qwertymn wrote: > I think it would help if you could point us to a download link, so we could test ourselves. The game is free, right? SEGA's original Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst site was located at http://www.psobb.com but is now offline. The game client, manual, keyboard layout, wallpapers, and font pack were all free downloads when the original game site was up and running. Reference link: http://web.archive.org/web/20080913140226/http://www.psobb.com/downloads/client.php The official 1.24.3 US files: Code: File: Setup.exe CRC-32: 0ac63bd8 MD4: 234b3c58064103f749c3d6585aa850d5 MD5: 7bd255971aaa4b989fb73d36fc73d848 SHA-1: d286caca6c62ab5146e055d2595ed68e8f55d269 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9RTNMGNI File: Manual Update (1.24.3 - US).zip CRC-32: 594b133f MD4: 29dab5c8f488b0c3d97475d7ef351146 MD5: 0ec113923919fb5e235bf8ae612ca7fa SHA-1: 7c4fb09a90e917b192bbeda351eb6bc8e1e26ee4 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=97LBXYXK File: manual.pdf CRC-32: 1bd1676f MD4: 2dfb4dc665f98d175b6053d34bbf09f2 MD5: 2eb08c43adeac5edc14573e91c43568f SHA-1: d041c611ce70cb181cd0d1f2dbf38805d2ea109d http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TRSHAT46 File: keyboard_ref.pdf CRC-32: 04d950f8 MD4: 6a3cdd87f4cd64bab748dfd293bfe6be MD5: 3da39acfe3e2cbb9c1bffd109c055025 SHA-1: 68ff6a3e127a35f19e776ef6be88d521b5dd044e http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9OCSGT0S On March 31st 2008 SEGA closed the (US) game servers permanently. (The Japanese servers continued service for a while longer but were also eventually shuttered.) The game was free in the last months of it's life. Reference link: http://web.archive.org/web/20080913193335/http://www.psobb.com/community/index.php Blue Burst was a little different from it's predecessor; the offline mode that had appeared in the earlier version was removed. It was online-only and the client required a server to connect to. Killing the official server effectively killed the game.. except that several talented individuals wrote software that was compatible with different versions of the game client. The servers that were written are specific to a version of the client. (e.g. a game client with version 1.24.3 can not connect to a version written for the 1.25.10 client) A link with everything bundled together would be overwhelming so I spent a LOT of time this weekend organizing everything. Here we go: Currently we have two versions of the game listed in the Wine appdb: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=6505 There's technically a third version (1.24.3 (Khyller/Aeon/newserv)) that might be added at a later date if we can overcome the issue we currently have with the launcher. 1.24.15 (Schthack) http://www.schtserv.com/ http://www.schtserv.com/download.php (client download link) http://www.schtserv.com/bbregister.php (account registration link) Schthack's server is arguably the easiest to set up since they host the server - you only need to run the game client. Use the download link above and download the client. Use the registration link above to create a free account. Note: The Schthack client is only compatible with his server. The server software is proprietary so we can only troubleshoot connectivity issues from the game client itself. 1.25.10 (Tethealla) http://pioneer2.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 (read-only forum) This server software was written by Terry Chatman Jr. (aka Sodaboy). He hosted a server early on in development but I'm pretty sure it's been taken offline. Sodaboy was kind enough to open source his server project. The forums are in read-only mode at present and contain a lot of useful information. Many Schthack regulars posted there during the testing process. Check the Sticky topics in the forum. You'll find the game client (1.25.10), server source and binaries. The server software itself doesn't run under Wine so you'll need to run it on a Windows box or Virtual machine. There is a cross-platform Python port of Tethealla under way so in the future this should be much easier to test if you don't have access to Windows. Also - it's possible to update the official US client to a version compatible with his server. The files you need are listed below. Included are 'TethExes010710.zip' (a mirror of the same file from his site) and 'Tethealla.zip' which is a repack of the server binaries with a detailed guide I put together. The server is pre-configured with a test account so you can quickly get it up and running. Code: File: Setup.exe CRC-32: 0ac63bd8 MD4: 234b3c58064103f749c3d6585aa850d5 MD5: 7bd255971aaa4b989fb73d36fc73d848 SHA-1: d286caca6c62ab5146e055d2595ed68e8f55d269 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9RTNMGNI File: Manual Update (1.24.3 - US).zip CRC-32: 594b133f MD4: 29dab5c8f488b0c3d97475d7ef351146 MD5: 0ec113923919fb5e235bf8ae612ca7fa SHA-1: 7c4fb09a90e917b192bbeda351eb6bc8e1e26ee4 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=97LBXYXK File: Manual Update (1.25.10 - TethVer).zip CRC-32: 1056769a MD4: cbea1c3982b51df596b0c1023b9521ee MD5: 306959e663a14900a7a778d0b466640f SHA-1: 979ddce276213060669de649882bcfa8c6c241ae http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QBKLEOS3 File: TethExes010710.zip CRC-32: 470b4110 MD4: ef3f4bb2045838dc25f095c26b38e1df MD5: 2b8e9c8eec963f547e80bc3efbf30992 SHA-1: fb384bd88309c72e234a65650467f51c0963d0f3 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UU5NMV3U File: Tethealla.zip CRC-32: aa10c546 MD4: 6bad30d21a19f21300d5d929f77f4830 MD5: 76847adb4a79b805329bf31b00c623c7 SHA-1: 8bcd314137628dbb0058320a9a04347b6ee3a4c5 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2KTX7UUM 1.24.3 (Khyller/Aeon/newserv) http://www.fuzziqersoftware.com/index.php?page=projects (projects page) http://www.fuzziqersoftware.com/forum3/viewforum.php?f=10 (forum) Lastly, is Fuzziqer's server software. It was originally named Khyller but later underwent a re-write and was renamed Aeon/newserv. Fuzziqer has since released the 0.5 source. Fuzziqer's server is unique in that it worked without any modification of the official client and supported other platforms like the Dreamcast and GameCube. He also wrote a launcher for Windows which supressed the game's anti-cheating rootkit, GameGuard (nProtect). Unfortunately the launcher doesn't work in Wine preventing the game from starting. If you're interested and have a Windows box you can check it out. The files you need are listed below. Included are the launcher/source and a repack of the 2.9d server binaries (which I personally considered the most stable). The server is pre-configured and I've written a detailed guide to help get it quickly up and running. Code: File: Setup.exe CRC-32: 0ac63bd8 MD4: 234b3c58064103f749c3d6585aa850d5 MD5: 7bd255971aaa4b989fb73d36fc73d848 SHA-1: d286caca6c62ab5146e055d2595ed68e8f55d269 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9RTNMGNI File: Manual Update (1.24.3 - US).zip CRC-32: 594b133f MD4: 29dab5c8f488b0c3d97475d7ef351146 MD5: 0ec113923919fb5e235bf8ae612ca7fa SHA-1: 7c4fb09a90e917b192bbeda351eb6bc8e1e26ee4 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=97LBXYXK File: PSOBB Launcher (Disables GameGuard).zip CRC-32: 741495d3 MD4: 3d82b72d9b23d2c07a41a6d18a45a9d0 MD5: 5b9f48f5a112465e029a70833e7720df SHA-1: 3c9ad874281fe03d0d4d210063f1bd68ec7bd096 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B0WYGTR0 File: PSOBB Launcher (Disables GameGuard) (Source only).zip CRC-32: 8f43d7d7 MD4: b4bfa39b5335e54f38d8611cf2940f24 MD5: d73d552624810372b158bb5e6c6a66b3 SHA-1: 91bde4c0d837ebe3f971a8ea5d6185beaa595f27 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W68Y51TJ File: Khyller.zip CRC-32: c4f66f2d MD4: 367c37925d17de9b71bc4b1b07327b43 MD5: 8aa5ae6fd6c8c6e23f49ca7abd2e4d6c SHA-1: cadc5d7fe7d70abbdab02d6f3ac5773641dee0fa http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YU3TR2O7
