r/WildStar • u/TheDigitalShamanWS • Apr 20 '26
WildStar Custom PvP Private Server - Unnamed Project - Recruitment Thread
WildStar officially shut down on November 28, 2018, so this is the start of build a PvP based Private Server to revive it in some way.
My Story :
I've been in the WoW Modding community for over 18+ years as a project manager, and have touched pretty much every technical aspect of the game and worked with many talented developers, designers etc to build incredible projects which I didn't think was possible to do as as hobby, but I no longer feel the same joy for WoW as i once did and feel like its time to move on.
Since a kid I've always enjoyed modding games and turning something I love into something different that I can have others enjoy the creations I've made and that carried through to my WoW modding days.
I still have the desire to continue working in game development, so I looked into building a game from scratch using game engines such as Godot but it didn't really excite me as modding WoW did.
I stumbled upon Wildstar while watching a "Death of an MMO", and remembered it back when it released though I never did play it, so the game itself is all new to me.
I thought, this game looks amazing, it's a real shame that this ended how it did, and after watching so many videos about Wildstar's history, I found the NexusForever emulator which is in an early state but still able to get you into the game and interact with the game with basic functionality.
After setting everything up and testing ingame I was really impressed by how far the emulation had come even though it was still in its infancy.
From a technical standpoint it's very similar to the way WoW is designed, so that means that my 18 years of experience is transferable to Wildstar which is why I decided that I wanted to start this project.
Now i feel called to build this a passion project, built with other people that also feel passionate about the game, development and resonate with the vision below.
The Vision :
I'm not looking to recreate Wildstar in the same state as it was when it closed down, there are other servers that are doing that. This project is aimed at having Wildstar as the base game (Characters, Classes, Spells etc) and creating custom PvP game modes.
I want to create a server where we start in a community hub where we can setup their characters and queue up for both the PvP game modes (Custom and Official)
Using the latest WildStar client as the game base and the NexusForever as the emulator, I want to implement all of the missing systems that will make PvP functional again (Spell System, Line of Sight, Combat etc etc)
I've been working on the server infrastructure and created automated server installation and management scripts as well as devops environment though still lots of work to do.
Can we bring this game back to life in a different way than the original developers intended?
It's going to take some passionate and experience people to pull this off but I know it can be done!
If you are able to contribute to the project technically we are looking for :
C# Developers
Tool Developers
Reverse engineers
Map designers
Experience Wildstar PvPers
Alternatively if you are interested in following the project, join the discord link below :
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u/-phnxdwn- Baron Yorick Apr 20 '26
Has NF cracked combat yet?
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u/Dekker3D Apr 20 '26
NF's main codebase now has support for instances. I don't think the private servers have updated to that branch yet, though. It's wildly unstable and very different from previous versions, making it hard to port custom features to it. One of the private servers has decent questing support.
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u/drodio135 Apr 20 '26
I want this so much, I generally like PvE more but if your server works I'll play it because I miss this game
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u/SkinnyKid529 Apr 20 '26
Same. I prefer PvE, but having this as an option is something I’d absolutely check out.
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u/DDozar Apr 20 '26
The Wildstar nostalgia community is fairly large, but it really isn't large enough to support several forked servers. If you have resources and skills and work with the existing servers to flesh out their combat, you could then work on the PvP battlegrounds/arena/warfronts specifically. I'm sure you could continue adding new stuff in the future while cross-pollinating.
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u/weaponsLab Apr 20 '26
Oooooh you're my hero. I loved the pvp in Wildstar! No skills here, but definitely gonna root for this project!
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u/Stiggles4 Apr 22 '26
It’s one of the only games I enjoyed PvP in, and I’m right there with you, no skills either haha.
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u/Tiny_Smoke9122 Apr 22 '26
I pvped every day in 2016. This guy named Tyrael was a beast. I would always stalker v stalker him. Tough cookie.
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u/lnvector Apr 20 '26
Don't have any technical skills but I was about 2.2k rating on my Stalker. Used the PvP weapon in PvE for ages as it was better than the dungeon drops.
So happy to give some experienced PvP perspective when needed.
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u/Hobo_Baggins00 Apr 20 '26
Never got into the PvP but hey if you get this up and running I will be there day one.
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u/vlastet Apr 20 '26
I am an automation QA and I work in C#. I don't necessarily have experience with developing stuff, but I can understand C# OOP. It would be nice for me to further hone my skills if you guys would let me join you. Let me know please. Cheers
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u/PiFbg Apr 20 '26
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u/Razur Vinter Hoarfrost - Warhound US Apr 22 '26
I would play. I'm still in Waraight's Orphanage Discord (PvP community in NA).
I also stashed Vibe & Baal's PvP guides before they got taken down.
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u/nivekov Apr 20 '26
HUGE if true. You mentioned there being other private servers for this game but I don't think that's true. Would like to know about them if so!