Comments on: Making Galaxies fun again: An interview with the developers of the Star Wars Galaxies PreCU Emulation Project http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:16:06 -0500 hourly 1 By: Rob http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-1063203 Rob Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:28:01 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-1063203 Check out SWGEmu's new promo video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyG9vl8u1cg Check out SWGEmu’s new promo video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyG9vl8u1cg

]]> By: Myerscod http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-1002110 Myerscod Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:25:16 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-1002110 And it's free btw! And it’s free btw!

]]> By: Loftkilla http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-1002083 Loftkilla Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:38:29 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-1002083 I am super stoked at how fast this project is gaining momentum. I quit MMO's after the CU and this is bringing me back into the fold. It's the one game that i've been wishing to play since it's public execution by SOE. The devs teams have risen to a nerw level iof professionalism and have grown into a world class team. When the project is over I think we'll see companies begging them to come work for them. I am super stoked at how fast this project is gaining momentum. I quit MMO’s after the CU and this is bringing me back into the fold. It’s the one game that i’ve been wishing to play since it’s public execution by SOE. The devs teams have risen to a nerw level iof professionalism and have grown into a world class team. When the project is over I think we’ll see companies begging them to come work for them.

]]> By: Rea http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-1002080 Rea Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:36:28 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-1002080 I just recently started playing on the test center and I must say that I am very impressed, it seems they are shooting for *rumor* has it a christmas release date, wouldnt that be a wonderful christmas gift for those of us that havent truely found a game we loved as much as pre cu swg, Hope to see you all there, well all except Felton kel , we can do without his downers, :p I just recently started playing on the test center
and I must say that I am very impressed, it seems they are shooting for *rumor* has it a christmas release date, wouldnt that be a wonderful christmas gift for those of us that havent truely found a game we loved as much as pre cu swg,
Hope to see you all there, well all except Felton kel ,
we can do without his downers, :p

]]> By: tehbadboy/hope http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-995586 tehbadboy/hope Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:13:08 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-995586 Ive been playing/ beta testing swgemu since around november 08 and the progress since then has been nothing short of breathtaking.They say they are almoast at a playable stage but let me tell you somthing since i joined i have 97% droped all other games and have enjoyed playing this game. every day is a nother step closer. Big shout out to all from the DEVS to the Comunity. center.warcry.KD.dizzy :) Ive been playing/ beta testing swgemu since around november 08 and the progress since then has been nothing short of breathtaking.They say they are almoast at a playable stage but let me tell you somthing since i joined i have 97% droped all other games and have enjoyed playing this game. every day is a nother step closer.

Big shout out to all from the DEVS to the Comunity.

center.warcry.KD.dizzy :)

]]> By: Miyuki http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-987866 Miyuki Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:06:18 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-987866 Oh, and just for the record - a little known fact about SWG [because it was nerfed] is that during the server select screen there was a time when you could actually see the # of logged in people. That number at peak play time [for PST at least] on Bria, Bloodfin and Ahazi was usually 2000-3000. The other servers were usually less. I very much doubt sony upgraded their servers between that time and now due to the game generating little [if any] profit. It was my understanding also that the original SWG servers were clustered per planet, so that lag effecting 1 planet did not hamper another for the most part. That was info from beta 3 forums posted by dev team tho, so who know what the truth is =P Oh, and just for the record – a little known fact about SWG [because it was nerfed] is that during the server select screen there was a time when you could actually see the # of logged in people.

That number at peak play time [for PST at least] on Bria, Bloodfin and Ahazi was usually 2000-3000. The other servers were usually less.

I very much doubt sony upgraded their servers between that time and now due to the game generating little [if any] profit.

It was my understanding also that the original SWG servers were clustered per planet, so that lag effecting 1 planet did not hamper another for the most part. That was info from beta 3 forums posted by dev team tho, so who know what the truth is =P

]]> By: Miyuki http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-987862 Miyuki Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:01:30 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-987862 In one planned pvp event on Ahazi I recall crashing the entire planet of Dantooine. That was roughly 300 people in 1 player city at the time. 1 server handling more than that number is quite good considering at peak grind time on dant you would expect around 100-200 people on the entire planet spread out over the various static/player cities. Most in the Mining OP tho =) We are now in March 2009, and the test server for SWGEmu is actually very playable atm. I could list all the working things but it would be easier for you the reader to just install SWG again and try for yourself. In one planned pvp event on Ahazi I recall crashing the entire planet of Dantooine. That was roughly 300 people in 1 player city at the time.

1 server handling more than that number is quite good considering at peak grind time on dant you would expect around 100-200 people on the entire planet spread out over the various static/player cities. Most in the Mining OP tho =)

We are now in March 2009, and the test server for SWGEmu is actually very playable atm. I could list all the working things but it would be easier for you the reader to just install SWG again and try for yourself.

]]> By: Adsense blog » CrunchGear’s Top 100 Posts of 2008 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-964651 Adsense blog » CrunchGear’s Top 100 Posts of 2008 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:08:21 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-964651 [...] 60. Making Galaxies fun again- An interview with the developers of the Star Wars Galaxies PreCU Emulatio... [...] [...] 60. Making Galaxies fun again- An interview with the developers of the Star Wars Galaxies PreCU Emulatio… [...]

]]> By: Star Wars Galaxies Emulation Project to launch playable test server Q1 2009 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-963091 Star Wars Galaxies Emulation Project to launch playable test server Q1 2009 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:00:10 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-963091 [...] yesterday that it’s going ahead with plans to launch a fully playable test server for the Star Wars Galaxies Emulation Project sometime in the first quarter of 2009. Galaxies is fun again, [...] [...] yesterday that it’s going ahead with plans to launch a fully playable test server for the Star Wars Galaxies Emulation Project sometime in the first quarter of 2009. Galaxies is fun again, [...]

]]> By: Lubbe Cadac http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-955464 Lubbe Cadac Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:25:59 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-955464 Yeah, it took 4 years to reach where they are today. But the team was less than 4ppls when they started and they were all unexperienced. But they got more and more knowledge about how to remake the game and the progress in the last month have been some big steps. THIS IS PRE-CU!!!!!!! Yeah, it took 4 years to reach where they are today. But the team was less than 4ppls when they started and they were all unexperienced. But they got more and more knowledge about how to remake the game and the progress in the last month have been some big steps.

THIS IS PRE-CU!!!!!!!

]]> By: Tomarru http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-954931 Tomarru Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:01:15 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-954931 The number was 452, ok they weren't all in combat, but large chunks of that was, several of us had multiple clients running and obviously weren't able to do stuff with them all. That being said, each connection taxed the server, even by just being connected the server had to deal with that client and the fact that only 1 server was dealing with that many people is hugely impressive. Yes, it crashed every now and then, but face the fact that the official servers would have caved in under that pressure long before 452. There have been other stress tests over the past year but none quite reached the number of that one, then there have been other milestones like the server staying up for weeks on end. The number was 452, ok they weren’t all in combat, but large chunks of that was, several of us had multiple clients running and obviously weren’t able to do stuff with them all. That being said, each connection taxed the server, even by just being connected the server had to deal with that client and the fact that only 1 server was dealing with that many people is hugely impressive. Yes, it crashed every now and then, but face the fact that the official servers would have caved in under that pressure long before 452.
There have been other stress tests over the past year but none quite reached the number of that one, then there have been other milestones like the server staying up for weeks on end.

]]> By: baisch http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-954683 baisch Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:53:17 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-954683 Check out the website www.swgemu.com i think you will be surprised. Pre-CU all the way. Check out the website http://www.swgemu.com i think you will be surprised. Pre-CU all the way.

]]> By: KroniK Ataraxia http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-954647 KroniK Ataraxia Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:59:57 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-954647 Hurry! Quick as fast as you can, intall you SWG disc, go to SWGEmu.com, join up, download the Launchpad Enhanced, and get to testing, the more testers, the more bugs found, the more bugs found the quicker the emu is finished!!! Long Live SWGEMU!!!! Hurry! Quick as fast as you can, intall you SWG disc, go to SWGEmu.com, join up, download the Launchpad Enhanced, and get to testing, the more testers, the more bugs found, the more bugs found the quicker the emu is finished!!! Long Live SWGEMU!!!!

]]> By: ex-StressTester http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-954634 ex-StressTester Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:27:39 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-954634 I will para-quote (i.e. take bits) “I will still always look back to the very first stress test that we had. I think it was like 3-4 months into development,” recalls Ultyma. “We had 452 people online at the Mining outpost on Dantooine, and every single player was in combat.” That's not true. The number is true - they capped it at 500 but had problems reaching that. At the maximum number they reached, everyone was asked to stop what they were doing (maybe 50% were in combat but otherwise standing around or running to test the server) were told to all go back to the outpost for a photo shot. Those not there in first couple of hundred or so lagged really badly and never made it before they lost conn or the event was over. They were not on there way back - anyone that said they couldn't because of lag was muted or banned. Still perhaps his memory is not so good as those that remember Ultyma very well at that time. So EVERY SINGLE PLAYER was NOT in combat. Unless he's referring to a different time or place or planet or memory storage device that selects and edits the way things were. They have moved on since then. But that was not the best time in SWGEmu and it's very rude of him to say it was. I will para-quote (i.e. take bits)
“I will still always look back to the very first stress test that we had. I think it was like 3-4 months into development,” recalls Ultyma. “We had 452 people online at the Mining outpost on Dantooine, and every single player was in combat.”

That’s not true. The number is true – they capped it at 500 but had problems reaching that. At the maximum number they reached, everyone was asked to stop what they were doing (maybe 50% were in combat but otherwise standing around or running to test the server) were told to all go back to the outpost for a photo shot. Those not there in first couple of hundred or so lagged really badly and never made it before they lost conn or the event was over. They were not on there way back – anyone that said they couldn’t because of lag was muted or banned. Still perhaps his memory is not so good as those that remember Ultyma very well at that time.

So EVERY SINGLE PLAYER was NOT in combat. Unless he’s referring to a different time or place or planet or memory storage device that selects and edits the way things were.

They have moved on since then. But that was not the best time in SWGEmu and it’s very rude of him to say it was.

]]> By: Kayliah http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-954563 Kayliah Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:25:38 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-954563 Lovely. Oh Lord this is exciting ! For the people who are afraid, they're rebuilding the original game, they're not changing anything, they will only fix all the Pre-CU known bugs to give the World a game even better than is was. Don't forget everyone, 4 days left until the biggest SWGEmu Test Center Stress Test ever done happens! www.swgemu.com The community needs you, enlist now! Kayliah, proud SWGEmu community member. Lovely.

Oh Lord this is exciting !

For the people who are afraid, they’re rebuilding the original game, they’re not changing anything, they will only fix all the Pre-CU known bugs to give the World a game even better than is was.

Don’t forget everyone, 4 days left until the biggest SWGEmu Test Center Stress Test ever done happens!

http://www.swgemu.com

The community needs you, enlist now!

Kayliah, proud SWGEmu community member.

]]> By: jennifer london http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-954444 jennifer london Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:29:52 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-954444 When can we able to play the game? I mean my guildies dont know anything about swgemu and i dont want to hype them . They will play nge because tis the only game with star wars and old memories. Please save us from Evil NGE. Nobody even talk in nge they just do quests get their loot from quests i m alone in my cantina HELPPPPPPPPPP.... When can we able to play the game? I mean my guildies dont know anything about swgemu and i dont want to hype them . They will play nge because tis the only game with star wars and old memories.
Please save us from Evil NGE.
Nobody even talk in nge they just do quests get their loot from quests i m alone in my cantina HELPPPPPPPPPP….

]]> By: Sono http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-954407 Sono Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:02:59 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-954407 I agree with the man of little importance. I agree with the man of little importance.

]]> By: Davickk http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-954325 Davickk Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:40:05 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-954325 SWGEmu all day. I love all you guys. <333333 * Gives Devs big hug * SWGEmu all day.

I love all you guys.

<333333

* Gives Devs big hug *

]]> By: ViperZeroOne http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-954311 ViperZeroOne Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:37:05 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-954311 I have to say that I've been thrilled to watch this project grow. Not just because it's Pre-CU. Personally I could care less about Pre-CU, Pre-NGE, etc, etc. I've been with SWG, official servers, since it started and I'm not whining about the changes. They happened, people need to get over it. What I am thrilled with is that someone is building a way to play the game without relying on SOE. I was one of the unfortunate few who lost a beloved game, in my case Earth & Beyond, because a company (EA) wasn't making enough money off of it. Without the E&B Emulation project my dreams of ever playing the game again would be forever lost. Every MMO out there needs an emulator created for it, no matter the state of the emulator or it's "accuracy". One day the official servers for these games won't exist anymore, and that's not fair to the next generation of gamers. I have to say that I’ve been thrilled to watch this project grow. Not just because it’s Pre-CU. Personally I could care less about Pre-CU, Pre-NGE, etc, etc. I’ve been with SWG, official servers, since it started and I’m not whining about the changes. They happened, people need to get over it.

What I am thrilled with is that someone is building a way to play the game without relying on SOE. I was one of the unfortunate few who lost a beloved game, in my case Earth & Beyond, because a company (EA) wasn’t making enough money off of it. Without the E&B Emulation project my dreams of ever playing the game again would be forever lost.

Every MMO out there needs an emulator created for it, no matter the state of the emulator or it’s “accuracy”. One day the official servers for these games won’t exist anymore, and that’s not fair to the next generation of gamers.

]]> By: toilet_duck http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/making-galaxies-fun-again-an-interview-with-the-developers-of-the-star-wars-galaxies-precu-emulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-954304 toilet_duck Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:11:21 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56151#comment-954304 The SWGEmu community has really pulled together recently in the spirit of cooperation. The level of progress that has been made lately is really amazing. I hope we get a really great turnout for the Dec. 6th stress test. Everyone bring your friends! The SWGEmu community has really pulled together recently in the spirit of cooperation. The level of progress that has been made lately is really amazing.

I hope we get a really great turnout for the Dec. 6th stress test. Everyone bring your friends!

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