That is definitely a multi-core issue, considering the symptoms. Is this a PC that you built yourself, or one that was built by a manufacturer? And have you verified what version of DirectX you are running? You should be able to click your start button and click "Run..." and then type in dxdiag in the box and click ok and it will load DXDiag and show you your DirectX version.

I would try stopping the program that is forcing you to run on a single core, because it obviously isn't helping. Then, maybe try running in different compatibility modes to see if any help.

Also, it is worth noting that I had built myself a PC about a year ago and got a CPU that was apparently not compatible with the motherboard I had bought to use with it (though the motherboard info showed that it should have been). I had very similar issues to the ones you are seeing and nothing I did could resolve it. Finally after I isolated that it had to be an issue with the hardware, I contacted the manufacturer of the motherboard to find that the CPU was recently added to the unsupported list for that motherboard. And, that was my problem the entire time (DAYS of troubleshooting wasted). Though, when I was having that particular problem, I noticed major performance issues in all games I tried to play, not just EQ.

He has DX10 if he's running vista, comes stock.

yeah I have dx10. But I also have the directx 9.0C components. My pc doesn't have any trouble running directx 9.0c games.

I have had this pc for over a year now and the only game I had problems with is eq. I can play any other game fine.

I know amd has a patch to solve that kind of problems but I didn't find anything for intel.

Any other clue for me?

thanks

What videocard do you have?

it's a gtx280 from evga.

I tried using old drivers but this card being less than 1 years old, the drivers don't go back much.

What to do now, I'm wondering :-)

I'm currently using the WHQL 185.85 from NVIDIA, so I don't think a card issue. My friend is running the same card and he plays with me just fine.

Are you overclocking your system at all?

Hi,

the problem was indeed my overclocking. I was at 2000 fsb (instead of 1333) so I got it down to about 1600 and it runs perfectly. Looks like Secrets of faydwer can't handle serious fsb overclocking :-)

The game runs perfectly now, absolutely no problems.

thanks

Cool, glad you got it sorted. ;-)

Sorry to necropost.

KillEverything listed the exact problem that I am having with a fresh install of SoF client. I can get as far as creating a character and pressing the Enter World button. At that point, I sit for about a minute before receiving a Disconnected from server error.

On my server, I can see where i connected and the world server is trying to zone me into my starting city (neriakc). At the point I get a client disconnected message on the server (not in active process - something like that).

Any ideas?

The client disconnect from the world process is normal. That is when the client is transferring to the zone process. Since it made it that far, you will have to check log files for the zone process to look for errors.

You can verify if it is your client or your server if you try using your SoF client on another public server that has SoF enabled such as Storm Haven or The Grand Creation. At least then you will be able to narrow the problem down to your server and not your client or visa versa.

OK, here is what I found in my client log...
Any ideas on that one?

Yes, the server is disconnecting you before you load any of the zone stuff. Did you try another SoF enabled server to verify if it is your client or not? It helps to narrow the issues down before starting to do anything else for troubleshooting.

It looks like you're logging into your server with its external IP address. You must be logging in through the public login server, then.

Are you sure you've forwarded ports 7000-70xx properly on your router, so that they arrive at your server's local IP address?

- Shendare

Yes, able to play on PEQ's server with SoF client. No issues.

The server I am running is Angelox's repack server. Perhaps that doesn't support SoF client? I'm getting my titanium discs back this weekend. I'll see if that has any problems connecting.