Getting rich the easy way

[poet1960]

I have done some searching and found a few solutions to my problem but most are too labor intensive to try at the moment. Is there an easy way to spawn/summon money in game for a character? I can't seem to find any way to do it. I am running local server with the server pack from project eq. Got it running my first try and have been playing a little bit. Any ideas?

[leslamarch]

#givemoney [pp] [gp] [sp] [cp] - Gives specified amount of money to the target player.

[poet1960]

Thanks :) Will give it a shot. I presume the syntax would be #givemoney [3] [4] [3] [6] ?

[trevius]

"#givemoney 1 10 100 1000" is how you want to use it.

[poet1960]

Ah ok, no wonder I was having problems occasionally, I was putting in the braces...sometimes programs want them in there. Thanks a lot.

[poet1960]

Bummer, it doesn't recognize the command....I gotta go to work now thanks for the help.

[leslamarch]

Bummer, it doesn't recognize the command....I gotta go to work now thanks for the help.
how old is your setup? this was added in

==2/24/2009==
cavedude: Added command #givemoney.

so maybe yours install pack is older then this?

[Shendare]

Oh, I didn't know about #givemoney.

I just put a command in my default.pl script that has NPCs giving me some test money to work with if I give them the secret codeword. :cool:

It checks $status, too, of course. Just in case. :D

- Shendare

[poet1960]

I just downloaded the auto installer from project eq and used the recommended versions for mysql and perl. So I am not sure what's going on. I used to play with runuo and it was much simpler to set up then this server. Too bad no one has made an admin tool that you can bring up in the game.

[Sylaei]

I, too, did not know about the give money command. When I need money, I just summon a 'bag of platinum'. Then sell to the merchant. Be careful though you may not be able to move. If you summon some j boots you can still move, slowly, but you can still move.

[poet1960]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I updated to a more current version aside from having to redownload a newer version of perl it worked great. One item of note though, I tried to dl the newest version but the installer program said it was corrupt and it wouldn't install. http://www.projecteq.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4612
0.7.0-1129Rev233 so I installed rev 89. Although, I still can't get the #givemoney command to work. Oh well.

[vales]

That's because those binaries are super old. Like, last year. EQEmu is on Rev620 as of writing this, and you're using Rev233.

Go get the newest ones here (http://code.google.com/p/projecteqemu/). Depending on if you want to use Bots or not, get the one you want to use. :)

[poet1960]

Wow, ok thanks. I have seen a bit about bots. I presume they are macros to level up your character or what? BTW what version of perl does the latest version use.

[poet1960]

I just had a look at that rev and it looks like I would have to do a manual install (as far as I can tell). What I currently have works, so I am a bit leery about tinkering with trying to figure out where all the files in that rev zip would go.

[blackdragonsdg]

BTW what version of perl does the latest version use.

The latest emulator rev requires perl v5.10

[vales]

Yup - than that's it. :) For example, let's say you were using the previous Rev497.

If you have everything set up already, just download the Rev590-instance-Bots.zip from the above address and update the SQL entries up until that revision.

Just follow a guide for setting up the server and get the updates from this address: http://projecteqemu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/EQEmuServer. You're not compiling the source, but rather just getting the updates so you can stay current.

Also, using tortoise, you can get the database updates by using the PEQ address directly - http://projecteqdb.googlecode.com/svn/trunk. Just make a folder and "SVN check out" with the address.


All you would have to do is source all of the SQL files from revision 497 to 590. So you would be using these SQL files.

500_spawn2_optimization.sql
503_bugs.sql
518_drakkin_npc_type_features.sql
524_rule_values_notes.sql
527_npc_armor_tint.sql
553_saylink_table.sql
564_nokeyring.sql

There's been a ton of updates as far as the database goes for PEQ. If you can get your hands on the latest binaries for EQEmu, then by all means, update away. :D

[poet1960]

Thanks for the help. I am not sure this makes a difference but the computer I am running the server on doesn't have an internet connection, I have to use a laptop to get all the files etc that I need and I noticed that some of the stuff tries to pull from the internet which isn't available on the actual system I am using. I am still kind of fuzzy on how or what to do to actually go about installing the files from the latest rev as well as I have no idea what to do with the stuff from rev627 binaries I guess they are. I am sure I could probably figure it out in time but I am afraid of messing things up so bad I have to start completely from scratch.

[poet1960]

Well I've got everything pretty much done but I am having problems with trying to 'source' things in. I have no idea where the original setup program put things when I first installed it. I tried using the mysql command prompt but that didn't work out too well. Tried Navicat but it doesn't have a 'source' option. I don't know EXACTLY how to source something using either mysql or navicat. I have a rough idea but no clear cut idea. I am guessing navicat is probably the easiest way to do it but have no clue which thing to use to do it.

[trevius]

With Navicat, you should be able to just right click your database and select to run a batch file. Then, just find the .sql file that you want to source in and run it. Though, I would highly recommend that before doing any changes, you back your whole database up by right clicking it and selecting to dump it to a file.

[poet1960]

ok thanks, didn't realize the sqls were batch files.

[poet1960]

One question, when you day 'database' which one do you mean in the directory tree? mysql? peq? or something else in the tree?

[trevius]

I mean the name of your database, which by default from following the playguide would normally be peq or ax or something, but you can really name it anything you want when you create it.

[poet1960]

I would just like to say thanks for all the help I've gotten here. Thanks. I do have a suggestion though, I really liked the installer I got from the Project EQ website, simple to use and everything is compatible when run. I would suggest that whoever maintains the files make more of those installers because the biggest problem I have noticed in the short time I have been playing with this is that trying to figure out which version of perl which version of the emulator which version of the db etc to use together. It seems to me that it would be better to release installers that only have files that are compatible all around and says which version of mysql perl etc to use. I would guess that there are people out there that have everything running perfectly with at least some version of everything and it would be nice if someone either made an installer or at least assembled files by compatibility so it isn't so darn hard to figure out which version of what to use. For example, for version x.xx of the emulator use mysql version x.x perl x.x and database whatever, so then at least you know that which ever version you use you know which files will work with it and which won't. I think it's great that so many people put in a lot of hard work to make new stuff all the time but wouldn't it be a little better to release a compilation every month or so that is a COMPLETELY compatible version of the latest stuff. Of course the people who want to get new updates daily or however fast they come still can. Just an idea.

[poet1960]

All problems solved. I downloaded AX's server repack, its awesome. Easy to install, all the goodies PLUS tools to edit tweak etc. Sooooo much easier than trying to figure out all the compatibility issues and sourcing things in the hard way. I would suggest using it for anyone like me that just wants to play the game without having to worry about all kinds of other stuff. Here is a link to it http://forums.nahunta.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=317&start=0