struggling with 0.6.1

[Dr Zauis]

OK Bud..heres some answers for ya..I just went through this the other day myself. So you say you did the 0.6.2DR2 tutorial by sesmar. Great! I did too. And found out that DR1 and DR2 are NOT compatible. Concerning sourcing the Database. I didnt do any of that. By the time I figured out I was not compatible I also figured out that the Database that I DLed while doing the 0.6.1DR2 tut is already complete! No sourcing! So Im using that. The mysql from the same tut. The pearl from the same tut.
And heres what I did to fix my problem(We have the same version client).

Go to that page in the link above. It may take a while to load the page but it will get there eventually.
Find the 0.6.1DR1 packages. There are 3. The non perl. The perl. The debug.
Right now Im using the Nonperl version.(I will work on the perl one today.)

Put that version in your folder.(I use eq emu)
Now open db ini and put your mysql name/password and the name of the
0.6.1DR2 database!
Make up a name for your server. And enter that name in the login .ini...
Thats it! I didnt change anything else!!!(That I can think of LOL).

What should happen is when you log in instaed of it saying receiving unknown.
It will say your name you use in your LS. You may see other errors in world.exe if you are watching that when you play. But I still get the correct gameplay here. Im working on that. Im a total noob dude!!

EDIT>> Oh and concerning Minilogin..I just logged in(To my server) as I nomally do to play on PEQ. Then my Brother came along and wanted to use the internet. Seeing as I didnt have my router hooked up I just let him remove the modem while I was logged into my server.(Its all set on localhostanyway for now). I played normally(Well many errors from server not being able to find loginserver../ingnore)for almost 24 hours that way.

[steffijade]

Thank you for the helpful tips Dr Zauis,
I managed to get it all working ok now, can log into available servers and also into my own server via minilogin.
I followed your advice and downloaded the 0.6.1DR-1 eqemu but still had problems with minilogin. I managed to get around this by making a new account and using that to login. I did this by using the 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES' etc. code with a new user name and then using the insert into account (name,status, minilogin_ip) values('[user]',250,'127.0.0.1'); also using the new user name. After doing that I just made sure that the ip`s were all set to 127.0.0.1 in db, loginserver, boot5 and eqhost and I was good to go.

Had a little fun messing round on my server and now my next challenge is to try and iron out a few bugs and see if I can customise it a little.

Once again, thank you for your advice..it worked a treat.
Steff.

[Dr Zauis]

You're Welcome!
Now my only problem is that the perl version is not loading the quests!
So Im back to the search for the perfect 0.6.1DR1. I did manage to install C++ but Im not too familiar with it..I need perl enabled.. I have an Idea that requires scions and such to work..Also Arias has a spell or something to port back to POK..That would be cool..Then I can disable the #zone command for the players. Sounds like a dumb server compared to non legit but I have a plan! It will be fun!