[blindaviator]

When I started setting up my server I used that tutorial also and was never able to make it work... Mainly what I found was the configuration XML and INI info provided caused the minilogin problems...

I ended up following another I found and was able to get it going.. One thing that was the problem was the minilogin... Dunno what it was about it but I was never able to make it work for me... Your mileage may vary...

After I compiled my own source I used the full login server from:
http://code.google.com/p/projecteqem...r.zip&can=2&q=
and I created a eqemulogin.ini with the following code to make it all work:

Port=5998
DumpPacketsIn=true
DumpPacketsOut=true
Trace=true
DatabaseServerName=localhost
DatabaseCatalogName=login_database
DatabaseUserName=username
DatabaseUserPassword=password
OPCodePathAndFileName=login_opcodes.conf

And I changed the eqemu_config.xml to:

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
	<world>
		<shortname>shortname</shortname>
		<longname>Longname Here</longname>

		<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to.  (read: You don't) -->
		<address>127.0.0.1</address>
		<localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>

		<!-- Loginserver information.  Defaults shown -->
		<loginserver>
			<host>127.0.0.1</host>
			<port>5998</port>
			<account></account>
			<password></password>
		</loginserver>

		<!-- Server status.  Default is unlocked -->
		<!--<locked/>-->
		<!-- <unlocked/> -->

		<!-- Sets the ip/port for the tcp connections.  Both zones and console (if enabled).  Defaults are shown -->
		<tcp ip="127.0.0.1" port="9000" telnet="disable"/>

		<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
		<key>some long key</key>
		
		<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service.  Defaults are shown -->
		<http port="9080" enabled="false" mimefile="mime.types" />
	</world>

	<!-- Chatserver (channels) information.  Defaults shown -->
	<chatserver>
		<host>127.0.0.1</host>
		<port>7778</port>
	</chatserver>

	<!-- Mailserver (in-game mail) information.  Defaults shown -->
	<mailserver>
		<host>127.0.0.1</host>
		<port>7779</port>
	</mailserver>

	<zones>
		<defaultstatus>20</defaultstatus>

		<!-- Sets port range for world to use to auto configure zones -->
		<ports low="7000" high="7100"/>
	</zones>

	<!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini.  Defaults shown -->
	<database>
		<host>127.0.0.1</host>
		<port>3306</port>
		<username>username</username>
		<password>password</password>
		<db>databasename</db>
	</database>

	<!-- Launcher Configuration -->
	<launcher>
		<!-- <logprefix>logs/zone-</logprefix> -->
		<!-- <logsuffix>.log</logsuffix> -->
		<!-- <exe>zone.exe or ./zone</exe> -->
		<!-- <timers restart="10000" reterminate="10000"> -->
	</launcher>

	<!-- File locations.  Defaults shown -->
	<files>
		<spells>spells_us.txt</spells>
		<opcodes>opcodes.conf</opcodes>
		<logsettings>log.ini</logsettings>
		<eqtime>eqtime.cfg</eqtime>
	</files>
	<!-- Directory locations.  Defaults shown -->
	<directories>
		<maps>Maps</maps>
		<quests>quests</quests>
		<plugins>plugins</plugins>
	</directories>
</server>

Also make sure you changed your eqhosts.txt file in your game folder (not server folder) to point to your local login server... 127.0.0.1:5999 or 5998

I finally ended up just following the guides and suggestion of compiling my own source code... It really is not difficult and is the only way (currently) to make bots work with the latest release...

If you wanna compile just follow this guide and it will walk you through it:
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=VS2008

The guide you followed had you install a different version of Perl than is required by the compiling process... You will need to make sure your current version is at least 5.10.x or you will need to uninstall the current version and reinstall the version listed in the guide... Whatever version you have installed will be used to compile the executables... Once I did this everything worked great...