What OpenEQ Is

[Belfedia]

Nobody can't repair the link because woa is at this time a dead project :( and his site is close.

[klinzhai]

While I can see some reason to have an independent client (multiple platforms, getting off the SOE protocol), beyond that, you're probably breaking the copyright in a half dozen new ways if you keep using the old zone files and if you're not, then well, at that point you've designed a whole new game and should really think about simply making your own game and making a living at it.

Yes, I know that there are a lot of "Open source everything!!!" people out there, but the reality is that when you have a smaller group of people who can concentrate on a single project and actually direct their abilities, you end up with higher quality and more consistent content.

Just look at EQ up until Luclin, it was all pretty good gameplay, a consistent world and other than the fact that they couldn't fix anything (non-exploit bugs and broken quests) to save their lives, was pretty damn good. Now look at the PoP and later content. It lost everything that made EQ good up to that point and was almost completely focused on either raiding or on helping everyone hit the point where they could start raiding. Players killing their gods with no consequences. Expansions that had nothing to do with the in-game lore (GoD, OoW anyone?) and seemed at times to be only created so that they could get that immediate 'post-expansion boost' to their playerbase and a few more sheckels out of us.

If you want to create a high-quality game, go get some funding and find a large team of people who are focused on quality. Heck, do it part-time until you're ready to get funding at the late Alpha/early Beta stage. Then you'll have enough leverage to keep control over the project after it goes live and still get your funding.

[BFC]

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[Speedz]

heh, my posts were not ment to start a war here....was just an opinion, and compliment to the openEQ project.....

Looks like it all started AFTER my posts..I think htis thread could stand to be X'd from my post on.

[Dark_SavanT]

can I download sources, or binaries of it?

[Damilis]

Originally Posted by Dark_SavanT

can I download sources, or binaries of it?

ouch, 9 days shy of revamping a year old thread.

[HurtinuDaily]

New people that just discover eqemu could play..... would be a great chance to expand the community IMO

[Docs]

I just remade a new user name for here, its been a year or more since i last decided to check this out.

I think this is a great idea. I was sorta wondering if it was possible. I need to go back to reading more thread BRB

[Smedy]

this project is really awesome, if you were able to make a opensource client that could seem like the real thing, that would be totally awesome, being able to make any modification to the client is great, such as bringing back the true oldschool stuff

but not using the same engine for graphics is gonna bring alot of bugs to the table im guessing, so there will be ALOT of work i assume! good luck on this guys

[alemialone]

ok if open eq and mangos were to combine development would be much faster
their server core is @ the .1 stage updates every day last i checked it was on revision 1520 somthing supports wurld of you know clients current. programed in c++ open source database is mysql.

linking the main site

http://www.mangosproject.org/forum/

look in /trunk for latest source to compile.

[Belfedia]

Originally Posted by alemialone

ok if open eq and mangos were to combine development would be much faster
their server core is @ the .1 stage updates every day last i checked it was on revision 1520 somthing supports wurld of you know clients current. programed in c++ open source database is mysql.

linking the main site

http://www.mangosproject.org/forum/

look in /trunk for latest source to compile.

The only problem is OpenEQ is a dead project (one more) and if nobody take it, that will remain a dead project ... :(

[CrabClaw]

I wish people would get thier minds together and come up with an open source "clean room" implementation of an MMO style server RPG that everyone could extend with thier own content. there are more than enough tools out there to fuel the effort!

-The amount of classes, races, interface, and equipment data structures should be open ended, so people have room for creativity.
-The world should be zone based so its easier to add new zones at will.
-The project should use open source libraries, scripting (like python or LUA, XML, and MySql), and tools so there are as few barriers as possible for people to make content.

I guess we are just waiting for the first spark that will light the torch and get people thinking "outside the box". Talking about it helps though and the work being done today on emulators only builds compentancy and interest in the skills needed to actually make it happen. I track the Mangos peoples forums too, I admire thier energy in these efforts.