Original Resource: http://www.eq2emulator.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=99
This assumes that MySQL is installed (Please visit http://www.eq2emulator.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=97 to see information about installing MySQL).
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Ash wrote: How to compile EQ2EMu.
1 Download zlib (http://www.zlib.net/zlib123-dll.zip) source code and copy it to the hard drive.
2 Use Visual Studio 2003, go to tools options, then to Project and then to VC++ Directory.
3 go to include files and pass in: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\include and the same for Zlib: C:\zlib123
4 go to library files and pass in: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\lib\opt
5 Rename zlib1.dll to zlib.dll and copy it into your eq2emu folder (working directory depends if debug/release).