Thanks Capheus. I am able to log in now (mysteriously I think that was a fluke) and I'm further along but I have an oddity. The coordinates are correct. I did the #zone 160 -962 -452 -268 which puts me on the first floor of Katta exactly where I want players to start. I also changed zone_id, bind_id, start_zone to 160 in the start_zones table. I also changed x, y, z as well as bind_x, bind_y, and bind_z to the coordinates above so that players would appear there on creation. I even created a variable called startzone in the variables table which is set to katta (which I also then removed to test, which didn't seem to matter)
For some reason, all characters start at the safespot in Katta (645, -545, 2)instead of the coordinates above.
I just found my answer I think thanks to Trevius
Quoted: "The XYZ you want goes to the safe point of the zone as you set it in the zones table. As for disabling the tutorial option, I believe you just set the rule for it in the rule_values table"