Vanishing characters after windows format?
 

Started a new thread for an entirely different question. so i just redid/reformatted my operating system. and the level 2 tutorial character i made vanished. now there arent any made characters on the character list. How do i prevent them from vanishing when ever i have to reinstall windows again?>

Characters are stored in your mysql/mariadb database, with various aspects of them spread across several tables. If characters disappear when you reinstall Windows, then you most likely didn't fully back up your eqemu database and restore it after the reinstallation.

hello thanks for the prompt reply! can you walk me through backing it all up real quick?

Huh. It looks like Akka's repack comes with a pre-made backup script for that. Nice, Akka.

Look for "t_backup_server_database" under:

C:\EQ - AKKA'S PEQ REPACK\EQEMU SERVER\

Running that (I assume you can run it with a simple double-click from Explorer) looks like it should make a backup of your database in the Backups folder inside there.

In Navicat you can do this: http://prntscr.com/8gskx3

In HeidiSQL you can do this: http://prntscr.com/8gsl7g

Edit: Shendare posted as I did, but Akkadius also has an auto-backup, but this is a manual way of doing the exact same thing.

Ooh, now we know Kingly_Krab's database schemas. HACK ATTACK!

when i try to open the t_backup_server_database as in the akka repack. it quickly says error occurred...exiting. then vanishes. it wont stay open long enough to read any of it except that. what do i do to fix that?

Well, easiest way is to do it the HeidiSQL way, since Akka's Repack installs that as well. Find the HeidiSQL icon in your start menu / screen (it's green and yellow) and open it. Log in with the credentials in the <database> section of your eqemu_config.xml. Right-click the database containing your eqemu tables, and choose "Export database as SQL" as shown in Kingly_Krab's screenshot.

It should default to Create Database, Create Tables, Export All Tables, Structure + Data, and Single .sql file.

Tell it where you want the backup .sql file to go (it might even have a default set for that) and start it up. Takes a minute or two. You can .zip the resulting .sql file to save disk space if you need, since it's just a huge text file.

Don't try to open it in Notepad. Hahaha.

Okay i will try that and let you know how it goes. thanks alot guys. good to have people to help out big ole nooberts like me.

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EQEmu Update Utility Menu:
1) Backup Database - (Saves to Backups folder)
2) Backup Database Compressed - (Saves to Backups folder)
3) Run pending REQUIRED updates... (65)
4) AAs - Download Latest AA's from PEQ (This overwrites existing data)
5) OPCodes - Download latest opcodes
6) Maps - Download latest map and water files
7) Plugins - Download latest Perl plugins
8) Quests - Download latest PEQ quests and stage updates
9) LUA Modules - Download latest LUA Modules (Required for Lua)
20) Force update this script (Redownload)
0) Exit

Enter numbered option and press enter...

>Trying to download latest updates. by pressing 3. all of the errors above show. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. im confused what can i do about this?

That quote is from the setup guide..which you may have missed using the repack.


The menu is telling you that you need to press '3' again to apply the updates.

i dont think its giving me a straight through update though. it never says applying updates.

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
On every update it tries to do. i do the 3. and then 3 again as said. something is very wrong i think .. : ( maybe something got corrupt or something?

reason i was trying to update is because. when i go into the game. start the tutorial at mines of gloomingdeep. every character i make. ends up in a spot on the map they're not suppose to right when i zone in. and get stuck. and its all glitchy. if the updates are okay. then how do i fix zoning in to a stuck character everytime?

Keep an ear out..I haven't run across this particular situation before.


EDIT: On the Mines issue..I think there is a post about that.


As far as the update menu, if your db is up-to-date, you shouldn't be getting the menu..only a quick blip in the console window
saying that updates are being checked.

If you're getting the menu and it's saying you need to update..then it doesn't let you..that is odd...


EDIT2: What client did you say you are using?

Try the last solution in this thread and report the results back, si vous plais :D

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/sho...s+gloomingdeep