Hi, I just started working on a private server to play on my laptop today. I followed this guide
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=Windows to a T, other than the part about downloading the PEQ database, it said there should be a "build" folder, and there wasn't, so the quests/maps folders i just made myself and the plugins folder i moved from the quests folder. other than that, everything i thought went smooth, but here is what happens.
1. i start my serverstart.bat file
@echo off
Echo Starting MiniLogin Server
c:
cd C:\minilogin
start minilogin.exe
echo.
echo.
cd C:\eqemu
start World.exe
echo waiting a bit for world to finish loading...
echo.
echo.
ping -n 10 127.0.0.1 > nul
echo starting zone
start eqlaunch.exe zone
exit
2. 3 windows pop up eventually. two of them telling me that they are starting dynamic zones 1-5 and the third says new server started with some data afterwards.
3. In the guide it says "start the serverstart.bat file and wait a little bit, then start the launcher, i did this step, started my launcher, and when i put in the credentials i added to the sql spreadsheet, it says logging in... and it just hangs there, i let it set for 5 minutes and nothing.
I turned my firewall off for local network, I'm running everything as administrator. Here are my associated files
**eqemu_config**
<server>
<world>
<shortname>myserver</shortname>
<longname>my everquest server</longname>
<!-- address has to be specified for minilogin to work -->
<address>localhost</address>
<localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>
<!-- Loginserver information. -->
<loginserver>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>5999</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver>
<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
<key>012812</key>
<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service -->
<http port="9080" enable="true" mimefile="mime.types"/>
</world>
<!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini -->
<database>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>*********</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>
</server>
**LoginServer.ini**
### --- This file tells world.exe what loginserver to connect to.
### --- Leave the account and password field BLANK.
### --- Public Login is un-supported as is LAN playing. We reccomend using the EQEmu.net Loginserver ALWAYS.
### --- NOTE: Starting 6-1-2002, you can no longer use the word "Server" in worldname.
### --- NOTE2: the word "Server" is added to each server automaticly.
# READ README.TXT
[LoginServer]
loginserver=localhost
loginport=5999
worldname=myserver
worldaddress=localhost
locked=false
account=
password=
[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=
[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=
[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=StandAlone
ServerPort=5999
As far as I can tell, I've been searching the forums and re-reading the guide a bunch of times, and I can't find where my problem is. I'm not getting any errors either, which is not very helpful. Might I enlist the help of someone more versed than myself for some assistance? thanks in advance.