time delay'd boot to server select

bucka · Post by **bucka** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:25 pm

anyone, while running MQ2, get booted to server select screen after 3 or so minutes of being in game ?

MacroFiend · Post by **MacroFiend** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:01 pm

If this is only happening to you while MQ2 is running, what you describe is caused by the EQ client's built in security. It detected a change in its memory space and shut down.

Are you using any 3rd party hacks or anything else to alter EQ?

bonehand · Post by **bonehand** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:03 pm

Sounds like a connection problem, not MQ.

You haven't said what your connection is, so generally two things cause disconnections. First is naturally firewalls. EQ to some firewalls looks like a packet storm or DoS style attack and may cut off access to the port being used by the zone you are in. Second is drivers. Update them or downgrade them if you have upgraded recently. Related to both somewhat is router firmware...

My Linksys Router used to boot me to server select quite often, and downgrading to firmware 1.39 fixed it. It really was a Mediacom issue, and have found similar problems with Comcast's 3mbit upgrade on an older DLink wireless router.

If none of this seems to help, post some more info and someone can probabaly give you a hand.

bone

bonehand · Post by **bonehand** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:07 pm

I hadn't even thought of 3rd party hacks to the offsets...

Speed, EB, and many other changes will boot you to server select post-haste.

bucka · Post by **bucka** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:28 pm

EQPlaynice is the only other mod to EQ that I have. Stable DSL connection, never booted like this before. No new drivers / firmware anywhere. Security thing sounds right, but no one else runs these 2 programs together ?

yal · Post by **yal** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:25 pm

eqplaynice is incorporated into MQ, you shouldn't run both.

bucka · Post by **bucka** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:51 pm

yea sure ? it doesnt seem to go down to 30% cpu when its not active window. ill check again i guess.

MacroFiend · Post by **MacroFiend** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:59 pm

EQPlayNice is the stand alone version of MQ2FPS. You don't need both.

There is a difference between the two. EQPlayNice is a fixed-sleep system only unlike MQ2FPS which can be static or FPS based. You are not seeing the CPU usage go down as much with MQ because your settings for MQ2FPS are too high.