Windows Server Repack (EQEmu Akka's PEQ Repack)

[Akkadius]

Day after day, I see so many threads of people having issues with their servers and trying to get one started or struggling to get a solid base together.

With all of my 7 years of expertise I have compiled a very precise, simple solution to getting a base PEQ server up and running and it takes as little as 2-5 minutes to install and get off the ground. It took a lot of time to get this repack right but here it is for all to use.

Enjoy - Please post if you have used this and share how easy it was for you.

For more information see below:

Download Page: http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Akkas_PEQ_Server_Repack&frm=Main

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50023467/eqemu/repak.PNG

[Tirkaz]

as always, thanks for the hard work! i'm trying it out now :)

[GeorgeS]

Hey long time since we last talked!

Thanks for this tool!

Questions since I've been out for a while -

What Everquest version is this for (UF, SOF, SOD)?
What is the setting for eqhost.txt?

looking fwd to getting this going!
running t_start_server.bat, shows several dos windows open,but no text is seen in them - is that normal?

Thanks,
GeorgeS

[Tirkaz]

Amazing! My server finally up and running!

I created my character, and zoned in, but I'm floating in blue space in Mines of Gloomingdeep.

Is this because I don't have a clean client or is there a bug here?

Thanks again !!!

[Akkadius]

Hey long time since we last talked!

Thanks for this tool!

Questions since I've been out for a while -

What Everquest version is this for (UF, SOF, SOD)?
What is the setting for eqhost.txt?

looking fwd to getting this going!
running t_start_server.bat, shows several dos windows open,but no text is seen in them - is that normal?

Thanks,
GeorgeS

Hey GeorgeS! Awesome to see you around!

This server will run Titanium/SoF/SoD/UF/RoF but UF is the most stable/recommended.

RoF is mostly supported.

The console doesn't show anything because that is how I setup the build options so that there isn't anything being written to logs, this burns up I/O. So yes this is perfectly normal.

The only thing that currently writes to logs is crash events, given that this build is approved and known working, you shouldn't need to debug much. You can always replace the binaries with others if you dare to try something that isn't pre-approved.

We're starting to work towards an approved 'stable' binary structure so that people can upgrade with as few issues as possible.

[Akkadius]

Amazing! My server finally up and running!

I created my character, and zoned in, but I'm floating in blue space in Mines of Gloomingdeep.

Is this because I don't have a clean client or is there a bug here?

Thanks again !!!

Hrmm you shouldn't be floating in blue space, what client are you using?

Did you try another character?

[Tirkaz]

Titanium client here.

I tried another character and the same thing.

I noticed when I logged onto another PEQ Repack server (I saw two on the server select screen, I didn't know if I was logging into mine or not) I had the same issue.

Weird.

[Akkadius]

Titanium client here.

I tried another character and the same thing.

I noticed when I logged onto another PEQ Repack server (I saw two on the server select screen, I didn't know if I was logging into mine or not) I had the same issue.

Weird.

I've done all of my testing on UF/RoF and I've had no issues like that so I would try getting a hold of a more recent client.

[Tirkaz]

Got the UF client, created a new toon, and it was in the correct spot.

Must have been a Titanium bug :-?

Thanks again for this!

[GeorgeS]

Thanks again Akkadius

It works perfectly. (just needed correct Host=login.eqemulator.net:5998)

GeorgeS

[Akkadius]

Responding to the both of you, good to hear on both of those.

[lrincon]

Hello, has anyone had any trouble installing the package? I'm getting this error below when trying to install:

"Error 1359. An internal error occurred"

I'm running win7 pro 64bit.


Thanks.

[ZionPhoenixGM]

Im having this really nasty issue where the installer runs every time my windows starts up. Essentially I wanted to just check out the pack but when it tried to turn the first time it couldnt find some files. So i figured ok it was just a fluke Ill try it later. I deleted all the files but the installer will not go away and I cant get rid of it and it is pretty annoying to have this updater run everytime my computer starts.

Any clues Akkadius?

Also one other issue is when the installer goes to execute I get "Error 1306" Another application has exclusive access to the file "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\data\mysql\innodb_index_stats.ibd". Nothing else is running on my computer that would access that file. This is the reason I tried to delete everything and start over but the issue above and this issue are preventing me from starting clean

Now it is impossible to open any .rars or .zips the installer has hijacked the functionality of "unpacking" and I cant even unzip other files. This is so annoying, how to do i get rid of this thing..

P.S. Thanks for the setup of the pack, cant wait to try it out after I resolve this installer thingy

[Trubles]

Works flawlessly for me. Tried it on 3 different VMs, 2008/Win7/2012R2.

All good.

[Akkadius]

Hello, has anyone had any trouble installing the package? I'm getting this error below when trying to install:

"Error 1359. An internal error occurred"

I'm running win7 pro 64bit.


Thanks.

Have you made sure that you don't already have some components already installed such as MySQL or another version of Perl? Anything that could cause such conflicts?

[Akkadius]

Im having this really nasty issue where the installer runs every time my windows starts up. Essentially I wanted to just check out the pack but when it tried to turn the first time it couldnt find some files. So i figured ok it was just a fluke Ill try it later. I deleted all the files but the installer will not go away and I cant get rid of it and it is pretty annoying to have this updater run everytime my computer starts.

Any clues Akkadius?

Also one other issue is when the installer goes to execute I get "Error 1306" Another application has exclusive access to the file "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\data\mysql\innodb_index_stats.ibd". Nothing else is running on my computer that would access that file. This is the reason I tried to delete everything and start over but the issue above and this issue are preventing me from starting clean

Now it is impossible to open any .rars or .zips the installer has hijacked the functionality of "unpacking" and I cant even unzip other files. This is so annoying, how to do i get rid of this thing..

P.S. Thanks for the setup of the pack, cant wait to try it out after I resolve this installer thingy

OS Version helps to know what you're dealing with.

Typically the installer will run every-time windows starts up if it is not meeting a condition it is trying to perform.

Do you have any conflicting installs? Cause if you have individual components loaded it could conflict.

When it is trying to access that file, it is most likely that MariaDB (MySQL) Service is already started and has that file open, try shutting off the service and hitting 'Retry' on the installer to let it do its thing.

The other note is that the installer creates a restore point on your system if you have it enabled so if you wanted to go back to before when it was installed you should be able to do that as well.

Let me know if any of this helps you.

[Tirkaz]

Akkadius,

#bots don't seem to work - is this something that is easily enabled or disabled?

thank you!

[Akkadius]

Akkadius,

#bots don't seem to work - is this something that is easily enabled or disabled?

thank you!

Bots are not part of the repack, sorry.

A separate repack would have to be made and bots are a huge headache from a stability standpoint.

[Uleat]

Does the repack install everything you need to run the server, then allow you to download the git repo and proper dependencies
to compile your own custom binaries?

[Akkadius]

Does the repack install everything you need to run the server, then allow you to download the git repo and proper dependencies
to compile your own custom binaries?

It installs everything mentioned on the Wiki page, you can put your own binaries in place (AFTER INSTALL) if you feel you are experienced enough to do so. For folks who are uncomfortable with upgrading I advise against it until upgrade suggestions are posted on the repack page.

[Tirkaz]

Bots are not part of the repack, sorry.

A separate repack would have to be made and bots are a huge headache from a stability standpoint.

Fair enough :grin:

Thanks!

[vindr3d]

I just wanted to say thank you for doing this. I was having a nightmare with character tables not showing up and finally got to the point where I fixed it but then other character tables weren't there and I had finally given up.

This made my life so much easier. I really appreciate your hard work in putting this together.


Just and fyi, it said I was missing the perl files, so I downloaded the most recent and installed it. This fixed the problem and server is running perfectly!


Again, thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ZionPhoenixGM]

OS Version helps to know what you're dealing with.

Typically the installer will run every-time windows starts up if it is not meeting a condition it is trying to perform.

Do you have any conflicting installs? Cause if you have individual components loaded it could conflict.

When it is trying to access that file, it is most likely that MariaDB (MySQL) Service is already started and has that file open, try shutting off the service and hitting 'Retry' on the installer to let it do its thing.

The other note is that the installer creates a restore point on your system if you have it enabled so if you wanted to go back to before when it was installed you should be able to do that as well.

Let me know if any of this helps you.

Hey Akkadius,

So I am on Windows 8.1 64bit.

I did discover the system restore point and went back to that. Maybe things broke when I tried to run the server before it was actually configured and that caused things to break.


The most frustrating/odd part of this was the installer would run when I was just opening a .zip/.rar file thus overwritting my unpack.

I will give your suggestions a shot tonight and get back to you.

[Akkadius]

I just wanted to say thank you for doing this. I was having a nightmare with character tables not showing up and finally got to the point where I fixed it but then other character tables weren't there and I had finally given up.

This made my life so much easier. I really appreciate your hard work in putting this together.


Just and fyi, it said I was missing the perl files, so I downloaded the most recent and installed it. This fixed the problem and server is running perfectly!


Again, thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What do you mean missing Perl files? It should have already had the latest.

[Akkadius]

Hey Akkadius,

So I am on Windows 8.1 64bit.

I did discover the system restore point and went back to that. Maybe things broke when I tried to run the server before it was actually configured and that caused things to break.


The most frustrating/odd part of this was the installer would run when I was just opening a .zip/.rar file thus overwritting my unpack.

I will give your suggestions a shot tonight and get back to you.

Yeah when the installer has had some conflict, which could have been you already having WinRar installed, try even uninstalling WinRAR and running through the repack again.

Sure there is some pain to deal with but it is much less than what you will find trying to configure a server without issues.

[lrincon]

Hello, tried it on a different PC....works great! Thanks for all your hard work!

[vindr3d]

What do you mean missing Perl files? It should have already had the latest.

It said it was missing some dll file. Was probably just a one time thing for me (go figure) haha but like I said everything is working perfectly now.

[Akkadius]

It said it was missing some dll file. Was probably just a one time thing for me (go figure) haha but like I said everything is working perfectly now.

Yeah, needed to reboot and you hadn't.

[vindr3d]

Ah fair enough. I had done a fresh install of windows, so I wasn't sure when i had restarted.

*facepalm*

[vindr3d]

My friend is having problems connecting to the server. Any ideas? I have all the required ports forwarded and such.

It is telling him to run the patcher. I can connect just fine.

[Akkadius]

My friend is having problems connecting to the server. Any ideas? I have all the required ports forwarded and such.

It is telling him to run the patcher. I can connect just fine.

It's 100% a router/firewall issue most likely with forwarding ports. I know you just said you forwarded them but that's where the problem is.

I'd also rather not bloat this thread with support issues that are not related to the repack.

[vindr3d]

It's 100% a router/firewall issue most likely with forwarding ports. I know you just said you forwarded them but that's where the problem is.

I'd also rather not bloat this thread with support issues that are not related to the repack.

My mistake. Thanks!

[Noser]

Hey akka. I installed your pak but i'm not sure how to connect to the server/get it to show up on the Eqeumlator list. I tried forwarding ports and even DMZ in the router.

[Akkadius]

Hey akka. I installed your pak but i'm not sure how to connect to the server/get it to show up on the Eqeumlator list. I tried forwarding ports and even DMZ in the router.

You shouldn't need forwarded ports to get it to show up on the list. Getting other clients to connect you do.

Try changing the server name from the default as there is already on the server on the list with that name.

[Noser]

thanks akka. I found out the reason i couldn't see it on the list was because i was using eqemulauncher and the list was not updated.

[vsab]

The first post says that the Mariadb is optimised - are there any pearls of wisdom in regards to that which could be applied to non re-pack installs?

[steve]

Is there a way to run a local login server? My internet is 4G and is NAT'd on Verizon's network. It's impossible to reach my computer through the internet, without shelling out $500 for a static, routable, IP address.

[wirepuller134]

We sourced in the load_login.sql and then just used the login server and crypto file from our old server. We really appreciate all of the work that has been put into this to ensure people have a trouble free setup.

[jdoran]

Steve, have you looked at services such as DynDNS? These register your own domain with a dynamic IP, like you are using. There is even an Android app which will update the info for you.

[Akkadius]

Steve, have you looked at services such as DynDNS? These register your own domain with a dynamic IP, like you are using. There is even an Android app which will update the info for you.

What he's talking about is his service is using CGNAT, he can't actually host services off of his connection for this reason.

I don't have any quick LS .MSI's but I could provide an easy setup guide unless someone else beats me to the punch

[Furniture]

Hey Akkadius,

So I am on Windows 8.1 64bit.

I did discover the system restore point and went back to that. Maybe things broke when I tried to run the server before it was actually configured and that caused things to break.


The most frustrating/odd part of this was the installer would run when I was just opening a .zip/.rar file thus overwritting my unpack.

I will give your suggestions a shot tonight and get back to you.


I am on Windows 8.1 64-bit and this is happening to me as well. In fact, any time I right click any files or folders of mine that I have at all, the installer starts. I click cancel and the installer cancels but then starts again. I have to click cancel on about 10 different installers before i finally get my right click menu. Rar files are unusable atm. I came here looking to see if it happened to anyone else. I will have to try uninstalling winrar, then reinstall the repack and see if that does it.

[Furniture]

EDIT nevermind

[steve]

Hi Akkadius,

Thanks. A quick write up would be great on how to configure a local login server to work with this repack. I'm sure I'm not the only person in the boat of not being able to have external connections.

BTW, installed this on Windows Server 2012 R2 x64. Went flawlessly, without a hitch. Everything started up correctly.

[Louthin]

Anyone else having trouble uninstalling this software .. it keeps saying its being used when its the ONLY thing running is the uninstall and when you manually delete it it keeps trying to run not letting you do anything to get rid of it.

[Akkadius]

Anyone else having trouble uninstalling this software .. it keeps saying its being used when its the ONLY thing running is the uninstall and when you manually delete it it keeps trying to run not letting you do anything to get rid of it.

Most likely have the MariaDB service running and it has a file that is open.

You will need to go under your Services and manually shut off the MariaDB service in order to successfully uninstall the package.

[Akkadius]

Hi Akkadius,

Thanks. A quick write up would be great on how to configure a local login server to work with this repack. I'm sure I'm not the only person in the boat of not being able to have external connections.

BTW, installed this on Windows Server 2012 R2 x64. Went flawlessly, without a hitch. Everything started up correctly.

I will see where this fits in with timetables right now, I have a lot going on.

[Azuull]

What he's talking about is his service is using CGNAT, he can't actually host services off of his connection for this reason.

I don't have any quick LS .MSI's but I could provide an easy setup guide unless someone else beats me to the punch

That'd be awesome if you could provide such a thing, Akka. :D

[unreel28]

Hey Akkadius, loving all the hard work you do!

Is there a way I can access the the .cpp and .h files? They must be buried somewhere I have not thought to look.

[Akkadius]

Hey Akkadius, loving all the hard work you do!

Is there a way I can access the the .cpp and .h files? They must be buried somewhere I have not thought to look.

If you want to compile your own binaries you will have to compile your own source entirely, I did not bundle the source with the repack. The point was to provide a stable build and not let people try to compile from our repo which is constantly changing and potentially introducing bugs and issues that people do not know how to troubleshoot.

We're going through a new process of developing where we will mark a point in time in which our code repo is stable and we'll announce an upgrade with an easy means of upgrading, it will be seamless.

[MillerT]

I am so excited to try this, Thank you so much Akka. I am having one problem though, after install I go to run t_start_server.bat it goes to start then tells me it cant find world.exe, sharedmemory.exe, and so on and so forth. Any suggests for this? I am running windows 7 and have repaired the download, restarted and no luck


Thanks

[chrsschb]

I am so excited to try this, Thank you so much Akka. I am having one problem though, after install I go to run t_start_server.bat it goes to start then tells me it cant find world.exe, sharedmemory.exe, and so on and so forth. Any suggests for this? I am running windows 7 and have repaired the download, restarted and no luck


Thanks

Make sure the batch file is in the same directory as the exes.

[MillerT]

Thanks, they are all in the same place though

[MillerT]

I got it figured it. Just trying to make myself a GM Now. I dont have any experience with this stuff, sorry

Got it figured out! Thanks Akka!

[chrsschb]

I got it figured it. Just trying to make myself a GM Now. I dont have any experience with this stuff, sorry

Got it figured out! Thanks Akka!

Anything other people should be aware of?

[ghanja]

I got it figured it. Just trying to make myself a GM Now. I dont have any experience with this stuff, sorry

Got it figured out! Thanks Akka!

I paid for Navicat, so I don't know HeidiSQL. However, edit your PEQ database and find the "account" table. Find the CharName of the character you wish to be GM and change the "status" field to 250. Save changes.

Relog your toon, then when in game issue a:

#gm on

Whilst your character is targeted.

[MillerT]

Anything other people should be aware of?

Nothing major, at first i was running as administrator, and it didnt work. So, i decieded to not run as administrator and it worked perfectly fine. As for the GM i never knew you could navigate command prompt. So, when i learned that, everything went well.

Thanks for the help

[Noport]

Anything other people should be aware of?
the repack build for 64 bit systems only

[chrsschb]

Nothing major, at first i was running as administrator, and it didnt work. So, i decieded to not run as administrator and it worked perfectly fine. As for the GM i never knew you could navigate command prompt. So, when i learned that, everything went well.

Thanks for the help

Weird, at least it worked.

the repack build for 64 bit systems only

I was talking to Miller.

[ghanja]

Weird, at least it worked.



I was talking to Miller.

LOL, you should know Noport always seems to be on another topic. Should ever an EQEMu meet and greet go on in the future, I believe he'll be the first person I seek out for the laughs.

[Devnon]

Woah!

This is amazing, thanks for putting this together!

[derantum]

Hello!!!!

NICE PACK really ... anyone got Merchanarys working ? if so what did you do to enable them please!



Derantum

[Noport]

I have an odd question i'm changing mine to the latest client do i need to change both of them? World:ExpansionSettings under rule_values record 457 and Expansions under variables record 12

[Tdayin]

For everyone that is having issues with Mercs, I got mine working by following the steps here http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37086&highlight=merc+failed+spawn

I can get them to spawn and follow me around PoK but when I zone they go poof. Still trying to figure it out.

[derantum]

For everyone that is having issues with Mercs, I got mine working by following the steps here http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37086&highlight=merc+failed+spawn

I can get them to spawn and follow me around PoK but when I zone they go poof. Still trying to figure it out.



What Client you running please?

[Tdayin]

What Client you running please?

I am running the UF client.

[derantum]

Thanks guess thats the problem then .... i am useing Titanium Client .... no Merchenarys or Xtarget window in my game

[chrsschb]

Thanks guess thats the problem then .... i am useing Titanium Client .... no Merchenarys or Xtarget window in my game

Yeah the titanium client does not support a lot of features. Which is exactly the playstyle some people wanted.

I'm a masochist for old school EQ but even I can admit book-in-face medding got old after a while haha

[derantum]

too bad i cant find a Underfoot Version .... Xtargets and Mercenarys is all my Server misses for us to have fun snieeef....

is there a way to get those functions to work with Titanium client ?....

[scrubtasticx]

mercs dont work with underfoot either pretty sure u need ROF for mercs.

[derantum]

mercs dont work with underfoot either pretty sure u need ROF for mercs.

but i thaught this Server version doesnt work with RoF?...

[lerxst2112]

mercs dont work with underfoot either pretty sure u need ROF for mercs.

Mercenaries require SoD or later. Underfoot qualifies as later.

[Toony]

Really easy to install, thanks but I see my server status as locked in server status and when I try to login I get "that zone is unavailable" whether its the tutorial, gfay etc.

I did try to change the number of zones in the launcher table but no luck.

Any ideas?

[derantum]

hmm did you change anything ?

the Clean Server package without anychanges worked fine for me all i changed at start was the Servername.

Maybe you forgot to open the Ports on your router?

[Toony]

hmm did you change anything ?

the Clean Server package without anychanges worked fine for me all i changed at start was the Servername.

Maybe you forgot to open the Ports on your router?

I've got 9880, 7500 and 9000 open, miss any?

Thanks

[derantum]

9000 UDP connections
7000 to 7400 UDP for Zones
7778 UDP for chat
7500 UDP chat2

you wont need them all i guess but thats what i got to get it working so far...

[Nibiuno]

quoted below

[Nibiuno]

For everyone that is having issues with Mercs, I got mine working by following the steps here http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37086&highlight=merc+failed+spawn

I can get them to spawn and follow me around PoK but when I zone they go poof. Still trying to figure it out.

I have the same issue. Cant get them working. No stances and they poof when I zone.

Using underfoot client.

[chrsschb]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here. You guys having mercenary problems are you using the new deblob database?

[derantum]

Hey dude... i use the Easy to install pack from this page hehe one click BAAAM Server online freshly downloaded 4 days ago..

so i guess i use some of the newest stuff

my main problem gonna be Client tho ... i use Titanium atm

[Nibiuno]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here. You guys having mercenary problems are you using the new deblob database?

Updated to the sep 25 dump on all the merc tables to try to fix it, same issue.

Not sure what the deblob database is and google is no help.

[Nibiuno]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here. You guys having mercenary problems are you using the new deblob database?

Yes, just figured out what you mean after I reinstalled another fresh database and got a message to convert it from the Legacy Character Data Binary Blob to the new version.

Guess I shouldnt have updated to the newest server code the other day.

[Toony]

Does the log below mean any specific kind of error?

[Quest] Tying perl output to eqemu logs
[Quest] Creating EQEmuIO=HASH(0xc86dd3c)
[Quest] Creating EQEmuIO=HASH(0xc86b1ec)
[Quest] Loading perlemb plugins.
[Quest] Unable to read perl file 'plugin.pl'
[Quest] Subroutine Cwd::fastcwd redefined at C:/PERL/lib/Cwd.pm line 812.
[Quest] Subroutine Cwd::getcwd redefined at C:/PERL/lib/Cwd.pm line 812.
[Quest] Subroutine Cwd::abs_path redefined at C:/PERL/lib/Cwd.pm line 812.
[Quest] "my" variable $string masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins
/DiaWind.pl line 43.
[Quest] "my" variable $string masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins
/DiaWind.pl line 52.
[Quest] Unquoted string "false" may clash with future reserved word at plugins/E
xpeditions.pl line 376.
[Quest] Subroutine CalcDestFromHeading redefined at plugins/path_tools.pl line 2
21.
[Quest] "my" variable $Item1 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/
quest_handin.pl line 19.
[Quest] "my" variable $Item2 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/
quest_handin.pl line 21.
[Quest] "my" variable $Item3 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/
quest_handin.pl line 23.
[Quest] "my" variable $Item4 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/
quest_handin.pl line 25.
[Quest] Subroutine GetReverseHeading redefined at plugins/spawn_utils.pl line 45
6.
[Quest] Subroutine ConvertHeadingToDegrees redefined at plugins/spawn_utils.pl l
ine 477.
[Quest] Subroutine vtell redefined at plugins/voicetell.pl line 6.
[Quest] Subroutine Autovtell redefined at plugins/voicetell.pl line 56.

[Akkadius]

Does the log below mean any specific kind of error?

[Quest] Tying perl output to eqemu logs
[Quest] Creating EQEmuIO=HASH(0xc86dd3c)
[Quest] Creating EQEmuIO=HASH(0xc86b1ec)
[Quest] Loading perlemb plugins.
[Quest] Unable to read perl file 'plugin.pl'
[Quest] Subroutine Cwd::fastcwd redefined at C:/PERL/lib/Cwd.pm line 812.
[Quest] Subroutine Cwd::getcwd redefined at C:/PERL/lib/Cwd.pm line 812.
[Quest] Subroutine Cwd::abs_path redefined at C:/PERL/lib/Cwd.pm line 812.
[Quest] "my" variable $string masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins
/DiaWind.pl line 43.
[Quest] "my" variable $string masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins
/DiaWind.pl line 52.
[Quest] Unquoted string "false" may clash with future reserved word at plugins/E
xpeditions.pl line 376.
[Quest] Subroutine CalcDestFromHeading redefined at plugins/path_tools.pl line 2
21.
[Quest] "my" variable $Item1 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/
quest_handin.pl line 19.
[Quest] "my" variable $Item2 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/
quest_handin.pl line 21.
[Quest] "my" variable $Item3 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/
quest_handin.pl line 23.
[Quest] "my" variable $Item4 masks earlier declaration in same scope at plugins/
quest_handin.pl line 25.
[Quest] Subroutine GetReverseHeading redefined at plugins/spawn_utils.pl line 45
6.
[Quest] Subroutine ConvertHeadingToDegrees redefined at plugins/spawn_utils.pl l
ine 477.
[Quest] Subroutine vtell redefined at plugins/voicetell.pl line 6.
[Quest] Subroutine Autovtell redefined at plugins/voicetell.pl line 56.

No, you're fine

[AntiBonk]

First off, I just want to say that this repack is awesome. I was able to get a server up and running successfully last night with very little work, huge props for that! I was able to connect successfully using both the SoD client and the UF client, both work great, and had a friend successfully connect to the server as well!

I do have one question, that my searching hasn't found a exact answer for, is there a list of the expansions that are enabled and working for this server repack? is it the same as the PEQ Grand Creation server that I think is up to GoD?

Cheers, and thanks in advance for any information about this.

[derantum]

Anyone got Mercenarys Working with this Repack? i got the PPL in PoK to give me Mercenary now they pop buff etc but when i zone it vanishes also i cant see the Stance modes.. Anyone able to help me ? Please :)

[Akkadius]

First off, I just want to say that this repack is awesome. I was able to get a server up and running successfully last night with very little work, huge props for that! I was able to connect successfully using both the SoD client and the UF client, both work great, and had a friend successfully connect to the server as well!

I do have one question, that my searching hasn't found a exact answer for, is there a list of the expansions that are enabled and working for this server repack? is it the same as the PEQ Grand Creation server that I think is up to GoD?

Cheers, and thanks in advance for any information about this.

Yes same as PEQ on the date mentioned in the Wiki

[Akkadius]

Anyone got Mercenarys Working with this Repack? i got the PPL in PoK to give me Mercenary now they pop buff etc but when i zone it vanishes also i cant see the Stance modes.. Anyone able to help me ? Please :)

Mercenaries need a bit of ironing, can't guarantee they are supported.

[Toony]

Ok, big improvement, after formatting a drive and installing clean I can log in!

But when I do it seems like I'm on top of the world and everything is dark blue, I'm running Titanium btw.

[derantum]

Ok, big improvement, after formatting a drive and installing clean I can log in!

But when I do it seems like I'm on top of the world and everything is dark blue, I'm running Titanium btw.

did you start in the tutorial ?? if so i got the same problem with titanium sorted it with Underfoot now tho try to disable the Tutorial when you make a char and take a look then

[chrsschb]

Ok, big improvement, after formatting a drive and installing clean I can log in!

But when I do it seems like I'm on top of the world and everything is dark blue, I'm running Titanium btw.

It's been mentioned several times Titanium is not recommended with this repack. There's a bunch of default stuff that needs to be changed in order to be titanium friendly.

[Toony]

Akkadius, thanks for this, I just (successfully) logged into "my own" EQ server, so cool!

[Toony]

Well, I thought I had it working :)

I can log in, create characters, zone, etc. but I can't get in combat in some zones. I was able to attack a rat in Rivervale but I couldn't attack anything in innothule or northern ro. I'm running underfoot so ro and inno are revamped where Rivervale isn't but I don't know if that's the reason.

Any suggestions?

[lerxst2112]

Check to make sure the zones are not flagged as non-combat.

[Toony]

Check to make sure the zones are not flagged as non-combat.
I checked, all the zones look normal there, mostly 1's and a handful of 0's in the typical places you wouldn't be able to attack. I also downloaded all the server maps directly off Akkadius's FTP to make sure that wasn't the problem.

arghh, so close...

[wispers]

how would i go about making this useable offline if there is a way could anyone please share thanks

[derantum]

how would i go about making this useable offline if there is a way could anyone please share thanks

you would need a Own Login Server! to use it totally offline.

[scrubtasticx]

how would i go about making this useable offline if there is a way could anyone please share thanks

only thing you can do is download the source run CMAKE to use loginserver then compile it with a compiler ;( this repack is for online use

[dominionofsouls]

Thank you for this. I've been lurking here for years and have always contemplated hosting a server.

[Krical]

Hey! Awesome work man, been wanting to start my own EQ server for ages, now it just went easier!

But I got a huge problem, I start the t_start_server and all the windows pop up, I renamed the server to "A Kricals Project - 15x blablabla" (before starting the server ofc) and then I tried connecting to the MYSQL database wich worked, but now I just cant seem to find my server on the server list from EQ emu (ingame)?

So all in all, im not sure what i've done wrong or what i've missed, thanks in advance!

[chrsschb]

Hey! Awesome work man, been wanting to start my own EQ server for ages, now it just went easier!

But I got a huge problem, I start the t_start_server and all the windows pop up, I renamed the server to "A Kricals Project - 15x blablabla" (before starting the server ofc) and then I tried connecting to the MYSQL database wich worked, but now I just cant seem to find my server on the server list from EQ emu (ingame)?

So all in all, im not sure what i've done wrong or what i've missed, thanks in advance!

Did you change the longname AND the shortname? The longname is what shows in the server list of the login server.

Also I believe there are some ports that need to be forwarded for the login server to display your server accurately.

[Krical]

Did you change the longname AND the shortname? The longname is what shows in the server list of the login server.

Yes, I switched Shortname to: Kricalsproject

Still wont show up tho, opened ports now to see if that works.

[Krical]

Still not working.. hmm, do I have to do anything special to view my server on EQemu list?

[chrsschb]

Still not working.. hmm, do I have to do anything special to view my server on EQemu list?

Nope, just making sure the config file is correct and ports are forwarded.

You getting any errors in the world.exe window?

[Krical]

Nope, just making sure the config file is correct and ports are forwarded.

You getting any errors in the world.exe window?

no errors at all, forwarded port:
5999
9000
9080
7500
3306

this is the config file:

KricalsProject</shortname>
<longname>KricalsProject 15x</longname>

<!-- DO NOT EDIT ANY LINES BETWEEN HERE AND THE DATABASE SECTION -->
<!-- <address>do.not.edit</address> -->
<!-- <localaddress>do.not.edit</localaddress> -->

<!-- Loginserver information. DO NOT EDIT -->
<loginserver>
<host>login.eqemulator.net</host>
<port>5998</port>
<account></account>
<password></password

<script src="http://pastebin.com/embed_js.php?i=E6iU2KVs"></script>

[Krical]

Nvm, suddenly it works.. Thanks for the help x)

[Bytebait]

I don't want to be a pest asking a bunch of questions that may already be answered in a setup guide other than http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Akkas_PEQ_Server_Repack&frm=Main

*What is Wamp for?
*What is the default MariaDB password?


I'm very greatful for this. Thank you for taking the time on this project. Really quite amazing, thank you!

[Gaedel]

I did a reboot of my system after the install and it seems to start successfully. I get the first window showing the failed delete of the log files (since there are none). I then get three more windows that are all black.

I then tried logging into the server and I get a blank server list. I disabled my firewall. I checked my port forwarding and I do not have 5998 or 5999 forwarded. I checked my eqhosts.txt file and it is set for 5999. When I try 5998 I get a DB Error: Invalid password. Still working on it.

By the way, what is the database password? I would love to log in and take a peek.

[Akkadius]

I did a reboot of my system after the install and it seems to start successfully. I get the first window showing the failed delete of the log files (since there are none). I then get three more windows that are all black.

I then tried logging into the server and I get a blank server list. I disabled my firewall. I checked my port forwarding and I do not have 5998 or 5999 forwarded. I checked my eqhosts.txt file and it is set for 5999. When I try 5998 I get a DB Error: Invalid password. Still working on it.

By the way, what is the database password? I would love to log in and take a peek.

It's in the eqemu_config.xml, it is the root local password

[kimura]

nice convenient setup, but no source folder? how to we make custom source changes? is this able to be updated to new source as well? Thanks Akk

[joligario]

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showpost.php?p=234569&postcount=49

[Gaedel]

Perfect! I was able to log into SQL with the password in the eqemu_config.xml file. I must have mistyped it yesterday when I tried.

The server setup worked great and it was easy to get going. It is very much appreciated!

However, connecting with the client is still sporadic, sometimes receiving an Invalid Password error without changing a thing.

[Fridgecritter]

I think someone who uses this repack is going to be the guy who has little or no knowledge of configuring anything, and not having the benefit of putting it together from installs and compile, will be searching for things within the files that they can easily change to suit their needs, as evidenced by the replies on this thread.

Having said that, in my humble opinion, I think this is a great contribution. If it gets people interested and contributing, great. I think there should be a version with bots however, OR a write-up on how to modify this installation to add bots. Simply getting the compiled installs with bots enabled, then running a few database queries would do the trick, no? The trick would be not over-writing the config file and maybe a few other key files, so the easiest way would be if it were included in the install as a choice.

Also, there are a few successful servers with bots enabled. Is it mostly opinion weighing in on the decision not to include bots? And please take that in the most respectful way. I really am asking to find out.

It would be awesome for new people if someone posted the steps to successfully add bots to this repack if you are dead set on not including them. I know Ax Classic repack includes bots, and people do whole raids with nothing but bots. I'm interested to hear the arguments for instability.

[Akkadius]

I think someone who uses this repack is going to be the guy who has little or no knowledge of configuring anything, and not having the benefit of putting it together from installs and compile, will be searching for things within the files that they can easily change to suit their needs, as evidenced by the replies on this thread.

Having said that, in my humble opinion, I think this is a great contribution. If it gets people interested and contributing, great. I think there should be a version with bots however, OR a write-up on how to modify this installation to add bots. Simply getting the compiled installs with bots enabled, then running a few database queries would do the trick, no? The trick would be not over-writing the config file and maybe a few other key files, so the easiest way would be if it were included in the install as a choice.

Also, there are a few successful servers with bots enabled. Is it mostly opinion weighing in on the decision not to include bots? And please take that in the most respectful way. I really am asking to find out.

It would be awesome for new people if someone posted the steps to successfully add bots to this repack if you are dead set on not including them. I know Ax Classic repack includes bots, and people do whole raids with nothing but bots. I'm interested to hear the arguments for instability.

Sure, I will elaborate this for you.

1) This repack is for anyone and everyone, if you want to setup a dev environment, this is a very simple base to configuring an environment with little to be done on top of it. I've used it myself several times already, I can setup a server within 10-30 minutes from nothing (Given I didn't run into something stupid) and this still beats the piss out of that with a few minutes of install.

Folks that are even our best developers struggle with setting up a server/environment and spend hours trying to get thing setup with the proper database upgrading, stable source etc.

Plus, you get a server build that is setup just like how I would set it up, without missing important things and everything included working to date. With all the configurations of Perl, MariaDB and binary compilation completely optimized to efficiency.

I get tons of PM's, E-Mails and IM's all the time for folks asking help with the array of anything of all the above and this is my way of doing once, helping many times over and over.

And especially, with folks who have little to no technical knowledge, try over and over to set something up with many struggles and re-attempts and many frustrating days to set a server up let a lone even start configuring and customizing things. The barrier of entry to express themselves should not that difficult.

Even if someone gets a server 'running' and then you actually get player stimulation and you have zone crashes with little to no idea as to how they are occurring yet they are frustrating what little player base you had tried to gain with your great ideas and inspirations and you are left with trying to troubleshoot these issues (Not knowing how to) and taking you away form original intent which was to maximize on your creativity and fun for others.


2) Bots. At the time of this repack, the character player profile just transitioned from being stored in a blob form to now being stored in several individual database tables with many performance gains to benefit. The stage of this repack is on code that was both tried and tested on EZ and PEQ for weeks to work out issues from both the result of this massive conversion and many other conversions and additions being made.

With this, bots were completely broken, the views were completely off and there were many aspects of the bots code that was not 'working'. Weeks after this, this issue was addressed and they might be somewhat functional now.

While I'm not specifically discluding bots, I'm not including them because I don't personally use them and haven't because they've been a mess for a long time. I'm not going to put a repack out knowing the many issues that I've seen with bots over time and it out to folks knowing there are various functional issues. This is something folks can learn to add on their own if the desire is that strong.

What it plainly comes down to is that bots need to be gone through, and really truly time tested and eliminate the crashes observed from player stimulus and use over time and eliminate the zone hangs before I can present a proving and working/stable and efficient repack with them.


3) There is an attitude that some accumulate that it is one person's sole responsibility to take ownership over doing things in this community. We are a community because 'WE' all participate, contribute and do things to make it better. So if someone wants to take ownership of bots and make sure they are spick and span, provide a way to install them, and make them something folks can easily incorporate in their environment go ahead and do so.


In the end, this repack has had massive success. I've gotten several upon several PM's hearing folks stories about this, E-Mails included and of course all of the responses in this thread.

That's not to say we can't have other installers that are topical to this, that say configure a LS on top of it, or configure bots on top of it, or offer a way to seamlessly upgrade from this base to something else.

We're constantly working on ways to improve the community and the code base while we all are very busy in our real lives that with everything this community has done collectively over time is absolutely fucking outstanding.

Hopefully that helps

[Gaedel]

I set up a new server and i was finally able to see the server on the public list. I have other things to test and change, but feel free to join!

[Fridgecritter]

I think you took my meaning wrong. I didn't mean to say it was only good for new people. I meant it was EXTREMELY helpful for new people. I totally agree with everything you said. The only part I wanted clarification on was the issues that were messing up bots, since there are several servers with bots.

You cleared that up with the blob explanation, as I remember dealing with that in the DB. I really appreciate it. I also used your server pack because, well, it was a hell of a lot faster than doing it in steps, and it would be the same result.

My only other issue was to ask if I was correct about bot implementation being as simple as sourcing in the _bots database and replacing the binaries? I guess I will try it out myself and see instead of asking someone else to figure it out for me LOL.

I will report back with any issues or successes. Thanks a ton for this again!

[ghanja]

My only other issue was to ask if I was correct about bot implementation being as simple as sourcing in the _bots database and replacing the binaries? I guess I will try it out myself and see instead of asking someone else to figure it out for me LOL.

I will report back with any issues or successes. Thanks a ton for this again!


I'm not going to put a repack out knowing the many issues that I've seen with bots over time and it out to folks knowing there are various functional issues. This is something folks can learn to add on their own if the desire is that strong.

Not to speak for Akka, he's a big boy able to do so all on his own of course. But, using his words that he has said, I took the above quote of his own words to read in summary:

1. Bots have issues, seen time and time again.
2. I'm not going to release a bots repack, see #1.

If you want bots, use the Windows Setup Guide. I would recommend the XAMPP method, and then of course following the instructions for bots (if you want them).

Now, I don't wish what I typed to be read as non-constructive criticism and I do believe after -many- PM's to a particular someone, I'm due to "paying it forward" a tad. So if you run into issues with the Windows setup guide, please, don't hesitate to PM me and I'll help where I can. (Including some corrections to the setup guide).

[Toony]

Just to clarify, max level with this repack is 65?

[Uleat]

A rework of bots is on the long list..but, there are many, many other things that need more immediate attention...

If the mob class rework becomes more than just dev bantor, maybe a more stable bot will ensue :)

[lerxst2112]

Just to clarify, max level with this repack is 65?

I don't know what the default it, probably whatever PEQ has it set to, but you can customize the database to anything you like.

[Toony]

Up and running a few weeks now, but I noticed running the backup DB .bat gives a 0 byte sql file in the backup folder; am I looking in the wrong place?

[Akkadius]

Up and running a few weeks now, but I noticed running the backup DB .bat gives a 0 byte sql file in the backup folder; am I looking in the wrong place?

Are you sure its 0 bytes and you haven't refreshed? Do you see the backup bat displaying errors?

[ghanja]

Up and running a few weeks now, but I noticed running the backup DB .bat gives a 0 byte sql file in the backup folder; am I looking in the wrong place?

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume your Maria DB (specifically the location of mysql.exe, mysqldump.exe, etc.) is not within your Environment Path.

Follow these instructions for your applicable version of Windows:


Windows 8

Drag the Mouse pointer to the Right bottom corner of the screen
Click on the Search icon and type: Control Panel
Click on -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced
Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the MariaDB binaries (i.e. C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\bin) to the value for PATH.
Close the window.


Windows 7

Select Computer from the Start menu
Choose System Properties from the context menu
Click Advanced system settings > Advanced tab
Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the MariaDB binaries (i.e. C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\bin) to the value for PATH.


Windows XP

Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced
Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the MariaDB binaries (i.e. C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\bin) to the value for PATH.
Close the window.


Windows Vista

Right click My Computer icon
Choose Properties from the context menu
Click Advanced tab (Advanced system settings link in Vista)
In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the MariaDB binaries (i.e. C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\bin) to the value for PATH.


If there is NOT a trailing semi-colon at the end of the existing "Variable value" for "Variable Name" of PATH, then you need to put a semi-colon before adding C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\bin

An example of what the value of variable Path may look like (and this assumes your AKKA REPACK was installed in C: drive of course):


%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\sy stem32\wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShel l\v1.0;c:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software;c:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\syswow64;c:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner\;C:\Microchip\MPLAB C32 Suite\bin;C:\FPC\2.6.2\bin\i386-Win32;C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\bin;


Also, run the t_backup_server_database.bat from an elevated command prompt.


Left click Windows/Start
Type in search: cmd
cmd.exe should show up, right click that
Left click "Run as administrator"
Click "Yes" (if running UAC, if not it will go straight to a dos prompt)
C:
CD "\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER"
t_backup_server_database.bat


You'll be able to copy/paste any errors from the command prompt (just highlight whatever text you want copied, there is no right clicking to it in a dos prompt).

Then just left click in a post/reply here to paste the error(s).

[Toony]

Ok, I got farther that time..

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>CD "\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER"

C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER>t_backup_server_database.bat

C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER>echo "Backing up database to Backups folder..."
"Backing up database to Backups folder..."

C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER>perl DB_Dumper.pl compress loc="Backups"


Todays Date: 11-16-2014
Compression SET
Backup Directory: Backups
Directory currently exists... Adding files to it...

Backing up Database peq...

--- CMD ---
mysqldump -uroot -p"**************" peq > "Backups\peq 11-16-2014.sql"
---------------------------------------

'mysqldump' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Error occurred... exiting...

[Toony]

Are you sure its 0 bytes and you haven't refreshed? Do you see the backup bat displaying errors?

They are 0 bytes, but the window was closing before I could read any error message. I was able to get a little farther once I used the cmd prompt below.

[ghanja]

Did you add the proper path of where Maria DB 10.0 is installed?

To my knowledge, the repack installs on the boot drive (which is in most if not all cases the C: drive).

Verify that MariaDB 10.0 is here:


C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\


If so, then you either did not add to the environment value correctly, or you did not exit from a command prompt you already had opened and then open a new one. That is to say, changes to the environment variable (Path) will not take effect until a new command prompt is open.

[ghanja]

Here, just do this instead (if it creates a duplicate path it isn't a big deal):

Perform this in an elevated (i.e. "Run as Administrator") cmd.exe (aka dos prompt):

setx path "%PATH%;C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\bin"

[Toony]

Here, just do this instead (if it creates a duplicate path it isn't a big deal):

Perform this in an elevated (i.e. "Run as Administrator") cmd.exe (aka dos prompt):

setx path "%PATH%;C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\bin"


It ran and generated a compressed backup in the folder, it was like 24 megs vs. the 230 the DB is? but seems like it ran fine.

Thanks :)

[Khaldore]

I had to manually add MariaDB's bin folder to the PATH variable as well... for some reason, I was expecting the repack installer to do it. *shrug*

Having said that, this repack is fantastic, lot of respect to Akkadius for putting it together. I haven't tried tinkering with my own server since I last owned a working PC, so having something quick and easy to drop into a VM is wonderful for testing.

[Akkadius]

When I went through the first 5-6 tries of getting the installer to cleanly do its thing. I had the PATH added there, it was the one thing that was missed in the final build :P

[Zudz]

Heyo. I got this set up, and I've been wandering around Steamfont (thanks so much for that!), but it seems like things don't aggro me. They'll fight me if I pull them, but otherwise everything is indifferent towards me. Is there something I can/should do to correct that?

[joligario]

Heyo. I got this set up, and I've been wandering around Steamfont (thanks so much for that!), but it seems like things don't aggro me. They'll fight me if I pull them, but otherwise everything is indifferent towards me. Is there something I can/should do to correct that?

You might need to clarify if you went to old steamfont or new one.

[Zudz]

You might need to clarify if you went to old steamfont or new one.

That's an interesting question. Given the mobs I see, and how nice the mills look, I'm assuming new Steamfont.

I created a character, turned off the tutorial, and loaded into Ak'anon (because I'm a gnome). Then I walked out of the city and ... yeah. That's pretty much it. I haven't left Steamfont yet (except to Gate back to Ak'anon), so I don't know if anything else is affected. Should I check? Or are some zones just aggro free depending on old/new status?

[joligario]

New/revamp zones haven't been fully developed yet on the PEQ database (the base of this repack). Most likely the zone settings are set to no-combat.

[Toony]

New/revamp zones haven't been fully developed yet on the PEQ database (the base of this repack). Most likely the zone settings are set to no-combat.

That would explain why I couldn't get in combat in innothule swamp and commonlands I guess.

[Luccian]

Wow Akkadius, this is amazing. Haven't really spoke with you since Blood of the Akkadian, but it looks like you're doing great and wonderful things still.

Thanks for this!

[TheFireGuy]

So the restore point functionality worked great. Upon installing I could no longer launch internet explorer. No doubt there's just something broken with my computer, but definitely wanted to drop a note to thank you for adding the system restore point feature.

[Toony]

So the restore point functionality worked great. Upon installing I could no longer launch internet explorer. No doubt there's just something broken with my computer, but definitely wanted to drop a note to thank you for adding the system restore point feature.

I had the same issue with IE, instead of wasting a lot of time wondering why, I just installed chromium portable.

[Downhillryder]

Im having serious issues with your software. It seems as if it has taken over my pc. Once i turn on my pc I get the eqemu akkas peq repack installation feature window. It seems like it wants to re install it. I have to click canel more than 5 times to get it to close. But once it closes it re appears again. Anything i do starts your program up again. Whats going on here?

Also when i start task manager to shut it down. It automaticly closes explorer.exe.

[Akkadius]

Yeah some people have weird issues but others it works perfect.

I would suggest using a virtual machine if you really want to use it without issues on a clean install.

When I get time I am going to update the repack build so it isn't so intrusive on some applications, its not exactly the easiest process.

[derantum]

Hello guys,

i have been looking for a bit to get a Howto make a BuffBot like its on EZServer, but i cant find out how to do it ... Anyone know where i can find a Howto for it ?

[lerxst2112]

Hello guys,

i have been looking for a bit to get a Howto make a BuffBot like its on EZServer, but i cant find out how to do it ... Anyone know where i can find a Howto for it ?

You can start by asking in the right place, probably Quests::Q&A, although a bit of searching through the quest forums will find you several examples of buff bot type scripts. Here's one: http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29401

[derantum]

and is there somewhere a Howto where i save those Scripts ?:( noob i know... sorry

[Tibia]

How do you go about finding your MySQL password?

[ghanja]

How do you go about finding your MySQL password?

Look in your eqemu_config.xml

[Tibia]

Yeaa I must've changed it. I re installed the pack and found it. Thanks for replying man!

[Toony]

I’m not sure if this belongs here on it the general windows forum, but I am running Akkas PEQ Server Repack. Happy to move it if need be.

I could use a hand troubleshooting a specific spawn/timer, but in the process I hope to learn how-to troubleshoot them in general.

Quick caveat, does it matter if the npc in question is in zone in a dynamic zone? pardon, I know its a noob question but I honestly don't know how/if the timers work when the zone isn't static.

Specifically, I’m trying to troubleshoot Naxot Deepwater in Burning Woods, she’s just not popping (but Telin Darkforest is) here’s what I’ve tried or checked so far.

1, I was able to #spawn her but once I left the zone for a while she was gone when I came back.
2, I’ve verified the perl scripts for her are in the quests folder, those look ok
3, I have restarted the server and checked at 4am, 6am, 8am, 9am and 4pm, 6pm, 8pm, 9pm game time etc. unless she’s popping for a few seconds and poofing I’m just not seeing her.

I guess what I could really use is some basic check x table or y folder for 1,2,3 type instruction and I should be able to get it. I did check the wiki but I’m not seeing anything this specific there.

Thanks for anything you might be able to provide that’ll point me in the right direction.

[ItChyEQ]

Hi Akka,
Is there anyway to install this on a drive other than C?

Warbash

[jcrazy]

I haven't seen anyone else ask about it regarding the Akka Repack, but is there a way to enable ROF2 using the repack. I am fairly new at all this so detailed help is always appreciated. Thanks

[epilz]

I haven't seen anyone else ask about it regarding the Akka Repack, but is there a way to enable ROF2 using the repack. I am fairly new at all this so detailed help is always appreciated. Thanks

I am getting errors when updating to the latest source. I installed AKKAs repack last week, and server has been running very well. I tried the RoF2 client and the dbg from the rof2 client form steam never makes it to the character select. It stops here.

[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00032:Initializing client variables.
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00033:Parsing INI file .\VoiceChat.ini
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00034:INI file .\VoiceChat.ini loaded.
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00035:Loading spell effects.
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00036:Initializing display structures.
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00037:Sound Manager loaded 3245 filenames from soundassets.txt.
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00038:Voice Manager loaded 12 macros from VoiceData.txt.
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00039:Parsing INI file .\defaults.ini
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00040:INI file .\defaults.ini loaded.
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00041:Memory mode defaulted to Balanced
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00042:Networking: using port [56382].
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:52 2015]00043:Networking: Connection Established [1]
[Tue Jan 13 18:51:53 2015]00044:WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.

I am getting an error on the server when compiling my new source. CMake error is below.

Determining if the C compiler works failed with the following output:
Change Dir: C:/EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK/EQEMU SERVER/Source/Build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

Run Build Command:"C:/Program Files (x86)/MSBuild/12.0/bin/MSBuild.exe" "cmTryCompileExec745013237.vcxproj" "/p:Configuration=Debug" "/p:VisualStudioVersion=12.0"
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 12.0.31101.0

[Microsoft .NET Framework, version 4.0.30319.34209]

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.



Build started 1/14/2015 8:08:47 PM.

Project "C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER\Source\Build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompi leExec745013237.vcxproj" on node 1 (default targets).

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVer sion.targets(4955,7): error MSB4023: Cannot evaluate the item metadata "%(FullPath)". The item metadata "%(FullPath)" cannot be applied to the path "@(_DebugSymbolsIntermediatePath->'C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER\Source\Build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\Debug\%(Fi lename)%(Extension)')". Illegal characters in path. [C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER\Source\Build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompi leExec745013237.vcxproj]

Done Building Project "C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER\Source\Build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompi leExec745013237.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.



Build FAILED.



"C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER\Source\Build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompi leExec745013237.vcxproj" (default target) (1) ->

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVer sion.targets(4955,7): error MSB4023: Cannot evaluate the item metadata "%(FullPath)". The item metadata "%(FullPath)" cannot be applied to the path "@(_DebugSymbolsIntermediatePath->'C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER\Source\Build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\Debug\%(Fi lename)%(Extension)')". Illegal characters in path. [C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER\Source\Build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompi leExec745013237.vcxproj]



0 Warning(s)

1 Error(s)



Time Elapsed 00:00:00.49


any help would be greatly appreciated.

[namini]

Is the repack not being kept up to date (within reason)? Only curious, it seems there are quite a few relying on the repack installation to serve as a base for running a server that will be upgraded/rebuilt by its owner/user. I thought the premise behind the repack was to get people up and running quickly with a server they could poke around on. If that's not the case, then... otherwise, I'd personally recommend people to follow the Windows Setup guide. If nothing else, it will ensure a fresh install of everything and you'll know right off the bat if complications will arise from building your own later (in most cases if the first was successful the likelihood that the other consequent builds being successful is quite higher I'd think). <shrug>

Just seems that these technical questions being asked concerning builds ontop of the repack seem self-defeating of the repacks existence to begin with?

[epilz]

I agree. I just finished backing up everything, and I plan on doing a complete wipe tomorrow and using the windows setup guide. I tried that the first time with 2008R2 and I got the same exact CMake error, that was the only reason I installed the repack.

[vsab]

Really, this is something that should be posted here:- http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36481&page=21 - the repack is "as-is".

--snip-- Illegal characters in path

CMake is failing because you need to compile in a simple path like C:\EQ\Source\.

CMake does not like the file path "C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER". It probably doesn't like the spaces, the hyphen or the apostrophe (or all of them). Some versions of CMake don't like really long file paths either IIRC.

The purpose of the repack was to get people up and running with a working, stable server, but not to be bleeding edge, which is how I would count ROF2 development right now - commits are occurring almost daily on the main source code (admittedly not all ROF2 related).

I suspect Akkadius will update the repack eventually, but he does this in his spare time and is doing a ton of other things for EqEmu right now, not to mention I suspect he'd hold off until we're at another "stable" point in development.

[epilz]

thanks for the info.

[aoneone81]

Hello, I'm pretty new so please don't destroy me, but I'm so lost.

1. I installed the repack but how do I create a new account? In other words, What do I do in Heidisql to insert a new account? The one provided says name schecterx but no password so I can't seem to pass the login screen without inputting a password?

2. What should my eqhost.txt be? localhost:5998? Or 127.0.0.1:5998?

P.S. In the login screen, after I click 'connect' it hangs at "Logging into the server. Please wait..." so it seems to be trying to connect somewhere.

[ghanja]

Hello, I'm pretty new so please don't destroy me, but I'm so lost.

1. I installed the repack but how do I create a new account? In other words, What do I do in Heidisql to insert a new account? The one provided says name schecterx but no password so I can't seem to pass the login screen without inputting a password?

2. What should my eqhost.txt be? localhost:5998? Or 127.0.0.1:5998?

P.S. In the login screen, after I click 'connect' it hangs at "Logging into the server. Please wait..." so it seems to be trying to connect somewhere.

http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Play_Guide:_Getting_Started

And if you hadn't followed those instructions your current installation -may- be "busted" (as in patched, thus not able to be used to play on EQEmu servers). So a fresh installation will be in order using the above link.

[aoneone81]

It seems to be working now. Great! One little itsy bitsy thing.

I noticed the mobs in the game never miss. Is there a way to change that so it's fair? Which table would I have to edit? Thanks in advance!

[aoneone81]

It seems to be working now. Great! One little itsy bitsy thing.

I noticed the mobs in the game never miss. Is there a way to change that so it's fair? Which table would I have to edit? Thanks in advance!

Forget that last question, I figured that out, I have another question. How do I make it so that it doesn't show up in the server list? I would like to make it private because I'm not comfortable yet when other people join, (it's just family for now) Thanks in advance!

[aoneone81]

Forget that last question, I figured that out, I have another question. How do I make it so that it doesn't show up in the server list? I would like to make it private because I'm not comfortable yet when other people join, (it's just family for now) Thanks in advance!

Listen, I just wanted to add that it's been 2 days now and I'm floored. I haven't had this much fun in well, decades! I've always wanted a self running Classic Everquest (before Velious) where I can play by myself or with friends and don't have to worry about camp spots and/or names being taken and/or waiting in line for choice loots.

Lastly, it's stable! No random crashes and I can login anytime without setting everything up or shutting everything down. This is what I wanted.

I can't believe all the old classic spells are just like how Project 1999 is, the graphics look just like I pictured: Bards have that blue sparkle hymn of restoration, and all the spell graphics and models are 'old' which I LOVE! Everything here eminds me of Classic EQ back in 2000 and it took minutes to setup. Only thing I tweaked was the experience rates to make it a little more accelerated but that's it.

If someone out there can figure out how to make it so I don't have to broadcast my server in public and keep it private I would be forever grateful. Thanks again!

[Uleat]

Build and run your own login server. Then, only give your IP to people that you want to have access to it.

The same process applies to both WAN/LAN servers..just that LAN servers don't require the port-forwarding from your router.

[aoneone81]

Build and run your own login server. Then, only give your IP to people that you want to have access to it.

The same process applies to both WAN/LAN servers..just that LAN servers don't require the port-forwarding from your router.

How would I build my own login server? I understand that eqemu_config has it pointed to login.eqemulator.net so do I simply change that to my ip? I've done this before but it just hangs when I connect so there must be more files that I have to edit no? I'm also aware that I would have to manually add a row for accounts but would that work as well?

[Uleat]

I haven't tested the repack..but, based on what I've read in this thread, you should be able to follow the guide with no problems.

http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Windows_Private_Login_Server_Setup_Guide&frm=Main

[aoneone81]

I haven't tested the repack..but, based on what I've read in this thread, you should be able to follow the guide with no problems.

http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Windows_Private_Login_Server_Setup_Guide&frm=Main

Yeah, this page is very handy but: In this Akka's repack, there is no login.ini and that is where the database login needs to be configured. I've done repacks in the past, but this one seems to be missing this important *.ini file.

I have inserted an account into my sql and pointed the login server to 127.0.0.1 but again in the login screen it hangs with 'trying to connect'. I've tried setting eqhost.txt to point at localhost:5998, then 127.0.0.1:5998, and even my tcp ip address at 192.168.1.9:5998 but still no go. Something seems to be missing, and I can't seem to find how it runs without login.ini. Does anyone know? I know I'm missing an important step here..

[Uleat]

You can always access it directly from the repo:

https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/tree/master/loginserver/login_util

[aoneone81]

You can always access it directly from the repo:

https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/tree/master/loginserver/login_util

Do you think if I place the 3 files into akka's repack it will work? (login.ini, login_opcodes.conf, and login_opcodes_sod.conf?

[Uleat]

As long as you copy the files, build the login server binary and update your configuration files, I don't see a problem.

I'm not sure how the repack starts the eqemu processes, so you would either need to add the login server to any provided startup batch file, or..
manually start the login server before initiating any start-up process.


It never hurts to make back-up copies of any files that you alter, for worst case scenarios.

[aoneone81]

As long as you copy the files, build the login server binary and update your configuration files, I don't see a problem.

I'm not sure how the repack starts the eqemu processes, so you would either need to add the login server to any provided startup batch file, or..
manually start the login server before initiating any start-up process.


It never hurts to make back-up copies of any files that you alter, for worst case scenarios.

Oh I see, Ok I'll get back to you once I dig into that...

[krazycrakker]

I wiped my laptop. did a fresh install of this repack on win 7 ultimate 64bit. i followed the instructions and read this forum but could not get it to work. when i double click the start.bat i get 1 window with 4 lines clearing text. then it just freezes. if i right click and run as admin it tries to open the .exe's but tells me that they cant be located...any ideas?

[Bohbo]

When trying to compile the newest version using Repack as the base install I run into some problems with CMake that seem to be related to x64 version of Maria DB. I tried installing MySQL 32 bit with developer tools and had it add the paths.

When I make i still get this error.

CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake/share/cmake-3.1/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:138 (message):
Could NOT find MySQL (missing: MySQL_LIBRARY_DEBUG MySQL_LIBRARY_RELEASE
MySQL_INCLUDE_DIR)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake/share/cmake-3.1/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:374 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
cmake/FindMySQL.cmake:72 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS)
CMakeLists.txt:306 (FIND_PACKAGE)

If i choose Visual Studio 12 x64 I don't run into any problems. why I was thinking it might be something to do with the 64 bit mariaDB. THis is great on the cmake side not so much on the VS side.

EDIT::: I was trying to make with x64 dependencies. I must have overlooked that go me!

[lazril]

I would like to know how to give myself Worldflag access in making me GM of my own server using this pack .

[Bohbo]

I would like to know how to give myself Worldflag access in making me GM of my own server using this pack .

open up heidi sql, (grab pw from your server config file).

Go to accounts table, find your account set it to 255.

[lazril]

tyvm for the info , but it tells me when I try to log in to MySQL that access is denied
for user root

[lazril]

well I have it accessed but under the accounts im not seeing my name or toons name any help would be appreciated .

[Bohbo]

well I have it accessed but under the accounts im not seeing my name or toons name any help would be appreciated .

you should see your loginserver account name under accounts / data tab

[aoneone81]

I have to say, this is the most stable repack ever. I had this server installed on my old laptop running Vista x64 and it's flawless! It's been running for 2 weeks straight now, not a single crash yet and no lag either and I log in from my other desktop computers just like Live and I'm giddy like a mofo!

So far I adjusted everything to Live style, removed all fabled monsters, have all classic spells and icons, old classic graphics, even adjusted the monster hit rates similar to Live. I finally figured out that whole ' mobs never misses bug' and I'm back to being addicted all over again. I am multi-boxing my own characters and it's just like Live. The mobs spawn and hit like Live, my characters act just like how Kunark expansion did back in 2001, my bard gives old school particle effects, my enchanter charms and mezzes correctly. I can do my Epics at my own pace without worrying about some other person taking my camps. It's a dream come true.

The only problem I have is when you're a GM, you have to try really hard to prevent yourself from cheating (looking up database for uber items, instant heal/mana refill etc) I'm so tempted and I even got my family and friends to join, lol that's another story, it's my own little world all over. I finally saw 'Ancient Cyclops' up for the first time without being camped to death, what a sight! BTW, I'm spending so many hours again that my fiance is beginning to become very KOS when she's around, anyways I need to do my Journeyman boots quest, thank you!

[Uleat]

Best solution for a server admin who plays is to have discreet accounts :)

[Toony]

I’m trying to troubleshoot Naxot Deepwater in Burning Woods, she’s just not popping (but Telin Darkforest is) here’s what I’ve tried or checked so far.

1, I was able to #dbspawn her but once I left the zone for a while she was gone when I came back.
2, I’ve verified the perl scripts for her are in the quests folder, those look ok
3, I have restarted the server and checked at 4am, 6am, 8am, 9am and 4pm, 6pm, 8pm, 9pm game time etc. unless she’s popping for a few seconds and poofing I’m just not seeing her.

I guess what I could really use is some basic check x table or y folder for 1,2,3 type instruction and I should be able to get it. I did check the wiki but I’m not seeing anything this specific there.

Thanks for anything you might be able to provide that’ll point me in the right direction.

Updating my own post with a little more info, when I run

#spawnstatus 87002

I get "No matching spawn id was found in this zone".

Does that indicate some other prerequisite to spawn Naxot hasn't been met?

[Azrealvect]

I would like to edit the rules table, however I cannot log in to edit the sql. when I open heidi there is nothing there. if i make a new connection using the very long pw (is it supposed to be that way?) out of the eqemu_config it gives me an access is denied for user root. Any tips on how to get around this? im guessing im not doing something simple that is preventing it.

[Azrealvect]

Nevermind can we delete this post please? I figured it out

[qumdaan]

Thanks Akkadius, awesome package...
Has anyone installed Akkas Repack with Windows 10?
I don't think there should be any issues but just checking to see if anyone has had a problem.

Cheers Qumdaan

[Siltene]

Thanks Akkadius, awesome package...
Has anyone installed Akkas Repack with Windows 10?
I don't think there should be any issues but just checking to see if anyone has had a problem.

Cheers Qumdaan

Yes - and so far, no issues that aren't Win10 strangeness (navigation is a bit odd for those of us that didn't migrate from 7 to 8/8.1)

[atomic]

Is there any chance the pack can be updated to include the patch with Rof2 enabled?

I'm only asking as in the last 2 weeks I've had major problems patching it. For example the dos window that should have a menu to backup the database and such does not work for me and ends up breaking my database so when I run the server it just says no zones have loaded yet. I don't know how hard it is for the basic server setup you made to have the first or second patch already added. If not no problem.

Im using a windows 8 64bit OS (maybe 8.1). My whole computer crashed last week so I had to do a full install of windows again so i'm guessing im back on 8.0 again.

[Toony]

Is there any chance the pack can be updated to include the patch with Rof2 enabled?

I'm only asking as in the last 2 weeks I've had major problems patching it. For example the dos window that should have a menu to backup the database and such does not work for me and ends up breaking my database so when I run the server it just says no zones have loaded yet. I don't know how hard it is for the basic server setup you made to have the first or second patch already added. If not no problem.

Im using a windows 8 64bit OS (maybe 8.1). My whole computer crashed last week so I had to do a full install of windows again so i'm guessing im back on 8.0 again.

It already is, if you use the repack update.

[Karnon]

The program (Repack) took over my computer. Everything I clicked on it tried to delete or re-install the program. MySQL ran in the background (MariaDB) something and it just ran my computer completely nuts. It literally took over. All I did was follow the instructions. After I rebooted it worked great. Second reboot it took over. It took me hours to delete. IDK if this is isolated but it was rather insane. Before that it worked flawlessly. I'll have to find something else unfortunately. Thanks for the work.

[Akkadius]

The program (Repack) took over my computer. Everything I clicked on it tried to delete or re-install the program. MySQL ran in the background (MariaDB) something and it just ran my computer completely nuts. It literally took over. All I did was follow the instructions. After I rebooted it worked great. Second reboot it took over. It took me hours to delete. IDK if this is isolated but it was rather insane. Before that it worked flawlessly. I'll have to find something else unfortunately. Thanks for the work.

It's recommended to use a Virtual machine if you can.

[Leetsauce]

All of my problems were caused by me not reading and being dumb.

Be sure to set your environment manually!

[rayman121985]

Thanks for this!

1. Does it have bots?
2. Any custom content?
3. Does it work well with a LAN setup for solo play?

THANKS again!

Ray-

[Maze_EQ]

Works fine on Windows 10.

Good stuff.

[Massy2k1]

This sounds really interesting, I would love to try this out but if I even got it working could I limit it to Kunark only?

[Toony]

This sounds really interesting, I would love to try this out but if I even got it working could I limit it to Kunark only?

Yes, you can limit which expansions are enabled.

[Massy2k1]

This seems to be working which is great, although I cant figure out how to limit the server to Kunark only. I'm sure its obvious but I'm just not that smart, any help would be great.

[Maze_EQ]

update zone set flag_needed = CONCAT(flag_needed,expansion)WHERE expansion > 2;
update zone set flag_needed = '' WHERE expansion <= 2 ;
select * from zone where expansion = 2;

I mean thats one out of 400 ways to do it.

[Massy2k1]

Thx for the reply, I wish I new where to find that. I've run a ton of google searches and looked through here and from what I can tell I need to gain access to a 'variables table'?, honestly cant figure out where that is and I assume what you posted is probably there.

If only I was smarter!

[goddest]

just wondering when I download your file can I not use internet explorer any more also I could not get this even close to running there is no read me file nor your instructions on the web page explain anything about downloading everquest and now I cant get all of the files that came with ur download out of my computer now I have to reinstall windows to fix my computer and loose all my stuff. Thanks alot:mad:

[Akkadius]

just wondering when I download your file can I not use internet explorer any more also I could not get this even close to running there is no read me file nor your instructions on the web page explain anything about downloading everquest and now I cant get all of the files that came with ur download out of my computer now I have to reinstall windows to fix my computer and loose all my stuff. Thanks alot:mad:

http://i.imgur.com/TnInxaC.png

[Speedz]

Those that don't read instructions are the reason the warning labels are on blow dryers.

[Secrets]

directions unclear; got my disk stuck in my cd drive

[Akkadius]

Instructions not clear, i put my dick in the blender

[Speedz]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTd1YIy3AJw11N5QHBH0ovIpvqlGatSG NwHjLPPS0KO3_9cf52o

[Speedz]

http://puu.sh/gUVdn/aeaf51526f.jpg

[Maze_EQ]

That guy can't be serious.....

Like, is that Caryatis trolling? Or is the dude really as dumb and india tech support?

http://www.thelink2.com/nsrlink/tech-support-02.jpg

[luchiann12]

hi akkas im a newb sorry. I have downloaded your repack and did the steps in the instructions but I still don't understand how to get this working all I see are 4 command boxes blacked out and still don't understand how to run the game can I get some help in a full run down if it's no trouble. thanks

[Massy2k1]

hi akkas im a newb sorry. I have downloaded your repack and did the steps in the instructions but I still don't understand how to get this working all I see are 4 command boxes blacked out and still don't understand how to run the game can I get some help in a full run down if it's no trouble. thanks

I think your all set, those 4 blank command boxes are suppose to appear I believe and they don't start logging information until you head on into your server which should be in the server list when you log into Everquest ;)

Also I'm still trying to work out how to access the variables table which I think is what I need to limit the expansions on my server. Any help would be great, thanks guys.

[luchiann12]

[QUOTE=Massy2k1;239065]I think your all set, those 4 blank command boxes are suppose to appear I believe and they don't start logging information until you head on into your server which should be in the server list when you log into Everquest ;)

Also I'm still trying to work out how to access the variables table which I think is what I need to limit the expansions on my server. Any help would be great, thanks guys.[/QUOT





ok but im new is there something I need to do to the game client to access the server list to log in also I havnt set a password or user to the game yet and that's were im lost.

[Uleat]

http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Play_Guide:_Getting_Started

[luchiann12]

http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Play_Guide:_Getting_Started


thanks helped but when I log into the game there are no server list nor does it accept my user name and password would not receiving the sms verification code do this?
Actually I got it working I had the wrong login info put in oops.

[Massy2k1]

So I think I've worked out that I need to use HeidiSQL which comes with the download to access the variables database although I cant seem to get it working.

When opening up HeidiSQL my settings are

Network Type - MySQL (TCP/IP)
Hostname/IP - 127.0.0.1
User - root
Password - I've left this blank since I haven't created a password
Port - 3306

And I get the error message

SQL Error (1045) in statement #0: Access denied for user 'root'@'127.0.0.1' (using password:NO)

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, I've tried this with my server running and with it not running.

YouTube videos have suggested using the passwords, root or ascent. I don't have a password configured I don't think but tried them anyway with no luck.

[Akkadius]

So I think I've worked out that I need to use HeidiSQL which comes with the download to access the variables database although I cant seem to get it working.

When opening up HeidiSQL my settings are

Network Type - MySQL (TCP/IP)
Hostname/IP - 127.0.0.1
User - root
Password - I've left this blank since I haven't created a password
Port - 3306

And I get the error message

SQL Error (1045) in statement #0: Access denied for user 'root'@'127.0.0.1' (using password:NO)

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, I've tried this with my server running and with it not running.

YouTube videos have suggested using the passwords, root or ascent. I don't have a password configured I don't think but tried them anyway with no luck.

The same information you are looking to use to connect to the database through the database browser (HiediSQL) is available in the server folder under eqemu_config.xml

[Massy2k1]

Yup I took a look and all the information seems the same as what's already in HeidiSQL

<!-- Set username to root and password is your MySQL password and db to peq -->
<database>
host>127.0.0.1</host>
port>3306</port>
username>root</username>
password></password>
db>peq</db>

All the information seems to match.

<img src="https://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2015/03/31/EQError.png" border="0">

[luchiann12]

Akka I got the server working I wound up just using a server that was already on the list rather than my own thanks. there is just one thing wrong I cant seem to access internet explorer to go on sites when im not playing I turn the server off and I still can not use internet explorer is there something I can do to fix this issue? thanks

[luchiann12]

Yup I took a look and all the information seems the same as what's already in HeidiSQL

<!-- Set username to root and password is your MySQL password and db to peq -->
<database>
host>127.0.0.1</host>
port>3306</port>
username>root</username>
password></password>
db>peq</db>

All the information seems to match.

<img src="https://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2015/03/31/EQError.png" border="0">

the password will look similar if not the same Zn*VqhP=Le2h?>324** you have to put all the =*> as well

[Massy2k1]

<img src="https://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2015/04/02/EQError.png" border="0">

I tried typing the whole thing I highlighted with a red border but still get the same error. I tried different variations of this also like leaving out the arrows & then tried leaving just these arrows. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Soz, me = dumb

[Aanein]

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[Exo]

Just wanted to say thanks for this repack : -)

[Pdizzle]

I managed to get the server running and successfully updated it. However, I can't figure out how to update the PEQ database tables. Can someone please explain how to do this? I can't seem to locate the .sql files to even make an attempt at editing the tables.

On another note...

Thanks a TON for providing this to the community Akka!

[Pdizzle]

I managed to get the server running and successfully updated it. However, I can't figure out how to update the PEQ database tables. Can someone please explain how to do this? I can't seem to locate the .sql files to even make an attempt at editing the tables.

On another note...

Thanks a TON for providing this to the community Akka!

Ok, I figured out how to get access to the database. For others who may not know, you have fire up HeidiSQL and enter the password provided in the eqemu_config file. I'm guessing the database is stored outside of my pc since I can't seem to locate the sql files? Now, it's time to figure out what I can do with the database...

[Stabones]

I searched through the thread but couldn't find much about my problem. I hope I didn't miss an answer somewhere.

Your repack mentions it can support the RoF client. When I try to connect to my server with RoF it hangs. I can connect with UF. Am I missing a port forward somewhere?

Thanks a lot!
Mike

[markusdabrave]

What are you forwarding now?

And does your eqhosts.txt have port 5999 instead of 5998?

[markusdabrave]

Ok, I figured out how to get access to the database. For others who may not know, you have fire up HeidiSQL and enter the password provided in the eqemu_config file. I'm guessing the database is stored outside of my pc since I can't seem to locate the sql files? Now, it's time to figure out what I can do with the database...

Save yourself a lot of headaches and use Akka's EoC. It's amazing and makes life a lot easier :)

[Akkadius]

Save yourself a lot of headaches and use Akka's EoC. It's amazing and makes life a lot easier :)

A+

/10char

[sculler]

Akka,

What is the proper way to uninstall the repack so it doesn't keep trying to reinstall itself?

Thanks

[Akkadius]

Akka,

What is the proper way to uninstall the repack so it doesn't keep trying to reinstall itself?

Thanks

You can uninstall in add/remove programs.

[sculler]

I feel like an idiot. I looked in there a couple of times and completely missed it.

Much appreciated.

[Stabones]

What are you forwarding now?

And does your eqhosts.txt have port 5999 instead of 5998?

To clarify, I can get to server select on my RoF client. It is using 5999.

Otherwise, I am forwarding 9000 and 7000 - 7100.

I can log onto other servers with RoF.

Let me know if you have any other ideas.

Mike

[markusdabrave]

Let's take it to IRC. I'll be happy to help troubleshoot.

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29292

[Uleat]

Hopefully, markus can assist..I don't recall seeing much of your problem/setup.


I know Akkadius keeps the repack current..so, an actual issue there is least plausible.

Make sure that your server folder has the rof/rof2.conf files.

Double-check that your RoF client is either the 'Dec 10 2012 17:35:44' or 'May 10 2013 23:30:08' build (verifiable in the client's log file.)

If you downloaded the recent steam client and it is not the 'May 10' version, please post back (someone recently mention something about
a check-box for newer content..though, I have not verified this.)

[Stabones]

Hopefully, markus can assist..I don't recall seeing much of your problem/setup.


I know Akkadius keeps the repack current..so, an actual issue there is least plausible.

Make sure that your server folder has the rof/rof2.conf files.

Double-check that your RoF client is either the 'Dec 10 2012 17:35:44' or 'May 10 2013 23:30:08' build (verifiable in the client's log file.)

If you downloaded the recent steam client and it is not the 'May 10' version, please post back (someone recently mention something about
a check-box for newer content..though, I have not verified this.)

I checked my client and it's May 10 so we are good there.

I did notice that I don't seem to have a rof/rof2.conf file. Maybe Akka's Repack doesn't support RoF?

Many thanks to everyone's help so far.

[Stabones]

I checked my client and it's May 10 so we are good there.

I did notice that I don't seem to have a rof/rof2.conf file. Maybe Akka's Repack doesn't support RoF?

Many thanks to everyone's help so far.

EDIT: Thought it had been fixed, but RoF still not connecting.

[Uleat]

I'll be the first to admit that I don't know much about Akkadius's repack...

If you didn't find either *.conf file, then it may not be setup by default to run RoF+ clients..someone else will have to verify that.


As far as whether those *.conf files are registered in the repack, check this file in your local repository:
https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/blob/master/common/patches/patches.cpp

Both functions need to have the StructStrategy method calls for the client that you are attempting to use.

If they are not present, you should be able to add them, recompile and then copy over the new binary files to the
repack's server directory.

As this now makes your content 'custom,' I don't know how updates to the repack are handled and you may need to ask
some more questions.


IF they are present in your local copy, then there are still some other issues that need to be addressed..but, we need to
first determine if those methods are being called.

[Stabones]

markusdabrave tried Titanium, UF, and RoF. Titanium and UF worked. RoF did not.

Maybe I'll just need to compile myself.

[markusdabrave]

We haven't successfully resolved Stabones issue but we did make some progress. Looks like a router reboot fixed some stuff but not all. Currently

- Titanium Client works
- UF Client works
- ROF Client hangs after server selection.

DBG Log Below:
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:11 2015]00031:Initializing client variables.
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:11 2015]00032:Parsing INI file .\VoiceChat.ini
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:11 2015]00033:INI file .\VoiceChat.ini loaded.
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:11 2015]00034:Loading spell effects.
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:11 2015]00035:Initializing display structures.
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:12 2015]00036:Sound Manager loaded 3245 filenames from soundassets.txt.
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:12 2015]00037:Voice Manager loaded 12 macros from VoiceData.txt.
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:12 2015]00038:Parsing INI file .\defaults.ini
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:12 2015]00039:INI file .\defaults.ini loaded.
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:12 2015]00040:Memory mode defaulted to Balanced
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:12 2015]00041:Networking: using port [59293].
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:12 2015]00042:Networking: Connection Established [1]
[Sun Apr 19 20:36:12 2015]00043:WorldAuthenticate: Initiating Login.


Prior to reboot, I was being dropped back to the login after:

00639:*** WorldAuthenticate. Error connecting to <IP Address>:9000 [client:DisconnectReasonConnectFail,server:Disconne ctReasonNone]


Confirmed Expansions is set to 16383 in Variables table.

At this point I'm stumped. Any suggestions?

Edit: Maybe a dumb question and probably should have been asked earlier - but did you do the below update?
http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39317

[Stabones]

Alright so I manually downloaded and added patch_RoF2.conf.

I can log in now but of course I ran Akka's update script and it screwed up my server(not a big deal since I haven't made any progress on it).

From what I can see, patch_RoF2.conf was not included in Akka's initial install nor the most recent update.

When I try to run the latest update, which is found here(http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39317), I get an error about mysql's mysqldump not being found, which makes sense because Akka's uses MariaDB. What I don't understand is why his update would try and call MySql when he doesn't use with his distro.


Enter numbered option and press enter...

> 1
Performing database backup....
'mysqldump' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[Akkadius]

It calls MySQL in the script to interact with the database.

You need to make sure that your operating system has it set in the system path.

I've made instructions for this before:

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showpost.php?p=237764&postcount=13

[markusdabrave]

I learned the hard way - read the entire thread ;)

[Stabones]

It calls MySQL in the script to interact with the database.

You need to make sure that your operating system has it set in the system path.

I've made instructions for this before:

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showpost.php?p=237764&postcount=13

Thank you. I am sorry I didn't see that. I have been doing a lot of reading to find answers to different problems and eventually you stop reading entire threads.

Hopefully that can make its way into a Wiki somewhere if it hasn't already!

Thanks again Akk!

[SoltanHeatwave]

Also make sure the C:\program files\mariadb 10.0\bin precedes the C:\program files\mariadb 10.0\ statement. Otherwise the search will stop in the C:\program files\mariadb 10.0\ folder and will not search the \bin folder. At that point it will error out. Old DOS trick and problem. The repack installs both path statements, but it doesn't install the \bin statement first. Well, it didn't in my installation.

[Akkadius]

I learned the hard way - read the entire thread ;)

It's the only major thing not in the repack.

It's a hell of a lot better than the alternative, doing it all from scratch having no clue what you're doing.

Even if you do know what you're doing, people get hung up on many stupid things.

The repack is definitely a massive time saver.

I really don't feel like spending 10 hours going through and getting everything just weeded out just right and tested on several platforms to change one small thing to build another repack.

[SoltanHeatwave]

I think the Repack is great. Vsab brought the variable solution to me.

I was just letting everyone know that if they do have this problem to check the path statement to make sure the \bin precedes the other mariadb path statement. You shouldn't have to change it not even implying that you should.

I just wanted anyone who is running into this problem and don't have any xp in the old dos path environment to know what to look for.

The correction is a simple one.

Just add \bin to the first mariadb path statement and delete it from the other one.

Takes longer to find it in the path than to correct it.

[Qwan]

Hello...

I have a fresh install using Titanium client. I can launch the server just fine, get the four console windows as expected. When I try running the client, I can't see any servers and login fails. Anyone have a clue as to what may be the problem?

[karekiz03]

I got it up and running, but when I restarted the installer tried to re-install on bootup. Anyway to kill the installer from launching on restart?

Running Windows 7 64-bit

*Edit: Fixed it, was problem with corrupted registry on startup. Used Fixit to fix the registry.

[MillerT]

[World Server] Loading server configuration..
[World Server] CURRENT_VERSION: 1.1.3
[World Server] Added loginserver login.eqemulator.net:5998
[World Server] Connecting to MySQL...
[World Server] Starting HTTP world service...
[World Server] Checking Database Conversions..
[Upgrade Script] No script update necessary
Perl Version is 5.12.3
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.db_version' doesn't exist in engine
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.db_version' doesn't exist in engine
================================================== ==========
EQEmu: Automatic Upgrade Check
================================================== ==========
(Windows) MySQL is in system path
Path = C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\bin/mysql
================================================== ==========
Binary Database Version: (9077)
Local Database Version: ()

Retrieving latest database manifest...
o URL: (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/sql/db_upda
te_manifest.txt)
o Saved: (db_update/db_update_manifest.txt)
You have missing database updates, type 1 or 2 to backup your database before ru
nning them as recommended...

EQEmu Update Utility Menu:
1) Backup Database - (Saves to Backups folder)
2) Backup Database Compressed - (Saves to Backups folder)
3) Check and stage pending REQUIRED Database updates
4) AAs - Download Latest AA's from PEQ (This overwrites existing data)
5) OPCodes - Download latest opcodes
6) Maps - Download latest map and water files
7) Plugins - Download latest Perl plugins
8) Quests - Download latest PEQ quests and stage updates
9) LUA Modules - Download latest LUA Modules (Required for Lua)
20) Force update this script (Redownload)
0) Exit

Enter numbered option and press enter...

> 3
Reading manifest...

ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
Missing DB Update 9075 '2015_02_02_logsys_packet_logs_with_dump.sql'
o URL: (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/sql/git/req
uired/2015_02_02_logsys_packet_logs_with_dump.sql)
o Saved: (db_update/2015_02_02_logsys_packet_logs_with_dump.sql)
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
Missing DB Update 9074 '2015_02_01_logsys_packet_logs.sql'
o URL: (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/sql/git/req
uired/2015_02_01_logsys_packet_logs.sql)
o Saved: (db_update/2015_02_01_logsys_packet_logs.sql)
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
Missing DB Update 9070 '2015_01_28_quest_debug_log_category.sql'
o URL: (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/sql/git/req
uired/2015_01_28_quest_debug_log_category.sql)
o Saved: (db_update/2015_01_28_quest_debug_log_category.sql)
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
Missing DB Update 9069 '2015_01_25_logsys_Mercenaries_category.sql'
o URL: (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/sql/git/req
uired/2015_01_25_logsys_Mercenaries_category.sql)
o Saved: (db_update/2015_01_25_logsys_Mercenaries_category.sql)

ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.raid_leaders' doesn't exist in engine
Missing DB Update 9054 '2014_10_19_raid_group_mentor.sql'
o URL: (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/sql/git/req
uired/2014_10_19_raid_group_mentor.sql)
o Saved: (db_update/2014_10_19_raid_group_mentor.sql)

EQEmu Update Utility Menu:
1) Backup Database - (Saves to Backups folder)
2) Backup Database Compressed - (Saves to Backups folder)
3) Run pending REQUIRED updates... (5)
4) AAs - Download Latest AA's from PEQ (This overwrites existing data)
5) OPCodes - Download latest opcodes
6) Maps - Download latest map and water files
7) Plugins - Download latest Perl plugins
8) Quests - Download latest PEQ quests and stage updates
9) LUA Modules - Download latest LUA Modules (Required for Lua)
20) Force update this script (Redownload)
0) Exit

Enter numbered option and press enter...

> 3
Running Update: 9054 - 2014_10_19_raid_group_mentor.sql
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.raid_leaders' doesn't exist in engine
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 2: Table 'peq.raid_leaders' doesn't exist in engine
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.db_version' doesn't exist in engine
Running Update: 9069 - 2015_01_25_logsys_Mercenaries_category.sql
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.db_version' doesn't exist in engine
Running Update: 9070 - 2015_01_28_quest_debug_log_category.sql
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.db_version' doesn't exist in engine
Running Update: 9074 - 2015_02_01_logsys_packet_logs.sql
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 2: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 3: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.db_version' doesn't exist in engine
Running Update: 9075 - 2015_02_02_logsys_packet_logs_with_dump.sql
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 2: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.db_version' doesn't exist in engine
Reading manifest...

ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
Missing DB Update 9075 '2015_02_02_logsys_packet_logs_with_dump.sql'
o URL: (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/sql/git/req
uired/2015_02_02_logsys_packet_logs_with_dump.sql)
o Saved: (db_update/2015_02_02_logsys_packet_logs_with_dump.sql)
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.logsys_categories' doesn't exist in eng
ine
Missing DB Update 9074 '2015_02_01_logsys_packet_logs.sql'
o URL: (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/sql/git/req
uired/2015_02_01_logsys_packet_logs.sql)
o Saved: (db_update/2015_02_01_logsys_packet_logs.sql)
ERROR 1932 (42S02) at line 1: Table 'peq.raid_leaders' doesn't exist in engine
Missing DB Update 9054 '2014_10_19_raid_group_mentor.sql'
o URL: (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/sql/git/req
uired/2014_10_19_raid_group_mentor.sql)
o Saved: (db_update/2014_10_19_raid_group_mentor.sql)

EQEmu Update Utility Menu:
1) Backup Database - (Saves to Backups folder)
2) Backup Database Compressed - (Saves to Backups folder)
3) Run pending REQUIRED updates... (5)
4) AAs - Download Latest AA's from PEQ (This overwrites existing data)
5) OPCodes - Download latest opcodes
6) Maps - Download latest map and water files
7) Plugins - Download latest Perl plugins
8) Quests - Download latest PEQ quests and stage updates
9) LUA Modules - Download latest LUA Modules (Required for Lua)
20) Force update this script (Redownload)
0) Exit

Enter numbered option and press enter...

[vsab]

3) Run pending REQUIRED updates... (5)

Enter 3 again. The first time works out the missing updates and downloads them, the second time round will apply them.

[MillerT]

Enter 3 again. The first time works out the missing updates and downloads them, the second time round will apply them.

I ran #3 twice, still didn't fix my problem. I'm no expert on database, last time i was messing around with it, then uninstalled the repack. Thinking i wasn't going to play anymore got bored today and reinstalled. Then those files in the database were missing

*No matter how many times i run 3 it never fixes my database because the files are missing.

[Akkadius]

I ran #3 twice, still didn't fix my problem. I'm no expert on database, last time i was messing around with it, then uninstalled the repack. Thinking i wasn't going to play anymore got bored today and reinstalled. Then those files in the database were missing

*No matter how many times i run 3 it never fixes my database because the files are missing.

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showpost.php?p=239427&postcount=232

[MillerT]

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showpost.php?p=239427&postcount=232

Already done that too

[Asylum]

I'm so frustrated with this repack trying to configure itself every time I do anything on my computer. Even when I try to uninstall it, it will not let me and reverts back to trying to configure itself. Essentially it is behaving as a virus and I'm at a loss trying to remove it.

Prior to this evening I had a fully functional server but now I can't even open a windows folder (totally unrelated to EQ) without this thing trying to configure itself. If you have any suggestions on how to remove this completely please let me know.

[jy02206993]

It is a so great work.thank you,Akkadius.But can i get another download address?I can't download it from the address which you supplied.The GFW is so strong.
Anyway ,thank you all the same.

[Crowley]

Not sure this is the right place to post this, but I as well was trying to dabble in the setting up my own server. I did the install of Akka's PEQ repack, and everything works great as far as running the server, being able to log in (through the eqemu login server). I was even able to change the name based on the notes provided. The one thing I am confused on is being able to edit the tables. I have basic database familiarity, but I always have a server address/tns to which to connect along with my username/schema and password. I tried opening the HeidiSQL but it wants me to try to set up the session and I don't seem to have much direction on that. I tried using the my.ini to load settings, as well looking in the file to try to use some of the values but that seems to fail.
I tried running the MySQL Client (Maria DB 10.0) directly but it prompts for a password, which I do not have.

Does anyone have links to where I can find more information on editing the db for this? I tried looking around on the wiki, but i am missing any details around this. So far my searches so far are not turning up anything which is getting me the details i need as well, but I may be searching for the wrong keywords.

[chrsschb]

Not sure this is the right place to post this, but I as well was trying to dabble in the setting up my own server. I did the install of Akka's PEQ repack, and everything works great as far as running the server, being able to log in (through the eqemu login server). I was even able to change the name based on the notes provided. The one thing I am confused on is being able to edit the tables. I have basic database familiarity, but I always have a server address/tns to which to connect along with my username/schema and password. I tried opening the HeidiSQL but it wants me to try to set up the session and I don't seem to have much direction on that. I tried using the my.ini to load settings, as well looking in the file to try to use some of the values but that seems to fail.
I tried running the MySQL Client (Maria DB 10.0) directly but it prompts for a password, which I do not have.

Does anyone have links to where I can find more information on editing the db for this? I tried looking around on the wiki, but i am missing any details around this. So far my searches so far are not turning up anything which is getting me the details i need as well, but I may be searching for the wrong keywords.

Assuming you're trying to log into the database from the local machine, all you need is the password from the eqemu_config.xml file.

[Gulfin]

How to uninstall this pack its impossible , always try to re-install it self ( btw he's dont create backup on windows ). Nice work with auto install. but crappy work on uninstall process.

[aoneone81]

Hi, im trying to uninstall akka's peq repack but after restarting my computer, i get this strange window that says its trying to install it again. I made sure the *.msi isn't even located anywhere yet it asks for it? What the heck is going on.. freakin virus wannabe :(