eqgame.exe crashing

Aramid · #1 08-09-2006, 12:03 AM

This just happened to me as well, where when you got to the server select screen, you would get the eqgame has caused an error and when you clicked OK, you were back at your desktop. Turned out to be a DNS problem for me. I corrected it, but if you can't correct the DNS, try entering in your eqhost.txt file, the ip address instead of eqemulator.net
ie: Host=209.165.244.252:5998

katori · #2 08-19-2006, 05:56 PM

I have the same problem and i tried basicly everything up there and still won't work, still got a debug window out when i was in the server list screen. Does it anybody still have the same problem like i do?

katori · #3 08-19-2006, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aramid

try entering in your eqhost.txt file, the ip address instead of eqemulator.net
ie: Host=209.165.244.252:5998

But i am trying to connect to eqemulator.net tho, replacing it with "the" ip address will connect to somewhere else?

Aramid · #4 08-19-2006, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katori

But i am trying to connect to eqemulator.net tho, replacing it with "the" ip address will connect to somewhere else?

That IS the IP address of eqemulator.net

neville · #5 08-21-2006, 02:57 AM

Same problem

It originally was happening cause my refreshrate was 0 (for some retarded reason) so I put it to 60 and made the file read-only. That worked for a couple days until now.

Now it just crashes every time (bout 10-11 times now), getting very irritating!

Skar · #6 08-22-2006, 11:30 AM

I had this problem a while back and re-installed didnt have any problems but now its back but in an interesting twist it only effects one of my accounts i can log in all of my other accounts just fine but the one that is bugged crashes everytime i press login and it shows me the server screen.
my view is that this is somehow tied to accounts not the Everquest folder itself

neville · #7 08-23-2006, 06:19 AM

Yeah I just noticed that although this may happen for one of my accts, the other is unaffected.

Makes me think it's something with the minilogin not finding out usernames correctly or something.

sonicworx · #8 08-27-2006, 09:52 AM

I too have experienced this issue. I've tried everything stated above...no fix.

neville · #9 08-27-2006, 10:59 AM

After being so frustrated by this I decided to investigate:

I started sniffing the packets I was getting and got a few crashed attempts and successful ones logged.

I'm going over them now, and most of the packets seem fine (sending server names and IPs) but I randomly get a strange packet that contains one of two things:

1)
0000 00 30 1b b9 b4 41 00 0f 3d 65 b1 16 08 00 45 00 .0...A.. =e....E.
0010 00 e3 ba 38 40 00 31 11 07 21 d1 a5 f4 fc c0 a8 ...8@.1. .!......
0020 00 66 17 6e 05 1b 00 cf 84 aa 00 03 04 00 15 00 .f.n.... ........
0030 01 bf 00 09 00 01 29 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ......). ........
0040 00 00 02 00 55 53 00 45 4e 00 01 00 00 00 49 73 ....US.E N.....Is
0050 20 74 68 69 73 20 74 68 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 3f 00 this th ing on?.
0060 04 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ........ ........
0070 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 59 65 73 ........ .....Yes
0080 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 01 00 ........ ........
0090 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4e 6f 00 03 00 00 ........ ..No....
00a0 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 03 00 ........ ........
00b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 57 68 61 74 20 74 68 69 6e 67 ......Wh at thing
00c0 3f 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 01 ?....... ........
00d0 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 53 74 6f 70 20 ........ ...Stop
00e0 77 61 73 74 69 6e 67 20 6d 79 20 74 69 6d 65 21 wasting my time!
00f0 00 .

or

2)
0000 00 30 1b b9 b4 41 00 0f 3d 65 b1 16 08 00 45 00 .0...A.. =e....E.
0010 00 46 ba 37 40 00 31 11 07 bf d1 a5 f4 fc c0 a8 .F.7@.1. ........
0020 00 66 17 6e 05 1b 00 32 fc 9f 00 03 04 00 15 00 .f.n...2 ........
0030 00 22 00 09 00 00 16 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ."...... ........
0040 00 00 01 65 00 00 00 00 43 68 61 74 4d 65 73 73 ...e.... ChatMess
0050 61 67 65 00 age.

very strange...

They all come from the minilogin server aswell (same ip). I'm not sure what to make of it but hopefully it helps the devs troubleshoot the problem a bit better. If they want my logs, just reply to this and ill email them to you (or you can PM me).

edit: I forgot to mention that these messages occured several times in many of my logs, and can't be localized to one specific attempt.

I had no programs on except for ethereal and eq.