Until today, I had no issues running/playing Spiral Knights, and I can still start the game without issue. However, since this morning, every time I have hit a loading screen, it's been approximately a 50/50 chance of whether or not it'll allow me to proceed. Most loading screens just sit as a black screen until I get disconnected from the server, after 5-10 minutes.
I restarted my computer, updated Java, removed all old versions of Java, restarted my modem and router, verified the integrity of my game files via Steam (yes, I do play through Steam, however I tried this with a non-Steam account and still had the same problems), disabled the Steam overlay, and anything else I can think of. Additionally, it ONLY seems to be Spiral Knights giving me any issue - I played on a friend's Starbound server for an hour today without any issues, and Netflix and Youtube continues to load just fine.
My computer's not GREAT at running the game but the specs are enough to run it well enough on low settings, and it's never hung on loading screens like this. Any advice would be super helpful!
I tried a fresh reinstall of the game itself too and I still am having difficulties. I got to my Ready Room two out of three times but I still can't get into Haven or my guild hall from there.
I COULD play briefly earlier today and had no connection issues that I saw? I ran RJP with a friend and didn't notice any lag or anything like that. I have a four-bar connection when I am in my Ready Room, too.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3424523842 Recent speed test I took.
That same friend recommended using Razor's GameBooster app, and I noticed that when running games with the app running, it shows your frames per second in the corner. In my Ready Room, it showed approximately 25-33 fps, but when I got a black screen trying to go to the guild hall, the fps shot up to over 230? That.. didn't seem right. It stayed at over 120 when I hit Esc, too. ??? I DUNNO MAN.
Edit:
Rebooted again, dusted out my laptop again, installed SpeedFan which has my temps a little high but still within the okay range, ran CCleaner, uninstalled Spiral Knights again AND removed the entire folder by hand (as Steam didn't remove everything on its own), aaand still can't get into the Guild Hall. Seems like Haven loads most of the time now, at least.