Posted by Thor

Although we have not received an actual response after nearly 2 months, it's safe to say it's not going to happen.

Within private conversations to others Stefan has displayed signs of bitterness, and has even gone as far to suggest that he's removing the Era PC server, which having been one of the most successful PC servers for around 7/8 years doesn't bode well for GTA despite its key differences.


As much as I would like to see the said organisation obtain the part of Graal's business which its owners arguably do not deserve, the one person capable of creating the software necessary to rival modern server development opted for an entirely new client with its own language, as opposed to creating an NPC-Server which works in tandem with the cracked V6 client and deciphered bytecode.

While a new client would have its advantages should it ever be completed, the main disadvantage is that it's a much more difficult and time-consuming process, and unlike the long development of GTA which shared a similar choice, you cannot experience the work in progress yourself.



It seems to have been forgotten that Quests aren't the only thing offered by GTA. Some of the events and their supporting systems are quite nifty, but ofcourse needed a reliable supply of players to properly be enjoyed. The trading card game didn't have the overall effect I had hoped it would, though it was a lot of fun on the few occasions where a large crowd would gather and rotate games among eachother.

Cadavre is making a good client  

Posted by Thor

As much as I would like to see the said organisation obtain the part of Graal's business which its owners arguably do not deserve, the one person capable of creating the software necessary to rival modern server development opted for an entirely new client with its own language, as opposed to creating an NPC-Server which works in tandem with the cracked V6 client and deciphered bytecode.

I was chosen to continue the work on that and I have all the information required to continue working on it. But I've put that aside as I'm working on my own client.

Posted by Thor

While a new client would have its advantages should it ever be completed, the main disadvantage is that it's a much more difficult and time-consuming process, and unlike the long development of GTA which shared a similar choice, you cannot experience the work in progress yourself.

Well, sure, but my client/engine already supports scripting (there are a lot of functions lacking, but that will be added in time), ganis, nw-levels and gmaps. The client will have both an offline and an online mode.

I will use the graal clients protocols to minimize the workload and will develop a npcserver alongside the client that will essentially work with any graal client (serverside) and eventually v5+ clientside support.

The GS2 -> GS3 conversion tool really helps a lot as the GS3 syntax can easily be converted into the C# syntax which my client uses.

There's a lot of work left though, and it's not going very fast as I'm alone in developing this. I'm trying to get more people to join in and help, but they either don't know enough C# or are not interested. :/  

I played the original a few days ago.
A good Classic? Mind-Blown.
Older is better..