Dian
Sorceror
I have been using RunUO since the very first Beta. Had a shard using POL 94 before the release of RunUO beta 1. Like many many others, over the ~12 years, we have closed and reopened I think 3 times before the final shut down sometime around 06-07. There may be a few around still that might remember me.. though I really never posted a whole lot over the 11 years here..
Anyways, over the last year I have been rebuilding our old server to a more recent version of RunUO. At first, it was just for our own occasional entertainment (wife and I) however, the thought of it being public again and being populated and enjoyed by others still echo's in the head.
I just couldnt do that again solo, and most the people I knew and worked with are gone or have less than zero interest in the whole deal.
So, how many others out there are in this kind of situation?
I had the idea of somehow throwing this out to see what happens. Maybe there are a few others like me, experienced with shard development, but been years and just dont have anyone to work with these days.
I have a very well developed server with a custom map that has several years of development. Several towns and dungeons, and plenty of room to grow. Its not gody, but it is a very nice full map. I am actually the same Dian from Ryandor.com... Anyway, I had set to custom map replacing Tram leaving a Felucca Britania world map still to use. (or vise versa) I usually stuck to close OSI/EA game mechanics, and generally never went too far 'out of the box' but still having a lot of new and customized stuff.
So if you are aimlessly scripting stuff for really no purpose other than filling a void and want to consider gathering a group to possibly launching a great shard let me know. Id consider even handing the keys over to the right group and just help out, or play as character. Who knows?
I'll throw a few images up later of the world map and few spots for example.
Anyways, over the last year I have been rebuilding our old server to a more recent version of RunUO. At first, it was just for our own occasional entertainment (wife and I) however, the thought of it being public again and being populated and enjoyed by others still echo's in the head.
I just couldnt do that again solo, and most the people I knew and worked with are gone or have less than zero interest in the whole deal.
So, how many others out there are in this kind of situation?
I had the idea of somehow throwing this out to see what happens. Maybe there are a few others like me, experienced with shard development, but been years and just dont have anyone to work with these days.
I have a very well developed server with a custom map that has several years of development. Several towns and dungeons, and plenty of room to grow. Its not gody, but it is a very nice full map. I am actually the same Dian from Ryandor.com... Anyway, I had set to custom map replacing Tram leaving a Felucca Britania world map still to use. (or vise versa) I usually stuck to close OSI/EA game mechanics, and generally never went too far 'out of the box' but still having a lot of new and customized stuff.
So if you are aimlessly scripting stuff for really no purpose other than filling a void and want to consider gathering a group to possibly launching a great shard let me know. Id consider even handing the keys over to the right group and just help out, or play as character. Who knows?
I'll throw a few images up later of the world map and few spots for example.