Problems with Zone9x.exe

[Kyouchou]

OK, here's the latest problem in my large string of problems (though I have everything else working at the moment, which is good)...

I can connect perfectly well to my own server, either through minilogin or through the eqemu.org login system, but then two issues arise...

First, it takes about 20 minutes for the server to load to the character selection screen, which is, as far as I'm concerned, quite excessive, and I'm wondering if it normally takes that long for everyone else as well or if it's just me.

Then the character creation process works fine and I enter the world with a character, which takes a little longer than I'm used to with EQLive, but not so long that it worries me.

After that, the character enters the zone and things seem to be working well except for a serious lack of connectivity and I subsequently get disconnected (being disconnected from the localhost is really unusual to say the least).

I do not have this problem in the least when I connect to anyone else's server through the eqemu.org login system, only with my own server, and when I connect to my own server through minilogin.

So all I can think of is that the Zone9x.exe program isn't working quite right or my computer is such an archaic piece of chit that it can't handle the strain on the proccessor.

I'd really like to get this working as soon as possible so that i can start playing around with and learning database editing so I can eventually create my own zones and spawns and quests and custom items and such, not to mention the fact that I'd like to have account GM status of 200 without asking someone to trust me with that level of power on their server.

So if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, any help would be appreciated.

If you want to see the contents of my db.ini, loginserver.ini, or boot5zones.win9x.exe files, I'll post them, but I've posted them on several occassions in previous posts (i.e. "Min Sys Requirements???" and "Problems getting minilogin to work" and "Error 1017 wth DB9") so you can look them up there rather than having me repost them here ad taking up more server space for the repeat info.

Thanks,
Kyouchou