Dog Abuse edition>What is 2004scape?2004scape is the live 2004 server of the Lost City project, a project aimed at recreating lost Runescape versions, down to the Runescript.Every cache revision that is available will slowly be recreated by the Lost City project, after every feature has been tested.The Lost City engine is the best engine to ever reach the private server scene.This server will have NO Quality Of Life features, and will exclusively be a recreation, not catering to playability.https://lostcity.rs/t/faq-what-is-lost-city/16>What day is it?May 18th has come and gone, now the Lost City project is on July 13th 2004! The dark lands of Morytania has opened its gates!All Free-to-Play and Members content of Runescape up to that day is available to play, at a normal 1x XP rate.https://2004.lostcity.rs/news/219>What content will be available?The Lost City project hopes to recreate a bunch of lost versions, and content will slowly update to match later revisions, and it will eventually launch 2005scape, etc. The current goal is to reach May 2nd 2006, with the eventual hope of recreating lost versions after that as well.https://2004.lostcity.rs/news/215>Linkshttps://2004.lostcity.rs/titlehttps://2004scape.orglast thread >>1865993
>>2027584i had to line up for the kill but it was worth it
Vscape is better
Picked up 2004 again. What are we all up to?I'm quickly realizing that grinding towards glory amulets is fucktardedly difficult
>2004 werewolvesSoul...>>2028006>What are we all up to?I just got into Canifis, so Nature Spirit. I'll probably be training my agility up later, then focusing on combat since Kalphite Queen is the next update
with rares weekend coming to a close and i did not get a rare i say: get fucking reali shouldve gotten a rare
>>2028095Very curious how an 04 KQ fight will look like, I assume there's almost no shot in clearing her without an army of noobs poking away with their dlongs
im new to lost city :3
>>2028006I'm playing Vscape. Might try the 2004scape again just to unlock Mortytania and wander around a bit. Not sure.
>>2029459Don't bother. This server us completely dead.
Got asked "Why do you still play?"and told him i wanted a legends capethen i quitwhy did i even play this oh well thanks for getting me back into osrs
>brass key>scimitar in hand>cut through hill giants, still feeling as good as it did 20 years ago
>>2028095you can see these models on vscape btwcan see both 2007 and non-2007 models, superior game really
>>2029745This. Reminder that 2004scape, after years of development, will stop at 2006. Vscape will always have 2007 content up until GE ignoring buy-x because there is not enough data to justify adding it in accurately.
>>2029745>>2030528You're advertising vscape on a thread with 5 other people and half of them have already play it. Put your efforts elsewhere if you want players
>>2030872You can't divide 5 in half, dumbass.
>in the process of making 3k orbs>realize there is only one source of bstaffsoh this is gonna be bad huh
>>2030872Nobody wants you fags on vscape.You kept shitting up the vscape thread with your bots and now you get a little bit of revenge.Suffer and dilate.
>>2031311cope and seethe.
Any major updates in 2004 that drastically change the game from the launch version? Throne of Miscellania comes out somewhere in this year right?
what are we all doing in varrock?
>>2032637Not a single real player in this picture.2004scape might be inauthentic when it comes to core mechanics, but damn did they manage to replicate the bot problem. Kudos.
>>2032637No idea. Got to sell some junk and saw a diddy party in varrock west though
im on strike. stick it to the man.
>>2031717>Any major updates in 2004 that drastically change the game from the launch version?Flax picking update>Throne of Miscellania comes out somewhere in this year right?Throne of Miscellania was late November
>>2032665So the Miscellania update should be coming out in about a month?
>>2032668Naw, the server doesn't update at the same pace as actual RS since it's a few guys working in their spare time. We'll get KQ as the next update probably in December and Miscellania sometime early next year
>>2027766Vscape OC is next level. Why can't 2004scape into OC? It's always the same sludge.
>>2033215because our OC are pk vidshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPbB2WnkPcA
>>2033821>Soul 99/99
>server pop drops off significantly after the rare eventpeople really are just waiting for the slayer update to drop, aren't they? Too bad it's about a year off at this rate
>>2036624Plain 2004 feels very much like f2p+ rather than a full blown members world. You get just enough content to feel like you're a step above f2p but not enough to really bring out the strengths of the game. Pretty cool though I'm still enjoying it. Also, with almost no make-all you can't retain a big chunk of the casual playerbase as their afk options are quite limited.
I was mining ess and suspected a bot. I door slammed them from leaving, they sat for a minute and then eventually teled back to mine more ess with a fully inventory.
>>2037013did you do that to me??? i was blitzed mining ess, thought i already banked since i was still standing at aubury, then teled back in with a full inv and was so confused
anons say this is a pozzed server, but during the rare event everyone was obviously using 'digger' as an excuse to say nigger
>>2038465Lol no. Vast majority of the player base is made of reddit-tier faggots, like Slayermusiq and his fanbase. Stop the delusions.
>>2038779>he says>while reddit spacing
>>2038787Deflect! Deflect! Deflect!I can just tell that brown hands wrote that.
>>2038465the server was pozzed since day 1>troon mods>banning door closers>banning players who spoke against moderatorsthen they added verification requirements via discord (?!?!?!) and inauthentic ways to get rares like its a gacha or some shit (?!?!?!?!?!?!)If you speak to why people here don't want to play Vscape, its because "they are muh toxic".
Thoughts on herb grinding? What is the go-to spot for getting a good amount of these in 04? Chaos druids so far have been very generous, I was also trying men in lumbridge & edgeville with their added bonus of easy clues but the lack of gem drop table kinda sucks. Anyone tried other spots like Tribesmen, Thugs or Jogres? Any good place I'm still missing?
>>2039738Chaos druid warriors are also nice as they drop two at once kind of often, but I'm thinking I'll wait for farming (in three years)
>>2039738Chaos druids will always be best. Tribesmen are in second place if you want to safespot or use antipoisons (doubt they drop enough super antis to sustain indefinitely but it might be possible). Jogres suck.
>>2039177people don't want to play vscape because it's a dead server
>>2040084Its been alive for 11 years and has stood the test of time. Can your server say the same?
>>2040084i want to play vscape
>>2040284>log on during peak hours>22 people onlinedead server
>>2040433>log on during peak hours>10 people online and 200 botsdead server
>>2040433The weekend peak was around 60 the last time I checked. The weekday playercount is typically between 20 to 40, give or take. We also have better OC, a more refined and cultured playerbase, and a much more active thread.
>>2040592>picI want this redrawn with her wearing a dragon chain
Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgpBMZ_KleM
>need cosmic runes in bulk>no shops sells them in large amounts>zanaris runecrafting has no shortcutsdamn these early days were brutal
>>2027766Bunch of parasocial kiwifarms-tier fags stalking each other. No thanks.
>>2043676MEDS NOW
>>2043676Experience the game mostly as it was in 2007Active devs with dedicated server hosting - 99.9% uptimeNo Grand Exchange2.25xp rate - Less grind allows you to progress fasterAccess to all content - Free forever! Explore Gielinor just like a memberNo donator benefits - Only your in game wealth matters. Nobody can pay for an advantage122 quests - 248 Quest Points available, fully scripted and working!God Wars Dungeon, Fight Caves, Barrows, Treasure Trails, Pest Control, Barbarian Assault, Temple Trekking and much more!
There’s no makeover mage irl cope+seethe tranny mods
>>2042283Yup, there's a couple of guys selling if you have the gold. I personally ended up just crafting them while watching some TV
>>2043762Needs a full 2006 mode since the pre-rshd models are eyesores
>>2043762>$0.02 have been deposited to your account
>>2045547You mean like this?
ya'll get your osrs accounts hacked one day when this shuts down
server theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXtRpPXUT9g
>Rares are now """"""rare""""""toplmaostupid fucking bullshit i didnt get onenow i cantstupid server
>>2053317Should've boycotted as soon as the release method was revealed instead of doing exactly what Pazaz wanted by slaving away and inflating the playercount.
>>2053596I got mine literally 1 minute after logging in
It’s alright you will get a rare in the 2nd event coming soon
>can't stream this without getting my official account bannedlame
>>2027584Does this still require Discord?>>2039177>If you speak to why people here don't want to play Vscape, its because "they are muh toxic".I'm more interested in preservation projects than closed-source private servers. Period-correct gamer toxicity etc. sounds fun otherwise.
>deep wildy has an actual niche in 2004 by having perma aggro mobs to afk grind onthat's real fuckin neato
i want to play vscape
cast it into the fiery chasm from whence it came
>stracti still undetected>pretty sure I must have the most rune ess on the server atmHow the fuck is this account still going bros? Troons can't into detection?
disengage when requested
>>2077186based
how much can i get away with being a bigot in this game without being muted or banned
>>2080774>all servers are about 20 players or lesswait wtf
>>2080779:(
>>2080779so vscape won?
>>2080944it had 28 playersidk im not invested in this at all i was just passing by and started getting sucked in by nostalgia
>>2080956>>2080944*28 players in its 1 server, this has more servers with like 100 people total. i guess you guys know this
>>2058986vscape is a preservation project, it already complete what this tranny server is going to take 20 years to do
>>2081312preservation project with 2.25x xp rates, ironman game modes, infinite slayer rerolls, osrs unique clue rewards, custom holiday events, global chat, and two dads... yeah, great job "preserving" the game.
>>2081312>vscape is a preservation projectLol
Never played rs or osrs before, should I play on 2004scape or 2009scape?
>>2083138>global chatI wish lost city had this, unironically
>>20838012009scape has 'immersive bots'just wait for lost city to get slayer
runescape isnt sci-fi
you can never go home again
home is where you make it
>>2085731but doesn't lost city has fagg mods who ban u for nothing? do they let u say whatever
>>2096681Pazaz is too scared to ban people anymore now that the player count dropped from the 1000s to 100
>>2083138there are options to make it exactly like 2007 you speng. you control the buttons you click.also, preservation project with discord verification, rares given out like anti-macro events, twitch streamer specific changes, tranny mods, bugs not present in og game, guessed at rates for skills.... lol?>>2083202name one 2007 server besides vscape
we need a osrs server around here desu
are private servers risky? i wanna play 2006scape, vidyascape, 2009scape, darkan, and many more. are keyloggers a meme or do private servers fr just steal ur shit lol
>>2107638i unironically played darkan but they all pissed me off so i spammed the n word 40 times and then i went on 2009scape but i forgot i used the same username and they ip banned me. gg...
>>2107638You can examine the code of any of the FOSS projects and assess whether or not it looks like a keylogger. The general consensus seems to be that these publicly auditable games are safe.
>>2110097i got banned from the servers for flooding the n word....i really wish jagex would just host older versions of the game themselves but redditors say "there's no demand bro we already have that with osrs"im here. im the demand.give me official 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 with no updates, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (before eoc and mtx)am i the only person who wants all of the old game iterations preserved?
>>2110139>give me [...] 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 with no updates, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (before eoc and mtx)>am i the only person who wants all of the old game iterations preserved?check this out, nigger:https://rs-archive.github.io/
>>2110306check this out nigger:those are uni ronically just archives of the game assets. like navigating to a folder of a steam install and being like wow the game is preserved because i have these files of the game models : ) better put them on my hard disk drive to keep safe!!
they arent even functional i cant play with anyone who cares
>>2110139Jagex probably doesn't even have copies of those old versions themselves.Brits apparently can preserve 1000 year old artifacts, paintings and other historical stuff, but shit the bed when it comes to media. Fuck the britbongs.
>>2110517>probably doesn'tEven though version control was invented in America decades prior to Classic Jagex didn't use it until 2012. OSRS only exists because they're bad enough at preservation that they misplaced a 2007 backup tape before they had the chance to overwrite it and then rediscovered it years later. >It’s known they did not have traditional source control until 2012 and on. There were supposedly tape backups taken on regular intervals, but those are gone. OSRS was restored from a full tape backup they managed to find.>Before that, Jagex worked out of 3 folders: WIP, RC, and LIVE. Developers recorded the files they edited in WIP, and an Upload Manager copied them into RC manually using best judgement as needed. After testing, RC became LIVE.>In simpler terms, the game was constantly being overwritten with no automated change logs to track versions or rewind history.https://lostcity.rs/t/faq-what-is-lost-city/16>Jagex unfortunately didn't start keeping systemic backups until 2012, with RuneScape Classic and the OSRS source code being the only exceptions. https://rs-archive.github.io/faq.html>Fuck the britbongs.Most of the good ones left for America generations ago or died in the World Wars.>>2110425>>2110377Projects in line with those archival efforts allow for functional private servers. While there may not currently be the exact 20xxScape variant which tickles your 'tism the RuneScape Archive, Lost City, etc. will be what makes it happen eventually. You can increase the likelihood of these projects succeeding by making high quality contributions.
>>2111293>Projects in line with those archival efforts allow for functional private servers?? do you know why 2004scape is the only project "in line" with that site? because it took literal years to even have a working prototype of a game made from scratch. and now its worthless shit tainted by trannies and discord. give it up, RS will never be preserved unless jagex themselves releases that 07 backup
>>2111959>?? do you know why 2004scape is the only project "in line" with that site?It's not, e.g. 2009scape and OpenRSC. >2004scape is[...] shit tainted by trannies and discord.Host your own instance with chuds and matrix. >give it up, RS will never be preserved unless jagex themselves releases that 07 backupIf everyone were a whiny doomer like you nobody would ever do anything worthwhile or interesting.
>>2112346>Host your own instance with chuds and matrix.
>>2112795I understand your complaint. It is a short-term-thinking niggerbrain complaint in the broader context of retroscape preservation.
>>2031006based orb crafter>>2042283i believe in youbtw just divide this number by 2.25
>>2112346>>>>2009scapeLMAOone time i went to look at their open source and saw a nested block of code like 15 indents deep. only thing thats preserving is the retardation of RSPS "devs"
Info about the next update>Currently, we’ve finished:>Brimhaven Agility Arena>Chompy Hats>Agility potions, Super restore potions, Energy potions, Magic potions>Party room changes (cheaper to pull + clearing junk)>Maze, Strange Box, and Mime random events>Death Plateau Quest>Things are getting pretty close!>We have some tasks still left in progress:>Duel Arena engine/interface changes>Kalphite Queen (WIP - Tannerdino)>Troll Stronghold (WIP - Indio)>Quest Journals - less than 15 left!It looks like it might get released on Christmas at the pace they've been going at
you know what, farming green dhides to sell them for blue dhides is kinda brilliant. when gems become available in your game, try ruby bracelets. save cosmics for orbs obviously
2004scape or vscape?
i choose vscape
>>2122755>>Quest Journals - less than 15 left!try february
>>2119531Whitespace formatting is a trivial complaint in the context of the reputation of Jagex's spaghetti.
>>2130173no it absolutely is not, and its not just whitespace formatting, it was like 15 nested conditions either ifs or switch/case i cant recall. thats spaghetti and complete 60iq programming.... W
this is a failed, tranny infested, project.vscape won.
ive heard rumors that a 2004scape server with no tranny mods and without chat filter is being worked on
>>2122755Update: Everything's done except for the Legend's Quest journal, they're moving onto the polishing phase this weekend>As for quest journals, we just have one left: Legends Quest>Before 254 can be considered “preserved” we also have to do a pass of polishing: re-testing everything we added/changed, and trying to find anything we missed or overlooked. This’ll take some time but very necessary.>Strong foundations are important and of course we’re always addressing old bugs along the way too.>I’m going to try and get some contributors together to run through things with me on a staging world this weekend.
i really want to play this server but i think it's incredibly strange that it requires you to make a discord account. im just trying to play 2004 runescape lol
i dont want to play 2004scape
is there a digit missing here? went to play and thought this server had 1000+ from reddit posts. what gives?
we want vscape
remember when pickles permabanned players for shutting the door to the essence mine
>>2142239the entire mod team consists of trannies
>>2145668whats wrong with that
>>2125591Vscape looks ight but 2004scape is more my cup of tea. Too bad it gets like 140 ppl a day only now. Tranny jannies being stupid faggots aside I never played a private server as much as this>>2142239people got burned out
>>2146866burned out on the best recreation of all time? lmao what, how is that even possible. what am i missing here
why not vscape
ham house and garden
based rare drop table
>>2160718fake and gay
ready for piety in 10 years
Update today, the server will be back up in about a hour. How many of you are ready for KQ?
>>2165916Logged at shantay pass, might try to get a solo kill in before inevitably getting crashed shouldn't be too hard with it only having mage attacks
Lame ass update. Fuck the Gowers for letting cannons be a thing and fuck the devs for only opening 3 worlds for it.
I haven't played since the first week of release. Thinkign about coming back...
>>2167157lmfao
>>2171166w-what are you laughing at ;_;
>>2167157dang you could've been somebody
I'm on my grind to get 60 attack.
You know what, I love this game because it's like reliving my childhood. People min/maxing are missing the point entirely. I love the preservation angle, I love the 1x XPBUTI just want middle mouse bottom look, that's the only QoL I want, just that. Please.
>>2175683friggin beast
>>2175683holy mackerel
>>2175854to bad. you only get discord login and troon mod QoL.
i gave this server an honest shot but 2004 is just too fucking boring especially at 1x xp. it had potential but it's just too authentic for its own good.
>>2177387just do the basic noob stuff and wait until 2005 brotha it will be fire thenplenty of time until then as well. take ur time
I did it. Got a full rune set, too.
Oh my goddddddddd, a 20
kino is on the update menu boys
>>2180418Wow, this is already all on Vscape by the way.
>>2180520Okie get a triple digit playerbase and I will play!
>>2180520yeah thats what i dont get about private servers. literally no preservation servers rs server makes sense. it's not like turtle wow where there is actual new content. it's usually just the original game but worse because the staff always suck.
>>2180566Agree and disagree with this post The staff can suck but if you aren't retarded it's not an issuePreservation makes a lot of sense because everything else is not authentic. OSRS is Rs3 with old school graphics, everything else is dead.
>>2180520what's that?
>>2180596"Luminous night," she cried."Nothing hides in such a night!""What rare light is this darkness? You cannot fix your gaze upon it! Senses cannot record it. No words describe it."Her voice lowered. "The abyss remains. It is pregnant with all the things yet to be. Ahhhhh, what gentle violence!"
>>2180564>>>>2004scape>>>>>>>>>>>>even above 30 playersSweety, bots dont count.
>>2181545massive cope
>>2181956Now he's saying "c-cope" about people stating 2004scapes botting problem? Topkek xD
god this server is faggy, should advertise on bluesky instead honestly.
>>2181957massive cope
>>2181962>>2181956i play osrs, but keep crying about your shitty ass dead server nobody wants to play. I also do ironman btw so idgaf about osrs's bot problem
>>2181965enjoy 1gp pess and your horrible economy lil bro
>>2181988lmfao at you and your dead server, ironmen dont need to worry about the economy by the way :v)?
>>2181988massive cope
>>2181991you play an ironman because the economy is so bad on osrs >i j-just don't care!!massive cope
>>2182022ok but I have 25+ years of updates, you have to take months just to add a couple. imagine being this delusional LOL. Even Vscape is miles ahead of you.
>>218202425 years of babyscape player voted crap >Even Vscape is miles ahead of you.And it still has 4x less player count. It died in 2019
>>2182032Wow, I like manually clicking to cook each fish! That's probably why you have a botting problem. Btw, Vscape has 2007, while you will never have 2007. L M F A O. But keep coping I'm having a genuine laugh at you. 2004scape is so ass.
>>2182038Make X is coming next update, but keep coping!!
>>2182045>Bro just play for years until QoL is added in!Fuck no
>>2182046>server up for MORE THAN 10 YEARS>must have a great quadruple digit community since it has so much content and history!...>30 players onlineL O L
>>2182063>Pay ecelebs and nonstop shilling campaign...>20 players (not bots)L O L
>>2182066the moderation is strict enough to not have any bots and you know that.
>>2182070massive cope
>>2182091There is no coping here, and there is no bot problem. You are just upset everytime you type /vm/scape that you see the 2004 thread higher on the catalog than vscape so you kick your feet and scream about it and lie about the server.
>>2182099>>>>>>>>>>>>There is no coping here, but..........
Vscape > OSRS > other RSPS > 2004 "ban all door closers" scape
>>2182101I accept your concession.
>played runescape from launch to 2021>quit because jagex sucks>probably at least 50 ppl would follow me to any server i playedi would be the target demographic for these runescape private servers but every time i click one of the threads its just a bunch of shit-flinging lol
>>2182208it's one singular retard from vscape that gets triggered by the existence of this thread. dont let that one poster have control over your decision to play, most people in-game dont care about 4chan. they care about authenticity which is what actually matters
>>2182208Yeah its shitposting for the most part. 2004scape if you want a version that will update with time to 2006 (hard limited due to encrypted cache updates). Vscape if you want everything pre-ge with some liberties taken. There are also 2009scape, 2011scape, Darkan, etc.
lfg
>>2183067hello trannydino.estimated timeline on reaching 2006? by the year 2036?care to explain how vscape has all 2007 content if the cache updates are "encrypted"?
>>2183067>update with time to 2006 (hard limited due to encrypted cache updates)They're planning to go up to 2012, it's just going to be like 5x times harder to do with post-2006 encrypted stuff
>>2187448eh i highly doubt anyone would even want to play later iterations of the game. 2009scape exists and gets 30 players and 2012scape exists and gets like 10. the reason private servers will never truly take off is because there's nothing here except an art gallery/museum. mmos are meant to evolve.
>>21899012009scape has a lot of goofy unauthentic things, and who cares about 2012 this does evolve by definition, albeit very slowlythousands of players were online at once daily playing the f2p version of 2004. today thousands of players log in every week. just think about that
>>2189923yeah but now the server averages 200 players max. so my point remains
>>2027584I thought the dragon med helm was considered ultra rare and highly valuable in the original RS2 before Barrows yet 3 people are wearing one in your pic. Am I remembering something wrong?...Nevermind. I just checked the hiscores and saw the 99-all autists on the first page which explains everything. If I hadn't forgotten my pre-Discord 2004scape account name and password I would pop back in to take a look. I guess I'll never be able to join this server now.
>>2189901>mmos are meant to evolvehello jagex
you are now holding soup
>>2190824i mean they are. companies just refuse to do them at anything other than a glacial (as in extremely slow) pace. why hasn't official classic+ happened for wow? simple. blizzard doesnt want to lol.
in elementary school we made something like this
