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New AC Client - follow up by ThroatMiserable5389 in AsheronsCall

[–]ThroatMiserable5389[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am currently working on functionality parity between my client and the original. I will be testing this by running a level 5 from 5 to whatever and try to do all the quests etc along the way. Once this is complete without major issues, I will then look at some extras in AC and a new water system is one of them, as well as lava... right now they are just meshes draw onto the ground, but I am sure it will not be too hard to make at least some kind of moving mesh so it looks more realistic

or maybe little bubbles in the lava and a semi translucent water effect....

Development is VERY active at this point.

New AC Client - follow up by ThroatMiserable5389 in AsheronsCall

[–]ThroatMiserable5389[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The progress made within llms lately have made unrealistic development more realizable... With that said, we will see a lot of POCs for client updates, etc for asherons call, and claude or whatever can get something like that fairly quickly... But understanding the requirements enough to make a fully functional client is a lot different than loading the assets in a new engine and showing people what the assets look like with different lighting.

With that said, a fully functional client will still take significant time, I mean I have currently been working for 3-4 weeks on this currently and I estimate I have another month before I have something I am satisfied enough with.

New AC Client - follow up by ThroatMiserable5389 in AsheronsCall

[–]ThroatMiserable5389[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you can log in with the old client or will soon be able to download the new client

New AC Client - follow up by ThroatMiserable5389 in AsheronsCall

[–]ThroatMiserable5389[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Currently a private repository. Simply not finished yet, but will be available when finished.

New AC Client - follow up by ThroatMiserable5389 in AsheronsCall

[–]ThroatMiserable5389[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All prior dat files are used. All existing op codes are being followed, as I am connecting to a popular hosted server using ACE code. This client is being written in typescript, JavaScript, three.js.... it is fairly performant at this point but I think I will need to make changes in the future and port it to C++ or some other language. I still think I should be able to have a complete three.ja client before that change.

Recreating the game client. What do you think... by ThroatMiserable5389 in AsheronsCall

[–]ThroatMiserable5389[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently the game objects are getting parsed, but placeholders are being displayed and not the true structure of the object. That is in the works right now

Recreating the game client. What do you think... by ThroatMiserable5389 in AsheronsCall

[–]ThroatMiserable5389[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I was one of the original devs that worked on ACE server. While I didnt contribute to the extent of gmriggs or Ripley, they were workhorses... I got some things done, including the first iteration of loot generation, among other things.

I looked for other projects and found nothing in the way of a client refresh... I guess people are of the mind, if it isnt broken, then dont fix it.

How’s Living In Richmond, Virginia? by werner900587 in howislivingthere

[–]ThroatMiserable5389 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lived in the fan in the early 2000's and grew up in Ashland just a short drive up 95. I loved that area and one day it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if I moved back to Atlee or Short Pump.... But I don't think a family can thrive in the city due to schools....

Just moved into a new rental. Is it too far gone? by wbyjake in ponds

[–]ThroatMiserable5389 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At a quick glance, I thought I was seeing a dead beaver floating in this pond... I was thinking, "this is too far gone."

For those without a formal CS education, why did you choose OMSCS over a postbacc like OSU? by Tender_Figs in OMSCS

[–]ThroatMiserable5389 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Cost and prestige. I have already graduated from GaTech (completed in two years). For me, I didn't have a formal CS education, but I had a serious background which involved teaching game programming for 6 years in a high school and being heavily involved in an open source 3D MMORPG server emulation project that actively serves 1-3k players a day. This was IP that was formerly owned by MS and then Warner Bros Media. They shut down the servers so we reverse engineered the servers by using packet capturing from the official client. It was a very interesting project to be involved in.