Well, someone here can just slap me for all I care. Im just at a loss for words.
Anyhow, I went on a hunch to reinstall WAMP5. It uses the same 5.0.27 Mysql as I was trying to use...... and guess what. Starter Items are back. I dont know what the difference is between the two, (I do know that WAMP defaults Mysql to Root User with No password, but thats changed when running the set passowrd command).
The logging in twice thing was because of the two lines in the eqemu_config file:
Code:
<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<!-- <address>Serving Machines IP</address> -->
<!-- <localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress> -->
not being canceled out and the emu trying to use them. Dont know what they are for, but apprently Im better off without them.
Anyhow, almost where I want to be now, but for some reason the launcher is not working. World goes to transfer to it, and it boots up the designated zone but my client drops instead of logging in. Running zones manually fixes this, but still curious about the launcher though.
p.s. Wamp installs mysql to c:\wamp\mysql\ Dont know if maybe not having the space like C:\Program Files\Mysql seems to fix some of the issues.
Anyhow, I'm glad I know a somewhat better installation, now to look into what you said Angelox about putting mysql in c:\mysql
Thanks for all the help you guys.