ive tried setting up all this before. spent 3 hours trying to get it to work and it ended up being that SIMS Clientside could not connect to the database. dont forget that once you are setup you need to know the default username and password.. and if you dont know them you cant login.. once installed you dont get any sort of startup that lets you create any usernames or passwords to start you off..[Setup]
SIMSDotNetDirectory=C:\Program Files\SIMS\SIMS .net
SIMSDirectory=S:\SIMS\
SIMSSetupsDirectory=\\server\share\sims\Setups
[InstallationLogs]
SIMSApplicationSetup.exe=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\SIMSApplicationSetup.log
SIMSInfrastructureSetup.exe=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\SIMSInfrastructureSetup.log
[Machine]
Infrastructure=1.00
nothing is stored in any SQL to start with.. you are given nwwsimsdatabase.mdf and that is what you attach to your SQL server and SIMS is working.
they are in E:\ because i brought them home on an external HDD..
The actual SIMS Mapped Drive does not have to be S:\.. the school/college can set whatever drive is free to use sims.. E.g my school use F:\
Connect.ini is created when the server is setup and a client is setup on a seperate machine. when you try to open SIMS.net for the first time on the client it asks were to find Connect.ini and you direct it to S:\SIMS. Connect.ini is not in the setups directory..