Love the idea, I enjoyed the zeb server quite a bit in the last few weeks of its' life. I couldn't make it anywhere close to the endgame before the server shut down though, I know I'd like a chance to see it.

is this thee zeb database?

No bow"master", the thread titled "Abyss/Zeb DB" containing three pages of easy-to-read text describing how it's the Zeb DB shortly after the abyss merge, has nothing to do with the zeb database. Move along, nothing to see here.

Erm nothing to see? just gone though and read it and well. Jibba said hes working on the old zeb again.. thats worth seeing , thank you.

Post date. Read again. Thanks.

Heh, no I do not think this is the Zeb db (i have asked for it, but am certain I will not get it), though it's got bits of Jibba all over it... eww...

This thread is 4 years old, sorry for the bump as I said. Check the dates, nothing about this has anything to do with Jibbatwinkers. Just an old, fun server I had lying around. Played it for a few hours last week, and it was kinda fun. Hadn't "played" EQ in years. Brought back some good memories.


Edit: If Amra is still around, and has his "before my mods" version of this database, I might run that instead. Sounds like even he was unhappy with the current DB...

tryied connectiong , guess i cant with UF client

No, see the statement "Code is 2007 code, too" ;) Til I get the time to see if I can update the database [without] altering the content, I'm leaving it on Titanium-only client support.

Yello

I will see what I can find. =)

Thanks, Amra. Good to see you again!

So far no good. I swear it was around not too long ago. Will keep up the search. But yes, Abyss was most definitely based on Jib's core db. Like I said before I don't remember everything I changed.


The most major changes I remember (sorta):

Drastically lowered magic resistance across the board - This is just a pet peeve for me. I do NOT like being resisted =P I don't like eq fizzles either arrgg My intention was to backtrack and adjust Boss mobs and such but I don't recall how far I got.

Changed (donation) zones to allow access for all players.

Did some work with prismatic dyes and augments. Dyes were not working as I remember. They work in my version. I never finished the augments.

Beyond that I really don't know. Bits and pieces here and there but I don't think anything major.

There may have been an implementation of Georges random loot. As I remember loot generator. As I recalled loot being a bit barren for minor mobs. But that may have been another db =) And it would have been temporary until the loot table was redesigned.

So that's about it. =)

Edit: Random loot was another db. Scratch that =P

Unfortunately, this server is not as popular as it was in 2007. I guess all the old players have moved on or stopped playing MMOs ;)

I'm in the process of setting it up again on a Linux box, so it's down right now... but if I don't see regular usage of this database, I might choose to run a VZTZ rip-off PvP server instead. Though, I imagine that would be more work, since running a PvP server would be similar to running a day care :D and I don't think I have that much spare time to work out social issues haha.

Thanks for your search efforts, Amra. I'd run the original Zeb DB if you have it. Though yours is quite fun as it is.

One reason I will never run an open server again. I can't deal with kids lol Awesome to see all these names still around though. George is still perfecting his tools I see =) Good deal.

Angelox looks to have been busy too lol Been a long time.

been playing on the server , damn its a fun servber , But shame there isnt many players on it :( , Since Titanium only :(

Heyy ,. I know you said you would not be making any changes to the server? ... , But there is one change that is porblery needed... , Deaths .. , what happen is , you die , but you just lie there dead. , dont respawn , i would imagine this would be a quick fix. , but if you close the EQ window , and load it back up , You spawn back where you Bind point is . , so therefor servers still playable but its such a pain ... Thanks

Just so you guys know, I updated the server for the current host. This means your characters will be wiped, but it should be much less frustrating with the zone crashes, they should be non-existing with this update.

He'll be deploying the new DB onto this server and running latest eqemu, fixing crash issues but probably breaking some of the higher end content. Please let me know in this thread if there's any issues.

I will be helping him monitor the server as things go on, and maybe I will dedicate a small amount of time to new content. It is running the content from the abyss download linked here, including the characters on the download.

You can use the SoF, SoD, and UF clients with this new and improved DB + Source, too.

After new Code , John Adams , You need to pop on to change it to No Corpse Retrival thing :( , Since before it wasnt on :(

a Few things ive noticed so far..

1. the Spell Scriber isnt Scrbing spells nomore.
2. The GM trainers are only showing lanuages.
3. Xp is Nerfed
4. Seem to hit as slow with haste , than before without any haste.

If the custom files like the zone _chr.txt files aren't going to be provided anywhere (as needed in PoGrowth for example), you may want to consider doing a quick swipe through the zones to make sure there is nothing that isn't available to each particular custom zone.

I popped on for a bit and noticed my 6 year old character is still there lol.

I noticed factions aren't working, which I assume is due to one of the more recent faction changes and probably some missing SQL (seen those issues reported recently anyway).

Also, if spells aren't scribing or working or whatever, it may be that the spell file still needs to be imported into the DB.

Either way, it looks like there would be quite a bit of work before anyone should consider working on new content there. All of the zones will need to be rebalanced for the combat code changes through the years. Since the old Zeb website is gone, there is no good place to reference for figuring out what to do, where to go, or how to get there. Shortly before Jibba gave up on the server, I remember him doing some zone connecting thing that links all of his custom zones together into a custom connected world. Without a map of this, it would be pretty tough to know how to get around.

I need to wait for John to fix the spellscriber but I know the issue. Other than that, everything else is fixed.

I need people to play through some of it, but I agree, it's gonna need updating :)

They are available at the link mentioned in /motd.

Whole faction_list table was missing somehow, fixed :)

Just FYI, I am no longer hosting this server since Secrets has generously offered to take it in full time.

Thank you Secrets! The old Zeb DB lives again, and is current!

Looking forward to maintaining a playerbase again :)

Some changes i've already made:

*Fixed spellscriber
*Fixed skillcaps
*Updated spellfile to be the default House of Thule one
*Spellscriber, Greeter, and Buffbot has saylinks now.
*Updated Greeter to have information about the 'current' server
*Fixed Drakkin not being able to use anything
*Slightly lowered the minimum haste delay. Roll an enchanter at some point, you won't regret it.
*XP rate increased slightly.

More to come...

Long Live Secrets :D
Thank you John for hosting in the mean time though :)

a Few things ive Noticed :)
1. Skill Ups are Very slow ,
2. Acruacy is poorish My warrior missed 12 hits in a row
3. Theres Still Corpse Retrivial? This intended?
4. Buying Pet Items from NPC = Crash.
5. /ooc reported buying the Nexus Gate item Crashed the Character
6. scrap above 2 , Seems as if ,m BUYing ANYTHING from a npc in nexus , Crashes you.

Will Update as a i find things
Due to 2+3 and 6 ,. My mage has got to be scraped now : , i cant retrive his body :(

I keep crashing when I try to buy any items from merchants in Nexus. Also I have crashed for no reason while I was in the Field of Bone zone and can not log back into my char. When I try to log into him it just freezes up.

Gonna try and fix the items today, as well as the accuracy/corpse stuff. Not sure why you guys would be crashing on buying items but I will look into it.

Can you try logging into the character again? I just am about to do a reboot, I have a feeling it's related to one of his items.

edit: just logged on the box today and saw a lot of asserts. Gonna recompile without them, lol

Server is back up. I confirmed the ability to purchase items from the Nexus. Please report any more issues.

*Corpse runs disabled.
*Skillups increased by a rate of 200%.
*Items should no longer crash you or the zone.
*When zones crash, they should no longer hang until closed manually.

Wtb...
 

Im always playing but now ive lost my mage :( , hes got no items now , ive gotta farm gear for him again :(

Seems mobs are hitting 90 95% of the time whichll make higher up content pretty hard ,

ALso Mobs do Seem to have alot of hps . my warrior /cleric stood toe to toe with a mob for over like 5mins till a Low DB died
Fights take Way to long. Chardok is the XP zone for 50-65 , no loot but just xp

getting rougly 1% more xp since you said u un nerfed ,xp , 3% a kill to 4% a kill..
and Taking like 3-5mins a trash mob atm now witohut haste

I zoned into Tacvi and there were no mobs up. Not sure if maybe they are timed or it was a bug.

Another small bug. I did the Quest where you get the 2 rib cages and got the quest reward "Glowing Pebble of the Kunarkian Nemisis" and it has no slot for it to go into to. Bagging it for now till its fixed :)

Also, the quest to get your epic 1.0 as a SK I also got an extra reward called "Refined Nurga Ore Bracer" has stats, but no slot to equip it.

The items from Nurga are fixed. I will be revamping Tacvi over the weekend.

So you reimbursed us for the shield, I turned it into the eye and he ported me to Marr. I killed Marr got his sword but I cant turn it in because when the eye ported me he never gave me the shield back.

Will fix this and update the post when it's fixed.

couple suggestions id like to see:

Would like to see lvl for quests under all npc names in nexus instead of just some of them :P

maybe let us have a bot since server pop is a little low atm

Possibly a epic 1.5/2.0 quest :))

thats all for now,other ideas would be for future dates :P

have u completed the content to judge upon a 1.5 /2 .0 , i thinkthere is one , but a dont know where..

Population is Low , but you can get around with the low population for time being :)

But i Agrree with the instead of ( treasure Hunter) under npcs names

hgave ( level 1-5 area)
( level 3-15) etc
Secrets if you want?

I can Go though all of them that i can find and state them down for you?

Well for the 1.5 I think I found the quest starter but I got stuck at trying to kill Lodizal. The NPC that starts this is in Nexus, Research quest. Have to kill Vox, Naggy, Trak. Then Lodizal but I got raped hard