It's weird kind of lag I had prior to the server going down. It was like my character was stuck in mid-sprint, sliding around as if he were on ice. Oddly enough, no rubber banding.
given the nature of a DDoS attack, wouldn't that be the response you get? As it's being flooded with so many requests yours cant even get through?
No, flooding with information to force a server to crash is one thing, but if X is right about the DNS server records are gone, then this is beyond a simple DDoS attack.
I usually check the Twitter feed if there are problems, and saw nothing amiss. So glad I checked here before wiping my files and reinstalling the launcher/game.
How about paraphrasing for us who can't view that Twitter Feed? :P
Either way today's attack is really severe if it knocked out the patcher and log-in service. And PWE's response has been rather unreassuring.
Yeah, this isn't a DDoS. Something has happened at the DNS level that appears to have deleted the DNS server records for "crypticstudios.com". This is Bad.
I was able to ping patchserverrebirth.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]. However, I was unable to to ping the URL.
If we could tell the launcher to use the IP vs the domain name, we could all probably connect.
The problem is that none of the other DNS entries for the shard controller, map servers, etc exist either. This is why people got dropped from the game who were already connected. Once the records expired, the client didn't know what to do when dealing with a zone transfer.
would be nice to hear something from someone official that's current here on the forums since I don't ever even go to twitter. The constant lag, SNR's, and disconnects its hard to justify spending money, I want to just cant justify it, not until they fix some ongoing issues.
If we could tell the launcher to use the IP vs the domain name, we could all probably connect.
You can tell windows in the hosts file to do this. I did this and the patcher launches but you cannot log in gives error "Unable to authenticate: Couldn't even attempt account server connection"
If we could tell the launcher to use the IP vs the domain name, we could all probably connect.
You can tell windows in the hosts file to do this. I did this and the patcher launches but you cannot log in gives error "Unable to authenticate: Couldn't even attempt account server connection"
If we can do this, the instructions should be stickied somewhere on here so that we can continue to play even when the DNS is down.
nothing on twitter no comment from anyone with sto or cryptic what is going on?
I don't know why people keep saying there's nothing on Twitter.
Because there is nothing on twitter about TODAY'S issue. Those tweets made yesterday were about yesterday, not today. So until a new tweet is made about TODAY'S issue, then linking to twitter is pointless.
The ones at Cryptic usually aren't in office during the weekends, so of course they aren't going to be aware of this right away. but if there is something they can do, they will likely drive over to the office and do what they can! It's not easy being them and dealing with all this trouble, they are still human, and humans of course can always use a weekend to catch their breath!
If this is a DDOS attack and I were the person trying to catch the DDOS attacker, I would allow it to go on in an attempt to improve my chances of tracking down the person. Might be why there has been no response from the dev's.
nothing on twitter no comment from anyone with sto or cryptic what is going on?
I don't know why people keep saying there's nothing on Twitter.
Because there is nothing on twitter about TODAY'S issue. Those tweets about yesterday were about yesterday, not today. So until a new tweet is made about TODAY'S issue, then linking to twitter is pointless.
So yesterday was 1 hour ago?
Hence the title, "9/19 Server Down...Cannot load Launcher"
Today is 9/19.
Ah! I see the problem.
This data is from Reddit.
Got all my social medias confused.
Too bad there wasn't a single forum for this game where status can be reported.
nothing on twitter no comment from anyone with sto or cryptic what is going on?
I don't know why people keep saying there's nothing on Twitter.
Because there is nothing on twitter about TODAY'S issue. Those tweets about yesterday were about yesterday, not today. So until a new tweet is made about TODAY'S issue, then linking to twitter is pointless.
So yesterday was 1 hour ago?
The last tweet made from the official STO twitter account was on 9/18, which is yesterday, not today. You seem very confused.
nothing on twitter no comment from anyone with sto or cryptic what is going on?
I don't know why people keep saying there's nothing on Twitter.
Because there is nothing on twitter about TODAY'S issue. Those tweets about yesterday were about yesterday, not today. So until a new tweet is made about TODAY'S issue, then linking to twitter is pointless.
So yesterday was 1 hour ago?
Hence the title, "9/19 Server Down...Cannot load Launcher"
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No, flooding with information to force a server to crash is one thing, but if X is right about the DNS server records are gone, then this is beyond a simple DDoS attack.
I usually check the Twitter feed if there are problems, and saw nothing amiss. So glad I checked here before wiping my files and reinstalling the launcher/game.
I was able to ping patchserverrebirth.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]. However, I was unable to to ping the URL.
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The problem is that none of the other DNS entries for the shard controller, map servers, etc exist either. This is why people got dropped from the game who were already connected. Once the records expired, the client didn't know what to do when dealing with a zone transfer.
You can tell windows in the hosts file to do this. I did this and the patcher launches but you cannot log in gives error "Unable to authenticate: Couldn't even attempt account server connection"
I don't know why people keep saying there's nothing on Twitter.
There are 3 threads about it there already.
The first 2 started shortly after the outage began.
No "Official" word though, just concerned players.
That's what's troubling. There's nothing saying they're working on the issue.
All threads are today's:
"9/19 Server Down...Cannot load Launcher" 57 mins ago.
"Launcher appears to be down" 58 mins ago.
"Dynamic patch failure" 1 hour ago.
Because there is nothing on twitter about TODAY'S issue. Those tweets made yesterday were about yesterday, not today. So until a new tweet is made about TODAY'S issue, then linking to twitter is pointless.
The-Grand-Nagus
Join Date: Sep 2008
So yesterday was 1 hour ago?
Hence the title, "9/19 Server Down...Cannot load Launcher"
Today is 9/19.
Ah! I see the problem.
This data is from Reddit.
Got all my social medias confused.
Too bad there wasn't a single forum for this game where status can be reported.
Could you link to one of the tweets you mentioned?
The last tweet made from the official STO twitter account was on 9/18, which is yesterday, not today. You seem very confused.
The-Grand-Nagus
Join Date: Sep 2008
There has been no word from cryptic or PWE.
Who cares what other players on twitter are saying?
The-Grand-Nagus
Join Date: Sep 2008
You've confused twitter and reddit.
LOL at least Neverwinter gets updates.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/3lmlv0/919_server_downcannot_load_launcher/
Yes I confused one of the 3 STO forums with another.
Sorry Nagus and All.