eMule 0.40c.13 (Kademlia Testclient- Protocol updated, a must update!)
A little background first...
Barry is a former developer that started working on creating a Kademlia client. His original goal was to create a completely new client based only on Kademlia. Also the idea was to make that client a Overnet compatable client.. Barry got some of the basic functions of it working, then disapeared from the scene.. (Hope he just got bored and left and that nothing happened to him..) Since Barry was the only one working on it at the time, none of us really continued it right away..
I then decided to continue working on it in my spare time (which was not much). But, instead of a completely new client, I would merge it into the current client.. I studied the Overnet network very hard and created a Overnet compatable eMule client. (Minus lowID support).. After looking at it very hard, I saw some issues with the Overnet protocol that I didn't like. With the network not being ours, I also wouldn't be able to change it without breaking Overnet protocol.. So, we as a team decided to do our own protocol with a modified form of Kademlia..
For those that understand Kademlia, the concept looks just fine on paper. But in a pratical enviroment, the paper doesn't hold very well.. Therefore, I have tried to modify it a bit. Since this is the first real test of the client, these modifications may or may not work and will be adjusted as the test continues.. So, if you are willing to participate in the test, please update as often as possible..
If you are a Moder.. Please do NOT change anything involving the Kademlia side of the client.. One small change in the code when given to the masses can cause major pains to the network.. If you see anything that is in error or a way to improve it, create a thread here first.. If it does make things better, it will be added to the official client...
One more thing, if you felt to mod this TESTVERSION, remember that we published it here for test purposes. So dont set modded versions as regular versions or something like that!
Now to the brass tax..
The client is in a very alpha state.. Some things to note..
*LowID (Or firewalled) users cannot use Kademlia alone. You will have to connect to a server to use the new network.. LowID support will be added once we are sure the network is working well..
*Publishing your shared files into the network is very slow. Therefore, if you share a lot of files, you will notice that only a portion of them will show as published at any given time. This will be improved in later test clients..
*The gui is not complete.. Things are going to change.. ie: The Kademlia window was initially a debug window.. We have not decided what all will actually be in this window..
*The new network is NOT called Kademlia.. This is just a temp thing until we are ready to do a real release..
*Again, this is a Alpha client.. Therefore bad things can happen. If you are going to install this over the Original client, it is recomended to back the eMule directory first..
*Please stay connected to "Both" networks.. This will help make a smoother transition..
*If your running a test client and decide to do a fresh reinstall, it is recommened to change to a new KadUDP port.
*If you got ahold of the test client v39, you must delete the Index.dat and Peers.dat files in the config directory before starting the client.
(Note: If you try to run the client and it gives you a dll error, I now have the gdiplus.dll included in the first package.. Just copy it into your eMule directory..)
Binary:
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Source:
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Language Pack:
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