Pre-CU SWG emulator server in the works

[Aenlic]

Erm, both swgemu.com and pureswg are saying the emu will be pre-cu, whether or not they follow through with this will remain to be seen

Yeah, I fell for the oldest one in the books. I didn't take note of the date of the post in the update on the swgemu.com forum, posted by developer Ramsey:

"I am happy to announce that we have switched the emulator to work with the NGE version of Starwars Galaxies. We feel PreCU isnt 'starwarsy' enough and doesnt provide the player with the full experience we want you guys to have. Another reason for this is because the PreCu object system is too hard."

I should have noticed that the date was April 1st.

[Zenicetus]

It will be interesting to see how this shakes out (said as a non-SWG player, just an outside observer). From what I can tell on their forum, the guys doing the server reverse-engineering aren't planning on actually hosting anything, just releasing the code. So you'll have a bunch of private servers out there without the same hardware capacity or bandwidth SOE uses. Then there's the "12 year old wanting to be a GM in their private Star Wars world" factor to deal with. And finally, if this actually gets out the door, SOE and Lucasfilm will immediately send out the attack dogs with cease-and-desists to their ISP's.... unless they're hosting in Russia or something, which I guess could work.

I know I'm being negative, but it sure seems like an uphill battle!

[Major Robert Dump]

Yeah, I fell for the oldest one in the books. I didn't take note of the date of the post in the update on the swgemu.com forum, posted by developer Ramsey:

"I am happy to announce that we have switched the emulator to work with the NGE version of Starwars Galaxies. We feel PreCU isnt 'starwarsy' enough and doesnt provide the player with the full experience we want you guys to have. Another reason for this is because the PreCu object system is too hard."

I should have noticed that the date was April 1st.

Whats funny is that quote is ver batum what Julio Torres said when he announced the NGE. Mind you, he waited until one week after the new expansions went live, otherwise none o us would have bought it.

[Aenlic]

Whats funny is that quote is ver batum what Julio Torres said when he announced the NGE. Mind you, he waited until one week after the new expansions went live, otherwise none o us would have bought it.

I quit long before that. Right when they introduced that silly quest system for Jedi and the stupid village and the old man and all the rest. Packed everything up, sold all my architect and smuggler loot; then I built a guild hall and 3 large houses, planted them in a row along the most travelled route I could find near Coronet and named them, in order as you pass by them:

"What do you..."

"Call the SOE team on..."

"The bottom of the Ocean?"

"A good start!"

And I never looked back.