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As a former CCPer (not on the backend, though I did touch it from time to time and learned a lot from its architecture) this is pretty interesting - is it commo

by klik99 4y ago

As a former CCPer (not on the backend, though I did touch it from time to time and learned a lot from its architecture) this is pretty interesting - is it common for people to make emulated servers for games? I can see why people would want to do it for other games, but what is the motivation for EVE specifically, since it loses a lot of the appeal when you’re not playing with a massive amount of people.

CrazyStat 4y ago
Just a heads up in case you were not aware--the cert on elasticaudio has expired.
- klik99 4y ago
  Thanks -_-
shultays 4y ago
is it common for people to make emulated servers for games Guess so? At least for popular ones. Aren't private WoW servers like that? And I know Ragnarok Online had similar servers motivation for EVE specifically same motivation as others. You can mod your servers, you can make playing truly free etc
- klik99 4y ago
  I can understand WoW, because it's sharded and works as a playground for your friends without needing a huge amount of people. Also the game changed so much and people wanted to still experience the older version (something Blizzard recognized) The most compelling parts of EVE require a pretty high threshold and density of users. Using mods or restricting the number of systems could be interesting though. At any rate, if you're looking at it for you and your friends, then it's def an achievable goal - The hardest parts about the eve server is the architecture to support such a huge number of people, and it's much simpler without that restriction.
- stryan 4y ago
  > Guess so? At least for popular ones. Aren't private WoW servers like that? And I know Ragnarok Online had similar servers Ragnarok Online is a bit of a special case as some of its private servers are actually running leaked server code (versions of the official server "Aegis" have been leaked multiple times, including right when the game left beta) versus open source emulations.
boneitis 4y ago
(Did not yet read the publicly stated reason cited above) As someone who wishes they spent more time playing videogames and just pulled the trigger on an RTX 20 series card in these times of price drops, I was looking forward to trying for the umpteenth time to get into EVE (I've done the Exploration activity as my primary source of income for 6-9 months a long time ago... admittedly a less social activity than most in EVE). But, looking at the state of the game today, two things (among others) all but dashed my interest: the game's purchase by a big name publisher with a pretty commercial image and the subscription model. It had not crossed my mind before seeing this submission, but I can see myself humoring a popular community's attempt to erect a private EVE server and play around on it.

by klik99 4y ago

CrazyStat 4y ago

Just a heads up in case you were not aware--the cert on elasticaudio has expired.

klik99 4y ago
Thanks -_-

shultays 4y ago

is it common for people to make emulated servers for games Guess so? At least for popular ones. Aren't private WoW servers like that? And I know Ragnarok Online had similar servers motivation for EVE specifically same motivation as others. You can mod your servers, you can make playing truly free etc

klik99 4y ago
I can understand WoW, because it's sharded and works as a playground for your friends without needing a huge amount of people. Also the game changed so much and people wanted to still experience the older version (something Blizzard recognized) The most compelling parts of EVE require a pretty high threshold and density of users. Using mods or restricting the number of systems could be interesting though. At any rate, if you're looking at it for you and your friends, then it's def an achievable goal - The hardest parts about the eve server is the architecture to support such a huge number of people, and it's much simpler without that restriction.
stryan 4y ago
> Guess so? At least for popular ones. Aren't private WoW servers like that? And I know Ragnarok Online had similar servers Ragnarok Online is a bit of a special case as some of its private servers are actually running leaked server code (versions of the official server "Aegis" have been leaked multiple times, including right when the game left beta) versus open source emulations.

boneitis 4y ago

(Did not yet read the publicly stated reason cited above) As someone who wishes they spent more time playing videogames and just pulled the trigger on an RTX 20 series card in these times of price drops, I was looking forward to trying for the umpteenth time to get into EVE (I've done the Exploration activity as my primary source of income for 6-9 months a long time ago... admittedly a less social activity than most in EVE). But, looking at the state of the game today, two things (among others) all but dashed my interest: the game's purchase by a big name publisher with a pretty commercial image and the subscription model. It had not crossed my mind before seeing this submission, but I can see myself humoring a popular community's attempt to erect a private EVE server and play around on it.