SERVER help please

Recontructed · #1 07-13-2002, 05:58 AM

Hello. I have a small problem. Every time someone tried to join my server it tells them to patch and that this problem is temporary or something like that. 5 different people tried and they kept getting the same message. Maybe i am doing something wrong that i have not noticed. Can someone please help this is my last thing i need before i will be done. I can enter my own server tho. How does my eqhost.txt supposed to look if i am hosting the server the same way as when i am just playing or i have to change it. Any help is thankfull. My server is EQ Matrix World.

Kolo · #2 07-13-2002, 08:11 AM

I had a similar issue with mine. If I put the IP address of my outside address in the boot5zones batch file, it worked fine.

Recontructed · #3 07-13-2002, 04:20 PM

Kolo i am new at this may u please explain to me?
Thank you. :p

Kolo · #4 07-14-2002, 07:22 AM

There's a file called "boot5zones.bat" (if you using nt/2000...otherwise use "boot5zones.win9x.bat") In this file you enter the IP address that you want people to connect to in order to connect to your zone servers. If you edit this file in notepad (or your favorite text editor...please tell me it's not MSWord), it tells you exactly how this is done.

The only file I put "localhost" in for an address is the db.ini.

Also...you have to use an IP/domain name address that all your clients can see and resolve....DO NOT use a hosts file alias (if you dont know what this is, nevermind, and stop reading this post because I am not going to explain how this is done).

I tried setting up a "hosts" file entry to simplify tasks if my IP changed, but I found out it sends this name to the clients and if they didnt have the same "hosts" file entry, they couldn't connect.