Lets Make a Mega Server!

[Murthrin Emrys]

I would be more than happy to dedicate a computer to 1 zone, unfotunately my cable company doesn't allow a large amount of data transfer so I would lose my subscription if I did this. However in a couple months or so I should be switching providers to one with more bandwidth and the permission to do this. I'll keep you guys updated.

[zerjz]

If you guys ever did get this server up and running, I'd be more than happy to switch over and GM it for ya. Not sure if this project is still in the makings, it's somewhat of an old post. Anyway, lemme know.

- Zerjz

[elbartoman99]

If you guys have not forgot about this 'megaserver' may i suggest not making it legit PLZ

[tynaeya]

if this actually can be done and is still alive and kicking i too would be willing to donate a server for a zone or 2

Originally Posted by elbartoman99

If you guys have not forgot about this 'megaserver' may i suggest not making it legit PLZ

This has me tongue tied, dunno what side to be on. Heres the deal, i would love to recreate the Everquest world making my own footprints in freshly laid soil instead of following all those footsteps of everyone else. #Cast and #Castspell would have to be disabled! Most definately, and really if you try it out the AA points cause MAJOR lag when adding points really fast and disconnect the players from the server. Its not human to put in AA points when you can just summon items like rwtest ac ring. If you dont want the mega server to be legit play on a mini server.

Im not trying to speak for everyone here but i can log into any server and #level 65 and #summonitem anything i want at any time. What i would like to see is a new community of Legit Questers that wish to rebuild norrath and create their own version of history. When you have 100 level 65's in the same zone there is nothing to kill therefore there is no need for 100 people with same gear. Legit servers on the other hand require a few more players to equal the ammount of skill required to level. Hence the MEGA server idea, for ALOT of users. You see what im trying to say?

I know you want a big server so you can talk to anyone you want and stuff, but hey... we (legitzorz) actually NEED those players on our server so we can progress forward in time. Thank you for your time and i am now passing out.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Glasswalker]

Hello there everyong... long time no see...

I have not been involved in the eqemu community for a month or two now, but it is great to see that my idea to run the megaserver is still alive and kicking...

I am still interested in doing this, the problem being what was mentioned before... We NEED a good stable database first... because constant database updates being replicated over the internet is unreasonable...

I am still very excited about trying this, but we need a more finished DB first...

Also I have allways thought of it being a legit server...

I planned on setting it up so that all players only have the abilities of players on real eq. And the only GMs there would be would be permenant server owners...

but I agree completely, if we can create a real copy of norrath and make it capable of supporting many players, it could be alot of fun, and we could rebuild the world our own way... Have the ability to alter content to the users whims and all around have a good time without:

A) Paying
B) The control of the corporate opressor (AKA Verant / Sony)
C) The bore of doing something that has been done a million times in an old dying world

Anyway... KEEP THIS TOPIC ALIVE!!! PLEASE!!!

If we can build interest in this idea, then when the time comes that the DB may be ready, I can see the EQEMU world migrating to a true alternative to paid EQ play...

Thanks,

Talk to you all later!

(And hope to see you online sometime...)

[pogoism9]

If i can get it through my router, i'd be happy to host 2-4 zones

[Lucid]

Hmm sounds like a plan... well i dunno bout the uber leet programing and network stuffs but you get it running to were i can put servers onto it or something i could prob have 2 zones running on one comp and 2 zones running on the other...dunno cant login atm patched on accident and it fucked up my emu so gonna have to wait a while lol alright cya dudes



Lucid

[Lucid]

oh snap this is old post lol uhm yeah anyway *cough*

[fwiggles]

i'd be happy to have one computer running a zone or however much, i'm gonna be getting a crappy P2 233mhz and gonna give it some ram and have it runnin eqemu server but if this is a go, i'd be able to have one goin all the time.

[fnemo]

233 wont be enough *coughs*

[fwiggles]

lol not even 1 zone huh...figures lol

[DeletedUser]

pfft i have a p2 233 mhz server, it just needs a lot of ram.

[Glasswalker]

Wow... who would have thought this thread would last this long...

I started this months ago...

Anywho... I am still interested in running this, and many people have proposed interest in running servers...

The database replication needed is possible... And as long as the machines are on good stable connections with low pings it should work...

With the amount of support I have seen, we should be able to easily support 15-20 zones simultaneously...

One thing I think we would need to do is weighting... that would need to be done at the code level... Somewhere in the communication between world and zone server, the zone servers should be weighted to allow for proper load balancing between them... that way the machines with lower pings and more resources free can grab up busy zones, leaving the smaller less popular ones for slower servers...

With that all in place this could easily work...

So Lets Rally Support People!!! All those interested please email me at glasswalker@cogeco.ca and I will take a tally of actually interested people, I will work on either gaining developer support for our venture, or doing it myself...

The database is relatively mature, and should work allright...

And we are capable of many features to make it fully playable...

Lets make this happen!!!

[singalots]

Hmmm.....This looks fun/confusing. I havent even been a member for a day yet, but i think i will stay for more then a couple of days hehehehe.... On this "Mega Server" we will still be able to #summonitem right? (or all of those things) :