I just logged in for the first time, but iam getting stuck at "Retrieving list of Characters...". I also read that the Login Servers are overloaded, but iam not getting any message for the Server itself. Just the Msg..."Retrieving list of Characters"... and nothing happens.
i have the exact same problem. i dont know if was a coincidence but after i turned down the grafix to start config it was working again (1024x768 fullscreen)
where is the config file ? i want to delete it to get the default options.
I didn't realize my sound drivers werent working, so I cut out of the game although it was working great and everything was fine. Fixed the sound and now I am retrieving, I am like I barely wanted that character, just let me start over.
I tried to beam from spacedock to the Sol System and got a message that the instance was not accepting as it was "full." Then the game DC'd me and when I try to log back in I am also stuck on Retrieving List of Characters.
Ok guys and girls. The reason your stuck at retrieving character is due to the thousands upon thousands of people trying to connect at the same time. the server is overloading and basically dont have a script in there to kick people when it overloaded. In the long run it would be easier just to make a script to kick people when login server is overloaded that way the people that was waiting the longest can login. once they are logged in let the next batch and so on. That way the database isnt straining to bring up characters all at one time. My suggestions is wait till the kids all have to go to school and when they should be in bed then try it and while they are daydreaming in school playing you will be playing lol!
Ok, like honestly I can't get past the List of characters. The only time I have gotten past it, was getting to a list of maps. Then it was totally stuck. Rawr!
It's a server issue, and I get that, it happens, not worth complaining about, but the game needs to know when to give up. It'll sit there indefinitely on a loading screen until it gets the answer its looking for. Instead, it should try for a certain period of time, and if nothing changes wihtin like thirty seconds or so it should give up and let you try again or just play with options or whatever.
when I get stuck its in the same place ...some times though I'll get past that ... I play the game then it will randomly boot me ... I log back in and then i get the 'retrieving list of characters and it stalls
guys,
this happened alot during the last weekend of closed testing - Cryptic are aware of the problem and know how to resolve it...... Keep watching and waiting we will be in there in no time.
It's not that we're all like "rawr server down," but that Cryptic needs to know that its login system needs to fail more gracefully. An error message is way better than an infinite loading screen.
Similiar error here. Tried to switch to a different instance and got a message something along the lines of 'this instance no longer exists' (can't be 100% sure of wording) and was booted back to opening screen with the " Retrieving List of Characters" message, and which I now can't get past.
Given that the server was doing the exact same thing this last weekend (repeatedly) during the closed beta, you would have thought they'd have fixed it by now.
It's a server issue, and I get that, it happens, not worth complaining about, but the game needs to know when to give up. It'll sit there indefinitely on a loading screen until it gets the answer its looking for. Instead, it should try for a certain period of time, and if nothing changes wihtin like thirty seconds or so it should give up and let you try again or just play with options or whatever.
it just needs a cancel button - it's a pain in the... if you can't do anything
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where is the config file ? i want to delete it to get the default options.
It's a server issue, and I get that, it happens, not worth complaining about, but the game needs to know when to give up. It'll sit there indefinitely on a loading screen until it gets the answer its looking for. Instead, it should try for a certain period of time, and if nothing changes wihtin like thirty seconds or so it should give up and let you try again or just play with options or whatever.
this happened alot during the last weekend of closed testing - Cryptic are aware of the problem and know how to resolve it...... Keep watching and waiting we will be in there in no time.
It's not that we're all like "rawr server down," but that Cryptic needs to know that its login system needs to fail more gracefully. An error message is way better than an infinite loading screen.
And wow.. somehow I just got in!
Edit: False alarm.. stuck at the "Retrieving list of maps..." part now.
it just needs a cancel button - it's a pain in the... if you can't do anything