Build folder missing when I unzip Rev

[TheMiracleFive]

Am I missing something here? I unzip the latests Rev file from http://code.google.com/p/projecteqemu/downloads/list and there is no folder called "build" as stated in the setup guide. Does anyone have any insight? =( Thanks

[Chanus]

I noticed this as well... apparently that doesn't happen anymore.

What worked for me (so far, though I'm still having issues probably unrelated) is just making a folder (called something like EQEmu) and unzipping to there. Within that folder, I have an "EQEMu Server Files" folder for the SVN of all the other stuff.

[Huppy]

Your downloading the precompiled binary server. You only get a build directory when you compile the server from source. Not sure which guide you read. There is a guide for the binary and a guide for the source.

[Chanus]

There are apparently several dozen guides and every one I've seen has really outdated and/or conflicting information.

[Andrew80k]

Originally Posted by Chanus

There are apparently several dozen guides and every one I've seen has really outdated and/or conflicting information.

This is true, unfortunately, but it's hard to fault people for making them as they are trying to be helpful.

I have been doing the precompiled versions and I don't include the build directory as that actually takes place in a separate area on my build machine. I package it the way I do because it includes a bunch of the things that you need to get started from a working server. I figure folks just pull out the things that they want and ignore the rest if they don't need it. I do also update the conf files when I put one of these out. I try to do them about once a month depending on the code changes.

[Chanus]

Oh, I didn't mean to knock the people who put them together. It's just frustrating as I'm probably under-qualified to be trying to set up a server in the first place so it seems like every step is a detective mission to find which version applies to me.

Knowing more about what I'm doing as regards things like SQL would probably alleviate that. :P

My main stumbling block is none of them seem to really have a completely clear instruction about exactly what files you need... they all seem to have different answers, and then half are written for using MiniLogin and half use the EQEmuLogin and my eyes just go crossed.

I actually finally got it working yesterday... I'm thinking of writing a "So Easy Chanus Can Do It!" guide.

[Andrew80k]

I know it's frustrating. I've read some of them. I've done both Linux and Windows servers and none of them were exactly right.

I guess I could put a readme in the zip files explaining the additional things that you need, since I don't include databases, map files, quest folder, etc. Everything else is included. Just have to modify it to suit your needs. The build I put out there includes a working copy of the EQEmuLogin server as well. It's an older version but it still works for me so I don't change it.