Sandstorm, the live EQOA server

by Xylof/joukoq

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Notice

Server moved in June 2024, download new patch/cheat files (containing the new IP address) below.

About

Sandstorm is the first and so far the only public EverQuest Online Adventures server after the official servers shut down in 2012. You can play with an emulator such as PCSX2 or a real Playstation 2.

The project started in late 2020, when no functional open source server projects existed. It is independent of any previous projects and the code has been written 100% from scratch by me (Xylof), although I've been able to use some knowledge and data gathered by people in previous restoration efforts (see the history and Thanks links below).

Some important milestones in my view:

Links

How to

To connect, download the appropriate PCSX2 patch/cheat file from the links below. Use an empty memcard (without any EQOA data). Set up networking normally.

Special DNS settings are no longer needed with the new patch/cheat files (if you want to use the old patches for some reason, set DNS to 5.161.217.188).

The new patches eliminate the need for any DNS queries for the game to operate, so you can leave DNS setting to automatic or enter any IP address manually, such as 1.0.0.0.

If you want to play on a real PS2, you'll need some kind of solution to use one of the cheat files or remove DNAS in another way.

Both Frontiers US and the original Europe/PAL version work (the latter naturally missing the Frontiers-specific areas and some other features). The original US pre-Frontiers version is not compatible at the moment.

In case of problems, you can check the PCSX2 Setup Guide by Jonathan Greenway.

Patch files

Place these in your cheats folder and enable it in PCSX2 settings. Right-click link and download. Tested with the latest PCSX2 1.7 nightly March 21, 2024.

Frontiers: eeee1fcc.pnach ← UPDATED

EU vanilla: 973e3177.pnach ← UPDATED

Status

What basically works:

What doesn't

Contact

xylof at kiekko dot tv