error msg with start.bat / zone.exe / world.exe

[Brad1112223]

I am having a somewhat similar problem. I run world.exe in the command prompt and the prompt says: Unable to load 'eqemu_config.xml' error: the file is empty. I am running:

Active Perl 5.8.2.808
I have the two dll files, my map files, and the spell files in the right place.
EqEmu-0.7.0-1129
MySQL 5.0.67 -win 32

Here is my eqemu config.xml file:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<shortname>JarksServer</shortname>
<longname>Virtue</longname>

<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<!--<address></address>-->
<!--<localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>-->

<!-- Loginserver information. -->
<loginserver>
<host>eqemulator.net</host>
<port>5998</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>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>********</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>
</server>

And, of course my start.bat file is correct. Any ideas?

[trevius]

Copy the text in between the quotes here "eqemu_config.xml" and make sure not to copy the actual quotes. Right click on your eqemu config.xml file in your C:\EQEmu directory and select Rename. Then, highlight the name of the file and right click and select Paste. Then press the enter key. If it gives you a message about renaming the file extension, just click OK or Yes. Then try running your server again and let us know what happens.

[Brad1112223]

I renamed it, though that was its name to start with and it didn't ask me to replace the extension because it already had an xml extension to start with. None the less, I get the same error.

[Derision]

What I would do is launch a command prompt and check that your file isn't called eqemu_config.xml.xml, or something:

C:\eqemu>dir eqemu_config.*
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is DA34-F279

 Directory of C:\eqemu

09/11/2008  15:12               715 eqemu_config.xml
               1 File(s)            715 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  300,847,251,456 bytes free

C:\eqemu>

[JaxVZTZ]

I am running Windows XP and I recently had to re-install Windows.

I made sure I was up to date on Service Pack 3 and had all the patches for XP Pro.

I received the same error:

Unable to load 'eqemu_config.xml': Failed to open file

I would open command prompt and drag my World.exe file into it to try and run it from there. But it did not work. It still could not find my eqemu_config.xml file. I made sure my file was in the right folder, spelled correctly, correct extension, and there were no errors in my file.

If you are having this same problem, follow these steps:
Run a command prompt, (cmd.exe in Start>>Run)
Change your directory to where your eqemu_config.xml file is (This should be your server root folder)
To do this, you should type something like: cd C:\eqemu\ into the command prompt
Now type world.exe into the command prompt and press Enter.

If it loads correctly, open a new command prompt and repeat this process except with your zone.exe file.

For some reason, my world.exe and zone.exe files were having trouble finding the eqemu_config.xml file from the directory, and I was forced to move to that directory in the command prompt prior to running world.exe. After doing this once, my programs are now able to find the right folder, and I can run World.exe and Zone.exe right from my folder without having to go through this process.

Hope this helps!
-Jaxx
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