C# port... gauging interest

[daerath]

Originally Posted by EvoZak

So I have ported some of the server code over to C# on .net 3.5. It's been a couple of years since I seriously worked on it and don't mind hosting it on GitHub if there is development interest. I want to start working on it again and would like to have some collaborators.

By "some" I mean I have a working UDP server, zoning, inventory management, combat, and lots of other items. It's been awhile but I think I have spells working somewhat. This is a line by line port I did by hand from the C++ source over hundreds of hours. I didn't use any converters so a lot of the class design has changed to meet my tastes, etc.

It is a super fun project that I learned a ton on. Really fun tackling various issues and porting them over. Major respect to the people that originally figured out how they were aligning ints into x bits in those structs.

My original goal was to learn and to see if the .NET framework was a verifiable choice for server programming. It is and has managed code benefits. There's a ton left to do. If there is interest I will provide more details. I don't want to have an epic post in a crickets thead

Sounds interesting. I've entertained the idea of writing parts of the emu in c#. While it would be exclusively a windows port, there are a number of advantages to using .NET over native code. At a minimum its a neat project and could produce some interesting benchmarks.

Did you / Can you post what you have so far on github?

[EvoZak]

Sorry for the gap in responses. A well placed PM fired an email and alerted me... The result: https://github.com/jasoncoding/EqEmulator-net

Be advised that compared to the C++ project it's a wee infant, but it's still fun and a neat start. I probably have several hundred hours logged on what's there now. I'll be adding better overviews to the code, sample data and a short to do list I had going soon.

[Shawn319]

I'd be interested in looking at the C# port.. although i'm just getting back into the C++ version and getting the clients setup myself.. but definitely will be downloading and taking a peek.

[squevis667]

Knock the dust off this bad boy. I would love to get a look at what you have done.

[Vexyl]

Originally Posted by squevis667

Knock the dust off this bad boy. I would love to get a look at what you have done.

The github link was already posted:
https://github.com/jasoncoding/EqEmulator-net

[Tyen05]

bumped, & saved for reference

[Dimorge02]

I'd be interested in helping. If anything for fun