I did set up the emulator and all when developing on my CMS, and it seems I have the same issue, could be the swfs or some error in the items in the database, I don't really know.
If you are using xampp you can just install the newer xampp version, however if you are using IIS and it's not available in the web installer, you would have to download it manually and then point IIS to it through the PHP manager.
That is .htaccess code, you need to convert it and it should work. Otherwise it might be a issue in the code. But based on what I just saw, you just pasted the same content from htaccess into web.config
Yes exactly, the sprite_id is the one that has to be in furnidata + database. Nowadays furnidata.xml is used and you have to have the GFX tag, and there is some added line into the actual SWF itself. Remember to also clean you cache before accessing the hotel, and use the command :update items...
I would recommend using the emulator version on projectplus.io tho since thats the version @Sledmore is currently working on. I think he updated the SWF revision, OR he is about to
Yes everything is possible, and I never said it wasn't, I just said you couldn't ping the domain and get the IP :P Alrighty, let them use their proxies, it wont hurt!
Like the IP's you just use directly in the query, the IP can be tempered with and is therefore unreliable. Everything that is non-static should be prepared.
First of all, it doesn't matter if you added stuff, you still need to give proper credit, and state what you have edited and take credits for just that. Secondly, those colors doesn't match at all.
You can't ping the domain and get a direct IP since they take over the nameservers and use their own DNS records. It's stronger than you might think actually. Also it could be a form of protection to use services who mask your IP since if they don't know your real IP it will be much harder to...