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Star Wars Galaxies Emulator Test Server Hits Alpha

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the star-systems-through-slippery-fingers dept.

CoffeeHedake writes "The SWGEMU (Star Wars Galaxies Emulator) Team has successfully run their first Alpha stage test of a reverse-engineered version of Sony Online Entertainment's Star Wars Galaxies server software. An announcement was made on the SWGEMU bulletin boards that something special would be shown in their IRC channel at 12:00AM EST Today. A hosted video montage of the successfully connecting the SWG client to an emulated server, loading a character, zoning from one area to another, and other huge leaps were shown in the clip." Read on for more information, including links to the video clip. CoffeeHedake provides a pointer to the forum and current announcement, and links to the video at several mirrors:

CoffeeHedake continues "This all comes after much very bad press for SOE, after completely changing the game mechanics of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided. The game has had a rocky history, with nerfs and bugs abounding, but the latest 'NGE' or New Game Enhancement patches have led to the detrimental decline in player population. SWGEMU was formed with the hopes of allowing players to 'roll back' their experiences to a Pre-'Combat Upgrade' state of the game, months before the ill-fated NGE was implemented."

"The SWGEMU will allow private, emulated game servers to be run by anyone with the hardware and bandwidth to support the load, possibly allowing customized environments, and game mechanics, as well as a 'dungeon master' control of the server, possibly even over a LAN."

"News has spread, even throughout the Sony Online Entertainment forums of SWGEMU's latest success. No word from Sony, as of yet."

6 of 192 comments (clear)

  1. Sick 'em Sony... by PixelPirate · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I read that title, all I could see was eight well dressed lawyers also wearing the garb of the village people dancing to the tune of YMCA, but instead shouting "DCMA!" "I make use of the DCMA!"

  2. same fate as bnetd? by j1m+5n0w · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am curious if the developers have done anything to avoid suffering the same fate as bnetd, which the courts found to have violated the DMCA and the EULA. Blizzard's main complaint appears to have been that bnetd did not verify CD keys. Does the same issue exist here?

  3. If Sony comes after them... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    *Waves hand*

    These aren't the emulated servers you're looking for.

  4. Yoda says.. by saboola · · Score: 5, Funny

    Allowed by lawyers, this will not be.

    1. Re:Yoda says.. by oahazmatt · · Score: 5, Funny
      Allowed by lawyers, this will not be.
      Y'know, I was gonna comment on your phrasing and sentence structure, but it suddenly dawned on me that if I'm arguing the semantics of Yoda-speak, it's time to go outside for a little bit.

      *this is not the post you're looking for*
      --
      Those who believe the Internet is private,
      find their privates are on the Internet.
  5. Ok, seriously by rob1980 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reverse engineering a SWG server is like staring at someone's poop to guess what they had for dinner.