What is the versions of PPC OSX that you ran Everquest on when it was PPC only? Did anyone run on 10.5.8?
When Sony ran the show, it went all the way back to 10.2 (so says my CDs). All I personally remember was Tiger forward, so yes Leopard (10.5.x) ran it. I have an old PPC mac mini if you want me to try it.
Myself and another that is working on the PPC stuff were wondering specifically if 10.5.8 ran it since a number of things changed in xcode apparently. I can't recall if I was on 10.4 or 10.5 back then. We aren't quite ready to test it in the wild yet. Still having issues even launching it.
Intel Mac with Rosetta support could run ppc application. They drop Rosetta support in Lion and higher.
Think the PPC app is a Carbon app, won't run past 10.6.x and 10.6 Rosetta support was shite. You'll be much happier running it in 10.5.x.
Bum, the core team that is working on server code and expansion progress is not currently working on the PPC. This is just something I am messing with for the moment with someone not part of the project.
Actually, getting PPC working is up there. We would like to get it functional. Contrary to popular belief, monks arent broke. PPC is broke.
I got a ppc mac mini, that i have done some testing with. It would be nice to play on. Ida-Pro had a hex-rays decompiler for ppc now. Unfortunately a license costs like $3000. For a one time use, to even see if it would decompile the ppc binaries, thats a bit pricey. But we need someone to do a full decompile of main program and login/patcher. So we can get info on what is going on.
There is a IDA plugin called Snow something or other I have but it does not do the entire file. Tedious as hell, but it does 1 function at a time ugh...
I never got to use my PPC. It came in the mail; and they patched it out later that week. But I don't think every thread needs to be about monk ac. I would love to dig that old PPC out and see how it works - even though it is rather large these days. And the mac mini does pretty well ....
Considering how efficient our EQmac code is in comparison to what AK was. I am curious as to how much smoother the PPC runs on this code. Obviously graphics hangups are not entirely anything that can be controlled server side, but network and server talk from the server have vastly improved.
Considering becoming a 2nd hand mac seller specializing in PPC and profiting solely off my sales to TAKP players. But seriously, if the devs or volunteers want to play around with the PPC client in their spare time, cool! Volunteer devs are having fun and enjoying their time spent (I hope!), we are just the lucky recipients of whatever they get around to doing. Glad to see @Speedz hangin around!
We cannot even get ppc to negotiate a connection to get in game. Soe did a weird auth via web, sending stuff to the client. We are trying to figure out how to authenticate. We really need the protocols used. Hobart, we need ur help!!!!
Bum said he has his info - dunno if troll. I'm almost positive utdaan has his info but he's so opposed to emu's he might not help anyway. I dunno maybe he's on LinkedIn or something - pass the word along. I mean he can only say no right.
