To the EQemu team.

[gottasummer]

Originally Posted by kiako

greetings, I am new to these boards, and although have not played yet, look foreward to doing so.

The question I have is, how does it work?

My computer skills is to the extent of Games, I dont even know how to post pictures

Im intrested to know , in laymans terms. How changing the files will enable me to play different servers.

And I take it you're computer programers, etc.?

Thanks in advance,

Kiako

Question 1: It works by the programmers cracking the encryption algorithm, to decipher packets and learn what they do, well i will continue the rest in easy terms... they crack the algorithm, kind of like a cable descrambler.

Question 2: When having the correct client version, you edit the eqhosts.txt file, to connect to the servers. Yes, they are free to play on, BUT you should - wait have to obtain EQ legally.

Question 3: I believe the devs are programmers for a living. I run a server, and I do program but I am still in school, so basically.. you dont need to program to run a pre-compiled server, but if you dont know much about computers, you are more than welcome to play on my server, and I am sure all the other server administrators would be more than happy to get another player