Error 90000, everyone in game standing still, Received: 0

Hi all,

I played the last phase of the beta with my girlfriend on seperate computers and everything was fine, but now since early access I am totally unable to play, and not just because of the server congestion. When I do manage to log in and get into the game, every other PC in the world stands completely still (they might occasionally twitch a few feet forwards, but never more than that) and in the top-right of the screen where the wifi kinda symbol is, it reads Sent: *always a random number* Received: *always 0*. Sounds like I'm not receiving anything from the servers or something, right? After a couple of minutes I will be kicked off with error 90000 or occasionally 2002 which closes my game altogether. My girlfriend does not have this problem, and we are using the same internet connection. This happens on both JP and EU servers.

Please help! Support keeps closing my tickets with no answer!

This happens to me as well.

I had a feeling this was the case. They say "error 90000" is fixed. Do they even know what error 90000 means? Can't they explain what is happening to their customers? If they have enough time to give this error a name you would think they would know what it means. SE fails to fix error 90000 for the fourth (maybe even fifth) time in a row. Sorry to hear you are having trouble. It's too bad a company like this is selling a product that thousands of people cant even use.

Ive been having Error 90000 issues throughout the day. This issue is obviously not corrected as people keep bumping into it. Right now several of people I am playng with say that they have major delays in game (server lag) and if it last too long you get hit with the Error 90000 message.

FFXIV and now FFXIV ARR, seriously guys?

Thanks guys, glad to know I'm not alone in this at least! Hope I can get some official support soon, really anxious to play this game.

I just noticed that if I leave the game logged in but minimised in the background, then maximise it to try and play, everyone on screen looks like they just that second stopped moving, and the "Receiving" number is in the high 3000's or low 4000's before taking a nosedive. So this issue only happens... when I'm actually LOOKING at the game.

Great.

(Would also like to note that I have tried all the stuff suggested in the Error Code 2002 thread, port forwarding and all.)

This has been happening to quite a few people. A thread was started awhile ago about this issue, but has been getting "lost" in the mass of threads about logging in. If you guys could also post in the thread below, it could help bump the attention maybe?

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...n-%28R0%29-lag

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Originally Posted by AzaiAnzai

This has been happening to quite a few people. A thread was started awhile ago about this issue, but has been getting "lost" in the mass of threads about logging in. If you guys could also post in the thread below, it could help bump the attention maybe?

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...n-%28R0%29-lag

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On it. Anything I can do to make people take notice and sort this out!

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Originally Posted by Brobotnik

I just noticed that if I leave the game logged in but minimised in the background, then maximise it to try and play, everyone on screen looks like they just that second stopped moving, and the "Receiving" number is in the high 3000's or low 4000's before taking a nosedive. So this issue only happens... when I'm actually LOOKING at the game.

Great.

(Would also like to note that I have tried all the stuff suggested in the Error Code 2002 thread, port forwarding and all.)

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THIS.

I have to play in window mode due to a vista error in which you cant see the cursor in full screen mode. I do have this problem as well, everything just holds, when i tab to the tech forums(seems like my FF14 home now) and look at whats happening in game, everything is moving again, i tab back.....everything is still again. So annoying.
As im sure you will agree, since EA, i havnt got far in the game at all.

I totally agree -_- Can't even attack anything when it's locked up like this. I think 7 might be my level cap.

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Originally Posted by Kaim-Argonar

everything just holds, when i tab to the tech forums(seems like my FF14 home now) and look at whats happening in game, everything is moving again, i tab back.....everything is still again.

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I almost wish you hadn't pointed this out, I just noticed that if I minimise my broswer with FF in the background I can see everyone moving around as normal. It's like torture.

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Originally Posted by Brobotnik

I almost wish you hadn't pointed this out, I just noticed that if I minimise my broswer with FF in the background I can see everyone moving around as normal. It's like torture.

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Fire off an attack, tab, Fire off an attack, tab, Fire off an attack, tab, Fire off an attack, tab. Is this how Yoshi intended us to play? quite an odd combat system if i do say so myself.

This whole situation just boggles the mind. Why does the act of OBSERVING the game cause it to lag out and receive 90000? I wish I knew anything technical that I could apply to this situation :confused:

Screw it, bumping. Not giving up on this until we get an answer or a solution.

Yeah I'm in need of an answer too on this, starting to get me pretty upset.

Lost most of the EA weekend and now it's friday and shit is starting to act up again.

I'm already fed up with this.

I know it's only been 3 days since release but in all honesty, it's flippin' 2013... Game developers should've been able to pick up from each others mistakes over the years in the industry and learned from it in order to avoid stuff like this.

I am pretty sure (100% actually) that this is mainly due to an massive increase in traffic on the pipeline connected to the server network.

They've got TWO CONTINENTS running on ONE pipeline... It doesn't require you to be a rocket scientist to figure out that systems like that WILL cause issues for players on BOTH continents...

It may work well for a short period, but in the long run, as more and more people buy the game in both the EU and in NA, the heavier the load is gonna get, and we'll end up getting an unplayable game.

They should've done the only right thing, and added a server park for their EU players IN the EU region and keep one for the NA players in NA.

Quick fixes won't solve this issue at all.

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Originally Posted by Facespasm

They should've done the only right thing, and added a server park for their EU players IN the EU region and keep one for the NA players in NA.

Quick fixes won't solve this issue at all.

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Yeah, I'm starting to think it could be a while before we see service resume as normal. Some investigation and recognition would be nice, though!

What bugs me about all this is that some people are completely unaffected by any problems at all. Take my girlfriend for instance (who is, as we speak, fighting Ifrit) who has been playing since the beta with no problems at all, on the very same connection as me. I'm losing my mind, here.

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Originally Posted by Brobotnik

Yeah, I'm starting to think it could be a while before we see service resume as normal. Some investigation and recognition would be nice, though!

What bugs me about all this is that some people are completely unaffected by any problems at all. Take my girlfriend for instance (who is, as we speak, fighting Ifrit) who has been playing since the beta with no problems at all, on the very same connection as me. I'm losing my mind, here.

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I hit this problem today, totally at random after a couple of hours playing today - after no lag or disconnects the last week.

Now the game is unplayable due to this crazy rubberbanding and "2 seconds on 2 seconds off" type server connection. Sat here twiddling my thumbs as Moogle is full and it takes me like 30 mins + just to relog due to "server full" BS <,<

Everyone else in my FC seems unaffected - so it seems to be targetting random people :<

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Originally Posted by Jellytot

Everyone else in my FC seems unaffected - so it seems to be targetting random people :<

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Yeah, that's worrying me. If we have all these people playing the game with no problems maybe us over here in 90k Received 0 land aren't much of a priority. Seems that way if their silence and inability to respond to support tickets is anything to go by.

The problem i think is, that due to the sticky saying 'its fixed' maybe they actually think its fixed

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Originally Posted by Kaim-Argonar

The problem i think is, that due to the sticky saying 'its fixed' maybe they actually think its fixed

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Not if my hundreds of new support tickets have anything to say about it!

I kid, but I am sending a new one every time they tell me they've closed the last one without even looking at it. I would hope that all of us complaining at the same time is enough to make them double check their assumptions.

I'm glad I am not the only one with this lag problem. Can't even do dungeons well as a healer because tank and DPS disappear from screen and have to spam medica to even cure anybody because I cannot even target them on party list. I thought it was on my end of the network since everybody else seems to playing just fine. Glad I saw this.

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Originally Posted by VagabondPriest

I'm glad I am not the only one with this lag problem. Can't even do dungeons well as a healer because tank and DPS disappear from screen and have to spam medica to even cure anybody because I cannot even target them on party list. I thought it was on my end of the network since everybody else seems to playing just fine. Glad I saw this.

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Welcome to the club!

This is an ISP issue. I got the same problem.

Post in this thread:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...P2P-throttling

In the meantime use a VPN to get around the problem. Works for me.

I had the same problem today until I just gave up.

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Originally Posted by Sprudling

This is an ISP issue. I got the same problem.

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Is it possible for it to be an ISP issue while someone else in the house using the exact same network connection is having no problems? And if so, which VPN would you recommend? I've never used one before.

Yup I'm having these same problems. I posted in the other thread as well.
I also made a short YouTube video about it.
Hopefully this can get fixed as soon as possible.

Just a quick update that I forgot I could use my phone's 3G internet connection on my computer, so I switched to that and the problem is gone (obviously it's still a bit laggy but at least I can actually play.) Still, that means that the problem is tied to my main house internet connection somehow, despite the fact that someone else in the house is using that exact same connection and is playing fine.

I'm totally stumped on this one, but just because I can play now doesn't mean I'm giving up, either! I'd like to use my main internet connection since it's so much faster, so I'm going to keep bumping this thread whenever I can and look for more solutions.

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Originally Posted by Sprudling

This is an ISP issue. I got the same problem.

Post in this thread:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...P2P-throttling

In the meantime use a VPN to get around the problem. Works for me.

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I want to give this a shot. Know of any free VPNs? I don't wanna pay for it on the chance that it may not be the problem.

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Originally Posted by Brobotnik

Is it possible for it to be an ISP issue while someone else in the house using the exact same network connection is having no problems? And if so, which VPN would you recommend? I've never used one before.

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No, not really, unless that other person is infact using VPN. Also, did you play at the same time? ISPs usually only throttle traffic at certain times of the day. If you did play at the same time and only you had the problem, your problem is most likely something else.

I've only tried one VPN and that's Spotflux which fixed the issue for me. Of course VPN comes with its own stability problems, so while it made the game much more playable, it's not what I would call a permanent solution.

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Originally Posted by Brobotnik

Still, that means that the problem is tied to my main house internet connection somehow, despite the fact that someone else in the house is using that exact same connection and is playing fine.

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Are you both connecting the same way. I mean, for example, is the other person directly connected to the router and you're wirelessly connected? Or perhaps your wireless card is not working at its best?

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Originally Posted by Sprudling

I've only tried one VPN and that's Spotflux which fixed the issue for me. Of course VPN comes with its own stability problems, so while it made the game much more playable, it's not what I would call a permanent solution.

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I tried 2 different VPNs, one being Spotflux, the other was proXPN. I still got 90k'd on both.

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Originally Posted by kimoi

Are you both connecting the same way. I mean, for example, is the other person directly connected to the router and you're wirelessly connected? Or perhaps your wireless card is not working at its best?

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Yup, both connecting the exact same way through wireless connection. Must be something to do with how specifically my computer is communicating with the servers or the router / internet in general. But again, nothing on here has changed since the beta when everything worked fine.

I'm experiencing this aswell on Durandal Server

I'm gonna go ahead and bump this thread because I'm still having this bizarre issue. I hope the maintenance sorts this out.

I played through all the beta until ph4 with no issues, then sunday of ph4, i start getting booted. switched to a JP server, played with no issues for a week until Friday afternoon sometime, and bang, started getting booted on my new character, now I can't login the game for more than 90 seconds or so without getting booted on either character, one on NA server, the other on a JP server. This has nothing to do with my ISP, router/firewalls or virus protection.

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Originally Posted by GurneyHalleck

I played through all the beta until ph4 with no issues, then sunday of ph4, i start getting booted. switched to a JP server, played with no issues for a week until Friday afternoon sometime, and bang, started getting booted on my new character, now I can't login the game for more than 90 seconds or so without getting booted on either character, one on NA server, the other on a JP server. This has nothing to do with my ISP, router/firewalls or virus protection.

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Error 90k, right? They must know by now that it's not fixed, it's gotta be something they're going to cover tonight.

WELP, all the maintenance did was make it easier to log on. Everyone else is still frozen when the game is the active window, received is still 0, still inevitably receiving error 90000. Patience... waning...

Yeah I get 90k within a minute of logging in now.

Was hoping, once again, that the maintenance would fix this issue but of course it's as bad as ever.