Universal Chat crashing...

[Grebbin]

Regarding the issue of Universal chat running fine for a few hours and then crashing (popup error message over the console window)...

After 4 days of running my workaround, I'm happy to announce that my UCS hasn't crashed at all! Here is the solution I have come up with. First I created a batch file in notepad with the following lines:

tskill chatserver
ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 > nul
start chatserver.exe
exit

I then saved it as chatreboot.bat and put it in my eqemu server folder.

I then set it to run on a 4 hour timer:

In Windows XP:

Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Scheduled Tasks
File->New->Scheduled Task
Right-Click your new task and select "properties"
Click "Browse" and find the batch file you just created.
If your computer isn't passworded, click the 'run only if logged in' checkbox.
Click the "Schedule" tab and enter the schedule as you see fit. I run mine on a 4 hour timer. I haven't really tested other intervals, since 4 hours seems to work well enough. Note that for more frequent than daily scheduling you'll need to go into the advanced settings.