Eqemu 101

[zrsh5]

Originally Posted by NostalgiaEQ

Good luck and I would be happy to help you, you can email me at nostalgiaeq@gmail.com if you want.

Thanks man. Appreciate the offer. I really don't think it is my eqemu_config file. I have been through it with a fine tooth, but I could be wrong. I am thinking of making another clean install OS and emu install and run the client from the same computer. See how that goes. If that doesn't work, perhaps I will try an install on my laptop running Debian. I really am kinda stumped here, but in my attempts to figure it out I am learning a lot about it. I will eventually figure it out tho. By the time I finally get the game working, I will be in a better place to start modding it. Until then.. I will grin and bear it!


@Lavius
All good ideas and I will probably pursue much of that. As for systems, I have an abundance of computers and resources to work with. Eventually, I will have a pretty sturdy server running. Eventually

Cheers
Randall
Cheers...

[Maze_EQ]

Getting a server to run is not hard at all.

akkadius made this a 2 step process.

The hard part is learning everything needed that goes along with maintaining/building onto the current platform.

Usually in most scenarios you will have:

a. Database Administrator
b. Source programmer
c. Script/content developer
d. Backend IT operations

The part that is the most difficult is combining a,b,c,d into one person. This can be severely overwhelming due to having to cram multiple different platforms into a small window of knowledge.

It won't happen overnight, but theres enough information on the interwebs that you can definitely learn quickly.

It's not as easy as WoW servers, where they provide you tools that do your scripts for you by inputting the values you want, or any respositories for custom code work.

All this is usually done manually.

[zrsh5]

Originally Posted by Maze_EQ

Getting a server to run is not hard at all.

Haha...
Well, that is debatable. I know from previous experience trying to do it all manually a few years ago, that Akka's installer has taken a lot of the complexity out of it, but for whatever reason, I am still having trouble getting it running. I also know I am not the only one. All things considered, I am hardly a layman when it comes to all things computer. So I have to say if I am having trouble then it is still harder than some give it credit for

Be that as it may, I will figure it out and continue. Putting a,b,c and d into one person is what I am all about. Whether my project will ever be open to the public is hard to say. I mostly want to preserve the EQ experience for myself and maybe a few of my friends. I've had ideas about where to take this game and things I would have liked to implement for many years. I've watched this project grow over the years and thought I would have to do this. But while working and having a life, I just never got the time to do it. I am only doing some consulting now so I have a bit of time.

So, I am scouring the website and wiki to try and figure it all out. You're right, it's a lot. Others have done it and so will I. It would be nice to have someone step in and show me what I am doing wrong, but you learn oh so much more when you figure it out for yourself. It's probably something really stupid and when I find it I'll berate myself for it taking so long. Lol.

Anyway, thanks all for the encouragement. I'll report back when I get it working..
Randall