Common problems associated with the SoD Client

Commons bugs and client / patcher errors.

Bugs

There are a few common bugs that happen to everyone, sooner or later.

PLOSS

Stands for Packet Loss, and some people call it “red bar”.
It still happens, from time to time, but less frecuently nowadays.
You can recognize it by having massive packet loss (% in the lag bar) continual.
Mobs won't move in your screen, and you're unable to act or cast. The only solution for this is camping. If you're hit mid cast, you have to bring options with CTRL + M and camp with the mouse.
Camping / zoning / refreshing regularly prevents Ploss.

INSTA LD

This is just another variant of PLoss. Just that you go instantly LD, without warning from the lag bar.
Just relog normally. Camping/zoning regularly prevents it.

SILENCE BUG

If you're silenced mid cast, you become unable to attack. Ducking solves it.

BAG IN BAG

Basically, you get randomly, a bag inside a bag, and contents of the “bag in the bag” appears to have poofed.
Relog normally, and you'll have your contents back.

TRADE BUG

If you try trading someone who is casting, meleeing, banking or buying, both chars become unable to initiate trade with another players.
Initiating and canceling trade with any npc (including pets) solves it.

CAPS BUG AND OTHER KEYBOARD BUGS

Caps bug, control bug, alt bug… all of them are pretty much the same. Your keyboard won't work normally, because the game understands you're perma pressing one of those keys.
Pressing bugged key again will solve it.
Changing the autorun key from NUMLOCK (default) to a different key can reduce the frequency of this error.

HP BAR/MANA BAR NOT FULL and not increasing

Server counts your actual HP / Mana, despite what your client says.
If you have water / food, it's just a case of a client side bug, or even UI bug.
A common variant is hp apparently not full after hp buffes. If you were full before the buff, you're still full, despite what your client says. Once you're hit, it will reset normally.

CAN'T MELEE AFTER REZZ, DEATH EFFECTS GONE

Common bug, if you had autoattack on BEFORE rezz effects faded, you do count as 99 % slowed when they fade, untill you restart autoattack.

RANDOM LD LINKING BAGS

Don't link bags. sometimes they cause random LD.

DOUBLE BUFF

Two variants, one from getting a debuff, the other from getting a buff.

From getting a debuff

apparently it replaces an unrelated buff.
In these cases, relog first, then cure the debuff. If you cure the debuff before relogging, you lose the buff.

From getting a buff

happens if a buff fades/you clicked a buff just when another buff was landing.
You actually have only 1 version of the buff (sorry, no real double raegol). Zoning/camping solves it.

GROUP/RAID BUGS

Rarer nowadays, but still somewhat common. Basicaly, you're in a group you weren't after zoning/raid. Disband or /raiddis and reform the group, no other way around it.
If you have a persistent raid bug, only choosing another leader will solve it.

TELL BUG

Really common, seems to happen when server takes a lagspike. You can recognize it by not getting echo from your tells (if you suffer it) or getting a not online answer from tell target.
Solution is /role twice.

NOT IN ZONE BUG

From time to time, someone in a group will appear to be not in the zone to other group members.
You won't be able to target that person, and the hp bar on group window will be darkened. you'l also, will be unable to actually see said person in the main screen.
The person who appears to be out of zone has to /lfg on, /lfg off.

LISTSOLD BUGS

Sometimes the listsold isn't accurate if you use it in cities and you can receive wrong item or pay a different price from the one listed.
To avoid this, we recommend using the listsold system in The House.

Map Window or other essential items disappear from your client

Exit the game completely. In your EQ-SoD folder (sort by date modified) you'll see UI-CharacterName.ini. Just move or delete it and your UI will be reset.

Other Patcher / Client errors

SoD patcher generates an exception that could not be handled

Make sure both files that came with the patcher are in the same folder when executing the patcher.
Make sure you have .NET Framework installed.

When using eqgame.exe it crashes when it switches to full screen.

Doubleclick on the shortcut and go into options and uncheck all of those race caching things. (example* Iksar Male, Iksar Female (All Unchecked))

Client crashes with error 1001 when logging in

Get error 1001* Could not connect to the EverQuest server! Please try again shortly. and / or eqgame.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

SoD is very reliant on UDP which is a internet protocol with no error checking. If you have any problems with your network that could be enough to keep you from connecting.

Some potential solutions could be*

If you're on a lan with other computers, turn them off or tell them to stop downloading.
If you're using a hub, change it to a switch instead.
Your router is a firewall that doesn't keep state on UDP packets, map in UDP ports 5997 and 9000 into your internal IP.

SoD Patcher keeps saying populating hashtable, but nothing seems to be happening

Close the patcher, click advanced, click repatch all, exit advanced, press patch.
Sometimes if you close the patcher and reopen it, then patch, it will start from where it left off