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Originally Posted by Lorien
After running an EQ Fan Site for about 2 years and based on comments from my own site members, I am considering running an EQemu server. So I decided to visit and do some reading. I still have several questions unanswered that I would like to ask. Bare with me if I missed the answers to these questions some where on the site or forums.
#1 After reading the hardware specs and software I will need, I wanted to ask how is it possible to run an entire world on one machine? SoE has clusters in the general range of 1 server to 5 zones. Can someone explain?
#2 With it being only one server for the entire world, what’s the player capacity limit? If this number is rather small, can it be increased through additional servers? What if I wanted to be able to host 100 to 500 players on my server?
#3 What is the game play quality compared to SoE's Servers? OR What are the differences, if any, to a SoE server? (This is not a question about server classifications like legit and non-legit servers but about the actual playability of the game, the feel, the lag, the spawns, etc)
#4 Running a server would be a full time job, not to mention the hardware and software upgrades that will cost over $3,000 plus maintenance, up keep and managing a staff if you're lucky enough to get volunteers. So my next question is, does anyone charge a fee to play on their server? If so, how is it done OR is there a way to flag an account as able to play for 3 months (one month, one year, etc...) then expire?
#5 If I run a server, I want to be able to control access to it. No one would be allowed to log in unless I approve their account on my server. Is this possible?
#6 Can I customize the "user agreement" splash page for my server and it's rules?
#7 I may want to customize user status. Is this possible?
Thank you in advance to those who can help by answering any one or all of the above.
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#1 yeah as long as it aint an old 486 or a P1, P1 may work but I think P2 minimum.
#2 You can edit it, its all open source so yeah u can change it... and yep thats the odd thing, there are more than one servers in the list.
#3 Well you can customize it, your the server administrator, do whatever the hell your want, your god in your server.
#4 If you want to you can charge I guess, SOE wouldnt be that happy... but you dont need to constantally upgrade hardware, this isnt a blazing fast GUI with graphics and stuff, its an advanced console program, thats all to it, run it on your home PC if you use COX or Comcast, I do not recommend using something like roadrunner. If your really gonna spend that much money just go to
www.managed.com and get a server.
#5 Yep
#6 Yeah, but I dont know about splash screen.. other than that, yeah I think so
#7 Stats, yeah, status, i dont understand.
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