Peacefully Disturbed

Server just crashed.

/endtalk doesn't work when no conversation windows pops up, so I still need to relog to get out of that. I think the main problem was on my end however because a few days ago my modem and router reset after the power went out and ever since I have only had this happen twice. Talking with NPCs is now also immediate, almost no wait between clicking them and having the conversation popup. No idea what the exact problem was, and my modem and router settings haven't changed, but the reset seems to have pretty much solved it. So I recommend anyone else who has this happen frequently to give that a try.

Seems to be back up now.

I hope I can describe this well enough. I am having a regular issue where when I try to talk to an NPC (any NPC) I will sometimes end up stuck without any conversation popup and the only way out is to log out of that character. Other times the conversation popups will come up, but when I click on a response nothing happens and I have to click the "X" to close the conversation window and get control of my character again. No matter how long I wait nothing comes up, or the conversation doesn't progress. This doesn't happen every single time, but it is happening fairly frequently for me. Plus once it happens with one NPC in a sector it seems to be a problem with all NPCs in that sector for hours for me. This makes it pretty difficult to do any missions or trade with NPCs; which is crippling since I'm trying to start all my characters again. I'm running on Windows 7 64bit with everything running as Admin and under XP SP2 compatibility. I have tried playing with different packet optimization and prototype reorder settings as well, but it didn't have any effect. I haven't noticed any real lag or connection problems in game when I'm playing. But I have also occassionally had problems while gating/docking/undocking where I get stuck at the loading screen and have to terminate the client. Not sure if that would be related.

Awesome that worked perfectly, thank you.

That's what I did. The problem is I'm pretty sure both of my game accounts were part of this one forum account, but only one game account is showing on the portal after I linked my forum account.

I just came back to the game after a while since I'm going to have some free time over the summer. So I logged into the new portal, which looks awesome so far, and linked my forum account to get both of my game accounts on there. The problem is only one of my game accounts is showing up on the portal. I'm pretty sure both of my game accounts were on this one forum account, and I can still log into the game with both accounts. Is there some way to get my other game account linked on the portal?

Hi, I haven't been here for a long time but was interested in starting to play again. I was able to remember my forum username and one of my account usernames, however I cannot recall what my other game account username was. I know I had 2 accounts attached to my forum account. Is there any way for me to find out the username for my other game account? Edit: Nevermind, I finally guessed correctly so I now have both account usernames again.

Totally agree with the Off Topic board idea. The General Discussion board is getting a bit too cluttered, especially with all of the polls right now.

I haven't had this happen at all, I immediately go to the login screen with Megan. I installed the game using the original discs though, so maybe this is if you installed using the demo version.

This is only temporary, and is due to the IP address of the server changing and the DNS having to update. The length of time that you'll have to keep switching this is different for each person and depends on their ISP, although it could potentially be up to 72 hours. Opening the command prompt in Windows and typing in "ipconfig /flushdns" without the quotes may help, but isn't a guarantee. I've been able to connect and play on play.net-7.org since about mid-day today, so hopefully everyone will be able too soon.

It looks like you installed Net7 Tools (the developer tools), and not the Net7 Launcher. Use one of the links in this thread to download the actual game launcher, then you should be up and running.

Yeah in live it was the mission to capture Roland Holmes. Took forever and was so drawn out, but the engine made it worthwhile. I think part of the mission also happened in 61 Cygni, so I'm not sure if that is part of it not being implemented yet either. Oh well, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on anything. Now I have to figure out what lvl 4 engine to get.

So I'm over lvl 30 now, already got the hull upgrade and everything, however, I was not offered a bonus mission or anything. I haven't been playing the emu for very long, but I know that in live there was that long drawn out mission to get the Cygni Express, and I know that other classes have some of their bonus missions implemented. So is there one available for TE's at lvl 30, and if so where can I get it? Also are there any requirements for it to be offered (like credits or any skills needed)?

I would just like to echo all of the thanks to the devs here. I remember hearing about this project a while ago and hoping it would get up and going, and now after checking back I'm so glad I'm able to play E&B again. This must have taken a lot of effort and work to get this going and to keep it running. And I would like to say good job on getting things back up quickly after such a major crash. Thank you very much guys, this is absolutely awesome.