Here is my latest attempt at connecting to my server. I found this in the client debug file.

Flat out refusing the connection for some reason. I have a cmd window whose title bar is 7001:Sleeping. I looked in taskmgr and there are 12 zone processes running ( I have all of the starting cities as static zones) plus the 5 dynamic.

I've ran eqemu in the past successfully (after many hurdles); but, never seen this problem before. Thanks for any insight

Didn't get back in time to edit my last post.

Here is my server window listing in case that helps

Can you post your start.bat file, and also what you have in your launcher and launcher_zones tables? Maybe you don't have them all matching up properly.

I am unsure if the AX repack works for SoF, but I assume it would. You might also want to post your server config file (make sure to remove your password). And, also verify for sure that you have Port Forwarding set in your router to forward port 9000 as well as ports 7000-7500 to your server.

I do have port 9000 forward. I am only forwarding 7000 - 7100 however. Should I change that to 7500?

XML config file - LAN only until I get it running.

Launcher Table
Name Dynamics
Cities 0
Ships 0
zones 5

Launcher Zones Table (1 from each launcher)
Launcher Zone Port
Cities akanon 0
Ships freporte 1201

Nothing for the zones launcher

There is no start.bat. AX Repack uses a .NET based launcher program. I fired up the program. I have a cmd window (as listed above) however, the tile bar is listed as such

0:timorous, 0 clients


I hope that is enough info. I am using the repack for the bots and the old school EQ world. Hate starting in Glooming Deep :D

Well, LAN setups can sometimes be harder to configure properly than Public ones. The hard part is this part of your config:


On a public server, you wouldn't even set that at all, you would leave that section commented out.

Here is what I set mine to for my test LAN server:

Mine probably isn't standard though, because I run my server on VMWare in Linux and it connects to my main PC running windows where the minilogin is running. Someone more familiar with minilogin setups is probably going to need to help you with that.

And, if the repack setup has some different special launcher, then that is probably why you are having a problem. I see a ton of zone launching in your server log and you don't have hardly any configured in your launcher_zones table. You need to put each zone you are launching in your launcher zones table to match your launcher program, or the server won't know where to send you. Maybe try setting them all to dynamics and remove all of the static stuff you have set until you can get that working. Your tables and launcher program have to match perfectly, which is probably your main issue atm.

Just for the record, AX Repack has always been compatible with SoF, currently up to date with all the latest SoF code.

Since AX repack is really intended for play at home (EQOFFLINE), It has a minimal amount of zones loaded, which is 3 dynamic and the optional 5 ship zones. I'm able to play fine alone or with a friend like this.

I've seen where mounting many zones (static/dynamic) consumes more resources, so this way, you're able to play even with a slower/older machine.

If you look in tables launcher and launcher_zones, you'll see where there are over 100 zones available for static (split up 13 ways so you can choose), and up to 15 dynamic. You just have to set it up in your startup file. But be aware 100+ static zones are intended for around 100+ players and this will require more resources in bandwidth, CPU usage, etc.