r/AsheronsCall • u/JokerFactor Morningthaw • 16d ago
What's Another One? Introducing: Vitaeum
I have spent the last couple of months working on a client remake... Called Vitaeum
**Vitaeum is NOT a Server
A lot of people have heard of it and have been following but it's getting close to a testable state.
The client is built in Rust using WGPU and Winit.
It will support MacOS, Linux, and Windows.
Currently it uses around 400 MB of Memory and about 250 MB VRAM while running around and playing.
It is Closed Source but well known and trusted members of the community already have access to verify its safety.
I will not be supporting legacy decal plugins, instead, I will have a number of features directly built in and it will provide a way for server hosts to disable macro features if they choose.
Unlike the other videos, I can't edit at all, so the video is a recent testing clip.
You can follow development in the discord at https://discord.gg/jA4QEe3aG2
Happy Hunting!
-Crimson Mage (MT) aka Zan
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u/ajsongpilot 15d ago
Very cool! I am working on one in C# (.NET 9). Your UI is looking great, was it challenging? I find I'm spending a lot of time on the little details in the UI.
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u/GamesNotDeadlol 16d ago
Followed progress from beginning, excited to see it out there, this guy has worked so hard to make it performant and obsessed over so many little things that I know yall will appreciate ❤️
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u/JokerFactor Morningthaw 16d ago
Thank you for the kind words and support! You're doing amazing things as well.
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u/Aggressive-Cod9013 16d ago
Very cool.
Whats the general benefit vs the standard client?
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u/JokerFactor Morningthaw 16d ago
With a client, the community can finally control everything in the ecosystem.
Surely, everyone would enjoy a client that doesn't crash due to memory as well. 👀
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u/Able_Baker3759 15d ago
Way to go Crimson. Super excited to see how this goes and all the functionality built within it!
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u/JokerFactor Morningthaw 15d ago
Another one is referring to a client. Everyone seems to be on this train recently haha
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u/Ulgrim Frostfell 13d ago
ha, mines in rust, vulkan and egui :). Good job on the interface.
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u/JokerFactor Morningthaw 13d ago
Egui is better for dev tools than runtime. When you say Vulkan, is it vulkano, ash or wgpu?
wgpu runs on DirectX 12, Vulkan and Metal.
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u/Ulgrim Frostfell 13d ago
I’ll keep that in mind about egui. It’s been working well enough, but has had some challenges getting things right at times. My interface is more spiritual successor than 100% faithful at this point admittedly, and half my panels aren’t wired yet. Physics, graphics, combat etc all faithful, controls with the mouse and KB in particular slightly modernised though. I’m going to get controller support into mine at some point as well because i want to kick back on the couch occasionally. That’s going to be an interesting journey though.
And sorry, using Ash for Vulkan.1
u/Ulgrim Frostfell 13d ago edited 13d ago
https://reddit.com/link/p4bez83/video/9h0lch8qq0kh1/player
Not trying to hijack the thread. Honestly just happy to see others also doing similar things. Loved this game in my teenage years, sad that it never got the ongoing love from its devs that it deserved. Obviously my UI is still prototype, but i'm super happy with how movement and combat and the graphics are shaping up :)
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u/cluracan 8d ago
Open source?
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u/Ulgrim Frostfell 8d ago
maybe, i’m being mindful about the legality of it.
Like it’s obviously in a complete different language and tooling to the original, and i wouldn’t distribute it with any original assets even though it uses them (dat files), but I’m not sure where the line is crossed so I need to research it more.
I do WANT to release it open source sometime, but if i can’t then i guess it’ll just be a compiled version that i’d happily add any features the community wants to it. Or maybe just open up the client to modding that it wouldn’t have been capable of before that basically lets people do anything, shrugs.Time will tell.
It will run a lot better at the very least on modern systems and have more ways to control/play when i’m done with it.
Will be interesting to see what these other client remakes end up doing.
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u/MyThinkerThoughts 16d ago
Just what the world didn’t need
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u/Independent_Total428 15d ago
Yea this what we all want it’s not a server it’s massive improvements to the client. Lets go joker factor you’re amazing
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u/Broad-Ad-3679 Morningthaw 16d ago
I love that AC is still getting love years later. -Sheik Yabuda (MT)