Game Locks up at character creation screen after server selection

[dmbtke]

<p>Hello! I am a returning player, just picked up an old copy i had around the house that i had never installed or activated. Its the EQ2/KOS client installation.</p><p>I've done the full update and got to the character creation screen. After creating my monk and selecting my city, I get to pick a server. Everything is running great at this point. When i select my server and click play, the game becomes semi-unresponsive with "submitting {character name} to server for approval." I can still move the mouse around but nothing happens. Ive let it set for a couple of minutes, but no dice.</p><p>Ive tried a couple of different setups and names, to no avail. I'm on kind of an older computer. Windows xp (fresh install), 2.4 P4, 1 gig of ram. Ive ran this game on this box before, but now im at a wall. Any suggestions? Like i said, this is a fresh EQ2 installation. Any help would be appreciated. </p>

[Stacca]

<p>they brought the servers down for a brief update. from 11p to 12a PST. It says they are back up but I don't know, my launcher says it has a 30 hour patch to download for some reason 0.o</p>

[dmbtke]

<p><cite>Staccato wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>they brought the servers down for a brief update. from 11p to 12a PST. It says they are back up but I don't know, my launcher says it has a 30 hour patch to download for some reason 0.o</p></blockquote><p>It has been like this for me since the afternoon. Doh</p>

[dmbtke]

<p>I forgot to add, im running a radeon 9600 too</p>

[dmbtke]

<p>Ive tried different servers, different name combinations. Nothing works right. Im getting really frustrated.Ive also tried a full scan of the files. Nada.</p>

[TSR-KenC]

<p>It sounds very much like a connection issue by how you've described it. Are you familiar with port forwarding? I can certainly provide you the necessary information to get it done or at least a guide if you have your router's type and model #.</p><p>Otherwise it's also possible some software firewalls could cause a problem and may need you to manually add EQ2 as an exception to avoid any sort of issues.</p>

[dmbtke]

<p><cite>TSR-KenC wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It sounds very much like a connection issue by how you've described it. Are you familiar with port forwarding? I can certainly provide you the necessary information to get it done or at least a guide if you have your router's type and model #.</p><p>Otherwise it's also possible some software firewalls could cause a problem and may need you to manually add EQ2 as an exception to avoid any sort of issues.</p></blockquote><p>I can look into it. I always run windows firewall disabled and let my router take care of it. </p>

[dmbtke]

<p>I ran through the setup and port forwarding. That worked like a charm! Thank you</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>dmbtke wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I ran through the setup and port forwarding. That worked like a charm! Thank you</p></blockquote><p>Great, I'm glad to hear that got it working for you.  Let us know if you need any help in the future.</p>