[DarkCloud_PK]

I can understand that Classic has gone down the toilet for years now and obviously no one is pleased. However, suggest something realistic, Jesus F'ing Christ. We've been at no shortage of people coming in and saying "OMG BRING BACK GTA" with the version of which to bring back ranging from 2004 back to 1998.
It isn't going to happen, you either need to convert it to NPC server coding standards or eliminate the NPC server.

No one is going to spend the time now to sit and convert all the scripts. It isn't the hardest work to do, but the scope of the work is tremendous. GTA contained over 5000 levels(I think it was something like 5784 or something, but I can't verify it atm). Throw in the fact that the work is mind-numbingly boring and thankless. No developer wants to spend their time converting someone elses work, they want to make improvements on existing things and work on their own work. Being able to express your creativity and allow others to enjoy your creation is what drives people to develop on this game for the most part, there is none of that in converting the work of others.

So clearly the answer is to get a server with no-NPC server right? I'm pretty sure not even Bell can make that call. So do you really think Stefan is going to approve of that? Good luck, lmao. Even if you got things to work by intentionally downing the NPC server, how long do you think before the management brought that to a halt? I'd give you a week, if that.

I'll be the first to say that I had the most fun out of this game way back then. However I'll be the first to admit that those times are in the past and aren't coming back, I enjoyed the levels back then, they were packed with content, they were fun. The levels weren't all of it though, not even close. The community is what sealed the deal for me and many many others back then, and the community, my friend, isn't something you can bring back from the past.

I really wish people would stop dropping in and drop one or two lines about how bringing back the old levels is the key to success. You're not the first person to do it, not even close. It doesn't accomplish anything, it isn't a new viewpoint or idea, all it is is annoying now.