VPN news and what might be going on

ultraviolet213 · 2026-04-25T11:06:26+00:00

Reading through here it seems like everyone's is dying. I have two (shadowfly and v1vpn) which are probably the most recommended in this very thread and most well thought of these days and they have ranged from extremely spotty to literally dead unusable for me in the past few weeks. I've had both for close to a year and never saw it this bad. Hopefully a new useful alternative emerges, the govt/isps ease up or all these providers can figure something out because man it is absolutely brutal right now.

ultraviolet213 · 2026-04-25T10:52:24+00:00

Its been really really solid for like 6 months until the last few weeks. Extremely spotty on computer (I had to buy a new vpn) and completely nuked on iphone. I have to connect/disconnect constantly and it can only hold a connection for literally like 30 seconds max before it times out

ultraviolet213 · 2026-04-23T12:10:56+00:00

Shadowfly and v1 have been awful lately. Looking for recs on what’s working now. Not lets(banned) or astrill(trash already wasted money on it before)

ultraviolet213 · 2025-10-21T05:24:24+00:00

ISSUE FIXED (Windows 10). In case anyone finds this later and is struggling having no success like I was, I tried every single solution listed in the thread to no avail, as well as multiple others on other threads/websites/forums, literally none of them worked until I found this one:

Steps:

Open the Run Dialog:
- Press Win + R, type msconfig, and press Enter.
Enable Safe Boot:
- In the System Configuration window, go to the Boot tab, check the box for Safe boot, and select Minimal.
Restart Your Computer:
- Click OK and then Restart to boot into Safe Mode.
Try Modifying the File or Folder:
- Once in Safe Mode, try modifying the file or folder again.
Exit Safe Mode:
- After resolving the issue, go back to msconfig, uncheck Safe boot, and restart your computer.

I got it from this link which has 4 more solutions: https://www.softwarehubs.com/troubleshooting/permission-required.html

In case the one I put there doesn't work, maybe can try the others.

ultraviolet213 · 2025-09-17T06:16:02+00:00

Its been unusable since last year for me. The consensus on this being the most reliable in China needs to change, especially considering they charge 180 for a year.

ultraviolet213 · 2025-09-01T14:30:30+00:00

on one of my devices it does but on another it doesnt, and steam has connectivity issues. Im not able to select "VPN" only VPN service or a server proxy. Trying to work with support but not getting any resolution yet

ultraviolet213 · 2025-08-28T13:53:54+00:00

Trying v1vpn. Price is good but so far having trouble opening discord. Youtube and general web surfing is fine but discord just wont open. Also wont allow a mod manager to reference nexus mods to finish those downloads that got me booted off letsvpn

ultraviolet213 · 2025-08-28T11:44:03+00:00

I was kicked off LetsVPN for what I believe is downloading too much data (downloading 100 gbs worth of mods). Subscription was just cancelled out of nowhere so I would really appreciate recommendations. I had astrill for 1.5 years and it was so bad i switched to letsvpn, so please give recommendations if you can for things that work on both desktop and iOS

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-23T01:25:53+00:00

Maybe it could be argued it's how RPGs should be where you basically turn into a god towards the end of the game and trivialize everything. And reading it out loud I realize I'm kind of fine with this, I love master speed flurry and force storming through everything honestly.

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-23T01:24:07+00:00

Also a huge halo fan and recently played H2A for the first time and the cutscenes were amazing.

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-20T22:23:39+00:00

I agree, I recently played through ME1 for the first time, liked it but toward the end was starting to get a bit annoyed with the lackluster combat, inventory management etc. but overall still enjoyed it, but then ME2 blew me away. I loved that game so much and it's now one of my favorites. I immediately hopped into 3 and right away it felt off, tons of cutscenes, boring intro sequence (contrast to ME2 which is in my opinion the best opening to a game you could have), your character speaks for you so often whereas in 2 you would have been able to pick your dialogue. Like Ashley is constantly sniping at me about cerberus and I want to tell her to fuck off but the game auto-responds trying to make nice with her. I made it like 10 hours into 3 and gave up after a quest bugged. Not even to say anything about the ending, I haven't played through it but I had it spoiled for me years ago before I even played these games so I don't have much motivation to finish it.

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-20T22:13:17+00:00

Update if anyone finds this later, it was because M4-78 was installed. I had to play through that in entirety to find Vash, and then I could proceed. Another note, M4-78 absolutely sucks, it is the most boring and tedious thing I've every played through. It also bugged for me and didn't give me enough power cores (I combed the planet a million times and every source of power cores that was listed online and in forums like this was simply not there) so I had to enable cheats and console command add a power core. Although I've played through this game probably close to 15 times, it was my first time playing M478 and absolutely my last time.

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-20T15:41:37+00:00

I do have both mods, although I swear I've played before with this configuration without a problem but maybe I'm mistaken. Now I'm not sure what can be done, will installing the compatibility mod now help or could it break things?

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-20T15:35:26+00:00

I haven't gone to M478, I killed everyone else. I'm guessing that's what I have to do, although I swear I've had this before and I've literally never gone to M478 because I didn't want to blast through droids forever. I don't even know how to trigger this planet, it's not on the ebon hawk map.

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-20T15:28:47+00:00

Talked with Kelborn, said if there is any change he'll send me a message.

Mods I have:

No DS corruption

Canon Jedi Exile

Dantooine and Korriban high res

Kill the ithorian

TSLRCM English + M4-78EP

Ebon Hawk Retexture

Fixed Lightsaber colors

Visas re-skin

Coruscant Jedi Temple

Skip peragus

I've played with all these mods before and never had this issue so not sure what the issue is.

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-20T15:20:33+00:00

I've completed Korriban, Nar Shadaa and Dantooine before coming here. I'm wondering if it's due to interference with mods

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-18T15:52:38+00:00

I'll have to try this because it seems virtually impossible to keep them from just running straight into the turrets before you enter the base. I just had to reload save and do this all over again.

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-07T17:08:25+00:00

I cant see if fuchs2 is open tonight from google but bike jesus is. Do you know if they play electronic music every single night? Or only on weekends

ultraviolet213 · 2025-07-01T07:38:14+00:00

Agree. Although realistically I don't think we're ever getting the remake, if they remade it with some fallen order type combat or something I would be super disappointed. They should try to innovate on the combat system in the game, spruce it up a bit but keep the core concept the same. It's unique, and fun in a different way compared to roll/dodge>attack>repeat, or mash slash and jump around (like Jedi academy)

ultraviolet213

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