An error occured while trying to enter server

[Fluxicans]

"An unknown error occurred while trying to join the server" is the exact message I get each time.

I got that error on green server first. A couple times in a row.

I then tried other servers with same results.

No error code.

I reloaded the latest patch, just in case it might fix it.

It did not.

Any thoughts?

[NCAEQ]

Same problem happening just today after the double exp !!! Please Help!!

[fizzlemage]

I am also having the same issue. RIP

[DuHarIkkeNokIEn]

Getting same error, logged in fine an hour ago.

[Ignight]

Getting the same error here in NC as well

[MasumiVega]

i cant log in either same message

[zzzkurtzzz]

Having the same issue in Japan.

[Oldandrus]

Also getting the same error

[tycohunden]

same. Sweden.

[JoeAPxv]

SAME NONSENSE HERE!!! WHY?!?! WHY is this an issue????????????????

[Ignight]

I was able to login

[DuHarIkkeNokIEn]

Got it worked using middleman

https://github.com/rm-you/p99-login-middlemand/releases

[Ignight]

Is it down again?

[Fluxicans]

Got it worked using middleman

https://github.com/rm-you/p99-login-middlemand/releases

This has worked for me. Follow the instructions on the download page. You will have to edit eqgame.txt I believe it is. Dont forget to save.

[Drakon5]

I'm experiencing the same issue. Glad it's not just me. I use the same account but on a desktop and a laptop when I want to hang out in bed and play, and I thought maybe I got dinged for multiboxing or something.

[Eviled]

Bump,

Same error.

I've tried flushing DNS, restarting router, literally everything under the sun

[Corlon]

Also getting this error.

[Morikaidin]

Also the same error this morning. Was working fine when I logged out last night at midnight CDT.

[Leominor]

same in Austria, was logged in an our ago then had to relog

[IXIShaunIXI]

all the loot and exp killed the login server

[lowner411]

This has worked for me. Follow the instructions on the download page. You will have to edit eqgame.txt I believe it is. Dont forget to save.

Also worked for me.

[tycohunden]

Can it be dgVoodoo issues, I have it, to prevent continous crashes, anyone of you have it too?

[Omidon99]

Hello. I, too, cannot log in.

[Tannaar]

Same issue for me. Completly deleted all my EQ files and reloaded everything, ran the upfated patch fils again to make sure, still get the same message. Tried middlemand as well, still can't login

[Sildiin]

Got it worked using middleman

https://github.com/rm-you/p99-login-middlemand/releases

I got the same error, but this 'solved' it and I can login and play. Running on Linux / Wine.

[gibkcir]

Starting at 7:30 am EST and now it is 10:54 am EST. Continue to retry.

[BarnabusCollins]

Got it worked using middleman

https://github.com/rm-you/p99-login-middlemand/releases

I'vd had no luck logging in to green server or blue server using middlemand, i edited eqhost.txt and let it run (as an administrator), and let middlemand run while EQ ran, still cant login says an unknown error occurred.

[Maldarian]

Hopefully someone wakes up soon to fix this

[godshaun]

Having this issue today as well. Waiting on a fix.

[Kyrupt]

Loser company of hacks as it was back in 1999 as they are still Verant, cocky and stupid

[Kyrupt]

Verant is a loser company of idiots...

[Kyrupt]

Yeah like the idiot that coded the xp bonus that seems to screw up all the time, Verant is a company of idiots

[jag2kk]

Also unable to log in.

[Flurpy]

Same issue, Ive tried updating the files, clearing DNS cache, trying mobile hotspot, checking firewall, nothing works

[Kuadin]

Love how the player pool has increased each time ive tried to log in but still we all cannot log in.

[patrickmcg17]

Login issue still unresolved. :/ DC.

[Kyrupt]

Perhaps Verant will pull their heads out of their butts one day but after 27 years of sucking I doubt it...losers at best

[Mass3yff3ct]

Same concern, flushed DNS, been trying off an on for over an hour with no results.

[Ignight]

Still down. So much for double exp weekend.

[maleficio]

I was also unable to log in, even when running middleman. I re-edited the eqhost.txt file (copy pasted from middleman's github) and saved the changes. Logged in as normal afterwards. May just be coincidence; your mileage may vary.

[spasblitz]

I have same problem, cannot login : An unknown error occurred while trying to join the server

[Hierophant23]

Anyone got a solution?

[Ignight]

They broke Project 1999 with double exp modifier.

[Ignight]

I would love to at least know Project 1999 staff are aware of the issue.

[spasblitz]

This has worked for me. Follow the instructions on the download page. You will have to edit eqgame.txt I believe it is. Dont forget to save.
This worked for me to, unzip, run, minimize it, change eqhost.txt file as instructed in link, Run EQ, login. ONLY the 3 P99 servers show with this config, FYI, but I was able to login to Green

[Ignight]

This worked for me to, unzip, run, minimize it, change eqhost.txt file as instructed in link, Run EQ, login. ONLY the 3 P99 servers show with this config, FYI, but I was able to login to Green

So now we need to edit files to get the game to login?

[Reinarabbi]

Having the same issue as well. I keep getting the same message: An unknown error occurred while trying to join the server. Been trying to get in for the last 4 hrs now. Got lucky once, did see the double exp and double loot, logged off, and haven't been able to get back in ever since.

[HereticCyrus]

i really dont feel comfortable editing files unless absolutely necessary, anyway of knowing if they know about it? i mean some kind of update at least saying its being worked on would be nice.

[Hierophant23]

still not working for me doesnt matter how many ways i play with the files

[Ignight]

i really dont feel comfortable editing files unless absolutely necessary, anyway of knowing if they know about it? i mean some kind of update at least saying its being worked on would be nice.

Maybe even a guide acknowledgment of the issue.

[Flurpy]

is this a problem that will eventually be fixed or is it something we need to address on our end?

[BarnabusCollins]

there was no problem last night into this early morning, don't know what could have changed. maybe its an eqemulator issue?

[Reiwa]

Middleman fixed it for me. No signs of dark magic.

[Flurpy]

its frustrating because it says everything is up and there are like 450 people playing right now. sounds like a lot of us cant get in, so what are the 450 people doing differently? I don't want to miss out on all this juicy exp :(

Part of me says just wait it will fix but why can so many others play right now?

[Tedium333]

Wow, the authenticity of the Everquest experience from 1999 is completely on point. Including the failed log in attempts when absolutely nothing is wrong on my end. Good job recreating this experience. I've missed it so much after 27 years.

[Flurpy]

ITS WORKING! GO TRY IT!

[BarnabusCollins]

i just got logged in yay

[Hierophant23]

how??

[tycohunden]

Luckily for me my daughter ate a poisonous house plant so I’ve been in the emergency room all through the day. Because once we get home I better be able to log in or I’ll lose my shit!!! Oh yeah, she’s fine…

[Morikaidin]

Working for me now too. I made no changes, just patiently waited.

Thanks to the staff for taking time out of their holiday weekend to fix this for us!

[Ignight]

It's down again!

[Dirkdaring]

Maybe its the server trying to tell you to let the 27 year old game die, and play something else. However I too am getting the same error message lol

[Ignight]

Maybe its the server trying to tell you to let the 27 year old game die, and play something else. However I too am getting the same error message lol

I'll bet their favorite "Legends" is up and running no issues

[Ujio]

Maybe the P99 Staff will make it up to us by extending the XP Weekend? Only Fair b/c this is so lame.

[Ignight]

Maybe the P99 Staff will make it up to us by extending the XP Weekend? Only Fair b/c this is so lame.

What staff? They haven't even acknowledged there's an issue. Not even the guides have chimed in.

[doginarocketproton]

Same issue here. Nothing local has changed since I was on a few days ago.

[Ignight]

It's still down.

[beatinudown]

Is there a fix to this or do we just wait? Seems like there are people logged on...

[Ignight]

Is there a fix to this or do we just wait? Seems like there are people logged on...

Most just won't log out.

[SGTWingnutt69]

An unknown error occurred while trying to join the server; happened also with my uncle who lives 100 miles away. Fix your servers P99, and I expect an extended holiday bonus as a result

[tranewreck]

Same here, cant login.... worked fine last nite... not a good look during an event.

[donmahaffey]

was working fine last night im on wired network and nothing seems to be working do i just have to wait it out cuz i hate missing this event really wanted to get my toons going

[Menphis]

Same !

[Fluxicans]

Loser company of hacks as it was back in 1999 as they are still Verant, cocky and stupid

You do know these guys volunteer for this. And get no pay.

You are playing this for free.

Feel free to move on to other games.

[Ignight]

You do know these guys volunteer for this. And get no pay.

You are playing this for free.

Feel free to move on to other games.

Must be working for you.

[Oliver1]

My group is supposed to play tonight. None of us can get on, though. Same error as others are reporting.

[Belambic]

Try using middlemand (https://github.com/Zaela/p99-login-middlemand)

[eqlabdrac]

same here hard to have a double ex and loot when you cant get in.

[Pixio]

Can confirm. The only thing I'm leveling today is my Frustration skill.

Seeing only 175 players on Blue during Double XP tells me I'm not alone. I humbly petition the GMs for a 5-day Double XP extension for the exiles stuck in the Plane of Login. Those who got in already have an unfair XP advantage! ��

[bulbousaur]

Same here, all servers 4:18PM Eastern.

[teddyl]

middlemand worked for me

[mretrunk87]

Im getting the same error as well. :(

[Ciderpress]

what exactly does middlemand do that fixes this that can't just be the default setting? this issue happens constantly.

[Eldarion]

Hello everyone,

Same for me.

I'm unable to log in to any of the three servers tonight. My internet connection is working perfectly, and I'm not experiencing any connectivity issues with anything else.

Regards.

[Ciderpress]

Get the middlemand thing. You need to edit your eqhost.txt file per the instructions on github and run the exe before you start p99 then it will work.

Would still love to know what middlemand is actually doing and why it doesn't just work that way by default

[BlackBellamy]

The solution has been posted several times in this thread.

go here https://github.com/rm-you/p99-login-middlemand/releases

click the p99-login-middlemand.zip file and download it and extract the .exe from within and put it somewhere

do the steps in the Instructions: section of that page to modify your eqhosts.txt file

run p99-login-middlemand.exe that you extracted, you'll see a black box, ignore and minimize that

launch p99 as usual

[m22882]

i reset my network connection and that solved my issue. full disconnect from network, waited 30 seconds, reconnected. started eq and logged in without issue.

[Eldarion]

Thank you all for your replies. I hadn't noticed that the solution had already been posted. Since English is not my native language, it didn't immediately stand out to me.

Best Regards.

[Ignight]

The solution has been posted several times in this thread.

go here https://github.com/rm-you/p99-login-middlemand/releases

click the p99-login-middlemand.zip file and download it and extract the .exe from within and put it somewhere

do the steps in the Instructions: section of that page to modify your eqhosts.txt file

run p99-login-middlemand.exe that you extracted, you'll see a black box, ignore and minimize that

launch p99 as usual

Doesn't work for everyone. It's not a solid solution

[Two Tacos]

Here is what worked for me on windows.

1 open a command prompt (type CMD in your start menu)

2 enter "ipconfig/release"

3 enter "ipconfig/flushdns"

4 enter "ipconfig/renew"

5 Now it's your world, do you!

commands should not include the quotation marks

[Ignight]

Here is what worked for me on windows.

1 open a command prompt (type CMD in your start menu)

2 enter "ipconfig/release"

3 enter "ipconfig/flushdns"

4 enter "ipconfig/renew"

5 Now it's your world, do you!

commands should not include the quotation marks

Wish that had worked for me.

[Ayane]

The issue isn't DNS or something server side for P99 (green/blue/red). It's an EQEmu issue that needs to get resolved.

As some have stated, the middlemand thing can work as it will bypass the EQEmu server on loadup and go straight to P99 servers. However, unless you're really windows command savvy and able to understand the gibberish of github (which every single thing on there refuses to have things listed out simply), you may be out of luck.

Those of you using Pigparse may be able to get the middlemand solution to work easier given it has an option in it to enable it without trying to build your own program from github.

First, do the middlemand change to your eqhost.txt file. Change to Host=localhost:5998
Second, load Pigparse before starting EQ.
Press the circle to load settings on a window, in general scroll down to the bottom and check the "Login middlemand" option.
Third, start EQ as you would normally.

It should work for anyone using pigparse and you won't have to do the crazy set-up for middlemand itself.

[Fluxicans]

An unknown error occurred while trying to join the server; happened also with my uncle who lives 100 miles away. Fix your servers P99, and I expect an extended holiday bonus as a result

If they see this, you just may get banned. No need to be nasty. I mean you are playing a free game. Staffed by volunteers. No pay. They could just walk away and let it burn.

Be nice. Dont be a douche.

[weebul]

log in server error

[Dajeeem]

getting the same error message, cant login

[Dajeeem]

This has worked for me. Follow the instructions on the download page. You will have to edit eqgame.txt I believe it is. Dont forget to save.

this did not work for me, hopefully its fixed soon, sad face:(

[tranewreck]

i got in around 2pm pst but now i cant log in. same error message.

[BarnabusCollins]

i logged out now i cant get back in, same as this morning it keeps saying an unknown error has occurred.

[BarnabusCollins]

middlemand and ipconfig neither worked for me

[void212]

ok ok ... i have the same issue .. cant log in and i also get this strange message ...

got it also yesterday , but after some hours of waiting it finally works for me .. played some hours went to sleep and now the same issue ...

i live in germany ...

- pls fix , the exp boost is so nice . the life of a 53 warrior is hard enough :)

[bulbousaur]

Three of us trying to play tonight (2:45AM Eastern). Middlemand worked immediately for two of us. Did not for the third - nor did the ipconfig commands.

[BarnabusCollins]

I don't know why middlemand will not function correctly for me. I edited Eqhost.txt as follows:
[LoginServer]
Host=localhost:5998
#Host=login.eqemulator.net:5998

I then right click middlemand.exe and select 'run as administrator'

But when i open Everquest and login, i see all the same servers listed (not just p99), and I keep getting the 'an unknown error has occurred' message when i try to connect to a server.
I thought middlemand and eqhost.txt were to make it so i only saw the blue, green, and red p99 servers

[Dripdrop]

Havent been able to log on. This sucks.

[Ignight]

I don't know why middlemand will not function correctly for me. I edited Eqhost.txt as follows:
[LoginServer]
Host=localhost:5998
#Host=login.eqemulator.net:5998

I then right click middlemand.exe and select 'run as administrator'

But when i open Everquest and login, i see all the same servers listed (not just p99), and I keep getting the 'an unknown error has occurred' message when i try to connect to a server.
I thought middlemand and eqhost.txt were to make it so i only saw the blue, green, and red p99 servers

Doesn't work for everyone.

[void212]

Doesn't work for everyone.

true .. and re-installing Everquest or re-setup your whole system does not work either :)

[Xano]

Same issue - i can see all the servers and population

But get an unexpected error when trying to click into blue.

Are we all using the same launcher possibly?

~ XANTHRO

[Silverback90785]

Why is this not being addressed or at least publicly acknowledged by the team?

[robwalker]

4th of July..

[te6tfa]

The issue isn't DNS or something server side for P99 (green/blue/red). It's an EQEmu issue that needs to get resolved.

As some have stated, the middlemand thing can work as it will bypass the EQEmu server on loadup and go straight to P99 servers. However, unless you're really windows command savvy and able to understand the gibberish of github (which every single thing on there refuses to have things listed out simply), you may be out of luck.

Those of you using Pigparse may be able to get the middlemand solution to work easier given it has an option in it to enable it without trying to build your own program from github.

First, do the middlemand change to your eqhost.txt file. Change to Host=localhost:5998
Second, load Pigparse before starting EQ.
Press the circle to load settings on a window, in general scroll down to the bottom and check the "Login middlemand" option.
Third, start EQ as you would normally.

It should work for anyone using pigparse and you won't have to do the crazy set-up for middlemand itself.

---------------------

This worked for me. To simplify:

0.- Back up the file eqhost.txt
1.- Download EQUtils
2.- Run "EQTool.exe"
3.- In settings/general, enable "login middleware"
4.- Launch EverQuest while EQTool running

[BlackBellamy]

I don't know why middlemand will not function correctly for me. I edited Eqhost.txt as follows:
[LoginServer]
Host=localhost:5998
#Host=login.eqemulator.net:5998

I then right click middlemand.exe and select 'run as administrator'

But when i open Everquest and login, i see all the same servers listed (not just p99), and I keep getting the 'an unknown error has occurred' message when i try to connect to a server.
I thought middlemand and eqhost.txt were to make it so i only saw the blue, green, and red p99 servers

If you see all the servers listed then you either edited the eqhost.txt file wrong, try typing it all in instead of copying and pasting, or it means your P99 is referencing another eqhost.txt file. Do a search on your whole computer for eqhost.txt and see if it returns two results. Edit both.

[Ignight]

Login server cant even be reached now

[Xano]

This fixes it
It's a DNS thing or some bull my bro in law computer God told me

Go to your EQ host text file
[Loginserver]
Host=70.35.159.39:5998


XANTHRO