No zoneserver
 

Hi everybody, I was having a hard time scouring the forum for a related post, so I hope this hasn't been asked before.


I can't seem to get passed character creation as any attempt yields the message "Zone not available"
In world.exe:

[Debug][WORLD__CLIENT] "username" Attempting autobootup of gfaydark (56:0)
[Debug][WORLD__CLIENT_ERR] "username" no zoneserver available to boot up

it says the same for any starting location after character creation

When I'm not trying to get passed creation these lines keep repeating , the number iterating.

[Debug][WORLD__LAUNCH] zone: dynamic_01 reported state STARTED (165 starts)
[Debug][WORLD__LAUNCH] zone: dynamic_01 reported state STOPPED (165 starts)

In eqlaunch.exe:

[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Starting zone dynamic_01
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Zone dynamic_01 has been started.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Waiting 20000 milliseconds before booting the second zone.
[Debug] [LAUNCHER__STATUS] Zone dynamic_01 has gone down. Restart timer started.

and that just repeats itself over and over, the zone dynamic_01 goes down almost as soon as it is started, again and again.

I followed this guide for server setup:
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...rverSetupGuide

I appear stuck, any advice?

THANKS IN ADVANCE

NOTE: I could zip and email anyone the log folder if it would expedite finding a solution!

Look in the individual zone logs for errors. If that doesn't prove useful, build with debug information and post the stack trace from the zone log when it crashes.

[04.09. - 19:20:02] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_debug_zone_0196.log
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] Loading server configuration..
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] Log settings loaded from log.ini
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] Connecting to MySQL...
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] CURRENT_VERSION: 1.0.0
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] Log settings loaded from ./log.ini
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] Mapping Incoming Opcodes
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] Loading Variables
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] Loading zone names
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] Loading items
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT_ERR] Loading items FAILED!
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] Failed. But ignoring error and going on...
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT] Loading npc faction lists
[04.09. - 19:20:02] [ZONE__INIT_ERR] Loading npcs faction lists FAILED!

Below are the contents of three log files


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[04.09. - 18:32:22] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_error_shared_memory_2228.log
[04.09. - 18:32:22] EQEmu Exception (Shared Memory) in ..\..\common\memory_mapped_file.cpp at line (58): Could not open a file for this shared memory segment.


---------------------------------------------
[04.09. - 18:32:22] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_error_world_4248.log
[04.09. - 18:32:22] Error Loading Items: EQEmu Exception (Shared Memory) in ..\..\common\memory_mapped_file.cpp at line (109): Could not open the file to find the existing file size.
[04.09. - 18:32:22] Could not load EQTime file eqtime.cfg

---------------------------------------------
[04.09. - 19:20:02] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_error_zone_0196.log
[04.09. - 19:20:02] Error Loading Items: EQEmu Exception (Shared Memory) in ..\..\common\memory_mapped_file.cpp at line (109): Could not open the file to find the existing file size.
[04.09. - 19:20:02] Error Loading npc factions: EQEmu Exception (Shared Memory) in ..\..\common\memory_mapped_file.cpp at line (109): Could not open the file to find the existing file size.

I included the .pbd files necessary to create a detailed crash report, but im not sure if that's what you mean. I also don't know how to find or post a stack trace lol. : D

Did you run shared_memory.exe before starting the server?

Here's my batch file


@echo off
shared_memory.exe
start world.exe
echo waiting for the world to finish before starting zone...
ping -n 10 127.0.0.1 > nul
start queryserv.exe
start ucs.exe
start eqlaunch.exe zone
exit

I copied that from the guide and just realized it might need the word start before shared_memory.exe! I should also inform the guide. About to test this, will report on it! Thank you!

I'm getting the same results and this log file
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[04.09. - 21:14:44] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_error_shared_memory_6004.log
[04.09. - 21:14:44] EQEmu Exception (Shared Memory) in ..\..\common\memory_mapped_file.cpp at line (58): Could not open a file for this shared memory segment.

SOLVED: simply lacked a folder called shared :/ Thanks for the help though!