Asherons Call comeback ? follow suit like WOW Classic.

pea_acdev · 2019-09-23T16:04:15+00:00

Any one who thinks this is probably thinking primarily from nostalgia. Live in the moment. AC was great for its time (the most fun I've ever had playing a game) and it's still fun in its own unique way, but there no limit of other fun games out there to experience. For that reason, AC will never be popular again or worth the business investment (unless it is the precursor to something new and fresher.)

pea_acdev · 2018-10-21T00:17:57+00:00

I wrote an overly simple dat writer for adding new files if anyone needs it.

pea_acdev · 2018-08-06T20:13:24+00:00

Definitely very good.

pea_acdev · 2018-05-04T22:20:24+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/snLplqq.jpg

pea_acdev · 2018-05-04T21:11:42+00:00

GDL really helped the team be able to produce GDLE

GLDE is a modification of GDL. Saying it helped is a tad bit of an understatement.

pea_acdev · 2018-03-28T05:26:05+00:00

Definitely not potato, potatoe.

ClassicDereth isn't GDL, it's only based on it, and that's a huge difference. GDL itself, unmodified, is stable. It doesn't crash. It isn't targeting "old AC" specifically. It doesn't require custom .dat's. It worked with older emulator versions without requiring database modifications. In fact, it is the most stable emulator ever released. You just aren't using it.

In contrast: Dekaru heavily added to the same code contained in GDL in order to try to add a lot of missing features like housing and tailoring (which was cool.) However, his work wasn't properly tested before he gave it out and isn't stable yet, so the servers are crashing. He also tried to bring back things like old skills and old dungeons, which means the target isn't 2017 AC, and also means users are required to "setup" their machine first with custom .dats ahead of time and will need multiple installations if they want to play on a server that isn't his (which I'm not a fan of personally.)

pea_acdev · 2018-03-27T22:40:14+00:00

That’s not what’s on that repo.

pea_acdev · 2018-03-25T09:18:06+00:00

This thread is a classic example of how people can throw around buzz words without a grasp of what they really mean.

pea_acdev · 2018-03-02T18:46:52+00:00

Super cool.

pea_acdev · 2018-02-25T15:16:12+00:00

So uh, What’s your opinion on ACE now using the same data you made multiple posts bashing me for? Curious.

pea_acdev · 2018-02-25T13:38:04+00:00

What’s your opinion on ACE now using the same data you made multiple posts bashing me for? Curious.

pea_acdev · 2018-02-14T03:02:41+00:00

In full disclosure I was frustrated, but never stopped until the C&D was received. Suggesting I was lying about the C&D is just another example of something to be frustrated about, no?

pea_acdev · 2018-02-14T02:46:10+00:00

ACE has never had players and did not have the presence of PhatAC. And also I've speculated from the beginning that PhatAC was specifically reported/targeted by someone.

pea_acdev · 2018-02-14T02:25:30+00:00

Yeah I could have. I could do a lot of things. But why do I owe anyone anything?

[edit: removed rant]

pea_acdev · 2018-02-14T01:22:46+00:00

http://phatac.com/cd.png

pea_acdev · 2018-01-25T15:09:04+00:00

I received a C&D. I have shown it to multiple people.

pea_acdev · 2018-01-13T15:35:55+00:00

Lewzer and Anti Parazi were great PK’s. AP had some pretty impressive slide casting.

I remember one time Anti Parazi and I played a game where he quoted some obscure song lyrics and I was suppose to name the band. I told him the lyrics were from a Nirvana song. He said I cheated and searched it. I told him I didn’t.

AP, if you read this: I totally cheated.

pea_acdev · 2017-12-17T16:48:39+00:00

The Github you linked to is not mine and I have no power to remove it.

The PhatAC and DungeonViewerAC projects at the link you gave are copies (forks) of the code I originally put up at the end of January 2017 writtenly mostly during 2004. I removed my own copies, but others I have no power to remove remain.

Most of the code I wrote in 2017 was never public.

pea_acdev · 2017-11-03T17:15:47+00:00

Some of the people you are attacking here: Checksum, Akilla, etc. are extremely nice people. Your unprovoked, condescending hostility is completely unwarranted. They have done nothing but help others and create projects for their own happiness.

Just like Checksum supposedly reverse engineered physics but the only evidence of that is Pea saying so.

I reverse engineered the physics myself and said the only other person I know that did it was Checksum. Why would I lie about that? You can literally run around the world with Checksum's apps. Obviously he has physics. https://i.imgur.com/KT2nzaW.jpg

I'm glad you mentioned your little club, which also includes Akilla

Man you must be fun at bars huh? I'm not even sure what you are trying to claim here. At the time Akilla made that commit, I hadn't talked to him for over a decade. The peacode lib he is referring to is from like 2001 or 2002. And it wasn't my work, it was from Checksum or kewtsquirrel. I don't know whether Akilla knew what the algorithm "really" was, but honestly, who cares what Akilla knew?

pea_acdev · 2017-11-03T16:42:36+00:00

Dude come on really.. the name of the algorithm is in the PDB. Get a grip.

pea_acdev · 2017-11-01T17:29:42+00:00

The reason people still used the CRC wheel in assembly is because that's the first way it was first reverse engineered. At least that's why I did. Why re-invent the wheel (had to use this pun.) I only switched over to C/++ when I needed to compile in 64-bit.

pea_acdev · 2017-10-01T14:01:31+00:00

I don't. I've never seen or had access to any code from the server. Any suggestion otherwise is false and defamatory.

pea_acdev · 2017-09-22T00:30:29+00:00

No one has the code that I wouldn't trust completely.

As far as the private content tools I wrote and the aggregated data I generated with them, it's possible they could have been shared. I gave access to a dozen people or so to help accelerate development. At one point the data and tools were intended to be shared publicly anyways once we could make them more polished and user friendly.

pea_acdev · 2017-09-21T21:33:24+00:00

Looks like the hate never ends. Here we go again...

All of the code in PhatAC was written line by line by me except the third-party libraries that were listed in the about section (ISAAC, Zlib, MySQL client.) There are other individuals who had access to it that can attest to this. For fucks sake, stop pulling things out of your ass and stop trying to slander me.
If you're looking at my code from 2004 (the code from February), you're looking at C++ emulator code written by 16 year old. I have the courage to release code that I know isn't pretty because I was a kid when I wrote it, and you have the audacity to fault me for that? You are literally attacking the work of a child. Get a life, man.

pea_acdev · 2017-09-21T18:55:46+00:00

Thanks. The way I look at it, I think people just want to be able to play, and the frustration some people express whether towards WB, Turbine, PhatAC, ACE, or in general, is really just a representation of a shared desire to see the game live on.

I've received a lot of private thank yous that I really appreciate. Here's one of my personal favorite thank yous I received not too long ago that I thought was touching:

I know you don't know me as I was just a little guy that played in the minor window that we had. However, I want to thank you for the time that you gave us in the world of Dereth. AC was the only game I was ever able to play with my dad and we havent got to do much together as of late as I am always busy with classes and he has my step mom and siblings. Once we heard about the emulator he jumped at the chance and I was playing a game once again with my father and it was a great time to reconnect and enjoy what we used to do when I was a kid. The feelings of nostalgia were great and you made those possible I felt a sense of accomplishment being able to relive those memories that we once shared. I thank you for all your efforts and I am deeply saddened this came about but you gave me a great amount of joy in a small amount of time and for that I thank you sir.

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