Old Char's crashing

[Shirak]

<p>  Just came back from a leave of absence. Everytime I log onto one of my 2 old chars I end up crashing to character select within a minute with no errors. I can walk around but not interact with everything and sometimes my toolbar wont show the icons information. I made a new character been playing for 5 or so hours and have had no problems. Everytime I log on those 2 characters I have problems and get booted however its really strange. Thanks ahead for any helpful ideas on a fix<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>That sounds like a UI related crash.  Try following these steps:</p><p>You may want to delete the following files and folders:cache foldereq2_recent.inieq2_default.iniEverQuest2.exee q2.iniAs well as the character specific files, these will appear as such:Servername_CharacterName_EQ2_uisettings.iniSt ationname_characters.iniTo do this, please follow these directions:1. First look for your EverQuest II directory. You can find the default directory in: C:Program FilesSonyEverQuest II2. Click on MY COMPUTER and then proceed into local disk C:3. Navigate your way to the default directory, or your chosen installation directory.4. Next look for any files explained above and delete them. 5. Afterwards, please start EverQuest II to have these files re-downloaded by the patcher.</p>

[Shirak]

<p>Still no luck, I can log on and move around and see chat but can not open doors, mailbox, icon descriptions.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Shirak wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Still no luck, I can log on and move around and see chat but can not open doors, mailbox, icon descriptions.</p></blockquote><p>The problem you're describing sounds like it could be a router issue.  Disconnect issues with only certain character(s) usually mean that the router is blocking one of the ports used by the game.  I would advise bypassing your router and plugging your computer directly into the modem as a first step.  If you try that and it corrects your issue then you'll need to configure your router if you wish to continue using it.The following site has great information about router configuration:<a href="http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.portforward.com/english/...routerindex.htm</a>Simply select the router you are using then select Everquest on the next page.  You will then be presented with a walkthrough on how to forward the correct ports.  Please respond if you need any further assistance.</p>

[Wildl]

I am having the same problem. I re-opened my account today, and have not been able to log in with any of my old characters. It waits for a long time at "Receiving Zone information" before loading more stuff, then crashes and sends me back to the character select when it comes to "updating environment map". I have another current account that was having problems earlier with the characters logging in fine, but not being able to interact with anything. Right now, that account works fine. I tried creating a new character on my re-opened account, but that didn't change anything for me. I tried the following: You may want to delete the following files and folders: cache folder eq2_recent.ini eq2_default.ini EverQuest2.exe eq2.ini As well as the character specific files, these will appear as such: Servername_CharacterName_EQ2_uisettings.ini Stationname_characters.ini but I still have the same problem.

[Shirak]

<p>I started a new character and he works fine, I just don't get how ports would affect one character and not others. The directions didn't make sense to me I don't even use comcast.</p>

[Shirak]

<p>Well take that back just got to lvl 22 on a new character and this character has the bug. This is simply getting silly this game just doesn't want me to play it I think. And other fixes for this ?</p>

[Shirak]

<p>Tried the ui fix last night and it worked finally. I wake up this morning and the bug is back! Anything that can be done client side for me?</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Shirak wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I started a new character and he works fine, I just don't get how ports would affect one character and not others. The directions didn't make sense to me I don't even use comcast.</p></blockquote><p>Have you tried bypassing your router to plug your computer directly into the modem?  This really sounds like it could be a router issue.</p><p>It's not unusual for a blocked port to only effect certain characters.  Each character will usually use a different port to contact the login/game servers.</p>