Xelkos Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Earlier in the year the main hard drive was trashed from a MS update. It hosed the partition structure of a 3TB HDD that was partitioned to a 2TB, where I had everything running good. Did not have a current backup, and of course E&B was lost. This week I decided to tackle the installation process again, with some issues, but got it installed okay now - I think. Although I think Avast is could be causing me some grief. Am going to have to go in and set permissions on the firewall I bet. (?) Can log in, at least to one of my accounts, enter password, Avatars/characters show up. When selecting any the Map screen comes up for a few seconds to a minute, then am dumped back into the login screen. Gah! ~ I can log into Net-7 website no problem. Took a while to remember the main account password. As for the others ... Sent in a support ticket, and Woodstock replied: use the unblackhole command So, umm, what is the "unblackhole command" and how is it properly used? /grin PS: Running Win7 x64 Edited September 11, 2018 by Xelkos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock HGM [HGM] Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Its something I do from my gmtools. I ran it on the 4 tons you said on your ticket that had the map screen lock up. It usually helps. Did it? Woodstock DGM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelkos Posted September 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) Yes, I'm in! Well, I was in. Forgot the controls. Quit the game briefly due to high latency. Clicked on Packet Optimization, then was booted to character selection. Restarted game without Packet Optimization, and well back to square one. Not getting past the map window. Edited September 12, 2018 by Xelkos updated outcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock HGM [HGM] Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Ensure that the net-7 launcher and the enb client files are set to runs as administrator. And also ensure they are set to be exempted from firewall and anti virus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelkos Posted September 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Okay, found the issue, however could not find a reasonable workaround. Avast Firewall was the culprit. I added rules to allow, and all ports, in/out, etc. Yet every time I run the game Avast Firewall was showing it blocked Net7Proxy.exe No matter what priority or customs rules I gave to allow access, Avast would still end up blocking it. Cannot figure it out. So the one time I allowed access, I got Xelkos in. Then when I exited the game, Avast Firewall continue to block Net7Proxy no matter what I did. The initial setting was some port in the 5M range, and if was anything else was set to Block. I changed that setting to Allow, yet nothing changed. Now when I disable the Avast Firewall momentarily could get into the game. One in the game I enabled the firewall, and latency shot through the roof. So... in disgust, I removed the Avast Firewall component, enabled Windows Firewall via Services.msc as Avast disables Windows Firewall on install. Have Windows fireall enable, and am back into the game. Now to find a friendly firewall program that gets along with stuff and is Connectify friendly too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelkos Posted September 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Used a gate and sitting there... waiting... was changing Win7 firewall rues and still at map screen... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock HGM [HGM] Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Avast doesn't like net-7 or enb. I had about for awhile it had a update then it ate my entire net-7 and enb directories. I removed it completely. Make sure I had added rules in the wondo this a firewall for both programs. I rarely have issues any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelkos Posted September 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 Found out that while removing Avast firewall it is not gone. Instead Windows Firewall was still disabled in Component Services. Used Device Manager, slected View hidden devices, and showed that Avast firewall was still running. Rebooted to Safe mode, found the executable for Avast firewall, and added the extension ".off" and it poofed. Then went back to Component Services, and enabled Windows Firewall to run automatically. Another thing that ticks me off about Avast is that it will scan your computer, yet there's nothing shows that it is doing this to slow you down, then pops up with stuff it is saying about your computer, trying the paranoid sales tactic, and is all to get the user to spend more while Avast still continues to drag the system down. Time to find a reasonable firewall & antivirus that does its own jobs and not branch out wanting the user to spend more, more, more! Programs should know their place and do their job - nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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