Possibly private server or are mithra's just that Op now?

[Apelila]

For a test server, you'd just need to find one big zone and, assuming you can edit spawn locations and timers, drop a bunch of HNMs and test monsters there. That'd be good enough for me - build a character, give him top-notch gear, and go fight shit for fun.

"How many mad sheep does it take to kill Absolute Virture, the world may never know."

[LinktheDeme]

"How many mad sheep does it take to kill Absolute Virture, the world may never know."

They wouldn't be able to penetrate his awesome regen!

[Acorn]

It's kinda fun<_<

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/3...0200ae0.th.png

Everything aggros and hits for 1 dmg, can't really do anytyhing but create items, change job, move around... I cant seem to get multiple r/ex items or kill monsters like in those SS

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8...5713oh4.th.png

The instructions on the site are pretty easy to follow, I got this running in like 15 minutes.

[S N K]

What i woudnt give. Even to just farm without competition.

^

[Weeks]

It's true that Taisaijin's four Spelunker's are more important then the 2 Defending Rings in the inventory.

Although, this interests me. I always meesed around on private servers just to try things out. A FFXI one would be awesome.

Totally broken. You're looking at 0.8 damage per hit.

[Ayn]

2Dragons1Aery.com?

[Therin]

It's kinda fun<_<

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/3...0200ae0.th.png

Everything aggros and hits for 1 dmg, can't really do anytyhing but create items, change job, move around... I cant seem to get multiple r/ex items or kill monsters like in those SS

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8...5713oh4.th.png

The instructions on the site are pretty easy to follow, I got this running in like 15 minutes.

But you can't actually kill anything? @_@ So what's the point.

I'd do it just to see how long it takes to solo King Behemoth as a PLD with Excal/Aegis.

[Lyramion]

Was posted on JP board:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wx1rx_omt0

[Robert]

all mobs have 300 HP and hit for 1 damage, no AI, no TP moves, no spell casting

[Kaylia]

It definantly looks like a private server to me... but I was under the impression it was impossible to create a simulated-real/private FFXI server since the client essentially runs through PoL first. That, and everything is handled server side so you couldn't replicate how mobs/nps's move/re-act in the game (like WoW P-Servers can)...

Emulating POL and the interactions between clients/server isn't that hard (in theory...I'm certain it's a huge pain to code). You can already figure out every informations packet that are sent to your pc using conventional programmer tool (packet sniffer, debugger..etc). Basically, it mostly come to down to movement and actions, and the informations concerning object around you (position, health, gears equiped..etc)


When it come to monster's behavior (AI), how they handle movement on the server (how often it is updated to the client), how they calculate damage, basically, everything that require a script or some calculation, you can only guess what happen, because the only thing you receive is the result. Some thing like damage formula could be deduced, and a basic AI could be scripted, but replicating everything is almost impossible and would require a ton of work.


Afaik, it's the same for WoW, but it's probably easier because Blizzard don't hide every thing like SE is doing (you know how damages are calculated, most stats appears on screen, and monsters are generally more predictable than they are in FFXI. If you consider how many programmers they had on the project, it would explain why WoW private server are "better.

[Julian]

If it's anything like Ragnarok Online, then it could very well be a private server. I remember the commands (@warp, @item, etc) that GM's were allowed (and players, on some servers), and the @additem command seems to work similarly.

Technically, nitpicking, those commands were added onto the RO emulators (which basically are setup the way a FFXI private server would eventually have to be set up,) not the actual official Aegis program.

[Robert]

its basically just a skeleton, you can teleport anywhere set your job to anything (no subjobs, unless that changed recently), give yourself any items and all mobs aggro and chase with 300 HP and hit for 1 damage. it gets old fast but it is mildly entertaining, I guess they just need to script in damage and shit now

[Minions]

I'm actually relatively surprised it has progressed this far to be honest.

[Sholin]

God yes.

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6827/lolwutxu8.png

(PS, if you want to just run around without everything agroing you, @animation 5 puts you on a chocobo)

[Tricen]

Since when did they stack

[Katlan]

Yeah, you just have to script everything in.

It isn't impossible to emulate FFXI, you just have to bypass POL, which many people refuse to do, at least PXI team refuses to do.

omg your avatar :3 Your the only other person on BG to have a Yuki avatar!

[Sholin]

Since when did they stack

Inventory/stacking system is broken to all fuck with it, if you sort your inventory with multiple items they 'stack' regardless if they shouldn't.

[Minions]

Inventory/stacking system is broken to all fuck with it, if you sort your inventory with multiple items they 'stack' regardless if they shouldn't.

As it should!

[The Stig]

EDIT: nevermind fixed =)

[Zosi]

It's impressive to see progress, but it won't really be useful to test anything, because the code is based on what we know about SE's, not the actual code itself. Any behavior you witness in pXI has to be based on what we already know.