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Old 03-21-2022, 06:15 PM
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Yeah I've always thought some kind of repackaging of the vanilla content could make for a cool server. Like a server where it just starts at kunark, and good races all start in FV and evil races all start in OT or in Cab for iksars, and we just pretend the game began at kunark. How would that go down? Newbies in FV even getting to level appropriate mobs would be a challenge, but doable.
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Old 03-21-2022, 06:16 PM
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As many of you know, EverQuest is a horrible CPU hog. As fewer of you know, it doesn't need to be. EverQuest currently fights furiously with your computer to eat every possible nanosecond of CPU processing time. This is very bad for your system overall. For example, your CPU is generating much more heat than it should be, and can cause rampant overheating. Other applications are bullied around like school children giving up lunch money (including system drivers, for things like winmodems -- this prevents winmodem users from even PLAYING the game). What needs to happen, you ask? Very simple. As discovered and mentioned through more questionable methods, EverQuest has a "main loop", where it processes everything needed for EverQuest to function. It is this loop that runs continuously that refuses to yield the CPU even for necessary system functionality. The EQ dev team could insert the line "Sleep(0);" into the loop at any point, and this would give up enough CPU time for the system to function properly, without giving up any of your framerate. This would allow you to open up your web browser without it taking 10 minutes, it would allow winmodem users to play the game, etc. Furthermore, allowing an option to reduce CPU time by increasing the amount of Sleep would be extremely beneficial for overheating and power usage. This Sleep also drastically reduces many forms of lag in the game, and actually allows you to run multiple sessions of EverQuest on the same computer much more smoothly. As an EverQuest player you should be concerned about EverQuest playing nice with your system. Post on the EverQuest station boards, contact your GM, email SOE, do what needs to be done for them to read this message and give a little back to your computer for all the hard work it has done playing the game [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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Old 03-21-2022, 06:19 PM
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Mild customization to make the Kunark Colonialism server work.

I'd play basically any limited content server. North Antonica only would be awesome, and it could be done. Everyone in smithed junk armor raiding vox with Warriors, shamans, and rogues only.

All barbarians in halas gearing up for the battle, marching across the tundra to face the dragon that has haunted their lands for generations.

Lots of fun options.
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Old 03-21-2022, 08:29 PM
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replying to a bunch of you:

I had 2 PCs and a laptop running EQ. 1 compaq and 2 alienware.
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Old 03-21-2022, 08:33 PM
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I had 2 PCs and a laptop running EQ. 1 compaq and 2 alienware.
Well that's very different than just being able to make 6 accounts for free and run them all on one PC and alt tab between them.

The barrier of entry to multi-boxing was much higher then, which was good because it hurts what most of us all like about classic eq.
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Old 03-21-2022, 09:06 PM
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Well that's very different than just being able to make 6 accounts for free and run them all on one PC and alt tab between them.

The barrier of entry to multi-boxing was much higher then, which was good because it hurts what most of us all like about classic eq.
its no different, what we can do now is simply more convenient and requires less effort.

I had 8 accounts, with multiples of the same class, so that I could pick and choose. I bought a few of the accounts. my dad's house had 6 phone lines, I wired 2 more to my room.

then in like 2003 EQwindows was invented, and then things got really cray cray
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Old 03-21-2022, 11:13 PM
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I had 2 PCs and a laptop running EQ. 1 compaq and 2 alienware.
Damn son you have an impressive pocket protector. Do you recall the specs or where they so meaningless you only remember the brands?
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Old 03-22-2022, 12:13 AM
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Damn son you have an impressive pocket protector. Do you recall the specs or where they so meaningless you only remember the brands?
uh, well at the age I am now, I'm not proud to say that as a kid, when I said i wanted a computer, dad brought one home, when I said I wanted a better computer, dad brought one home, so on and so on.

I didn't start to educate myself in computer/IT stuff until i was like 20, they were just gaming consoles that you could watch porn and do homework on AFAIK at the time.

My parents were good people that worked hard and may have taken the idea of american consumerism a little too far. They were both children of immigrants who fled Korea and Germany during the wars.

If you are able spoil your kids, definitely do so! but I would advise making damn sure they understand where it all comes from before the age of 15. my parents died of separate natural causes when i was like 22~ then I had some hard lessons to learn, that I had to learn real fast, otherwise things could have ended up very differently to where I am today.

thats life tho right?
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Old 03-22-2022, 12:28 AM
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uh, well at the age I am now, I'm not proud to say that as a kid, when I said i wanted a computer, dad brought one home, when I said I wanted a better computer, dad brought one home, so on and so on.

I didn't start to educate myself in computer/IT stuff until i was like 20, they were just gaming consoles that you could watch porn and do homework on AFAIK at the time.

My parents were good people that worked hard and may have taken the idea of american consumerism a little too far. They were both children of immigrants who fled Korea and Germany during the wars.

If you are able spoil your kids, definitely do so! but I would advise making damn sure they understand where it all comes from before the age of 15. my parents died of separate natural causes when i was like 22~ then I had some hard lessons to learn, that I had to learn real fast, otherwise things could have ended up very differently to where I am today.

thats life tho right?
It wasn't common in era, bro.

Not going to mess with your story here, I can't verify anything personal. It was your assertion, bold assertion that this computer stuff was normal, common and OK when most families might've had a single computer and it sat in the kitchen.

The house had a single phone line, a nice house at that. Your personal story is cool but recognize the difference. The argument was about in era stuff, it wasn't normal or common for a family to have more than one computer, let alone for playing a game or watching porno, and paying the prices for all that.

Consoles beat Computers (Windows Desktop) in the wars because guess what is under everyones tree? it wasn't some niche high-end Alienware with the latest 3D accelerators and sound cards, it was a console. It's Xbox gaming, you would think today with as common as being a "gamer" is then families would have like 5 consoles in the living room, all xboxes or playstations, and they just bounce back and forth owning noobs on COD or something. Nah man, they have one box.
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Old 03-21-2022, 08:31 PM
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Yeah it would definitely take some tweaking, but I just remember the original Verant sales pitch for kunark which was that you can level from 1-60 without ever leaving, so it's like okay let's see how true that is haha
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