[ThaiMS] Ver. 0.84 - The Visitor

KMS says hi.

Big Bang + Resistance anyone?

OT: Eh, seems disappointing that we're not getting GMS exclusive content, but after going through Tespia today... meh it seemed fun to me anyway lol.

One word: DERP.

I guess that I was right about Masteria's death.

Next stop, those 50 w.att masks!

just to be clear, i want to know for certain, only from the mouth of an asiasoft representative if possible (no speculation from people who will quote this going "yeah they probably do") if they create any of their own content without nexon korea.

Good luck trying to find out if KMS had any hand in the actual development or not. I highly doubt anyone outside of the actual devs and programmers would be able to answer that, so a representative isnt going to be of any help to you and will likely give a misinformed answer.
Everything in the Singapore and Malaysia world maps with the exception of Ghost ship PQ were all exclusives of MSEA and according to strategywiki also produced by MSEA too if thats any sort of comfort for you...

I have no idea why some of you care if it comes from TMS or nor. If its a good event, its a good event, if it fails it fails. I am hungry for Masteria, but that does not make it an auto fail just because it is not exclusive content being tested this time.

I'm not surprised or shocked. Disappointed however, we'll never get any exclusive content to GMS that doesn't involve Cash Shop anymore.

Cake vs. Pie event bro. All it needed was time to get good rewards.

And @ above, how can THMS always make broken things if they made like 4 things tops? GMS makes more broken stuff then semi-broken stuff in all the versions combined.

I am sorry, but KMS made potential. A more broken and money hungry thing than GMS could ever come up with. KMS wins forever.

I am sorry, but KMS made potential. A more broken and money hungry thing than GMS could ever come up with. KMS wins forever.

Which, even if GMS wanted to, couldn't have dreamed to be allowed to make, let alone actually making. I wouldn't be too surprised if the whole potential thing started out from a phone call from GMS department, completed and published by the mother version for standard procedure's sake.

I am sorry, but KMS made potential. A more broken and money hungry thing than GMS could ever come up with. KMS wins forever.

Yeah, but KMS customer service isn't shitty like GMS, and I have only seen one hacker in my 6 years of Maple.

Yeah, but KMS customer service isn't shitty like GMS, and I have only seen one hacker in my 6 years of Maple.

Yeah, but that's not what we are talking about.

Yeah, but that's not what we are talking about.

Yeah, but NexonK makes Maplestory WORTH using money for while GMS is just crap that charges money and doesn't recompensate.

Yeah, but NexonK makes Maplestory WORTH using money for while GMS is just crap that charges money and doesn't recompensate.

That is cause all the brains are in korea and Nexon NA can't do anything else than copy-paste and ban hackers(though they don't always succes in this either).

I like this is just Stage 1. I want to see what the other stages are :3

did they get the weapons and junk too? o_O

Downloading the patch right now. It's around 32.6MB. I'll let you guys know if anything pops up.

Exactly, you can't really assume NexonAM is in the fault here because you don't KNOW they are. It was never explicitly stated anywhere, yet you're assuming they copypasted in true NexonAM fashion. This leads me back to my earlier statement that even is ThaiMS DID make it, perhaps after realizing that their own testers are not enough, NexonAM decided it was time to have players testing content so that they result in less Unscheduled/Emergency Server Checks.

Even if ThaiMS did not make it (might of gotten sent to Korea), it was intended for ThaiMS. All GMS made content are placed in Continent 6 with NPCs and Mobs following GMS made NPCs and Mobs. This follows maps, NPCs and Mobs ThaiMS had made earlier (Floating Market/Golden Temple).

Next stop, those 50 w.att masks!

Nexon America: Hai guyz. U liek dunt ned nE NX too gat da 50 wakt mesks. U juost ned leik NXz0rs tao gat too da aria wit da NPCz0rs dat gibs u dem. Derp derp derp.

Just out of curiousity, TC. Can you read Thai?

I mean you're downloading ThaiMS patch and all that.

I am sorry, but KMS made potential. A more broken and money hungry thing than GMS could ever come up with. KMS wins forever.

I would bet you anything on that any of the cash-related releases that KMS has made during the last months were meant to gather funds for the development of Big Bang, and whatever comes out next after that. If They were as money hungry as you think, the mechanic job would require Cash Shop books.

Looking at the data right now, I can say that GMS does have an extended version of the OSSS.

Firstly, their patch size is considerably smaller (32.5MB). I'm going to summarize very briefly and I'm on for requests on specific information.

[SIZE="4"]Character.wz[/SIZE]

- Only Time Traveler Medal (same stats) in Accessory
- NO Pendants were added
- NO Earrings were added
- NO Belts were added
- ALL five Hats exist
- ALL five Gloves exist
- ALL five Longcoats exist
- NO Rings were added
- NO Shields were added
- ALL five Shoes exist
- TamingMob exists
[COLOR="red"]- NO WEAPONS WERE ADDED
[/COLOR]
[SIZE="4"]Effect.wz[/SIZE]

- GMST has far more cutscenes and effects than THMS. THMS lacks many cutscenes that GMST has. THMS lacks:
Stage 3, Stage 4, BlackHole, BingCube, and Cube

[SIZE="4"]Map.wz[/SIZE]

The two Map.wz are very different. The only two exact images are Back\stageSystemVisitor.img and Back\visitorQuest.img
Obj\visitor.img differs greatly between GMST and THMS. GMST's Obj\visitor.img has around 15MB of data packed in. THMS only has around 4MB.

In fact, THMS does not have many .img files that GMST DOES have. These images do not exist in THMS:
- Back\visitorCube.img (MASTERIA/CWK/HENESYS RELATED IMAGES)
- Back\visitorLostshipZone.img
- Tile\lostshipZone.img

These images vary in size between the two versions, all which favor GMST with more images:
- Back\visitorFuture.img
- Obj\visitor.img

[SIZE="4"]Mob.wz[/SIZE]

- THMS mobs only go from 9420018 - 9420041, 9420075 - 9420087, 9420099 - 9420102, 9420123 - 9420135 (with 9420133 missing).
- GMST mobs go from 9420018 - 9420109, 9420112 - 9420135.
- Neither version has 9420110 and 9420111.

[SIZE="4"]Morph.wz[/SIZE]

- All four morphs exist in both versions.

[SIZE="4"]Npc.wz[/SIZE]

- THMS NPCs only go from 9250120 - 9250144, 9250146 - 9250156
- GMST NPCs go from 9250120 - 9250157
- THMS is missing two NPCs that GMST has.

[SIZE="4"]Reactor.wz[/SIZE]

- Sames reactors in both Versions.

[SIZE="4"]Sound.wz[/SIZE]

- Horrible copypasta by Nexon AM, couldn't find any of the Mob Sounds in GMST data, however they are in THMS data. (Can anyone on Tespia confirm that the monster make no sound when hit/killed?)

[SIZE="5"]tl;dr[/SIZE] - It seems that Nexon AM has done something: expanding upon an event that originated in ThaiMS. Although exclusivity still belongs to THMS, I can say that NexonAM has modified it well enough so that it is a decent event. Hell in THMS, all the equips except the medal were time-limited, and there were no weapons at all.
Nexon AM has also thrown in new Map objects and backgrounds, one of them being a very controversial one (Masteria anyone?) that's not found in any other version. The mobs are still a mystery, as two of them are not found in either version.

Overall we can say they've at least made an effort in customizing the content. Our patch will be significantly bigger, possibly over twice the size due to the extra equips, Mobs and effects. Do the monsters have sound effects in GMST? That might be a copypasta error on Nexon AM's side because they certainly do in THMS!

Just out of curiousity, TC. Can you read Thai?

I mean you're downloading ThaiMS patch and all that.

ThaiMS is largely in English, which is why NexonAM decided to go with their content. Copypasta.

Yeah, but KMS customer service isn't shitty like GMS, and I have only seen one hacker in my 6 years of Maple.

You must not watch very closely because KMS has always had huge issues with botting. Of course botters are a lot harder to pick out, especially if you can't actually talk to anyone.

Nice info Slip. So I guess we have something to look forward to after all.

Yeah, but NexonK makes Maplestory WORTH using money for while GMS is just crap that charges money and doesn't recompensate.

>Pays for servers to run the game
>Pays for translators to be able to release new content
>Once paid for the best area and storyline ever in a MapleStory version (Matter of opinion, yeah. But the storyline is better than 95% of the stuff Nexon Korea made.)
>All of that is nothing

Okay Jack.

I would bet you anything on that any of the cash-related releases that KMS has made during the last months were meant to gather funds for the development of Big Bang, and whatever comes out next after that. If They were as money hungry as you think, the mechanic job would require Cash Shop books.

Hardly an excuse, I am sure they make enough from all there other games and such to pay for anything they wanted to do. Potential system is a pure money making thing, plain and simple.

>Pays for servers to run the game
>Pays for translators to be able to release new content
>Once paid for the best area and storyline ever in a MapleStory version (Matter of opinion, yeah. But the storyline is better than 95% of the stuff Nexon Korea made.)
>All of that is nothing

Okay Jack.

Hardly an excuse, I am sure they make enough from all there other games and such to pay for anything they wanted to do. Potential system is a pure money making thing, plain and simple.

I am not debating wether potential system is a money making strategy or not, i'm debating the why they wanted to make that money. GMS makes thousands over thousands of $ per year, yet the game is falling down, while on the other hand KMS uses that money to developt their game and make it more attractive in to the actual gamer. Which one seems worse to you? Given GMS uses the money to buy new content from KMS but whats the point of adding content over content if you cannot sustain it.

Also, if you had 2 complanies and one of them required an investment, you wouldn't take money out of the one thats running good to put it on the other one, unless it was strictly necessary, which is not KMS's case.