Getting Server Unlocked
 

Ok, i've got my server set up and everything, but how do i change it to get unlocked? :cry:

Loginserver.ini


Make sure the part that says

is set to false, this should fix any world locked problems.

It is likely that your world is locked because the zone servers haven't connected to World, due to a config problem.

Also, it can show "locked" even if it actually isn't.

i.e. on my server, if I start minilogin, fire up world (waiting until it's ready) and then fire up my zones (wait until they're ready) AND THEN go to my personal machine, start EQ - 50% of the time it says the server is still locked. /shrug. I think it takes awhile for it to notice that it isn't locked or possibly that code is slightly bugged? I honestly haven't checked into it.

If you have ServerOP status, you should be able to enter anyway if the server is indeed up (and lying to you! :P )

Can you please post the output from your minilogin, world and zone.exe files? Then we can take a look and see if we can't identify you're problem a little better.

Cheers!
~Gandar

Minilogin:
World:
[/code]
actually, i think zone is the problem, it opens for a second, then closes
Here is LoginServer.ini incase it has a problem:

select Start/Run/cmd

cd to where your zone.exe is

type zone . <IP1> <Port> <IP2>

Where <IP1> <Port> <IP2> are the values you used in your boot5zones.bat. Zone should produce errors without closing the window. Copy and post the messages (should go into General Support forum rather than this one).

Do you really have a # in front of your world IP address ? I would remove that and try again.

Zone.exe dialog:
hmm don't see no errors
[/code]

The 'Usage' message is an error message. It is telling you you tried to start it with the wrong parameters. We need to see what command you typed to try and start zone ... just paste your boot5zones.bat here for starters, that will probably tells us what you are doing wrong.

For what it's worth, you are trying to run a version 5.2 server, and I doubt even if we get your server going that your EQ client will be able to login to a server that is that old.

Sorry for double posting, Deri ur method didn't work, this is what i got:no above post wasn't zone.exe here is zone.exe(Boot5zones)the rest goes to fast and closes =/

If you are using the public login servers, change all your loginports in LoginServer.ini to 5997,

e.g.

Here is the notepad version:
REM: ****Read this first!!!****

REM: This file requires your real IP in the place of "YourIP" when you are connecting
REM: To the EQEmu Loginserver.

REM: When you are using minilogin, Replace all IP Addresses to say 127.0.0.1

REM: If you still get errors try using localhost instead of 127.0.0.1

REM:--------------Start-----------------------
@echo off

if NOT exist spells_us.txt goto NOSPELL

start zone . localhost 7995 localhost
start zone . localhost 7996 localhost
start zone . localhost 7997 localhost
start zone . localhost 7998 localhost
start zone . localhost 7999 localhost
exit
cls

:NOSPELL
echo You did not copy the spells_en.txt from your everquest directory to this one. Please do so or zones will crash on startup.
PAUSE

REM:---------------END------------------------

This is my boot6zones.bat (abbreviated):
Minilogin, MySQL, world and zone are all runing on this machine. I tried 127.0.0.1 and localhost, neither worked when I set it up. System is running Win2K Pro

I hope that helps a bit.

Is that ur Internal,Ex, or just something I have to insert?
btw another thing says Failed to load Npcs

If your DB is incomplete, corrupt or incompatible I believe zone will crash upon loading.

What DB release are you running?

the latest version, i believe,btw earlier post, where can i get 5.6 version of Zone?

Ok - that could cause a problem - you are running a different version of zone compared to world, and zone is most likely not even compatible with your DB if it's the newest release.

Anyone know where to get 5.6 version Zone?


(Gah, its storming)

If you want 5.6 WIN32 executables, and you know your EQ client is compatible with them, you can get them here:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e...2.zip?download

That is old code though.

K, here is my db.ini file:

Sorry for double post, but i got Boot5Zone.exe, thanks for the link and everything guys =)

If you are patched (your client) from 04/04/04 (I think) up to 05/05/04 (also, I think) you should be able to use 0.5.6, but anything after that date up to, but not including the 18th, you will need to use 0.5.7

:evil: gah, my server is up, but when i try to connect, it boots me back to server select, this is hopeless :(

You are running 0.5.6? When did you patch your EQ client last?

Like a day before they changed the login skin

And now I messed up the LoginServer.ini file:
Minilogin:
LoginServer.ini:

i hate myself


[/code]

If you get a [Block] not found message, generally it is because you have a space at the end of that line.

Go to the line with [LoginConfig] in it, press the END key, and press backspace to delete any spaces.

When will it end? bah

You have a space or spaces at the end of your loginserver= lines, follow the instructions in my previous post to delete all spaces at the end of all lines in LoginServer.ini, world is very picky like that :(

EDIT: Also, depending on when you patched, you will probably want to run 5.7DR3 executables, try Richardo's in the EQEmu forum, or mine at: http://www.rama.demon.co.uk/5.7DR3WIN32.zip

omg Deri you own! it worked! thanks so much!

Yep all is well except i cannot log on to my server,every time, before the loading screen, it goes back to server select, I know this is starting to annoy you guys, sorry, this is my first time setting up a server, do i need the binaries thing?

Did you upgrade to the 5.7DR3 server executables as I suggested in my previous post ? I know you can login to my server, so you won't be able to login to a 5.6 server with that client, but if you download http://www.rama.demon.co.uk/5.7DR3WIN32.zip then you should be able to login to that version of the server.

Nope still same problem =/

Post your loginserver.ini, and boot5zones.bat here, and the output of world.exe

If you have a linksys router, Richardo's guide is helpful:

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

the first is Loginserver.ini

Change all occurences of 141.153.74.138 in LoginServer.ini and boot5zones.bat to your dns name pool-141-153-74-138.clrk.east.verizon.net

Edit: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

and add

192.168.1.100 pool-141-153-74-138.clrk.east.verizon.net

to the end of it.

Restart your server. That might allow you to connect, but if you have a firewall, there might be some more work to do to let others connect.

I must be the dumbest person in the world, it takes me this long to set up a server

That is just great, my idiot brother patched and now i can't login =/

Nm got connection back and can log now, so any help?
I bet the problem is in the boot5zones.bat file, isn't it?