StandALONE servers, no internet.

[WingNutt]

Well, I’ve searched the web, searched the forums, searched under the bed... no answers yet. But here is what I’ve got.

Looking to set up a STANDALONE game, meaning NO internet play, run the server and log into it form the same machine. I do this with many games because I travel and do not often have internet for months at a time.

Ive installed EQ Titanium... all went well.
Ive installed the EQ emulator from here... all went well.

I can log in and see all the sites servers...
I can create and see my own server...
I can NOT see that server if I go in and turn off my WiFi.

I know there is a way to do it... but I can not find it here or on the web. Everything I find so far only shows me how to set up my own server (as intended to be played online).

Ive messed with it and with files with no joy.

On a scale of 1 to 10 I am about a 4 when it comes to manipulating files and IP’s etc etc so ... I can follow directions but have been limited on what else to do.

If anyone can point me to a link or a former post that answers this that would be GREAT !!! There are just so many posts and so far all of them are about online servers of their own.

[Huppy]

When the server starts up, it reads the config file (in your server folder) and looks for a loginserver to connect to. By default, it's the public loginserver.

For playing on the same box as the server:

- In your eqemu_config.json file, (under world/loginserver section), change this - "login.eqemulator.net" to this - "127.0.0.1"
- Make sure your chat and mail servers point to the same IP.
- There should be a startup script in your server folder that will include running the loginserver.exe bin.

[WingNutt]

Thanks for the reply!! I’m going to go up and give that a try today. I had made some changes to that before, but I was doing the “ipconfig” from the run cod and getting my own IP address (which was different) and trying it that way LoL but makes sense I guess that that wouldn’t be right.

[WingNutt]

OK!!!! Sorry this replay is so late coming, but ive been a bit busy.

I got it working!!!!! your info helped a LOT. Also I found something I was doing wrong... There are TWO .bat files to start the server. One is for normal online play, the other is for standalone play. Make sure you use the "t_start_server_with_login_server.bat" file if you are wanting to do this standalone style!!!

Now... to get a GM account on it up in running just in case I need it lol

[Huppy]

Originally Posted by WingNutt

Now... to get a GM account on it up in running just in case I need it lol

If you access your database, in a table called "account", it will show accounts with any current toons created. Change the "status" to 255 for GM. As a preference, you might also want to look at the table called "command_settings". There is some GM commands in there that are set at "0" by default. (any player can use them).