random crashing while zoning, higher ms, blank server select!?!

[Jaleth]

This is happening a lot to me as well the last couple of weeks. Thought it was just me.

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I will say that rebooting my computer nightly, or whenever this error happens to occur, greatly reduces the amount of crashing that I have been receiving. I'm not sure if this helps any of you, but a guild mate suggested it, and I'm terrible when it comes to shutting down my computer since I am on a laptop, but I've tried it and it helps me immensely.

[Tonden_Ockay]

Hi while trying to play P99 the game Freezes Up after I pick my character and try to log in about 50% or more of the time.

It does the same thing ever time I zone.

However I tried playing on SoD and it never happens there. What could be causing it here but not there?

Oh and last night I tried the chinese server on EQEmulator and had no problem there as well.

I have internet that travels over a radio antenna. So my only guess is that P99 is pickier on how data is transferred over the internet. May be there is more data needing to be transferred so it needs a stronger connection for a longer time?


I am guessing but I would love to find a fix because I would love to play here. However at this point in time its not looking like I will be.


I just know the other servers I have tried out I don't have this problem with.

I have tried:
turning all my settings off and to 0.
WinEQ
Running on one Core
New game installs
New Patch installs
Run as Administrator
Run in XP
Run in Win7
Updated Drivers

I have 4 desktops and one laptop in my house and I have the same problem on all of them with P99 but not with some of the other servers I have tried out. So this has to be something to do with my internet and the P99 server.

I would be grateful for any and all help.

[Tiggles]

Having this problem on my laptop

please fix

[Jadian]

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

Hi while trying to play P99 the game Freezes Up after I pick my character and try to log in about 50% or more of the time.

It does the same thing ever time I zone.

However I tried playing on SoD and it never happens there. What could be causing it here but not there?

Oh and last night I tried the chinese server on EQEmulator and had no problem there as well.

I have internet that travels over a radio antenna. So my only guess is that P99 is pickier on how data is transferred over the internet. May be there is more data needing to be transferred so it needs a stronger connection for a longer time?


I am guessing but I would love to find a fix because I would love to play here. However at this point in time its not looking like I will be.


I just know the other servers I have tried out I don't have this problem with.

I have tried:
turning all my settings off and to 0.
WinEQ
Running on one Core
New game installs
New Patch installs
Run as Administrator
Run in XP
Run in Win7
Updated Drivers

I have 4 desktops and one laptop in my house and I have the same problem on all of them with P99 but not with some of the other servers I have tried out. So this has to be something to do with my internet and the P99 server.

I would be grateful for any and all help.

This. Exactly this.

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I'm sick of the mods talking about cracking down on RMT but yet they won't take the time to even address this issue. I seriously have been having the worst luck with this shit tonight. I'm trying to do parts of my epic quest and sure enough the client freezes EVERY TIME I try porting. Now when I try to log back in my server select screen is empty. Once I finally get to the screen (after, I dunno, maybe like 20-30 tries), I try to log in and it tells me my spell files are out of date.

When is this shit going to become a big enough problem for you mods to start doing something about it? Has a mod even addressed this issue at all? Is anyone looking for a fix? I am clearly not alone here and I don't give a shit if 90% of the servers population was participating in RMT because as of now it's unplayable anyhow. This is a joke. When I started on this server I had never had this issue, now I am getting fed up very quickly with how things are.

[Grizzled]

The mods have addressed this issue. A year or so ago I worked (through petition forum) to identify the issue. We traced it to a low quality ISP and packet loss. So the issue was put on the ISP. I shared such "results"

I have tried to do posts here and there to explain everything but few actually dig through a 30 page thread. But i will do a summary, yet again:

Mine started a long time ago. I have a Sat connection. Once the server changed data centers, I started having issues. The same issues you guys are having, I had. It will evolve into PERMANENT characters being unable to load and zone. The packetloss led us to believe the ISP was the issue. Which is true the packet loss is the cause. However everyone seemed to stop there and not finish the root cause. My issues started after the data center moved. I totally believe the data center is dumping poor connections, and/or the game/ui/software is rejecting inferior connections. I believe the ISP is only the trigger to a deeper issue. I do not have access to server/datacenter, etc. I personally cannot test these theories. Those who can could, and may have but no comment has been made officially.

You can ping and tracert all you want too and show good connection, you will still get cut off. Im not an IT guy or anything of the sorts. Ive just been around computers since apple 2e's. Just my 2cp.

[Mesnset]

Ditto on the issues.

I logged in with no issues last night around 5:30 pm EST. After a bit I crashed on zoning. Had trouble getting to a populated screen but eventually did. Played some more then another freeze on zoning. After that, if I could get to the server select, it was blank. It was a progressive failure which, to me, screams server side problems.

IIRC, EQ had serious connection problems at one point. They kept telling people it was their connection. One day, they released a patch and all these issues went away.

[Sampten]

I had awful issues last night and tried everything under the sun to fix them, with no luck.

As far as my ISP is concerned, I have FIOS.

I am an IT person and I cannot pinpoint the issue. The issue ONLY occurs when there are over 1100 people logged in on Blue. If I get on in the morning (EST), I never run into a problem.

I hang when zoning, I get a no server select screen, I can get to the character select screen, click on the character and log in and it hangs.

I've updated everything and anything on my end. I even flashed my router last night, flushed out DNS settings on both the local machine and at my router level.

Seeing as this ONLY happens when the population of Blue exceeds 1100, I'm absolutely positive it's an issue on their end.

[Tonden_Ockay]

I have been testing out other EQEMU server as well as EpicEMU and SoD (which aren't on EQEMU) I haven't had these problems. I can play on all these other servers and zone all day long and never freeze or crash. So this seems to be just with P99. So there for it has to be on their end.

They are forcing me and others like me who want to play on P99 to go play on other EQ servers.

If it was 2/3 of the population having this problem they would be all over it. But because it is a small group of us they do not seem to care, which is sad.

I will go play on Chronicles of Norrath till this gets fixed if it ever gets fixed. I really do hope it does, but I just cant deal with the game freezing up all the time on me.

Again I don't have this problem on other server so it has to be something to do with P99.

Take Care all I will check back now and then.