New Station Launcher won't connect to friends

[kaeric23]

<p>I downloaded and installed the new Station Launcher with no problem but whenever I click Friends then choose Friends/Connect to Friends Network the "Authenticating" progress bar gets all the way to the end then says "You have been disconnected by the server."</p><p>The Station Launcher log says "service connection returned error: 3"</p><p>I've tried exiting and re-launching, made sure my password is right, made sure I can log into EQ with that account, whassup?</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>kaeric23 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I downloaded and installed the new Station Launcher with no problem but whenever I click Friends then choose Friends/Connect to Friends Network the "Authenticating" progress bar gets all the way to the end then says "You have been disconnected by the server."</p><p>The Station Launcher log says "service connection returned error: 3"</p><p>I've tried exiting and re-launching, made sure my password is right, made sure I can log into EQ with that account, whassup?</p></blockquote><p>did you authorize the application to your firewall?</p>

[kaeric23]

<p><cite>Wingrider01 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>kaeric23 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I downloaded and installed the new Station Launcher with no problem but whenever I click Friends then choose Friends/Connect to Friends Network the "Authenticating" progress bar gets all the way to the end then says "You have been disconnected by the server."</p><p>The Station Launcher log says "service connection returned error: 3"</p><p>I've tried exiting and re-launching, made sure my password is right, made sure I can log into EQ with that account, whassup?</p></blockquote><p>did you authorize the application to your firewall?</p></blockquote><p>I haven't used a Firewall for months since my Norton subscription ran out...I could never get Windows Firewall to allow me to do jack%($* no matter what I authorized it to do so I turned it off and crossed my fingers.  Everything else (and I use a ton of crap) works fine with it disabled.  I'm just vulnerable as all get out.</p>

[kaeric23]

Holy crap I just launched again and it worked! Maybe there were server problems earlier? I had tried over and over and over again.

[TSR-KenC]

<p>Aye, there were issues with the friends server (I believe there still may be a few minor ones) but they're being fixed in short order. Let me know if you notice any further troubles though!</p>

[kaeric23]

<p>It looks like the real problem is that the new Friends/Connect to Friends Network selection on the Friends window (instead of the old status dropdown that has now been replaced with a button that says "Join Voice Channel...") doesn't work.  When the server disconnects you, the only way now to re-connect is to choose Games/Show Games (and I think then Friends/Show Friends...although the last time this happened I might have automatically reconnected with just Games/Show Games from the Friends window...it's been a long day).</p>

[TSR-KenC]

<p>I just gave the process a whirl as, last time, I ran into the same disconnection error as it was a universal issue. This time, though, everything went clearly and I was able to connect to my guild's channel.</p><p>I'll leave it on just a bit to see if there are any stability issues. If you're running into a consistent issue that most folks aren't - We can certainly check into your situation.</p>