EQEmulator Forums - Problems getting minilogin to work... ((was "Min Sys Re

OK, for anyone who is interested in knowing all the info from the original posts concerning this issue, please go here:

http://eqemu.sourceforge.net/forums/...;threadid=1371

but keep in mind that that thread also has information concerning issues with connecting to the public servers as well as running my own public server.

With regard to the minilogin.exe issues, a quick disclaimer:

I know that the minilogin version for 0.3.0 of the emu is not supported, but I'm not sure about the minilogin for version 0.3.1... if it is not supported, then I understand, but I would still very much like to hear comments, suggestions, and ideas about how I might be able to fix this problem.

Here is a list of system hardware and other critical system information:

Windows98 SE

AMD K6-2/300MHz CPU

Asus P5A Super 7 Mainboard

512MB RAM (256MB PC/100, 256MB PC/133)

Gigabyte version of nVidia Riva TNT-2 64MB graphics card

11.5GB Hard Drive with 4.5GB free space

DB9.sql (available from the World Builders board)

Here is a cut and pasted list of the contents of my critical eqemu files (i.e. loginserver.ini, etc.)...

db.ini... (settings for both minilogin configuration AND public servers connec configuration--should be same according to readme.txt)

# READ README.TXT!

[Database]
host=localhost
user=<I'm not including this information, but it IS correct>
password=<I'm not including this information, but it IS correct>
database=eq

### --- This file tells world.exe what computer mySQL is on. Host should
### --- be left as localhost unless mysql is
### --- on a differant computer than world.exe.

LoginServer.ini (minilogin configuration)

### --- This file tells world.exe what loginserver to connect to.
### --- do not add an account and password unless a EQEmu Dev member has created an account for you.
### --- adding an account and password only grants the server a green name and is not needed.

# READ README.TXT

[LoginServer]
loginserver=localhost
worldname=Agarwaendor
locked=false
account=
password=
worldaddress=localhost
loginport=5999

Boot5Zones.Win9x.bat (minilogin configuration)

REM: ****Read this first!!!****

REM: This file requires your real IP in the place of 127.0.0.1 when you are connecting
REM: To a EQEmu Loginserver.

REM: When you are using minilogin, leave all IP entrys as 127.0.0.1 and if you still getting
REM: Errors try using localhost as the IP instead of 127.0.0.1

REM: zone9x.exe is for use with Windows 98 and ME only.
REM: If you are running Windows NT/2000 or XP use ZoneNT.exe

REM:--------------Start-----------------------

@echo off
start zone9x . 127.0.0.1 7995 127.0.0.1
start zone9x . 127.0.0.1 7996 127.0.0.1
start zone9x . 127.0.0.1 7997 127.0.0.1
start zone9x . 127.0.0.1 7998 127.0.0.1
start zone9x . 127.0.0.1 7999 127.0.0.1
exit
cls

REM:---------------END------------------------

eqhost.txt (minilogin configuration)

[Registration Servers]
{
"localhost:5999"
}
[Login Servers]
{
"localhost:5999"
}

Here is a log of the messages I recieve in my minilogin.exe, world.exe, and zone9x.exe windows when I try to connect via minilogin...

Minilogin messages

[LoginConfig] block not found in LoginServer.ini.
Server mode: Standalone
Login server listening on port:5999
New TCP connection: 127.0.0.1:1153
Dropping Connection: 0.0.0.0:0
Removing LWorld from ip: 0.0.0.0, port: 0

*****The last three lines of the above messages are what showed up through the process of running, and then later shutting down, the world.exe and zone9x.exe progs.

World.exe messages

LoginServer.ini read.
Using database 'eq' at localhost
Loading items...done.
Loading guild ranks...done.
World server listening on: port 9000
Connected to LoginServer: localhost:5999

Zone9x.exe messages

Using database 'eq' at localhost
Loading items & NPCs...DB Query Error
Error #1054: Unknown column 'd_meele_texture1' in 'field list'
NPCs loaded - using old database format
done.
Spells loaded from 'spdat.eff'.
Loading guild ranks...done.
Loading faction data...done.
Unable to get the host name. Error: 11001InitWorldServer failed
Entering sleep mode

*****These errors are differenet from the errors I was getting with the 0.3.0 version of the emu and minilogin... the errors I WAS getting are listed below:

Using database 'eq' at localhost
Loading items & NPCs...done.
Spells loaded from 'spdat.eff'.
Loading guild ranks...done.
Loading faction data...done.
Unable to get the host name. Error: 11001InitWorldServer failed
Entering sleep mode

*****The difference between the old error messages and the new ones is limited only in the first error... once the system tries to read the old database format it works "normally" again and reports the inability to get the host name. In short, the only "real" problem still existing is the problem I was having before that I cannot figure out what's causing it.

I do not understand the lines:

Dropping Connection: 0.0.0.0:0
Removing LWorld from ip: 0.0.0.0, port: 0

from the end of the minilogin messages... I don't know where it is getting 0.0.0.0 or port 0 from, but these two lines show up as I shut down the world.exe prog after the zone9x.exe progs have all been closed.

As far as I can tell, all of my files are edited properly, all of my configurations are set up properly, and the only thing I haven't done in the last two or three days is patch EQ.

So, I'm going to patch EQ, check to see if my public server works properly (see the thread "Min Sys Requirements" for info on that issue), and then try minilogin again.

I'll post an update about how the minilogin works after I patch EQ ad try it... In the meantime, any help or suggesstions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kyouchou