Oracler wrote on Nov 26^th, 2020 at 4:36am:


Well that's pretty cool.

These are gonna be the guys that make the server emulator when the time comes.

Flav wrote on Nov 26^th, 2020 at 1:28pm:


I believe(am not certain) that as far as the DLLs are concerned the "encryption" has less to do with security and more to do with making sure the highly-ordered data files can be accessed quickly and efficiently by the game engine.

I was however more specifically talking about the client/server communication, and musing about why they would bother to encrypt that. Just extra time/system resources on both ends when the only thing remotely sensitive is passwords and payment information. Who really cares what casting fireball at lvl 11 looks like on a packet capture?




Flav wrote on Nov 26^th, 2020 at 1:28pm:


I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if the VoK guys weren't somehow involved with the AC emulator. At the very least its open-source so nothing stopping them from downloading it and using it for clues.

Its really good to know there's a group like that out there. Some day SSG will pull the plug(very literally) on DDO, hopefully they will give us enough warning to get the emulator built.

One thing that would be really cool is if the VoK guys could actually mine the data with their client and actually let you import your character over.

Yeah, that's about what I had assumed. Obviously if he says too much SSG will jump right up his ass.

Interesting that he's not working with VoK. Seems like there'd be a lot of overlap there. Ah well, Kudos to all of them.

Flav wrote on Nov 27^th, 2020 at 12:23pm:


That explains a lot. I keep being told to check the combat logs, like fucking how? I know they show up in game but you can't copy them and trying to parse is not really possible.

Morrikan wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2020 at 6:24pm:


And you are...?

Oracler wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 4:33am:

Yep 

noamineo wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 1:37pm:


Which wiki ?

The Compendium or the ShoeWiki ?

noamineo wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 1:37pm:

I'm LordMorrikan on the main forums - registered a few months ago.  I don't really play DDO, I'm just a dev with a passion for reverse engineering.

We aim to make a useful tool.  Our item website has some bugs, it's not perfect.  Our biggest constraint is time.  We know how to do tons more cool stuff, we just don't have the man hours to do it all.  Real life has been kicking our butts pretty hard the past 4-6 months.

noamineo wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 3:19pm:

As a third party, we have to play a delicate balancing game between doing stuff that is useful for players and pissing off SSG. An emulator is definitely in the latter category and we have no interest in making one (or in assisting in any such efforts either). If DDO ever gets shut down, that story might change, but it's our stance for now.

noamineo wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 3:19pm:


We noticed.

noamineo wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 3:19pm:


There was someone who boasted to set up a private server, wasn't there?! What did become of that project? Does anyone know?

Morrikan wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 2:59pm:


Can we order stuff? Like a dps meter or a character planner, combat log logger. Correct description of hidden mechanics .... but that would cross THE line, I guess.

Technomage wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 4:27pm:

Have you been to our website? It's far from comprehensive, but we publish drop rates for a fair bit of stuff.

Morrikan wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 5:15pm:


Yeah that's a problem with the Vault right now. I don't suppose you know anything about YaBB? There's probably a knighthood in it for you if you can fix it.


Morrikan wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 5:15pm:


Is there any grunt-work you can farm out to the community? Probably plenty of us willing to run packet caps and carry out specific actions.