Empty Server Select

AktionT4 · #1 12-09-2016, 11:03 PM

Hello,

I've installed the Titanium Client per the instructions listed under the "Getting Started" section of the site. My internet connection is wired, and is not exhibiting packet loss or any other QoS degradation.

The last few days, I've had nothing but blank server select screens and decided to fire up Wireshark and see what was happening using a "udp.stream eq 5998" filter right on login.

Apparently, I AM getting the server select data from login.eqemulator.net:5998 - but it's not displaying in the GUI. Any ideas?

I followed the UDP stream and pasted it into a text document - and this is what I'm getting:

..... ...................
..................e.....i...52.40.67.211..... ...[R] Acktack Server.EN.US.........139.196.254.228.....
...[R] un Test.EN.US.........108.61.129.177.........EZ Server - Custom Zones, Vendors, Quests, Items, etc.EN.US.........axclassic.com.....
...[R] [PROJECT AXCLASSIC] The Rathe.EN.US.........66.55.145.2.........Project 1999 (1): The Scars of Velious.EN.US.........91.121.106.27.........[R] ! [VoG] Visions of Grandeur (PoP, 4box, 1grp raids).EN.US....."...67.11.182.27.........[R] Exos House of Pain.EN.US....
. ......198.100.45.111.........[R] EQ Rage - Classic hardcore PvP.EN.US.........70.106.242.91.........[R] Inigo's Last Dream.EN.US.........69.197.4.197. .......Scorpious2k: The Next Generation [custom].EN.US.........222.73.236.37. .......Dragon Soul - CEQ [zh-cn/legit/PvE].EN.US.....V...113.18.253.2.........[R] -=The Old Friends Party=- [CEQ 60 LUC LDON AA Merc].EN.US.........65.255.245.105.........[R] Infused EQ Server.EN.US.........70.185.231.153.........[R] Overlord [Under Construction].EN.US.........6.
.!8.116.73.210. .......Raid Addicts (Fully Custom) [Now Solo Friendly].EN.US.....X...104.54.217.109.........[R] wipncov.EN.US.........10.64.10.38.........[R] Bogard_EQ Server.EN.US.........38.123.6.68.........[R] Hammerfall [Progression].EN.US.........158.69.221.200.........[R] UnityEQ.EN.US.........faltine.com.........[R] BetterQuest.fr - Mieux qu'EverQuest, et en fran..ais ! (Dev server).EN.US.........77.68.227.242.........[R] [EU] Puny Earthlings (5x Exp, Progression, Bots, Custom quests and Augments)..
."EN.US.........40.117.147.63.........[R] Embers of the Fallen eMu.EN.US.........98.236.137.118..... ...[R] Draketon - The LifeGuide (Velious).EN.US.........173.160.253.243.....!...[R] EQ Zion.EN.US.........107.142.12.118....."...[R] Envy of the Irish.EN.US.........64.90.68.87.....#...[R] LootFest::Random loot,2bot,all custom.EN.US.........199.58.145.220.....$...[R] Joshs Single Player (FP4UKF).EN.US.........184.18.38.138.....%...[R] Ashrealms Classic Everquest Server.EN.US.........185.24.12.35.....&...[R.
.#] Aetenus-eternus-UK.EN.US.........174.71.195.179.....'...[R] Zero Aphex.EN.US.........93.187.146.101.....(...[R] Rathbone Wastes.EN.US.........212.83.146.31.....)...[R] Tyrnea Mitore's EQ Project DEV.EN.US.........68.63.239.94.....*...[R] operation wolf.EN.US.........144.217.6.162.....+...[R] ! !Nostalgic.gq Classic Time Progression(2x-bots)(2x-box)(XP-1x).EN.US.........64.90.70.10.....,...[R] !Vengeful Soloist (VELIOUS, solo/small group, no boxing).EN.US.........208.64.171.245.....-...[R] Casual Dream.
.$s: Solo PoP Legit.EN.US.........10.0.0.96.........[R] Jps Fantastic EQEmu(hQzV8x).EN.US.........86.133.12.12...../...[R] SirensBane Classic EQBOTS.EN.US.........thfdev.dyndns.org.....0...[R] The Hidden Forest [Test Server].EN.US.........52.36.172.179.....1...[R] Omni Guild of P99.EN.US.........172.13.145.156. ...2...Chronicles Of Norrath.EN.US.........rere-nag2369.cloudapp.net.....3...[R] .Nagafen's Lair (3box,1-65,Classic-PoP Progression).EN.US.........70.190.168.195. ...4...Imperium Server - Solo Leve.
.%l/Duo Raid.EN.US.....$...velious.dyndns.org.....5...[R] Aftermath's Test Server.EN.US.........208.86.11.191.....6...[R] Up2Us.EN.US.........52.34.152.57.....7...[R] RebuildEQ.com - Check forums to be a tester!.EN.US.........firionaswonder.ddns.net..... 8...[R] Firiona's Wonder.EN.US.........50.132.71.1.....9...[R] Halls Havoc Legit.EN.US.........108.28.37.70.....:...[R] Steelmill Server (pfwERG).EN.US.........73.37.183.90.....;...[R] !! Minnesota EQ - Powered by VMware ESXi 6 on SSD !!.EN.US.........63.1.
.&41.224.18.....<...[R] Taroth Lands.EN.US.........69.168.254.243.....>...Storm Haven - High-Quality Custom Content.EN.US.........dragonsofmist.com.....?...[R] Dragons Of Mist.EN.US.........72.76.247.206.....@...[R] The War.EN.US.........mmoemulators.com.....A...[R] Morell-Thule: Resurrection (Non-Legit).EN.US.........loginserver.takproject.org... ..B...[R] The Al'Kabor Project [www.takproject.net] DEV.EN.US.........108.84.101.16.....C...[R] Classic EverQuest with a Twist [Beta - Under Construction].EN.US..
.'........52.17.46.27.....D...[R] JPC Test Nagafen's Lair (Reborn).EN.US.........162.237.129.95.....E...[R] Wizards_Tower.EN.US.........96.83.159.235.....F...[R] Nooooppe Server [TEST].EN.US.........108.61.129.184.....G...Project 1999 (2): Red (PvP, Velious).EN.US.....V...24.149.65.132.....H...[R] !!Kimura's Project (Alpha).EN.US.........73.38.171.85.....I...[R] FF Server.EN.US.........209.212.39.15.....J...[R] MapTest.EN.US.........97.85.253.137.....K...[R] Pi EQEMU Server [Custom-Legit].EN.US.........10........... ....!...."....#....$....%....&....'......

Tupakk · #2 12-09-2016, 11:30 PM

I admire you witeshark skills but this is simply a log in no screen log out log back in issue. After about 5-10 attempts and still nothing count to 10 try it. Try not to break your keyboard and click it slowly.

It's a common bug and their are no fixes.

Zaela · #3 12-09-2016, 11:38 PM

It's possible that you are getting all the packets, but they aren't all coming in in the correct order. The login server doesn't respond when the client complains about packets being out of order, unlike the actual game servers. I made a post that goes into how to confirm that from a wireshark capture here (mainly in the later half of the post). Maybe you'll be the first person to actually find that useful...

If that turns out to be the case, I made a tool that sits between the client and the login server and buffers packets from the login server until they are in fact in order before sending them on to the client, as a workaround. That tool was mainly made to work around a linux issue, but it could theoretically help on windows as well, but I haven't actually heard a case where someone found it useful on windows. Anyway, details about that tool, and a link to the source code, can be found here.

AktionT4 · #4 12-10-2016, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Zaela [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's possible that you are getting all the packets, but they aren't all coming in in the correct order.

That's possible... I'm wondering if my ISP has some weird firewall/routing configs that are tossing frames around to places they shouldn't be going.

I'll have to open a call with them. Thanks.

AktionT4 · #5 12-10-2016, 02:41 AM

Found a solution to no servers showing up in "Server Select".

I have a wireless N600 Belkin router. After configuring port forwarding to 5998, and setting up a DMZ for my PC, I was still having issues getting the Titanium client to connect with a server list.

Systematically, I started going through every setting in my router to determine what could be the reason why directly connecting through the modem works, but a DMZ doesn't. Wireshark confirmed I was getting packets WITH server listings but they weren't being displayed in the game GUI.

Then I came across a setting in my router for a service called Intellistream - which is some sort of Quality of Service mechanism for prioritizing traffic within my router. Voice, video, games... all get tagged for priority.

Somehow, the Intellistream QoS process is corrupting UDP frames... They're coming in to the router, but something is happening to the data before it gets to the game client and likely, the game client is just choking on the corrupted data. Not sure if it's failing a CRC, or if the game client is dumping corrupted packets, but either way, the QoS service is the culprit.

Anyhow.. I would imagine that anyone that has a router with some sort of QoS service built into their router AND is having trouble with empty server lists, try disabling it. I'm not forwarding ports, I'm not in a DMZ, and I disabled Intellistream. Instant connections with server lists!

vanishedxD · #6 12-19-2016, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by AktionT4 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Found a solution to no servers showing up in "Server Select".

I have a wireless N600 Belkin router. After configuring port forwarding to 5998, and setting up a DMZ for my PC, I was still having issues getting the Titanium client to connect with a server list.

Systematically, I started going through every setting in my router to determine what could be the reason why directly connecting through the modem works, but a DMZ doesn't. Wireshark confirmed I was getting packets WITH server listings but they weren't being displayed in the game GUI.

Then I came across a setting in my router for a service called Intellistream - which is some sort of Quality of Service mechanism for prioritizing traffic within my router. Voice, video, games... all get tagged for priority.

Somehow, the Intellistream QoS process is corrupting UDP frames... They're coming in to the router, but something is happening to the data before it gets to the game client and likely, the game client is just choking on the corrupted data. Not sure if it's failing a CRC, or if the game client is dumping corrupted packets, but either way, the QoS service is the culprit.

Anyhow.. I would imagine that anyone that has a router with some sort of QoS service built into their router AND is having trouble with empty server lists, try disabling it. I'm not forwarding ports, I'm not in a DMZ, and I disabled Intellistream. Instant connections with server lists!

DOWN WITH QOS ALL PACKETS ARE EQUAL.