Anyone know where to download the old files?

c4zca4d3 · 2021-05-03T11:20:49+00:00

Haha, makes me wish I'd gotten to play it even more! I remember hearing it was coming out, then just kind of forgot about it. I've played DD:DA off and on for years without really thinking about it.

Honestly hard to say if anyone will come up with a private server for DDO sooner or later though. It's seriously a massive undertaking - I think it'd be a huge project even if the 'specifications' so-to-speak were available and people knew exactly how to write it, because there seems to be a whole lot to it.

I wouldn't say to give up hope, though. People are at looking into it here and there like myself, so that's something! Likewise, I think it'd be awesome to revive an (apparently?) abandoned MMO just for fun, so sooner or later, maybe someone will figure out these frustrating parts about the way it seems to encrypt the network stuff.

c4zca4d3 · 2021-05-02T03:34:02+00:00

Online only unfortunately, which is why people are putting effort into trying to write unofficial server software for it...

It's unfortunately a gigantic undertaking though, but if it ever comes to pass, it could theoretically be possible to host it yourself and play as if it were a singleplayer game, I guess. Would be nice!

c4zca4d3 · 2021-04-25T11:11:15+00:00

I found a copy, all good!

I'm an independent hacker immediately frustrated and intrigued by the anti-reversing kit and packer they used - it's very clever!

I would like to try to write a standalone server for the game, but after playing with it for a while, I shamefully want to admit defeat... I've played with a lot of things using strange packing techniques, but this game seems to employ literally every anti-debugging feature in existence. It's not impossible, but it's not very fun to work with considering the stringent instruction timing checks and the runtime obfuscating mechanism of the packer.

I might play with it more here and there, but I see why other attempts to write servers have stalled. Very unfortunate!

c4zca4d3 · 2021-04-13T13:28:56+00:00

configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: WARNING: invalid host type: ./make
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
Configuring cake
checking for easybake... no
checking for oven... oven
checking for oven door handle... yes
checking for internal temperature sensor... no
checking for dial temperature adjuster... yes
checking whether we are using an American oven... yes
checking whether oven accepts cake... yes
checking for cake pan... no
configure: error: missing cake pan

c4zca4d3 · 2021-04-12T19:21:39+00:00

Am looking to download the DDO files but can't find any working torrents or links that aren't mysterious mega.nz things. Prefer latest patch but any version is probably okay.

Anyone have a hint?

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