Perl/Quest Questions

[tkd1991a]

I followed the guide
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=Windows6

to get a fresh install of a server up and running. My problem is that when I hail an NPC for a quest I get no response back.

Is there something I have to do to get the quest to start functioning? I know this is pretty vague in detail so if I should post up some other info please let me know.

Thank you

[HurtinuDaily]

I had the same problem,

First of make sure you have your quests in:
\eqemu\quests not eqemu\quests\quests or soemthing
Then I made sure I had the newest world.exe
and opcodes.conf - I think this was what actually fxxed it because I was getting opcode errors.

Are you getting any opcode errors?

This install has all the newest files I think, If you want you could download the no installer version and just copy over the newer exe's
http://eqemulator.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18934
Wouldnt suggest using the one with the installer if you already have your db sourced.

[tkd1991a]

yeah at the top I get a list of op code errors

I'll give the raw version an attempt, thanks for suggestion

[tkd1991a]

do we need a Source Directory for our EQEMU??? following the other install guide I never ended up with a Source Directory.

[HurtinuDaily]

I just keep my source in a seperate place so I can keep track of what I modified.

[tkd1991a]

sorry I mean I just noticed in the Dark Rogue Installer there is a SOURCE directory that is made and following the other tutorial there is no source directory and I'm not sure if I need that or not.... errr what its for

[HurtinuDaily]

ohhh
no you dont need a source directory, thats just the code for the exe's and stuff before they were compiled, so they play no role at all in how the eqemu server runs except of you want to make a change to the program you edit the source and re-compile it.

^master of runnon sentences.

[tkd1991a]

still having the problem... the new opcodes cleared up those error messages that I saw.

However I still can't get NPCs to respond to me when I hail them : (

any other suggestions

[HurtinuDaily]

Did you replace all the exe's and dll's in your directory with cavedudes? dd you install IO:Scalar?

[tkd1991a]

I just replaced the world.exe and the opcodes

[HurtinuDaily]

I just thoguht of soemthing!!!
do you have an eqemu\maps directory with the maps in it, could be a line of site issue.

the maps are a huge download but you need them for eqemu to know if you have line of site.

get them here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e...ar.gz?download

also just replace all the exe's and emushare.dll with the ones from cavedudes installer, I am using those exe's and I am having no problems atm.

[tkd1991a]

yeah i have the maps but I'm going to re extract those and copy over the rest of the files when I get home. Thanks again for the help

[HurtinuDaily]

not a problem.....
I am really bored neway

[tallerin]

Just to metion make sure you are useing the perlzone.exe not the plain zone.exe.
You will not get any response from anybody with the nonperlzone.exe. If you are useing the perlzone.exe then i dunno. The Only things that i can think that would create this issue would be wrong zone.exe , quest are in a subfolder in c:\eqemu\quest like what was metioned above in the post, or there is no quest file made for said npc yet.

[tkd1991a]

ok how do I know if i'm using a perlzone.exe??? I run boot5zones and I'm not sure what its running?

Also I started getting an error when trying to use DarkRogue install it said something about error loading NPCs STR column not recognized.... I'll have to recheck it when i get home and post the exact error tomorrow.



EDIT: Ok I noticed that in DarkRogue the boot5zones starts only the zone.exe not the perl so I'll change that and try again