Once it gives you a confirmation saying that it was successfully installed then your good to go.
Just try starting up your emulator and see what happens.
Yes you do very much need it. What it does is help your application connect to your MySQL database.
Download:
http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-Net/mysql-connector-net-5.0.8.exe/from/http://mysql.mirrors.hoobly.com/
More than likely your firewall maybe blocking access. This was a problem with my friends Windows 2008 VPS, his fire was on which did not allow any connections to the emulator. As soon as he turned if out it allowed it.
Thread title said it all. They do not show inside of the hotel. It just shows the loading circle and the only badges that show are the hobbas and adm.
Anyone can help with this?
Using ObboDCRs.
View below for screenie.