SoulShade

Just as bonus, here is my character in-game in the server!! :)

Hello guys, I am coming back to this account after around 10 years, which I have been away from Lineage 2, even though I used to be a really avid player, only now, for some reason the spark of L2 has ignited again. Back then, I used to love everything about L2 and just played so many servers, hosted my own small L2J ones but what I really always wanted was to build my own L2 server from scratch, make it interesting and host it for other people. So, I was playing a bit of L2 recently in a randomly picked Interlude server and suddenly I just had the itch to go and attempt creating my own server, just to see what challenges are involved. Gladly, I have meanwhile became a professional software engineer so what used to be completely out of reach for me 10 years agp has now become completely doable. With that said, I started around 10 days to develop my own lineage 2 server in my free time; the more I developed it the more I wanted to continue! It took me around 4 nights to understand the encryption and have that part working well but thankfully it was solved. Right now I have around 5 half days of development into it and its becoming awesome. It is just a proof of concept but already feels like a childhood dream come true to have developed this! So about the server (currently supporting Interlude): It is programmed in C++ and will focus on high performance specs to reduce server costs and increase player capacity. It is being designed to scale more easily in case of need, so that for example we can run highly populated parts of the world in one machine and the rest in another. Another nice aspect is the abstraction over persistence, which will allow people to run this server locally without hassle (just unpack and play experience) and have fun in their world as GM. Currently I am still testing a multitude of features to fully understand the details of the game protocol so it is all very incomplete and full of temporary code experimentation; What I can do right now is to login with a character, run around, cast a few skills at NPC/Mobs, basic chat, using the gatekeeper to teleport only, basic inventory listing, shortcut handling and not much else. Though, one thing I was thinking is that this server should not go the same way as the others mimicking the official gameplay; for that it would be easier to just do small mods on the existing l2J server. Instead, I am thinking to have a highly extendable server capable of supporting plugins which provide actually interesting things. With this, I ask you for your opinion on what could be a really nice fresh experience for L2 so the server can be built from the start to support these things. As long as the client supports these actions, we can make the experience as different from the official as we want! Here are some things I was considering to do: Instanced housing (ability to teleport to a location with your friends which is actually unique just for you and customizable) Game modes (like perhaps team deathmatch in certain regions, MOBA like matches, Battle royale perhaps) Settlements (own specific places and hire NPC to help you farm materials) Owning and controlling aspects of entire areas, like lets say Cruma Tower, to distinguish the very highest players with these perks. Mob taming and other interesting changes to AI and what we can do with them AI player characters which could be like your minions, to lighten the burden of farming, they would have to be evolved and equiped by you etc. Eager to listen to your thoughts, thanks!

Hello everyone, im not sure if this is the right topic where i should post this but here i goes: I'm beggining a project, which is all about creating a flexible lineage 2 server in C++. Im starting doing it as a side project to learn encryption mainly, and to get familiar with ncsoft how-to's. Maybe i will keep it going to provide a flexible l2off like server to everyone, we will see. :) What i need help with is, i would appreciate to have a brief explanation on the login server protocol, like telling me what is the exact encryption method, in which packet it should be used and what packets are generaly used until client is logged in into login server, both for client and server. Thanks in advance, i will begin researching to save time ;D

Exactly, it has everything needed to have a good time :D So, Join the server, you wont regret once it gets going on its feet. :):)

Pretty cool server, I indeed like it. Needs some improvement and few more active people but that should happen soon. :D Very good rates, it has all the potential to win. Do your role as players that they will do theirs as admins :D

Very hard to find, try l2oracle

Yeah, maybe MAC Adress can be changed, tho, i didnt knew it. I doubt it just because the MAC adress is a hardware code. To change it with a software would be hard imo. But "mask" the Mac is not impossible i know ^^

Mac Adress cannot be changed, if the voting server listens for MAC all you can try is a proxy to vote many times. Otherwise only changing IP will be enough to do the votation. lichia, your server certainly has a protection against multiple votes, probably a button that will only be available once a day. Google for proxy browsers and such, which will help you connect via proxy to the websites and also make macros for it.

Thats not an exploit, thats common sense. If you want to actually autovote you will need a macro program to do that for you like a clicker. But if u want a really good auto voter pay for it or program your own :)

L2Survival is the L2Infinity reborn. You will find there most old features and most of the old players. Live was today(1 aug 18h gmt +1) and we are already with many players online. Site: http://www.l2-survival.net/ Server Rate: 500x Npc Buffer GmShop Custom Items Have fun there :D

How do i contact you besides PM?

Agree... IM waiting for the x15 rate for 2 weeks.

Site: http://l2overtime.es.tl/ Rates: XP x35 SP x35 Spoil x25 Drop x20 Quest x10 Full buff in NPC Mana potions Class Change Server really rocks...Problem is low online ppl... Make a effort to change that. Pm Hellhound, Saya or Diva for some help in beggining. Hope u join & like the server.

Whatever u have, adena, A or S items... U say :P

l2hardcore.com x15 would be an idea.. But the server needs to get better first..