7.0 Titanium setup for clueless newbs. I'm the guinea pig!

[Kirgothi]

Ok, Cavedude's ServerPack 3.1 has been installed. Like he said, make sure you have already installed MySQL and Perl as the guide described, linked way up at the top on the first page.

Also, like he said, make sure you put in the correct path for MySQL and your Everquest folder. The default that came up for me was wrong, triple check to make sure it is correct. I am not sure, but it is probably case sensitive. And, make sure you select the correct radiobuttons for what type of login you want. I went with minilogin.

During the process you should see a command prompt type window open and it will say something about "sourcing" your database. This screen should be up for a couple of minutes. If it only stays up for less than a minute you may have put in the wrong path or have some other kind of problem. I am not nearly smart enough to tell you what to do if that is the case. I would try uninstalling and reinstalling the serverpack.

Hopefully it is ok for me to put a link here. Download Cavedude's serverpack from here:
http://eqemu.sesmar.net/
If you are reading this guide a while after it was written there may be updates or an entirely new serverpack available. Check the download section.

Isn't it a purty site? It is/was run by the Sesmar that has replied in this guide.

Ok, now what is the next step? I was thinking that it is time to install minilogin.

[Belfedia]

Just a little question to devs team,
What is the CVS branch for this version plz ?
I don't find it (but i'm perhaps blind :p).

[cavedude]

For the Installer or 0.7.0? I don't use CVS for the installer because I hate CVS. As for 0.7.0 I can't find it either lol. The newest source on CVS I can find according to the changelog claims it was updated on 03/27/2006.

[Kirgothi]

Ok, I just tried reading the eqemu page about CVS and a wiki on it. Neither contains a very important bit of information. What the heck is CVS? What is it used for?

[Kirgothi]

In getting ready to install minilogin, I found this guide:
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...MiniLoginSetup

Is it still current? Or is there anything that needs to be changed or no longer required like when we set up Perl earlier?

[fathernitwit]

hmm...
it looks like sourceforge's CVS is sucking... the changes have been going into CVS each night, but sourceforge's public CVS servers are not seeing them... The nightly builds are going to be the best place to get source until this is fixed, so long as the code actually builds each night, as it did not last night.

[Kirgothi]

According to Cavedude, the 3.1 ServerPack installer takes care of the Minilogin installation for you. So, I think that wraps up the guide for installation.

My server comes up just fine. I still can't seem to connect to it, but that is another issue entirely. Hopefully this thread will help other people get started also.

Thanks a lot to everyone that contributed.

[Kirgothi]

Well it looks like this isn't over with yet.

I launch the server by clicking on the RunEQEmu shortcut provided by the ServerPack. 3 windows come up, then one closes and another opens. Everything seems to run ok. But, in the eqlaunch.exe window it says the following:


[Debug] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_debug_3172.log
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__INIT] Loading server configuration..
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__INIT] Starting main loop...
[Debug] [NET__WORLD] Connected to World: 127.0.0.1:9000
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__WORLD] World told us to start zone dynamic_01.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__WORLD] World told us to start zone dynamic_02.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__WORLD] World told us to start zone dynamic_03.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__WORLD] World told us to start zone dynamic_04.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__WORLD] World told us to start zone dynamic_05.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__ERROR] World told us to start zone dynamic_01, but it is alre
ady running.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__ERROR] World told us to start zone dynamic_02, but it is alre
ady running.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__ERROR] World told us to start zone dynamic_03, but it is alre
ady running.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__ERROR] World told us to start zone dynamic_04, but it is alre
ady running.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__ERROR] World told us to start zone dynamic_05, but it is alre
ady running.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Starting zone dynamic_01
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Zone dynamic_01 has been started.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Waiting 20000 milliseconds before booting the second
zone.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Starting zone dynamic_02
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Zone dynamic_02 has been started.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Waiting 2000 milliseconds before booting the next zon
e.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Starting zone dynamic_03
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Zone dynamic_03 has been started.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Waiting 2000 milliseconds before booting the next zon
e.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Starting zone dynamic_04
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Zone dynamic_04 has been started.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Waiting 2000 milliseconds before booting the next zon
e.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Starting zone dynamic_05
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Zone dynamic_05 has been started.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Waiting 2000 milliseconds before booting the next zon
e.


Are the errors in there ok? It seems to launch the zones fine right afterwards?

Anyhow, If I go ahead and click on the RunEverquest shortcut provided by the serverpack, I got as far as the login screen. No matter what I entered, the "Logging into the server. Please wait... " screen would just stay there forever.

I read in another post that copying the contents of the patch_6.2.conf file to the opcodes.conf file will fix this. Both files are in you eqemu folder. This did allow me to get past the login screen.

Now I get to the server selection screen, but there are no servers in the list.

This is what the window titled "1 Server(s), 1 Client(s)" says:

LoginServer.ini read.
[Status] Loading opcodes..
Server mode: MiniLogin
Login server listening on port:5999
5608 New Server connection: 127.0.0.1 port: 4877
0: 4D 79 20 4D 69 6E 69 6C - 6F 67 69 6E 00 00 00 00 | My Minilogin....
16: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
32: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
48: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
64: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
96: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
112: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
128: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
144: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
176: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
192: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 6D 69 6E 69 6C 6F 67 | .........minilog
208: 69 6E 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | in..............
224: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
240: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 31 32 37 2E 30 | ...........127.0
256: 2E 30 2E 31 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | .0.1............
272: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
288: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
304: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
320: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
336: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
352: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
368: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 31 32 37 2E 30 2E 30 2E | ........127.0.0.
384: 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | 1...............
400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
416: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
432: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
448: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
464: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
480: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
496: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
512: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
528: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
544: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
560: 00 00 00 30 2E 33 2E 31 - 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...0.3.10.......
576: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 30 2E 37 2E | ............0.7.
592: 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | 0...............
608: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
624: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
640: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 | .............
0: 00 44 CB 00 01 00 00 00 | .D......
0: 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 | ........
0: B0 01 36 00 03 00 00 00 | ..6.....
0: 00 50 5F 47 05 00 00 00 | .P_G....
0: 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 | ........
0: 00 00 00 00 4D 6F 6E 20 - 41 70 72 20 31 37 20 31 | ....Mon Apr 17 1
16: 35 3A 35 39 3A 31 34 20 - 32 30 30 36 00 01 00 00 | 5:59:14 2006....
32: 00 | .
0: 00 00 00 00 4D 6F 6E 20 - 41 70 72 20 31 37 20 31 | ....Mon Apr 17 1
16: 35 3A 35 39 3A 31 34 20 - 32 30 30 36 00 02 00 00 | 5:59:14 2006....
32: 00 | .
0: 00 00 00 00 4D 6F 6E 20 - 41 70 72 20 31 37 20 31 | ....Mon Apr 17 1
16: 35 3A 35 39 3A 31 34 20 - 32 30 30 36 00 03 00 00 | 5:59:14 2006....
32: 00 | .
0: 00 00 00 00 4D 6F 6E 20 - 41 70 72 20 31 37 20 31 | ....Mon Apr 17 1
16: 35 3A 35 39 3A 31 34 20 - 32 30 30 36 00 05 00 00 | 5:59:14 2006....
32: 00 | .
0: 00 00 00 00 4D 6F 6E 20 - 41 70 72 20 31 37 20 31 | ....Mon Apr 17 1
16: 35 3A 35 39 3A 31 34 20 - 32 30 30 36 00 04 00 00 | 5:59:14 2006....
32: 00 | .
757599 New client from ip: 127.0.0.1 port: 3391

Anyone have info on what the problem is?
Also, what am I supposed to be using for a login and password? Is it mini/mini?
And, do you have to "do" anything to launch minilogin? Or does the run eqemu do that for you?

[cavedude]

Download Server Pack 3.5 it should work out for you. Yeah, user/pass is mini mini

[Kirgothi]

Does this serverpack include PEQ's database? Or just yours.

Edit: I used the PEQ install. Now I am once again stuck at the "Logging into the server. Please wait... " screen.

Should I recopy the patch_6.2.conf file into the opcodes.conf file?

[cavedude]

3.5 uses both, you can select which one you prefer. Either will be sourced as eq, not emusp3 or peq.

[Kirgothi]

Well the server still isn't up and running. Here is a recap of what has been done.

1. Installed Everquest Titanium.
2. Checked with EqVercheck as being ok with eqemu7.0
3. Installed MySql from the guide linked to back at the beginning of this thread.
4. Installed Perl from the guide linked to back at the beginning of this thread.
5. Installed Cavedude's Serverpack 3.5
6. Inserted a record into the account table of the eq database with name=mini, password=mini, status=250, and minilogin_ip=127.0.0.1
7. Copied the contents of patch_6.2.conf into opcodes.conf

At this point the client gets to the server selection screen and there are no servers in the list.

I used the mysql control center to insert the record into the account table.

Did I miss a step somewhere? Is there something else that needs to be done?
Kir

[meskeebo]

Sound like the same issue I had.

uninstall MySQL, reboot and load back to this version

http://downloads.mysql.com/archives.php?p=mysql-4.0

then reload EQEMU however you did before (serverpack 3.5 or such)

then try

[cosmanja]

Hey I complete the setup like said but when i go to run the eqemulator. The World.exe sits at the like [Status] Loading items from database: count = 54535 and doesnt go any further. When i go to the server screen to log in there isn't any servers displaying. Can anyone tell me what is the issue when it comes to the item count?


Thanks

[klinzhai]

Yeah, use the installer from cavedude. It works from there, I've never gotten the PEQ version of the db to install correct from the normal install .sql file. It works fine with his though, whether you use the PEQ database or his.

There's only 1 fix he needs to stick in the installer and then it will be fine (has to do with a database fix for the minilogin I think). Currently it doesn't update the database for minilogin, that's why I think it works for people who reinstall the db.