It's going to be LAN only.

I believe I have. I went through the instructions on creating a private login server.

Yes, the servers are running on the same computer as the database.

Why was 2015 thread hijacked?

I 'think' everything is marked properly..been a long time since I've looked at the configs...

eqemu_config.xml
login.ini


Work with those and see where that takes you.


Also, I would recommend setting your router to statically assign the IP of your server computer..usually done by use of the MAC ID.

Ok I will, thank you very much for the help thus far. I wish I had the time to start messing with it right now but this week has me swamped. As soon as I can though, I'll work with those files and get back with you.

Welp, I couldn't sleep last night so decided to try again for a few hours this morning. I've spent 2-4 hours now messing with everything and I still can't get it to work.

When I run the start.bat, it says, "Windows cannot find 'world.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." It can't find any of the stuff when I run the batch.

*Edit
It also says in the command prompt, " 'shared_memory.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

I'm determined though to get this server up.

That kind of sounds like a pathing issue. Do you have the batch file in the same Folder as your server files? It should be run from the same folder that contains the server files.

Ya, the batch file is in the folder EQEmuServer which contains all of my server files.

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I've gone through the Windows Server Guide and followed it step by step three times now and still nothing. I've tried changing the batch a dozen times and the config a couple dozen times at least. I thought maybe it was a Visual Studio build issue but I rebuilt it all twice and it didn't help.

I made sure I downloaded all of the right programs. I haven't had any problems with XAMPP and set the path. I then set my password for mysql. I compiled the server and acquired the dependencies. Then, I used CMake to make the build files which I in turn used to build the executables. I thought maybe since I had bots and login server checked, that might be causing an issue. I turned them off and rebuilt it. Then I ran through everything again a couple times to no avail. Server directory seems to be set up correctly and exactly how it's supposed to be. Maps and quests folders are good to go. The PEQ database has been verified a couple times.

Now that all brings us to the config file and the start batch. Exactly like you said, it has to be a pathing issue.

http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Complet...Guide&frm=Main

This is the page I used to do the setup. I then found three to five other setup guides and tried to incorporate things that were different etc. I know there is a complete repack that installs a good to go server but I've tried that three times now as well.

I feel like I also need to mention I can log into the other servers with no problem. I can create a character and all of that is good.

The reason I'm so determined to get this up and running is because I need it to be LAN. That way when people come over, all of the PCs will be in one house and my internet connection can't handle more than one PC. I figure I can get this server up and running online and then I can configure it once I know the green lights are on all across the board. Meaning everything is working right. Then, I can go into the files and change things to LAN. Either way, I'd just like to be able to get my own server up.

*Edit 3/29/2016 11:37pm
Welp, I'm making a lot of progress now. At least to me it's a lot of progress considering how many hours I've spent trying to get this server up. I just scrapped the batch file provided and decided to write my own. Mine seems to be working fine. All of the command prompt windows work fine, I think, and pop up like normal. I had my server login stuff all jacked up so now I just need to restart from scratch again and see if I can't get her up and running this time.

*Edit 3/30/2016 7:00am
I can say 40+ hours later and almost all of my free time spent since I started trying to get this up, I still have no server.