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One Stop Error Guide (work in progress.)

...This guide is NOT version specific. Though it may contain somethings specific to the most up to date version it is meant as a generic error guide. Unless otherwise explained in the paragraph after the error as being version specific, the fixes listed here and in links are usable to fix your problem. It looks as though 5.8 release is out on THIS site, and is compatible with all patches since June or July (not sure how accurate this is), and up to at least 09/14/04. If you are tyring to PLAY on the live compatable login server (which is new to version 0.5.8, then check out THIS tutorial written by Melwin.

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[Error]0.5.8 Test server is timing out when trying to log in.

Most of the time this can be cured by doing two things.. You either have spaces or blank line(s) in your eqhost.txt (which you need to get rid of, as they are read as whitespace or /n characters and are misinterpreted), or you are not patched up to live that is requiried. Check THIS post concerning the login server.

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[Error]You have been disconnected

Do you have dx9? Do you have the latest drivers for your sound and vdo card? What OS are you running on? Are you using dial-up (EQEMu doesnt play well with dial-up, try changing your datarate to 1.0 and experiment with different numbers there)? You may need to uninstall and reinstall EQ, as it MIGHT be a client problem (but chekc the boards to make sure you can patch up to current first so you dont break the emu)... There are a lot of things that it COULD be, but it IS most likely something on your end.. One way to check, is to try and play on different servers. If you still have this problem then you KNOW it is something on your end.. If it ONLY happens on that ONE server, then you can assume it is something incompatible with your setup and their server, and you need to contact them about it... Also note, that some vdo cards, while you may HAVE dx9 intalled, are NOT dx9 compatible, and COULD cause some problems..

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[Error] Error: 10060 and 10061

This is normally a routing issue or firewall issue.. You can look at this thread to get an idea of what you might need to do.

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[Error] Error: Could not load item data. But ignoring

Usually means you have a DB issue, your DB is NOT compatable with the version of EQEMU you are running. look here. There are other links to find this plugin 'could not load item data.'

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Cant see my server on the login screen, or I can but nobody else can.

See this post about setting up eqemu + NAT (read your router). This usually is what is involved when having the 1017 error also.

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Error 1002

Error 1002 means you are connecting to the wrong login server for the client that you have. See this thread for help on this error.

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Client crashes all the time, or back to the login screen, or desktop.

See "You have been disconnected" from above.

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Every time I open the everquest desktop shortcut it opens the patcher, goes into the main everquest patch server.

This is due to not following the instrucions in the guides. This thread will help.

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Is there any risk that just playing in an Eqemu server i could crash any stuff for my regular EQ server ?

Another not reading the guides, issue. This can be answered by following this link.

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Error 1001

This is usually a eqhost issue. Check out this thread.

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Error 2003

Usually caused by not running the GRANT command in MySQL. Go to this post and check out the way to do that.

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Error 2006 MySQL has gone away

This error is due to password issues in your MySQL. Read up about it here.

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Server appears to be locked even to me the creator.

unless you changed the locked status in loginserver.ini then it is due to

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Error: Could not load item data. But ignoring

from above. See the link in that error to fix it.

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error 1017

This is either a version error (meaning you are tyring to run a version of EQEMu that is NOT compatible with whatever patch you have for your client) , or NAT issue (Just do a search for these two errors as it will pull up tons of responses. This is the most common error we have here). I am just finding out that it can also be due to accounts not properly set up. Here is the link to read about that. Also making your password too short will give you this error.. Simply change your password to be longer than 4 characters. Side note, if you try changing everything to localhost and then you CAN connect, you probably have either a NAT error, or your ISP won't allow incoming traffic. If it is proven to be a NAT error and you are using a linksys router, check out this guide... http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14112

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I was told to log into Shawn319's server but I dont know what it is called, cause it is the only server I can play becuase I patched.

Any server that is labeled 0.5.5 or higher is compatible with GoD.

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Bad UN/PW

This could be a lot of things, but I just noticed that EqEmu purged a lot of accounts that were not logged into to activate them. This could be your problem. Try creating a new account with EqEmu and activating it. Also, if you are getting this error that says (along with bad UN/PW) Station name is incorrect, then you didnt make your eqhost.txt file correctly or you didnt make your shortcut to eqgame.exe correctly.

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I cant see the buttons or the name blank correctly to make a new character.

This is probably because you are patched with the GoD files, and trying to play on a NON GoD server (read anything before 0.5.5). You can do two things here, hope you have a back-up of your old UI folder (before the 10th patch) and restore them to your eqemu client folder, or you can log into any server that is labeled 0.5.5.

This next part is NOT an error, but I have seen enough people ask about it (especially when it was mentioned there is NO support for newest files). This is by no means support for, and if you cant get this working correctly, youll have to search the forums or learn more about C++ to get it answered, but this should help those that HAVE VC++ that want to enable perl quests instead of using .qst files. (Dont forget to install perl and IO::Scalar)

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Right now by default perl is not enabled when you compile. You will need to define EMBPERL for perl quests, and/or EMBPERL_PLUGIN for perl plugins (remember plugins require IO::Scalers) 



To create another build configuration with perl support in VC++6 

open the server (or zone) project 

menu-- build,configurations 

select zone-win32-Release and press add 

set the configuration name to Relase with Perl 

set copy configuration from zone-win32-Release 

menu-- build,set active configuration 

select zone-win32-Relase with Perl 

menu-- Project, settings 

Select c/c++ tab 

with the category pulldown reading General add ,EMBPERL,EMBPERL_PLUGIN to the end of the Preprocessor defines 

Change category to Preprocessor and put c:\perl\lib\core in the Additional include Directories 

select the link tab 

change the category to input and put c:\perl\lib\core in the Additional library path 

Close window 

menu-- project, add to project, files 

select zone\embparser.cpp make sure it has insert into: zone selected 

do the same for embperl.cpp embparser.h and embperl.h 



Now you can build a zone.exe with or without perl support. It will put the zone.exe with perl in a sub directory of the zone source. This is how I set it up so that it worked. If there is a "proper" way please let me know. 



If compiled with perl quest, all quests must be in perl format. the *.qst files will not be read!

Courtesy of Eglin. Thanks Eglin, helped me a bunch to see this. Even saved it to HD as .txt file <smile>

And that is all I have for now for a one stop error guide.. When I get some more time I will get you some more. Happy EQEMu'ing!

Stickied it - keep it complete. I'm not around very often to doublecheck.

This is a great post. Thank you for the info. I had posted eralier about not finding a "real" FAQ, but this comes pretty close and it's great to see it's being updated. :)

in the part about the 0.5.5 being compatiable with GoD, im really new to the emulator scene, just started last night, and although i can create a character on the 0.5.5 servers, i get kicked back to server select once i try and enter the game, any help on this issue would be deeply appreciated

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although i can create a character on the 0.5.5 servers, i get kicked back to server select once i try and enter the game, any help on this issue would be deeply appreciated

See my edit above under "Client crashes all the time, or back to the login screen." It is NOT a solutiuon, but might help tell you what is happening.

I still get the 1017 error but only on dr1 servers and thats the server i need to get on because i dl after the 18th ahhhh help

Repatch all files, make sure you have DX9 installed and try again.

This is the error I get when I compile my Zone.exe, I know their is no support with any of this, but I thought I would atleast ask and hope u knew what the problem was out of kindness =)

Deleting intermediate files and output files for project 'Zone - Win32 Release With Perl'.
--------------------Configuration: Zone - Win32 Release With Perl--------------------
Compiling...
Command line warning D4002 : ignoring unknown option '/Ob2'
attack.cpp
client.cpp
client_process.cpp
command.cpp
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\MFC\INCLUDE\afxv_w32.h(14) : fatal error C1189: #error : WINDOWS.H already included. MFC apps must not #include <windows.h>
doors.cpp
embparser.cpp
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\MFC\INCLUDE\afxv_w32.h(14) : fatal error C1189: #error : WINDOWS.H already included. MFC apps must not #include <windows.h>
embperl.cpp
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\MFC\INCLUDE\afxv_w32.h(14) : fatal error C1189: #error : WINDOWS.H already included. MFC apps must not #include <windows.h>
entity.cpp
EQEMuError.cpp
faction.cpp
forage.cpp
groups.cpp
hate_list.cpp
loottables.cpp
Map.cpp
mob.cpp
MobAI.cpp
net.cpp
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\MFC\INCLUDE\afxv_w32.h(14) : fatal error C1189: #error : WINDOWS.H already included. MFC apps must not #include <windows.h>
npc.cpp
Object.cpp
parser.cpp
petitions.cpp
PlayerCorpse.cpp
spawn2.cpp
spawngroup.cpp
spells.cpp
worldserver.cpp
zone.cpp
zonedbasync.cpp
classes.cpp
crc32.cpp
database.cpp
dbasync.cpp
dbcore.cpp
DBMemLeak.cpp
debug.cpp
EMuShareMem.cpp
EQNetwork.cpp
eqtime.cpp
guilds.cpp
Item.cpp
md5.cpp
misc.cpp
MiscFunctions.cpp
moremath.cpp
Mutex.cpp
packet_dump.cpp
packet_dump_file.cpp
packet_functions.cpp
races.cpp
serverinfo.cpp
TCPConnection.cpp
timer.cpp
Error executing cl.exe.

Zone.exe - 4 error(s), 1 warning(s)

After lookin at the errors I checked my *.cpp files ( the ones which cause errors) and could not resolve the issue by myself, that is why I come asking for a bit of help.

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Command line warning D4002 : ignoring unknown option '/Ob2'

Im not sure of this error/warning.. Are you using the command line compiler/option or the gui?

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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\MFC\INCLUDE\afxv_w32.h(14) : fatal error C1189: #error : WINDOWS.H already included. MFC apps must not #include <windows.h>

Im not sure why you are getting that, as I dont see that any of the zone files are including this header file (could be wrong).. A quick search within files in the whole of 0.5.5 DR1 source files confirms this... There are several calls to WINDOWS.h in the emusharmem.dll, and world files, but nothing in zone exept in world/zonserver.cpp... Another quick search reveals that afxv_w32.h is not called from WINDOWS.h either.... I may be totally off base here as I just started learning C++ myself, but try recompiling it from scratch and following the above directions and see what you come up with (using the GUI)...

Dangit I need binaries for 5.5, I have no Idea on how to compile and the guide I used for cvs doesnt help becuase when I get to the part about changing the enviro variable path to add cvs it doesnt recognize my edit in the dos comd line.

Wat bout wen u keep on getting the You have been disconnected. message repeatedly after a bout 30 seconds in the eq world

Ill look into that and edit the guide with it in there (if i can find some causes) later today... Need to update with the 5.5 release anyhow...:)

what should i do for a d3d9.dll error?

Download / Install DirectX 9.

....i feel dumb.... lol

May want to add this as a problem. Occasionaly when I try and connect, I can make it as far as the server select screen, the screen minimizes for a second while loading. While its mined I get an error message from EQgame and it crashes.

I am running Windows xp. I have deducted that it may be my connection blinking out, since at times it a tad unstable. I get the same sorta deal if I am not patched up. But sometimes it happens even if I am patched properly.

Do you know if eqemu will work in windowed mode like regular eq? I keep going to the character select screen, selecting my character and getting booted out. I tried everything you mentioned above and got no where... but i'm running it windowed. Do you think that has anything to do with it?

i'm getting a 1010 error when i try to log on to server screen the registration worked fine, but this isn't ><
any help?

oh, i've also changed the server (1,2,3) around a bunch of times, none of them seem to work =\

Amazing post samandi!! This is the only one I've found that has instructions on how to complie with perl quest system enabled :D

Thanks!

Ok ...this is probly a mistake caused by me mistyping something or overlooking something ....anyway everything has gone fine untill i get to running world.exe ...when i do that i get disconnected messages and then it says at the bottom that my msql server has rejected my name and password. ive gone over everything a few times and nothing ....im running 0.5.6 with the most recent eq patches also ..so maybe a problem there ...im just now bothering with this and saying fuck paying SOE more money lol ...anyway ..atm i have my comp connected to no network ..i am simply trying to run my own server for me and possably select friends so i dont see how i am being disconnected ...let me know what i can do.

Problem 1: To fix the "MySQL server has gone away" error message, type the following in MySQL:

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USE mysql;
GRANT ALL on eq.* TO 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Be sure to replace user and password wity your actual username and password (the ones you specified in db.ini). Additionally, eq should be replaced with the name of your database and, if your MySQL server is on another computer, replace localhost with the IP address of that computer (both are also specified in your db.ini file).
Problem 2: EQEMu 0.5.6 no longer works with EQ. If you have a compiler such as Microsoft Visual Studion .NET 2003) then you can download the latest developer release of the source from http://cvs.biosprite.net/ and compile it. Otherwise, you're SoL until a "release" version is available from SourceFORGE.

eqemu error 2006

ok so if I have done everything according to the guides and have tested and checked to see if my username/password works and it does. the db file is set right, everything I can figure out from the guides and all is set to what it is suppose to be then why when I boot my server boom 2006 error.....is it just picky or is there something else I am missing that I have probably overlooked

As explained in the very first post on this thread: the 2006 error is a MySQL permissions related one.

Basically, it's saying that EQEMu can't connect to your MySQL database because of a bad username/password.

The simplest (and WORST) way to fix this is to give EQEMu the "root" username and password. (Note: DO NOT DO THIS!!!! IT'S A BAD IDEA!!!)

Barring that, the best thing to do is make sure you've run the series of statements in my last post. Be sure to replace the words in yellow with your information.

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USE mysql;
GRANT ALL on eq.* TO 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Once you have run these statements, you can easily check if they worked by attempting to log in to MySQL as your EQEUm user. This is by running the following statements from the command prompt.

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C:\> cd \mysql\bin
C:\mysql\bin\> mysql -u user -p eq

This should make MySQL prompt you for your password. Be sure to use the same one you used when running the GRANT statement.

If you can get logged in, then everything should be fine! If not, then I'd try using a MySQL administration program like winmysqladmin (shipped with MySQL, it can be found in the C:\mysql\bin folder), or MySQL-Front.

QUOTE : As explained in the very first post on this thread: the 2006 error is a MySQL permissions related one.

Basically, it's saying that EQEMu can't connect to your MySQL database because of a bad username/password.

The simplest (and WORST) way to fix this is to give EQEMu the "root" username and password. (Note: DO NOT DO THIS!!!! IT'S A BAD IDEA!!!)

Barring that, the best thing to do is make sure you've run the series of statements in my last post. Be sure to replace the words in yellow with your information.

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USE mysql;
GRANT ALL on eq.* TO 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Once you have run these statements, you can easily check if they worked by attempting to log in to MySQL as your EQEUm user. This is by running the following statements from the command prompt.

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C:\> cd \mysql\bin
C:\mysql\bin\> mysql -u user -p eq

This should make MySQL prompt you for your password. Be sure to use the same one you used when running the GRANT statement.

If you can get logged in, then everything should be fine! If not, then I'd try using a MySQL administration program like winmysqladmin (shipped with MySQL, it can be found in the C:\mysql\bin folder), or MySQL-Front.

Ok thakks for the info I would have replied sooner but been busy lately. This is what I am not understanding at the dos prompt i can access mysql by typing the "test" thing mysql -u (username) -p and it prompts me for a password and I enter it and it works fine comes up with the mysql and all the other stuff. So my access should be ok it excepts it which is great I go back run world.exe and then comes up again with the 2006 error now how can it allow me to access it through a prompt but when I run world.exe it does the mysql gone away stuff.. that is what I am not understanding and haveing problems with. That is the fix I am looking for.

Sorry for all the trouble and confusion..

Jassy D.

Ok, I installed/updated EQ and I did the "EQ for Dummies" thing. I got the game up and running and when I join a server it will load up to the character screen. I start to log with a character and it loads for a bit then just kicks me to server screen. Does this mean I WILL have to reinstall or what?

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Originally Posted by gryzlnad

The EQ for Dummies guide specificly states that it does no longer work and won't until EQEmu catches up to Live again.

Is this is all you do dark_one? From what I heard before I am beginning to believe all you do is spam useless things and don't actually add anything to the community besides another jackass.

Anyways, back to the real problem. I'm getting a 10053 trying to connect to my own server. It loads up the character select, but each time I try to 'Enter World' the zone server chosen to load up whatever zone im in crashes. Running zone from a command windows displays a lot of info which I'll post below. It appears to be related to AA's in the DB or something like that.

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C:\EQEmu>zone . eqemu.vision-core.com 7991 localhost

[Status] CURRENT_ZONE_VERSION: EQEMu 0.5.9-DR2

[Status] Loading Variables

[Status] Loading zone names

[Status] Loading items

[Status] EMuShareMem loaded

[Status] Loading npcs

[Status] Loading npc faction lists

[Status] Loading NPC Faction Lists from database...

[Status] Loading loot tables

[Status] Loading Loot tables from database...

[Status] Loading doors

[Status] Loading Doors from database...

[Status] FileLoadSPDat() Loading spells from ./spells_us.txt

[Status] FileLoadSPDat() spells loaded: 6289

[Status] Loading guilds

[Status] Loading factions

[Status] Loading corpse timers

[Status] Loading what ever is left

[Status] Loading commands

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'help' defaulting to access level 0!

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'version' defaulting to access level 0

!

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'serversidename' defaulting to access

level 0!

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'loc' defaulting to access level 0!

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'flag' defaulting to access level 0!

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'si' defaulting to access level 0!

[Status] 166 commands loaded

[Status] Entering sleep mode

Connected to worldserver: localhost:9000

Map ./Maps/gfaydark.map not found.

[Status] Weather should change in 1542 seconds

Init: Loading zone lists, zone state or spawn list, player corpses

Zonepoints loaded into memory

, timezone data - Done. ZoneID = 54; Time Offset = 0

Successfully loaded Zone Config.

[Status] Loading Objects from DB...

[Status] Loading Ground Spawns from DB...

[Status] Loading doors for gfaydark ...

[Status] Done loading doors for gfaydark ...

Error in GetAASkillVars 'SELECT cost, max_level, hotkey_sid, hotkey_sid2, title_

sid, desc_sid, type, prereq_skill, prereq_minpoints, spell_type, spell_refresh,

classes, berserker,spellid FROM altadv_vars WHERE skill_id=0' #1054: Unknown col

umn 'hotkey_sid' in 'field list'



C:\EQEmu>

*EDIT* Also using the PEQ Classic 5.8 DB btw

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Originally Posted by mrea

Error in GetAASkillVars 'SELECT cost, max_level, hotkey_sid, hotkey_sid2, title_
sid, desc_sid, type, prereq_skill, prereq_minpoints, spell_type, spell_refresh,
classes, berserker,spellid FROM altadv_vars WHERE skill_id=0' #1054: Unknown col
umn 'hotkey_sid' in 'field list'

Try sourcing this file into your database, it adds the column you are missing:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.p...mp;view=markup

Haha, sorry to bother you again, and well, so fast heh, it looks like it needs ANOTHER AA table:

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C:\EQEmu>zone . eqemu.vision-core.com 7995 localhost

[Status] CURRENT_ZONE_VERSION: EQEMu 0.5.9-DR2

[Status] Loading Variables

[Status] Loading zone names

[Status] Loading items

[Status] EMuShareMem loaded

[Status] Loading npcs

[Status] Loading npc faction lists

[Status] Loading NPC Faction Lists from database...

[Status] Loading loot tables

[Status] Loading Loot tables from database...

[Status] Loading doors

[Status] Loading Doors from database...

[Status] FileLoadSPDat() Loading spells from ./spells_us.txt

[Status] FileLoadSPDat() spells loaded: 6289

[Status] Loading guilds

[Status] Loading factions

[Status] Loading corpse timers

[Status] Loading what ever is left

[Status] Loading commands

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'help' defaulting to access level 0!

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'version' defaulting to access level 0

!

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'serversidename' defaulting to access

level 0!

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'loc' defaulting to access level 0!

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'flag' defaulting to access level 0!

[Status] command_init(): Warning: Command 'si' defaulting to access level 0!

[Status] 166 commands loaded

[Status] Entering sleep mode

Connected to worldserver: localhost:9000

Map header: 74949 faces, 4817 nodes, 124159 facelists

Loaded map: 224847 vertices, 74949 faces, 0 branch nodes, 0 final nodes

Map BB: (-2693.16 -> 2766.28, -2803.81 -> 2717.22, -98.53 -> 801.81)

Map ./Maps/gfaydark.map loaded.

[Status] Weather should change in 11756 seconds

Init: Loading zone lists, zone state or spawn list, player corpses

Zonepoints loaded into memory

, timezone data - Done. ZoneID = 54; Time Offset = 0

Successfully loaded Zone Config.

[Status] Loading Objects from DB...

[Status] Loading Ground Spawns from DB...

[Status] Loading doors for gfaydark ...

[Status] Done loading doors for gfaydark ...

Error in GetTotalAALevels 'SELECT count(ability) from aa_levels where aa_id=2' #

1146: Table 'eq.aa_levels' doesn't exist



C:\EQEmu>

Here is the SQL for the aa_levels table:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.p...mp;view=markup

Ah, ok, it appears all of these are on there so I can stop bugging you now :-) Thanks a bunch

Hi. I have the same error as Ahncu .. i have switched the Eqhost.txt about etc.. i know if you patch to live it dont work so i downloaded Eqfix.zip .. hopefully that will over come that but it still wont let me log in .. it says

"Error 1010 - Cannot Find EQHOST.txt , re-check the directory to see if it is there"

Pls help!

Code:

[Status] CURRENT_WORLD_VERSION:EQEMu 0.6.0-DR1

[Status] Loading variables..

[Status] Loading zones..

[Status] Clearing groups..

Unable to clear groups: #1030: Got error 127 from table handler

[Status] Loading items..

[Status] EMuShareMem loaded

[Status] Loading items from database: count=34229, max id=77505

[Status] ./LoginServer.ini read.

[Status] Loading guild ranks..

[Status] Loading ./addon.ini..

[Status] Loading EQ time of day..

[Status] Reboot zone modes ON

[Status] Deleted 0 stale player corpses from database

[Status] Deleted 0 stale player backups from database

Breaking linux compiles....

TCP listening on: 65.25.104.236:9000

World server listening on: 65.25.104.236:9000

Connected to LoginServer: newlogin1.eqemulator.net:5994

[Status] Clearing groups..
Unable to clear groups: #1030: Got error 127 from table handler

any idea on this one? any help would be appreciated. thank you.

Havnt seen an awnser in any topics including this one for my question so figured id ask here(hehe asked in 2 others too).

When i log in it brings me to a blank server list.

ok, im new to eqemu, but i have a prob. i have changed my eqhost.exe file corectly (triple checked), and when i try to ad patchme to my shortcut, it tells me that " the name specified in the target box is not valid", any info on this would be greatly appreciated.

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Originally Posted by chronic27886

i have changed my eqhost.exe file corectly (triple checked), and when i try to ad patchme to my shortcut, it tells me that " the name specified in the target box is not valid", any info on this would be greatly appreciated.

If you've got a space in one of your directory names (i.e., Program Files), youre going to need to put quotes around the shortcut. Check out this post:

http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/vie...hlight=patchme

Sticky please! thanks for the help, really appreciate it.

But it just doesn't make sense, I used to 4 box on a very slack ass computer back when SoL/PoP were out, then I have a semi newer computer (it is still old, but newer) that can't even make it to 3 lol. I have finally got it to pick up 2 by messing around with desktop/game resolutions as well as completely dumbing down the graphics and clip plane. I am going to update my video drivers when i get back to school but is there anything else that can cause these symptoms of crashing to the desktop that I should look out for?

If you answer this, thanks in advance. If you do not... thanks anyway, appreciate the help and the thread.