No logging in after 4pm

[LeksiBomb]

So this problem started for me last week. Its important to say it "started" last week because that can exclude some fixes that people may have. I cant log in anytime in the evening or the rest of the night. If I stay logged in all day I can play but restarting eq in the early evening will lock me out for the rest of the night. After the login screen I get a couple different messages. login error is common, or it freezes on that login mini screen (which is the most annoying cause I have to cntl-alt-del to restart eq) OR it logs me into the server select where no servers ever pop up. If I try it 100+ times I may even get a server to pop up but I have no characters on my account or it says my spell files are out of date which isnt true. It all works the next morning just fine. There are 743 people on right now so it cant be a population thing thats not very much. Does anyone else have this problem? What is really going on because these are prime time usa hours and Im locked out for the night every single night starting last week. No amount of closing eq completely and trying again works. I get a lot of people telling me it eventually works just keep restarting. Listen, it doesnt work, given 100+ times for the night. Its not that same issue. This new issue started for me last week.

[Sorn]

Sounds like it might be an ISP thing? Like metered internet or maybe the connection's just overloaded...but if you can log in any other time, I'd check on your internet first.

[LeksiBomb]

I am not on a metered internet. I just did a speed test its showing
Ping
5 ms
Download
42.81 Mbps
Upload
21.63
This is fiber optics internet. Not sure what else to try, internet techs will just say the internet is working fine and fast as can be. Maybe the p99 servers run better with a slower aol dial up or something. Though, its been working fine for about a year now

[Vega]

Have this exact thing happen. Sometimes DC while zoning during this time and can't get back in again. Extremely annoying, and surprising more aren't seeing this.

Does make me wonder if it's somehow related to the old 'unknown error' issue, since I will sometimes get all the way to picking a server and then get that error (when I don't get one of the other ones described in the OP).

[evilkorn]

I changed my DNS to the google DNS servers the google DNS servers (https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/) and it seems to have fixed it. BTW I'm in the south east on comcast, and have had server hop problems in the past.

[Vega]

I changed my DNS to the google DNS servers the google DNS servers (https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/) and it seems to have fixed it. BTW I'm in the south east on comcast, and have had server hop problems in the past.

Hmm, thanks for the recommendation (if that was for me) but didn't help any =/

[LeksiBomb]

I kind of figured posting here would be useless.

- Multi-boxing is not allowed. Players are only allowed to play one client per RL person. We will be enforcing this rule and we ask for everyone’s co-operation to just abide by our wishes. Breaking this rule will result in a ban.

This doesn't sound like the issue I'm having. The server was kicking a lot of people off last night and many could not log back in either. I will continue posting technical problems as I find them so that they can be fixed. But if you don't have an answer or cannot be of any help don't post a reply just for the sake of doing it

[LeksiBomb]

cheater

Also I don't appreciate being accused of something I haven't done, neither do you.

I do have an ip exemption & my boyfriend & I play together as often as possible. If the staff is under the impression we are multi boxing & suspending me at random then it needs to be resolved. A guide needs to show up on the spot & put us through a 2 box test or whatever they do to determine I have violated the rules. But we have not been approached by any staff ever. If that was true I would have to ask why they even exempt anyone if you are guilty until proven innocent, and then never get to be put on trial.

So if this "suspension around 4pm random days" is linked to multi boxing I will need to get it resolved in game please. And the rules page needs to be updated to reflect that you aren't banned but have connection issues a lot. If this issue is not linked to multi boxing then aazel is a liar, & sezaru is a false accuser either way. You have to be known for something I guess.

[Llandris]

Also I don't appreciate being accused of something I haven't done, neither do you.

I do have an ip exemption & my boyfriend & I play together as often as possible. If the staff is under the impression we are multi boxing & suspending me at random then it needs to be resolved. A guide needs to show up on the spot & put us through a 2 box test or whatever they do to determine I have violated the rules. But we have not been approached by any staff ever. If that was true I would have to ask why they even exempt anyone if you are guilty until proven innocent, and then never get to be put on trial.

So if this "suspension around 4pm random days" is linked to multi boxing I will need to get it resolved in game please. And the rules page needs to be updated to reflect that you aren't banned but have connection issues a lot. If this issue is not linked to multi boxing then aazel is a liar, & sezaru is a false accuser either way. You have to be known for something I guess.

Ignore the trolls. Thread has been cleaned up

[Ashintar]

Do both accounts experience the same issue around 4pm? Are you wireless or wired? If wireless can you reproduce the issue when wired after 4pm?

[LeksiBomb]

Do both accounts experience the same issue around 4pm? Are you wireless or wired? If wireless can you reproduce the issue when wired after 4pm?

So we are on fiber optics connection, no wireless. We don't both get like disconnected simultaneously and its not always 4pm, it just seems to happen more in the evening. Sometimes it starts at 7pm but never in the morning which I why I think the time is relevant. To get DC'ed I have to zone or log off completely not just switch characters. Then trying to get back on is a real challenge. It has not happened now for a few days. It happened 10/8 in the evening during a raid, kept getting disconnected zoning into sirens grotto, then west wastes, then temple of veeshan. Took me an hour to get from CS to the temple. Then it was fine till I zoned out again. Couldn't get back on for the night. There was some server disruption that night though and a few people had this same problem but otherwise I seem to be the only one in my guild that can't ever raid in the evening because of this.

As for both of us getting disconnected? Yes it's both accounts. It's not just our accounts it's any account I try to log into from either pc doesn't seem to matter. I couldn't log into a guild cleric account either. But as long as one of us doesn't zone or log out we won't experience the issue. As of now have had no problems since 10/8 so we'll see.

[Ashintar]

I'm glad it hasn't shown up in a few days. from your original description and the follow up it does sound like a network issue. Maybe not your actual connection but maybe somewhere along the hops that you take to get to the P1999 servers.

It may be worth doing a tracert to project1999.com in the morning when it works, then if it stops working again do another tracert to project1999.com to see if your routes are different. Just a thought.

[LeksiBomb]

you're trying to log into everquest "100+ times a night"?

dont play everquest. seriously get help dude. if you can't chill out for a bit on it you're gonna start letting your body deteriorate and along with it will come your life. get out while you still can. the universe is giving you a sign. don't keep clicking the login button like a fiend beeping his dealer.. going to tech discussion because you just can't stay away from chasing the pixels huh?

i'm not really good with computers but my advice it that you should maybe take a hint when the game's telling you to moderate your play time. there's definitely something else in your life you can go focus on, and if not you really ought to be spending your time finding that because happiness isn't going to find you by mistake.

god bless.

You sound completely stoned so I'm going to go easy on you. You sound like the kind of stoner who thinks that getting out of bed in the morning & going outside is an accomplishment. You won't get the satisfaction of learning about me, but I am going to reveal some things about you.

How many men do you know are named Leksi? You need to learn how to distinguish genders or else you'll have to start your next life-lecture with "I am Groot!"

"Fiend beeping his dealer" sounds like terminology from someone with experience. Your drug problem, though, does not correspond with my persistence. Persistence is rooted deep within my personality & through it I have achieved goals beyond your comprehension. You should try it sometime instead of throwing your hands in the air at the first sign of trouble. Dare I ask what you do when the tire blows? Or was that your car on the side of the highway for 2 weeks.

You believe the "universe" & "video games" give you signs, now that's almost too much to correlate. I grew up a long time ago & my life is not mandated by errors nor do they guide my direction or path. This issue is an error..... You don't let errors guide your path.... And when that teddy bear turns to you late at night and gives you council, remember, it's all in your head. Get with your dealer.

What I choose to do in my free time is absolutely none of your concern. When it's raid day? You bet your ass I'm going to be there. Delving into fantasy worlds & stories? Engaging in pure imagination? And being able to do that with my friends & family? These are things I wish I had MORE time to do!

You sound like bits and fragments of things you've heard in your life and you have taken a bit here and there and compiled it all together to comprise your life views. Maybe you should find out who YOU really are and then sort out what you have & what you are from there. And please, do this before trying to give other people direction.

[Busher]

I'm having this exact problem, including the disconnecting while zoning. Never have any problem in the morning, only when the server pop gets to around 1000. But, I never had any problem when Velious launched and there were 2000 on at times. I have no problems with any other sites, streaming stuff off youtube, etc. I'm not so sure it's a network problem.

[LeksiBomb]

So the problem does still persist. I had someone tell me to open cmd and type ipconfig /flushdns ~ no avail. I tried moving my eqclient file out of the eq directory and the game remade a fresh one still doesnt work. It does have something to do with server pop because some week nights it will let me in the evening, others it wont. Never a morning issue as stated above. But I'm just not getting why this isnt a rotating problem affecting everyone randomly, only a couple people here and there

[Busher]

Happening every day now around 4:30-5:30 pm MST. When server pop gets around 950. I have been logging in and out all day with no problems. Would a VPN connection help? Not sure how to set one up. I'm on DSL btw, with plenty of bandwith.
After being "locked out" yesterday around 4:45 I tried logging on again just before bed, around 11pm. Had no problem, and server pop was down to 830 or so.

[sol87]

Cant see any EQEMU servers unless i exit and restart the game a bunch of times. Been playing 6 months and this problem just started yesterday.

Of course it was the day after i died a continent away and didnt have time to go get my body until that day it suddenly couldn't connect lol

[Matalus]

I am experiencing this problem as well, will try re downloading this week

only starts around 6pm cst, if i log in, will crash every 4-5 zones, then have to relog countless times for it to start up