2004scape is launching beta next month (february), which will feature all F2P content from 2004 runescape. It'll eventually go to full release, retaining the beta account.it's currently in alpha 2 testing phase (10x xp rate).>waow link?https://www.2004scape.org>durr is dis another crappy rsps coded in javaNo. This isn't like 05scape or /v/scape. 2004scape is a full-on reconstruction. The head dev has created a Runescript compiler, and all content is coded in it. It's an open-source project specifically aimed at reconstructing lost versions of Runescape.There is a custom-coded javascript client, so you can play from the browser. A recoded Java client is in the works.
important to mention, full release will have members
just play vscape instead it's better
just play 2004scape instead it's better
>>1567562not the same experience at all, they are completely different.vscape is still nu-scape with modern cancer like gwd, construction, hunter, ironmeme accounts, etc.2004scape has a lot more potential than vscape. not to mention there's no ::y so there's no spam in global from schizos, furries, and retards on 2004scape like there is in vscape.
What month in 2004 is it at?
>>1567773May 18th, 2004
>>1567525>2004about the last time I played runescape. Playing p1999 Green now and considering Pantheon if they get their shit together, sell me on this because I don't really remember and don't know what they changed. tia.
starlight so bad at bossing he jumped to 2004scape so he can cut magics all day and pretend that's all there is to the game
Looks promising.
important to mention that the head dev and main contributors are massive fucking nerds when it comes to authenticityone dude spent like 3 months figuring out how firemaking movement worked with all its flaws.definitely worth checking out. it's the best RSPS back-end yet.
>>1568033>sell me on thisIt's gonna be the authentic 2004 F2P experience. I think that's all you need to be sold on. The only possible problem could be that the economy will be smaller than you anticipate.but i can give you some little factoids about runescape in may 18th 2004 from my experience playing alpha so far>p2p BIS gear is full rune + d med + d longsword + glory + steel gauntlets>Ranged is extremely limited in f2p, crossbows are garbage>skilling and looting are the main moneymakers, crafting and smithing invaluable.>natures and laws are scarce and annoying to get.>actual trading between players (i've traded beads, talismans, coal, runes, gear)>the project behind 2004scape, "lost city", will gradually move to later revisions of runescape as time progresses.>all rules and standards from 2004 runescape will apply, no global chat, no multilogging.
does it have tick manipulation for skilling like it should? vscape doesnt since it is inauthentic
>>1568435there should be because it's coded to be the exact same way, although the methods are more limited due to the era.If you see something that is off, just report it and it will be fixed. Even if something is just one tick off, it will be fixed.It's sometimes hard to get right because there's limited data on this era.
this version is significantly grindier. you have to smelt ores 1 by 1. you have to spin wool 1 by 1. you have to smelt saradomin symbols, 1 by 1. very little QOL. You can tell it's the RSC sequel.
>>1568439interesting, i'll try all the methods out
Please add username/password copypasting at least
>>1568446no
>>1568471It doesn't matter I already quit cause no middle mouse camera movement
>>1568475it is because you're WEAK. we don't need you.
>>1567690>hunter, farming, and construction>modernIf you want a more tedious experience, just say that instead of using words you don't know the meaning to. I wish you and everyone involved here the best on this server.
>>1568531everything after 2006 is modern
>>1568435yes, tested and working for firemaking at least, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot8vsbTeZiwthere's a video of 2 tick woodcutting floating around somewhere, I'll post it if I find itengine stuff is typically 1:1 with OSRS, the engine itself is solidly authentic so this behavior should translate to all other applicable scenarios as well
i'm enjoying myself, at least
My only gripe is that you have to use discord if you want to interact with the community outside of the game. I would really appreciate some forums.
>>1568435>entire game runs on ticks>noticing this is...le bad!!!vscape trannies are insufferable
starlight is still a retard btw
>>1571500there is a forums for the lost city project behind 2004scape at www.lostcity.rs, but real forums have yet to be added.It's hoped that the final touches to the website, being hiscores and forums, will be added before the F2P beta releases. Knowing the head dev, this won't be an issue.
Why play this over classic?
>>1572572i prefer how rs2 looks
or you could just play vscape and not engage in anything past 2004, since everything pre-2004 is implemented and post-2004 content does not affect the game in any way, unless you're the kind of person who gets offended by different walls in Varrock and different Blue Dragon models
>>1573071>unless you're the kind of person who gets offended by different walls in Varrock and different Blue Dragon modelsI know I am. I just prefer 1 to 1.
I'd be more than willing to try this long term if I am allowed to play on my own compiled client.>>1567562>Come join our botnet!
>>1573071Nobody's saying they expressly dislike 2007 content or wouldn't play it (and if they were, just ignoring stuff doesn't make sense or solve that problem for those people roflmao)vscape is closed source, has inauthentic and inaccurate mechanics/features/QoL, and isn't focused on preservation.Meanwhile the Lost City project will eventually progress to emulating 2007 and beyond, eclipsing vscape and going even further to boot.The entire RS2 timeline will be recreated and available for you to fast-forward or rewind through. Preserved, open-source, self-hostable, forever.The live instance of the Lost City game server (currently pegged at 2004, hence "2004Scape") is just the tip of the iceberg. It's not stopping there.Ignoring/not ignoring 2007 content is not the issue here. Think bigger.>>1573180You can absolutely compile the client yourself, you even have a few choices:Java https://github.com/2004Scape/ClientWeb https://github.com/2004Scape/Client2Android https://github.com/zeruth/meteor-android
>>1573180>my own compiled clientLost City has their client open source.The issue is that 2004 rules will apply on beta launch (feb 1st) and part of that will be that custom functionality in clients may be against macro rules, but adapting the client to work in something non-invasive like a swiftkit clone or a mobile client is fine.
Wow thanks for warning me OP! I think I'm gonna play Vscape instead!
>>1574121filtered
>members content is disabledwtf?
>>1574180Beta is starting f2p-only to be as close to authentic as possible (RSC started with only the f2p game, p2p was added later).After a few months they will turn p2p content on. All the members stuff is finished already with the exception of Legends Quest and Watch Tower.
>Install game>Computer goes slow>What the fuck is this shit?>Go to task manager>Litecoin.exeFuck you OP. I wouldn't risk browser or android either.
>>1574218> task manager> .exe> runescape requires an installTypical Windows user, too clueless to even troll. Thanks for the free bump.
>Here's a link to my crypto mi- I mean runescape private server! Please download on all your devices!>'Fuck off OP'>WAAAAHHHH DOWNLOAD MY CRYPTO MINER ALREADY I NEED 10 MORE CENTS FOR MY MONTHS RENT! DO THE NEEDFUL!
> redditbob
>>1574245mald harder, I'd go into detail about how you can inspect all the open-source code to verify there's no malware but I know you simultaneously already know that AND are too stupid for that knowledge to make a difference :^) keep bumping tho you're doing gr8
>>1574274
wow cool thread op, good way to advertise your shitty game by acting like a faggot.
>>1574245Did you mean to post this in the /v/scape thread?
>>1571929Tick manip is cool but I don't like doing it so I don't really care that they don't have it.They already have what, 2.5x xp? Good enough. Not like there's a leaderboard worth caring about on any private server anyways.
>>1574385>n-no youidk what /v/scape even is. OP completely BTFO.
>>1574807> op btfo because I am an ignoramusthe absolute state
>>1574825idgaf about your children's game drama retard lol @ your life.
>>1574851ya definitely sounds like something someone who's not mad and doesn't care would say :^)
>>1574861ok but Im not downloading your trojan game
>>1574875no download needed, runs in browser sandbox just fine
played for most of the afternoon, pretty fun even if it's incredibly archaic compared to 07 did imp catcher and grinded smithing the old way of walking back and forth from the mine southeast of varrock I'm looking forward to the beta
>>1574887Im not installing a crypto miner on my browser faggot.
>>1575048no install needed techlet, runs ephemerally in a tab and is gone the moment you close that tab
>>1575057I aint clicking that shit nigga.
>>1575060zoomers will install kernel level anticheat to play fartnut or league of retards, but won't click links to play browser games? grim.
>>1575060>niggaGo back to whatever shithole normalfag site you crawled out of.
dead game.
so it isn't out yet but in a month it will be?
>>1576571Alpha is out and is playable right now. Experience rates are set to 10x because alpha savegames are not permanent, this phase is only for final tests/bugfixes before release.On February 1st, alpha savegames will be wiped (username and friends list will be kept) and beta will launch at the vanilla 1x experience rate. We'll all run tutorial island one last time, and there'll be no more wipes after that.Alpha is a good opportunity to theorycraft your playstyle ahead of release. 10x faster experience allows you to test out different methods quickly without wasting time.More info/FAQ: https://2004scape.org/news/183See you there.
>>1576694>theorycraft your playstyle ahead of releasewhat is there to theorycraft? especially in f2p>but muh efficiencycancer
>>1576745I don't disagree, a big part of the appeal for me is non-efficiencyscape.It depends on what you plan on doing. Maybe there isn't much to theorycraft. But you can still get a leg up and get over the initial culture shock.2004 is a VERY different and hardcore game. There are fewer skills, and some of them work differently. Large parts of the map and a few of the quests are different. The death mechanics are brutal. Most of what you know from OSRS will not apply.
hehheheheheheheh
Been watching it for a while, so stoked for this one!!!!
Stop samefagging to advertise your server, motherfucker. That being said, I am looking forward to this.
>>1576745>what is there to theorycraft? you have very limited bankspace in 2004 so you basically have to specialize in phases to compensate >especially in f2pnothing really wrong with seeing how things acutally were in 04 to roadmap stufffor example the hill giant safespot is different than the "real" OSRS game and i thought you couldnt even do it before looking aroundstuff like that
I'm going to make a bold prediction: there will be an initial wave of player interest from vscapers before they realize they don't have any of the vscape conveniences, then the population settles at around 8-10 at peak times in about 6 months.
>>1577241that is how most runescape private servers end up. ill be sticking around personally04 is actually great for older players with real life responsibilities since the ceiling is so low, playing as a noob is viable and you have to invest less time to get to the end game, which is literally full rune/d long
>>>>10x rateFuck off.
>>1577447> illiterate you are not the target audience.
>>1577510Redditspacing for redditscape.
ESL thread.
>>1577518> using the enter key is redditreddit spacing (if there even were such a thing, rather than this being a statement dreamed up by the utterly deranged) would be leaving blank lines like this.This is because reddit's formatter (for many years, maybe still?) would not insert a line feed unless you left a blank line.
>>1577554LOL HE'S STILL DOING IT!!
>>1577556yes because some people have actual coherent thoughts they'd like to express in multiple complete sentences instead of shitting up the board acting like a retard
>>1577525See >>1577565
>>1567690>not the same experience at all, they are completely different.yeah they are different in the sense that you'll run out of shit to do sooner>vscape is still nu-scape with modern cancer like gwd, construction, hunter, ironmeme accounts, etc.Those skills are vastly different in 07 and OSRS, you are trying to scare people with ezscape bullshit. PoH barely has anything useful in it and hunter is literally just exploding hamsters.just play vscape its already established and fully featured
>>1577791It's not about being established or fully featured. Lost City is open-source, it's yours as much as it is mine. This isn't a competition. We do not compete with vscape and we're not comparable to vscape. See >>1573184
>>1577794ok i did not see that but whats the point of some already niche thing going open source? its on par with linux distros - people wasting time ricing their own severs with each being wackier than other but all ending up in the same cash shop routesure one in a million servers will be the revolutionary thing like dota and team fortress but that has been going for over 20 years now with no avail
>>1577794>We do not compete with vscape and we're not comparable to vscape>Act like a total fag ITT and elsewhere>Vscape.... le bad!!>Any criticism about acting like a total fag: MUH VSCAPE!!!!Sure buddy lol
>>1577860are you okay?
>>1577818This is such a female post.>I don't understand why men are having fun so I'm mad at it
>>1578306i have been there, i have serverhopped through dozens of serverssure its fun at the start but they all have the same fategetting mildly popular - donation rewards - corruptionor the host just gets tired of hosting/working on it
The person trying to slide your thread with negativity is the same nog that's currently shitting up /vsg/. He's using the same false arguments, the same reaction images and the same lololol i dont care u mad shit that he shits up the other thread with. He's a fag that's so obsessed and invested in vscape that he'd probably off himself if it went down so please just let him have his moment.
>>1578523close but not reallythe spammy fag does not care for the slightest about anything other than himself, and the most vile shitposters dont even invest time into their accounts. They have low combat and skills, their sole existence is to shitposti on the other hand wish to see a more populated centralized server to drown them out rather than each server having a max 5 person circlejerk in their own domain
I'd rather play on /v/scape
OP pretending Vidyascape is the same QoL as OSRS is disingenuous as fuck. The only differences between Vscape and pre-ge 2007 are minor "features" that need fixing, and otherwise ironman modes, a global chat, and 2 factor authentication? Wow! Big deal! Those are all optional. Tick manip is not 2007 and there has been no recorded footage proving it before 2007 let alone 2004.If you wanted to advertise your server, there was no need to be a fag about it. But look where we are now.
>>1578685OP didn't say anything flagrant at all in his post and reading his replies he's not saying anything flagrant there either. It's literally just you /v/scape trannies seething that your botnet is going to be irrelevant.
>>1567525>zoomerscape2001 release when?
>>1578685bank tabs arent 07 either, as well as pick and choose nerfs/qol from devsit's either authentic or isn't, this server is and /b/scape is not
>>1578846See >>1567690 and >>1578859>>1578859>Minor differences that don't effect gameplay>WAHHHH NOT AUTHENTIC!!I don't think you realize people don't give a shit, because it's not OSRS differences which added shit like GE and pinata bosses which were detrimental to the game.
>>1578902if bank tabs dont effect gameplay then why do they exist in the first place dumbassa server that cares about authenticity would not add something that would be an exception to that rule if it did nothingwork on your baiting skills you suck
I'm not sure why there's so much negativity ITT. Thanks for the heads-up, OP: I'm interested in this project, and will definitely check out the beta. You can safely ignore the deranged schizophrenic calling you a "faggot" - not sure what that's about.
op is acting very suspiciousno random would shill so much and act so defensiveim onto you op
>>1578976hi op
yeah every post is OP until proven schizo
>>1578902the point of this isn't to make an enjoyable rsps that caters to your needs anonit's a preservation project with live servers.
>nofunallowed.jpgi think it is good someone is taking a crack at this versionfuck all these spergs. Not gonna try it? why even post? just fuck off.
>>1579004That's fine, but you are a fag for trying to shit up other servers rather than work in parallel. It's embarrassing, since the vscape crowd you are trying to swoon over doesn't give 10 shits about what you are complaining about.
Runes are going to be difficult to acquire - at least for the first little bit. The shops' limited stock will be constantly exhausted by bulk-buyers, Wilderness spawns will be contested territory - camped by looters/PKers - and players will be selling at a premium. Law runes are going to cost a lot, especially, because the beta is starting F2P-only, and besides, Troll Stronghold has not released at the point in time that the server is operating within.It will be interesting to observe the economy in these early stages. I think the rune economy will be the driving force behind a lot of the player interaction.
>>1579237moss/hill giants+dark wizards drop enough to get by the real problem will be the crowding of popular areas, one of the reasons i dont like members being initially released is because the competition for areas will be fierce both on beta and members release even in this alpha ive had to hop a couple times
>>1579402not being initially released*
>>1578685Here is a video on youtube from 2006 of a player prayer flicking. During this time, prayer drain was on a 5 tick timer, the only difference from osrs in this case. Osrs drains on a 1 tick timer. It was changed sometime in 2006/7.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiREIMWoszgThere are many more examples like this. See some castle wars footage. It would be more appropriate to say that there are more ways to tick manip today than in 2004. The fundamental core mechanics to the runescape server is what allows it to exist.
I get instagram ads for private servers with Goku and giant Sasuke Uchiha bosses.Will 2004scape have this?If not where do I go to voice my complaints?
>>1579650woooo tick manip cant wait to do 6 million clicks to kill one bloodveldwhy do people like this even i dont understand. its creating complexity not because of necessity but because of adhd/autism and playing it off as a "skill" and then you want to lock yourselves within the contect constraints of 04 to not have anything meaningful to use this "skill" on
man they really made goblin diplomacy much easier after 04
>>1580388it's literally the same quest...
>>1580391no it isntyou have to walk all the way to port sarim to start it and goblin mail isnt spoonfed to you through spawns
>>1580400yeah 2 things are differentyou have to start at port sarim and you cant buy the quest items on the G.E. that's about it.the drops didn't change.
>>1580406k i guess i just didnt remember how it was exactly thenhavent done this quest in years
troonscape
>>1580666trannies didn't exist in 2004 anon
>>1580694Brazil had them.
>>1580715anon it's 2004 who the fuck cares about brazil
>>1580715no way the turd world cultural behemoth monkeyland had them??
oh boy this is gonna be the vidyascape situation again>Most authentic server out there>Cant advertise it because everybody online including admins are chudsI'm a chud too, but this is not a good way to go.
>>1580831what are you talking about vidyascape originated from 4chan from /v/ this project has nothing to do with this site other than this thread
>>1580831anon half the playerbase found it through facebookwhat are you on
>>1580843>>1580853Choose one or the other mate. Either you allow people to say nigger, or you mute/ban people for chat filter evasion.
>>1580857i'm pretty sure Pazaz (head dev and host) is gonna enforce all 2004 rules, so yeah nigger will be censored and you might get muted for saying it ingame.
>>1580857considering that it is authentic curse words are all censored by default
>>1580862basednot the bogan you replied to but sperging in global and in-game chat made vidyascape pretty unplayable
>>1580862>>1580864>>1580872>Cant say niggeralright not playing thanks.
>>1580872AFAIK on the discord the only points of contention with the 2004 rules are multilogging, the extent to which custom clients are allowed and whether luring is "scamming"
>>1580875nice, trash taking itself out
>>1580886imagine advertising on 4chan and saying this
>>1580886>>1580853I'm now gonna play the game to be a complete menace and scare away the normies, sounds fun as FUCK. If I get banned, I'll just make another account anyways.
>>1580919the correct way to play. hope you have fun fire striking the steel plateleg/platebody looters in wildy on launch
>>1580909im not advertising anything, just bumping the thread >>1580919sounds le epic bro as if people aren't mostly adults on this server who are scared of le bad words
>>1580929>as if people aren't mostly adults on this server who are scared of le bad wordsFacebook and Reddit would like to have a word with you.
>decide to check it out>there are 4 different fucking worlds with 8 people total in between themjfc, dropped it on the spotwhy multiple worlds? and you're seriously going to enforce profanity rule? did you expect a reddit audience to blow it up or what
>>1581045the multiple worlds are actually a godsend because there's no chance someone is going to hog your spot censoring was in 2004 which is authentic, as stated already
>ugh why doesnt this project that aims to recreate a specific game have features that weren't in the specific game
>Sneed has logged in.>'Sneed: NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER'>Sneed has been banned.>*5 minutes later*>Sneed 2 has logged in.>'Sneed 2: NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER'>Sneed 2 has been banned.>Sneed 3 has logged in.This will be kino.
it will come up as asterisks retard
>>1581107This nigga never heard of filter evading.
this nigga thinks he can filter evade in any meaningful capacity
>>1581058>hes scared of human interaction in a 04 recreation where 90% of the intended gameplay was to socialize with other people and the barebones game itself was merely a shell to house it
>>1581135Sneed: NSneed: ISneed: GSneed: G...Do I need to go on?
>>1581138>hopping because someone is mining a rock or killing a mob means you're anti-socialyou don't play runescape clearly
global chat when?
>>1581141the whole chatbox is like 4 lines long so gl with that
>>1581148this is honestly the only reason i dont think i will playconsidering the low population finding others to buy or sell stuff from is going to be painespecially exacerbated by multiple worlds
>>1581162one world will be top heavy, and the other worlds will be abandoned or near abandoned, only there for convenience sake so you could easily go to a popular spot on world 1 to interact with people. non-issue
>>1580018>why do people like thisperforming actions in rhythme in fun
>>1580018It's two clicks every three seconds...
wait there actually is a thread for this?! LFG
>>1581104haha dude sneed nigger so funny
>>1583393this but unironically
>>1578685doesn't matter, that's how the engine worked.
Are repeatable events (dailies) in '04? I looked everywhere but can't find any info. (I hate them.)
>>1584047None as far as i can remember.
>>1584100Including Arhein's daily Catherby seaweed/pineapples and Zaff's daily staffs?
>>1584047once november of 04 rolls around we might get kingdom of miscellania.>>1584111neither are a thing.
there were no diaries in 2004arheins seaweed/pineapples got added late 2007 (i think)
god f2p is brutalhaving to walk everywhere, getting cucked on bank space, rune sword is your end game bis and the best things to kill for money are giants and demons in deep wildy
>>1584156Oh, didn't realize it was getting all 2004 updates.Thanks for the info, might pop in when beta is released.>>1584162I knew about diaries but couldn't remember if Zaff had something before that. Dailies = cancer
>>1584172yeah it's rough. i'm stuck on that rune full helm grind in deep wildy.>>1584182basically how it works is we got a bunch of caches saved from that time period, and the devs will attempt to get all the content coded for those caches. We start with may 18th 2004, which is a very complete cache as the method of which jagex stored caches was changed after this, so it was stored permanently on many computers, leading to most chunks (map data) being saved.Once all the content from this cache is complete (on full members launch) the devs will start working on the next patch, until 2004 is complete, after that they will work on a separate server, most likely called 2005scape, while accounts on 2004scape stay as-is and a copy gets carried over.
>>1584255Nice. Is there going to be an alt world like RSC cabbage with infinite energy and increased XP rates?
>>1584269i very highly doubt it. we're currently in alpha 2 so there's 10x xp rate right now if you want to get a feel for it, but otherwise the project is open source, so anyone can set up a server. If you wanna host your own and implement pink dragons it's totally possible.
>>1584255>in deep wildyomw
For what it's worth, I've been enjoying the alpha, and will definitely be playing on beta launch day. This is a great project with seemingly level-headed contributors behind it. I hope they stay true to the original vision and focus on their main mission of posterity over catering to the inevitable demands of the playerbase.
>>1584396same manvery glad i found out about this
>>1584396if you look at the team you'll realize that they're hellbent on doing nothing more and nothing less than to recreate the game exactly as it was, down to the code, the bugs, the size and alignment of images in the interfaces, etc.no they won't cater to the playerbase
this is cool, i'll save my interest for launch though
>>1585472suit yourself, but it's a good idea to get familiar with this version of the game when you have the chance im nearly 1k total and been playing less than a week
finally an alternative to /v/scape retard dev's who nerf drop rates for completely nebulous reasons that no longer even apply
>>1567525sorry this probably annoys people but like what is there to even do in this version of the game is the end game barrows
>>1585815No barrows.Endgame bis is rune + d med + d long + d sq shield + klank's glovesit is what you make of it anon. It's a restoration project with live servers. If you want more content, wait a couple years.
>>1585815>end game?compete for highscores in a brutal unforgiving environment where mats are hard to come byfarm rune in deep wildy and pkand uhh.. that's about it. it's catered to someone who played as a kid during the timei do think it is interesting to play even if you like OSRS just to see how it really evolved from this era. you can tell why they came up with slayer and other updates, the qol, it naturally fits as an extension of it
