Planetside 1 EMU. Help us!

[OpolE]

Hi EQ. You are the founders of EMU from the old Sony list of games.

Currently the only place we have to discuss anything Planetside 1 related is on the Planetside Universe forums.

We are currently discussing the possibility of a Planetsdie1EMU here
http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=58776

We would much appreciate any input anyone has who used to play the game.

We are evening looking for advise on how to go about setting up an EMU and the rules and ways we can make the dream come true just like EQ1999. Any input or manuals/processes that we can follow would be extremely helpful at this point.

Look forward to speaking soon.

Thanks

OpolE

[OpolE]

Planetside 1 is still alive but quiet at times. You can play https://launch.soe.com/installer/PS_setup.exe

[Verenity]

Ho. ly. Shit. I would love for this to become a reality. Planetside 1 is the game that really made me quit EQ live back in the day and no FPS has ever come close in my eyes to creating a game quite like it. The unique characteristics of a world where it was simultaneously huge in scope yet a small platoon of good players could make a huge impact is what really drew me to it. Honestly if Sony had just revamped Planetside 1 graphics and removed BFRs then it could have been quite the incredible game.

Good luck to everyone involved in this process. I really hope to one day be playing this emulator.

[Swish]

Did they axe the last live server? I played there last year.

Low pop was a real REAL problem though.

[Kevris]

Just out of curiosity, why was PS1 better than PS2?

What changed?

[Swish]

Just out of curiosity, why was PS1 better than PS2?

What changed?

I played PS2 for a couple of months casually. Harder to get into, guilds/clans are quite cliquey and people generally don't listen or follow if you put an objective up as a squad leader. Also it would lock up my newly bought PC last August, nothing else has made my PC struggle since.

Add to that all the Station Cash incentives locking the best weapons (everything from rifles, sniper rifles, vehicles) behind a paywall and it didn't hold my attention. The old PS1 subscription based model was a lot better for the game I think. Core Combat kinda ruined the game imo but I have lots of fond memories of bridge battles in Hossin on my old dial up connection :D

[Verenity]

Just out of curiosity, why was PS1 better than PS2?

What changed?

PS1 was much much more friendly to new players to get into. It was also much easier to dive right into the action. Another huge gripe to me is what Swish was referring to about the Station Cash pay to win model they introduced. Instead of leveling up your character and choosing your role, in PS2 you had specific classes and could either level up through set guns or buy them with real life money. It was just never the same

[Swish]

Wish I had this guy's voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFrKQedSf8I - made the game funny.

[Monty405]

I enjoyed taking guns ect. off of other people after killing them, even if it was not your faction. Its something I really wish were possible in PS2.

[dafier]

I would play this.

[mgellan]

I think a big component of building eqemu was having a live server to do packet captures from. If PS1 is no longer available it would be pretty difficult to emulate it just having clients and no server....

Regards,
Mg

[Kevris]

Thanks for the replies gents. I played Planetside 2 a bit, really hated the way the aircraft controlled and never went back. I use an x52 and some CH pedals, did Planetside 1 handle "real" flight controllers better?

[Verenity]

Thanks for the replies gents. I played Planetside 2 a bit, really hated the way the aircraft controlled and never went back. I use an x52 and some CH pedals, did Planetside 1 handle "real" flight controllers better?

I thought so, though I stuck to primarily Mosquito/Reaver piloting. It seemed much more simplistic than the way Planetside 2 implemented the aircraft controls.

Here's a video of some gameplay that I found on a preliminary search: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up2EbQGNYF8

[Big_Japan]

were any of yall in Enclave on ps1live? What an outfit

[Swish]

I used to play on Werner if there's any other euros who played, in an NC outfit called < Norfolk In Chance > ...geddit?

BR 20, CR 3

[dafier]

PS2 aircraft controls are completely screwed up. Yes, I stopped playing with Aircraft in PS2 because of the idiotic controls.

PS1 controls were simple and easy to use even with a keyboard and mouse. Like Verenity, I mostly played with Mosquitos and Reavers. I did switch to Galaxy class several times in order to help my faction.

I would consider myself an ace pilot too. Flying a Galaxy right off the ground going full speed through the trees and pop up at the last second over a wall to come to a skidding halt in a courtyard for a suberb invasion was awesome.

Also, crushing enemy troops while landing was fun.

Or dive bombing a Galaxy in to the vehicle console of an enemy base with about 20 to 50 enemies waiting in line for a vehicle. HAHA!

And VANU ALL THE WAY BABY!

https://www.jinx.com/content/prod/5197p_0c_2b.jpg

[Sirken]

Hi EQ. You are the founders of EMU from the old Sony list of games.

Currently the only place we have to discuss anything Planetside 1 related is on the Planetside Universe forums.

We are currently discussing the possibility of a Planetsdie1EMU here
http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=58776

We would much appreciate any input anyone has who used to play the game.

We are evening looking for advise on how to go about setting up an EMU and the rules and ways we can make the dream come true just like EQ1999. Any input or manuals/processes that we can follow would be extremely helpful at this point.

Look forward to speaking soon.

Thanks

OpolE

dont cater to the vocal minority (regardless of how loud they get). build what you want it to be.

don't allow pay to win or rmt.

dont allow yourself, or your senior staff to play.

good luck

[Swish]

Hi EQ. You are the founders of EMU from the old Sony list of games.

Currently the only place we have to discuss anything Planetside 1 related is on the Planetside Universe forums.

We are currently discussing the possibility of a Planetsdie1EMU here
http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=58776

We would much appreciate any input anyone has who used to play the game.

We are evening looking for advise on how to go about setting up an EMU and the rules and ways we can make the dream come true just like EQ1999. Any input or manuals/processes that we can follow would be extremely helpful at this point.

Look forward to speaking soon.

Thanks

OpolE

Registered over there to see if I can help...and maybe start a gif thread <3

[OpolE]

Hi The link still works but you have to click a proceed button. As SOE was taken over by Daybreak Games the link is being weird since the name change.

[OpolE]

FIXED LINK

http://launch.soe.com/app/installer/Planetside_setup.exe

[OpolE]

NEW PS1 installer link https://help.daybreakgames.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28923/

[Swish]

downloading, this could be worth a look

[Swish]

http://imageupload.co.uk/images/2015/08/29/Untitled.png

http://i.imgur.com/wnxdIkP.gif

I'll have to get good quick :p

[Swish]

Rolled TR, never did TR in the old days. If you see me you'll probably kill me ;)

SwishProject1999

[xKoopa]

rolled vanu cuz lower pop than TR

only saw one ally and a few enemies, died repeatedly

would probly be more fun if it wasnt at 1am and was more people around

[Swish]

I used to play on Werner if there's any other euros who played, in an NC outfit called < Norfolk In Chance > ...geddit?

BR 20, CR 3

Hoooollllllyyyyyyyy shit! I had a stab at an old Planetside account name and password! Had more BRs that I remembered!

http://imageupload.co.uk/images/2015/09/06/Untitled39949.png

Low pop makes playing NC a bad idea right at this moment but I found my roots again. I don't think I could recover my P99 accounts if I lost any, but got lucky here :D

[SamwiseRed]

play h1z1 instead :)

[Swish]

play h1z1 instead :)

Still haven't won a battle royale, it's coming soon. Survival seems to be dead.

[SamwiseRed]

ive gotten 2nd place twice in BR. survival is fun with pals.

[Aviann]

Been trying PS1 for a couple days now and basically what I've gotten out of it is that due to the lack of immersion from the people who own it, actual hackers are rampant, creating a toxic community for all sides the ball for those looking to get into the game fresh.

There are a couple nice people on there looking to help get people into it, but the population is so incredibly low that its a pretty pathetic time waster.

Took part in a 3 hour battle today between 8 blue and 10 TR, was the largest I've seen yet, and from what I was told, it doesn't happen often at all, major downside being that its hard to gain new equipment when you aren't scoring points because the lack of targets to shoot at.

Still a great game, just a dying breed.

If anyone wants to get into it, add Avianh

[Swish]

Been trying PS1 for a couple days now and basically what I've gotten out of it is that due to the lack of immersion from the people who own it, actual hackers are rampant, creating a toxic community for all sides the ball for those looking to get into the game fresh.

There are a couple nice people on there looking to help get people into it, but the population is so incredibly low that its a pretty pathetic time waster.

Took part in a 3 hour battle today between 8 blue and 10 TR, was the largest I've seen yet, and from what I was told, it doesn't happen often at all, major downside being that its hard to gain new equipment when you aren't scoring points because the lack of targets to shoot at.

Still a great game, just a dying breed.

If anyone wants to get into it, add Avianh

Yep I agree with all of that. Logged in tonight for about 60-90 minutes and fought the TR in Cyssor. One of the squad I joined pointed out a hacker and sure enough someone was firing missiles through walls.

It's a shame they don't care. I guess PS2 is a nice Station cash earner so there's no reason other than for nostalgia to keep the PS1 server up. What's really sad is that whenever there's a good battle between 2 factions, the 3rd faction drops to 0-10% :/

Sign of the times I guess.

[Aviann]

Yep I agree with all of that. Logged in tonight for about 60-90 minutes and fought the TR in Cyssor. One of the squad I joined pointed out a hacker and sure enough someone was firing missiles through walls.

It's a shame they don't care. I guess PS2 is a nice Station cash earner so there's no reason other than for nostalgia to keep the PS1 server up. What's really sad is that whenever there's a good battle between 2 factions, the 3rd faction drops to 0-10% :/

Sign of the times I guess.

Holy shit man, I'm pretty sure me and you were in the same squad if you noticed all that, word by word lol.

Were you with BlueIce?

[Swish]

Maybe? It was only a 6 man squad, was on my old old account... ThaliaXI

[Aviann]

Maybe? It was only a 6 man squad, was on my old old account... ThaliaXI

Yea man, I was totally with you haha, Avianh. Me and BlueIce started that squad up, was interesting getting our butts kicked at the end