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  2. Posted

    So there goes my hopes of a single player version :(

    ... I don't suppose I can put in a very low priority feature request - encrypt the database or something so that you can freely distribute it?... I know the decryption part will have to be in the SVN somewhere, but there must be something that can be done!

  5. Posted

    Hi

    I am not sure if I am being stupid or if this is a bug...

    I was in a group with someone else, doing exploring around Aragoth, and on average, I got about 800-~1200 XP per navigation point.

    In the group, it flashed up saying "Discovered xx 420 Explore experience earned (300 + 120 group bonus)" or similar.

    Does that mean it is saying I got 420, or 840?... Either way, I am sure that I was getting more XP on my own and I do not understand it.

    Is this a bug, or am I reading it wrong?

  6. Posted

    we are talking about "real" multiboxing here, where multiple computers are required to run the game.

    running this stuff in vmware somehow strikes me as a waste of resources :)

    ... I am playing the game inside VMWare Workstation... It is a business laptop and I don't want any trace of the game on it! The latest version of VMware works very well with Direct X, and with the game being quite old, it works better inside the VM than it did on my machine at the time!

    However, I wish I could macro - I spent about 6+ hours playing non stop repetitive killing to raise about 20ish levels before the 48 hour roll back!... but I wouldn't even know where to begin to macro in a 3d game... well beyond me! - and of course, if it is against the rules, I wouldn't even if I could.

  7. Posted

    As I tried to tell you: The server won't do anything without the proper MySQL database (which we don't have at the moment). So basically you're stuck now :)

    I understand that - I just saw on another thread somewhere, someone saying about building single player and coming up against MYSql errors / tables not found etc. I guessed from that and you that I would not be able to play... but I wanted to at least get as far as the error or try to understand the whole emulator/process a bit more... Looks like I failed at both!

  8. Posted

    Right - it was in one of the readme files about Visual Studio 6 which is why I thought it needed it (Thought I was going mad...).

    Anyway, I tried opening and building it with VS6, and it just failed with random errors - as I said, I have never been able to get other peoples projects working! No idea what I do wrong.... I built it with Visual Studio 2008 and it built straight away.

    However, I just had no idea what to do after that!

    I ran the exe file that was generated (and tried the one that was already there in the bin directory of SVN) but the client failed to connect and I read a error in the server saying "Someone is trying to login using version 0.0 of sockettest" or similar.

    Oh well B) I guess no single player for a while!... Unless someone knows how to fix this?

  9. Posted

    The server should compile pretty straightforward under Visual Studio 2008 (free Express Edition works too).

    Just open Net7\net7.vcproj

    I don't think compatibility with VC6 is still there, so the net7.dsw is old junk no one removed from svn :mellow: unless you want to make it compile on VC6 again, hehe...

    But even then you cannot use it unless a dev posts an updated mysql database build script. The currently available database dumps are missing fields and don't work with SVN or most of the tools. You can however check out an old server build and the old sql dump might work. Unless older SVN entries were lost in the recent server crash.

    Cheers,

    Joe

    I see all the .cs files however, I have no idea how I got it into my head, but I just really assumed that this was a Visual Studio 6 project - I will install and try to build now!

    Thanks

  10. Posted

    Is there any guides on how to build this?... or just get me moving along the right path?

    I downloaded via SVN and found my old copy of Visual Studio 6 - I installed and tried to build a project file I found but just came up with errors.

    ... I can write code myself, save and re open projects, but I have NEVER had luck working from other peoples projects, I just don't know what to do, what to set etc... drives me mad!

    Not blaming the devs or anything - I know it is only a stress test and not final (I am guessing that characters will be wiped before final ), but I lost about 20 levels with the rollback and exploring every object in a number of systems - Basically, I love this game and played non stop! I really do not want to do that again if I can help it and would love to just play locally, whenever I want.

    As I previously said, I don't group the only thing I will be missing will be the chat (which I do like) however, I can always use the forum!

  12. Posted

    Yes this is a widespread problem, and i beleive the team are currently rolling back the server 48 hours to bring chars back.

    Sure some work may be lost, but its better than the whole character.

    Not if your character is only a few days old and you were pretty much playing 24x7 to explorer and level like crazy :)

  13. Posted

    I don't know what ENB used originally. Some history on that from anyone who knows would be cool.

    Has anyone asked any of the original guys?... Do any of the original guys know about your efforts?... I am sure that the original people working at Westwood who got shutdown and fired are not exactly happy with EA - I am not saying that they do anything illegal and hand over source code (if they had it), but there must be someone willing to have a chat and answer basic questions like this!

    As a newbie here, I don't want to annoy anyone, but perhaps it is worth sending off a "community" driven email to Petroglyph games giving our best wishes and just asking a few questions which people may have?

  15. Posted

    damn can't they rollback to a few days ago?

    Lol, I hope not - I have only been playing for a few days and got up to level 53 (I think), basically from staring at my monitor playing all day long... forgot how addicted I get to games like this!

    I don't really want to have to do that again for a long time!

    ...If they are gone for good, I don't think I will restart until this is launched for good / out of stress test... or just play single player if I ever learn how to build from SVN!

  16. Posted

    I would like to do the same!

    I love this game, but I am not really the best grouper - I try to do a bit of work at the same time as playing (got to do something on the long Warp!). The only thing I would really miss is chatting to others, but the ability to play whenever I want would be good.

  17. Posted

    Thanks everyone!

    I love lasers and never seem to use projectile based weapons in space games... but I think I am going to have to! Getting rather frustrated with the beams!

    At the moment, I seem to be wasting money as I buy an item then I find a much better one... Is there a list anywhere that just lists the best ones for each level?

    Also, now that I have learnt that EMP sucks, what do people tend to go for? I just can't decide between them all!

  18. Posted

    I must be the biggest idiot - I played this game non stop years ago, and apart from the basics, I have forgotten everything. It is driving me mad!

    Is there a beginners guide anywhere that I can read? I have been reading some of the old EnB cached pages, but they just don't seem to line up anymore - The enbdatabase site is a lifesaver though.

    Basically, I am a Terran Enforcer - I bought devices and upgraded as I explored, I current;y have a Jenquai Restricted shield, a Program restricted reactor and a Terran (I think) engine, and Progran weapons. - are these the best?

    From reading the stats shown, they look to be the best, but I do not understand what restricted means as I can seem to use it.

    Is there anyway to see in game what extra stats devices have or should I just check the online database?

    After this, I upgraded to EMP weapons as I thought damage to reload time was the best - then I found out that they can't damage organic - which does seem obvious, but I just didn't know!

    Thanks so much everyone for reviving this game!

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