Tell me how this is NOT a P99 Server issue

[Phishinforfloyd]

The past few times I was able to get into the world and instead of disconnecting I was in a lag loop . then I finally got disconnected. only started after this last patch. we still are in version or revision 53 right? There isn't a 54? other than that I reset all factory defaults in the firewall,malware and then manually turned everything off. Didnt help, then turned them back on made exceptions. nothing. Doesnt matter if its EQemu or wineq.i checked video card drivers,network adapters, resolution hasn't changed, nor has refresh rate. swapped cat 6 cable straight into the modem, nothing. dont know what to do next

[Phishinforfloyd]

"2020-04-21 12:37:46 World initialized: load
2020-04-21 12:37:46 load done.
2020-04-21 12:37:46
2020-04-21 12:37:46 Starting char select.
2020-04-21 12:37:46
2020-04-21 12:37:46 Clearing display buffers.
2020-04-21 12:37:46
2020-04-21 12:37:46 Display buffers cleared.
2020-04-21 12:37:46
2020-04-21 12:37:46 Initializing character select UI.
2020-04-21 12:37:46 Resetting game UI.
2020-04-21 12:41:29 THE SERVER IS NOT RESPONDING.
2020-04-21 12:41:29
2020-04-21 12:41:29 end of DisplayScreen
2020-04-21 12:41:29
2020-04-21 12:41:31 TIMED OUT WAITING FOR ZONE ADDR
2020-04-21 12:41:31
2020-04-21 12:41:31 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes."

"2020-04-21 12:37:24 Failed to open C:\everquest\GlobalDRK_chr.s3d."

I mean what's up with this it's all in the logs

[mcoy]

I'd never even heard of "Eqemulauncher.exe" until this post. Does anyone else here use that launcher? I just run the default Titanium install and have a shortcut to launch titanium.bat.

On to the topic - people frequently have issues where their ISP's routing table changes (usually temporarily) and they lose the ability to see servers on server select or fail to enter world. Have you ruled this out by attempting to tether to a hotspot or use a VPN?

As to your question about the servers' load - populations of 1500-2000+ were common back in '99-2000. The devs bought new hardware in 2019 for the purpose of supporting green. I can't imagine how they'd manage to procure a server that's less capable than one from 20 years ago. My personal one runs on a ~15 year old box (PE 2950) and with every zone instance running (every zone from titanium mind - not just limited to velious) it's at under 10% cpu and 25% memory utilization. This includes the overhead introduced by esxi, and storage delays because I'm usually running it with an active snapshot because I'm in the process of breaking something.

-Mcoy

[Phishinforfloyd]

I will flush my routing table and see if that does helps. I did a DNS release /renew same with ip release /renew. I have not tried through a VPN. That will be my next attempt after the routing table flush. Thank you that's one thing I did not think about.

[planarity]

yeah I also don't use eqemulauncher, whatever that is.

I use linux and I just do a exgame.exe patchme
I believe the launch_titanium.bat just does the exact same thing. You should try that

[planarity]

you should also post your eqclient.ini

[Baler]

please post your log files to help this proceed faster.

[Phishinforfloyd]

The only executable file that's not everquest.exe that is anything of importance is ipatch.exe and then eqgame.exe is the eqgame what your referring to? Thanks for helping guys appreciate ya, attached is .ini f

[mcoy]

It's a batch file (screenshot) with content of (screenshot2). Your compatibility mode settings should be defined on eqgame.exe.

-Mcoy

[mcoy]

Do you play in fullscreen, or windowed? What's your desktop resolution set to? Can try editing the following lines in your attached ini down to 800x600 and then adjusting the resolution in-game if you're able to enter world:

[VideoMode]
Width=1920
Height=1080
WidthWindowed=1920
HeightWindowed=1080
WindowedWidth=1920
WindowedHeight=1080

Personally, I have a 4k desktop and I run in a window so this is what mine looks like:

[VideoMode]
Width=1280
Height=768
WidthWindowed=1280
HeightWindowed=768
WinEQWidth=1280
WinEQHeight=768
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0
WindowedWidth=1920
WindowedHeight=1440

-Mcoy