Current EQemu VS. EQlive

xvirus2501 · #1 02-06-2006, 11:28 AM

Thats true Belfedia. I give 100% credit to the devs and this community. Their work always amazes me. Personally Im not sure what it takes to cetch EQemu up with livecompat. Im sure if by updating and then donating would help better the project somewhat?. It would also be towards the project rather than a specific goal or making expectations.. Plus It has alot of positive advantages.

TinkerNokker · #2 02-06-2006, 01:53 PM

I tried the whole EQ EMU thing a long time ago, mainly to mess with the spawning and pathing, but i lost my login name and password some time ago, and i stopped playing eq for a bit... i'm back now, and the first thing i decided to do was to make a server with EQ Emu and maybe open it to public, and i was well on my way, when lo and behold... i checked the forums, and saw those big red letters. needless to say i was a bit dissapointed.

I know how much time is put into the updating processes, so i will give it time, but in the meantime, i think donations to help would be much appreciated. I personally wouldnt pressure them into patching this up, i would simply donate to the cause. People are arguing about the legality of donating to further the updating and making the EQ Emu functional again, but i say we should donate to the cause anyways... i would donate even if there was a 90 percent chance of this never functioning again, as long as the team is still making public what they do and such. I would donate because their cause is interesting, and i am astonished by what they do each and every day for us. It wouldn't be too much to donate to the cause and not worry specifically about this, would it? im personally here to learn about their status and development. The server making and such is a public treat, but if they simply worked on it themselves, maybe they could find a way to fix the need to update frequently in the future. until then, i can live with the limitations of eqlive.

I just sort of started writing, sorry to drag a bit there

(first post on my new account woot)

TinkerNokker · #3 02-06-2006, 01:57 PM

i'm a worker and currently changing apartments so money's tight, but i will still donate when i can

Ibix · #4 02-06-2006, 01:54 PM

1. Developing a client would not be illegal, as long as none of Sony's names, models, etc were used at all.. which is in effect creating a completely new game, and therefore has nothing to do with EQ...

2. The devs COULD catch up with live right now and yes that would open the doors to several new people... HOWEVER... if they decided to catch up with live every 6 months, 5 months from now, there'd be people complaining that it's been 5 months, etc. Unless they match up to live every single patch, on the night of the patch, then there will ALWAYS be some people left out. FNW and company are doing their best right now to balance the maintaining of a live compatible version with fixing all the bugs that exist in the current version. They chased live for a very long time, and have now entered into a phase during which they hope to fix a lot of the bugs... once the bugs are to a point that they are comfortable, I hope and believe they will start chasing live agian.

MrJag · #5 02-06-2006, 02:04 PM

id love to come back to eqemu, i keep checking from time to time to see how its going here,
i lost my system a while ago and with it all my eqemu related files, went back to live for a bit but its just not the same as it used to be for me,
when i was here before i ran a server for a while but it was really a way for me
to experiment with the database end of the project and thats where i had my fun
tho the databases came from PEQ i loved playing around making changes and adding to them
if eqemu went current to live twice a year or even once a year i would forsure comeback and also donate what i could towards the project

rrnolan · #6 02-26-2006, 02:01 PM

I think it would be nice that they make a version that works with the unpatched CD install so that everyone that wants to play can play. Chasing EQ patches is a bad idea

image · #7 02-27-2006, 03:52 AM

As FNW said its hard to maintain live compatability, its also because we used to have over 10 coders on the project which would be able to update, there are only a few if that now.

gokudavid · #8 02-27-2006, 04:27 PM

Maybe just catching up to live two times a year would be worth it. Like when they release new expansions or whatever... we all know how sony is with their expansions of EQ. So this thought might just be from the lack of sleep... but its just an opinion.

**Doodman** · #9 02-28-2006, 12:14 PM

Let me offer some information, as well.

The other thing to consider is that donating money for a specific feature might redirect some of our work in that direction, but it would probably not increase the amount of work being done as a whole. We are putting in the time that we can. So, -IF- (and it's a big if) anything like this materialized, you would be choosing Live Compatibility over increased stability and new (or more complete) features.

This poll ( http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20106 ) does seem to illustrate the choices you'd have to make. It appears most people are choosing a fresh CD install version or just continuing to fix bugs.

I'll not speak for FNW (but I think he feel similarly), my full-time day job would not and could not be replaced by the magnitude of donations being offered here. Plus, I have a wife and three kids.

gokudavid · #10 02-28-2006, 12:27 PM

And we understand that Doodman ... hehe, a full time development for EqEmu wouldn't be a task that I would personally want to take on. We do appreciate all you guys have done so far, and maybe these guys are just looking for a reason to donate?? :p

Belfedia · #11 02-28-2006, 07:59 PM

The only good reason for donate is when devs need funds for project ? :p :p :p