53 And the Perl quest system.

Has anyone running windows been able to get perl runing???
if so can you list what you did to get it becuase i tried it running XP and it seems to be incompatable/.


FYI 5.0 works fine I wish there was an updated patch for this one

[Scorpious2k]

Has anyone running windows been able to get perl runing???
if so can you list what you did to get it becuase i tried it running XP and it seems to be incompatable/.

We've been running the Perl quests since we converted to 5.0 with no problems. Each upgrade we have done nothing with the Perl portion and it has kept running like a charm.

Actually that isn't entirely true. When you compile the new release, you do have to define EMBPERL and include the two perl related programs in the project. Since I modify the code to add the Scorpious2k Server unique features I am in it anyway, so this really isn't anything major.

Has anyone running windows been able to get perl runing???
if so can you list what you did to get it becuase i tried it running XP and it seems to be incompatable/.

We've been running the Perl quests since we converted to 5.0 with no problems. Each upgrade we have done nothing with the Perl portion and it has kept running like a charm.

Actually that isn't entirely true. When you compile the new release, you do have to define EMBPERL and include the two perl related programs in the project. Since I modify the code to add the Scorpious2k Server unique features I am in it anyway, so this really isn't anything major.


I see Hmm guess i will have to wait on a release then because I can't afford 2k just to compile the binarys..

[Lurker_005]

I'm using the 5.2 with perl that was released already compiled. works fine for me, but it took a little bit to get it setup.

Download and install activestate perl.
I then installed the perl scalers (not required for just pl quests?)
this took the most work
see http://www.everquestserver.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11776&highlight=perl+delete
and install perl 5.8, all defaults
hit enter on all config defaults except for location of nmake.exe
perl -MCPAN -e shell
install IO::Scalar
Install finishes successfully

Note you WILL need a copy of nmake.exe to install scalers
perhaps the make included in http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/ will work

[Eglin]

actually, you don't need nmake to install IO::Scalar. Since it isn't a binary module, you can just untar it and put it somewhere in @inc.

[mollymillions]

Download and install activestate perl.
I then installed the perl scalers (not required for just pl quests?)

The release exe would have been compiled with Perl plugin support therefore you will need to run the Scalar install to use these exe's, but you can compile the Zone binary with Perl scripting enabled but without the plugin support, in which case you do not need to do the scalar install.

[Lurker_005]

Ahh thanks Molly that clears that up a bit


actually, you don't need nmake to install IO::Scalar. Since it isn't a binary module, you can just untar it and put it somewhere in @inc.

Any more info on the "easy" way to get scalers installed? I have them installed and working, but if there is a less involved way for people without nmake....