Akk-Stack Server locks GM client when zoning

[Riklin]

I converted over from a regular linux server to Akk-Stack over a year ago. In the last couple months, an irritating thing has started occurring. When zoning my GM character using the "#zone" command, the account locks up and the destination zone stops working. For all I know, the zone could have stopped working and that's why the account locks up.

Zone logs are empty, so they provide no help.

The server is Ubuntu 24.04LTS, and the actual server is my most reliable custom built server with 64gigs of RAM. Plenty of RAM for a lot of zones. The CPU is a Ryzen 5950X 16-core. Lots of power, lots of RAM. Spire shows no logs or errors.

Any ideas or assistance welcome. I'm truly stumped on this one...

Thanks,
Riklin
HallsHavoc Server

[Riklin]

Still happens. I completely shut down the server and then restarted it. After restarting the server (Akk-Stack), I zoned from the guild lobby to PoK and the client locked up. After that anyone attempting to enter the zone locks up. This problem is unlike any issues i've experienced in my years of running EQEMU servers..

[Riklin]

I think I may have found the cause. The issue seems to do with the "Spire" tool that's part of Akk-Stack. In that tool, when you start up your server, it provides you with the option to select zones that will be static. I typically set cities as static zones, to prevent stuff sold to merchants from disappearing everytime the zone resets, which is very often when the zones are dynamic.

Spire seems to identify the static zones, but does not assign ports for these static zones. I checked the Launcher Zones table and indeed no ports are set, well the ports are set but they're all zero (0). I think this means that the dynamic zones try and use port 0 everytime someone tries to use them, which crashes the client, without a crash message.

When the server isn't busy, I'm going to try and assign some ports to the zones I want static and see what happens...