WTH! Connection errors??

[Damilis]

My thoughts:

I am assuming:
1) You are running server .exe's and client .exe's on same machine
2) based on your IP, your computer is NOT behind a router/firewall and that the IP you have is Dynamicly assigned by your ISP
3) for arguments sake, we will use 78.56.34.12 as 'your' IP

db.ini -> looks good.

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.  The word "Server" is
### --- added to each server automaticly.
### --- READ README.TXT

[LoginServer]
loginserver=eqemulator.net
loginport=5998
worldname=Caster's Haven
worldaddress=78.56.34.12
locked=false
account=
password=

[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=0
Unavailzone=
[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=

boot5zones.bat:

REM: ****Read this first!!!****
REM: This file requires your real IP in the place
REM:   of "YourIP" when you are connecting
REM:   to the EQEmu Loginserver.
REM: When you are using minilogin,
REM:   Replace all IP Addresses to say 127.0.0.1
REM: If you still get errors try using
REM:   localhost instead of 127.0.0.1
REM:--------------Start-----------------------
@echo off
if NOT exist spells_us.txt goto NOSPELL
 
start zoneperl . 78.56.34.12 7995 localhost
start zoneperl . 78.56.34.12 7996 localhost
#start zoneperl . 78.56.34.12 7997 localhost
#start zoneperl . 78.56.34.12 7998 localhost
#start zoneperl . 78.56.34.12 7999 localhost
 
exit
cls
:NOSPELL
echo You did not copy the spells_us.txt from your everquest directory to this one. Please do so or zones will crash on startup.
PAUSE
REM:---------------END------------------------

And, of course, if it doesn't work, replace localhost with 127.0.0.1. And if that still doesn't work, mind you this is a LAST resort, replace all occurances of localhost or 127.0.0.1 with your external ip 78.56.34.12...... but this will drasticly slow down connect times and may even timeout the client, all depends on your internet connection speed.

[Belfedia]

0.6.0 DR3 need the loginserver port 5994 not 5998, for the rest it is good...

[Damilis]

Originally Posted by Belfedia

0.6.0 DR3 need the loginserver port 5994 not 5998, for the rest it is good...

Doh! Didnt see the 0.6.0.

[ubatch]

World.exe

[Status] CURRENT_WORLD_VERSION:EQEMu 0.6.0-DR3
[Status] Loading variables..
[Status] Loading zones..
[Status] Clearing groups..
[Status] Loading items..
[Status] EMuShareMem loaded
[Status] Loading items from database: count=39626
[Status] ./LoginServer.ini read.
[Status] Loading guild ranks..
[Status] Loading ./addon.ini..
[Status] Loading EQ time of day..
[Status] Deleted 0 stale player corpses from database
[Status] Deleted 0 stale player backups from database
Abort/retry/cancel?
TCP listening on: 69.148.9.35:9000
World server listening on: 69.148.9.35:9000
Connected to LoginServer: eqemulator.net:5994

Now, replace everything with my current IP (yes it's dynamic) and/or with my DNS (from www.no-ip.com) which is castershaven.no-ip.org.

This has been so stressful....

Trying your suggestions, give me a few minutes.

[ubatch]

Ok, that worked perfect...

Does that allow others to connect to me?

And second, I get a 1017 error...Thought I was there...I swear I havnt had this much trouble in the past JUST CONNECTING!

Here's some reads from world.exe and zone.exe.

World.exe
This is from AFTER I started the zone.exe

[Status] CURRENT_WORLD_VERSION:EQEMu 0.6.0-DR3
[Status] Loading variables..
[Status] Loading zones..
[Status] Clearing groups..
[Status] Loading items..
[Status] EMuShareMem loaded
[Status] Loading items from database: count=39626
[Status] ./LoginServer.ini read.
[Status] Loading guild ranks..
[Status] Loading ./addon.ini..
[Status] Loading EQ time of day..
[Status] Deleted 0 stale player corpses from database
[Status] Deleted 0 stale player backups from database
Abort/retry/cancel?
TCP listening on: 69.148.9.35:9000
World server listening on: 69.148.9.35:9000
Connected to LoginServer: eqemulator.net:5994

and now the zone.exe

[Status] CURRENT_ZONE_VERSION: EQEMu 0.6.0-DR3
[Status] Mapping Opcodes
[Status] Loading Variables
[Status] Loading zone names
[Status] Loading items
[Status] EMuShareMem loaded
[Status] Loading npcs
[Status] Loading npc faction lists
[Status] Loading NPC Faction Lists from database...
[Status] Loading loot tables
[Status] Loading Loot tables from database...
[Status] Loading doors
[Status] Loading Doors from database...
[Status] FileLoadSPDat() Loading spells from ./spells_us.txt
[Status] FileLoadSPDat() spells loaded: 7836
[Status] Loading guilds
[Status] Loading factions
[Status] Loading AA effects
[Status] Loading swarm spells
[Status] Loading tributes
[Status] Loading corpse timers
[Status] Loading what ever is left
[Status] Loading commands
[Status] 181 commands loaded
[Status] Loading embedded perl XS
[Quest] Loading perlemb plugins.
[Quest] Loading perl commands...
[Quest] Loading perlemb plugins.
[Quest] Loading perl commands...
[Status] Entering sleep mode
Connected to worldserver: localhost:9000

Again, so now what? I am getting the 1017 when I try to connect, i'll search and see if I can find anything via forums.

[Belfedia]

This is a router fix for you (i suppose you play on the server machine ?).
if i'm right use this guide : http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...akka=RouterFix
and you can play on your local computer

[ubatch]

That has worked as far as I can tell.Hopefully it wont screw up on me again...Thanks.