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Anarchy Online: New Engine Version Now Available

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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The Anarchy Online forum has been updated with a post that indicates that the 'new engine' version of the game is now available for download and installation. Additionally, a Reddit petition has begun to urge developers to start a brand new server using the new engine.

Added option to download a "New Engine" version of the game and play on the Live server; the installer is ~5GB in size, with a installation size of ~23GB. Click here to start downloading.

Thanks to GolbezTheLion for the tip.

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  • GreatswordGreatsword Member RarePosts: 428

    Wait WHAT?

    After 10 years of waiting and believing it's vaporware?

    On a random day without building up any hype beforehand?

    *download*

    [e] Apparently it's only for the test live server, but still...
  • Methos12Methos12 Member UncommonPosts: 1,244
    I guess hell indeed froze over at least. That's a lot of additional space for bump mapping.
    Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
  • breadm1xbreadm1x Member UncommonPosts: 374

    It still is vaporware. the engine is still the same.

    Everything looks the same as it did in 2001 dont waste your time.

    And they charge 17 Euro's a month for the expansions :P

    Ah well i had fun with it 10 years ago. but i cant stand playing somthing that looks like this :P


  • Azaron_NightbladeAzaron_Nightblade Member EpicPosts: 4,829
    If it turns into something decent I might go hunt me a few leets again, for old time's sake. image

    My SWTOR referral link for those wanting to give the game a try. (Newbies get a welcome package while returning players get a few account upgrades to help with their preferred status.)

    https://www.ashesofcreation.com/ref/Callaron/

  • etlaretlar Member UncommonPosts: 863
    Originally posted by breadm1x

    It still is vaporware. the engine is still the same.

    Everything looks the same as it did in 2001 dont waste your time.

    And they charge 17 Euro's a month for the expansions :P

    Ah well i had fun with it 10 years ago. but i cant stand playing somthing that looks like this :P

    i was confused too, until i actually read the post, it says OPTION to download th enew engine.

     

    might check it out, or rather i will, once its confirmed its ingame.

  • VooDoo_PapaVooDoo_Papa Member UncommonPosts: 897

    lol..so wait..

    this isnt the update, but a checkbox to download the update whenever they get off their asses and finally release it?

     

    ok.. thanks for the tip i guess

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  • OrtwigOrtwig Member UncommonPosts: 1,163
    Yes it is the update and it's live as of today.
  • OrtwigOrtwig Member UncommonPosts: 1,163
    Originally posted by breadm1x

    It still is vaporware. the engine is still the same.

    Everything looks the same as it did in 2001 dont waste your time.

    And they charge 17 Euro's a month for the expansions :P

    Ah well i had fun with it 10 years ago. but i cant stand playing somthing that looks like this :P

    This is incorrect.

    http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?614468-18-8-0-Update-Release-Notes

    You have the option to continue using the old engine, or install the new engine.  The install files can be found from the above thread.

  • UproarUproar Member UncommonPosts: 521

    Crap.  I actually went to work on the last day of planet Earth?

     

     

     

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  • Logos1326Logos1326 Member UncommonPosts: 240
    Anybody have pics or vid of this? I've heard this "new engine" line before...

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  • andre369andre369 Member UncommonPosts: 970

    9 lines of text patch notes when launching a new engine? And no info of what has changed at all?

    I am confused, from posts here already, no textures has seemed to be changed, and from the nine lines of text in the patch notes. Nothing seems to have changed. 

    What does the new engine bring? Flowers? 

  • dplcafdplcaf Member UncommonPosts: 59

    Found a recent video on the improvements, I can't tell you what has changed because I don't play, but was curious to see myself.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUrn2mf0ivM

  • OrtwigOrtwig Member UncommonPosts: 1,163

    Sigh.

    http://massivelyop.com/2015/06/25/anarchy-onlines-new-graphical-engine-is-finally-live/

    http://update.anarchy-online.com/patches/AOPatch_v18.8.0.18_EP2-v18.8.0_EP2.exe

    https://youtu.be/bUrn2mf0ivM

  • HarikenHariken Member EpicPosts: 2,680
    If your an old player you won't be impressed. Its sad that after years of waiting this is what we got. They claim its a work in progress so i guess in a few years it might look good. Its not enough to bring people back willing to still pay a sub.for this game.
  • SuperXero89SuperXero89 Member UncommonPosts: 2,551
    New engine, same old shitty 1999 downloader.
  • strawhat0981strawhat0981 Member RarePosts: 1,224
    Originally posted by Hariken
    They claim its a work in progress so i guess in a few years it might look good. Its not enough to bring people back willing to still pay a sub.for this game.

    Check has been cashed!!!

    Originally posted by laokoko
    "if you want to be a game designer, you should sell your house and fund your game. Since if you won't even fund your own game, no one will".

  • psiicpsiic Member RarePosts: 1,642
    So this much time and money invested and I just checked it out and its horrible, new engine and they did not even update character models? Collisions are insane, and it is not even reading 3D renders correctly. Someone definitely needs to be fired over this.
  • GeezerGamerGeezerGamer Member EpicPosts: 8,857

    Best game mechanics ever developed in an MMO. But the graphics are tired.

    The game is 14 and the "new" engine is itself, the better part of a decade old . So don't expect too much. I really don't think this is going to impress anyone.

    Still, if this alone can breathe some new life into the game, it'll be worth it.

     
     
  • brihtwulfbrihtwulf Member UncommonPosts: 975

    So, it looks the same, with the exception of lighting...  That's all I noticed.  No new textures, models, effects,... Oh, and grass you can see move!

    I can see why there was no hype, because this doesn't really do much.

  • TorvacTorvac Member UncommonPosts: 135
    huge waste of dev time
  • GreatswordGreatsword Member RarePosts: 428

    To be fair, I don't think they have more than one person (0.5 FTE) working on AO and this glorious new engine anymore.

    Still, sad to see a decade of hope burried like this. RIP AO, I can finally let go of you.

  • Methos12Methos12 Member UncommonPosts: 1,244
    Originally posted by Torvac
    huge waste of dev time

    I'm pretty sure it was a matter of sunk cost at this point. Had they give up it would've been a huge waste of time and money resulting in nothing. And something is better than nothing in the end.

    Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
  • GeezerGamerGeezerGamer Member EpicPosts: 8,857

    Play tested it a bit last night and this morning. I'm not impressed.

    However, it was previously unplayable under DX7 due to terminated legacy support for the graphics. At least now the game is playable under my aging GPU. To think about this that way......it's actually kinda pathetic.

    But if some of my old Org-mates return, I'm in. Game was still good with its tired old graphics. I only quit after my PC could no longer play it........and the fact that everyone I knew left.

  • DAOWAceDAOWAce Member UncommonPosts: 436

    It wasn't released until now?

    I swear I read about this update many years ago..

  • RandaynRandayn Member UncommonPosts: 904
    I would love to start an MMMORPG.com org if anyone is up for it.  Any enhancement to the graphics is a good thing and I was playing the game before it.  Just haven't been in an org for a while so it's not as fun without people to play the game with.

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