EQ2 Emulator?

**LethalEncounter** · #1 06-11-2007, 02:28 PM

We can get live packets decrypted again as of tonight.

I will be working on a packet collector project that should help out quite a bit if we want to use the latest client instead of an old one. What do you guys think about that? After the packet logger is finished, getting packet logs of everything imaginable from the latest client. Then we get a emulator working with that version and never worry about keeping up with live again. If we get enough packet logs, it should be pretty trivial.

techguy84 · #2 06-11-2007, 05:50 PM

I think that would be a bit of alright. But, let me double check here, your saying that you could make a PC for LIVE and we could collect on it and build the emulator from the current updated LIVE. Just make sure here. That would seem like a very logical approach to start with. It shame though that I just let my LIVE account go. May have to pay a month and start it back up to collect some.

Arkaiden · #3 06-11-2007, 07:51 PM

I'm player Eq2 since Beta, so it would be easy for me running around all zones gathering Packet information. Your Packetcollector should have the feature, to separate logs by zones. This should be easy regarding the logfile EQ2 can create.

Easiest way is to program the PC in that way, that u can just activate it and start running around, to collect Spawndata.

Even combat could be separated in the logs, because the client logs all chatmessages. Everything after "You start attacking" is combat etc ...

The EQ2 Client gives a handy "tool" to define what any packet does.

Even if I think Lethal already knows that, I wanted to mention this. =)

**LethalEncounter** · #4 06-11-2007, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by techguy84

I think that would be a bit of alright. But, let me double check here, your saying that you could make a PC for LIVE and we could collect on it and build the emulator from the current updated LIVE. Just make sure here. That would seem like a very logical approach to start with. It shame though that I just let my LIVE account go. May have to pay a month and start it back up to collect some.

Yes, PC from LIVE is now possible.

alfa24t · #5 06-11-2007, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LethalEncounter

Yes, PC from LIVE is now possible.

Very good news ^^

Arkaiden · #6 06-12-2007, 12:41 AM

@Lethal

Whe do u release ur PC, so we can start collecting. I'm starting out a new char so time would be perfect.

John Adams · #7 06-12-2007, 01:27 AM

So collecting isn't as simple as turning on a linux box with tcpdump, eh? heh! I look forward to a 'safe' way to suck data, and with a handful of mid-bie chars, I will definitely help collect any of the zones I can enter.

**LethalEncounter** · #8 06-12-2007, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by John Adams

So collecting isn't as simple as turning on a linux box with tcpdump, eh? heh! I look forward to a 'safe' way to suck data, and with a handful of mid-bie chars, I will definitely help collect any of the zones I can enter.

Yah, it would be that simple if you knew the encryption key. Once you have the key from the start, you can decrypt the entire stream.

**LethalEncounter** · #9 06-12-2007, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Arkaiden

@Lethal

Whe do u release ur PC, so we can start collecting. I'm starting out a new char so time would be perfect.

It will probably take a few weeks to a month before it would be ready as I dont have a great deal of time to invest. I'll let everyone know when it is ready so that we can get as many logs as we can. It would also be nice to implement some kind of item/spawn collecting in this.