New PDF Server Creation Guide

[Jablambo]

Thank you Techguy! Wonderful job on this guide! A while back I tried using the guide off the site and had many problems during this process and never got it to work and gave up. I followed your guide 100% and I had no issues with anything whatsoever! Thanks again! You are a big help!

[CrabClaw]

It's really fresh and a very classy guide Crabby likes.

[techguy84]

I am pulling my guide down as of 10/27/07 for the simple reason that I am getting 10+ emails a day with really silly questions like...

I try to source "load_system.sql" and it doesnt workz.. plzz help mezz thanks..

Or (My favorite)

howz do i start this emu thing... i just want to play... can you make a video guide for this... its toooo complicated

I put the email in the guide for compentent people that had competent questions like

Hey, thanks for the great guide, but ran into a small issue. When I start the server, it starts fine (attachs log files here) but my characters stick at logging in. Any ideas!

At which point I answer with things about port forwarding, firewalls, accounts field (for minilogin) ect....

That person followed the guide, got it working, but hit snags in things I really didnt cover, which is really the only flaw there in it. The setup, even with the newest realease of the emu, works 100% out of the gate. Even with SQL updates, if your following that guide, your going to download a DB that has those sql updates in them, like the never ending updating PEQ.

But if for some reason, you cant read slowly and type in

 cd\peqdb

when sourceing in that database, then you really should try to avoid the server setup side of things and just focus on playing...

I know this may be a bit not like me, as I like helping people, but enough stupid **** is enough. Hell, people dont even try to contact me here anymore through PM's. They just automatically jump to the damn email link at the top of the guide like its nothing.

READ THE BOARDS..... USE SEARCH........ USE COMMON SENSE

Anyhow though, the guide will remain down until I get the time to rewrite it, taking the email out, and clearing up a few things, which I'm not sure when that will be. Its just not simple to yank stuff out of a PDF if anyone has really ever tried, with the software I have anyhow. It breaks formating really bad.

Also, for those of you that downloaded the guide, I ask you of two favors..

1. Dont email me stupid questions. I will answer you regardless, but just understand that stupid ones get on my nerves really bad.

2. DONT POST IT ANYWHERE. I really dont want the carnage to continue cause someone says "Oh yea, I got the guide, here's the link, Ill host it." In the guide it says that it can only be hosted here and on my site. I wont go into details, but its not open source, so dont put it where it doesnt belong.

I will get it back to those of you that really enjoyed it and found ti usefull, and it will be better than it is now, to make up for me having to take it down.
I appricate everyones thanks with it, and I appriceate the question and problems you have been having, but silly questions are just that, silly questions.

[number6]

Put Mattmeck's email address on the document... problem solved...

[John Adams]

I think techguy's rubber band has finally snapped.

[techguy84]

Originally Posted by John Adams

I think techguy's rubber band has finally snapped.

Yea, it kinda did. I feel bad about it, cause I like helping people and all, but I'm just kind of at wits end with it. Got a LOT more on my plate now then I did 5 months ago when I wrote it. I told one fella his answer, and he come back 2 hours later with some other stupid question, and then when I told him to look at the boards, (insert 10 links here), he told me that he really didnt want to look, and If I wasnt going to help him, that I should just go to ****.

Kinda the final straw there. I like helping people once again, but if someone cant even try to help themselves, then I really dont care what problems they're having.

But yea, snapped finally... /sigh

[John Adams]

That's too bad, guy... but I totally understand. This is the primary reason why my servers are all [Private] and won't volunteer to go "above and beyond" trying to make anyones life easier here. It is never appreciated or recognized.

Throw it in the Wiki under a pseudonym, or post it in a thread where others can carry the weight of silly questions. I hate being so dickish, but I just don't have time to support people either.