-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
VMK is back!?
- Thread starter VMK
- Start date
Fairybuzz
Well-Known Member
Well this would certainly be awesome! I miss this game and my sis is far too young to have ever know it at all. For us both to play together would be a great activity now that all the disney mmos are closing.
In any event, I don't think that disney ever charged for anything on vmk. It was free as far as I can fuzzily remember. They wouldn't lose profits and further more they can only stand to gain from its existence. It'd have the same pull the original had without them having to do any work on it or maintenance.
geez at this point i forgot what I had in the game. I had 3 rooms, one was the pirates treasure room, one was splash mountain one was the castle. Tons of chairs and dark ride pieces lol, and some kind of sse vehicle or something like that. all my clothes were princess related and If i remember right some fairy stuff too. I've been looking at vmkrevisited for a while but you dont really have a char in that.
In any event, I don't think that disney ever charged for anything on vmk. It was free as far as I can fuzzily remember. They wouldn't lose profits and further more they can only stand to gain from its existence. It'd have the same pull the original had without them having to do any work on it or maintenance.
geez at this point i forgot what I had in the game. I had 3 rooms, one was the pirates treasure room, one was splash mountain one was the castle. Tons of chairs and dark ride pieces lol, and some kind of sse vehicle or something like that. all my clothes were princess related and If i remember right some fairy stuff too. I've been looking at vmkrevisited for a while but you dont really have a char in that.
PUSH
Well-Known Member
Just so everyone knows, there are things that will be different at least in the beginning. I've been keeping up with the forums and livestreams, so I'll share some info. Not all of this is confirmed, though, so keep that in mind.
- Rare items will be distributed via "dropboxes" or "crates." These crates will appear at random times in you inventory and will cost credits to open. You'll have a small % chance of getting super rare, a slightly better chance of getting rare, and a large chance of getting a non-rare item. This will keep item value while kick starting the economy ASAP.
- Not all games will be working when the game first opens on September 6, 2013. The Main Street Music Mixer is expected to be the only working game on Day 1. The other games should all come later.
- As of now, not all rooms are working 100%. Most of them are, but some still need some work. Open Beta does not mean the game has officially opened 100%, it just means you are allowed to start gameplay so that the developers can find bugs and glitches within the game.
- There will be items that were not in the original VMK. One example is the Angel Hat or Pink Stitch Hat.
- Holiday decorations for both Halloween and Christmas will be working. I don't know when each layout will start, but they have been confirmed to work.
- Holiday clothing and furniture will likely be released around their respective holiday. However, rare holiday items could be available via dropbox.
- There is currently no answer as to what items will be available to purchase on Day 1. I think it's safe to assume that all of the items that were purchasable normally in VMK will also be purchasable in OVMK. I would believe that they would release certain rare items for people to purchase in stores for a limited period of time.
- There will most likely be a limit on how many account each person can have. Limitations are not currently known, but they would like to make it so people can make dummy accounts in order to get richer faster. I believe each person will be allowed at least two account (one boy, one girl). How these account are restricted is unknown, but a limit of 2 per IP address has been talked about, but there are problems with people having more than one player per IP address.
Again, not all of this has been 100% confirmed. Just wanted to give everyone a bit of a rundown. If I think of anything else, or if any other news comes out I'll try to keep you posted.
- Rare items will be distributed via "dropboxes" or "crates." These crates will appear at random times in you inventory and will cost credits to open. You'll have a small % chance of getting super rare, a slightly better chance of getting rare, and a large chance of getting a non-rare item. This will keep item value while kick starting the economy ASAP.
- Not all games will be working when the game first opens on September 6, 2013. The Main Street Music Mixer is expected to be the only working game on Day 1. The other games should all come later.
- As of now, not all rooms are working 100%. Most of them are, but some still need some work. Open Beta does not mean the game has officially opened 100%, it just means you are allowed to start gameplay so that the developers can find bugs and glitches within the game.
- There will be items that were not in the original VMK. One example is the Angel Hat or Pink Stitch Hat.
- Holiday decorations for both Halloween and Christmas will be working. I don't know when each layout will start, but they have been confirmed to work.
- Holiday clothing and furniture will likely be released around their respective holiday. However, rare holiday items could be available via dropbox.
- There is currently no answer as to what items will be available to purchase on Day 1. I think it's safe to assume that all of the items that were purchasable normally in VMK will also be purchasable in OVMK. I would believe that they would release certain rare items for people to purchase in stores for a limited period of time.
- There will most likely be a limit on how many account each person can have. Limitations are not currently known, but they would like to make it so people can make dummy accounts in order to get richer faster. I believe each person will be allowed at least two account (one boy, one girl). How these account are restricted is unknown, but a limit of 2 per IP address has been talked about, but there are problems with people having more than one player per IP address.
Again, not all of this has been 100% confirmed. Just wanted to give everyone a bit of a rundown. If I think of anything else, or if any other news comes out I'll try to keep you posted.
Marc Gil
Well-Known Member
Hmmm... I'm still not getting the "Dropbox" idea... Maybe when I start playing, I'll get used to it. Thanks for the info!
PUSH
Well-Known Member
Here is what Amy (the only person actually creating the game) had to say about drop boxes:
Here is a picture of what the drop boxes will look like. They're the big boxes on the right side of the picture. Also in this picture you can see the Angel/pink stitch hat. Obviously some of these kinks have to be worked out yet (such as guys wearing girl clothes)
Here is a picture of what the drop boxes will look like. They're the big boxes on the right side of the picture. Also in this picture you can see the Angel/pink stitch hat. Obviously some of these kinks have to be worked out yet (such as guys wearing girl clothes)
Marc Gil
Well-Known Member
I guess that dropbox idea seems okay... I'm just excited for testing! Thanks againHere is what Amy (the only person actually creating the game) had to say about drop boxes:
Here is a picture of what the drop boxes will look like. They're the big boxes on the right side of the picture. Also in this picture you can see the Angel/pink stitch hat. Obviously some of these kinks have to be worked out yet (such as guys wearing girl clothes)
PUSH
Well-Known Member
It was said that OVMK registration was going to open early this week, but that obviously hasn't happened. I don't know when it will be open, but I'm assuming tomorrow at the latest since it's only a day before it officially opens.
Oh and I can't remember if I said this or not, but it opens at 5PM Eastern time.
Oh and I can't remember if I said this or not, but it opens at 5PM Eastern time.
Marc Gil
Well-Known Member
Lol I've noticed that registration hasn't opened yet. I hope it gets underway soon. Thanks again for the update!
Marc Gil
Well-Known Member
Bummer, I know! Hopefully it will be up and running for Beta testing tomorrow. I'll be waiting at 5:00
PUSH
Well-Known Member
So apparently they had a confusion with times zones with the opening. Amy (the person working on the game) lives in the UK, and there was a time zone mix up or something.
The game is planned to open at 6PM Eastern time now.
These guys really don't seem prepared to run this game. I hope they are prepared for the amount of people who will want on...
The game is planned to open at 6PM Eastern time now.
These guys really don't seem prepared to run this game. I hope they are prepared for the amount of people who will want on...
They are going to only let 500 people online at one time for now.
PUSH
Well-Known Member
They are having an overload of people trying to get on and their server cannot handle it. They weren't expecting 800+ people trying to get on right away. Not many people are actually getting in, it usually just stalls out somewhere along the line. I think only 90 some people are actually in-game right now.
Emilily
Member
While it is frustrating that the server wasn't able to hold everyone, it was to be expected. I mean, this is the BETA version of the game, therefore they are trying to work out all the kinks. So, I'm honestly not that surprised it was shut down for right now. I just hope they can get it where it will be able to hold everyone!
RunnerFool
Well-Known Member
RIP OVMK
2013-2013
2013-2013