Server crash on client connect

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I finally got everything installed and running..

It all looks good..

[Debug] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_debug_3572.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.

.... (same message above for dynamic_02,03,04,05 here.. i cut it out for the sake of space) ...

[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.

.... (loads dynamic 02,03,04,05 here.. i cut it out for the sake of space) ...


... World.exe reports:

[Status] Using database 'eq' at localhost:3306
[Status] EMuShareMem loaded
[Status] Loading items from database: count=54535

.. It all looks good, at least compared to my previous installs on a linux server..

At this point, I tried to connect to the server with my everquest client... Upon connecting to the server EVERYTHING (eqemu server, and eqclient) crashes and leaves no entries in the log file citing what the crash may have been due to.. I can't even manage to get to taskmanager to kill the processes, I have to shut down in order to use my computer again..

I already know for a fact that my everquest client's version will not work on the server.. I was just trying to connect to verify it would handle the client connect properly.. On my previous installations it wouldn't crash the eqemu server but it would crash my everquest client.. This is what I was expecting to happen..

Any idea what might cause an out-of-version eq client to crash the eqemu server? Miss configuration on my part somewhere?

If I recall correctly, the world.exe use to have more stuff on the screen when it boots..

Going to reinstall EQ with the titanium iso and try again.. We'll see how it goes..