I am sure its a simple mistake
 

But, when I run my start.bat ((I do use Vista, so its tagged as a Windows Batch File on the type menu, don't think it matters but still)) I have the 2 windows pop up. Then the first one disappears like lightning leaving the second one.

When I send it to my desktop it appears as start-Shortcut instead of EqEmu. Maybe that can help some? Like page 23 on the guide.

Which says

--> Wait for World to finish loading... Press Enter when done.
--> Press any key to continue. . .

Then I push enter and its blank... Stays blank for a while. Should have everything else going good, got it all done and went to log-in my server but, its not on the list.

-->
--> @echo off
--> start world.exe
--> cls
--> Echo Wait for World to finish loading... Press Enter when done.
--> pause
--> start eqlaunch.exe zone
--> exit

I thought I had everything perfect but, I am wrong again. Sorry again for another help question, but I hope this to be the last one.

I did look for a .bat or a start error in the searches but couldn't find anything and thats when I realized that I am just plain dumb.

Thanks again,

I can't confirm that I have ever heard of anyone successfully getting a server to run on Vista, and my bet is that the OS is your main problem.

The next thing you need to do is open a command prompt and go to your eqemu directory and run the world.exe there. Then, post whatever errors you get from there to here. If it isn't Vista at fault, then it is probably your mysql database connection. Being unable to connect to the database is the most common reason that window will pop up and close. Running the world.exe from the command prompt will keep the window open so you can actually read the error.

hrmm
 

I am getting these lines that are ok and then...

[Debug] [world_init] connecting to MySQL...
[Error] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_error_world_15056.log
[Error] Failed to connecto to the database: Error: #1045: Access deinied for user' roor'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
[Debug] [world_init_err] Cannot continue without a database connection


I will look into this 1045 error.

Thanks for helping me slow it down, lol was lost trying to read that in a pico-sec.

thanks again,

ok solved that
 

ok got around that issue, forgot that I changed my password.

Now getting this

on the world.exe from the start.bat

[Debug] [world_launch] Zone : dynamic_01 reported state STARTED (11 starts)
[Debug] [world_launch] Zone : dynamic_01 reported state STOPPED (11 stops)

keeps counting up and up and up.

Thanks in advance to any ideas. And sorry again that I suck at this and am giving these lame questions.

Which database are you using?

If you are using the AX database then trying changing this line in your START.BAT

to

You can also try running zone from the command prompt like you did world to see what errors it spits out. That might help you some.

Will do
 

I will check this in a few hours when I head home.

Thanks, will recheck

Got it, thanks
 

Solved this error and the others, now just working on bot uploads. Thanks again

I was holding my breath waiting to hear how you fixed it, but you never told! I'm having this same problem right now with the STARTED and STOPPED looping error after executing the start.bat file. If anyone has a fix for this, please let me know!

I think if you read all of the posts here, most likely the fix was this:

I'm using the PEQ database. I tried that fix anyway, but didn't change anything. Still dealing with the STARTED/STOPPED loop.

I posted another thread in the Windows Server Support forums that details my situation a little better and also has my eqemu_config and start.bat files in there. Any help would be greatly appreciated, going into my 10th hour working on this stuff.