda| fatal]

guess this is never getting fixed. gg

[Magifyre]

I've been crashing frequently when loading in from character select, and when zoning. Even if I don't click anywhere, the client will freeze, and I'll have to close out and wait for 1018

[leyneq]

I am crashing about 75% of the time I zone. I have not played very long on P99, but I have noticed it way more throughout March.

[JayDee]

My shit locks up when zoning about a quarter of the time. Never had this problem until recently

[Berendar]

This morning started losing connection randomly. Internet seems OK. Not crashing, just sitting in EC and suddenly get disconnected.

[Cardnyl]

I'm in the same boat. I stumbled onto this thread well after making my post on the technical discussion area. I documented what I've tried there.

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=328607