Can't get past server select
 

I login, and i try to connect to project 1999 server. Or any server for that matter. And it just minimizes for a min. than when it pops back open im back at Login screen.

Ive tried matching resolutions with game and comp, and alot of other stuff. Got UiFiles from friend that it is working for.

Nothing is changing it, still does same thing. Need Help.

Im on windows vista, ive updated the graphic drivers, downloaded newest directx, im running out of things to do and want to play, anyone got any ideas?

it still does same thing.

When i get to server select screen and click play, it minimizes, than it pops back up in about 30 seconds and im back at Login screen.

Please help

In the folder you installed Everquest in, there should be a sub-folder called logs, and in that folder there will be a file called dbg.txt. Post what it contains here. It might give us a clue what is wrong, or maybe not.

there is no logs folder or a dbg.txt , i tried in search for it, nothing....

?

In the folder where your eqgame.exe and eqhost.txt is (which you must have edited as part of the install process to connect to Project 1999) there will be a logs folder. Maybe you need to right-click your EQ shortcut and Run As Adminstrator under Vista for it to create that folder.

If that doesn't work, I give up.

how do i get it to let me click the run as administrator button?

when i goto that spot it doesn't let me click on anything there.

it says capability modes cannot be set on this program becuase it is part of this version of windows, so it won't let me click on run program as administrator.

Here is the dbg
 

here is the dbg that is in the logs folder




2010-03-28 18:13:40 Starting EverQuest (Build Oct 31 2005 10:33:37)
2010-03-28 18:13:40 Timezone: UTC-5h00m
2010-03-28 18:13:40 Loading graphics DLL.
2010-03-28 18:13:40 Parsing INI file .\eqclient.ini
2010-03-28 18:13:40 INI file .\eqclient.ini loaded.
2010-03-28 18:13:41 Initializing timers.
2010-03-28 18:13:44 Checking critical files.
2010-03-28 18:13:44 Initializing WinSock.
2010-03-28 18:13:44 Enumerating 3D devices.
2010-03-28 18:13:44 Found adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a (8.15.11.9038)
2010-03-28 18:13:44 Adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a :
2010-03-28 18:13:44 32Bit = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1
2010-03-28 18:13:44 16Bit(565) = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1
2010-03-28 18:13:44 16Bit(1555) = 0, D32 = 0, D24 = 0, D16 = 0
2010-03-28 18:13:44 Initializing keypress handler.
2010-03-28 18:13:44 Parsing INI file .\defaults.ini
2010-03-28 18:13:44 INI file .\defaults.ini loaded.
2010-03-28 18:13:44 Loading keyboard tables.
2010-03-28 18:13:44 Creating window.
2010-03-28 18:13:44 Checking display driver version.
2010-03-28 18:13:46 Activating window.
2010-03-28 18:13:46 Picking a default resolution, desktop is 1280 x 768, 32 bits
2010-03-28 18:13:46 Ratio is 1.67
2010-03-28 18:13:46 Resolution selected 1280 x 768, 32 bits
2010-03-28 18:13:46 CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.
2010-03-28 18:13:46 CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.
2010-03-28 18:13:46 CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.
2010-03-28 18:13:46 CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
2010-03-28 18:13:46 Using hardware vertex shaders.
2010-03-28 18:13:47 Initializing render system.
2010-03-28 18:13:47 Trilinear Mipmapping available.
2010-03-28 18:13:47 Vertex Shader Version: 3.0
2010-03-28 18:13:47 Pixel Shader Version: 3.0
2010-03-28 18:13:47 Initializing engine internals.
2010-03-28 18:13:47 CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.
2010-03-28 18:13:47 Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
2010-03-28 18:13:47 INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.
2010-03-28 18:14:07 Server selected P99-World.Rogean.com (7831981).
2010-03-28 18:14:07 Initializing DirectInput.
2010-03-28 18:14:07 Initializing Keyboard.
2010-03-28 18:14:07 Initializing Mouse.
2010-03-28 18:14:07 Creating font list.
2010-03-28 18:14:07 Creating game object.
2010-03-28 18:14:07 Deleting obsolete files.
2010-03-28 18:14:07 Loading string tables.
2010-03-28 18:14:07 Initializing client variables.
2010-03-28 18:14:07 Loading spell effects.
2010-03-28 18:14:08 Initializing display structures.
2010-03-28 18:14:08 Sound Manager loaded 2165 filenames from soundassets.txt.
2010-03-28 18:14:08 Voice Manager loaded 12 macros from VoiceData.txt.
2010-03-28 18:14:08 Networking: using port [51795].
2010-03-28 18:14:08 Networking: Connection Established [1]
2010-03-28 18:14:11 WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.
2010-03-28 18:15:30 Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 466 pending bytes.
2010-03-28 18:15:30 *** ERROR: WorldAuthenticate. My message arrival was NULL, the net has been shutdown.
2010-03-28 18:15:30 *** WorldAuthenticate. Checkpoint 3.
2010-03-28 18:15:30 Cleanup 4
2010-03-28 18:15:30
2010-03-28 18:15:30 Cleanup 5
2010-03-28 18:15:30
2010-03-28 18:15:30 Cleanup 6
2010-03-28 18:15:30
2010-03-28 18:15:30 Cleanup 7
2010-03-28 18:15:30
2010-03-28 18:15:30 Cleanup 8
2010-03-28 18:15:30
2010-03-28 18:15:30 Cleanup 9
2010-03-28 18:15:31
2010-03-28 18:15:31 Cleanup 10
2010-03-28 18:15:31
2010-03-28 18:15:31 Cleanup 11
2010-03-28 18:15:31
2010-03-28 18:15:31 Picking a default resolution, desktop is 1280 x 768, 32 bits
2010-03-28 18:15:31 Ratio is 1.67
2010-03-28 18:15:31 Resolution selected 1280 x 768, 32 bits
2010-03-28 18:15:31 CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.
2010-03-28 18:15:31 CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.
2010-03-28 18:15:31 CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.
2010-03-28 18:15:31 CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
2010-03-28 18:15:31 Using hardware vertex shaders.
2010-03-28 18:15:32 Initializing render system.
2010-03-28 18:15:32 Trilinear Mipmapping available.
2010-03-28 18:15:32 Vertex Shader Version: 3.0
2010-03-28 18:15:32 Pixel Shader Version: 3.0
2010-03-28 18:15:33 Initializing engine internals.
2010-03-28 18:15:33 CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.
2010-03-28 18:15:33 Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
2010-03-28 18:15:33 INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.




anyone have any ideas?

Are you maybe playing from a college campus or some place other than your own house where you have control of your own router and modem? You may have an issue with port 5998 being blocked.

im playing from my house on a satilite dish internet.

no other computers here.

I even called up my ISP and they said they don't block ports at all.

What does a trace to the login server look like?

From command prompt:You don't have to post back the results.

Anything timing out or above like 500ms? I know that latency on satellite systems can be horrific.

I'm getting Non-Responsive after I attempt to select a server. Running Vista, tried all resolution modes, running RunFirst and EQPlayNice. At one point I received a message saying "An error occurred..." but haven't since been able to duplicate that response. My ports are open. I'm running out of ideas.

[Tue Mar 30 22:15:59 2010]00000:Starting EverQuest (Built Feb 20 2007 10:32:00)
[Tue Mar 30 22:15:59 2010]00001:EverQuest Configuration Type: RELEASE_NON_AVATAR
[Tue Mar 30 22:15:59 2010]00002:Timezone: UTC-8h00m
[Tue Mar 30 22:15:59 2010]00003:Loading graphics DLL.
[Tue Mar 30 22:15:59 2010]00004:Parsing INI file .\eqclient.ini
[Tue Mar 30 22:15:59 2010]00005:INI file .\eqclient.ini loaded.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:00 2010]00006:Graphics DLL Configuration Type: GraphicsDLL9
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:00 2010]00007:Graphics DLL Version 2.00.0433
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:00 2010]00008:Initializing timers.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00009:Checking critical files.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00010:Initializing WinSock.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00011:Enumerating 3D devices.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00000:Found adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (7.15.11.8122)

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00001:Adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT :

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00002:32Bit = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00003:16Bit(565) = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00004:16Bit(1555) = 0, D32 = 0, D24 = 0, D16 = 0

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00012:Initializing keypress handler.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00013:Parsing INI file .\defaults.ini
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00014:INI file .\defaults.ini loaded.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00015:Loading keyboard tables.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00016:Creating window.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:03 2010]00017:Checking display driver version.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00018:Activating window.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00005:CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00006:CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00007:CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00008:CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00009:Using hardware vertex shaders.

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00010:Initializing render system.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00011:Trilinear Mipmapping available.

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00012:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00013:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00014:Initializing engine internals.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00015:CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.

[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00000:Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:04 2010]00001:INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00019:Server selected P99-World.Rogean.com (0155473).
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00020:Initializing DirectInput.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00021:Initializing Keyboard.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00022:Initializing Mouse.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00023:Creating font list.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00024:Creating game object.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00025:Deleting obsolete files.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00026:Loading string tables.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00027:Initializing client variables.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00028:Loading spell effects.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00029:Initializing display structures.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00030:Sound Manager loaded 2695 filenames from soundassets.txt.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:10 2010]00031:Voice Manager loaded 12 macros from VoiceData.txt.
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:11 2010]00032:Networking: using port [61375].
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:11 2010]00033:Networking: Connection Established [1]
[Tue Mar 30 22:16:11 2010]00034:WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.

Yup, im the same way, running out of ideas and no one seems to post anything of any help.

Im about to give up on it all together, but id really like to play with my friends.

I even tried comp at someone else's house with cable internet rather than my satelite. and it does the same thing, so it has to be something with my comp.

please someone give me an idea to try.