Cant get past server select!

[Kreigor]

I have this problem 95% of the time I try to play. When I first started to play a couple months ago I had no problem getting into game and playing. I stopped because I fell back into Fallout 4 but my wife gathered interest in playing p99 with me. So I put in a exemption which was granted, while waiting the month or so for the exemption to go through I was gonna play alone to get my bearings. Well this is where I encountered my problem I cant get past server select 95% of the time, really no rhyme or reason about it I just simply cant get past the server select. Now whats even weirder is the fact that i can login just fine from my wife's pc. So something on my pc is causing a problem but intermittently because of the fact I can get into the game the same day i have the problem.

Specs

AMD 8320e OCed 4.5GHZ
MSI TF GTX 760 4g
ASUS m5a78l lx plus BIOS 1701

[Obeast44]

You aren't alone, several people are having this issue.

[Kreigor]

/UPDATE/

Fresh install still click on both blue and red server and get kicked back to server select

[paulgiamatti]

Could be a problem related to your account, not your PC - try to log into your wife's account on your PC. If it still kicks you back to server select then you can rule that out as a possibility.

[Obeast44]

Ive tried every single account I have access too. All do the same thing. Ive pinged several IPs, and one that I read was the p99 server itself, all with zero packet loss and normal latency. Ive doen 3 fresh installs, using Programs, programs x86 and a separate folder I labelled as "games", all do the same thing. I have no idea where the bottleneck is but it's getting old.
In my experience it's a traffic/load issue. On nonpeak, late/early hours, when the server pop is super low, I don't have any issues. As soon as school/work let's out, bam, no server select until midnight.

[paulgiamatti]

Are you connected to the same router/modem as your wife's PC? Really sounds like a connection issue - are you connecting wirelessly?

[Kreigor]

both are Ethernet connections I can connect to my account and my wifes account via her pc on the same router but cant connect to either on my pc i even tried switching access ports on the router and not much of a change. I also think its a connection problem, possibly a program on my pc is hogging access to the proper port.

ps

what ports are required for the process to run properly?

[paulgiamatti]

Yeah it's hard to say - I'd try messing around with your network configuration. Try forwarding the P99 ports (world server: 9000 zones: 7000-7150), try switching to a static IP instead of using DHCP, try using Google's public DNS address instead of obtaining one automatically if you aren't.

Could also be a bad network card at that point - integrated or otherwise. Might want to disable your ethernet connection and try a USB wireless stick or a different network card to rule that out.

[Zaela]

possibly a program on my pc is hogging access to the proper port.

The server (remote end) uses specific ports to receive packets from the client, but the ports the client (local end) uses are ephemeral, chosen at random from (a large subsection of) all your remaining available ports. So it wouldn't be that. Unless all incoming UDP packets headed to ports around 40000 to 65535 are being blocked...

[paulgiamatti]

Hmm, yeah that's a good point - forwarding the server ports won't actually do anything since the client isn't using those ports to receive data. I suppose you could just open up 40000-65535 but that might be unwise. EQ really shouldn't require any port forwarding though, especially if your wife doesn't have any issues and she's on the same router. It does make me wonder though if there's a configuration file you can edit to assign your client a specific port.

[paulgiamatti]

Another thing to check is to make sure your firewall isn't blocking EQ for some weird reason. You could even try specifically allowing eqgame.exe through your firewall: Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Firewall\Allowed apps

[Kreigor]

/update/

Another thing to check is to make sure your firewall isn't blocking EQ for some weird reason. You could even try specifically allowing eqgame.exe through your firewall: Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Firewall\Allowed apps

No affect!

When I get back from work today in 9-10 hours, I will play around with the router settings and play with the possibility of using wireless. Just would suck having to use the wireless dongle to play as any other application that uses my current network card has no problem.

[Kreigor]

Tried pinging the login servers from my pc i time out everytime

C:\Users\Chester>ping login.eqemulator.net

Pinging login.eqemulator.net [66.55.145.2] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 66.55.145.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\Chester>ping login2.eqemulator.net

Pinging login2.eqemulator.net [66.55.145.2] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 66.55.145.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

[Kreigor]

Okay this is even weirder... My tried pinging from my wifes pc and had the same result.. Used the routers ping utility and even the router is getting timed out from the login server... yet my wife can log in to both accounts from her pc and get into game no problem

[Obeast44]

Exactly the same here...

[Kreigor]

/update/

so, another weird thing

i can get onto the EZ server just fine... the grand peq and p99 servers respond the same way though click play everquest wait for a second then back to login... where as i can get to the ez server player select and into game

[Obeast44]

Downloaded Speedify, used their free VPN service...P99 works flawlessly. Seems my ISP might be blocking it.

[Kreigor]

Speedify had no effect

another free vpn service when activated blocked me from even being able to login to the server select

[Kreigor]

I found the problem but not sure how to fix it heres the exert from the dbg.txt when i try to login to the p99 server


2016-09-25 08:51:43 Server selected 66.55.145.2 (3693120).
2016-09-25 08:51:43 Initializing DirectInput.
2016-09-25 08:51:43 Initializing Keyboard.
2016-09-25 08:51:43 Initializing Mouse.
2016-09-25 08:51:43 Creating font list.
2016-09-25 08:51:43 Creating game object.
2016-09-25 08:51:43 Deleting obsolete files.
2016-09-25 08:51:43 Loading string tables.
2016-09-25 08:51:43 Initializing client variables.
2016-09-25 08:51:43 Loading spell effects.
2016-09-25 08:51:44 Initializing display structures.
2016-09-25 08:51:44 Sound Manager loaded 2165 filenames from soundassets.txt.
2016-09-25 08:51:44 Voice Manager loaded 12 macros from VoiceData.txt.
2016-09-25 08:51:44 Networking: using port [61944].
2016-09-25 08:51:44 Networking: Connection Established [1]
2016-09-25 08:51:44 WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
2016-09-25 08:51:46 *** ERROR: WorldAuthenticate. My message arrival was NULL, the net has been shutdown.
2016-09-25 08:51:46 *** WorldAuthenticate. Checkpoint 3.
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Cleanup 4
2016-09-25 08:51:46
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Cleanup 5
2016-09-25 08:51:46
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Cleanup 6
2016-09-25 08:51:46
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Cleanup 7
2016-09-25 08:51:46
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Cleanup 8
2016-09-25 08:51:46
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Cleanup 9
2016-09-25 08:51:46
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Cleanup 10
2016-09-25 08:51:46
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Cleanup 11
2016-09-25 08:51:46
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Picking a default resolution, desktop is 1360 x 768, 32 bits
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Ratio is 1.77
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Resolution was capped at 1280 x 720
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Resolution verified 1280 x 720, 32 bits ... diff was 1000 from 0 modes
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Resolution selected 1280 x 720, 32 bits
2016-09-25 08:51:46 CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.
2016-09-25 08:51:46 CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.
2016-09-25 08:51:46 CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.
2016-09-25 08:51:46 CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
2016-09-25 08:51:46 Using hardware vertex shaders.
2016-09-25 08:51:47 Initializing render system.
2016-09-25 08:51:47 Trilinear Mipmapping available.
2016-09-25 08:51:47 Vertex Shader Version: 3.0
2016-09-25 08:51:47 Pixel Shader Version: 3.0
2016-09-25 08:51:47 Initializing engine internals.
2016-09-25 08:51:47 CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.
2016-09-25 08:51:47 Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
2016-09-25 08:51:48 INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.

[paulgiamatti]

Looks like someone else had the exact same problem here: https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87915

I'm reading that some people were able to fix the problem by changing their shortcut target path to "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start /affinity 1 C:\EverQuest\eqgame.exe patchme" - I would try this if you're running a multi-core system. Others have had success using WinEQ.

[Kreigor]

no effect

its not the threads thats causing a problem

i cant ping the login server somethingis odd with that

[paulgiamatti]

The dreaded 1017 bug - so many possible causes. According to this thread (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161971) computers with a clock speed over 4 GHz frequently have this problem, which can be resolved by underclocking your processor.

You also might want to try completely disabling your firewall and antivirus if you're running anything beyond MSE/Windows Defender.

I am convinced it's something to do with your computer specifically though, since your other machine is connecting fine.

[Kreigor]

ill drop my clock speeds to default i am running at 4.5 ghz which is about a 1ghz overclock so ill try that and get back to the forum

[myriverse]

no effect

its not the threads thats causing a problem

i cant ping the login server somethingis odd with that
Login won't let you ping it.

[paulgiamatti]

Good old EQ - the only game you can play in 2016 that might require you to downgrade your PC.

[Kreigor]

wow!... that did it

had to drop my clock speeds down to stock 3.2ghz .... im at the character select currently

thanks paulgiamatti for the suggestion

im gonna fiddle and find a sweet spot so i dont have to drop my clock speeds that far as loading my desktop took forever

ill report back with what settings are the tipping point for it

[Kreigor]

so 4.2 seems to be the sweet spot

i still retain a 1ghz OC with minimal performance loss and can now get into the game no problem

so 4.2 and below is acceptable by the p99 server and 4.3 and up is unacceptable

it may just be that the 4.5ghz oc i was running wasnt stable enough on the clock speeds and the server may have been reading the fluctuating delta as a speed hack and not letting me join but i can now play so i suggest everyone who is having this problem go back to stock if that fixes the problem just slowly back down from your overclock till you hit your sweet spot


now i have to figure out if ill need to go back to 4.5 anytime i want to play more modern games such as fall out 4