I'd forgotten about so many little QoL improvements over the years. Silly things like not having a stamina bar decreasing when running outside of combat. Not having your weapon drawn every time you beam in somewhere. Being able to hide the hideous 'astrometrics' in sector space. It's these little things you tend to forget. Still though, for the sake of Nostalgia, I'm loving being on the old version.
Join date is wrong, I've actually been around since STO Beta.
True alters don't have a "main". Account wide unlocks for all unique event rewards!!
For those playing the older version, remember all the nerf nukes that had happened and all the grind that gets added......How much does it make you wished that they keep this version w/o the grind and nerfs?
Ah, the Good Old Days when you had to grind like a Stone cutter to make level 50.
Maybe NOW, newer players can working hard for their rank instead of having it so easily handed to them.
I actually liked having to run the PVEs before the put them into queues, (the PVE Queues), Ruined them game even more than the constant HUD changes did.
Nope, it's a perfectly clean launch day STO. Even the Pre-Order items are missing from the game. There isn't even a chat server, so no chatting. Emotes don't work either.
it was a joke for those who remembered the login merging.i know that it would be a clean slate.
I see a lot of people running into the same struggle as I did... I will attempt to do a step-by-step list on how I manage my end to work... (hopefully this will work for you)
The Following method was used on Windows 7 64bit OS, and with a worked around Game Launcher... It might be different for Windows 8.1 and Windows Preview (10) Users. This will be somewhat... different for "Steam and Arc" users, but mostly the same steps will apply...
Step 1: Open your game files.
For me this was E:\Perfect World Entertaiment\Star Trek Online_en\Star Trek Online
under there you will find 3 folders;
Beta
Holodeck
Playtest
Step 2: (Just in case) Copy the entire folder "Beta" to a safe location for faster restoration once "rebirth" has become old (warped away)
Step 3: you should now have 2 folders;
Holodeck
Playtest
Step 4: locate your Star Trek Online.exe file
Fore me it was: (E:\Perfect World Entertaiment\Star Trek Online_en)
Step 5: Right click on the .exe file and select: "Send to > Desktop (Create Shortcut)
Step 6: Close everything...
Step 7: Locate the newly created shortcut
Step 8: Right click and select "Properties"
Step 9: It should be under the default tab of "Shortcut" if not, select shortcut. There you will find several options, but the one you are looking for is titled;
(target: [___________________________]) under this box you will find the target location, again for me it was;
("E:\Perfect World Entertaiment\Star Trek Online_en\Star Trek Online.exe")
Step 10: add the following command to that target line, if done correctly it should be;
("E:\Perfect World Entertaiment\Star Trek Online_en\Star Trek Online.exe" -patchserver patchserverrebirth.crypticstudios.com)
Note: Remember to leave a space after .exe" and the command line like above: (Online.exe" -patchserver) or you will keep getting an error message...
Step 11: Hit "Apply" and then "ok" to confirm the changes...
Step 12: If anything is still open...close it and open the Game... FROM THE NEWLY MODIFIED SHORTCUT as if you have your name shortcut it will not be linked to the new one...
Step 13: Log in and select "Redshirt" as your server
Step 14: If all steps where done correctly, you should now be able to patch a full server client of 10GBs...
Im sorry but if you got a 3.2gb update, then you did something wrong or it plainly.... didn't work for you...
Remember this is an old version of STO and the infrastructure has changed over the course of 5+ years... As per Zero, this is an old build and it may not be stable, there is yet no set time when this "Rebirth" expansion will be warped away, most likely tomorrow...
so if want to try it... it is totally up to you...
Don't forget about your ISP limits/bandwidth as this is a 10GB download...
Cheers,
Comrademoco
Talk to support for further assistance as I am not a PWE/Cryptic Employee... just trying to help
I'd almost forgotten about the mandatory patrol missions, or the fact you had to run at least three 'expanse' wrapper missions between each level to progress to the next story mission etc. Delta Rising just brought back what we'd fought so long to get rid of. I wouldn't want to go back to the game as it is on Redshirt right now. Sure, it's fun for nostalgic reasons, but it does suck gameplay wise. Ground combat is TRIBBLE, side weapons have the same fire rate as rifles, aim and crouch are the same thing, I've got the stamina of... well... me. Space combat is the exact same really save for the nerfs to some abilities, but the skill tree is awful and forces you very early into one ship class, one energy weapon type etc.
I may play another mission or two, just because it's nice seeing the game as it was when it got me hooked, but I still prefer all my shiny stuff on Holodeck.
Thanks for this little walk down memory lane though, Devs!
Join date is wrong, I've actually been around since STO Beta.
True alters don't have a "main". Account wide unlocks for all unique event rewards!!
I'd almost forgotten about the mandatory patrol missions, or the fact you had to run at least three 'expanse' wrapper missions between each level to progress to the next story mission etc. Delta Rising just brought back what we'd fought so long to get rid of. I wouldn't want to go back to the game as it is on Redshirt right now. Sure, it's fun for nostalgic reasons, but it does suck gameplay wise. Ground combat is TRIBBLE, side weapons have the same fire rate as rifles, aim and crouch are the same thing, I've got the stamina of... well... me. Space combat is the exact same really save for the nerfs to some abilities, but the skill tree is awful and forces you very early into one ship class, one energy weapon type etc.
I may play another mission or two, just because it's nice seeing the game as it was when it got me hooked, but I still prefer all my shiny stuff on Holodeck.
Thanks for this little walk down memory lane though, Devs!
yeah, the old days, are not always the "good" old days but now i can show people what it was really like! i hope they leave this up for a week or so, maybe leave it up til season 10
Yeah, basically it isn't copying over the gameclient.exe, nor the .dll files. hence the "can't find files" error. Trying to use the new gameclient.exe and .dll files, predictably, isn't working. Would someone with a working install of the classic sto be kind enough to post those files?
S5 was the last season before the massive power creep started with cheese universal consoles in lockboxes and fleet ultra rare gear, but even then, it was fine.
DR and the feeling of no progression and power creep to the max was what really killed things. Before that, things were bearable.
By God and the Great Bird of the Galaxy the old Intrepid was ugly.
I find it equally fascinating that they have the original build still laying around.
"Rise like Lions after slumber, In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew, Which in sleep had fallen on you-Ye are many they are few"
Patching for two hours... 20% downloaded... Hooray for Australian internet speeds :mad:
At this rate I'm not going to get to show my better half how STO has changed since release and when she has started playing
IT WORKS! ... but then I accidentally logged out and closed it and have to redownload the whole thing.
BUT IT WORKS! Old tutorial and everything! Even though I started the week LOR dropped I'm having a BLAST reliving my main character's tutorial and starting missions
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Try copying a new shortcut to the desktop and going into the shortcut properties again
Game on! See you online
Falc
After trying 5 different ones, I finally got one that gets me the target I could change. Felt like it took me forever.
Now, onto youtube while it downloads and patches.
Maybe NOW, newer players can working hard for their rank instead of having it so easily handed to them.
I actually liked having to run the PVEs before the put them into queues, (the PVE Queues), Ruined them game even more than the constant HUD changes did.
it was a joke for those who remembered the login merging.i know that it would be a clean slate.
That seems to be my problem too.
If it's any help, I'm running the Steam version rather than the old pre-Arc installer.
The Following method was used on Windows 7 64bit OS, and with a worked around Game Launcher... It might be different for Windows 8.1 and Windows Preview (10) Users. This will be somewhat... different for "Steam and Arc" users, but mostly the same steps will apply...
Step 1: Open your game files.
For me this was E:\Perfect World Entertaiment\Star Trek Online_en\Star Trek Online
under there you will find 3 folders;
Step 2: (Just in case) Copy the entire folder "Beta" to a safe location for faster restoration once "rebirth" has become old (warped away)
Step 3: you should now have 2 folders;
Step 4: locate your Star Trek Online.exe file
Fore me it was: (E:\Perfect World Entertaiment\Star Trek Online_en)
Step 5: Right click on the .exe file and select: "Send to > Desktop (Create Shortcut)
Step 6: Close everything...
Step 7: Locate the newly created shortcut
Step 8: Right click and select "Properties"
Step 9: It should be under the default tab of "Shortcut" if not, select shortcut. There you will find several options, but the one you are looking for is titled;
(target: [___________________________]) under this box you will find the target location, again for me it was;
("E:\Perfect World Entertaiment\Star Trek Online_en\Star Trek Online.exe")
Step 10: add the following command to that target line, if done correctly it should be;
("E:\Perfect World Entertaiment\Star Trek Online_en\Star Trek Online.exe" -patchserver patchserverrebirth.crypticstudios.com)
Note: Remember to leave a space after .exe" and the command line like above: (Online.exe" -patchserver) or you will keep getting an error message...
Step 11: Hit "Apply" and then "ok" to confirm the changes...
Step 12: If anything is still open...close it and open the Game... FROM THE NEWLY MODIFIED SHORTCUT as if you have your name shortcut it will not be linked to the new one...
Step 13: Log in and select "Redshirt" as your server
Note: if this option is not available it is possible your account has not been signed up for beta testing, do so here: https://www.arcgames.com/en/sign/in?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arcgames.com%2Fen%2Fmy%2Fcharacter%2Fcopy%2Fsto
Step 14: If all steps where done correctly, you should now be able to patch a full server client of 10GBs...
Im sorry but if you got a 3.2gb update, then you did something wrong or it plainly.... didn't work for you...
Remember this is an old version of STO and the infrastructure has changed over the course of 5+ years... As per Zero, this is an old build and it may not be stable, there is yet no set time when this "Rebirth" expansion will be warped away, most likely tomorrow...
so if want to try it... it is totally up to you...
Don't forget about your ISP limits/bandwidth as this is a 10GB download...
Cheers,
Comrademoco
Talk to support for further assistance as I am not a PWE/Cryptic Employee... just trying to help
I may play another mission or two, just because it's nice seeing the game as it was when it got me hooked, but I still prefer all my shiny stuff on Holodeck.
Thanks for this little walk down memory lane though, Devs!
yeah, the old days, are not always the "good" old days
Got some new guy to actually join the forums and post!
See? Almost as effective at recruiting as the Delta Recruitment event has been so far!
That being said, I think it's an April fools joke.
DR and the feeling of no progression and power creep to the max was what really killed things. Before that, things were bearable.
It's a joke that Holodeck is being shut down. It's not a joke that this is on Redshirt right now.
the joke was that it was going to replace holodeck. the redshirt server actually being Launch Day, thats real
EDIT Ninja'd!
I find it equally fascinating that they have the original build still laying around.
anyone who has the disc has the original build
I don't know if everyone could install it and copy it though, there may be some differences in it, especially since I bought mine in Australia
Game on! See you online
Falc
Just turn your monitor upside down.
At this rate I'm not going to get to show my better half how STO has changed since release and when she has started playing
Game on! See you online
Falc
IT WORKS! ... but then I accidentally logged out and closed it and have to redownload the whole thing.
BUT IT WORKS! Old tutorial and everything! Even though I started the week LOR dropped I'm having a BLAST reliving my main character's tutorial and starting missions
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=23143001#post23143001
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