Error - Timeout

[techguy84]

Boy this has been the most frustating thing I have ever dont, but im not giving up on it. I have followed Kayot's guide to the tee and after several issues finally got the Mini-Login, World.exe and Zones to load up with no errors. Now comes the moment of truth when I try to log onto the server for the first time. I have added all the information in mysql for my account, using my ip address. When i login, the EQ client pauses for a second, ten comes up and tells me that "Error - A Timeout has Occuored." Thats it.

My eqemu config xml looks like this

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
    <world>
        <shortname>mini</shortname>
        <longname>My MiniLogin</longname>
               
    <!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
        <address>192.168.2.4</address>
        <localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>
       
    <!-- Loginserver information.  -->
        <loginserver>
            <host>192.168.2.4</host>
            <port>5999</port>
            <account></account>
            <password></password>
        </loginserver>

        <!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
        <key>some long random string</key>

        <!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service. -->
        <http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
    </world>

    <!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini. -->
    <database>
        <host>127.0.0.1</host>
        <port>3306</port>
        <username>root</username>
        <password>*********</password>
        <db>peq</db>
    </database>
</server>

My Loginserver.ini

[LoginServer]
loginserver=192.168.2.4
loginport=5999
worldname=My Minilogin
worldaddress=192.168.2.4
locked=false
account=
password=

[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=

[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=

[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=Minilogin
ServerPort=5999

My eqhost file

[LoginServer]
host=192.168.2.4:5999

I only get errors about rulesets not loading up under world.exe and zones. When I go to connect, the emu shows nothing in it regarding my attempts to connect with the EQ Client.

I have disabled Windows Firewall. Dont have any ports setup to be forwarded or what not on my router as I didnt think you needed to since it was all local.

Any help is appreciated.

P.S. I really hope that I have looked in every area of this forum to prevent me from getting Noob bashed for not using the search feature. I have been at this for more than 5 hours now and this is the one problem that I can not find a solution on. The ones I find regard the firewall which I shut down. Now im just lost.

----------Update---------------
Ok, for some reason the client wasnt connecting because there wasnt a line in between [LoginServer] and host=192.168.2.4:5999 Got that fixed and now I can connect and see the server. Make it though Chacter Screen and go to enter world and it comes up and tells me th zones is unavailable. Under my World.exe the last few lines indicate a Received Unknown EqApplication packet. Im going to browes around some more now to solve this problem. I am almost there.

[Dr Zauis]

The unknown packet thingy probably means nothing..Yesterday was first time for 7.0 version but on 6.2 I would get thos unknown packet messages all the time.
I would try to swap either the world.exe or zone.exe with the ones from DRP server installer program..Be careful not to overwrite anything you have done so far while installing DRP server..I would copy/paste my server folder and Database first before I tryed to install..

So..to make a long story short..I used the DRP thingy(Installed server) last night and world crashed on zoning..I swapped both .exes with devs release..I had zone unavailable error..I swapped either world.exe or zone.exe back to DRP original(Cant remember wich). Then it all worked fine!

[Dr Zauis]

Well..I know I have the DRP zone cause the Mobs run..Im having trouble with corpses attacking me too..Other than that it works OK..Swapping zone.exe might not be the best solution but it got rid of the zone unavalable thing..

I may try to compile a new DRP zone with mobs running disabled if anyone is interested..Maybe that will fix the corpses attacking..

[Zard]

Make it though Chacter Screen and go to enter world and it comes up and tells me th zones is unavailable.

I have made reference to this before, Anytime you get an error "zone is not available" I will almost always find the issue in the SQL updates. Make sure you are fully SQL updated for your version of EQEmu.

"zone not available" = Red flag for SQL update commands not correctly entered or missing.

Im sure there may be other reasons, but everytime I have this issue this is what it came down to. I know George has a nice file that shows you all needed SQL updates which helps me out. Easy to find and all in one file.

Hope it helps,
Zard

[techguy84]

I got it going. Thanks to Zard I went and checked the versions of the things that I was using and I acctually grab the newest version of the Emu, were as Kay's guide calls for a older version. Replaced everything and world boots up fine now. Everthings working, time to get to perfecting it and see what load I can put on this machine I have.

Thanks everyone for your help