The Complete Idiots Guide to starting a EQemu server

[ednecro]

I cant really see how you could not find what you are looking for in
this forum, in fact every time I come here it seems like they have
made it easier to set up. I setup a LOCAL server yesterday, took
me 10 minutes, and it went as follows:

load eq
load mysql
Patch eq from verant.(well, this took a bit longer)

Get the emu patcher:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e...r.exe?download

Use patcher to update your eq directory.
You can also get 4.4dr1 from the CVS
Download and unzip the emu into a directory and edit the scripts:
db.ini
[Database]
host=localhost
user=YourMysqlUsername
password=YourMysqlPassword
database=eq
compression=off

loginserver.ini
[LoginServer]
loginserver=localhost
loginserver2=localhost
loginport=5999
loginport2=5999
worldname=MyBigFatGreekServer
worldaddress=localhost
locked=false
account=
password=

[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=

[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=Standalone
ServerPort=5999
UplinkAddress=
UplinkPort=
UplinkAccount=
UplinkPassword=


REM:--------------Start-----------------------
@echo off

if NOT exist spells_en.txt goto NOSPELL

start zone . localhost 7995 localhost
start zone . localhost 7996 localhost
start zone . localhost 7997 localhost
start zone . localhost 7998 localhost
start zone . localhost 7999 localhost
exit
cls

:NOSPELL
echo You did not copy the spells_en.txt from your everquest directory to this one. Please do so or zones will crash on startup.
PAUSE

REM:---------------END------------------------


Next make sure mysql is running in your systray
then launch mysql.exe

use eq;
source Working_Database.sql (or whatever one you are using)

INSERT INTO account SET name='eqemu', password='eqemu', status=200;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* to '%'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '%';


Then close mysql.exe

Lastly modify your eqhosts.txt
[Registration Servers]
{
"localhost:5999"
}
[Login Servers]
{
"localhost:5999"
"localhost:5999"
}


Then login and test it.

BOBS YOUR UNCLE!!!!
your done.

Took me less then 15 minutes to round up all i needed from this
site, and I only posted once to find out about being on the right
patch level. I have to agree with lurker that some folks have gone out of there way to give detailed instructions for this, but it does
no good if people dont dig and find them, and YES YOU HAVE TO
DIG. (well... actually not so much, look at the stiky posts.) Remember they are emulating the world here, Im suprised it is as easy as this to begin with.

-cheers

P.S. this is not a flame, hopefully what i have written, or the other links that lurker gave you will help you and other folks too.