New repack for those new to eqemu

[thiefzer0]

Hi everyone! This looks very interesting. I had just downloaded all of the other software (except visual C++, I prefer dev C++ but thats just me), when I saw this. Am contemplating throwing up a small public pvp server with classic style rules. Thought it would be a fun challenge to attempt to go in and re-create EQ as I remember it, IE nothing past Luclin. Will give this repack a try; less time playing with setups is more time to play with configs ) Thanks again.

Before I run this, has anyone else run it to verify it's safe btw? I read the posts above and I see no damning evidence...
Also, what kind of hardware requirements are necessary to host a ... say 50 man server with this? Any help is welcome, thanks

~thief

[Fulcrum]

I'm running a similar setup right now...

I don't have it running on a machine with any important information, (bleached the machine, fresh XP install), but by every check I can think of it checks out pretty well... the machine it's on is a 7 year old retired business laptop on a shared wireless LAN. (850mhz-ish cpu, 2g ram, 60g HD.)

Now, I haven't 'pressure-tested' it with outside collections, yet, but I've had 12 static and 12 dynamic zones running all at once and notice no lag worse than the 'ol EQ servers had on rare occasion... even with a full group of characters and pets chewing up spawns in places like Befallen, Upper Guk, Blackburrow and the like.

.... and it might not even be 'lag' but all weapon and spell recharges lining up for a quarter-second of combat silence.