can anyone help me to spawn the world?

[fenghan213]

er....it's like this,i have set the server in the right condition
and..i can login in my client now.
but...when i get into my server,into my world,there's no npc or any spawns
i wonder how to spawn the world,how to make my server full of people...can somebody help?
ps:i start the server only with those things below,

@echo off
Echo Starting MiniLogin Server
D:
cd eqemu
start minilogin.exe
echo.
echo.

cd D:\eqemu
start world.exe
echo waiting a bit for world to finish loading...
echo.
echo.
ping -n 10 127.0.0.1 > nul

echo starting zone
start eqlaunch.exe zone
exit

[Derision]

You don't give any useful information for anyone to help, i.e. what revision of the server you are running and what revision of the database, what errors you are seeing in the files in the logs/ directory, but I'll take a guess at what your problem is.

If, for example, you download Revision x of the server source or executables, and have installed version y of the PEQ database, look here:

http://code.google.com/p/projecteqemu/source/browse/#svn/trunk/EQEmuServer/utils/sql/svn

And source in each .sql file that has a prefix > x and <= y.

E.g. if you are running rev1264 of the server and you installed rev1052 of the PEQ database, source any sql files with a prefix between 1053 and 1264.

In particular, you most likely need this one for your NPCs to load:

http://code.google.com/p/projecteqemu/source/browse/trunk/EQEmuServer/utils/sql/svn/1259_npc_skill_types.sql

[fenghan213]

many thanks，man，let me check my version,er,my server is rev 1264 and,my db is rev1052,yes,just like u say:-D
now i have added what u gave me,and the server is full of npc now,but there's still a little problem....er,when i hail to the npc,they just stand there say nothing,i presume they shall reponse to me if i greeting them,i dont know,maybe i should try some other npc~
by the way,is there any topic about how to add bots? I only got one friend on my side,if there're some bots with us would be much better when we explore the world~
thanks again,dude~~

[fenghan213]

all npc dont response me~~and i cant bind my soul to any soulbinder too..
master Derision,do u have any suggestion?

[Derision]

Do you have the PEQ quests installed into the quests folder of your eqemu directory ?

E.g. say your have zone.exe, world.exe installed into c:\eqemu, you should have a c:\eqemu\quests directory with sub-directories for each zone, e.g. c:\eqemu\quests\poknowledge, etc., with .pl files inside them.

Assuming you do, what version of Perl do you have (used the command perl -v ) from a command prompt.

Finally in your server logs directory, you should have a bunch of files named eqemu_quest_zone_nnnn.log. Are there any error messages in them ?

You also need to copy the quests\plugins directory into your main eqemu directory, so if you have everything installed into c:\eqemu, copy c:\eqemu\quests\plugins to c:\eqemu\plugins, but missing that step wouldn't stop you being able to hail a mob.

[joligario]

Missing maps or maps in wrong folder will do that also.

[fenghan213]

quests files? i do install it properly i guess
and i have the perl binary build 1007 291969 v5.10.1 built
after i check the .log file,all eqemu_quest_zone_nnnn.log are goes very well,but i got eqemu_error_zone_nnnn things,i shall show u the latest one:

---------------------------------------------
[03.06. - 17:50:51] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_error_zone_5648.log
[03.06. - 17:50:51] Path File ./Maps/poknowledge.path not found.
[03.06. - 18:37:48] Path File ./Maps/poknowledge.path not found.
[03.06. - 18:41:16] Path File ./Maps/kaladimb.path not found.
[03.06. - 18:42:38] Path File ./Maps/tox.path not found.
[03.06. - 18:55:14] Path File ./Maps/kaladima.path not found.
[03.06. - 18:57:19] Path File ./Maps/tox.path not found.
[03.06. - 19:42:57] Path File ./Maps/tox.path not found.
[03.06. - 20:01:46] Path File ./Maps/tox.path not found.
[03.06. - 20:35:17] Ghosting client: Account ID:1 Name:fenghan213 Character:Backstaber IP:192.168.1.193
[03.06. - 20:51:15] Path File ./Maps/tox.path not found.
[03.06. - 20:58:12] Path File ./Maps/tox.path not found.
[03.06. - 21:03:27] Path File ./Maps/tox.path not found.
[03.06. - 21:21:14] Path File ./Maps/tox.path not found.

it seems i cant find some .path file,maybe i should re-download the map files~

[fenghan213]

and when i was entering a zone,the world.exe and minilogin.exe has something showing
----------------------------------------
minilogin.exe show this:
1111219 new client from ip:xxxxxxx port:xxxx
unknown packet: .4233692 [92.153.64.0:15->0.0.0.0:0]
[OpCode 0x0003 (OP_Unknown) Size=11]
00000: 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00
-----------------------------------------------
and the world.exe shows this(part of them):

[Debug] [WORLD_CLIENT] fenghan111:Logged in.Mode=(Zoning)
[Debug] [WORLD_CLIENT] fenghan111:MiniLogin Account #2
[Debug] [WORLD_CLIENT] fenghan111:Telling client to continue session.
Unable to get group id,char not found!
[Debug] [WORLD_CLIENT] fenghan111:Zoning to kaladimb (67:0)
[Debug] [WORLD_CLIENT] fenghan111:Sending client to zone kaladimb (67:0)at eqs.starspark.net:7004
[Debug] [WORLD_ZONE] [5] [kaladimb] Setting to 'kaladimb' (67:0)
[Debug] [WORLD_CLIENT] fenghan111:Client disconnected (not active in process)


and on top of the minilogin.exe,it only shows 1 server(s),0 client(s) connected:?

but i can still running in the game or do some other things,like leveling up,buy items and so on~~
it confused me so much...what was wrong...i cant talk with npc,cant bind soul,and i cant receive any quest from npc,this is too bad for me...


by the way,i remembering something,the first i run the server by use minilogin.exe or world.exe(or zone.exe),and it says there's no perl58.dll,cant start.then i serch the whole disk and found a perl58.dll,but the version is 5.89.827(old version,right?),so,i copyed this file into eqemu,maybe i shall change this file???

[fenghan213]

i download the pathfiles_01 from the web,and now some of the zones' npc start to talk to me,but....where's the rest zone's pathfile then?
like kaladim,and so on,in kaladim i still can not talk to the npc~~no~~

[Derision]

Not having a .path file will not cause problems with quests. .path files only exist for a 'few' zones, so getting a .path file not found is not something you should be concerned about.

If some mobs respond to Hails and others don't, assuming the mob in question has a quest file assocaited with it, try getting closer when Hailing, as you have to be quite close for it to register.

[fenghan213]

yes,it shall be.i will try that next time~
another question,when i teleport from Plane of K to Neriak,and the zone wasn't showing correctly,i was stand in the darkness,it seems the land(nektoxs forest) is beyond my charactor..and every monster is falling..so i copyed some map file from the new_map.zip,but the problem still exist.
thanks u so much~
need some sleep now
oh,btw,what should i say when the "vivian the trueth" ask me whether i was "new to the world"?
does this 1180rev bot server have some adventure,where can i get those?
the monster's ai seems to be a little uncomfortable,they always attack the one weak in AC,and dont response to other taunt skill,and if i go away,the monster will change,is there any better one to replace it?
oh,too much question....sorry~

[Derision]

There are different versions of Nektulos forest as SOE revamped the zone (several times?).

The PEQ database is designed to use the orignal version of the zone. Go into your client directory and rename nektulos.eqg to nektulos.eqg.bak. This will force the client to load the original version (nektulos.s3d).

The Vivian The True quest script does not appear to be finished. According to various websites, she should offer tasks, however they may be for a later expansion than the PEQ database is up to at the moment.

The Rev1180a-bots file contains a version of the server with 'Bots' enabled. Bots are NPCs that you can add to your group to help you, like computer-controlled players.

[fenghan213]

:D
thanks,i own u so much~