contineus dc from game w/o connection lost

[Loth]

I am having that problem right now as well, logging in I will get R0 within 1-5 mins.

[Delsus]

If you have an external HDD big enough for all the files copy the ffxiv folder from the square enix folder to an external HDD or USB pen then reinstall the game and copy the FFXIV folder back, it will avoid you needing to update.

The folder is located at C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix on a 64 bit os and C:\Program Files\SquareEnix on a 32 bit os.

Or you could just cope with the update if you want, if there are any damaged files the update will fix em, but copying the files probably wont now I think about it.

[Shneibel]

doesnt make much sence that I have to reintall the hole clicent when it run fine for the last 3 weeks and only have problem today

edit: also do you know where I can get find the update file for FFXIV ? the patch is slow as it is by seed, so I wont be happy to seed the 7 patch again

[Loth]

If you have an external HDD big enough for all the files copy the ffxiv folder from the square enix folder to an external HDD or USB pen then reinstall the game and copy the FFXIV folder back, it will avoid you needing to update.

The folder is located at C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix on a 64 bit os and C:\Program Files\SquareEnix on a 32 bit os.

Or you could just cope with the update if you want, if there are any damaged files the update will fix em, but copying the files probably wont now I think about it.

I went through this a few months back, ended up without being able to play for 4 days, constant R0 within the first minute when I logged in.

I did everything I could, resetting connections, router, wiping character data from the FFXIV documents folder, reinstalling the game, nothing worked, eventually it worked itself out.
During this time I had no problem with anything else, TV, radio, browsing and other online games worked just fine.

[Falcus]

I had the exact same problem (S:44-48, R:0) just after the last maintenance update, I couldn't play at night for a week (during the day, everything was fine). The effects were worse soon after joining a party.

Seems to work fine again tho.

Most of my DC's are while I'm in a party as well.
Dunno why but my connection is perfectly fine when playing other games, and then as soon as I play this I get constant DCs. (Apart from early in the day when my connection is usually fine)
I can even play online shooters lag free and then I get to this I DC all the time unless if I get on early.
I even played Ragnarok Online again for about a week and didn't DC at all during that time while playing it...

Though all that said I know some of my DCs are down to my ISP, I still get random DCs when my connection is fine.

[Sidney]

I was dealing with a similar problem for a month earlier this year. I would disconnect almost instantly when connecting to any online game. Ventrilo would also work fine until I attempted to talk(ping would go from ~30 to 30000+ and DC). TV was fine, as was browsing the 'net and anything else that did not require upload.

After a bit of testing on my end I was able to track the issue down to my ISP. Somewhere out on their network there was a bad hop that was causing serious packet loss and pretty horrible latency. Running a speed test to Japan would report full downstream and <0.1 Mbps upload on a 35/35 fiber connection.

In the end there was a bad card in one of their local distribution boxes. Once they swapped that card I was back in business. To convince them it was something on their end and not my machines took 10+ support calls, 6 technician visits, 2 ONT replacements, and 3 routers.


FFXIV appears to be heavily reliant on your upload bandwidth. If you are on a pooled connection(cable) or on a connection with a low maximum upload(ADSL) try the following to test and see if the frequency of linkdeaths decreases:

-Connect during off-peak hours. (10AM-2PM and 12AM-4AM)
-Close any upload heavy programs (BitTorrent, P2P filesharing) before connecting.
---You may need to reboot to clear out existing TCPIP Half Open connections from the above programs.
-Try running a speedtest to Japan via speedtest.net and check the upload bandwidth reported
-Run a "tracert www.google.com" from a command prompt (start>run>"cmd" or windows key+r>"cmd")
---check for dropped packets(denoted by *s) and large spikes in latency early in the trace.

If you call your ISP and explain the problem it should be pretty easy to get them to run an in-depth line test to check for issues out on their network. On the other hand, getting them to admit to problems on their end is a much more complicated endeavor.

[SirEdeonX]

DC'd twice since I posted lol it was fine when I was solo, not so good when I started partying :X
Maybe there's something wrong with it.

[Shneibel]

i had been hours and I still got the contineus DC, send a email suport dont solve a crap

run speed test from where I live to tokyo is:

ping 292ms
download speed 2,24mbps
upload speed have trouble with that it standing at connecting and nothing happen and ofc there are no technical that work around this hours and tomorrow is saturday and sunday, great

[Sidney]

The ping is pretty reasonable to Tokyo, Especially if you live somewhere in the vicinity of the Americas. Download speed as well (Dependent on connection type). The upload getting stuck at the connecting phase is right in line with what I was experiencing. It would either connect after a long delay and start transferring then slowly drop in speed and die, or just fail to connect all together and just sit there trying.

If you have the same speed test upload issue testing to servers in your local country/area you may be looking at an external network issue like I was.

[Shneibel]

yes, I ll take your advice and call the tech tomorrow (no gaming today Q.Q)