error msg with start.bat / zone.exe / world.exe

**trevius** · #1 08-13-2008, 11:24 PM

Your config is completely wrong. You need to only be changing the stuff in between the 2 identifiers.

So, where you have:

Code:

<eq2revelations>whatever</shortname>
<EQ2 Revaltions Custom Legit/PvP>Your server name</longname>

It should actually be:

Code:

<shortname>eq2revelations</shortname>
<longname>EQ2 Revaltions Custom Legit/PvP</longname>

You don't want to change anything in between < and > on the config, only between > and <.

So, where you have your password is wrong as well. Other than that, it looks ok. Just make sure you change them the right way and they should work.

Also, I wanted to note that it looks like you have a spelling issue in your long name "EQ2 Revaltions Custom Legit/PvP", and that if you are still having problems once your config is fixed, you might want ty try removing the slash between Legit and PvP; "Legit/PvP".

koldar · #2 08-14-2008, 07:40 PM

I see a couple more potential mistakes:

Code:

<!--<address>Serving Machines IP</address>-->
<!--<localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>-->

This only applies if you are trying to run your own server. I would uncomment both lines and place the actual ip in that first line (not loopback or 127.0.0.1).

Code:

<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
<key>some long random string</key>

These two lines do not exist at all in my config.

Code:

<+_+_+_>Your Password</password>

The first part of this should say 'password' not '+_+_+_' to be valid xml - the password should reside where it says 'Your Password'.

Question:
Are you trying to run your own server or connect to EQEMU's public server?

warsonofrage · #3 08-17-2008, 10:53 PM

ok due to being used to the old fashioned config.ini i was thinking that i had to add the stuff inbetween the <> however after the reinstall i looked and saw the comment in server list "peq says to change me" rofl long story short i figured out that part pretty quick. thanks a lot for the help as for the ip stuff im behind a router and i think i need to set up port forwarding which may be the death of me as ive never done that before.

Brad1112223 · #4 11-12-2008, 12:52 AM

I am having a somewhat similar problem. I run world.exe in the command prompt and the prompt says: Unable to load 'eqemu_config.xml' error: the file is empty. I am running:

Active Perl 5.8.2.808
I have the two dll files, my map files, and the spell files in the right place.
EqEmu-0.7.0-1129
MySQL 5.0.67 -win 32

Here is my eqemu config.xml file:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<shortname>JarksServer</shortname>
<longname>Virtue</longname>






<loginserver>
<host>eqemulator.net</host>
<port>5998</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver>


<key>some long random string</key>


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


<database>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>********</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>
</server>

And, of course my start.bat file is correct. Any ideas?

**trevius** · #5 11-12-2008, 02:33 AM

Copy the text in between the quotes here "eqemu_config.xml" and make sure not to copy the actual quotes. Right click on your eqemu config.xml file in your C:\EQEmu directory and select Rename. Then, highlight the name of the file and right click and select Paste. Then press the enter key. If it gives you a message about renaming the file extension, just click OK or Yes. Then try running your server again and let us know what happens.

Brad1112223 · #6 11-12-2008, 09:09 AM

I renamed it, though that was its name to start with and it didn't ask me to replace the extension because it already had an xml extension to start with. None the less, I get the same error.

**Derision** · #7 11-12-2008, 09:34 AM

What I would do is launch a command prompt and check that your file isn't called eqemu_config.xml.xml, or something:

Code:

C:\eqemu>dir eqemu_config.*
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is DA34-F279

 Directory of C:\eqemu

09/11/2008  15:12               715 eqemu_config.xml
               1 File(s)            715 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  300,847,251,456 bytes free

C:\eqemu>