Login Problem
 

Aight i have seen the other forum post. But i dont have some of the simptoms as the other such as frozen mouse but i still have the probelm with logging into a server, it just sits there after i click and dose nothin so what am i doing wrong?

I do have a fresh version of EQ titanium runs regular EQ but not eq emu tried that but re-installed for un-patched version. Am i just missing somethin stupid or am i just a dumb noob?

Could be. ;)

When you uninstalled the Live patched EQ, did you delete the entire Everquest folder manually before reinstalling? Add/Remove programs leaves residual files that are not a part of the initial InstallShield package. Maybe you have lingering data that is corrupting something.

I would be dollars to donuts that that is his exact problem. Had the same problem myself on a different computer after buying Titanium to test both clients with. Patched by mistake then when I uninstalled it I forgot to delete the eq folder. when I did that it fixed the problem for me after the reinstall.

Well that was a problem and i had the Direct Downloaded version of the last to expansions and i didnt get ride of them and that is what was causing the problems

I am having this issue also I choose a server from the list go to connect and it just sits there black screen...

A run down of my EQ setup:

Orginal EQ is just copied from other hard drive after reformatted (didnt want to loose anything and download the whole thing again).

I copied the whole folder on same drive renamed EQemu updated eqhost+eqgame shortcut etc login to my EQemu account and select a server login and black screen... not loading nothing...

Any advice???

Did you read all the instructions and posts that state "Titanium Required"?

what is the reason behind the need for Titanium? if you already have all the expansions?

every so often, the 'company' changed how they sent information to the clients. If you dont have a version of the game compatable with the emulator: then the server and client dont understand what each other is saying.

For a better description simply watch a session of the US House of Representatives debating.

Simply enough: they have to send information in a fashion the other can understand. Anything that doesnt use that particular encoding is useless. For the current eqemu, the Titanium Cds speak our language.

I just bought Titanium today and installed it, this computer has never had EQ on it before.. when I click a server to login, nothing happens, it just freezes there.

i can logon i get the server list but if i try to connect to a server i am returned to the log on screen

if no errors, or just the timeout error: That could be attributed to net latency also.

Not all of the servers are being hosted on strong dedicated lines, so you may just be timing out before your information has been processed. If there is a specific server you would like to try, I'd suggest sending a message to the owner and asking about their uptime/ limitations. They may be able to help you out with your connections by changing their rules to allow a longer pause before disconnect.

i didnt see a need for my own personal thread when it appears a few others are experiencing the same thingnor something similar. ive read the wiki's/many threads etc ...

i am a bit confused by the FAQ's which state

"At the top of there forums on the left and middle is our status with llive,if it says were broke and not to patch you can not play EQEmu at this time, if it sayd were current with live then you can, check there before going any further.
NO PLAYING FROM A FRESH INSTALL WITHOUT PATCHING WILL NOT WORK"

from what i can tell, eqemu is currently not current with live, which is probably why i cant play

but when i see the server list, it appears as if plenty of people are logged in playing

now for my rundown

fresh install of Titanium. followed all the steps. log in fine. create a character fine with unique name. try to enter a city and it just sits there, or twice its kicked me back to the create character page

any ideas ?

thanks

Attempting to decode this obvious "english is my second language" statement, the basic rule is, install Titanium *fresh* (meaning either an entirely new dir, or delete the old everquest dir first), them make the changes to the eqhosts.txt and shortcut, *then* launch.

Sounds like you got that part down. Maybe you're just having bad luck connecting to a server? Try a few others, see if they behave the same?

Thanks. i couldnt interpret that sentence very well either. i did not patch, figuring if i needed to, i could always do that next.

i followed the steps as you laid them out, and now ive tried 3 total severs all with the same results

kmra, dragon soul and grand creation (all apologies if naming them is taboo)

again, i can log in, create a character, when it registers the username and password on the server it goes to the next page, entering xyz depending, and after 5 or even 6 minutes i get returned to the log in screen

i did install a free trial version (by default it installs in c:\docsettings\user) a few days ago while waiting for titanium to arrive, but the titanium install is fresh C(c:\program files\sony

wonder if the free trial is causing the problem ?

I doubt the trial is causing the problem. If it was interfering, it's likely you wouldn't even get passed the server select. Seems every post I discover regarding character select screen kicking you back to login ends with "after x days of trying, it now magically works" with no other info. Sorry... good luck to you, though.

something to be aware of, if you are having the "disconnected" after selecting a server issue.

as was stated before, the handshake to get to the character listing view is very time sensitive. if the server doesnt respond fast enough or if the client doesnt respond fast enough, the connection is given up and you will fall back to the login server.

i usually see this if i log into my server and its merely 25 feet from my client box (in the machine room). if i have just booted up the server fresh, sometimes, even if its "says its there", its still crunching numbers and doing stuff that doesnt allow it to respond quickly to a client request. if i wait about 5minutes, though,i can get it.

if, after waiting a little bit, and trying several times, you cant get into a server, then it might very well be your installation/config mods/internet connection/etc. the key is to be patient and try a few times. failing once or twice can be attributed to network latency, etc. if you just cant get in, then double/triple/quadruple check the installation wiki page. did you install Titanium fresh? did you mod the shortcut? did you mod the eqhosts.txt? etc. etc. etc.

it can seem frustrating, but even the smallest little oversight can cause an inability to connect.

== sfisque

i can connect to most of the servers how ever eternal wrath disconnects after trying to enter world
and dragon sould will not connect at all

How much RAM you have? Is your video card a piece of crap, or is it fairly up to date? I had similar issues. I put in a stick of 1 gig ram up from 256mb ram, and it worked perfectly. If your box is old and crappy like mine was, it may be dying when you try to get into a session.

I'm having a similar problem as well, and it is very confusing to say the least.

I did a fresh re-install of EQ Titanium into an entirely new folder, copied those files to a new folder, modified everything as was neccessary...

I can login to a server fine, and it'll bring up the character select screen.

Last night, when I tried to connect to Zebuxoruk, I tried 3 times, each time after selecting my character, the game just sits there and does nothing, and 4-5 minutes later, it'll boot me back to the login screen.

Today, I logged in just fine, and after selecting my character, 20 seconds later, it starts loading the actual zone. I get in only to find out that the server is being taken down for 5 minutes for updates.

After that server went down, I tried other servers 3-4 more times and I get the same problems from above. When Zebuxoruk came back online, I tried 3 more times, still will not connect past the character select screen.

What is wrong?

Sometimes it's the server so try another server, I have the same trouble with The Warrior. Sometimes it can be that the zone your character is in is unavailable because a lot of other zones are spawned (On Zeb' I make sure to log out in the Nexus all the time, it's always up.). Or even some work being done, or a mis-setup server.

Dragon Soul is a oriental server, so I don't know if you have the fonts to get in (I have the Japanese language support installed and I can get in fine), so this could be your trouble there.

I get into The Rathe with no hiccups, and Allendium too, so try those to test.

I tried Rathe, still the same problems.

Earlier on my 4th connection attempt to Zebuxoruk, after receiving a boot from changing zones, it immediately popped up with "THE SERVER IS NOT RESPONDING", but shortly after, the IRC channel registered my character connecting to the server.

This makes about 16 connection attempts over 4 servers, and only successfully connecting twice on one server.

Sounds like you might have a slow connection -maybe you are running a spam-bot for some low-life and don't even know it
Have you checked for crap-ware?
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/sho...8&postcount=17
download and run if you haven't.

1. My connection is on a Cable internet, so no (CNet's Bandwidth Test says this about my internet speed).
2. I ran a spyware scan 2 nights ago, so no.
3. I was online earlier, managed to get to level 5 before the server decided to boot me with "DISCONNECTED FROM SERVER" then immediately start its problems again.

It seems like the only way I can really get on is if I do a fresh restart any time before, which is kinda inconvenient...

fresh restart? you mean restart your pc? more reason for me to think you got crap ware. Just because you got cable don't mean a thing when it comes to crap ware. I have a DSL which I am very impressed by; One day a friend brought a PC over so I could see why internet didn't work for him. When I plugged it in my LAN, it was so infected , it took over all my bandwith and shut down my whole connection ( and he had a spyware scanner running too!). Turns out, his pc was converted into a "zombie bot" and was sending out thousands of spam-emais within minutes.
And just because you have a spyware scanner doesn't mean anything either, that's why I recommend trying out various of these scanners. This may not be your problem, but it's good to do anyways.
But I need to know what you meant by "fresh restart" ?
Just so you know, I'm not posting sure solutions to your problem , I'm just trying to give you ideas and something to think on.

Here's another idea -
What kind of a ping do you have? you can have the fastest connection in the world, and also have a slow ping. Playing Everquest (from the client) does not require a fast connection, but does require a fast "ping". Believe it or not, modem connections usually have the best pings.
Anyways, here's something I've been using for years now, that helps optimize any type of connection.
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php (TCP Optimizer)

Again, if you want to learn more about all this ( and you should) I found this link very helpfull
http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/

This is stuff made easy for the Windows users - Linux users do things the hard way :)

EDIT;
Another thing;
Cable-internet users share bandwith with Cable-TV viewers - a lot of Cable-ISPs exploit this to a point that when the viewer traffic gets high (usually at night), it begins to slow down your connection, sometimes to a crawl.

"Fresh restart" means just rebooting the computer.

One time when I had just logged in to EverQuest on the second time I actually got in, a "virtual memory minimum too low" pop-up came from my system tray, which just screams "low RAM".

Also, I doubt ping is a problem. I'm not sure if you're familiar with Diablo II, but when I go online to actually play that, my ping is anywhere from the range 15ms to 47ms.

Diablo II is a "walk in the park" compared to what Everquest wants for resources. If you run Everquest with all Models and everything activated, they require at least 512 meg RAM.
If you have 512 RAM, and nothing else running that sucking up your ram, you might be ok, but I'm willing to bet you are not, because you're banging your virtual memory.
Since you have to reboot to get back to normal (this is very drastic, you should never have to reboot for anything), Then you might have a Malware or Virusproblem and now you can add "or a Hardware problem" to you checklist.
If you're running Windows Vista, Longhorn or what ever it they call it now, the minimum requirements for that OS is now at least 512 meg - you''d have to compensate with more mem.
Also, it's possibe you get the virtual memory error because your hard disk is full, or you have some strange settings on it. Could even be your hard disk needs a scandisk, or has some bad sectors.
But, by all means, don't try any of this out either, just tell me you doubt this is the problem and continue posting :)

LOL, welcome to the EQEmu support team, now after years of people doing this do you think you will catch an attitude like mine sometimes?

Shhooot! you're more than patient! I just started, and already I'm getting frustrated. And to think, I already posted all this before.
Maybe you should increase the size to the "search" option button in the forum, to like about 50 times larger, and in red?
If I had a nickel for every person that came to my house, told me their PC was busted, windows was no good, internet sucked, etc., and then said they didn't have no crap-ware in it (because they had the "best' crap-ware remover) - well, I would have many, many nickels.
You're doing a great job and I hope you aren't going anywhere soon. If people don't realize this or not, we still need you here.

Ok I have to pipe up on this one.

I am a computer tech I hear several times a day "I can't have any spyware on my system I don't go to those kind of sites." or "I'm running XYZ anti-spyware software I can't possibly have any spyware on my system."

Well then your loss cause you do and you wouldn't believe the issues they cause until you see it happen. I say there are a few out there that are better than others but none work well alone. I use three different ones on my system and all together they only get most.

Now as for one getting connected, making a character, start playing and then getting booted, I'd say the server ran out of resources. Unless you have an unstable internet connection, OR you have a cable modem/DSL router like me and are not on the latest firmware then you have the same problems like I did.

Sorry didn't mean to rant. :o
Rob

I have 256 MB RAM and am on Windows XP. Like I said above:AKA RAM upgrade.

:P