Post by tale on Jul 24, 2009 21:29:37 GMT -5
Hi FX from the long distant past.
I'm impressed. These guys have done it: SWG EMU. They have a stable, near fully featured pre-CU SWG server. The community is big, centralised, well-organised and policed, with good forums.
It really is the original SWG alive again. This time when they get to version 1.0 they have control to develop the game further. A major US server called Suncrusher will go live at 1.0 launch, predicted for this year.
Still looks good with all the settings cranked. I am working on gathering resources to build a medical crafting business. Fiberplasts all suck at the moment!
How to play
Install the SWG trial or use a retail copy. Any version should work. Note: For legal reasons you're supposed to use a retail copy of SWG and they warn of bans for using the trial
Install the EMU patcher, Launchpad Enhanced.
Create a SWG EMU forums account (doubles as game login).
Run Launchpad Enhanced (invisibly upgrades itself a couple of times, then runs).
Things to know:
* It's beta, with a bug tracker and extra features to help with testing. There's a Gungan trader outside Theed starport who can give you Master of any profession. You can divide up your skill points accurately by starting at Master in the professions you want part of, dropping what you don't need, then finishing with a profession you want Master in. The Gungans also hand out basic weapons, armour, stimpacks, surveying tools, etc.
* You start with a healthy 100k credits on you, 100k in the bank. They will ban you if you create multiple logins, so don't try to exploit this for more cash.
* EMU version of the old swgcraft.com: swgemu-craft.com - includes database of currently spawned resources (register to view): swgemu-craft.com/res_current.php?sid=1&pid=11
* Things I've discovered are missing: creature handling, droids (confines buffing/wound healing to medical centers), wind energy harvesters don't work (can use radioactives), the /find command (can't navigate with /find starport, /find cantina, etc), and racial abilities like /equilibrium for Zabraks. They're all being added.
* Missions aren't in yet, except for a SWG EMU mission terminal in Theed.
* No housing/cities yet. Very close. No JTL expansion, but the ground game is where it's at.
* Warning: It works and it's free, so it's full of idiots
Might see you there (no, I'm not calling you an idiot).
Tale.
I'm impressed. These guys have done it: SWG EMU. They have a stable, near fully featured pre-CU SWG server. The community is big, centralised, well-organised and policed, with good forums.
It really is the original SWG alive again. This time when they get to version 1.0 they have control to develop the game further. A major US server called Suncrusher will go live at 1.0 launch, predicted for this year.
Still looks good with all the settings cranked. I am working on gathering resources to build a medical crafting business. Fiberplasts all suck at the moment!
How to play
Install the SWG trial or use a retail copy. Any version should work. Note: For legal reasons you're supposed to use a retail copy of SWG and they warn of bans for using the trial
Install the EMU patcher, Launchpad Enhanced.
Create a SWG EMU forums account (doubles as game login).
Run Launchpad Enhanced (invisibly upgrades itself a couple of times, then runs).
Things to know:
* It's beta, with a bug tracker and extra features to help with testing. There's a Gungan trader outside Theed starport who can give you Master of any profession. You can divide up your skill points accurately by starting at Master in the professions you want part of, dropping what you don't need, then finishing with a profession you want Master in. The Gungans also hand out basic weapons, armour, stimpacks, surveying tools, etc.
* You start with a healthy 100k credits on you, 100k in the bank. They will ban you if you create multiple logins, so don't try to exploit this for more cash.
* EMU version of the old swgcraft.com: swgemu-craft.com - includes database of currently spawned resources (register to view): swgemu-craft.com/res_current.php?sid=1&pid=11
* Things I've discovered are missing: creature handling, droids (confines buffing/wound healing to medical centers), wind energy harvesters don't work (can use radioactives), the /find command (can't navigate with /find starport, /find cantina, etc), and racial abilities like /equilibrium for Zabraks. They're all being added.
* Missions aren't in yet, except for a SWG EMU mission terminal in Theed.
* No housing/cities yet. Very close. No JTL expansion, but the ground game is where it's at.
* Warning: It works and it's free, so it's full of idiots
Might see you there (no, I'm not calling you an idiot).
Tale.
