I Can't Play Anarchy Online!

Anarchy Online Support
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I cannot log onto AO (since Oct. 2019). I even took drastic measures to reformat my PC (once with Win7 then again with Win10) and a fresh install of AO but I still cannot log into the game. All drivers are updated and current and cannot be the problem.
I am completely stumped and cannot figure it out. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions I am wide open to any input that can be given.
When I try to log in I can get to the character selection screen ok but when I hit PLAY the game crashes. It does not matter if I have my saved Prefs folder in my AO directory or not and it does not matter what account I try to log into. The result is always the same. Last night I reformatted (again) and Iā€™m back to Win7 Ultimate with all updates and all drivers are updated.
Trying to play through Steam doesnā€™t even help.

3.1ghz AMD triple core CPU
8GB dual channel RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 w/ 1gb RAM
64-bit Win7 Ultimate
Plenty of space on a 10,000 rpm Western Digital Raptor drive

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did you get any erro mesagge ?

wich DX Version use you ?

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No error msg. Iā€™m using DX9.

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Have you tryed this on?

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I still canā€™t play. Does ANYONE have a viable solution to my problem?

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Have you tried using a different HDD/SSD? Just a thought. :slight_smile:

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You can try installing this directx versionā€¦

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/confirmation.aspx?id=8109

Btw. i have never heard of a triple Core CPU. What exact model is that?

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Probably a Phenom II X3 710 or 720. I had that one too :slight_smile:

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Ah right i remember the x4 with a bad core crippled down to 3.
That could propably be a reason for the problem too.
Would be the next thing i would think about if the directx update is not helping.

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Why would you think that? Unless the PC crashes under any sort of load (but that could then mean number of things) I donā€™t think thatā€™s the reason. If anything faulty RAM, HDD or PWS are probably the most likely causes of instabilities.

@Therrito: Have you played AO on this very setup before? Have you changed any of the components lately?

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Just out of curiosity, what type of internet connection are you using?

I have the exact same issue, and Iā€™ve determined itā€™s down to having wireless internet from my ISP (as DSL/Cable arenā€™t available at my address, and I refuse to use satellite). Essentially, my computer believes Iā€™m behind multiple routers (which, I suppose I am, technically), so port forwarding and the like is utterly useless. This also causes my XB1 to see a ā€˜Double NATā€™ connection, for what thatā€™s worth.

The only way Iā€™ve found to successfully log in and play is to use a VPN. The one I use is Windscribe, as the free version provides more than enough data traffic each month (10 GB) to play AO.

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I just reinstalled AO this evening and ran into this issue. I would select a character, it would start loading and then crash. I have 4G internet and also used Windscribe VPN to fix this problem.

I had to install DgVoodoo wrapper to get the client to launch so I could even log in

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Other than a reformat, there have been no changes to my PC.

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I have tried wireless and hard wired and it still crashes.

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Iā€™m having the same problem. I tried logging in on my froob account, and nothing Iā€™ve tried so far has let me.

AMD FX 8320E 8 core (3.4ghz x 8)
MSI R9 390 4gb GPU
2x Crucial/Samsung SSD
Win 10
all updates and current drivers

kinda sucks, was really looking forward to seeing the old stompinā€™ grounds for the first time in years.
-Giit

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I still canā€™t play AO :sob: