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Unfortunately this project died a long while ago due to lack of interest. It seemed that science-fiction servers are a small, unsustainable niche. Plus our main developer was snagged by a paying position. However, I have just been drafted into another project - and just like this one, it'll be out of this world!

However, I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say, if anything at all, so keep an eye out for something big on the horizon!

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Quote from: "Steff"
You show to less that people get.
 Interested i think.  Sbow some more. Ingame images or videos.
You want more? You get more!

Here's just a few teasing screenshots of some more building. Other than the game design, we cannot show further due to one of our lead developers being on vacation but he shall be back soon. Our focus is on gameworld development, however, as we have a group of about two dozen hungry roleplayers wanting to get involved as soon as possible! We are looking for others to test out the Alliance-Commissioned Explorer Brilliance, a.k.a the ACE Brilliance. But enough jibber-jabber, more screenshots! Bear in mind that a lot of this is in-game building that isn't one hundred percent finished - we're waiting on a series of custom game objects!

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EDIT: One of our members decided to make this using a custom model, a skybox and a dash of photoshop, thought I would share:

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Quote from: "stoneharry"
Well the only developers who knew what they were doing at Prologue were Dynashock and Claiver, and Claiver focused on web-work and still works there and Dynashock quit due to real life time constraints. So that doesn't inspire much confidence.

But good luck none the less! :)

As I said, there are various developers (and I speak both client and server-side for developers) from different projects, both mainstream and private. Just one of our developers hail from Prologue, and was one of the more quiet of the crew. The rest have been sourced from other areas. Besides, it's not the places where the devs come from, surely, and is more about the work and experience that can be put towards the server.

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Quote from: "stoneharry"
You seem to know what you are doing client side, but do you have the ability to do the necessary server side work? Can you do it to a similar quality level?

The main reason many projects on this website fail because they are over ambitious or because they cannot do the necessary server side work to support their client work.

I would not put all your hopes on hiring someone or people to do the server side work for you - it is becoming a rare site to find a good developer who knows how WoW functions. :P

Since it is a roleplaying server, the focus is more upon the setting and atmosphere, however, we have people who can work client and server-side. I've got developers from CoA, Prologue, MotP, etc., who are on the team, all of whom with plentiful experience. That is not a worrisome prospect, I assure you!

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These are open slots for people to join in the testing sessions we shall be hosting once we have decorated and designed the full interior for the ACE Brilliance. Bear in mind - this is just gnomes for now, but we shall be introducing slots for other races soon enough!

Unique Roles (RESERVED)

[1/1] Captain
[1/1] Navigator
[1/1] Artificial Intelligence
[1/1] Head of Personnel
[1/1] Republican Envoy

Other Roles (OPEN)

[5/8] Troopers
[4/4] Technicians
[2/4] Physicians
[2/2] Botanists
[18/23] Overall Total

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Quote from: "Notice"
We are looking for extra model editors! Feel free to PM me!



World of Warcraft: Into the Twisting Nether

[paragraph:2atr1fae]We are a project set up back in the earlier parts of 2013, and after several stages of development, we are intending to open our floodgates for a few testers, builders and model editors! Our intent is to breathe new life into a decrepit old game's fan-base through jumpstarting the entire franchise and propelling a millennium into the future! With the Alliance and Horde race lasting centuries, the arms race was passed and the space race came to a glorious end some decades ago now! With Azeroth left almost uninhabitable, the climate changed to an unseen landscape and the fleets assembled, the fight has been taken to the next battlefield, the final frontier, into the Twisting Nether![/paragraph:2atr1fae]

The Background

[paragraph:2atr1fae]The Alliance Republicans remember their past as does the Warsong Pact - both were once peaceful and docile people living upon their realms without war, without hope for conflict, but that has all changed. Since the touch of evil landed upon them, their people have been thrust into a never-ending war that has outlived the mortals and even the once immortal beings of the dragonflight. As the race to eradicate the other faction continued until the meaning of the conflict all but died out, their homelands were both consumed by their rage.

Now fragmented, the fight continues. With leaders in the cold ground and new ones taking the fight for a new generation, each faction saw out change. The Prophet Velen led his people from the Alliance who grew into vindictive and heartless men, whilst the night elves left to protect a realm that were under threat from a resource race between the King and the Warchief. Sense had left the souls of the people, but the passion for war had never left. The Protectors of the Realm took their bow, as did the Lordaeron Pact from the old Horde, who had wanted to serve their own interests rather than that of the Horde as a whole. Even that friendship did not last, and, without the Banshee Queen, the Forsaken were upon the brink of mindlessness.

The Lich King passed, and the Scourge went rampant. However, the Alliance had combated them with true tact, obliterating their existence with explosions and liquid fire pouring from dwarven fighters. The Cult of the Damned went into hiding, and has forever presumed to be nothing but legend. Yet conspiracies remain that their existence remains even now, lurking in shadows, infiltrating and awaiting their chance to turn the land under their spell. The Alliance saw out the Wrynn Bloodline, and a new king rose to the challenge, from the bowels of genealogy. His successor brought forth an elected council of men, whilst he was at the front of the battle against the Horde. Overtime, the elected officials took more and more of the monarch's power, draining each successor of more of their abilities until the abolition happened.

Yet the Forsaken, on the other hand, saw no such abolition. Their salvation was in sight, and their new Lord and Savior had appeared before them: the Demon Lord Varimathras. The Goblins and Gnomes continued their race to provide the best technological progress to their factions; the Goblins learn their lesson from Area 52 and crafted an ingenious interstellar vehicle - a nether-rocket. Yet the Gnomes found old tomes and information from their old allies, and stole tips and tricks from the draenei before designing their own contraption of immense stature. The elected Grand Admiral demanded that such a fleet be constructed, and the resources race between the Republicans and the Warsong Pact began.

With most of the realm consumed with liquid fire and radiation, life became rarer and rarer until species were made extinct and the landscape altered. The climate became hot some areas and frozen in others, an unusual phenomenon that baffles scholars even now to what has caused it. As the gnomes provided the fleet, the Dark Iron Clan stole several plans for the ships and began their own construction. Now, their clan exist as pirates among the stars, plundering the holds of ships and vessels across the Nether, whilst the Forsaken - ingenious - cheated, finding fuel from a depraved source unknown to all but Lord Varimathras and his Apothecaries.

With the Protectors of the Realm not willing to allow the Republicans and the Pact to decimate other planets as well, the Draenei constructed ships for both races to take to the stars, to prevent further chaos in the world. However, as the war was taken to the next battlefield... a dormant nemesis of the mortal races laid in wait. As Azeroth tore itself apart... the Burning Legion awaited the time that their enemies would consume themselves, and that time is now. The Twisting Nether is open for exploration and combat and travel and adventure... but their demonic denizens are preparing a welcoming that neither faction ever expected.

The most unique private server of its kind is opening itself up soon - this is World of Warcraft: Into the Twisting Nether.[/paragraph:2atr1fae]

TMI: Screenshots


[paragraph:2atr1fae]The current progress has been limited, as most of the work put forward is planning and design work. However, we have some things to show - the Alliance Commissioned Explorer (A.C.E.) Brilliance is the gnomish exploration vessel that is going into uncharted territories. This is the first ship that will be open for people to use in about a week or so, and is a current work-in-progress! However, feel free to comment and take a look!

For those interested in joining either as roleplayers or developers - feel free to comment on this thread and I shall begin to get in touch with interested participants! We have a "role list" of characters required, and that shall be put in the next post! But for now, screenshots and lots of them in the future:[/paragraph:2atr1fae]
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Quote from: "Ascathos"
Sounds ambitious. Good luck.
Most of the work is done! The problem is just coding several hundred thousand lines of codes, and finishing off the world-builds. Most of the hard-work is done.

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Development and Presentation / Memories of the Past: Relive the Second War
« on: December 16, 2012, 10:50:42 pm »

Memories of the Past: The New Millennium

[paragraph:3omsf8yq]After the Second War, peacetime had descended upon the denizens of Azeroth, and the Age of Chaos seems to be at an end at last. As the bastions of the Seven Kingdoms rebuild themselves to prosper once more, the vicious orcish incursion had broken free from the internment camps and now rebuild their armies in the wilderness of Lordaeron. With the shadows rising, the darkness revolting and death frequenting the kingdom's of men, the Age of Chaos has not yet ended. Now, we stand now upon the brink of destruction, for the Reign of Chaos has come... at last.

Memories of the Past: The New Millennium is providing one of the most unique experiences that has ever dawned upon private servers. After several months of development, we are nowhere near completion but we have begun the final push to see that our work is done soon. For now, we've opened the server as a development launch for people to join, and to meet new people. As a merge of two server projects, the Memories of the Past project is an attempt to release the most custom and well-developed roleplaying server ever. For a list of our features, keep reading:[/paragraph:3omsf8yq]
  • Custom World-Built Experience, set in the interim between Warcraft II and III!
  • Sophisticated Core Classes, from the brutish Fighter to the intrepid Sailor!
  • Unique Class Customisation, allowing people to progress from ten unique cores!
  • Experienced Staff, including one of the most successful names in roleplaying servers!
  • New Continents, from the port of Kul Tiras to the tribal islands of the Darkspear Tribe!
  • Awesome Housing, with some of our cities housing up to two hundred players each!
  • Customisation Never Seen Before, with in-game music and renewed maps!
  • And much, much more! Check us out: we're the server not to be missed!
Link!  Screenshots coming soon!

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Experienced model editor? We are looking for a fantastic model editor to join a team of professional modders, who must be able to meet deadlines, work efficient, be mature and have a decent grasp of the English language. Examples of work we might ask for is lore characters, improvements on current models as well as making new creatures from scratch.

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Quote from: "schlumpf"
Please only use existing bbcodes and don't invent some we don't have.

Cheers for fixing it. I'm pretty much copying and pasting it from the other forums. Didn't know that some of the BBCodes wasn't permitted. We'll keep this in mind!

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Who, What, Why


[paragraph:1nt8l80l]We are a small team with a similar goal in mind. Reformation and refurbishment of the greatest MMORPG platform in the history of gaming, and revive a story that the recent expansions have warped and torn apart. From the greatness of the Warcraft games, to the original release of World of Warcraft, we know what has worked and what hasn't, and we wish not only to bring World of Warcraft back in the sense that many of the Blizz-Like servers have accomplished, but we wish to improve upon it. Many of the avid Warcraft fans are of the older generation, and we wish to gear towards a more mature audience. Our stories will be filled with love and lost, greed and loss and especially war. We are hoping to do what George R.R. Martin did to Lord of the Rings, and bring about not only the Warcraft we love, but a more gritty and realistic Azeroth we saw in the original 90s games.[/paragraph:1nt8l80l]

Player versus Environment, Player versus Player, Roleplay


[paragraph:1nt8l80l]There has been questions over what we are hoping to achieve as a server. Our features would suggest we are both player versus environment and player versus player, but our expansive revitalised lore would suggest a roleplaying server for adults. We are both neither and both. We are a re-telling of Azeroth, and a revival of the "retail" servers that encompass all three play-styles. For the player versus environment and player versus player addicts, we will have constantly added and updated content for players to wage against and for the roleplayers, we will implement features to make their lives easier. Our policy on all forms of roleplay is that if anything taboo is kept private, we do not mind, and we will take action against any players who purposefully cause disruption to the atmosphere. We do not enforce all players to roleplay, but we ask that both discretion and respect is upheld on the server.[/paragraph:1nt8l80l]

Custom Lore, Adult-Geared, Mature Ethos


[paragraph:1nt8l80l]With custom lore, we have decided to veer away from the cheery depictment of a world that is supposively distraught with war. We will not enforce an age limit upon our servers, but there is a warning that there will be adult content in the server, all for the sake of realism and fantasy. This is not to say that player-characters will engage in intercourse, but there will be storylines that focus around the themes of war, disability, homosexuality and xenophobia and we understand that such gritty fantasy elements is not to the likings of some. Vulgar language may be present used by the non-player characters and players alike. We want all players to respect each other and a friendly and mature ethos is asked of people, and we hope that our game masters will not be asked to handle player-player arguments.[/paragraph:1nt8l80l]

So Far, Currently, Implemented


[paragraph:1nt8l80l]The server is compiled, upon the ArcEmu and LuaHypArc engine. Many positions have been filled and the original post has been updated to reflect this. In the end, we hope to have almost everything customised but thus far, we're only starting. Our coding teams have been working alongside the world-builders, and a new capital city has been formed and information regarding this will be released when the final touches have been made. Races and new artwork has been added, and you will be able to play as several new races and origins that reflect the return to the True Alliance and True Horde. For now, the new races are: The Scarlet Crusaders, The Dark Iron, the Blackrock Orcs, the Stonemaul Ogres. Whilst some servers think that over-flowing custom races and classes make a better server, we think that quality beats quantity. Each race has depth, lore and reason to be here. You may also notice that the racial choices are similar to what would have been present during the Second War, with elves, draenei and Forsaken removed from their respective allegiances for reasons that will be released soon.[/paragraph:1nt8l80l]

What now?


[paragraph:1nt8l80l]Expect updates on a very regular basis. We hope to release a major update once every three days, with at least three screenshots each. For now, we have some new content to share, mainly world-builds and some model edits. More information will be seen soon! Enjoy the shots![/paragraph:1nt8l80l]


A statue to the New King, Anduin Wrynn


A familiar town, now in ruin after a pandemic


An old nation, reborn in red

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Quote from: "Norimar"
Just dont forgett: U cant earn money through projects like this :>
I din't understand all parts of your modding, but its interessting.

[paragraph:1k60vq2j]The only thing we're striving to earn is a new platform for the old generation of Warcraft players to come together.[/paragraph:1k60vq2j]

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Quote from: "Steff"
So a login screan with an image and swaped class and/or race names. You should show more to get help I think.

[paragraph:3eo29xb4]More comes when we're one hundred percent satisfied with what we've done. Expect something new on a daily basis![/paragraph:3eo29xb4]

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The Dark Ages of Azeroth


The War Upon The Citadel

[paragraph:q44rx4cx]The adventurers were dead, mercenaries powerful and true, summoned to the call of battle in the northern continent, destined to charge and vanquish the remnants of the undead, the Scourge that remained locked under the tyrannical reign of the Lich King, the fallen paladin, Arthas Menethil, infused with the demonic Ner’zhul. Yet the Alliance and Horde could not estimate the powers of the One True King, who slaughtered the Ashen Verdict and killed without discrimination. Those claimed had their souls ripped from their shells, and their corpses served as necrotic warriors on the field of battle; the Alliance and Horde’s fallen turned against them in a battle cold and calculating. Below, the Horde was ripped apart by the final move in the Lich King’s diabolical game of chess, the Forsaken illusion of freedom abolished and the sleeper cell nation was awoken by the call of the Lich King. Lord Tirion Fordring could do nothing but watch, encased in a tomb of ice.

Yet he broke free: a swarm of holy fire blasted the decrepit ice away, and he charged the Lich King head on, and the Ashbringer and Frostmourne collided in a moment of truth, in which the battle was to be decided. The Ashbringer failed, and shattered to the might of the Scourge and Tirion, amongst the pieces of his blade, was struck down in a final and merciless slash. As holy blood was spilled, the Scourge was revitalised and the Alliance and Horde were pushed back, fleeing to their capitals, to recuperate and to make the next move. With each second passing, the morale of the races had disappeared.

With the death of several valiant leaders, new men and women took their charge and changed the face of Azeroth forever. The True Alliance was united under the banner of Anduin Wrynn, the child king, amongst the respect of the The Council of Three Hammers and High Tinker Cogsprocket. Mourning the loss of Thrall, the True Horde came about as old clans joined forces, and a new and far brutish Horde was unleashed under the guidance of Garrosh Hellscream, Rend Blackhand, Vol’jin and Cairne Bloodhoof. As several races disappear from the major factions, political tensions are at the utmost high and the war between Alliance, Horde and Scourge is to be decided once and for all. Only one shall triumph.[/paragraph:q44rx4cx]

What are we?

[paragraph:q44rx4cx]The Dark Ages of Azeroth is a project set up as a small-time project that I was going to work upon during the summer as something to occupy myself. Needless to say, I mentioned the project to a friend of mine and we both got the project kick started, and began to sense that we could do something more than a project we might never finish. This was something that could be turned into a gamer's goldmine of nostalgia and creativity. We knew what we wanted. We wanted a balanced game, set in Azeroth that provided a new and original experience for both player-versus-environment and player-versus-player. Naturally, projects like this have been set up, to provide custom content but we don't want to bring about new races for the sake of new races, or new zones or worlds that we imagined. We want the True Alliance and True Horde from the original RTS franchise to make a return. That's what Dark Ages of Azeroth is about.

It's about revitalising a franchise, and gearing it towards the mature generation of players and ex-players alike, who both loved Warcraft I right up to World of Warcraft.

We never said it would be easy...[/paragraph:q44rx4cx]

Features:

  • True Alliance and True Horde - no more draenei, blood elves or Forsaken
  • Return of old allies - play as the Dark Iron, the Scarlets Crusaders, the Blackrock Orcs or the Ogres
  • Revamped classes - be a Champion of the Alliance, or an Earthwalker of the Horde
  • Azeroth retold - play through re-visioned quests from vanilla alongside completely new storylines
  • Cinematic experience - make choices that will reflect your impact of Azeroth
  • Retuned environments - raids, instances and game world encounters aren't simple button mashing
  • A more adult-themed Azeroth - experience political intrigue, the horrors of war and a real representation of Azeroth
  • Factions and Occupations - join the Westfall Brigands, the Argent Dawn or even a goblin cartel for a new experience and countless rewards
  • Specialisations - nine new classes with an unlimited combination of specialisations to suit the player
  • 100% Custom Content, from items to quests to gameplay
  • And this is just the tip of the iceberg!

Looking For:


  • Scripters [3/6]
    Must be knowledgeable about LUA or C++; bonus points for both.
  • World Builders [2/5]
    Must be creative and innovative; must have screenshots of earlier work.
  • Quest, Item, NPC Developers [3/6]
    Must be creative and innovative; able to balance creatures and quests.
  • Model Editor [2/2]
    Position has been filled! Feel free to apply, however! We're always open.
  • 2D Artist [0/2]
    Must be creative and skilled in photoshop.

Updates:


[paragraph:q44rx4cx]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Dark_Ages_of_Azeroth/index/[/paragraph:q44rx4cx]




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