EQEmu server adaption?
 

Would it be possible to use the EQEmu code and adapt it to one of the newer MMOGs? Use it as a base of sorts? I am just curious.

Absolutely. The base network code provides a lot in a generic way. Everything else is the fun part once you get that layer of code in there.

Sure, it's possible to make strawberry jelly if you know how to make apple butter, but emulators take a long damn time to make.

Almost nothing will port over EXACTLY.

Of course it will never port exactly. It would be a good place to start though eh?

Like Merth said, the network code probably ports, but every rule, every opcode, everything must pretty much be rewritten... It may port, depending on the client.

Possible sure, logical not really. The network code is very eq specific.

See thats what I was sort of asking :P whether it would be worth even working off the eqemu code or not...as an example or something.

You can't just take the networking code, you can use it as a decent example as how a threading, mutex, multiple connection application works and such.. but it wouldn't be worth trying to port it

It would still be useful as an example though? Something to work from.

The outline is very helpful. Code is damn near useless.

Does that answer your question?