SOF? Wait, what?

[drakelord]

So, its been a good while since I've been here. When I left, last time I checked, we were sticking with EQ Titanium and developing code to support it and the expansions contained therein.

Now, I come back, and we are now working on SoF, and none of the inbetween expansions?

Bit lost, can someone explain what has happened while I was gone? Searching for threads hasn't helped much.

[So_1337]

ProjectEQ is still developing the actual content for the Planes of Power expansion as well as some of the ones beyond it (things like LoY are completed). That's on the content side. There is still more work to be done.

On the emulator side, most all of the functionality of the Titanium client has been completely coded, so progress has started on a new client, Secrets of Faydwer. This is likely to be one of the last all-inclusive boxed sets that Sony will offer for sale, so it's a prime candidate for us, especially with copies of Titanium becoming harder and harder to find. Additionally, the Titanium client only includes content up to a certain period, so a new client must be used if we're to have all of the zones available that Live now includes.

Currently, only a few servers are actively developing content that requires the SoF client, and most everything that I know of that has been developed has been backward compatible, meaning that you can enjoy the same content with either the Titanium and SoF clients installed.

Was that helpful to you?

[drakelord]

Yes, that was very helpful.

As for the emulator, I thought problems such as instanced zones with LoY were never fixed, unless that has changed?

[Andrew80k]

Instanced zones work. I think most things work up through Titanium and I think a lot of SoF is actually working. Some of that stuff will still need some tweaks still, but for the most part is there and operational. There is an active thread that lines out what still needs to be done for SoF. Most of that stuff is fairly minor though. Mostly we just need content. We will be working on that stuff for a LONG time though.

[EvoZak]

Wait, I thought there was still A LOT to do with Titanium.

- adventure instancing and points
- monster play
- potion belt
- bandolier
- later zones with different binary formats, thus hindering server side maps

Has most of this in fact been solved?

[Secrets]

Originally Posted by EvoZak

Wait, I thought there was still A LOT to do with Titanium.

- adventure instancing and points Points yes, adventures themselves no.
- monster play No.
- potion belt Yes.
- bandolier Yes.
- later zones with different binary formats, thus hindering server side maps Yes, all titanium zones have been resolved.

Has most of this in fact been solved?

see above.