I would suggest you to use EQEmu stock zoning system (by adressing zone porting location in DB), even if OZ allow to make zonelines, i always find it hard and complicated to use, compared to EQEmu way.
Maybe WC could answer your questions, as im not able to, only thing i think i remember (but im not sure), is zoning dont handle Z axis, only X/Y coords ...
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