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{{Server Emulator|serverEmulatorName=Vidar|datesFromTo=2003 - 2005|currentStatus=Defunct|reason_for_closure= | {{Server Emulator|serverEmulatorName=Vidar|datesFromTo=2003 - 18 August 2005|currentStatus=Defunct|reason_for_closure=Sole developer ceased work on project|programmingLanguage=Unknown|operating_system=Windows|logoOrImage=Vidar Installer.png|influenced_by=Weiss|succeeded_by=Prometheus}} | ||
'''Vidar''' was a server emulator which was released in 2003-2004 and became defunct on | '''Vidar''' was a server emulator which was released in 2003-2004 and became defunct on 18 August 2005. It was a server which largely ran as a GUI in Windows, and was almost exclusively distributed as proprietary compiled executable files and also had an PE EXE installer. It included a zone, account, map and char server, and also distributed what it explained as an "SDK" (Source Development Kit). | ||
== | == History == | ||
=== Closure === | |||
It appears that in 2005, the project started to stagnate on releases due to its sole developer, The_Harbinger ceasing work on the project with L0ne_W0lf posting that they had not seen The_Harbinger since January of 2005 but that they were sure that he would return, owing to the fact that they had several script releases within the project which had been completed and had a partially-completed release, Beta 7, waiting to be released<ref>Archive.org. (2025). ''Vidar -> Set-backs''. [online] Available at: <nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20051102174053/http://www.vidaronline.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12116</nowiki> [Accessed 25 Jun. 2025]. (Archive: https://archive.is/fK5pZ)</ref>. | |||
By August of 2005, L0ne_W0lf had accepted the fact that The_Harbinger was not returning and posted a closure notice in the Vidar forums, stating that the project would be continued on with the emulator Prometheus which was originally based on the emulator Fusion, but there was not a migration path between Vidar and Prometheus, likely owing to the lack of a lead developer. <ref>Archive.org. (2025). ''Vidar -> The time has come''. [online] Available at: <nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20051218122510/http://www.vidaronline.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12893</nowiki> [Accessed 25 Jun. 2025]. (Archive: https://archive.is/wip/tYj53)</ref> | |||
== Technical details == | |||
* GM commands were prefixed with #, and some / AEGIS-style atcommands were supported.<ref>Vidar (2004). ''Vidar GM Commands''. [online] vidar.sigh.org. Available at: <nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20041214183429/http://vidar.sigh.org:80/forum/index.php?showtopic=191</nowiki>. | * GM commands were prefixed with #, and some / AEGIS-style atcommands were supported.<ref>Vidar (2004). ''Vidar GM Commands''. [online] vidar.sigh.org. Available at: <nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20041214183429/http://vidar.sigh.org:80/forum/index.php?showtopic=191</nowiki>. | ||
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== | == Known Members == | ||
* The_Harbinger - Developer and founder | * The_Harbinger - Developer and founder | ||
* L0ne_W0lf - Scripter | * L0ne_W0lf - Scripter | ||
* Muad_Dib - Scripter | |||
* The_ROCK | * The_ROCK | ||
* Black_Dragon | * Black_Dragon | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 25 June 2025
Vidar was a server emulator which was released in 2003-2004 and became defunct on 18 August 2005. It was a server which largely ran as a GUI in Windows, and was almost exclusively distributed as proprietary compiled executable files and also had an PE EXE installer. It included a zone, account, map and char server, and also distributed what it explained as an "SDK" (Source Development Kit).
History
Closure
It appears that in 2005, the project started to stagnate on releases due to its sole developer, The_Harbinger ceasing work on the project with L0ne_W0lf posting that they had not seen The_Harbinger since January of 2005 but that they were sure that he would return, owing to the fact that they had several script releases within the project which had been completed and had a partially-completed release, Beta 7, waiting to be released[1].
By August of 2005, L0ne_W0lf had accepted the fact that The_Harbinger was not returning and posted a closure notice in the Vidar forums, stating that the project would be continued on with the emulator Prometheus which was originally based on the emulator Fusion, but there was not a migration path between Vidar and Prometheus, likely owing to the lack of a lead developer. [2]
Technical details
- GM commands were prefixed with #, and some / AEGIS-style atcommands were supported.[3]
Known Members
- The_Harbinger - Developer and founder
- L0ne_W0lf - Scripter
- Muad_Dib - Scripter
- The_ROCK
- Black_Dragon
References
- ↑ Archive.org. (2025). Vidar -> Set-backs. [online] Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20051102174053/http://www.vidaronline.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12116 [Accessed 25 Jun. 2025]. (Archive: https://archive.is/fK5pZ)
- ↑ Archive.org. (2025). Vidar -> The time has come. [online] Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20051218122510/http://www.vidaronline.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12893 [Accessed 25 Jun. 2025]. (Archive: https://archive.is/wip/tYj53)
- ↑ Vidar (2004). Vidar GM Commands. [online] vidar.sigh.org. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20041214183429/http://vidar.sigh.org:80/forum/index.php?showtopic=191.
