Original thread - Old Eq

[Sakrateri]

Another Old one being worked on !

http://www.kheprigames.com/eqmap013.jpg

http://www.kheprigames.com/eqmap016.jpg

http://www.kheprigames.com/eqmap019.jpg

[Angelox]

You really have one?

[Sakrateri]

Yes sir ,

Another shot

http://www.kheprigames.com/EQ20.jpg

[Angelox]

How are you doing it? Custom client with current DB and Source? Seems like there would be a way to do it like that.

[krusher]

Nice work Sakrateri...!!!!

That said you have to tell us how you did it ????

Krusher

[Whuppee]

Wow.. I haven't seen that interface in so long. I feel nostalgic. I can't help but love you.

Is that a custom UI, or a substitution of the old one for the current? Something far crazier?

[Sakrateri]

Its the real deal , using a haxzored kunark client with an old ass emulator, version 2.3
just got it working today.

Working on the database now.

one more pic

http://www.kheprigames.com/EQ19.jpg

[Sakrateri]

Sitting to med with FACEBOOK while playing GEMS and some pretty old time spell effects !


http://www.kheprigames.com/EQ31.jpg


http://www.kheprigames.com/EQ35.jpg

[happygreenelf]

Wow thats freaking awsome . you gonna put a server up , with all these features ? would have me and my friends for sure

[Dr Zauis]

Verrry Kool!

[Whuppee]

Just looking at those screens makes me rediculously happy =P

[Myrakkel]

HOLY GHOST!! Which release of EQ is that? Original Kunark CD? That is amazing! Keep us updated on how it comes out. And remember to fix the boats =p

[Sakrateri]

And don't forget about some old time models too.

http://www.kheprigames.com/oldmodels1.jpg


http://www.kheprigames.com/oldmodels2.jpg

[Myrakkel]

I would love to get that up on my LAN. The good old boys would appreciate the old UI and gaming experience. How is the db coming? Will that build work with the original Velious release? I would love to get a build up that would support the original release of Velious, without the modified graphics engine.

Maybe I just want to relive the old days, but those screenshots made me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Don't drop the ball! Run with IT! =p

[Sakrateri]

And now a video of it in action :)

Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWisI2lSc_A)

[Angelox]

Do you have a server to play on? what are your plans?

[leslamarch]

WOW you really need to put this server up :) looks great :D

[John Adams]

Book meditation. Ahh the good old days. Can't wait to see what comes of this.

[Sakrateri]

My plans are to get a full database as I am starting with a barebones and to get everything I can working as it should (even working on getting chat working as can be seen here) And then the EMU and all instructions on how to get it working will be released here. I am also in the middle of trying to become a UK citizen and will be between here and America for the next couple of months and working on this as I can and all updates will be shown here and on my website at www.kheprigames.com It IS possible for everyone to be able to do this legally. As I said instructions will follow once it is satisfactorily complete.

http://www.kheprigames.com/chatbut.jpg

http://www.kheprigames.com/chatbut2.jpg

[Jonathan5]

Where did you get the emulator?

[Wizzel]

/yawn


www.eqclassic.org

[John Adams]

/yawn

....dude...

[image]

These classic servers are going to have so much fun reinventing the wheel quite literally with all the bugs (client & server) with the old eqemu clients. Not to mention all the functionality that was still being developed at that stage. I hope that the work pays off.

[Wizzel]

These classic servers are going to have so much fun reinventing the wheel quite literally with all the bugs (client & server) with the old eqemu clients. Not to mention all the functionality that was still being developed at that stage. I hope that the work pays off.

I hope to see you stop by. :)

[boogerific]

/yawn


www.eqclassic.org

Gee, what a great way to get people to ignore you and not care about your project enough to never bother to check it out.

You obviously never played on Sak's Fates Destiny server back in the day. It was a great experience of the kind that lets a person trust that any of his future projects will be top notch.

[Wizzel]

Gee, what a great way to get people to ignore you and not care about your project enough to never bother to check it out.

You obviously never played on Sak's Fates Destiny server back in the day. It was a great experience of the kind that lets a person trust that any of his future projects will be top notch.

Glad to hear you feel that way. See you in game.

[gernblan]

This community is WAY too small for this kind of crap.

Seriously.

Enough please?

[Sakrateri]

Thanks for the support guys, Its ok if they do this, I am just one person against a team and I am not trying to compete with anyone. I thought about having some people help me on this but I wanted to avoid the drama of people getting mad and splitting up and having to restart all over again and the vicious cycle that gets too. Also I don't believe they are going to give anyone any kind of minilogin to play theirs on so you will be stuck to using their login only and going by their rules. I started working on this to make it usable by EVERYONE whether you have internet or not. I hope they do pull it off and have really got their team together now and I am sure they will probably finish before me but mine will be done and available here. I am not saying that this will be perfect in anyway either but it will be playable and bring back the old memories and hopefully when more people have got it in their hands they will be able to fix it up even more. Image is right , there is ALOT of work that needs done and I will not try to fool you by saying otherwise. So again thanks for the support and may the other guys have good luck in their endeavors also.


P.S thanks to all of the devs hard work in the past, It is their work that is making this even possible

[Angelox]

/yawn

www.eqclassic.org

Please, no trolling or de-railing the threads.

[TheLieka]

You, sir, are amazing.

[Wizzel]

Sak,
I'm sorry for the way I responded initially. I just remembered that you were the one who was asking every day if we could make this playable offline. We don't have any initial plans to do so but maybe binaries in the future. The only reason I got up in arms is because we don't need more projects splitting people a part. Nice work though. Lots of stuff to do though but our team is powering through them.

-Wizzel

[Sakrateri]

Its ok Wizzel, apology accepted :) I'm not trying to compete with you guys and I do wish you all the best of luck , my time is very limited right now so I hope you get yours going soon for everyone to try. The one I am working on is strictly going to be for lan play as I have no Public Login that works for it.

[Wizzel]

Yeah. Just a heads up, there is a TON to fix. The developers have been hard at work fixing minor bugs and implementing major features and such and it is really a time involved project. Respect to you for getting it working by yourself and stop in IRC sometime, I would love to chat and maybe petition the government to get you internet where you live :).

-Wizzel

[Sakrateri]

Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, this version will be capable of supporting up to Luclin as can be seen here in the Plane of Knowledge

http://www.kheprigames.com/POK.jpg

I have to say , that is the first time I have ever seen PoK with the old client :)

[Angelox]

Sakrateri; do you have a playing "demo" of what you have already? You have to start somewhere.
I really like what you are doing, hope you can see it all through.

[Sakrateri]

playing demo? Im not sure what you mean by that, I am able to play it yes but still needs alot of work.

[boogerific]

PoK came out with PoP, not Luclin. Luclin had Nexus as a hub, with Shadow Haven, Bazaar and Netherbian Lair as regular (not scions) zone points from Nexus. The hallway with the PoK book was a dead end at first, with the PoK books appearing mysteriously between the release of Luclin and PoP. Just an FYI. :) It's definitely cool to see PoK through old-client eyes. You gotta put this up for public play, bugs and all, Sak! :D

[Sakrateri]

Oops , your right , it supports up to PoP . :)

[Myrakkel]

PoK came out with PoP, not Luclin. Luclin had Nexus as a hub, with Shadow Haven, Bazaar and Netherbian Lair as regular (not scions) zone points from Nexus. The hallway with the PoK book was a dead end at first, with the PoK books appearing mysteriously between the release of Luclin and PoP. Just an FYI. :) It's definitely cool to see PoK through old-client eyes. You gotta put this up for public play, bugs and all, Sak! :D

YES!! I am waiting for this release!! I am interested more with the LAN play though. So I will patiently wait for Sak to release it. If ya need some help Sak you could send me the source. I am by no means a C++ genius and I work like a dog on 3rd shift but I can debug and troubleshoot. I suck at networking also so.... I can build DB's like a champ though, lol.

[TheLieka]

I do networking! I dabble in C++ (actually, only for EQEmu), let me know if I can help.

Dax

[tcsmyworld]

Its ok Wizzel, apology accepted :) I'm not trying to compete with you guys and I do wish you all the best of luck , my time is very limited right now so I hope you get yours going soon for everyone to try. The one I am working on is strictly going to be for lan play as I have no Public Login that works for it.



You are probably just as far as they are Sakrateri, and they don't have a public login either, they're using an older version of EQW to access the worldserver directly, bypassing any login.
I would love to hear more about your "hacks" to the Kunark client to get it working :)
PM me sometime about it, would really appreciate it.

P.S. ......... I have lots of old-school spawn files :)

[Wizzel]

Enough bashing on these forums KKThx~


Mattmeck

[WildcardX]

/golf clap

[WildcardX]

ahh, Matt... I thought Wizzel had hit the sweet spot myself, but I digress. Obviously a forum littered with personal attacks will do little to further our work on the project itself. Maybe the post that elicited Wizzel ought to be examined as well :-)

But Sakrateri, your work towards an EQ classic client and game is awsome, keep it up. I prefer the new game myself, well up until are the LDoN, DoN eras anyway, but I can see the appeal in going back to the old and familiar that most of us knew.

Since there are atleast two projects going on surrouding the EQ classic game, I wonder if Doodman can be coaxed into adding a second LS server to support this, unless neither project wants to hook to the mothership so to speak and have other plans.

[Ishamal]

Never mind....

[John Adams]

Maybe the post that elicited Wizzel ought to be examined as well :-)
Nah, the admins here pick who they dislike carefully and edit accordingly. I'm sure this will be deleted, too.

Too bad I missed Wizzel's rant. I sorta like them now. ;)

[Soulofsin]

The server looks very interesting Sak. Are you planning this to be LAN and Online? Or just LAN?

[Sakrateri]

Right now it is Lan. I have been able to get an old PublicLogin working with it that only supports up to 12 accounts but its a bit iffy right now. I am confident that after it gets out there that there are people much more proficient then I in programming that will be able to fix this thing up even better. I have come back to America now to get a Fianc'e visa to England and my computers and all my programs to work on this are still over there, I could be here a couple of months so until I get back there, theres not alot I can do on this but work on it I will when I get back. I want people to know that may have seen the video I posted that the sound is just fine, I was missing some snd files in that copy of kunark I had for some reason but took them all from a patched up to date client and the sound worked just fine then.

[Angelox]

More work and less talk I say-
These forums are incredible! no one wants to do a damned thing but talk, criticize. Every day I come in here hoping to find something new for the project , and all I see is stuff like this.
Reminds me of my my "Fireman" days; we had very few fires, so plenty of time to gossip and fight with each other.

[Sakrateri]

Eh? lost me there Angel??

[TheLieka]

Penguins.

Dax

[Soulofsin]

Oi! At least it's not in the "good ol' days" where people used rocks as a game and whoever bled the most won. =P. You'll have to post some screenies of DRAGONS DRAGONS DRAGONS!!!!!!

[Sakrateri]

Yes , boats do work... Not a small skiff but a full blown sailing vessel of old ...


http://www.kheprigames.com/boat1.jpg

http://www.kheprigames.com/boat2.jpg

http://www.kheprigames.com/boat3.jpg

[Jonathan5]

Would ya look at that. What a sight to see! Nice work, pal.

[neorab]

More work and less talk I say-
These forums are incredible! no one wants to do a damned thing but talk, criticize. Every day I come in here hoping to find something new for the project , and all I see is stuff like this.No fake... people's desire to be uppity and flamish nearly kills all desire to work on things like this. On the other hand, even caring support gets tiring when it manifests itself in complete idiocy. I'm not talking about here, btw.

[ouzinlvl34]

No fake... people's desire to be uppity and flamish nearly kills all desire to work on things like this. On the other hand, even caring support gets tiring when it manifests itself in complete idiocy. I'm not talking about here, btw.

Heh. I hear that one.

[John Adams]

He must be referring to nearly every public WoW community. ;)

[Telltolin]

God, I cant wait for this to be released. I still have my original EQ and kunark disc. The first thing I'm gonna do is bash in some skellies in gfaydark and walk to the docks in butcher and take a ride. I'm also going to do something I never did before and time how long the boat ride from butcherblock to freeport takes.

[IADarkyth]

Nice work Sak, it seems like a lot of people have taken interest in this type of project ever since the classic server PEQ/CEQ spawned.

We have something similar going on at http://www.mrzioto.com/ ( thread: http://eqemulator.net/forums/showthread.php?p=140436 )

Some screenies: http://www.mrzioto.com/media.php?cat=1/

http://www.mrzioto.com/screenshots/bards-work-i-swear.jpg

[Sakrateri]

Got the world completely populated, I have found a way to use even the newest database with this old client, This saves me ALOT of work. you can see in the screenshots in my game gallery here GALLERY (http://www.kheprigames.com/gallery/main.php) where I have track up that the zones are full of mobs.

[leslamarch]

Got the world completely populated, I have found a way to use even the newest database with this old client, This saves me ALOT of work. you can see in the screenshots in my game gallery here GALLERY (http://www.kheprigames.com/gallery/main.php) where I have track up that the zones are full of mobs.

WOW looking good :) thats great to see

[John Adams]

Oh how I have missed tracking "a stonegazer cock". Thank you, Sak. This looks awesome ;)

[Sakrateri]

Gunthak on an Old Client


http://www.kheprigames.com/gunthakt.JPG (http://www.kheprigames.com/gallery/main.php)
^ click me ^

[xvirus2501]

Great job Sak, looking forward to this.

[Jonathan5]

You're the man, Sak!

[rogue50]

gah! i cant wait

[Terethian]

Yes I cannot wait either... literally!!! I have the emulator configured and ready to go but for some reason I cannot get my EQ trilogy to connect to the server. Can you post a patch or info on how to mod the client end? I wanna get this working with minilogin at least... I NEED IT!!!!!!

[soulshot]

You have to have the Titanium version disk set.

[boogerific]

You have to have the Titanium version disk set.

... Darktides... /glare Soulshot ;)

[Terethian]

NO.......He stated this is done with a hacked kunark client. I have a kunark CD which is everquest trilogy... classic, velious, and kunark. I am trying to use it with emulator 2.3 but not able to get it to work and I think it is due to the client since sak stated his client is hacked. I want the "hack" or patch for it so i can get it to work even if it's just by myself. Please sak!! I need it!! (Desperately seeking retro EQ!!!) That is before Sony messed it all up. I have my own titanium server right now. I hate it. I want the original everquest UI and models. i can get the old models to work with titanium but it;s not enough.

[Sakrateri]

As stated earlier I do not have access to my files right now except the database.

[xarenhithorn]

It's looking good! When do you think you'll have a playable beta?

[Sakrateri]

I do not plan on having a playable beta as such, before public release I am going to let a select few (that have allready been selected) try it out for a day or 2 to make sure all is ok and then it will be publicly available.

As for a time frame I am hoping to have this out within a few weeks of my arrival back in England (I leave the US christmas eve.)

As stated before this will be far from perfect but it will be playable with a full mob, item, and loot database.

My wish is that there will be enough people wanting to play and work on this together to get it working to its full potential. I hope that people will share here any fixes and updates that will make it as good as I am sure it can be.

[kai4785]

Looking back, there's traffic on this thread every few weeks with more information. I wonder if I could bug you for an update, Sakrateri. I'm definitely interested in contributing to the success of your project :) Just let me know when I can give it a whirl.

[Sakrateri]

This is the version of EQ that I am using Kunark (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Everquest-Ruins-of-Kunark-PC-New_W0QQitemZ190186889017QQihZ009QQcategoryZ11050Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

You can get that which will work out of the box or if you register on my forums you will be able to get a program that hacks the exe and then be able to use any version you like.

I am about ready to give this out including the EQEMu2.3 with a database sql to source in that is populated up to PoP.

Just doing a little more testing to make sure it is going to work ok for everyone and then it will be available.

[Sakrateri]

The files needed for this can be found on my forums once you register, As I am not sure of the legality of giving programs that hack exe's I am not going to post it here BUT It seems to work with every version of EQ ( even tried with an up to date version and it worked fine) and if you have any version that it does not work with please let me know which one.

The EQEMU server is also available there BUT again, REMEMBER this is in no way a finished product and needs lots of work still, however you can play and kill mobs and see old graphics, spells and mobs. Just Please, Please work together by posting fixes here and I think together this will be a solid working server.

I do not have alot of time right now so i figured it best to give it out to all the smart people here and together with what time we have then it will all come together... Please enjoy :)

[Semedaien]

I'll behind ya 100% of the way sak, Working on my project right now, only thing is still using eqemu / peq db.... (customizing)

Trying to make my own classic server.... If you think i may be able to help pm me and i can tell ya my qualities.



-Nick
EQClassic Progression
Server OP

http://eqcprogression.987mb.com/

[Faza]

so whatever happened with this?

is there anyway to just steal the interface from my kunark cd's and use it on my up-to-luclin (not including luclin) server?

otherwise, can i play on yours? :grin: