(known as eqemu_update.pl) now known as eqemu_server.pl
- eqemu_server.pl is now a general EQEmu Server management utiltiy framework that can be used
to extend to many purposes. It's main purpose is to simplify server management
- eqemu_server.pl changes:
- Menu has been completely changed, instead of a number based (enter number and hit enter)
you now type commands within the menu (Ex: 'database')
- Handles last mile installation for Windows Servers (See Github Readme)
- Handles last mile installation for Linux Servers (See Github Readme)
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- Fedora
- CentOS
- Now checks for Internet connection before performing web requests
- Database:
- Regular schema updates now happen automatically, if new binaries present updated
database schema changes, script will backup first, auto update database, and continue
world bootup
- Regular bots database schema changes now happen automatically similarily to the above
- Database checks can also be ran manually via the script menu
- CLI Arguments
- Arguments passed to eqemu_server.pl can execute the same name-based operations that
are present in the interactive menu
- Example: "perl eqemu_server.pl opcodes" will download opcodes
- Example: "perl eqemu_server.pl backup_player_tables" will backup and export player tables
- Bots
- Bots can now be automatically setup in Linux or Windows via the 'setup_bots' command
- Windows will auto download binaries and install, along with installing bots db schema
- Linxu will auto compile binaries and install, along with installings bots db schema
- Utility scripts
- Linux now has the following utility scripts for download, available via menu 'utility_scripts'
and via Linux default install:
- server_launcher.pl
- server_start_dev.sh
- server_start.sh
- server_status.sh
- server_stop.sh
- Usage analytics
- eqemu_server.pl now collects usage analytics, this is very helpful for our developers
- Example: We can see how many installs have been performed:
https://github.com/EQEmu/Server#server-installs
- This helps us see how often certain utilities are used as well
- Console Messages
- All script messages have been prefixed with a bracket action Ex: [Update] [Database] [Info]
to be more consistent with our log conventions
- 'New Server' Utility
- Running 'new_server' from the main menu or 'perl eqemu_server.pl new_server' while in
a completely new folder with just the script present, will allow a server operator
to initiate a full clean PEQ install in that folder. Pulling down all assets and
installing a PEQ database with the name the server operator gives the prompts in the
script
Add option 21) Dump DB Player tables (Exports to backups\player_tables_export_(date).sql)
Player table list is referenced/maintained in utils/sql/character_table_list.txt
- Now displays account logins
- Zoning from character select
- Zoning from zone to zone
- When any other server process connects to world
- Adjust some zone bootup messages etc.
Adjusted logging code bits all over and refactored variables for readability etc.
- When a custom ruleset is loaded, it will always first look for a value present in the ruleset id for that zone, when it is not present, it will load from the default ruleset instead of immediately falling back to the source value. This is to eliminate the excessive amount of duplicate entries in the rule_values tables
- When a zone boots, it will spawn an invisible npc by the name of zone_controller
- Lua and Perl scripts can be represented with this npc as zone_controller.pl/lua
- This NPC's ID is ruled be define ZONE_CONTROLLER_NPC_ID 10
- Two EVENT's uniquely are handled with this NPC/controller (They only work with the zone_controller NPC)
- EVENT_SPAWN_ZONE :: All NPC spawns in the zone trigger the controller and pass the following variables:
$spawned_entity_id
$spawned_npc_id
- EVENT_DEATH_ZONE :: All NPC deaths in the zone trigger the controller event and pass the following variables:
$killer_id
$killer_damage
$killer_spell
$killer_skill
$killed_npc_id
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