Looking for help with server setup

[Kirgothi]

I am having the exact same problem that Attempt37 had at the very beginning. I used Cavedude's installer for 3.1. When I try to run eqemu.exe I get this:

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[04.19. - 17:48:21] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_debug_2256.log
[04.19. - 17:48:21] [LAUNCHER__INIT] Loading server configuration..
[04.19. - 17:48:22] [NET__WORLD] WorldConnection connect: Connecting to the server 127.0.0.1:9000 failed: TCPConnection::Connect(): connect() failed. Error: 10061
[04.19. - 17:48:22] [LAUNCHER__ERROR] worldserver.Connect() FAILED! Will retry.
[04.19. - 17:48:22] [LAUNCHER__INIT] Starting main loop...

I then tried following the guides for DR6.4. I went through all of the steps, and seem to have done quite a bit, but nothing has changed. The 6.4 guide seemed to have me add things that cavedudes installer hadn't set up. My luck is that they are probably things that are not used anymore.

Attempt37, have you made any progress? Should I just delete everything and start over? Is there a clear set of directions to follow to get this to work? There has got to be a better way than following 20 links around this forum with conflicting instructions.

[cavedude]

0.6.4 is completely different from 0.7.0 the guides for it won't work. It looks like zone isn't connecting to your world server. Make sure you have MySQL 4.0 and Perl setup properly before running the installer. Also make sure you have no username named eq in MySQL. That's the only thing that could be wrong. The installer's setup is so generic it will work on any system.

Does world spit out any errors?

[Kirgothi]

Ok, when I run things, first I get a window saying something about waiting for world to start. Then another window pops up really fast and closes. Then I get the window with the stuff from the log I posted above. So I guess the answer is no, world doesn't seem to give me any problems.

I am going to try uninstalling and erasing everything and trying your installer again.

Something else, on your page that has the installer for 3.1, it mentions that you have not included the PEQ database because you didn't want to make changes to it. Do I need to set that up somehow?

And, thank you for the fast reply Cavedude. I wasn't expecting anyone to see this until tomorrow.

edit: I am pretty sure I have perl and mysql set up right. I followed the guide here:
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...owsServerGuide

unless that is now out of date too. :/

Kirgothi

[cavedude]

I have no life tonight OK, OK any night. Anyway, it doesn't seem like world is starting at all... That is most likely a db issue somehwere. Do me a favor and open a command prompt, and cd to your eqemu dir. Then, run world. That will enable you to see its output. Post that up here.

3.1 comes with my database. PEQ's database in the current form won't work with 0.7.0 because of changes made to the items table. While I could easily make the changes and include it I don't want to step on anybody's toes and edit their work. My database with the installer should work just fine for you. Once PEQ updates their work, I will include it in future releases of my installer... to give everybody a choice. I am not Microsoft

Perl and MySQL are simple. They just install like normal programs. Just make sure you use MySQL 4.0, 4.1 doesn't work right and 5 doesn't work at all with EQEmu.

[Kirgothi]

ok, I do have mysql 4.0

Also, when following another guide I did install all the PEQ stuff. I have run your installer since, this is bad right? I am pretty sure I remember that guide having me set up an "eq" database. Any idea how I can fix it?

You are right, this is what world says

[Error] Failed to connect to database: Error #1045: access denied for user 'eq@localhost' (Using password:  YES)

[cavedude]

Try running this at a mysql prompt:

grant all on emusp3.* to eq@localhost identified by 'eq';

Having a db named eq is fine, only the user is important. The installer creates a database called emusp3 and a user/pass eq. When the installer ran, did you make sure you had database selected and did a window pop up saying it was sourcing your database for several minutes?

[Kirgothi]

Well, I just finished uninstalling eqemu, mysql, and perl. I am going to start a new post and call it something like "7.0 guide for newbies, start to finish."

The idea is that I will do one step at a time in posts as the guinea pig. Would you mind popping in there and sharing your wisdom?