EQemu on Android?

[knowom]

Seeing as you can run Linux on Android devices such as Ubuntu or Debian and you can run EQemu on Linux would it be possible to run EQemu off Android?

I doubt the performance would be optimal, but it seems like a interesting concept at least maybe it could be of some practical use to handle a few static zones or something?

[Tyen05]

Unity3d compiles games to web, console, mobile

Eqbrowser.com has a link to source where a lot of work has been done building the client in unity3d

[Corysia]

Unity3d compiles games to web, console, mobile

Eqbrowser.com has a link to source where a lot of work has been done building the client in unity3d

I can't see playing EQ on my phone. But my Nexus 7? That could be fun!

[famined]

Has any further progress been made on playing eq, emu or live, on android devices? I went to eqbrowser and it said that mobile devices were not supported. Just curious, all I have access to at work is my phone, I would love to be able to play eq!

[Maze_EQ]

think he meant more along the lines of running a server.

[famined]

I am just interested in playing it right now :)

I don't want to stream it off my PC because I don't want to lock it up while I am gone. I just simply want to play eq on my avant and waste the hours away at work!

[Maze_EQ]

not possible.

[Shendare]

The EverQuest game client was designed and built for use on Windows only. It can be used on Linux-based operating systems only with a Windows emulator (emu-ception!)

There is no Windows emulator available for Android at this time, and I have not heard of anyone trying to make one, as any kind of performance would likely be unworkable.

[provocating]

He was talking about the server itself. I cannot imagine why you would attempt it anyway. I remember a prior thread on running it on a Raspberry Pi, not feasibly. Just because you can do something does not mean it is a good idea.

[Shendare]

Ah, I misread "I am just interested in playing it right now" and was too lazy to read over the whole thread.

Android is built on Java, an interpreted language, running on a flavor of Linux. It's good for general purpose applications, but not for complex, performance-important, memory-consuming, database-crunching, file-system-thrashing server applications.

If you have a job where you can waste away work hours in a game (you bastard), and you don't want to use existing servers or run a server from your home network over the internet, you'd need to install the server on a work machine you can connect to, likely the one you'd be playing on.

You could only do that if IT gave you admin rights to install software like MySQL, PHP, Perl, etc., of course.

[Kingly_Krab]

Could always just have a VM or something similar and RDP in or use something like Teamviewer (not recommended due to security concerns), but I'm sure there are ways to "play" it on Android, but not actually on Android.

[Tyen05]

The biggest issue with "EQ on Android" is the screen space. Everything else is a non-factor.

edit: just realized OP was talking about serverside~ woops

[knowom]

The biggest issue with "EQ on Android" is the screen space. Everything else is a non-factor.

edit: just realized OP was talking about serverside~ woops Not a issue these days for Android Nvidia Shield Android TV has HDMI 2.0 4k support. It also can stream from a PC from a Maxwell based GPU. It has USB 3.0 support and 3GB of ram as well plus a stronger GPU than what I originally was thinking of at the time a Tegra K1.

To me the whole point would be to have it run from android device itself to take advantage of it's power efficiency to do either things play it via Linux/Wine or host a server on it. It sips power compared to a typical PC. I think it's more feasible today, but probably any of it's efficiency advantages are a lot less intriguing with the more efficient x86 CPU's available now. Not to mention capable older x86 CPU's that you could undervolt/underclock to save a lot on power.

You build a C2Q LGA771 mod adapter server for chump change these days and just undervolt one of those server chips which many of them had highly binned energy efficient lower TDP designs anyway that are still very decent CPU's.

In terms of just playing EQ on Android the Shield TV Console should be able to do so fairly trivially maybe even at 4K resolution EQ is not graphically demanding it's old as dirt. Basically all you'd need to do is run Linux on Android and use Wine for Linux and run EQ.

I'm pretty confident that if Shield TV Console can modestly emulate Wii Dolphin Emulator EQ wouldn't even be remotely challenging in terms of performance.

[MarcusD]

He was talking about the server itself. I cannot imagine why you would attempt it anyway. I remember a prior thread on running it on a Raspberry Pi, not feasibly. Just because you can do something does not mean it is a good idea.

Innovators push boundaries just fyi.

[MarcusD]

Not a issue these days for Android Nvidia Shield Android TV has HDMI 2.0 4k support. It also can stream from a PC from a Maxwell based GPU. It has USB 3.0 support and 3GB of ram as well plus a stronger GPU than what I originally was thinking of at the time a Tegra K1.

To me the whole point would be to have it run from android device itself to take advantage of it's power efficiency to do either things play it via Linux/Wine or host a server on it. It sips power compared to a typical PC. I think it's more feasible today, but probably any of it's efficiency advantages are a lot less intriguing with the more efficient x86 CPU's available now. Not to mention capable older x86 CPU's that you could undervolt/underclock to save a lot on power.

You build a C2Q LGA771 mod adapter server for chump change these days and just undervolt one of those server chips which many of them had highly binned energy efficient lower TDP designs anyway that are still very decent CPU's.

In terms of just playing EQ on Android the Shield TV Console should be able to do so fairly trivially maybe even at 4K resolution EQ is not graphically demanding it's old as dirt. Basically all you'd need to do is run Linux on Android and use Wine for Linux and run EQ.

I'm pretty confident that if Shield TV Console can modestly emulate Wii Dolphin Emulator EQ wouldn't even be remotely challenging in terms of performance.


I think getting away from the nasty x86 intel monopoly would be an excellent reason.

[provocating]

Innovators push boundaries just fyi.

Okay you run yours on that, I will run mine on a few Xeons.

[alcures]

Not an Android tablet but, my Dell Venue 8 running windows 8 runs it just fine. You just need at a minimum a BT mouse and a keyboard helps but not required. The touch screen mouse doesn’t work with the EQ GUI so you need the BT mouse. Ive used this setup on short trips where the hotel had WiFi and I didn’t bring a laptop. Or you can tether the tablet to your phone and run it truly mobile. I hav my EQEMU folder on an SD card
EQEmu on Android would be a dream machine IMO. Mobile EQ yes please

[Lane]

Wouldn't it be possible to have some kind of "side game" for EMU that allows players to do a basic quest that would translate to positive experience in the SQL database?

Would this leave too much vulnerability?

Kind of thought this could be a cool way to earn some XP doing some "turn based" version of EQ away from home, then jumping on your PC at home and you got XP or Items or Plat etc.

[Huppy]

maybe nowadays the use of Android phone is very high and the use of computer and laptop is less....

Big diff between a phone app and a real video game, lol

https://i.ibb.co/b3hQDt8/smedley-1.jpg

[friendlinzh]

playing EQ on my android phone would be very cool!

[brightsun]

I have been playing various games for a long time but rarely use my phone. Probably because of the small monitor, I just do not like to play on the phone.