Error Code G99 - a little help?

[sketchseven]

Been trying to log in to PS2 today and keep running into the error code G99 (In URL for the error it actually titles it as "Unable%20to%20connect%20to%20Login%20Server." ).

Game loads jumps to 98%, hangs for a while, then dumps me out with that error message.

I've hunted around online a bit and seen a number of different solutions, ranging from "it's the servers down for maintenance god people are so bitchy!" (sidebar - according to launcher all servers are up) to "it's a port forwarding problem" (set up port forwarding, didn't solve issue). Windows Firewall is switched on but Planetside 2 should be set up to get through.

Anyone else run into this and fixed it and could help me out?

Running Windows 7 64bit with Planetside 2 installed and run via Steam.

[EsotericReverie]

Sorry, never encountered that problem.

[Feldspar]

Last time everyone was getting this was a problem at their end with log-on servers, just because a server is up does not mean you can actually get into the game. I can only advise patience (i.e. go play something else for a while).

[sketchseven]

Wow that was fast - thanks for the quick replies. I'll give it a few hours and try again.

[CMaster]

Remind me as well - can attempting to play the SoE/Steam version with a ProSiebien account (or vice versa) also cause this one, or is that a different crash-on-load?

[sketchseven]

Remind me as well - can attempting to play the SoE/Steam version with a ProSiebien account (or vice versa) also cause this one, or is that a different crash-on-load?

I have no idea but just to add I am using a SOE account to play the Steam version. As far as I know, anyway.

[Safilpope]

I tried using a pro seiben acc through steam around the time of the last Call to Arms, it didn't work for me. Its only good if you want to play another character on a server you already have one on

[cfftble]

Yeah I get G99 too. It just means the servers are down. Apparently they should be back at 4pm BST.

(Why on Earth a four-hour downtime is needed for a patch, I don't know)

[Feldspar]

(Why on Earth a four-hour downtime is needed for a patch, I don't know)

Usually that means the servers might be up in 6 hours, provided they didn't fuck anything up.

[sketchseven]

Well I've made sure that my firewall is configured properly and all that other jazz. That just leaves their end with the login server being down.

[pepper]

Something is down on Sony's end. The game isnt starting for me either. So dont worry about it, it will probably up within a few hours.

[Boris]

Last time that happened to me was when they were rolling out some big patch and the servers weren't online yet. It'll fix itself and I think it happens to everyone.

[MrEclectic]

(Why on Earth a four-hour downtime is needed for a patch, I don't know)

According to the patch notes, they are doing database optimisation to improve performance. Everything data related in this scale takes a lot of time. At the very least they are rebuilding the indexes.

[Cooper]

According to the patch notes, they are doing database optimisation to improve performance. Everything data related in this scale takes a lot of time. At the very least they are rebuilding the indexes.

If the API is just a section of what's availble, then the database is fucking huge.

Any kind of pass over it will take hours, no matter how many CPUs you throw at it...