Exynox

Well, the answer was always there, in the source code it's referred as PCBANG, basically a Internet Cafe system where you would pay to play games (like in the good old days of our childhood). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_bang The odd thing is that payment information & management was integrated into the game, so that you'd get kicked if you haven't paid xD. What I'd like to know is whether the PC bang functionality for Metin2 was only used during the beta, or also after the game was released. Please do, this is really interesting! I've had my own attempt at finding resources back in 2020. I only managed to rip whatever archive.org had saved - here's a link for the curious: https://metin2.download/file/9b2qK3SqSK4tbE1CUNSXpT5TM2Rxd95G/

What's interesting is that the skin for the patcher that can be found in kraizy.tgz, in the TorrentPatch application, is different from the skin in a few posts above:

Firstly, I found this article online, it might be interesting: [Hidden Content] Those bytes that you see are essentially a marker for the actual protection tool to process the machine code after compilation. Without this tool, the bytes don't do much other than be interpreted as code. If we take a look at the x86-32 instructions for NANOBEGIN we'll see the following: 0: eb 03 jmp 0x5 2: d6 (data) 3: d7 (data) 4: 01 (data) Essentially, the CPU short jumps by setting the EIP register 5 bytes ahead, effectively skipping the byte sequence. Therefore, without the proper tooling, NANOBEGIN & friends don't do much else than to waste a few CPU cycles here and there. Probably you'd just want to remove any references to this protection from your source code.

There's a bug in DevIL 1.8.0 in the way it processes TGA files. You can either: use martysama's git repo for the DevIL library: [Hidden Content] patch the bug yourself: [Hidden Content]/commit/0d0c155e3c9945a3ef2e6d474b41a0e373719a3e port the source code to use another image processing library downgrade to an older version of DevIL

Yes, I've also heard that those webfiles were also published around that time, but I haven't been able to find them. Since mcncc is dead, I'd say that website is unobtanium. Still, it's not that much of a loss, since I doubt anyone would want to use a chinese website. It would be nice to check out the quirks, such as the fact that due to Chinese regulations, you had to enter your government identification number in order to register. I also suppose that's the origin of the "social_id" column in the account table, albeit the length is 13 characters, which matches with the Korean RRN, a 13-digit long number, whereas the Chinese was 15 digits at the time.

Download Metin2 Download I also had a README.txt file with the following contents: HEY CUTIES I FOUND THAT PATCH ON FTP SERVER THAT WAS ARCHIVED BUT I STILL RESEARCH THE BETA CLIENT FROM THE YEAR 2003/2004 IF YOU WANNA HELP US AND KNOW SOMENTHING WRITE A EMAIL TO EMAIL: *****@*****.tld DISCORD: ymir#0195

Hi there, As I've promised a couple of times now, I'm posting all the resources I have - of course, while excluding leaks, hacks and so on and so forth. Since some of the resources I have are already posted on M2DL, I just copied their links here. Clients and Serverfiles Generic clients [RELEASE] Client by abesgaara v3.0 - CATACLYSM.rar, with pictures here Client by abesgaara v3.7 - Fall of the Cataclysm.rar Client by abesgaara v3.5 - Evolution CATACLYSM.rar Client metin2.it Omega [NEW]Client By SasuKe v3.0.rar 2011 Client by pilli_96.exe crank_client_v2.exe Modifizierter-2010-Client.rar Unofficial 2009-2010 Gameforge PL client.zip Private server clients ClujanMt2 v1.0.7z eMetin2V1.3.exe eQauLityMt2.rar metin2gx.exe metin2tim.exe Metin2UnitedUS-Setup.exe Metin2Vendetta.rar metin35.rar (password: Metin35) Client + serverfiles packs Daroo Serverfiles 1678-RC-B4: 2011 Client for 1678 Files.rar and Serverfiles1678-RC-B4.exe (password: germany) Profizocker files: Client_by_Profizocker94.exe (password: elitepvpers.de) and Serverfiles_by_Profizocker94_v2.exe (password: elitepvpers.de) Serverfiles only 2009 leaked serverfiles 2009 serverfiles by Rain/InstantServer.exe (password: mcncc.com) 2014 leaked serverfiles Serverfiles by computerkrank v2 2009 serverfiles by Hikaru & AciDDreaM.rar db2010.US.tar File Server 2010 n00b Ediction by Daroo.7z Fully untouched 34083 server files & DB.7z Metin2.tar.gz (EmpireMMORPG Serverfiles) Game content Alles für die Map - Tal von Ascaria (Devildown).rar Armi By Sandoz.rar Ascaria by DanyBany (2011.05.15).rar Ascaria by DanyBany (2011.11.06).rar DevilCatacomt+Quest+RegenDateien #FIXX.7z Handels-Map.rar Ingame-Itemshop.rar M2(cz)_EterPacks_17.0.12.7z Metin2 official archives - lollo_9_1 (martysama0134).exe neue+rüstungen+v5+by+EYvil.rar New Files (Game-Db-Client etc.).rar - this is a bundle made by pasha37 on 01.01.2014 (lol!), containing some useful things such as: GF .DE data/locale/protos, various game/db/client binaries, 2013 hybrid keys, 2013 non-Cython root from Yitian2, the original Windows Serverfiles release and some other miscellanea. Nuova Mappa.rar NW3 Maps & Quests.rar official_shops.rar Packfiles.rar quest_germany.tar.gz Miscellaneous tools Since probably there's little use for this, I decided to upload them in a single archive. It includes things such as archivers, client starters, libs, game diffs, autopatchers, map editors. And a Portmap I translated into Romanian. Web/web-related The same goes for this category as well. These are all old, crappy resources, probably full of exploits. Use at your own risk. I'm happy to complete this collection with your submissions once they're uploaded on M2DL. Regards, Exynox.

Here's a 2011 Metin1 client localized in English I found from back when there was an English server running. I hope it's useful to somebody: [Hidden Content]

I hope you're probably aware that having (popular) Metin2-related repositories on GitHub opens you up to possible copyright infringement claims. This can lead, as it happened multiple times, to account deletions and bans. I don't see the problem with this system where M2DL automatically (?) updates with the private repository's content. Also, having a separate topic for each release seems better imo, as the discourse is not interfered with by having a thousand different subjects being discussed at the same time.

Oh, thank you! It seems that I already have this file catalogued as an official Yitian2 / Metin2 client run by CATV from 2005: Are you sure it's a modified client by Rain? Everything about it seems pretty official to me. Nonetheless, I'd be interested in the other old stuff. I'm almost ready to start a thread with my own collection of files, maybe you and other people could contribute as well!

Hi there! A small update: I've found and added the 2010 Gameforge Beta client, another Z8Games US client, and two Mexico Gameforge clients (I didn't even realise there was a Mexico locale until now!). One of these clients is the only 2012 GF client we have currently in this collection... @ AZICKO, I'd appreciate if you would be so kind to update M2Download with these new additions: [Hidden Content] 2007-2011/Metin2US_v1023.exe [Hidden Content] 2010.08 BETA/Metin2_Testclient.exe [Hidden Content] 2011.12/Metin2_mx_20111216.exe [Hidden Content] 2012.03/Metin2_mx_20120330.exe

Download Center Mega or M2DL I remember this client especially for the included music! Our Romanian clients were something else, man... If we're doing this, I'd like to contribute with version 3.0! (I will soon upload my entire collection, but I have to clean it up from the useless stuff...)

Original Rain client? I remember everyone using custom clients back in the day (modified Gameforge ones, metin35, abesgaara etc.). I didn't know Rain also released a client. Would you mind sharing?

I guess it's only a matter of time... I've seen proof of a more recent leak, from after the official source tree switched to DirectX 9. But don't get your hopes up, it's been a while since the leak and it's probably kept really secret. The Rain files are also posted on this forum; I probably have some others as well, maybe I'll post them if there's enough interest.

I see it's an universal experience. I only had 512MB of RAM, but I thought I could run Windows Vista xD. Also... 1GB of DDR1? That was a lot for the time!