FFXI-3001 on a fresh local Windows 10 install

[z16]

Just installed a fresh LSB instance locally, followed the the guide to the dot, with three exceptions:

1. I already had some components installed, like Git and Python, so I skipped those.
2. I used python3 instead of py -3, since it did not recognize that command. Maybe because I already had a Python3 version installed, that did not have it. I doubt this should be an issue, but let me know if it is.
3. I adjusted the default GM level to 4, since this is purely a local developer instance - no one but me will ever use this.

Launching it, I can create an account, log in, create a character, but when I try logging into that character, it's stuck on "Downloading data..." for a minute, then it times out with FFXI-3001. I read that this may require a few minutes after char creation, so I gave it an hour, with the same result.

I verified that the zone_settings had 127.0.0.1 as the IP, and 54230 as the port, which matches what's in the settings/network.lua. Since I'm using local access I shouldn't need --hairpin, but I also tried using it just in case, same result. I also played around with localhost vs 127.0.0.1, since I vaguely remember having issues with this before, although honestly, I'm not even sure that was FFXI related. Fwiw I self-compiled xiloader from source, but was able to log into a different private server with it, so I doubt this is the issue. If relevant, I used Windower 4.

I set ENABLE_HTTP to true in the network settings, same result. I set UDP_DEBUG and TCP_DEBUG to true in the network settings, but none of the logs mentioned anything that they didn't mention even without those settings. I did restart all servers between changing the settings file for good measure, even though the map server notified me of the reloaded changes.

In possibly related news, I get the same FFXI-3001 issue on an instance set up on our linux server. But before you think this is a "me" issue, a friend is experiencing the same error trying to log into the linux server. If necessary, I can provide some data on that server as well.

I searched around for this issue and found a few things on various Discord servers and one mention in here, but nothing seems to have been resolved. Even if you don't have a proper solution ready, I'd appreciate help on debugging this.

[WinterSolstice8]

I can't speak for others, but I don't typically use 127.0.0.1 in the config even though I do host and connect locally. I use 0.0.0.0 in network.lua to bind to all interfaces and then connect to a static private IP assigned to my machine. The database uses that IP address.

In general, not necessarily specific for this case
The login server will just send the IP/Port over to the client verbatim with no translation, but is human readable so you can tell if anything wrong is going on.

[09/08/24 19:27:45:220][connect][info] data_session: zoneid:(238), zoneip:(172.16.0.227), zoneport:(54230) for char:(2) (read_func:310)

If the map server doesn't indicate anything about receiving invalid packets (which would indicate a decryption issue) and you see no other traffic that nobody tried to log in then probably the client couldn't route to the map server

If the server actually receives the C2S 0x00A it will look like this (regardless if your client actually loads the zone properly or not):

[09/08/24 19:27:57:641][map][info] Current State Top: 0, Total Memory Used: 50611kb -> 49687kb (garbageCollectFull:403)
[09/08/24 19:27:59:002][map][debug] Player <Testaroni> logging in to zone <238> (LoadChar:718)
[09/08/24 19:27:59:008][map][debug] CZone:: Windurst_Waters IncreaseZoneCounter <1> Audrienne (InsertPC:139)
[09/08/24 19:28:49:608][map][debug] Message: Received message MSG_WORLD2MAP_REGIONAL_EVENT (20) from message server (parse:89)

You could also try turning off new character creation cutscenes,

server/settings/default/main.lua

Line 111 in 7a46bb1

NEW_CHARACTER_CUTSCENE = 1, -- Set to 1 to enable opening cutscenes, 0 to disable.

though I'm not sure that will help. I tested char creation just now and it works fine with it enabled. I only mention it because during char creation the encryption key is incremented for some reason.

[WinterSolstice8]

Oh, I forgot to mention, I don't use hairpin either

[z16]

Which values in the network.lua would be set to 0.0.0.0 this way? Every host/IP? Do I need to change my MariaDB config for that?

Fwiw I tried disabling the opening cutscene, to no avail. Sorry for the late response, was busy with work yesterday.

[z16]

Also, would I have to update the zone_settings in the DB for this?

[WinterSolstice8]

I only have these set to 0.0.0.0, the ZMQ and SQL host IPs are still 127.0.0.1

    LOGIN_DATA_IP   = "0.0.0.0",
    LOGIN_DATA_PORT = 54230,
    LOGIN_VIEW_IP   = "0.0.0.0",
    LOGIN_VIEW_PORT = 54001,
    LOGIN_AUTH_IP   = "0.0.0.0",
    LOGIN_AUTH_PORT = 54231,
    LOGIN_CONF_IP   = "0.0.0.0",
    LOGIN_CONF_PORT = 51220,

mariadb config shouldn't need to be changed, and as your zone settings just need to be routable from the client's perspective

[cocosolos]

py is just the Python launcher that comes with the Windows install and -3 tells it to use Python 3 explicitly. If you've got python3 in your PATH then that's fine. ENABLE_HTTP is for the API server so you can view some settings and player counts from a browser (http://127.0.0.1/api/settings).

As for your issue, I sometimes get this when making a new character, though not sure what causes it. Have you checked your account_sessions table? Might need to clear any session that got stuck.

[z16]

As for your issue, I sometimes get this when making a new character, though not sure what causes it. Have you checked your account_sessions table? Might need to clear any session that got stuck.

There was indeed a session in there. I deleted it, but still get the same issue now.

[z16]

Just to comment, I have solved this now. I did not follow the steps in the Post-Install Guide, because I didn't know it existed, so I didn't update the zoneip to the external IP, so I couldn't connect from the outside. It would be cool if that step of the post-install guide could be included in the install guide, because imo it's still part of setting it up. At the very least, should mention it in the Next Steps section of the install guide.

[zach2good]

I think the quick start guide is pitched at the right level (building and confirming the exes run and you can connect a local client to it), and the final "Next Steps" section does explain what's in the post-install guide:

...
Once you've confirmed everything is working and you can connect to your server, you can start exploring the [Post-Install Guide](https://github.com/LandSandBoat/server/wiki/Post-Install-Guide) and articles in the Development section!

The above articles tell you how to do important things like changing settings, making a Game Master character, making your server available to the internet, etc.

[zach2good]

Regardless, I'm making that comma-separated list into a bullet-point list to try and make it clearer what's available as possible next steps:
LandSandBoat/lsb-wiki#97

[z16]

Well now I feel like a tool, not sure how I missed that, I even went there to check again before posting this, and still missed it <_<

That said, my problem was that I couldn't connect a local client, and that's hard to do on a Linux server. But now I managed to get it running on our online Linux box, so I don't feel like investing too much effort into this any further 😅 Still, thanks for the help!