Cannot continue without a datbase connection

[Korr]

Guide itself is good but there are holes.

- There is no mention of creating a user for SQL.

- Outdated information forces people to look elsewhere for files, those files may or may not work properly (i.e. maps and quests, I ended up using eqemu_update.pl to get them, but what are all those other options and which are safe to use?)

- After installing XAMPP, you have to launch it and start MySQL, it does not (by default) run automatically. Obviously must be done before executing any sql commands.

I fixed the cannot continue error thanks to these forums, but I'm getting path does not exist errors all over the place now. Not sure how far back in the install I have to go to resolve them.

Comments are most welcome and would be appreciated.

[NostalgiaEQ]

It seems support for the old method has been dropped in favor of the new akka installer. Have you tried that?

[Scorpious2k]

Originally Posted by NostalgiaEQ

It seems support for the old method has been dropped in favor of the new akka installer. Have you tried that?

Really? I thought that was just for newbs. Or is that what you meant, that the newbie method is now the installer?

I think both methods should be supported. The "training-wheels" level installer method and the classic method which is harder but at least after you get the server up using it you've learned something in the process.

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