Finally got it to work

[rednckcowby]

After extensive reading and rearranging things aroud I got my inhouse working using minilogin under winXP.

Well if you should ask how I will explain below...

After I did a completely new install of EQ (without updating), I copied it to a new folder in my EQemu dir, ran the updaet patcher in the origional EQ folder, copied all updates with the exception of the EXE files to my new folder of EQ. Afterward Ran the EQemu patcher in the new EQ folder. Rewrote the EQHOST.TXT for my inhouse server. That is it.

Now to get everything up and running...

First I went through all the latest updaed Eqemu goodies which all came up woth errors on all different configurations I could use.

Then I went backwards in the updates, didn't have to get far though.

1) Downloaded version 0.4.1
2) Merged Telmets 0.4.3 DR2 db.sql with the version from 0.4.1, and installed Telmets Add-ons
3) Set up my other files as follows:

DB.INI

# READ README.TXT!

[Database]
host=localhost
user=eqemu
password=eqemu
database=eq
compression=off


### --- This file tells world.exe what computer mySQL is on. Host should
### --- be left "localhost" unless mysql is on a differant computer than world.exe.

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
loginserver2=localhost
loginport=5999
loginport2=5999
worldname=Death
locked=false
account=
password=
worldaddress=127.0.0.1
[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=

[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=Standalone
ServerPort=5999
UplinkAddress=
UplinkPort=
UplinkAccount=
UplinkPassword=

MINILOGINACCOUNTS.INI

localhost eqemu eqemu

BOOT5ZONES.BAT


REM:--------------Start-----------------------

if NOT exist spells_en.txt goto NOSPELL

@echo off
start zone . 127.0.0.1 7995 127.0.0.1
start zone . 127.0.0.1 7996 127.0.0.1
start zone . 127.0.0.1 7997 127.0.0.1
start zone . 127.0.0.1 7998 127.0.0.1
start zone . 127.0.0.1 7999 127.0.0.1

exit
cls


:NOSPELL
echo You did not copy the spells_en.txt from your everquest directory to this one. Please do so or zones will crash on startup.
PAUSE

REM:---------------END------------------------

4) Run minilogin.exe
5) Run world.exe
6) Run boot5zones.bat
7) Run eqw.exe

Have fun!

Anyone wanting the DB.sql file I will e-mail it to you.

- Red

rdnckcowby@netscape.net