chuk Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) As I noticed several bugs coming back quite often, I decided to make a general topic covering the symptoms and the solutions if known.IMPORTANT: Take pictures of the bugs if you want to make a topic about them.Here's the list of the common bugs : - Error 908 - Error 903 (can't log in) - Items turned into '???' - Unsealing bugs | SOLVED - Ghost items - NPC glitch - Can't type username/password - Joining party error - Error 100 (DC-ing while doing stuff ) - Messed up title screen/graphics - Game won't launch - Lag - Antivirus detects PSOBB as harmful - Launcher is unable to download updates - Merge-swapped | SOLVED - 1/2 drops never drop | SOLVED - Mag evolution messed up - Huge amount of stackable items/meseta - Forum doesn't load - Banked items, dc and 'lost' them - Can't invite new team member - Error code 2 - Game starts up after pressing start, but closes in a split second - Game patches over and over - Invisible walls and floorMore info for each bug : Name: Error 908 Cause: Something is blocking the connection to the server Solutions: Check that "Test server" is disabled in the Launcher options. Turn DEP off for psobb.https://www.dell.com/support/article/uk/en/ukbsdt1/sln288643/what-is-data-execution-prevention-dep-?lang=en Whitelist the Ultima PSOBB folder so that your antivirus doesn't see it as harmful. Add it as a firewall exception or turn your firewall off. Set the launcher application to run as an administrator. This will allow you do download updates correctly. Restart your computer and then launch the game via the Launcher application. Change your DNS settings to Google’s on the Protocol Version 4https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-your-pcs-dns-settings-windows-10 Re-download the game and latest updatehttps://www.phantasystaronline.net/forum/index.php?/downloads/ --- Name: Error 903 Cause: The login server is down or the server is under maintenance. (or you have no internet access) Symptoms: Unable to log in, people who are still online from before the login being down, will lose all their progress from the moment the login went down. Solution: Log out, try again later, check the forums for info. ---Name: Items turned into '???' Cause: Mostly occurs in the common bank/inventory. Symptoms: Some items will turn into '???' items and disconnect you. Solution: If its only one item, take it out of your bank and drop it, log out, login and bank all your items, then relog again. If this doesn't help, ask a GM. ---Name: Unsealing bugs | SOLVED Cause: The item you try to unseal has been found before the unsealing fix. Symptoms: Mags will turn back to level 5, weapons will lose their % or even go into negatives and the kills will randomly be 0 again. Solution: Bank your weapons with % and mags in your bank, take snapshots of the killcount (/killcount command). For the kills showing 0, drop the item and pick it up again. The place in your inventory affects the killcount command. Else ask a GM for help. Don't forget, on ultima unsealing weapons takes more kills to unseal then other servers. For ex. Limiters will need 4K more kills to show the 'use' option to unseal it. ---Name: Ghost items/players Cause: Error in the created game/lagg Symptoms: Dropped items will not be seen by other players, or will still be on the floor after being picked up. Solution: Take the items you can, and recreate a fresh room. ---Name: NPC glitch Cause: You took an unexisting NPC. Symptoms: Your character wont load and you won't be able to move in the lobby. Solution: Go in the dressing room (at the character selection screen) and change apearance to default. Type NPC/0 to be normal again. ---Name: Can't type username or password Cause: Wrong keyboard settings Symptoms: You won't be able to type anything at all at the login screen. Solution: http://www.phantasys...rd-to-chattype/ ---Name: Error at joining party Cause: Mostly caused by a connection error/program error Symptoms: You will get a message 'PSBB.exe has stopped working' and PSOBB will close. Or you see the city from a topview and can't do a thing. Solution: Hold 'alt' + 'backspace' to reset PSOBB, ask for the room to be recreated. ---Name: Error 100 Cause: Mostly caused by a bugged/hacked item. Might also be in common bank. Symptoms: You will get disconnected while doing stuff like, feeding a mag, unequipping an itemtake out an item from the bank, pick up your 30th item,... Solution: Browse trough your items to look for bugged ones, and follow the steps above to get rid of it. ---Name: Messed up title screen/graphics Cause: Wrong patch update. (like updating an old version with a new patch)http://img502.images...11812391246.png Solution: http://www.phantasys...__10#entry33853 or this : http://www.phantasys...itchy-graphics/ ---Name: Game won't launch Cause: The source folder is corrupted or files are missing (not in the same folder) Symptoms: The game won't launch, sometimes giving you an error. Solution: Redownload the source folder and make sure everything is in the correct map. You can always use a shortcut for the .exe. ---Name: Lag Cause: An issue with your internet connection/speed. Also caused by fog. Symptoms: The game will run very slow at several episodes/quests Solution: Check your internet connection, lower the resolution and game quality. Download an anti-fog skin. ---Name: Antivirus/firewall issue Cause: Antivirus/firewall acknowledges PSOBB.exe as a virus. Symptoms: Game won't run. Solution: http://www.phantasys...with-installer/ --- Name: Launcher unable to download updates Cause: Antivirus/firewall blocks the launcher's internet connection. Symptoms: The launcher fails to download an update with an error along the lines: "The underlying connection was closed" Solution: Whitelist the launcher under your firewall or antivirus that has any type of network scanning capabilities. You can also download the latest updates manually from the downloads page. ---Name: Merge swapped | SOLVED Cause: Common bank doesn't like merges lol Symptoms: Any merge put into the common bank has a chance to be replaced by another, mostly razonde merge. Solution: Take pictures of your merge and trade it back with a GM. ---Name: 1/2 drop never drops | SOLVED Cause: When a droprising event is going on, all drops who go higher then 1/1 won't drop. Example : a 3X event on a 1/2 drop = 3/2 so it won't drop. Symptoms: Rare monsters won't drop their 1/2 drops. Solution: Wait to hunt those after events, they are still 'easy' to get, as the appearance rate of rare monsters is high on ultima. ---Name: Mag evolution messed up Cause: Wrong character/ID reference from the mag Symptoms: http://www.phantasys...2804#entry32804 Solution : Log in and out, has a slight chance to resolve the problem. Needs to be resolved in the binaries. This will normally prevent the bug from happening : http://www.phantasys...8132#entry48132 ---Name: Huge amount of stackable items/meseta Cause: The common bank bugs these things Symptoms: Meseta, monomates, PDs and such will be multiplied by a very high number. ex. 2344523X Monomates Solution : Get the items that are valuable to you out of the bank, and make a topic for a request for a bankswipe. Remeber, bug abuse can get you banned. ---Name: Forum inaccessible Cause: Error with the SQL database | Queries not executed correctly or no connection to SQL database. Symptoms: U will get this image : http://img7.imagesha...40/sqlerror.png Solution : Refresh the page, try again later. More info here : http://www.phantasys...__10#entry35992 ---Name: Banked items, dc and 'lost' them Cause: bad sync between client and server (bad connection ? ) Makes the storing pointer messing up. Symptoms: While banking several items, your game will dc and when you log back in, the items are 'gone'. Solution: Look in your bank, u will have stored the first items of your invent instead of the items you wanted. Else there might have been a rollback and then, nothing you can do about it. ---Name: Can't invite new team member Cause: Player is writing a message/ looking at something with f12 Symptoms: You will 'fail' at the inviting Solution: Let him close all his menus, and try again. Reloading blocks could also help. --- Name: - ERROR CODE 2 Cause: Missing files/blocked patcher by antivirus/firewall Symptoms: You'll get an error message upon starting the game (Error 2) Solution: Disable your antivirus while downloading/updating the client and installer. More info here : http://www.phantasystaronline.net/forum/index.php?/topic/6760-error-code-2/?hl=error --- Name: Game starts up after pressing start, but closes in a split second Cause: A wrong resolution is selected in the game options. Symptoms: The game will try to draw the game rectangle but will crash cause the resolution is too far off. Solution: In the launcher, go to >options>resolutions and try to change it to one that is supported for you. --- Name: Game patches over and over Cause: You're not using the online.exe or not as administrator mode Symptoms: Your game will keep patching over and over and create a .pat file in your PSOBB root folder. Solution: Run online.exe as administrator and/or rename the PsoBB.exe to PsoBBbackup.exe and the PsoBB.pat to PsoBB.exe --- Name: Invisible walls and floor Cause: You probably have a software like Raptr or part of AMD Catalyst software that will interfere with PSO's graphics Symptoms: You walls and floor will be almost invisible Solution: Disable the software described in the cause Still have a problem? I hope this helps you solving your problem, else you can always post a new topic to get specific info. Post a topic by these rules : http://www.phantasys...rollback-topic/ This topic will be updated whenever we discover a new common bug/solution. Edited September 13, 2018 by R-78 Added 908 17 Quote Link to comment
dooby Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I think this thread was needed and I would say I think some of the drop rates have been off for some time now. I have not gotten any rares from rare mobs in a game by myself with my oran for months now. The only time that has no been an issue is when it is a high rare mobs event. As I noticed several bugs coming back quite often, I decided to make a general topic covering the symptoms and the solutions if known. Here's the list of the common bugs : - Error 911 - Items turned into '???' - Unsealing bugs (causes many) - Ghost items - NPC glitch - Can't type username/password - Joining party error - Error 100 (DC-ing while doing stuff ) - Messed up title screen/graphics - Game won't launch - Lagg - 'Antivirus detects PSBB as harmfull' More info for each bug : Name: Error 911 Cause: The login server is down or the server is under maintenance. Symptoms: Unable to log in, people who are still online from before the login being down, will lose all their progress from the moment the login went down. Solution: Log out, try again later, check the forums for info. --- Name: Items turned into '???' Cause: Mostly caused by the common bank. Symptoms: Some items will turn into '???' items and disconnect you. Solution: If its only one item, take it out of your bank and drop it, log out, login and bank all your items, then relog again. If this doesn't help, ask a GM. --- Name: Unsealing bugs Cause: Unsealing items is just buggy Symptoms: Mags will turn back to level 5, weapons will lose their % and the kills will randomly be 0 again. Solution: Bank your weapons with % and mags in your bank, take snapshots of the killcount (/killcount command). For the kills showing 0, drop the item and pick it up again. The place in your inventory affects the killcount command. Else ask a GM for help. --- Name: Ghost items/players Cause: Error in the created game/lagg Symptoms: Dropped items will not be seen by other players, or will still be on the floor after being picked up. Solution: Take the items you can, and recreate a fresh room. --- Name: NPC glitch Cause: You took an unexisting NPC. Symptoms: Your character wont load and you won't be able to move in the lobby. Solution: Go in the dressing room (at the character selection screen) and change apearance to default. Type NPC/0 to be normal again. --- Name: Can't type username or password Cause: Wrong keyboard settings Symptoms: You won't be able to type anything at all at the login screen. Solution: --- Name: Error at joining party Cause: Mostly caused by a connection error/program error Symptoms: You will get a message 'PSBB.exe has stopped working' and PSOBB will close. Or you see the city from a topview and can't do a thing. Solution: Hold 'ctrl' + 'backspace' to reset PSOBB, ask for the room to be recreated. --- Name: Error 100 Cause: Mostly caused by a bugged/hacked item. Might also be in common bank. Symptoms: You will get disconnected while doing stuff like, feeding a mag, unequipping an itemtake out an item from the bank, pick up your 30th item,... Solution: Browse trough your items to look for bugged ones, and follow the steps above to get rid of it. --- Name: Messed up title screen/graphics Cause: Wrong patch update. (like updating an old version with a new patch) Symptoms: You will get a glitchy titlescreen and graphic erros in the game. Solution: --- Name: Game won't launch Cause: The source folder is corrupted or files are missing (not in the same folder) Symptoms: The game won't launch, sometimes giving you an error. Solution: Redownload the source folder and make sure everything is in the correct map. You can always use a shortcut for the .exe. --- Name: Lagg Cause: An issue with your internet connection/speed. Also caused by fog. Symptoms: The game will run very slow at several episodes/quests Solution: Check your internet connection, lower the resolution and game quality. Download an anti-fog skin. --- Name: Antivirus/firewall issue Cause: Antivirus/firewall aknowledge PSOBB.exe as a virus. Symptoms: Game won't run. Solution: --- Still have a problem? I hope this helps you solving your problem, else you can always post a new topic to get specific info. Post a topic by these rules : This topic will be updated whenever we discover a new common bug/solution. Quote Link to comment
Pin Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I feel the same about certain drop rates, also the fact that if it was the case that drops were bugged or messed up who has the evidence that its the case? Cause no one has a ???? or something u can post to prove your theories. Cause theres no way to see if your right,"besides something never dropping". But i will say that in a case such as this there should be periodic maintenance here and there to check and see if the drops are right. Also i think there should be a Ultima drop chart for all items and drop rates. Because most people are relying on pso-world.com or wiki or so on... And eventually we realize a big portion of the drops are wrong so then rumors begin of the drop rates and in the end no one really knows what to think about certain items. I think a "full" official ultima drop chart, and drop rate included is long over due. Its a great server and very successful so why not do it up all the way? Quote Link to comment
chuk Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Updated, - Now pictures if you have any better solution for a bug or want me to add a new common bug, post below. Quote Link to comment
chuk Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Time to make this sticky. I get to much the same questions. Quote Link to comment
Josh Jordan Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thanks Chuk Error (100) is the one thats been drivin me crazy that one and the room drop one I wish the trade window thing actually worked :/ Quote Link to comment
Jake317 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I cant even log in, just get message saying my ID or pass is incorrect...confused Quote Link to comment
chuk Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 I cant even log in, just get message saying my ID or pass is incorrect...confused Did you use capitals during the registration? Quote Link to comment
King Ra Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I wonder how many people are going to actually put this to use Quote Link to comment
kajex Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Name: Huge amount of stackable items/meseta Cause: The common bank bugs these things Symptoms: Meseta, monomates, PDs and such will be multiplied by a very high number. ex. 2344523X Monomates Solution : Get the items that are valuable to you out of the bank, and make a topic for a request for a bankswipe. Remeber, bug abuse can get you banned. I think a LOOOOOOOOOOT of people need to be banned for the meseta glitch. Hahaha. Anyone with a charge yasminkov has surely abused this. Good topic, Chuk. Very thorough. 2 Quote Link to comment
scape211 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Im not sure if this should be under this topic or separate, but i thought it worth mentioning and felt like a bug even thought it isn't technically one. I recently downloaded the game and started playing. I had a few hoops to jump through; some related to 'corrupt files' (probably not corrupt, but my computer thought so), some related to anti-virus, others were me just trying to get my settings right. All in all it was a bit of pain since I downloaded and re-downloaded different versions of the game. This is my point; the correct download for the game client was a bit confusing. I first went to the downloads tab here: http://www.phantasystaronline.net/downloads.php This had what I thought was the main PSObb client and the patch files (2.8) which I extracted and manually put in. Seemed to work one day, then didn't the next. Then I realized the main PSObb client file is listed twice on the downloads page so I tried it both ways - still had some problems. Then I went to the forums on the Ultima Client download thread here: http://www.phantasystaronline.net/downloads.php This seemed to have the best and most current version (3.3) which is currently working. Ultimately I had to dig a little just to get the right file. At the very least the 3.3 file should be on the top of the downloads page me thinks. Might even be worth having some type of easy download button on the homepage. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment
Soly Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Well.. the links in the downloads page are outdated... as you pointed the version 3.3 is the latest, i have used it several times and it has worked, the patch is only needed if you dont want the full download and already have one installation of PSOBB. .. there is an easy download in the homepage... but is not as "easy" to find as a straigh BIG button saying download. Anyways, in the forum, i updated in september the topic about downloads with the latest installer link, i updated it again to remove a broken link too... Topic up-to-date Downloads page neeeding update This outdated installer should theoretically still work since it will update itself after installing and running. Edited January 8, 2015 by Soly Quote Link to comment
scape211 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Downloads page neeeding update This outdated installer should theoretically still work since it will update itself after installing and running. I suppose your right, but I was mainly sharing my experience. And after it didnt initially work, i started looking through the forums and this bug thread to find my symptoms. Like i mentioned it was a bit of a combination of things so if it was only the main file for me, it may have patched and gone through smoothly. Maybe other wont be as thick headed as I was Quote Link to comment
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