Problems after Server Restart

[Tpar]

Is anyone else experiencing longer than normal zone times, and a lot more going LD while zoning since the server reboot yesterday? I know I am seeing a lot more of it,and in the past, my connection has always been very stable, now, I am usually having very, very long zone times, and often going LD on zoning.

[Shodo]

I have also been having issues, just started in the last couple days. I frequently disconnect while zoning, causing my screen to freeze on the last frame of the zone for a long time before booting me out to the login screen (before server select). I also have to attempt to log in several times, as it often will not connect to the server (eqemu's server I guess? since it's for server selection, not just p99).

[dafier]

I had zoning issues after the restart. Mine were:

Zone-----never load, task mgr kill eqgame.exe, start eq back up, wait for ld char to get kicked out, log back in. EVERY TIME I ZONED!

Now: My zone times are noticeably longer, but I do zone successfully.

[sh8671]

For several days I keep going LD or 'desyncing' randomly, seems to happen once every couple hours. Tried fudging spell effects, I'm using eqw.. not sure what else to try. It started just before server crash. Previously I never had a single problem with LD's.

[pickleloaf]

i've been getting error 1017 ever since. i have trouble logging on at all now

[FatMice]

Yes this has been happening to me as well. Extremely long zone times, crash, reboot, etc.

I had this happen to be me before as well and lowering my graphics seemed to fix it but it is back again.

I wonder if Dev/Management have any issue due to the proximity to the server?

[Destron]

Just don't zone, doy.

[dafier]

Addendum: Last night I had to kill the eqgame.exe process again, twice. Then log back in after zoning.

~100ms ping time constantly and 0 loss according to what the in game meter reads. (same as before)

Since it was a DB issue, I wonder if there is something up with disk latency after the fact. Only monitoring can tell. :( Just throwing it out there.....

[starfox]

I'm having this problem as well and it started yesterday. When I zone, the game will freeze (not respond) and I'll have to close it down and restart, wait for my character to not be ld, etc. After crashing and restarting I will be able to zone normally again but after a while of playing it will crash again if i zone out. I have also noticed that on occasion the server list is empty. I'll have to logout and back in to get the server lists to appear. I have never had that issue until yesterday as well. I also encountered one more issue last night; After I crashed/restarted and got to the character select, i saw the spell client updating thing as if i needed to patch. I thought this was odd so i went to the forum to check if there was a new patch while i had been playing but there wasnt. i logged out and restarted again and all my characters were there like normal.

[Shodo]

Edit: I also get the "spell files out of date" screen occasionally as others have mentioned.

AMD Phenom II Quad Core
5 GB DDR2
GeForce 560 Ti
Windows 7

Solutions I have tried:

Disabled loading screen art, re-applied latest p99 files, tried running with WinEQ 2.0 & without, run as administrator & in compatibility mode for Windows 98, 2000, & XP, added every version of "everquest.exe, eqgame.exe" etc that I could find to allowed programs list on firewall, tried disabling firewall.

Definitely only have a problem when zoning/loading. I played for a few hours lag-free without swapping zones. When I zoned, it did load after a while but from then on I had about 300+ ping, with actions some times delayed up to several seconds. I can play on other games with no latency.

[Wisteso]

Yes I'm having this issue with 90% of attempts to zone within the last day. Almost never before then, was maybe 5% of times before. Loading screen set to NONE does not help at all.

Nothing has changed on my end. Looks to be a server issue.

[Zheddar]

Do any of you have clients altered in any way from a fresh Titanium and then the P99 files added? You know, like better world textures or anything like that? Should be pretty fast to do a complete fresh install if anyone wants to try it and report back. My stuff has been fine. Also I am on Comcast, it could be an ISP issue, what are you using?

[Shodo]

Using Centurylink in the Northwest. I do have improved textures and a different set of hotbars, so I'll try a fresh install.

[Zheddar]

How is that working Shodo?

[Shodo]

Haven't made it home from work yet, will be testing in twenty minutes or so. Can't remember if I kept the copy of titanium I *purchased,* so it might be a couple hours before the new install is done.

[Shodo]

Have a completely fresh install, applied p99 files and followed the getting started guide - have not touched a single setting or file past that. Still have the issue - loaded in alright (took a little while), attempted to zone to everfrost from blackburrow - I did zone successfully, eventually. Once in EF, I camped to char select (also successful). When I tried to "enter world" again, I crashed to the login screen after several minutes of waiting.

Here are the lines at the bottom of dbg.txt (one of the FAQs said it can be useful):

2015-05-29 21:26:44 Loading everfrost
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Loading objects
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Loading lights
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Initializing cameras.
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Initializing lights.
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Initializing visual effects.
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Initializing target indicator.
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Initializing player path.
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Performing post-load operations.
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Initializing precipitation system.
2015-05-29 21:26:46 World initialized: everfrost
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Requesting zone data.
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Resetting cameras.
2015-05-29 21:26:46 Resetting vision.
2015-05-29 21:26:47 Resetting overlays.
2015-05-29 21:26:47 Zone initialized.
2015-05-29 21:26:47 Creating INI files.
2015-05-29 21:26:47 Requesting AA data.
2015-05-29 21:26:47 Requesting Skill rank data.
2015-05-29 21:26:47 Entering main loop.
2015-05-29 21:26:47 Loading game sounds.
2015-05-29 21:26:47 Requesting initialization data.
2015-05-29 21:26:47 DoMainLoop: just before first while(!ReadyEnterWorld).
2015-05-29 21:26:48 Zone Connect -- Received MSG_READY_ENTER_WORLD
2015-05-29 21:26:48 DoMainLoop: complete after first while(!ReadyEnterWorld).
2015-05-29 21:26:48 DoMainLoop: just before second while(!ReadyEnterWorld).
2015-05-29 21:26:48 Zone Connect -- Sending out a MSG_READY_ENTER_WORLD.
2015-05-29 21:26:49 Zone Connect -- Received MSG_READY_ENTER_WORLD
2015-05-29 21:26:49 DoMainLoop: completed second while(!ReadyEnterWorld).
2015-05-29 21:26:49 Setting up models.
2015-05-29 21:26:49 Setting up character.
2015-05-29 21:26:49 Activating music.
2015-05-29 21:26:49 Initialization complete.
2015-05-29 21:26:49 Entering main loop.
2015-05-29 21:26:51 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2015-05-29 21:26:51
2015-05-29 21:26:53 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2015-05-29 21:26:53
2015-05-29 21:26:54 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2015-05-29 21:26:54
2015-05-29 21:27:40 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2015-05-29 21:27:40
2015-05-29 21:27:41 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2015-05-29 21:27:41
2015-05-29 21:27:41 *** EXITING: I have completed camping.
2015-05-29 21:27:41
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Networking: connection terminated [client:DisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,server: DisconnectReasonNone]
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Attempt to send message 29547 on a void connection.
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Cleaning up groups.
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Attempt to send message 3702 on a void connection.
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Stopping world display.
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Attempt to send message 30546 on a void connection.
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Cleaning up.
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Sending Logout.
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Attempt to send message 3942 on a void connection.
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Networking: using port [55803].
2015-05-29 21:27:42 Networking: Connection Established [1]
2015-05-29 21:27:43 WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.
2015-05-29 21:27:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x6957 (26967).
2015-05-29 21:27:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0xfa6 (4006).
2015-05-29 21:27:52 WorldRPServer message: server name project1999
2015-05-29 21:27:52
2015-05-29 21:27:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x3c25 (15397).
2015-05-29 21:27:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x7cba (31930).
2015-05-29 21:27:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x52a4 (21156).
2015-05-29 21:27:52 WorldAuthenticate. Access granted.
2015-05-29 21:27:52
2015-05-29 21:27:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x4ec (1260).
2015-05-29 21:27:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x4513 (17683).
2015-05-29 21:27:53 Check 1sa. 0x9141f657
2015-05-29 21:27:53
2015-05-29 21:27:53 Check 1x. 0x9e15bc94
2015-05-29 21:27:53
2015-05-29 21:27:53 Starting network game.
2015-05-29 21:27:53
2015-05-29 21:27:53 Starting load.
2015-05-29 21:27:53
2015-05-29 21:27:53 Attempting to load clz.EQG.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Loaded clz.EQG.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Verifying world files.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Loading zone specific files.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Initializing cameras.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Initializing lights.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Initializing visual effects.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Initializing target indicator.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Initializing player path.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Performing post-load operations.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Initializing precipitation system.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 World initialized: clz
2015-05-29 21:27:54 load done.
2015-05-29 21:27:54
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Starting char select.
2015-05-29 21:27:54
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Clearing display buffers.
2015-05-29 21:27:54
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Display buffers cleared.
2015-05-29 21:27:54
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Initializing character select UI.
2015-05-29 21:27:54 Resetting game UI.
2015-05-29 21:27:59 Zone Connect -- 0 -- Received MSG_ZONE_ADDRESS
2015-05-29 21:27:59 Zone addr [66.55.145.2:31771] received...
2015-05-29 21:27:59 ZONING
2015-05-29 21:27:59 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
2015-05-29 21:27:59 Networking: using port [55807].
2015-05-29 21:27:59 Networking: Connection Established [1]
2015-05-29 21:27:59 Connected to 66.55.145.2:31771...
2015-05-29 21:28:00
2015-05-29 21:28:00 Zone Connect -- 2 -- Sending MSG_EQ_ADDPLAYER
2015-05-29 21:28:07 Zone Connect -- 3 -- Received MSG_SEND_PC
2015-05-29 21:28:07 Zone Connect -- 4 -- Received MSG_EQ_ADDPLAYER
2015-05-29 21:28:07 Received our EQPlayer from zone. MSG_EQ_NETPLAYERBUFF is next.
2015-05-29 21:28:07 Player = Djynni, zone = Everfrost Peaks
2015-05-29 21:28:14 MSG_EQ_NETPLAYERBUFF received started.
2015-05-29 21:28:14 MSG_EQ_NETPLAYERBUFF finished.
2015-05-29 21:28:21 MSG_EQ_NETPLAYERBUFF received started.
2015-05-29 21:28:21 MSG_EQ_NETPLAYERBUFF finished.
2015-05-29 21:28:27 MSG_EQ_NETPLAYERBUFF received started.
2015-05-29 21:28:27 MSG_EQ_NETPLAYERBUFF finished.
2015-05-29 21:28:30 MSG_EQ_NETPLAYERBUFF received started.
2015-05-29 21:28:30 MSG_EQ_NETPLAYERBUFF finished.
2015-05-29 21:28:31 MSG_TIME_STAMP received.
2015-05-29 21:28:31
2015-05-29 21:28:31 MSG_TIME_STAMP received. (Items inc).
2015-05-29 21:28:31
2015-05-29 21:31:02 TIMED OUT WAITING FOR MY EQPlayer (in GetZoneInfoFromNetwork())!! top = 759498616
2015-05-29 21:31:02
2015-05-29 21:31:02 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
2015-05-29 21:31:02 nError is TRUE at C:\EQ\EverQuest\EverQuest.cpp:20261
2015-05-29 21:31:02
2015-05-29 21:31:02 Exiting normally.
2015-05-29 21:31:02 Cleanup 1
2015-05-29 21:31:02
2015-05-29 21:31:02 Cleanup 4
2015-05-29 21:31:02
2015-05-29 21:31:02 Cleanup 5
2015-05-29 21:31:02
2015-05-29 21:31:02 Cleanup 6
2015-05-29 21:31:02
2015-05-29 21:31:02 Cleanup 7
2015-05-29 21:31:02
2015-05-29 21:31:03 Cleanup 8
2015-05-29 21:31:03
2015-05-29 21:31:03 Cleanup 9
2015-05-29 21:31:03
2015-05-29 21:31:03 Cleanup 10
2015-05-29 21:31:03
2015-05-29 21:31:03 Resetting UI.
2015-05-29 21:31:03 Resetting character select UI.
2015-05-29 21:31:03 Resetting game UI.
2015-05-29 21:31:03 UI Reset.
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Cleanup 11
2015-05-29 21:31:04
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Picking a default resolution, desktop is 1920 x 1080, 32 bits
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Ratio is 1.78
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Resolution was capped at 1280 x 720
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Resolution verified 1280 x 720, 32 bits ... diff was 1000 from 0 modes
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Resolution selected 1280 x 720, 32 bits
2015-05-29 21:31:04 CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.
2015-05-29 21:31:04 CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.
2015-05-29 21:31:04 CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.
2015-05-29 21:31:04 CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Using hardware vertex shaders.
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Initializing render system.
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Trilinear Mipmapping available.
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Vertex Shader Version: 3.0
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Pixel Shader Version: 3.0
2015-05-29 21:31:04 Initializing engine internals.
2015-05-29 21:31:04 CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.
2015-05-29 21:31:05 Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
2015-05-29 21:31:05 INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.


^^^ The above is from after loading Everfrost until the crash happened.

v v v The below appears to be some time after Blackburrow loaded. A lot of the text mentions the connection closing/terminating and then re-establishing. Not sure if that is normal or may be related to the issue.

2015-05-29 21:24:57 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2015-05-29 21:24:57
2015-05-29 21:24:58 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture for particle system.
2015-05-29 21:25:05 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
2015-05-29 21:25:05 Stopping world display.
2015-05-29 21:25:05 Attempt to send message 30546 on a void connection.
2015-05-29 21:25:05 Beginning EnterZone block.
2015-05-29 21:25:05
2015-05-29 21:25:05 Calling WorldAuthenticate. Countdown is 4
2015-05-29 21:25:05
2015-05-29 21:25:05 Networking: using port [64027].
2015-05-29 21:25:06 Networking: Connection Established [1]
2015-05-29 21:25:19 WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.
2015-05-29 21:25:19 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0xfa6 (4006).
2015-05-29 21:25:19 WorldRPServer message: server name project1999
2015-05-29 21:25:19
2015-05-29 21:25:49 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
2015-05-29 21:25:49 *** ERROR: WorldAuthenticate. My message arrival was NULL, the net has been shutdown.
2015-05-29 21:25:49 *** WorldAuthenticate. Checkpoint 3.
2015-05-29 21:25:52 Calling WorldAuthenticate. Countdown is 3
2015-05-29 21:25:52
2015-05-29 21:25:52 Networking: using port [54895].
2015-05-29 21:25:52 Networking: Connection Established [1]
2015-05-29 21:25:52 WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.
2015-05-29 21:25:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0xfa6 (4006).
2015-05-29 21:25:52 WorldRPServer message: server name project1999
2015-05-29 21:25:52
2015-05-29 21:25:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x3c25 (15397).
2015-05-29 21:25:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x7cba (31930).
2015-05-29 21:25:52 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x52a4 (21156).
2015-05-29 21:25:53 WorldAuthenticate. Access granted.
2015-05-29 21:25:53
2015-05-29 21:25:53 Check 1sa. 0x9141f657
2015-05-29 21:25:53
2015-05-29 21:25:53 Check 1x. 0x9e15bc94
2015-05-29 21:25:53
2015-05-29 21:25:53 Waiting to connect to zone... Character Djynni
2015-05-29 21:25:53
2015-05-29 21:25:53 Zone Connect -- 0 -- Received MSG_ZONE_ADDRESS
2015-05-29 21:25:54 Zone addr [66.55.145.2:31771] received...
2015-05-29 21:25:54 ZONING
2015-05-29 21:25:54 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
2015-05-29 21:25:54 Networking: using port [54898].
2015-05-29 21:25:54 Networking: Connection Established [1]
2015-05-29 21:26:04 Connected to 66.55.145.2:31771...


Other information requested in the FAQ:
Net adapter: Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller (Driver version 7.46.610.2011 from 6/10/2011, up to date)
Processor (misremembered a little earlier): AMD Phenom (tm) 9750 Quad-Core 2.40 Ghz
OS: Windows 7 SP1
Motherboard: Dell Inspiron 546

[Shodo]

Did another test with WinEQ 2.0 running this time - still haven't made any changes to my files. This time I actually received the "you have been disconnected" message after being stuck trying to load for a while.

2015-05-30 00:03:55 Loading nro
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Loading objects
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Loading lights
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Initializing cameras.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Initializing lights.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Initializing visual effects.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Initializing target indicator.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Initializing player path.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Performing post-load operations.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Initializing precipitation system.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 World initialized: nro
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Requesting zone data.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Resetting cameras.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Resetting vision.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Resetting overlays.
2015-05-30 00:03:55 Zone initialized.
2015-05-30 00:03:56 Creating INI files.
2015-05-30 00:03:56 Requesting AA data.
2015-05-30 00:03:56 Requesting Skill rank data.
2015-05-30 00:03:56 Entering main loop.
2015-05-30 00:03:56 Loading game sounds.
2015-05-30 00:03:56 Requesting initialization data.
2015-05-30 00:03:56 DoMainLoop: just before first while(!ReadyEnterWorld).
2015-05-30 00:04:45 Networking: connection terminated [client:DisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,server: DisconnectReasonNone]
2015-05-30 00:04:45 disconnected at C:\EQ\EverQuest\EverQuest.cpp:17973 (char. select) DisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,DisconnectReas onNone
2015-05-30 00:04:45
2015-05-30 00:04:45 Character is Djynni.
2015-05-30 00:04:45
2015-05-30 00:04:45 YOU HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED.
2015-05-30 00:04:45
2015-05-30 00:04:45 end of DisplayScreen
2015-05-30 00:04:45
2015-05-30 00:04:48 Cleaning up groups.
2015-05-30 00:04:48 Failed to send message 3702: connection lost.
2015-05-30 00:04:48 Connection status 2/1 [DisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,DisconnectReas onNone] before teardown.
2015-05-30 00:04:48 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
2015-05-30 00:04:48 Stopping world display.
2015-05-30 00:04:48 Attempt to send message 30546 on a void connection.
2015-05-30 00:04:48 Exiting normally.
2015-05-30 00:04:48 Cleanup 1
2015-05-30 00:04:48
2015-05-30 00:04:49 Cleanup 4
2015-05-30 00:04:49
2015-05-30 00:04:49 Cleanup 5
2015-05-30 00:04:49
2015-05-30 00:04:49 Cleanup 6

[Zheddar]

Thank you for all the info, looking over it, also I wish we had more ISP info. Running 2 accounts here, my wifes and mine, still no issues. Same install your using...Trying to get an idea of what is griefing this.

[Zheddar]

It's looking a lot like an ISP and or possibly a DNS issue, If it is, it sucks that it is happening during double xp, but it will clear up like a cold, eventually. I can't see much more in the info, double checking.

[Zheddar]

My wife and I both work tech and we talked about it. You could try a restart of your modem and or possibly call the company to have them send a signal to reset it.

[Shodo]

Unfortunately, I've done both of those things already :( Left the modem & router off overnight and rebooted in the morning, and called Centurylink who basically just said "well we don't see anything wrong, so it's not our fault - but we'll perform a reset for you!"

Guess i'll try manually resetting to factory and updating the firmware - not sure what else to do.

[Shodo]

Thanks for the replies btw, I want that double xp!

[Zheddar]

For sure, that double xp is really nice. I can't think of anything else that could be causing the issue. I wish I knew more.

[Speedi]

I have been crashing when zoning sometimes since the server restart.

[Subversive]

I have been crashing when zoning sometimes since the server restart.
^this

[Subversive]

Crashed every zone from Lavastorm to North Freeport.

:(

[Frudrura]

This has been happening to me too. Not sure why.

[Shodo]

At the risk of jinxing myself, the issue appears to have been resolved without further action. I've been on for a few hours, zoned many times (even faster than normal) with no issues. So if it was a DNS issue I guess it got worked out - woohoo! (Hopefully some others have had a change as well)

[Swish]

To anyone still having these problems:-

1. Do you share your connection with anyone else? (people streaming Netflix, watching Twitch, etc).

If so, get everyone to stop for a minute...and try zoning places again.

I lived in shared accommodation a few years back and shared an internet connection with 6 others. Those bastards loved to stream the football, stream films they didn't want to buy or download, and do other things that hogged every kilobyte of bandwidth. At that point I was struggling to see the server list on the server select screen and would sometimes disconnect while zoning.

So I think it could be a bandwidth issue for some people.

2. Are you playing on a wireless connection?

Wireless just adds another layer of crap to your internet connection. If you're loading Facebook/Amazon/etc you won't notice the connection occasionally stalling/dropping out but if you're gaming you more than likely would notice a ping spike for a moment or two.

Get near your modem/router if you're not already near it and plug an ethernet cable in (they're cheap to buy, most routers come with a short one at least). That'll do a lot to stabilize your connection.



Basically try and eliminate your connection from router to wireless card from being the issue.

Try copying your P99 folder onto a USB stick and seeing if it works on another computer/laptop/etc. Eliminate these things... it's got to be something, and if you can narrow the field down you're more likely to find solutions.

Take a laptop with P99 on it and test it at a friend's house on their connection... and crucially, tell them about the red server and sit them down on it for an hour ;)

[Wisteso]

Swish:

Not sharing the connection with anyone. It has happened during times when I was only playing EQ (no netflix, etc) and I am using a wired connection.

I am not seeing any packet loss during normal game-play either (based on F11 stats). Also usually around 55ms latency.

Going to post a dbg log when another crash happens. However, on a side note...

I highly doubt that its an issue with anyones hardware. DNS issues, Tier1/Tier2 network congestion, or maybe just an EQEmu bug... but lots of the ideas mentioned in this thread have an extremely low likelihood of causing the issue - computers just dont work that way.

[Wisteso]

For those having the issue (has been behaving for me the last 12 hours or I would)...

Try a different EQEmu server. Try something like bouncing back and forth between freeport/commons or gfay/felwithe. Report your findings.

My own EQEmu server is called "Wistaria (Test)". Feel free to use it. My bandwidth should be fine for up to 20 people at once.

[Wisteso]

The issue definitely seems to be a problem with the P99 server. Had it happen again in the middle of a VoIP call (meaning connection was stable or id have lost that too).

This is what the dbg.txt log had to say...

2015-05-31 22:51:21 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
2015-05-31 22:51:21 Stopping world display.
2015-05-31 22:51:21 Attempt to send message 30546 on a void connection.
2015-05-31 22:51:21 Beginning EnterZone block.
2015-05-31 22:51:21
2015-05-31 22:51:21 Calling WorldAuthenticate. Countdown is 4
2015-05-31 22:51:21
2015-05-31 22:51:21 Networking: using port [59676].
2015-05-31 22:51:21 Networking: Connection Established [1]
2015-05-31 22:51:21 WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.
2015-05-31 22:51:22 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0xfa6 (4006).
2015-05-31 22:51:22 WorldRPServer message: server name project1999
2015-05-31 22:51:22
2015-05-31 22:51:22 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x3c25 (15397).
2015-05-31 22:51:22 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x7cba (31930).
2015-05-31 22:51:22 WorldAuthenticate. I got a message of type 0x52a4 (21156).
2015-05-31 22:51:22 WorldAuthenticate. Access granted.
2015-05-31 22:51:22
2015-05-31 22:51:22 Check 1sa. 0x9141f657
2015-05-31 22:51:22
2015-05-31 22:51:22 Check 1x. 0x9e15bc94
2015-05-31 22:51:22
2015-05-31 22:51:22 Waiting to connect to zone... Character Katze
2015-05-31 22:51:22

Nothing else gets written, the program is completely frozen at this point.

This is what a normal zoning log looks like, which was captured just a few minutes earlier (while still on the VoIP call btw) (https://gist.githubusercontent.com/wisteso/1a787793be5d976d96a0/raw/59f165d1761dd1709918241752ebcdfc85bc2dd1/gistfile1.txt)

[Lady Julae]

Yeap, ever since the restart, I had looong load times when zoning, as well as crashing when zoning.

[Guttzs]

Yes same problem here super long zone times, Ld zoning often. Tested out waiting longer than 3 mins, eventually it reloads but kicks me out of any groups as if i logged out.

[dafier]

My issue was the same. Since Saturday and Sunday I no longer have this issue.

[Wisteso]

Its still happening. The critical issue is that our clients are unable to connect to the next zone server.

YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Waiting to connect to zone... Character %S

Could it be the players? Sure... but when its happening to this many people all of a sudden, its far more likely to be an issue with the server.

Could be due to firewall, anti-ddos, running out of available ports, or any number of server related things.

[Pisdov]

This sucks.. same problems.. its ruining my immersion :P

[Wisteso]

Was dumped right into the ocean of tears (was taking boat) from this bug. At best, this issue is really frustrating to deal with.

Could the devs please acknowledge that they are aware of this? I posted the link to this thread when bringing it up to Nilbog in Sirken's stream yesterday but have no idea if he took it seriously. He did respond that its a known issue with satellite internet, but I promptly let him know that my connection has always been very a stable wired connection.
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| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| lolwat - 0 | 176 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| cpe-65-31-128-1.wi.res.rr.com - 0 | 176 | 176 | 10 | 249 | 616 | 28 |
| tge7-1.brfdwifb02h.midwest.rr.com - 0 | 176 | 176 | 8 | 222 | 614 | 9 |
| tge1-6-0-9.gnfdwibb01r.midwest.rr.com - 0 | 176 | 176 | 12 | 219 | 582 | 25 |
|bu-ether16.chcgildt87w-bcr00.tbone.rr.com - 0 | 176 | 176 | 14 | 220 | 644 | 22 |
| 0.ae1.pr1.chi10.tbone.rr.com - 2 | 176 | 174 | 14 | 222 | 644 | 18 |
| 216.1.94.145 - 0 | 176 | 176 | 14 | 216 | 581 | 65 |
| 207.88.15.90.ptr.us.xo.net - 1 | 176 | 175 | 14 | 213 | 618 | 16 |
| 206.111.2.65.ptr.us.xo.net - 0 | 176 | 176 | 14 | 218 | 553 | 18 |
| ae-7.r20.chcgil09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 176 | 176 | 14 | 208 | 636 | 18 |
| ae-5.r23.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 15 | 176 | 151 | 36 | 224 | 635 | 45 |
| ae-1.r06.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 176 | 176 | 36 | 237 | 629 | 46 |
| ae-1.choopa.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 4 | 176 | 170 | 38 | 237 | 643 | 41 |
| 108.61.244.50 - 4 | 176 | 169 | 38 | 234 | 630 | 45 |
| No response from host - 100 | 176 | 0 | 5000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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WinMTR v0.91 GPL V2 by Appnor MSP - Fully Managed Hosting & Cloud Provider

Getting some packet loss with the TWC and NTT tier1 networks. If the client doesn't try to connect more than once to the zone server, this might explain the issue.

[Guttzs]

Yeah same issue wired or normal wireless connection, still happens and annoying as fuck

[eyepatch]

I have noticed these issues.

[Wisteso]

Can other people that are having the issue post a log from WinMTR to 66.55.145.2 ?

I'm wondering if other people are getting the same high amount of packet loss with ntt.net

Edit: Nevermind. Initially I was concerned about the packet loss but similar posts (http://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/2gvqnt/what_is_normal_packet_loss_in_mtr/) have had the ping issue debunked. Its also inconsistent to think its a ping issue when my connection health (F11) shows 0% packet loss consistently. I dont think its ever gone below 100% aside from once.

[Guttzs]

Same issues now saying spell files are outdated as well.

[natx808]

I am experiencing the issue and will upload a debug and packet capture tonight.

[Subversive]

Crashing nearly every zone, having trouble logging in, server select blank, "unknown error", spell files out of date, Loading zone files that never load... you name it, It's happening... ever since the great server crash of 2015.

[Wisteso]

Posted a question about this on the eqemu forums... got this answer (http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?p=240618)

TL;DR; the client should attempt to connect to the server multiple times, but until less than a year ago, the server ignored retries. P99 might not be using this "fix" since its so recent (https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/issues/300)

[Wisteso]

Crashing nearly every zone, having trouble logging in, server select blank, "unknown error", spell files out of date, Loading zone files that never load... you name it, It's happening... ever since the great server crash of 2015.

I'm also getting the blank server select occasionally the last day, but this is more an issue with login.eqemulator.net and not with P99. Also got the spell file out of date issue randomly, and dont have a clue why (maybe P99's DLL file failed to load properly)