Metin2 Closed Beta Content (2003-2004)

[Khabib Nurmagomedov 388]

Just now, b6d4a82c15 said:

C#? Highly doubt it. Anyway I can prolly compile it in a virtual machine since VS97 is available for download, you can send it over to me. J++ sounds even more weird, it was discontinued by microsoft very quickly and I've never heard of it in the context of metin2.

No reason to doubt that at all, even the part where the XTEA keys(hardcoded for whatever reason) were held at was written in C#. It is the way i've said it is, and no, i will clearly NOT share the source itself, lol. If someone does explain me how to get VS97 running and what version of windows will it run on, i will gladly share the compiled binaries.

[Exynox 3549]

4 hours ago, b6d4a82c15 said:

C#? Highly doubt it. Anyway I can prolly compile it in a virtual machine since VS97 is available for download, you can send it over to me. J++ sounds even more weird, it was discontinued by microsoft very quickly and I've never heard of it in the context of metin2.

I'm equally baffled, but...

9 hours ago, FrenchForeignLegion said:

If anyone is willing to get visual studio 97/03 alongside Visual J ++ v1.1-3 working i will gladly compile it and hand over the exe for the sake of it.

VS 5.x/97 is pretty much abandonware and can be easily found: https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-visual-stu/97-5x

Also you could give this ISO of J++ 1.1 a try: https://archive.org/details/visualjpp96

Edited July 14, 2024 by Exynox

[CORKY 1851]

15 hours ago, FrenchForeignLegion said:

If anyone is willing to get visual studio 97/03 alongside Visual J ++ v1.1-3 working i will gladly compile it and hand over the exe for the sake of it.

If anyone from the team is in doubt and thinks i am a chronical liar they can simply message me and i will hand proof and a story of how i got my hands on it.

What is funny is that a lot of the code is still in C-Sharp and from what see in todays times it was all ported to C++.

Many configuration files are in .XML format, configuration files as we know in todays standards located in the usual share/locale/country were originally stored inside the game server and compiled all together with the source, same with the quests.

i have personally attempted countless times to actually open the sln file but without a single chance to do it. It will prompt me to this site and it will never open up even if the changes were made.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.
 

A bit off-topic, but would you mind sharing the story with us? 

[blaize 19]

I would, also, be interested to hear a little backstory.. sounds to good to be true, having the source code of the game from 20 years ago… only if you got the original client, then someone reverse engineered it, since this game isn’t that complicated..

 

Can you share some of the backstory?

[Helia01 3416]

22 hours ago, FrenchForeignLegion said:

If anyone is willing to get visual studio 97/03 alongside Visual J ++ v1.1-3 working i will gladly compile it and hand over the exe for the sake of it.

If anyone from the team is in doubt and thinks i am a chronical liar they can simply message me and i will hand proof and a story of how i got my hands on it.

What is funny is that a lot of the code is still in C-Sharp and from what see in todays times it was all ported to C++.

Many configuration files are in .XML format, configuration files as we know in todays standards located in the usual share/locale/country were originally stored inside the game server and compiled all together with the source, same with the quests.

i have personally attempted countless times to actually open the sln file but without a single chance to do it. It will prompt me to this site and it will never open up even if the changes were made.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.
 

release this for everyone bro

15 hours ago, Exynox said:

I'm equally baffled, but...

VS 5.x/97 is pretty much abandonware and can be easily found: https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-visual-stu/97-5x

Also you could give this ISO of J++ 1.1 a try: https://archive.org/details/visualjpp96

Why help a person who doesn’t want to share something with us? that is, we have to share knowledge with him, but he doesn’t want to share the code... pf let him sit and think for himself how to assemble this crap

[Exynox 3549]

28 minutes ago, Helia01 said:

Why help a person who doesn’t want to share something with us? that is, we have to share knowledge with him, but he doesn’t want to share the code... pf let him sit and think for himself how to assemble this crap

Because being friendly, not judging and building trust goes a long way in life. Publicly releasing copyrighted material can be pretty risky, depending on where you live.

[Helia01 3416]

1 hour ago, Exynox said:

Because being friendly, not judging and building trust goes a long way in life. Publicly releasing copyrighted material can be pretty risky, depending on where you live.

We started talking about copyright, amazingly. Our entire forum is built on refining the source code of the game stolen by someone. I believe that you need to be polite and friendly with someone who truly deserves it and shares something with the community. And if a person openly says: “I have the source code, help me collect it, and by the way, I will NOT share it with you,” then such a person has nothing to do on this forum.


P.S By the way, for example, I have great respect for you because you share your work with the community.

Edited July 15, 2024 by Helia01

[b6d4a82c15 299]

15 hours ago, Exynox said:

Because being friendly, not judging and building trust goes a long way in life. Publicly releasing copyrighted material can be pretty risky, depending on where you live.

Bro this forum is one big copyright material. And also, gatekeeping 20 year old code which is a curiosity at most, is uber cringe. If he can't compile the code then just share it, it's not like he'd lose anything after all it's stolen lmao

Edited July 16, 2024 by b6d4a82c15

[Khabib Nurmagomedov 388]

All those replies are completly pointless, lol. I'm not gatekeeping for the reason that i'd like to keep it for myself only. It was already a long way for me to even obtain a contact where i could purchase it from. Already had a talk with @ Exynox where he helped me obtain the needed resources, and as promised, i will post the binaries, whoever is capable of using IDA or any other software alike good luck. Same with @ Gurgarath, had a long talk as well with him, today and in the past.

The binaries will be posted as soon as i am out of my work trip in Eastern Europe, and again, whoever is able to reverse engineer will post a lot of interesting stuff about it here, i knew a few capable people around this forum and some metin2 geeks as well that would dare to do so.

-- I want to mention that i do not have the resources, eg: Client, pack files, etc.

Edited July 16, 2024 by FrenchForeignLegion

[blaize 19]

5 minutes ago, FrenchForeignLegion said:

-- I want to mention that i do not have the resources, eg: Client, pack files, etc.

I think the client is already here, lol… so, without the other files, packs etc, i think its pretty pointless.

[b6d4a82c15 299]

3 hours ago, FrenchForeignLegion said:

All those replies are completly pointless, lol. I'm not gatekeeping for the reason that i'd like to keep it for myself only. It was already a long way for me to even obtain a contact where i could purchase it from. Already had a talk with @ Exynox where he helped me obtain the needed resources, and as promised, i will post the binaries, whoever is capable of using IDA or any other software alike good luck. Same with @ Gurgarath, had a long talk as well with him, today and in the past.

The binaries will be posted as soon as i am out of my work trip in Eastern Europe, and again, whoever is able to reverse engineer will post a lot of interesting stuff about it here, i knew a few capable people around this forum and some metin2 geeks as well that would dare to do so.

-- I want to mention that i do not have the resources, eg: Client, pack files, etc.

So what you are saying, is that you have the source but you'll compile it a publish a binary only? What is even the point lmao, no one is going to bother decompiling an ancient relic. Just admit you're gatekeeping

[AroM22 1]

any updates?

[sakuraxona 0]

Guys all of this is sooooooooooooo interesting!! thanks for this 

Edited October 6, 2024 by sakuraxona

[Criminus 674]

Images are small but still awesome

Some mobs concept art:

Swords concept:

Blacksmith:

 

Edited October 26, 2024 by Metin2 Dev International
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[Criminus 674]

Bigger concept images:

Active skills (?) :

 

Passive skills:

    

 

[Nazox 473]

The other day I saw this youtube video, and in theory it is a trailer for metin2.kr, look at minute 3:45, this one shows a map for guilds, and the construction is a little different, you need to kill metins and mobs to gain the structure and give a bonus per guild member or kill 'rocks' (not metins stones) to get materials, sorry because it is in spanish but I try to put pictures with translations.

1ºSpanish

1ºEnglish:

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Also from what you can see in the video for a moment, you can see some npcs running around (I think it's Uriel, Baek-Go, Mirine, Peddler and Huahn-So. You can also see how they had the 'Door' function because you can see how it opens, I never saw a quest like that or the mining room.

Edited March 26, 2025 by Metin2 Dev International
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[StarSoul 54]

On 4/23/2024 at 7:22 PM, Metin2 Dev said:

Beta maps, Map1 and Map2

Minimaps on game (not sure but %80 i think)

Warrior old wait animation

I absolutely LOVE these maps. I think I will do my best to recreate a couple of them; like the giant walked city one. Those assets are there.

I even see a tree that's never been used and not currently in the game assets. I also see a fence that was never added too. 

Some of them do look like early versions of Map1 and Map2 for the three nations. What a gem you found. Thank you.

[ValkeryE 124]

When you download original rain serverfiles 2007, you will have txt file with this:

You can try contact with him.

Edited July 1, 2025 by ValkeryE

[samedovich 25]

You should be in for theft of artefacts, mate. These files are older than Mozart.

[sagor00012 2]

Hello, thats me again. After the many months ago, i found the first Metin2 bot from a YT2 hack site. It's called Yitian2 Fengyuan. They're developed a hack with monthly subscription, its interesting LOL.

Here's the site:
https://web.archive.org/web/20050924075224/http://www.117733.cn/down.htm

I downloaded the 4.0 version and I was shocked, that's from the 2005.04 that's insane.

On 7/2/2025 at 2:12 AM, ValkeryE said:

When you download original rain serverfiles 2007, you will have txt file with this:

You can try contact with him.

That's from leaked 2009 YT2 HK source, i think theyre dont know anything about older versions, so talking with they will not work. Try to talk with koreans on naver cafe, daum and chinese peoples on QQ. I tried before but i only talked with 1 guy (I think hes a YMIR employee, because he played on 2004.02 and before) and he told me he already lost the old client.

Edited July 18, 2025 by Metin2 Dev International
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