CURSE YOU ARRAPAGO REEF!Follow

Well I zoned into Arrapago Reef to unlock COR and PUP but the screen went black. Now I am caught inbetween zones. My controls are unresponsive so I can't even call for a GM. Eventually it times out and kicks me back to the title screen. When I log back in I'm still stuck in that black void unable to do anything. ; ; any suggestsion? I guess I'll be logging into a mule and waiting a few hours till a GM replys -.-

That happened to a buddy of mine in Davoi. Think he contacted a GM out of the game through POL and had them remove him and put hime in another zone.

when this happened to me it was a network thing.

i had to forward the ports the game uses. it had never done this before, but i guess it happens sometimes. forwarding the ports worked :)

Only happened to me once (Ro'Moeve) and there was an emergency maintenance shortly after to fix it.

Here's my convo with the HELPFUL GM Dodry. (can't take a pic cuz i don't have anything running so you'll have to trust me on this one)

[GM]Dodry>> Greetings Leroyjenkins this is GM Dodry at your service. I understand you're stuck?
[GM]Dodry>> You can reply by using alt+r or /tell Dodry
>>Dodry : Hello! yes my other character is
>>Dodry : Whetstone
[GM]Dodry>> Can you login with that character?
>>Dodry : When I log in I get a black screen and can't move
>>Dodry : I can log in- but after it tells me where I am it freezes up
>>Dodry : It happenes just as I zoned
>>Dodry : Stinks cuz my pt has gone on w/o me in unlocking jobs -.-
[GM]Dodry>> This is a technical issue, you can contact technical support Mon-Fri 9-6pm PDT., the number is
>>Dodry : Um... there's no way you can just move my log location a little into the zone?
>>Dodry : I think I'm just stuck in the zone
[GM]Dodry>> 858-790-7529 or through the PlayOnline viewer goto Service&Support-Support-GM Call.
[GM]Dodry>> I am very sorry about the inconvenience, is there anything else I can assist you with?
>>Dodry : Yes. If I'm supposed to call a GM through POL to help me- why can't you help me?
[GM]Dodry>> No, that is how you contact technical support through the POL viewer.
>>Dodry : What I"m asking is- I have paid $30 for my TOA copy, and $15 a month for all my services-
>>Dodry : Why do you not have the power to move me? Are you a real GM?
[GM]Dodry>> Yes, but this is a technical issue and technical support handles all tech issues.
>>Dodry : -.- ok then {Take care}
[GM]Dodry>> Thank you for the GM call, and I sincerely apologize for the frustration.
[GM]Dodry>> I wish you a fond farewell, and I bid you safe journeys.
[GM]Dodry>> Hvae a wonderful stay in Vana'diel!
>>Dodry : If I can ever get back in I'll try.

This happened to me a while back while zoning out to East Ronfaure from Sandy. I would get the black screen on that character but every other character was fine.

I ended up having to reinstall the game and I have never had the problem again. My guess is you just have a corrupted file somewhere.

wow that's gonna be pretty whack if i have to reinstall the whole thing again -.-

Happened to me twice in Jeuno zoning out of mog, PS2 user here, just call a GM to be warped out

Just as gaugechambers said. May have to do with .dat file.

Couple months ago I had no problems walking into sky. Then when an update was released it changed everything. As soon as I zoned into sky, it came to a screaching hault. I was getting about 1fps.

So I had to go into the .dat files and change the music for sky (Ru an gardens) I have no more music for the area but everything is back to normal

Ok hours later and I'm still not up and running. Here's what the GM tech told me:

I need to do port-forwarding to open up all of the ports ffxi uses. He gives me a bunch of numbers (TCP- 25, 80, 110, 553, 50000-65535 UDP 50000-65535) and off I go.

So I scour the net trying to figure out how to do this and come across this page which has my router on it. Get into my settings, crash the page and have to call 2wire to get it going again. The guy at 2wire is helpful but I can't get those number ranges opened on my ports.

So OK, I figure- why not just open the whole thing? What do I care if I have my firewall up while I play? I opened all the ports and fired the game up and still the same problem. Now I'm installing TOA on my laptop in the hopes I can get into my account and zone out. If you are an expert in this area and have some sort of idea what I'm doing wrong- please anyone offer your thoughts. Thanks.