trying to install a eqemu server but failing
 

I have been trying to set up a eqemu server but I keep failing. I have followed the somewhat outdated guides.


I have installed

activeperl 5.10.0
MySql 5.051a

I went to sourceforge.net dowloaded the peq_db files

1.)I installed to my c: drive a folder called "emequ"
2.)Inside that folder I placed spells_us.txt and spells_en.txt
3.)I have Titanium installed on this same machine so I don't expect any dll errors.
4.) On my active perl installation I was able to install the
a.) DBI
b.) DBD-Mysql
c.) IO-Stringy

5.) I downloaded and placed the files from eqemu version 7.0.1100
6.) I downloaded and installed the 300+ mb map pack and the 67 + mb new map pack into the maps folder of my eqemu. I made sure the maps are not in another sub folder called maps as well.
7.) Here is my eqemu xml config
<?xml version="1.0">
<server>

<world>
<shortname>Echoes</shortname>
<longname>Echoes of Eternity</longname>





<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<address>192.168.1.103</address>
<localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>




<!-- Loginserver information. -->
<loginserver>
<host>eqemulator.net</host>
<port>5998</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>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>Scitex</password>
<db>peq</db>

</database>


</server>

I matched my server password to my sql password for my rpoot and peq db

Ok all that info for what is a really really minute payoff

When I run my start.bat which has a dos bat icon I get a extremely fast flash of a dos box in fact so fast I can only dectect it showing up on my screen about one out of 3 attemps. I have no chance to see any error information even if there is any on it!

My computer is an AMD core 2 4600 EE with the extra pin I have installed the Windows XP patch and the AMDcpu patch for dual core processors.

Any ideas ? Need more info?

Thanks for any suggestions

Run it from dos prompt so you can see the errors.

good idea
 

C:\EqEmu start.bat

errors

off start world.exe cls Echo Wait for world to finish loading.... Press enter when done. pause start eqlaunch.exe zone exit

C:\EqEmu
C:\EqEmu

Bleh

Good thing i am bald or I would be losing more hair
 

Ok it parrots the start.bat back to me however it never gives me the chance to press enter and when it launches eqlaunch.exe I see nothing happen. So I tried to launch the eqlaunch.exe as well from a dos and i get buppkiss I just returns me to the dos prompt

I accidentally tried launching zone.exe and I got some perl58.dll error"was not found try reinstalling"

Yeah, I got that same error earlier this morning, make sure to use activepearl 5.8.822. that will solve your pearl problems. Also, you should be able to DL the DBI and such files for it, as I just did it about 2 hours ago (4am EST).

gl with the rest m8

Nice Nice
 

Thanks I had that version already downloaded so I removed 5.10.0 and installed 5.8.8.820 and relaunched the zone.exe and it loaded with a few errors:confused:

[RULES_ERROR] Failed to find ruleset 'default' for load operation canceling

No rule set configured, using default rules (So i figure this aint no big deal)


[Debug] [NET_WORLD] WorldConnection connect: Connecting to the server:9000 failed: TCPConnection: :Connect(): connect()failed.Error 10061
[Debug] worldserver.Connect()FAILED!

Insalling the 5.8.8.820 build of perl seemed to have helped but I have some sort of an issue now.

Thanks for your help
 

Ok I think I've gotten past this hurdle now I have a login server issue saying it linking to port 5998 which is the emulator.net login server hehe I will go check the forums for info to correct I know I need to alter it to a port 5999 somewhere in my eqhosts.txt in my eq dir

How did you resolve your issue? I have the same thing happening to me and I can never find a fix for it. People just post they fixed it, but not how they fixed it.

I uninstalled the 5.10.0 version or active perl which seems to not work with pedqb. Then went to the Activeperl Activestate web site went to the downloads section selected the free download perl files and downloaded the 5.8.8.820 version MSI file to my computer. Then I ran that installer which put the 5.8.8.820 version onto my machine. Walla it fixed my issue