Thank you for your reply, Huppy.
Even after examining the dbg.txt file, I still have the same error message.
Does it take time for the eqemulator to process a new loginserver account?
I am using a shortcut to eqgame patchme.
I am using an eqemu loginserver account.
I even tried turning off my windows firewall in case ports are blocked. (Yes, as the dbg.txt shows, I am playing in a VirtualBox. So I turned off BOTH windows firewalls, host and client.)
I have connected ROF2 before to my own personal eqemu server with t_start_server_with_login_server.bat. But even with 23 bots, it still gets lonely.
Any additional insights or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
dbg.txt seems mostly related to graphics
Here are the contents of my dbg.txt for ROF2 (just tried it again):
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:20 2022]00000:Starting EverQuest (Built May 10 2013 23:30:0
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:20 2022]00001:EverQuest Configuration Type: RELEASE_NON_AVATAR
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:20 2022]00002:Timezone: UTC-5h00m
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:20 2022]00003:Loading graphics DLL.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:20 2022]00004:Parsing INI file .\defaults.ini
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:20 2022]00005:INI file .\defaults.ini loaded.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:20 2022]00006:Parsing INI file .\eqclient.ini
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:20 2022]00007:INI file .\eqclient.ini loaded.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:22 2022]00008:Graphics DLL Configuration Type: GraphicsDLL9
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:22 2022]00009:Graphics DLL Version 2.00.70657
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:22 2022]00010:Initializing timers.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00011:Psh (139650).
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00012:Checking critical files.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00013:Initializing WinSock.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00014:Enumerating 3D devices.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00000:Found adapter #0 - VirtualBox Graphics Adapter (WDDM) (6.1.36.2435)
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00001:Adapter #0 - VirtualBox Graphics Adapter (WDDM) :
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00002:32Bit = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00003:16Bit(565) = 1, D32 = 0, D24 = 1, D16 = 1
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00004:16Bit(1555) = 0, D32 = 0, D24 = 0, D16 = 0
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00015:Initializing keypress handler.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00016:Loading keyboard tables.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00017:Creating window.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:25 2022]00018:Checking display driver version.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00019:Activating window.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00005:CRender::InitDevice: Using 32bit mode.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00006:CRender::InitDevice: Using vsync 0.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00007:CRender::InitDevice: Using 24bit depth buffer with 8 bit stencil.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00008:CRender::InitDevice: HardwareTnL Enabled.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00009:Using hardware vertex shaders.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00010:Initializing render system.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00011:Trilinear Mipmapping available.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00012:Vertex Shader Version: 3.0
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00013:Pixel Shader Version: 3.0
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00014:Initializing engine internals.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00015:CRender::InitDevice completed successfully.
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00000:Parsing INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini
[Mon Nov 21 18:00:26 2022]00001:INI file ./eqlsUIConfig.ini loaded.