Hi all, I've ran into some disconnect issues on one of my machines I recently built that I can't seem to figure out.
This is a machine I run about 30 clients on. The issue only recently started happening if I'm pulling mobs. For example if I'm just chilling in my guild lobby, I can stay logged in and not see a single disco. I was armor farming in Plane of Hate and after about an hour of farming. A handful of client on that machine will dissconnect. A few minutes later (maybe 5) the rest will drop out. My other machines where I run a total of 24 more clients don't have an issue.
Here is what I have done to see if it solves the problem.
1, fresh reinstall of the OS and everything else.
2, This is on a LAN hardwired so no power settings to be throttled.
3, CPU throttling turned off
4, AV/Maleware not installed and all windows defender stuff is off including real time scans
5, Firewall turned off on all zones
6, latest version of DirectX installed
7, New graphics card and drivers are up to date
8, NIC card drivers up to date (Intel Pro 1k)
I think that is it, I may be forgetting something, if I remember, I'll update the post.
I'm using MQ2 auto-login and eq. I was using ISboxer but ran into this issue so I took it out of the equation.
Some notes on other findings. Sometime when the clients disconnect I get an MQ2 popup error and a subsequent MQ2 dmp file. I can't read it as it is all encoded (if anyone know how to read it, lmk) The file starts with "EQGraphicsDX9" then the date. I have never seen it happen live so I am not sure if the MQ2 pop error happens after the disco. I am speculating it is happening as a result of the disco. I will try to capture the error and SS for the post.
Lastly, as I did, you would think this might be an obvious network issue. It may still be related but here is what I did to troubleshoot. I set an continuous ping to google. com and never once did I receive a drop packet before, during, and after the events. Additionally in the EQ Log folder in the dbg.txt file I am seeing the following errors.
And I get some of these error scattered throughout the log.
I found a post on the network on this part of the log which said this is related to a server side disconnect in that the path is on the EQ server. But my thought is why would the server disconnect just one computer and not the rest if it was honing in on my IP...
Very lastly, here is my Mq2 Plugins. Not sure if that matter but thought I would post jsut in case there may be something that stands out to someone.
One thing I haven't tried because its a pain in the ass to log every char in - is running without MQ2 though I might do that today. I might even try a smaller group then the full 30 crew and see if different result.
Oh and just a note, Running about 40-55% CPU and about 50% memory.
thanks for taking a sec to look this over.
This is a machine I run about 30 clients on. The issue only recently started happening if I'm pulling mobs. For example if I'm just chilling in my guild lobby, I can stay logged in and not see a single disco. I was armor farming in Plane of Hate and after about an hour of farming. A handful of client on that machine will dissconnect. A few minutes later (maybe 5) the rest will drop out. My other machines where I run a total of 24 more clients don't have an issue.
Here is what I have done to see if it solves the problem.
1, fresh reinstall of the OS and everything else.
2, This is on a LAN hardwired so no power settings to be throttled.
3, CPU throttling turned off
4, AV/Maleware not installed and all windows defender stuff is off including real time scans
5, Firewall turned off on all zones
6, latest version of DirectX installed
7, New graphics card and drivers are up to date
8, NIC card drivers up to date (Intel Pro 1k)
I think that is it, I may be forgetting something, if I remember, I'll update the post.
I'm using MQ2 auto-login and eq. I was using ISboxer but ran into this issue so I took it out of the equation.
Some notes on other findings. Sometime when the clients disconnect I get an MQ2 popup error and a subsequent MQ2 dmp file. I can't read it as it is all encoded (if anyone know how to read it, lmk) The file starts with "EQGraphicsDX9" then the date. I have never seen it happen live so I am not sure if the MQ2 pop error happens after the disco. I am speculating it is happening as a result of the disco. I will try to capture the error and SS for the post.
Lastly, as I did, you would think this might be an obvious network issue. It may still be related but here is what I did to troubleshoot. I set an continuous ping to google. com and never once did I receive a drop packet before, during, and after the events. Additionally in the EQ Log folder in the dbg.txt file I am seeing the following errors.
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:22 2020]00668:WorldAuthenticate: connection lost during authentication.
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:23 2020]00669:Rejected By World. abort abort
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:23 2020]00670:*** ERROR: ProcessGame could not authenticate to world. Bailing with END_GAME.
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:23 2020]00671:Cleanup 1
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:23 2020]00672:Cleanup 4
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:23 2020]00673:Cleanup 5
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:23 2020]00674:Cleanup 6
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:23 2020]00675:Cleanup 7
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:23 2020]00676:Cleanup 8
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:23 2020]00677:Cleanup 9
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:24 2020]00678:Cleanup 10
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:24 2020]00679:Resetting UI.
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:24 2020]00680:Resetting character select UI.
[Thu Oct 22 17:15:24 2020]00681:Resetting game UI.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:19 2020]00642:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:19 2020]00643:disconnected at c:\p4\EverQuest\test\EverQuest\EverQuest.cpp:18610 (char. select) DisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,DisconnectReasonApplication
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:19 2020]00644:Character is booshockalakkayo
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:19 2020]00645:YOU HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:19 2020]00646:
end of DisplayScreen
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:20 2020]00644:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:20 2020]00645:Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:20 2020]00646:Attempt to send message 11044 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00644:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00647:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00645:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00647:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00646:Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00645:Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00646:Attempt to send message 11044 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00647:Attempt to send message 11044 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00648:Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00649:Attempt to send message 11044 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00648:Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00649:Attempt to send message 11044 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00644:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00645:Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00647:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00650:Cleaning up groups.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00651:Attempt to send message 11763 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00652:Attempt to send message 24535 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00653:Stopping world display.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00646:Attempt to send message 11044 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00644:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00648:Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00649:Attempt to send message 11044 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00645:Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00646:Attempt to send message 11044 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00644:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00647:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00648:Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00645:Networking: Connection Closed [0] with 0 pending bytes.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00646:Attempt to send message 11044 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00649:Attempt to send message 11044 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00654:Attempt to send message 26111 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00655:Cleaning up.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00656:Sending Logout.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00657:Attempt to send message 2615 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00658:Networking: using port [51315].
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:21 2020]00659:Networking: Connection Established [1]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:22 2020]00660:WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:22 2020]00661:WorldAuthenticate: connection lost during authentication.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:22 2020]00647:Cleaning up groups.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:22 2020]00648:Attempt to send message 11763 on a void connection.
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:22 2020]00649:Attempt to send message 24535 on a void connection.
And I get some of these error scattered throughout the log.
[Thu Oct 22 17:19:16 2020]002003DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture pt_add_smoke.dds for particle system.
[Thu Oct 22 17:19:16 2020]002003DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture pt_add_smoke.dds for particle system.
[Thu Oct 22 17:19:17 2020]002003DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture pt_add_smoke.dds for particle system.
[Thu Oct 22 17:19:17 2020]002003DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture pt_add_smoke.dds for particle system.
[Thu Oct 22 17:19:42 2020]002003DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture pt_add_smoke.dds for particle system.
[Thu Oct 22 17:19:42 2020]002003DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture pt_add_smoke.dds for particle system.
[Thu Oct 22 17:19:43 2020]002003DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture pt_add_smoke.dds for particle system.
[Thu Oct 22 17:19:43 2020]002003DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture pt_add_smoke.dds for particle system.
[Thu Oct 22 17:19:43 2020]002003DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture pt_add_smoke.dds for particle system.
[Thu Oct 22 17:30:06 2020]00203:Lost D3D device. Waiting for reset.
[Thu Oct 22 17:30:06 2020]00201:Lost D3D device. Waiting for reset.
[Thu Oct 22 17:30:06 2020]00201:Lost D3D device. Waiting for reset.
[Thu Oct 22 17:30:06 2020]00209:Lost D3D device. Waiting for reset.
I found a post on the network on this part of the log which said this is related to a server side disconnect in that the path is on the EQ server. But my thought is why would the server disconnect just one computer and not the rest if it was honing in on my IP...
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:19 2020]00642:Networking: connection terminated [clientisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,serverisconnectReasonApplication]
[Thu Oct 22 17:17:19 2020]00643:disconnected at c:\p4\EverQuest\test\EverQuest\EverQuest.cpp:18610 (char. select) DisconnectReasonOtherSideTerminated,DisconnectReasonApplication
Very lastly, here is my Mq2 Plugins. Not sure if that matter but thought I would post jsut in case there may be something that stands out to someone.
[Plugins]
mq2autoaccept=1
mq2autologin=1
mq2cast=1
mq2chatwnd=1
mq2easyfind=1
mq2eqbc=1
mq2eqbugfix=1
mq2exchange=1
mq2ic=1
mq2itemdisplay=1
mq2map=1
mq2melee=1
mq2moveutils=1
mq2nav=1
mq2portalsetter=1
mq2rez=1
mq2targetinfo=1
MQ2AutoGroup=1
mq2advpath=1
MQ2Posse=1
MQ2Twist=1
MQ2DanNet=1
MQ2Yes=1
mq2kisstemplate=1
mq2camera=1
MQ2EQWire=1
mq2autoforage=1
mq2Collections=1
mq2xassist=1
mq2react=1
One thing I haven't tried because its a pain in the ass to log every char in - is running without MQ2 though I might do that today. I might even try a smaller group then the full 30 crew and see if different result.
Oh and just a note, Running about 40-55% CPU and about 50% memory.
thanks for taking a sec to look this over.