Random crashes when zoning

[Pope Hat]

Hey guy try this:

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

right click your Eq shortcut and goto properties and set compatibility mode to xp

[Xymor]

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

Hey guy try this:

I have already been running in Windows XP, Service Pack 2 compatibility mode, so that is not it.

[Issar]

Thanks for the suggestion Pope Hat. This is however a routing issue and not a software problem. Unfortunately, it's not something we can address on our end. I'm guessing that us P99ers are not the only people experiencing issues with these hops and hopefully it's something that's being addressed. If I have some spare time tonight, I'll give them a call and try to work through the Spectrum support ranks.

[Xymor]

For the Spectrum customers, the workaround may be to use a VPN service, for now.

Without VPN, I see timeouts when running traceroute to project1999.com web server (same IP address space as the game server). While I am on VPN, traceroute is clean.

By the way, the potential routing issues seem to exist within the Hurricane Electric's network (Internet Backbone and Colocation Provider).

I will run on VPN tonight and report if I have any issues.

Here is the traceroute output for both scenarios:
https://imgur.com/a/7ViW6

[Foxboxx]

Am I the only one here with this problem who is not on Spectrum?

[Ignight]

I called Spectrum tonight. Hopefully they see the issue and fix it.

[murray21]

same deal over the past week from Columbus, Ohio with Spectrum - game is basically unplayable since I can rarely log in and typically zoning results in LD.

[murray21]

Advice on creating or obtaining a vpn? Going on a week plus not able to log in regularly to the game OR the p99 website/wiki.

[Zutizutzut]

Spectrum SoCal here and same issues. I've tried a couple of different VPNs and no luck (including connecting through different sites).

[Xymor]

FYI - I used NordVPN last night and did not have a single issue. Will continue using it today and will report results.