That zone is unavalible.
 

Hi all,

I'm trying to make a EQ server. I followed all the steps but when I come to char selection I try to log on and then I get the error message "That zone is unavalible".

I think I miss a simple step in the proces but I can't seem to find the problem.

I checked alot of forums and googled myself silly but I can't find it.

Please help or should I start over?

Cheers

Most of the time when you get that message, the zone server is down. Make sure zone.exe is not crashing.

Well that is the perl thing right?

Akka's Windows Server Launcher
Zones to launch: 30
Zone background starting enabled...
Loginserver set to run...
World: UP Zones: (30/30) UCS: UP Queryserv: UP Loginserver: UP

Or is this not what you mean?

I normally run Debian, not Windows. I also have never used the repack. All I can say is that that message is normally either zone.exe is not running or you have run out of zones.

I opened the zone.exe and found the follow:

[Zone Server] Loading server configuration..
[Zone Server] Connecting to MySQL...
[Status] Starting File Log 'logs/zone_3112.log'
[Zone Server] CURRENT_VERSION: 1.1.3
[Zone Server] Mapping Incoming Opcodes
[Zone Server] Loading Variables
[Zone Server] Loading zone names
[Zone Server] Loading items
[Zone Server] Loading npc faction lists
[Zone Server] Loading loot tables
[Zone Server] Loading skill caps
[Zone Server] Loading spells
[Zone Server] Loading base data
[Zone Server] Loading guilds
[Zone Server] Loading factions
[Zone Server] Loading titles
[Zone Server] Loading tributes
[Zone Server] Loading corpse timers
[Zone Server] Loading commands
[Zone Server] 253 commands loaded
[Zone Server] Loaded default rule set 'default'
[Zone Server] Loading Perl Event Export Settings...
[Zone Server] Loading quests
[Quests] Tying perl output to eqemu logs
[Quests] Creating EQEmuIO=HASH(0xc89bd1c)
[Quests] Creating EQEmuIO=HASH(0xc8987dc)
[Quests] Loading perlemb plugins.
[Quests] Unable to read perl file 'plugin.pl'
[Quests] Unquoted string "false" may clash with future reserved word at plugins/Expeditions.pl line 375.
[Quests] Subroutine Cwd::fastcwd redefined at C:/Perl/lib/Cwd.pm line 812.
[Quests] Subroutine Cwd::getcwd redefined at C:/Perl/lib/Cwd.pm line 812.
[Quests] Subroutine Cwd::abs_path redefined at C:/Perl/lib/Cwd.pm line 812.
[Quests] Subroutine CalcDestFromHeading redefined at plugins/path_tools.pl line 221.
[Quests] "my" variable $Item1 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/quest_handin.pl line 19.
[Quests] "my" variable $Item2 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/quest_handin.pl line 21.
[Quests] "my" variable $Item3 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/quest_handin.pl line 23.
[Quests] "my" variable $Item4 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/quest_handin.pl line 25.
[Quests] Subroutine GetReverseHeading redefined at plugins/spawn_utils.pl line 456.
[Quests] Subroutine ConvertHeadingToDegrees redefined at plugins/spawn_utils.pl line 477.
[Zone Server] Entering sleep mode

So I have a couple of errors I need to fix. One of them is that I see I have no Plugin.pl so I will start there thanks for helping out sofar.

Might want to post your world logs too.

When a zone crash occurs, there will be a 'crash' sub-folder in the logs folder..don't forget to check there too.

First, it's almost TMI to talk about Googling yourself silly.

Second, you usually get that notice when a zone server isn't available. If you're using my installer, one should definitely be available.

If it's crashing for whatever reason you can find the crash under logs/crashes

It shouldn't be crashing though

With more info we can try to point you in the right direction

I have a question for you, is this your first run of the server, or did you do a hotfix and restart it? I noticed some issues with zones being unavailable after restarting the server after doing a hotfix.

Edit: If you forgot whether or not you did a hotfix, check your variables table with this query:

Ok so, i a going to asdk the question he will ask anyway.

The results of that, is the value suppose to come out with a reading other than blank? This is for my reference, understanding the procedure of hotfix alot better.

If it comes out with nothing, you have not done a hotfix and you should be fine as far as zones being available. If it returns anything, then it could be the cause of your zones being unavailable. The #hotfix command doesn't remove the variable after a server crash, shutdown, restart, etc. It should be removed on server startup really, but it currently isn't.