diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2090316 for license information.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.101.1/containers/ubuntu-18.04-git/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+
+ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends build-essential \
+    gcc-5 g++-5 libtool cmake curl debconf-utils \
+    git git-core libio-stringy-perl liblua5.1 \
+    liblua5.1-dev libluabind-dev libmysql++ \
+    libperl-dev libperl5i-perl libsodium-dev \
+    libsodium23 libmysqlclient-dev lua5.1 \
+    minizip make mariadb-client \
+# optional, mariadb server
+    mariadb-server \ 
+# optional, debugging tools
+    gdb valgrind \
+#
+    nano open-vm-tools unzip uuid-dev \
+    zlibc wget \
+#    #
+#    # Clean up
+    && apt-get autoremove -y \
+    && apt-get clean -y \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=dialog
+EXPOSE 3306
+EXPOSE 5558
+EXPOSE 5559
+EXPOSE 7000
+EXPOSE 7001
+EXPOSE 7002
+EXPOSE 7003
+EXPOSE 7004
+EXPOSE 7005
+EXPOSE 7778
+EXPOSE 9000
+EXPOSE 9001
+EXPOSE 9080
+EXPOSE 9081
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diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/devcontainer.json or this file's README at:
+// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.101.1/containers/ubuntu-18.04-git
+{	
+	"name": "Ubuntu 18.04 EQEMU",	
+	"dockerFile": "Dockerfile",
+
+	// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+	"settings": { 
+		"terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/bin/bash"
+	},
+
+	// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+	"extensions": [],
+	"appPort": [3306, 5558, 5559, 7000, 7001, 7002, 7003, 7004, 7005, 7778, 9000, 9001, 9080, 9081],
+	// "forwardPorts": [3306, 5558, 5559, 7000, 7001, 7002, 7003, 7004, 7005, 7778, 9000, 9001, 9080, 9081],
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	// "postCreateCommand": "uname -a",
+
+	// Uncomment to use the Docker CLI from inside the container. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/samples/docker-in-docker.
+	// "mounts": [ "source=/var/run/docker.sock,target=/var/run/docker.sock,type=bind" ],
+
+	// Uncomment when using a ptrace-based debugger like C++, Go, and Rust
+	// "runArgs": [ "--cap-add=SYS_PTRACE", "--security-opt", "seccomp=unconfined" ],
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as a non-root user. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "eqemu"
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
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+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Linux",
+            "includePath": [
+                "${workspaceFolder}/**",
+                "/usr/include/mysql"
+            ],
+            "defines": [],
+            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
+            "cStandard": "c11",
+            "cppStandard": "c++17"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": 4
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
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+{
+    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
+    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "make",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "cd build && make",
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            },
+            "problemMatcher": [
+                "$gcc"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "cmake",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake -DEQEMU_BUILD_LOGIN=ON -DEQEMU_BUILD_LUA=ON -G 'Unix Makefiles' ..",
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            },
+            "problemMatcher":{
+                "owner": "cpp",
+                "fileLocation": "relative",
+                "pattern":[
+                    {
+                        "regexp": "([\\w+|\\\\]*\\.\\w+)\\((\\d+)\\)\\: (warning|error) (.*)$",
+                        "file": 1,
+                        "location": 2,
+                        "severity": 3,
+                        "message": 4
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "zone",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "cd build/bin && ./zone",
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "test",
+                "isDefault": true
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "loginserver",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "cd build/bin && ./loginserver",
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "test",
+                "isDefault": true
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "world",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "cd build/bin && ./world",
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "test",
+                "isDefault": true
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
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