The SSSE form of the eqgame.exe error and cause

[Darkonig]

I was getting on just fine for months and then one of my characters had the survey show up. I responded as suggested above and now periodically have the crashes on several characters. If a character is having the problem on one of my machines and I try to log him in on a different machine the account still has problems even tho other accounts on the same computers work fine. It is definitely something the login server is doing. I have never had the problem from the minilogin server.

I grabbed a couple packet dumps from when the one account was crashing excessively (more than 20 times in a row and on multiple computers), but haven't had a chance to review it yet.

[Darkonig]

Ok, just went thru the dumps and found like expressed above. On the ones that crashed, there was a survey packet of size 241 was received, then the server list, then 1 or more additional survey packets of size 233.

Even using quick connect, there was a survey packet size 241 sent, then the server list, then additional servey packets of size 233. They are received regardless of whether the client choses to display them.

On the characters that got in fine, there were no survey packets at all.
So, we either need to get the login code changed to quit sending survey packets, or build a filter to remove them from the stream when sent.

I am going to try the latter approach and see if it resolves the problem. I will have it notify me of any filtered survey packets to verify if it makes a difference. I would assume that altering the data stream to remove those packets would not be any more of a legal issue than using a different login server to begin with.

[Vastlee]

If you succeed Dark, it would be greatly appreciated if you share your success. I'm on my 12th today...

[indigoblue]

This error is driving me crazy..I've got my fingers crossed you can figure out what's going on!!

[Gopdar]

I think that I may have found a solution. Ever since I made the following modification to my eqlsPlayerData file I have yet to receive the error. Here is the contents of the file:

[MISC]
LastServerID=28
LastServerName=[0.7.0] [PEQ]The Grand Creation [legit-luclin]
HasReadSWarning=true
HasViewedWebOrder12864=true
HasViewedWebOrder297546304=true
WebOrderViews297546304=0
HasViewedWebOrder339489344=true
WebOrderViews339489344=0

[UI]
XMLFilename=EQLSUI.xml

[CHAT_OPTIONS]
PlayerNameColor=-1
PlayerChatColor=-6768006
GuideNameColor=-7021579
GuideChatColor=-7691265
AdminNameColor=-569803
AdminChatColor=-1807589
TellColor=-16715776
CommandColor=-16527105
SystemMessageColor=-1
FontSize=3

[PLAYER]
Username=
[NEWS]
LastViewed=-1709800869

All that I modified were the parts in the [MISC] section that said anything about WebOrder to true. Hopefully this works for others.

[Dralanna]

That did not work for me... still getting the error.

This error is definitely on the server, not on your machine.

Note previously in the thread

Agreed, I have 5 machines. The accounts that are "immune" are so on all machines.

[indigoblue]

I tried the fix also, no luck. Although I'm happy it fixed yours for you!!

[Goggin]

First of all I'm sort of a newb, so this probably doesnt mean anything...

But I noticed after I deleted my client data (as described above) and tried to log in, it gives me a VERY brief error message before crashing. The only reason I was able to see it is by doing a print screen:

"Sorry %3, you already have the maximum number of active tasks"

Any ideas?

*P.S. Almost positive that this has something to do with me deleting the wrong file, but I thought I'd post it anyway just in case. Going to reinstall EQ and see if I get the same thing.

[KileSmith]

after altering the eqlsPlayerData file to be exactly the same as Gopdar, it didn't stop the error from occuring. However, it doesn't do it nearly as often, and i can generally get in after 2 or 3 tries...