Problem Logging my Character in: Client Disconnected (not active in process)

[Darkonig]

In regards to it being or not being same problem, you have not posted your loginserver.ini file or your eqemu_config.xml file or your eqhosts.txt file so hard to tell for sure.

Looking through your logs I see a lot of references to 127.0.0.1. These should not be there if you have the addresses configured to your real IP address instead of 127.0.0.1. The fact that your client is trying to connect from 192.168.0.4 and your server is responding on 127.0.0.1 means they cant see each other. So you pass through the gates to start the server, but you cant hear the responses and therefore get disconnected.

[Joshua1978]

Originally Posted by Darkonig

In regards to it being or not being same problem, you have not posted your loginserver.ini file or your eqemu_config.xml file or your eqhosts.txt file so hard to tell for sure.

Looking through your logs I see a lot of references to 127.0.0.1. These should not be there if you have the addresses configured to your real IP address instead of 127.0.0.1. The fact that your client is trying to connect from 192.168.0.4 and your server is responding on 127.0.0.1 means they cant see each other. So you pass through the gates to start the server, but you cant hear the responses and therefore get disconnected.

You're correct, I haven't done that. I apologize. I'll post those up when I get home from work and I'll also look into this 127.0.0.1 issue (makes sense to me).

Appreciate the help very much!

[Joshua1978]

Okay, the only place I could find 127.0.0.1 was in my eqemu_config.xml file. It was the setting for localaddress. I tried setting it to 192.168.0.3 (my machine's real IP) and I couldn't even get to the server selection list from the client. I set it back to 127.0.0.1 and I could at least select my server and get to the character select screen. Here are all the conf files (please let me know if I forgot anything):

eqemu_config.xml:

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
	<world>
		<shortname>WorldServ</shortname>
		<longname>Josh World</longname>

            <address>192.168.0.3</address>
            <localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>

            <loginserver>
                <host>192.168.0.3</host>
                <port>5999</port>
                <account></account>
                <password></password>
            </loginserver>

            <key>zone_launcher_key</key>

            <http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
	</world>

      <database>
            <host>localhost</host>
            <port>3306</port>
            <username>root</username>
            <password>simple</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=192.168.0.3
loginport=5999
worldname=World 1
worldaddress=192.168.0.3
locked=false
account=
password=

[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=

[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=

[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=Minilogin
ServerPort=5999

eqhost.txt

[LoginServer]
Host=192.168.0.3:5999

Tryin to log into Neriak 3rd gate with a DE SK.

Thanks for your help.

-Josh

[Darkonig]

The configs look fine. The only other thing I could suggest is your database may not match the emu version. The link you mentioned from wiki gives a list of alterations to the database that must be done. If these have been done I have no other ideas.

[bufferofnewbies]

Server startup isnt really my thing, I tend to do more with in-game things and let a friend of mine do the actual setup and hardware hassles. So I honestly cannot tell if you there are errors in the above posts without having to stare at it for an hour and check it against the wiki.

But, if everyone says what you have above is correct, try setting the zone you are attempting to enter to a Static state before ever attempting to load the character up. That way the zone is already up when you attempt to log in.

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edit: might want to make sure your worldname in loginserver.ini and long name in eqemu_config.xml is the same, just in case.

I was checking this wiki page and saw that they were the same there. Not sure if it is required.

[skaarak]

If you are using a newer verserion of EQEmu than the wiki (say like you are using: EQEmu-0.7.0-965 instead of EQEmu-0.7.0-845) you need to apply all the required SQL as well. I didn't do this and kept being able to log in but just hung in mid air as the zone more or less crashed.

It was hard to decipher the crashes until I made one of the zones static and saw the errors a bit more clearly.

This may not be your problem, but hopefully it'll help some!

If you are going from 0.7.0-845 to 0.7.0-965 you'll want to apply these SQL statements:
CREATE TABLE skill_caps (
skillID TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
class TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
level TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
cap MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(skillID,class,level)
);
ALTER TABLE `zone` ADD `cancombat` tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '1';
UPDATE `zone` SET `cancombat` = 0 WHERE short_name = 'nexus';
UPDATE `zone` SET `cancombat` = 0 WHERE short_name = 'poknowledge';
UPDATE `zone` SET `cancombat` = 0 WHERE short_name = 'potranquility';
ALTER TABLE `npc_types` ADD `see_hide` tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0';
ALTER TABLE `npc_types` ADD `see_improved_hide` tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0';
UPDATE `npc_types` SET `see_hide` = 1 WHERE see_invis = '1';
UPDATE `npc_types` SET `see_hide` = 1 WHERE see_invis_undead = '1';

[trevius]

I have been having this same problem on the test server I have been trying to get running. I am able to get in if I log in from the server running the EQEmu server, but not from any other PC on my local network. Also, other people are getting disconnected the same way after creating their character and trying to enter the world on my server.

I followed the same Wiki and am using the same version of MySQL. I was thinking the problem had to do with the Wiki guide, since it is specifically for Minilogin setups, not Stand Alones. I made sure to keep the line "ServerMode=StandAlone" from the loginserver.ini instead of changing it to "minilogin". But, other than that, I don't know what else may need to be changed to make the server work from the server list instead of minilogin.

I have added most of the database entries listed above, but I will go through and make sure I got them all. Maybe I missed a couple.