After not playing for about a year and I recently reinstalled and resubbed.
I am able to log into the character select on both new and old clients. However, I get the loading splash screen for about 5 seconds then the game exits with a message “You have been disconnected”.
The game still thinks I’m logged in, because I try again and it says as much.
The only major thing I’ve changed since last playing was an upgrade to Windows 11, so I don’t know if that has anything to do with it.
If the problem follows to another PC with another install and another network then it sounds like your character is in a state or location that cant be loaded for some reason.
Saavick I just saw your comment about bumping the timeout in Discord. I thought that was going to do the trick, because I managed to actually get fully logged into one of my characters. However, I haven’t been able to since.
Additionally, if Client Lifetime means what I think it does, I did not even come close to the default timeout for either of the timeouts listed:
Regarding port forwarding, I never touch it. Everything is default in regards to forwarding, which works fine on all other games, including EverQuest, which is even older than AO as I’m sue you already know
Additionally I’ve connected directly to 2 modems on 2 different networks/ISPs and 1 hotspot without luck. Authentication and Character creation all work fine as well.
I’ll restate here, that the only major difference between when I last played this game in the summer of 2021, and now is that I’m on Windows 11 and any updates to the game. Same router and settings used then as I have now.
In the past I’ve put in my fair share of effort to try to get old games to work on newer technologies, but never one I had to pay for. I probably would have just moved on if it was just a fr00b account. Given I paid $15 (more if you total previous months) I don’t think it is unreasonable to expect some level of official support and playability.
Also wtf is this trash rule that I can’t mention other people because I’m “new” on the forums – I didn’t have a choice but to make a “new” forum account.
In what folder is your game located on your PC? I know there has been problems if it’s located directly under C: in some cases.
No, I have another drive I install on. I’ve also installed with Steam with the same results.
Is the account you’re running the game on an administrator account on the PC?
Have you tried running the game as administrator?
Yup, I’ve tried that, as well as compatibility mode.
I had a single successful full load into the game yesterday, but when I logged out to see if the issue was clear on my main account I went back into this disconnect mode.
One final thing I’m attempting is getting my old laptop with Windows 10 to see if something with Win11 has something to do with it.
It really looks like a networking issue, even though I’m not sure what. But it would be worth trying to log in with a different account if you haven’t yet.
7 15 ms 13 ms 15 ms be2874.ccr42.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.6.53]
8 30 ms 28 ms 108 ms be2690.ccr42.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.28.129]
9 45 ms 43 ms 44 ms be2113.ccr42.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.24.221]
10 57 ms 56 ms 50 ms be2807.ccr42.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.40.109]
11 53 ms 50 ms 50 ms be2272.rcr21.ewr02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.83.202]
12 50 ms 51 ms 58 ms te0-0-2-0.nr11.b002894-4.ewr02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.24.45.222]
13 49 ms 50 ms 49 ms 38.104.44.254
14 51 ms 49 ms 50 ms fw1-nj4.game-hosting.com [37.18.192.4]
15 49 ms 49 ms 49 ms dm07-nj4.ageofconan.com [37.18.192.41]
Trace complete.
Trace looks good…
@Saavick I really want it to be a network issue, but it would mean network issues on 3 different ISPs/Modems. No idea if there are any additional logs I can get access too, but if I could get more details on what is going on it might shed some light on what is going on.
I have the exact same problem. Tried different PCs and laptops (Win 10 and 11), never had any network issues and all other games are working fine. I guess it’s not meant to be. Just wanted to post here that you’re not alone.
Same problem, but I found that this problem is 100% related to ISP.
2 out 5 ISP I tested has disconnects on login, 3 of 5 does not.
To solve this problem I recommend to try local VPN or different ISP.
I don’t know. it keeps disconnecting over and over again, which provider do you recommend?
While I’m waiting for this problem to be resolved, I’m going to play MW3 CAMO. By the way, there was a recent update with weapon. if you need help, you can find it here https://boosthive.eu/mw3