Trouble getting Server to Work

[mrhodes]

Hey all,

I am working on getting a server working here and seem to have trouble creating a character and logging in.

I can create my character, submit for name approval and then Enter game... on the loading screen after that it hangs at waiting for zone server. So, I checked the world.exe console for any info and noticed that in the title of this window it says 0 Zones started.

So, how can I make a zone server start? I have the source code and am going through it now to learn the ins and outs, but until I figure it out I am using the binary server.

My server is running in WindowsXP. There are no problems loading it and getting it to run. I just can't seem to login to it.

Any ideas ?

Michael

[ZexisStryfe]

I believe you may need to redirect a few more ports to get it to work.

[mrhodes]

Ok,

I set my server up as a DMZ through my router to avoid any firewall issues. Should, for testing only, I disable my Windows XP firewall ?

In the meantime I will just add the World.exe to my Windows Firewall exceptions.

I'm also compiling the source code now so I can run my own compiled version of the server.

Is there a setting somewhen on how many zone servers to launch ? this could be convenient, could it be ?


Michael

[ZexisStryfe]

There is! If you go into the database there is a field in the zones table to do just this- Always_loaded. Also city zones are always running as well.