Will Project 1999 Source Ever Be Released?

immaterial · #1 02-09-2016, 01:03 PM

i'm just curious if there was any word or hint from th Devs/Admin team that they will ever release their source/db. they have done some great work here and i would love to see it and mess around with it myself, maybe host a private P1999 server for some friends.
has anyone seen any posts where the powers that be comment on this? or, if there are any devs/admins who read this, may i ask what the plans are for this?

Furniture · #2 02-09-2016, 01:11 PM

They won't release the source. The closest you can get is the eqmac source and db

Ele · #3 02-09-2016, 01:13 PM

Their source/database is the only proprietary thing they have.

Their source/database is also the reason most people come to this server when there are dozens of other EMU servers, which don't have the P99 source/database.

If they released their source/database for free or profit, then anyone and everyone would just open their own boxes and the servers would split all the guilds and populations and everyone of them would become a wasteland.

immaterial · #4 02-09-2016, 01:20 PM

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Their source/database is the only proprietary thing they have.

Their source/database is also the reason most people come to this server when there are dozens of other EMU servers, which don't have the P99 source/database.

If they released their source/database for free or profit, then anyone and everyone would just open their own boxes and the servers would split all the guilds and populations and everyone of them would become a wasteland.

that's true, i was mostly wondering if now that the server has "finished" (sleeper is awakened?) that they might consider releasing it.

Ele · #5 02-09-2016, 01:29 PM

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that's true, i was mostly wondering if now that the server has "finished" (sleeper is awakened?) that they might consider releasing it.

The server isn't "finished."

We have another 6-7 months worth of Velious patches to go (e.g. Chardok revamp), which will likely take another year to fully roll out. Plus there are still bugs and tweaks to patch in preparation of a full proper timeline server release.

immaterial · #6 02-09-2016, 01:35 PM

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The server isn't "finished."

We have another 6-7 months worth of Velious patches to go (e.g. Chardok revamp), which will likely take another year to fully roll out.

ah, i see. well i can wait a year if that's what it takes. i would just like to know if open sourcing it is on the road map anywhere.

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Plus there are still bugs and tweaks to patch in preparation of a full proper timeline server release.

interesting! is the current P1999 server just a "beta" or something?

Ele · #7 02-09-2016, 01:44 PM

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ah, i see. well i can wait a year if that's what it takes. i would just like to know if open sourcing it is on the road map anywhere.

I sincerely doubt it. If anything I would speculate DBG would take an interest in it if it came to that point in time.

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interesting! is the current P1999 server just a "beta" or something?

That is the way I've always played and classicquested it. Just as a long running beta with the expectation of a new server with a proper timeline, once all the patches are completed and the major bugs worked out.

If you want to just throw up an EMU EQ server to hack around on, I'd just use the PEQ database and tweak it as necessary for the zones/mobs you want to go after with your friends. It is what some of the P99 raiding guilds would do to practice.

Sage Truthbearer · #8 02-09-2016, 01:53 PM

Very few developers of these kinds of projects make their source code public, especially while their server is still active.

I don't even think Yeahlight released the EQclassic source code that uses the Trilogy-based client, despite officially abandoning the project.

Ravager · #9 02-09-2016, 01:21 PM

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and everyone of them would become a wasteland.

Or an utopia.

Would be a great way to kill RMT too.

Ele · #10 02-09-2016, 01:26 PM

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Or an utopia.

Would be a great way to kill RMT too.

If utopia is a single player game or a private guild server at which point it is just raid instances with no one in the common areas.

Plus, no reason to RMT if you can just #summonitem and #level 60.