Emulator or legacy server

[Shadowhawk668]

Is there any possibility of the developers allowing fans of the original version to run either a legacy server like the one that existed for World of Warcraft? or even an emulator? I would honestly back it financially if there was. I bought this game when it first released and fell in love with it, there was no game quite like it and honestly I don't believe there ever will be again, but my computer just couldn't run it at the time and I waited for years to get a new build that would allow me to play this game; now I finally have that computer, but the game I longed to play, that I waited too long to play, is now gone and replaced with this watered down garbage. This is exactly how Star Wars Galaxies fell apart, the developers abandoned their original player base in favour of the casual Warcraft demographic and neutered their game to the point where it became an empty shell of what it once was. But galaxies still lives on in its original form on the SWG emulator, its run by fans of the original game and gets funding through donations; if the same could be done for The Secret World I would without a doubt fund it myself through donations or through Patreon; and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.

[☠ Asasin ☠]

The legacy servers are still up, and you can still download the game if you bought a copy.

[Shadowhawk668]

Originally posted by ☠ Asasin ☠:

The legacy servers are still up, and you can still download the game if you bought a copy.

But I don't own it on steam, I bought the game on disc, the website now only has the option to install the new game; is there a way to access the legacy servers on that?

[☠ Asasin ☠]

Register.thesecretworld.com

Though if the key is unused I don't know if you can still make an account, but it's worth a shot.

Otherwise it would be nice to have a private branch server like you're suggesting :/

[☠ Asasin ☠]

Originally posted by Morbious:

as assasin said the game still exsists and can be played just need to know your username password and log into the account page assain posted and download not tried my disk so cant say if its faster itd still need to patch..alot of files

to stop the old updating to the new you will need to edit file and set to read only

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSecretWorld/comments/6j3vg2/psa_change_the_localconfigxml_if_you_want_to_play/

theres the link its easy to do

I don't believe you have to do this - I recently redownloaded the classic TSW client and it runs and boots into TSW without any prior modification.

[BurnSixSixSix]

You can download the Funcom hosted version at http://cdn.funcom.com/downloads/tsw/client/TheSecretWorldInstaller.exe
I have both the Steam and the Funcom versions on my computer and the Funcom version still has all my characters. I'm giving the Steam version a try because I don't expect the FPuncom version to remain hosted as long as the Steam version and am finding gameplay isn't as bad as it is made out to be, for example, investigation missions don't walk you through them as many have claimed, they are identical, or at least the Solomon Island ones are, could change later on, I haven't finished Solomon Island yet so I can't say. Yeah, some missions gave changed, like returning the RC Plane to Danny starting in a different place and not having webcam pictures of the girl in the Morning Light camp but that was never an investigation mission and the change makes more sense with his stated use of the RC Plane. That said I'm still going to concentrate on the Funcom version, just want to be ready if Funcom releases new content on only the Steam version. Just for clarification Funcom and Steam versions refer to The Secret World and Secret World Legends respectively, both are by Funcom it is just refering to where they are hosted.

[☠ Asasin ☠]

I think you're getting your terminology confused.
There's The Secret World, the original game launched in 2012, and Secret World Legends, which launched this year.

SWL has a "Steam" version (though it's really just the same game, just your account is linked to Steam for log-in and in-game purchase purposes) and the standalone "Funcom" version.

TSW used to be hosted on Steam as well, but it was automatically updated to SWL shortly before the game launched on Steam in July. It is no longer available for download through Steam.

[Vicar of Andraste]

Where do I find the secret world classic installer?

[☠ Asasin ☠]

Originally posted by Over-Zealous Priest:

Where do I find the secret world classic installer?

https://register.thesecretworld.com/account - This is the legacy website for TSW. It has been several years, though, and I don't know if it's still around.

[Vicar of Andraste]

Originally posted by ☠ Asasin ☠:

Originally posted by Over-Zealous Priest:

Where do I find the secret world classic installer?

https://register.thesecretworld.com/account - This is the legacy website for TSW. It has been several years, though, and I don't know if it's still around.

After I Logged In: I Clicked Download and Nothing Happens.

[Shadowhawk668]

Originally posted by Over-Zealous Priest:

Originally posted by ☠ Asasin ☠:

https://register.thesecretworld.com/account - This is the legacy website for TSW. It has been several years, though, and I don't know if it's still around.

After I Logged In: I Clicked Download and Nothing Happens.

Same here, the game is probably fully shut down now

[Vicar of Andraste]

Originally posted by Shadowhawk668:

Originally posted by Over-Zealous Priest:

After I Logged In: I Clicked Download and Nothing Happens.

Same here, the game is probably fully shut down now

I Guess So, I Guess They Shut Down the Classic and Are Only Sticking with SWL. They Should of Added the Character Builds as Classes instead of the Classes they currently had. they should make a private server for the Classic Secret World so people can play the Character builds again and wear their unique Character Build Uniforms.

[Shadowhawk668]

Originally posted by Over-Zealous Priest:

Originally posted by Shadowhawk668:

Same here, the game is probably fully shut down now

I Guess So, I Guess They Shut Down the Classic and Are Only Sticking with SWL. They Should of Added the Character Builds as Classes instead of the Classes they currently had. they should make a private server for the Classic Secret World so people can play the Character builds again and wear their unique Character Build Uniforms.

We lost so much more than that, many quests were removed, plus they downgraded the games graphics. Also we lost the original tutorials for each faction.

[☠ Asasin ☠]

This is all really tragic to hear honestly, TSW felt like my home for a couple of years (got into the game late) and Legends never captured the same magic.

[virpyre]

The TSW servers will still available to play. You are not be able to launch TSW via Steam though. If you are currently playing on Steam and want to play you can do so at: https://register.thesecretworld.com/account Or download the previous installer here[cdn.funcom.com].

How to Play The Secret World[forums.funcom.com]
TSW Digital Copy[www.gamestop.com]
Discord[discord.gg]

Please keep in mind you need to have a valid CD key attached to your account to be able to play TSW Classic. If you have never played TSW Classic and have only played SWL then you must convert your account to Classic in order to play that this is a one time occurrence and cannot be reversed once it is done.