[rmanders]

I need some assistance when upgrading the EQEmu server. I'm trying to use the latest release (as posted on the downloads page from 12/04) of EQMU and I'm having difficulties with getting connected to a zone.

I may be going about this the wrong way, but let me explain what I've done:

1) I installed EQEmu ServerPack 3.52 with PEQ and Cavedude's database (I'm currently using PEQ)

2) everything runs fine, I can connect fine thorugh the client. Note: I use the provided start.bat to run the EQEmu server.

3) I downloaded the latest release from the downloads page and replaced the files: eqlaunch.exe, world.exe, zone.exe, opcodes.conf, patch_6.2.conf, Patch_live.conf.

4) I run the start.bat file and world.exe runs. The odd thing is that from the debug messages, it's appearing to run the zones:

"[debug] [WORLD_LAUNCH] zones: dynamic_01 state STARTED (1 starts)"

but after about 10 seconds, the zone stops then starts again and I'm not seeing another window for teh zone server:

"[debug] [WORLD_LAUNCH] zones: dynamic_01 state STOPPED (1 starts)"
"[debug] [WORLD_LAUNCH] zones: dynamic_01 state STARTED (2 starts)"

I can connect to the world server through the eqclient, but I always get a zone unavailable message when I try to enter the world. I'm thinking that I've done something wrong or skipped steps when trying to use the latest
EQEmu server.