Blank Server Select Screen
 

Well i got the server up and running but for some reason it is still not working on my computer the server select screen is still blank... i followed the minilogin i set the account to IP 192.168.2.13 like it says to in the guide so i know its connecting. Not sure where i am going wrong i have tried connecting on my computer as the server and as other computers.
Also something interesting to note is that when my server is sleeping it says 0: sleeping at the top instead of 7005: sleeping.

Searched for almost 2 hours to find a fix and didn't find anything that works.. using MYsql 5.something and the newest version of perl and the 7.40 EQEMU

also it only gets to this step
[DEBUG] [WORLD__LS] Connected to Loginserver: eqemulator.net:5998
but i never have seen this below step come up but i tried pushing enter anyways to see if it would work
[DEBUG] [WORLD__LS] Loginserver provided YOUREXTERNALIP as world address

[LoginServer]
loginserver=192.168.2.13
loginport=5999
worldname=My Minilogin
worldaddress=192.168.2.13
locked=false
account=
password=

[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=

[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=

[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=Minilogin
ServerPort=5999

Are you sure you're turning off any Anti-Virus software that checks for incoming connections and identified them as a worm (or something like that). I run a minilogin at home, and have to turn Norton off to be able to connect, even from my own machine.

Other than that, your LoginServer.ini looks alot like mine, except for the IP addr.

What does your eqemu_config.xml look like?

and i don't have any anti virus even installed

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<shortname>Minilogin</shortname>
<longname>My Minilogin</longname>

<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<!--<address>127.0.0.1</address>-->
<!--<localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>-->

<!-- Loginserver information. -->
<loginserver>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>5999</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver>

<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
<key>some long random string</key>

<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service. -->
<http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
</world>

<!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini. -->
<database>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>awldkjfw</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>
</server>

What's in your eqhost.txt file in your EQ client directory? Hopefully something simple, like:
no? That'll have your EQ client looking to your machine for the available worlds...

Your debug output

"Connected to Loginserver: eqemulator.net:5998"

shows that you aren't looking at your local minilogin, but instead at eqemulator.net

Where he said eqemulator.net:5998 is where he was quoting the guide. Given your configs, and the fact that you say your not seeing anything past the

[DEBUG] [WORLD__LS] Connected to Loginserver: eqemulator.net:5998
but i never have seen this below step come up but i tried pushing enter anyways to see if it would work
[DEBUG] [WORLD__LS] Loginserver provided YOUREXTERNALIP as world address

it sounds to me like your launcher is not connecting to the world.exe like it should.

As far as not seeing server select, there has been alot of errors regarding that. The best thing I can recomend is to move it over to the public login and see if you can see anything. You should atleast beable to see others servers, and if you see yours, then we eliminate the fact that something is wrong with 90% of the emulator setup and we only need to focus on the minilogin stuff. Kinda like process of elimination.

Try to also change all references in your eqemu config under the login server to your local IP for the computer its running on. Only use 127.0.0.1 for the database connectino and nothing else.

Also, try booting up zone.exe manually to see if its a launcher issue as to why your zones arnt connecting.

P.S. 0:sleeping is what its suppose to say, this is a bad on my part and I am fixing it now, so long as its the first thing I do after this post. :)

I am having a new error... i realized that i had the server still set on public login instead of the minilogin set up in mysql and now it is saying

****For minilogin to work, you need to set the <address> element in the <world> section... still slightly confused as to why it is saying that

Check your eqemu_config.xml file and your loginserver.ini file. Make sure that the areas that you set up wether your going public or mini are set correctly.

im still getting the same error with these set up

[LoginServer]
loginserver=192.168.2.13
loginport=5999
worldname=My Minilogin
worldaddress=192.168.2.13
locked=false
account=
password=

[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=

[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=

[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=Minilogin
ServerPort=5999


<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<shortname>Minilogin</shortname>
<longname>My Minilogin</longname>

<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<!--<address>127.0.0.1</address>-->
<!--<localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>-->

<!-- Loginserver information. -->
<loginserver>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>5999</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver>

<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
<key>some long random string</key>

<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service. -->
<http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
</world>

<!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini. -->
<database>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>EQ</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>
</server>

Here's my config files, you need for mini-login:
and the LoginServer.ini which is only needed by MiniLogin;
For now, disable any firewalls you have, untill you can pinpoint your problem. Tell me more aout what you have;
WindowsXP? , Two machines in a LAN ( a client connecting to a server)? Router should be no problem , unless you were trying to bring a friend in from outside your LAN.

Windows xp... no firewall on... trying to run this EQEmu on this computer and play from this computer... will worry about getting a 2nd computer to log in later... using mysql 5.0... no anti-virus is turned on.. using the eqemu 0.7.0-992.....have tried everything i can think of and everything i can find in these forums to determine the problem and ended up working myself backwards into this current problem...also my config files are now almost identical to yours and for some reason they still do not work (i changed the IP's is all)
0o0o00o i also tried pushing enter on the other window and came up with this and now i get to the 0: sleeping error but it still doesnt show up in minilogin that its a working server...
also another possible key things is that Minilogin is still letting me log in as a client but now it is not seeing the server... everquest connects fine but won't come up with a server.

[Debug] [WORLD__LS_ERR] **** For minilogin to work, you need to set the <address
> element in the <world> section.
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] New TCP connection from 127.0.0.1:1209
[Debug] [WORLD__CONSOLE] New zoneserver #1 from 127.0.0.1:1209
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] [1] Zone started with name dynamic_01 by launcher zone
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] [1] Auto zone port configuration. Telling zone to use por
t 7000
[Debug] [WORLD__LAUNCH] zone: dynamic_02 reported state STARTED (1 starts)
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] New TCP connection from 127.0.0.1:1211
[Debug] [WORLD__CONSOLE] New zoneserver #2 from 127.0.0.1:1211
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] [2] Zone started with name dynamic_02 by launcher zone
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] [2] Auto zone port configuration. Telling zone to use por
t 7001
[Debug] [WORLD__LS] Connecting to login server...
[Debug] [WORLD__LS] Setting World to MiniLogin Server type
[Debug] [WORLD__LS_ERR] **** For minilogin to work, you need to set the <address
> element in the <world> section.
[Debug] [WORLD__LAUNCH] zone: dynamic_03 reported state STARTED (1 starts)
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] New TCP connection from 127.0.0.1:1213
[Debug] [WORLD__CONSOLE] New zoneserver #3 from 127.0.0.1:1213
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] [3] Zone started with name dynamic_03 by launcher zone
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] [3] Auto zone port configuration. Telling zone to use por
t 7002
[Debug] [WORLD__LAUNCH] zone: dynamic_04 reported state STARTED (1 starts)
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] New TCP connection from 127.0.0.1:1215
[Debug] [WORLD__CONSOLE] New zoneserver #4 from 127.0.0.1:1215
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] [4] Zone started with name dynamic_04 by launcher zone
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] [4] Auto zone port configuration. Telling zone to use por
t 7003
[Debug] [WORLD__LAUNCH] zone: dynamic_05 reported state STARTED (1 starts)
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] New TCP connection from 127.0.0.1:1217
[Debug] [WORLD__CONSOLE] New zoneserver #5 from 127.0.0.1:1217
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] [5] Zone started with name dynamic_05 by launcher zone
[Debug] [WORLD__ZONE] [5] Auto zone port configuration. Telling zone to use por
t 7004
[Debug] [WORLD__LS_ERR] **** For minilogin to work, you need to set the <address
> element in the <world> section.

Make sure you don't have a hidden typo or other character in these two files. if you want , back them up, and copy/past my files, and try them out, you can rename things later. You would still have to change the ips to what ever yours are.

Thanks Angelox

I had this same problem with the <address> in <world> and followed Angelox's advice and it worked

I copied and pasted the eqemulator.xml and loginserver.ini files and changed the 192 ip's to mine, <username> to root, <password> to what my password was, and <db> to peq as I was using it instead of angelox's.

Now I can log into the server select screen and it display's -=Angelox Classic Challenge=- (server status 0, is this right?), but when I try to connect to it, everything goes dark (like it's loading properly) then it just sits there for like 20 seconds then boots me back to the username/password screen...

How do I fix this?

Thanks for your help

Make sure you have no software firewall mounted for now - make sure you have the right Ip Address in your database for your account: this would be in the account table at the minilogin_ip column < here, you need to put in the proper ip address from your client machine. There's an updater called "php_updater" that will do this for you. I have it posted at Rathe forums: http://eq.ismg.ch/mirkwood/news.php you have to be a member (no strings attached) in order to see and download from the downloads sections.
If you still have problems look into your c:\eqemu\logs\ and post any errors you see.

Ok I updated the ip to my ip using the command prompt (checked that it worked with mysqlCC) and this is the result in world.exe during the "loading" while it's essentially waiting to boot me back to initial login screen...

After:
[05.18. - 16:20:56] [WORLD__ZONE] [6] Auto zone port configuration. Telling zone to use port 7005

It says this:
[05.18. - 16:21:19] [WORLD__CLIENT] New connection from 192.168.1.2:1618
[05.18. - 16:21:19] [NET__IDENT_TRACE] 192.168.1.2:1618: First opcode 0x4dd0 did not match expected 0x2792
[05.18. - 16:21:19] [NET__IDENT_TRACE] 192.168.1.2:1618: Tried patch 6.2_world, and it did not match.
[05.18. - 16:21:19] [NET__IDENT_TRACE] 192.168.1.2:1618: First opcode 0x4dd0 did not match expected 0x2ec9
[05.18. - 16:21:19] [NET__IDENT_TRACE] 192.168.1.2:1618: Tried patch 6.2_zone, and it did not match.
[05.18. - 16:21:19] [NET__IDENT_TRACE] 192.168.1.2:1618: First opcode matched 0x4dd0 and length matched 464
[05.18. - 16:21:19] [NET__IDENTIFY] Identified stream 192.168.1.2:1618 with signature Titanium_world
[05.18. - 16:21:19] [WORLD__CLIENT] New client from 192.168.1.2:1618
[05.18. - 16:21:19] [WORLD__CLIENT_ERR] : ID is 0. Is this server connected to minilogin?
[05.18. - 16:21:19] [WORLD__CLIENT_ERR] : Could not find a minilogin account, verify ip address logging into minilogin is the same that is in your account table.

Do I still need the php updater? I'm pretty sure that doing UPDATE blahblahblah WHERE blahblahblah; works too, right?

Any ideas or help is appreciated, thanks.

you have set this ip ; "192.168.1.2" into your accounts database?

yup, unless mysqlCC is lying to my eyes :-)

I tried it on two separate "accounts" that I created in the database, both with same results

Ok, do this - go to MySql site and download the MySql Query Browser /install it. You can then see if the IP is there.
I have to go out for about an hour, but will be back to help you deal with this.

Alright, dl'd it and ran it and it gave me the same results as mysqlcc... both of the two accounts I set to IP 192.168.1.2 were listed as such

Not sure if this helps but I've setup a server twice using the 0.70 instructions (the link just below the 0.70.992 link on the serversetup page) and have played successfully on the same computer. However when I tried to connect using a different computer, I was able to log into the server select screen, saw the server I had created on the other computer (again listed as status 0), but the same thing happened when I tried to connect to it (looked like it was loading (didn't switch to the loading screen but all the buttons faded and stuff so they were unclickable) and stayed this way for maybe 20-30 seconds then just boots me right back to the username/password screen without any messages or popups or anything.

You don't think it could be something to do with the everquest files themselves, do you? Again I'm completely unpatched and I run the "-patchme" non-patching everquest when I try to play. Hope we can work through this, and thanks again for your time.

Any luck yet? here's some Sql lines you can run -

This will check to see if the IP is proper;

ax_classic is the database in use and angelox is the account name

this will set the IP address via SQL command shell. so you can cut/paste use these with proper account name and IP use the first one for checking

If you put in the same minilogin ip for two accounts, the emulator will go down the list and use the first one it sees.
check your eqhost.txt , make sure its proper. I don't think it's that anyways - seems like this should work. tell me what database are you using and how did you install it?
"identified stream 192.168.1.2:1618 with signature Titanium_world" indicates MiniLogin found and sent the account to the server.
"Could not find a minilogin account" indicates the account does not match with the client machines ip.
try this;
on the server, Ping the client machine where Everquest is coming from;
run "command" and type it sould come back with the ip you entered in the database - if not, yell me what happens.

EDIT;
Also ping your server from the client, see what it says

yea 192.168.1.2 is definitely my IP

I had 4 accounts, and the first one was an old one with 127 as the IP so I deleted them all and created a new one with the 192 IP (came up as id 17, others were numbers before that obviously)... and I noticed now that when I try to connect to the server, which is when the world.exe says all that stuff, the minilogin says that new client or whatever is trying to connect from 127.0.0.1... does this mean that a residual account, one that was "deleted" or whatever but somehow still is there, is the one that is being defaulted to, or is this normally what happens?

Also I noticed that I can get into the server select screen typing in whatever username and password I want, regardless of what accounts I have created... does this bear any significance? I can log in using the accounted UN/PW obviously but the same results happen... boots me back to that screen when I try to connect to the server.

MiniLogin only looks at IP address and nothing else in the accounts table - you type in username/password on the client, just to please it.

this could mean you still have a bad setting somewhere - post ne your current LoginServer.ini and eqemu_config.xml.

Also; you haven't don anything to your windows HOSTS file?

wow I feel like an idiot,

haha it was my eqhost.txt... I thought it was supposed to be 127.0.0.1 as it says in the wiki guides for Minilogin server... changed it to my IP and problem solved.

Thanks for all your help, and I hope this will aid others in the future.