EQClassic

[Hawala]

WTF happened to it?

[Swish]

Yeahlight(?) pulled the plug... if you can say there was a plug to pull. The project was lacking developers and people with the time to spend on it I think (not to mention Project 1999 had gone from strength to strength since EQclassic was created).

[falkun]

Yeahlight wanted SOE's consent to disseminate their IP and the request was denied (http://www.eqclassic.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3863). Yeahlight did not want a custom content server and refused to share SOE IP "illegally" and was getting busy, so Yeahlight stepped back from the project. Yeahlight caught a ton of flak for "giving up", so Yeahlight handed the reigns over to Haraki and walked away (http://www.eqclassic.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3893).

[Tongpow]

if you can say there was a plug to pull.

progress was definitely made or atleast the alpha i got to play on looked promising enough was nice to actually see classic stuff like the reverse camera angle inside inventory,classic server/character select stuff we will prolly never have here
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/charselect.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/buff.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/Gems.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/EQ000002.jpg

[Daldaen]

That UI. So classic.

Would love if P99 could work on that client and everyone needed that UI to play.

[Tongpow]

they would have to do what EQC did i think, and use the trilogy client not titanium and their own loginserver not the eqemulator one

[stormlord]

EQclassic was my first exposure to EQ emulation. I went to their forums. They seemed more cautious and tighter. Later I found Project 1999 and never looked back. I think EQclassic was in over their head. Maybe Yeaylight did walk away because he/she wanted a legal IP, but I think it was a combination of taking on too much and not having the ability to follow through. P1999, on the other hand, kept its sights lower by using hte Titanium client. I think that's what eventually led to its larger community and, hence, larger access to skill/donations/etc. I don't know the exact details, but I think ti's related to eqemu already working with Titanium.

I will admit I stopped paying at p1999 because hte legality of it weighed on my mind. Say all you want, but it's illegal to use the client to connect to non-company servers. I bought Titanium in 2007, but doesn't make it legal. Ya, I'm guilty of playing for a while, so I'm not innocent.

On a lighter side, Brad McQuaid, as well as many others, including a developer on Crowfall, have referenced p1999 in their interviews. So despite not being officially legal, I doubt the company will ever pursue it.

However, I'd be much more concerned about eqemu in general, not just p1999. But anyway, since we're likely not to see anything, whatever. I know I won't ever come back to all this again. I only miss p1999. It's so professional. I played on live for a while and had some fun. I play other games now.

I recommend Wurm Online for those who like sandboxxes. It's like EQ in some ways. It has corpse runs and its map doesn't have GPS. It feels like old eq. It's not trying to be a cartoony game either. Ya I know it's a sandbox and not really PvE. The fun comes mostly from the players and building sand castles.

And ya you can play on live EQ servers for free... and still experience things fully up to about 75 or 80. Beyond that and things start to become iffy. And the mercenaries aren't as good. You can technically level up to 95 or so free, but you'll probably want a sub to fully use everything. I know it's not like p1999, but I played on live recently and it's still fun to reexperience old zones (or new ones like TSS or SOD zones). And it's legal.

[Tongpow]

man... wurm online last time i played that was back in 09 was like one of three champions of Libila of HotS on the pvp server.
champs had permadeath 3 lives so i basically never left our castle until i ended up selling the account

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/wurm201010262323232242.jpg

heard they have made alot of improvements to it over the years

[Hawala]

progress was definitely made or atleast the alpha i got to play on looked promising enough was nice to actually see classic stuff like the reverse camera angle inside inventory,classic server/character select stuff we will prolly never have here
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/charselect.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/buff.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/Gems.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/EQ000002.jpg

Wow these photos are epic!

So, is anything going to happen or have they given up altogether?

[Tongpow]

no idea, pretty sure its a pipedream at this point only like one dude working on it and i assume alot of bugs still

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/Tongpow.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/TongpowAlpha1.jpg

[Infectious]

progress was definitely made or atleast the alpha i got to play on looked promising enough was nice to actually see classic stuff like the reverse camera angle inside inventory,classic server/character select stuff we will prolly never have here
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/charselect.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/buff.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/Gems.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/EQ000002.jpg

WOW! Fuck we're spoiled on this server. I played from release to luclin and I would cry if they released a server like this. P1999 to me is epic as hell. That ui and login screen is on a whole new level.

Someone needs to bridge the gap between that server and this server and make that happen, if possible. Both sides would make out on a deal.

[HalflingWarrior]

I'd be happy with just the P99 Reboot second server. It's a whole different game when everyone is wearing cloth and leather armor at level 30.

Most fun I've had in awhile, I'm ashamed to say, was levelling my toon on Red99. It's not just about grinding out levels but you actually want/need those ringmail and bronze armor drops etc.

[Faywind]

I'd be happy with just the P99 Reboot second server. It's a whole different game when everyone is wearing cloth and leather armor at level 30.

Most fun I've had in awhile, I'm ashamed to say, was levelling my toon on Red99. It's not just about grinding out levels but you actually want/need those ringmail and bronze armor drops etc.

Unfortunately Red is a ghost town and not worth playing unless you like to solo. I can't imagine how barren it must feel with under 100 players online during offpeak times.

[Clockw0rk]

Was a shame to see this project essentially fall way, it had a lot of hype!

[Swish]

Unfortunately Red is a ghost town and not worth playing unless you like to solo. I can't imagine how barren it must feel with under 100 players online during offpeak times.

Can't lie, red definitely needs a boost during Euro hours... that's been the biggest thing lacking there - no Euro guild :p

[Bigtokes]

I followed that game back in the day (I think it was 2007?) when I found out about it. It was all talk back then but remember every so often some progress was made. I think the project went back even further under another name (Project Norrath?)

Fact is, I wish I could play that game. I love the UI and everything was original. But it would take way too much work. Would be cool if the devs here could access some of that work and make some tweaks.

[Laugher]

So with this the classic ui was still 640x480, right? Or was it able to be scaled up to say 1024x768?

Tried using the old ui on the mac client and having it resize my res to 640x480 but was real jaggy/pixelated

[Tongpow]

been like 8years or so but i remember having to use EQW i remember messing around in the ini file but i dont remember if we ever got anywhere with it


http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/Kuja2600/untitled-40.jpg

[Laugher]

Was not sure if anyone here was interested/caught this, but googled eqclassic today after seeing this thread and it looks like some of it was posted a couple years ago? Idk, might not be too interesting but if you click through a link or two you may find a download for trilogy client, might be worth it to see the classic tutorial :p

https://newagesoldier.com/everquest-classic-source-code-eqclassic-org/

[Tongpow]

yeah some old old stuff got leaked late 08 early 09 before yeahlight took sole control over it, when it was Dark prince,Sp0tter,Wizzel..etc running the project

[drelk001]

I wish they would open it for open beta and have people test it and stuff... I think development would go WAAAAY faster and we wouldnt have angry neckbeards :P

I started watching the EQclassic Forums for about 6 years now