Multiple PCs Running Zone Servers

[trevius]

Sorry Aramid, lol. Just trying to get as much info as I can before trying the changes again. I don't like having the server down for a long period of time while I mess with this stuff. I would like to get it right on the first try (well this time anyway).

I tried opening up the templates, but they all show some weird errors and don't display properly. Do I need to have something special configured or running to get them to work? I tried opening up port 9080 to see if that made a difference, but I don't see any. Do I have to access it from another machine for it to work or something? I have some Apache and PHP stuff setup on this PC, but that doesn't seem to make them work either. I have tried loading them in IE and Firefox, but both get the same issues. I didn't see any kind of config file to mess with.

It seems like the templates are calling to use perl, but perl isn't working for them. Any ideas?

Also, my router lets me forward TCP or UDP packets or both. I just set them all to both.

[trevius]

So, I have tried using http://localhost:9080 to get to my server and it prompts me to login. But, no matter what login I try to use, it isn't working. I have tried accounts on my server and accounts for my database, but none work.

[Aramid]

Originally Posted by trevius

So, I have tried using http://localhost:9080 to get to my server and it prompts me to login. But, no matter what login I try to use, it isn't working. I have tried accounts on my server and accounts for my database, but none work.

You need to use an account with a Staus of 200 or higher I believe. Just use one that is 250. Setup a password in the DB for this user.

Doing it now will let you SEE what I am talking about. You will be able to see what 7000(s) ports are being used now. Same will be when you install 2nd server. All Launchers will show up under Zones.

Remember, this is Zones from the menu on the left, not under the Launcher which will give you the port number it was launched from.. which I don't know why they don't remain the same, but they don't.

[AndMetal]

To rewind, what is the name of the launcher you use to load the dynamic zones? Is it also zone?

[trevius]

I believe that all of the launchers are zone. As far as I know, when setting a static zone the launcher_zones has to have "zone" set in it. And I am pretty sure it uses the same one for dynamics by default. But, it looks like you can set the launcher in the confix xml file.

And, I have been trying to login to my server through the browser, but it won't let me in even if I use my highest status account which is set to 250 status. I don't have a clue why.

[Aramid]

Originally Posted by trevius

I believe that all of the launchers are zone. As far as I know, when setting a static zone the launcher_zones has to have "zone" set in it. And I am pretty sure it uses the same one for dynamics by default. But, it looks like you can set the launcher in the confix xml file.

They don't have to be zone, they can be called anything you want. Do you not run eqlaunch with zone after it? ie: eqlaunch.exe zone

You can change the name of zone to anything you want.
Then just change your startup to eqlaunch.exe NOFLYZONE or whatever you name it.
You would have to use different ZONE names for the 2 servers or else they will both try to load up the SAME zones. This is why I named mine ZONEW (World Server Zones) and ZONEZ (Zone Server Zones).

Originally Posted by trevius

And, I have been trying to login to my server through the browser, but it won't let me in even if I use my highest status account which is set to 250 status. I don't have a clue why.

Did you go into your DATABASE and enter a PASSWORD in the PASSWORD field for this account? This has nothing to do with Game Login... Look at your account in the DB and see if you have a Password set.

[trevius]

Well, I am learning something new with every post you make, LOL!

Ya, I am using the batch file setup from the wiki server setup guide:

@echo off
start world.exe
cls
echo Wait for World to finish loading... Press Enter when done.
pause
start eqlaunch.exe zone
exit

So, if I am reading what you are saying correctly, I can setup the Main server PC batch as:

@echo off
start world.exe
cls
echo Wait for World to finish loading... Press Enter when done.
pause
start eqlaunch.exe zonew
exit

And then I am guessing I need to run eqlaunch.exe from the zone server? I was runnin zone.exe, so that was probably part of my problem lol. I am pretty sure I don't want to load world.exe on my zone server unless I was running it as my test secondary server. So, I imagine the batch file to start the zone server should look like:

start eqlaunch.exe zonez
exit

And thanks for the info on the login account. I did not set a password in it. I know it is blank by default since only the login server actually sees the passwords. I tried even using blank for the password, but that didn't work. I guess it requires some kinda password to be set for it to work.

So, if I set a password in the database for my admin account with status 250, will it still let me log in through the login server? I would think it should as long as the passwords both match. Otherwise, I could just create a new account with status 250 just for the web interface access.

Thanks again for all of your help on this Aramid! By the time I get this all setup I will have plenty of new knowledge and understanding of how this all works. I can't believe I never looked into setting up the templates to work. They seem like a really cool feature!