ALRIGHT FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO GET THIS UP AND RUNNING.
Step 1:
download the NCSoft Launcher (ftp://ftp.ncsoft.com/Launcher/NCsoftLauncherSetup.exe)
Step 2:
download Aion through the NCSoft Launcher
Step 3: Download This Folder (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3844545/1.5.1.9_bin32.rar), and replace your bin32 (in the Aion directory) with it. This will set your game back to a patch that is compatible with the game server, and also includes a no_ip patch.
Step 3b(optional): Edit version.ini to read
[Settings]
Version=1.5.1.9
All this will do is stop an annoying popup that tells you that your game version is incompatible with the servers.
Step 4: put This Launcher (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3844545/Launcher.zip) in the Aion root folder
Step 5: Load Aion through the new launcher, go to options, and navigate to the aion.bin file.
Step 6: Play Aion.
A WARNING
This is a free server so there -are- bugs sometimes, the game can lock up or disconnect at random but I haven't had any real issues and have played for like 3+ hours straight without an issue. At worst case, just logout or restart the game and it'll start working again, no big deal. It's a free server, expect bugs.
More info about the servers can be found at: http://www.infiniteaion.com/
you also need to register on their site (your forum login is the same as your game login)
[edit] God damn, 7 gigabytes ._. I'll get it tonight
yeah it's fucking huge.
The launcher only uses one connection so it's slow as balls. Here's the direct link to the main file it's trying to download:
http://206.127.147.194/Aion/Main/Patches/Aion_Main_0.0.0.0To1.5.1.0.ncpatch
Just use a download manager like DownThemAll (use extra connections) to get a sane speed. Put the file in the Aion folder.
My computer might be able to run this. I might try it out when I get around to downloading this behemoth. :P
This piece of shit is taking even longer to install than it did to download :|
It's always fun when things take longer to patch than to install, too (which probably won't be the case since this is a private server, but still). You'd think if they gave you something to download that it'd be up-to-date.