Finishing Touches
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- BaronVonRotterdam
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Finishing Touches
Hey Guys,
So last night we completed all of the data transfer from the old server to the new one!! This was in incredible miracle in and of itself. It took 5 minutes when clicking the start button for the system to respond, the old server is in that bad of a condition. But now that that is over with, from here we have two options:
1.) Send the server to Michigan today so its there (hopefully) by Friday - If not Monday - And configure the server up there.
2.) Configure the server here over the weekend and then ship it. When it arrives we start UT and go back to normal.
I have to talk with joey to see what is more realistic or what he prefers. I'll keep you guys apprised of the decision. In either case we won't lose any development time on Patch 180 because my last day of the semester isn't until the 18th. After that Patch 180 has my undivided attention until January 19th when the spring semester starts.
So last night we completed all of the data transfer from the old server to the new one!! This was in incredible miracle in and of itself. It took 5 minutes when clicking the start button for the system to respond, the old server is in that bad of a condition. But now that that is over with, from here we have two options:
1.) Send the server to Michigan today so its there (hopefully) by Friday - If not Monday - And configure the server up there.
2.) Configure the server here over the weekend and then ship it. When it arrives we start UT and go back to normal.
I have to talk with joey to see what is more realistic or what he prefers. I'll keep you guys apprised of the decision. In either case we won't lose any development time on Patch 180 because my last day of the semester isn't until the 18th. After that Patch 180 has my undivided attention until January 19th when the spring semester starts.
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Re: Finishing Touches
that's very good news, option 1 could be a catastrophy. option 2 leaves nothing to chance but server connections. I hate to wait possibly 2 days more but that time might prevent unexpected problems from occurring ( which always happen on a new install) that would require hands on solution. I can wait a couple of more days. woohoo
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What he said!weetodd wrote:that's very good news, option 1 could be a catastrophy. option 2 leaves nothing to chance but server connections. I hate to wait possibly 2 days more but that time might prevent unexpected problems from occurring ( which always happen on a new install) that would require hands on solution. I can wait a couple of more days. woohoo
It's probably always better to do whatever needs doing while everything is physically in your possession. I can wait a few more days as well.
I think most of us who have been playing on other servers have a few new friends now who would love to come over and try the MM server once it's up...expect to be busy!
- BaronVonRotterdam
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Re: Finishing Touches
Well apparently joey concurs with you guys and also wants to go with option 2. As you guys stated if something goes wrong it is easier to deal with while its in our possession since we won't have to pay the data center $50/hr to fix things for us. I've been in contact with joey today and there is a good chance he'll come on tonight. If so and if we work on the server over the weekend then the server will definitely be going out on Monday.
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Re: Finishing Touches
i save u shipping... give it to me ill drive it to michigan .will get their much faster, i can hit 200mph the whole way and be there in under 4 hrs. long as the cops dont set up a wall barrier for me to smash thru looool.
sounds like u guys got it all worked out, glad to hear that. Ill be looking forward to kicking ass n taking names.
sounds like u guys got it all worked out, glad to hear that. Ill be looking forward to kicking ass n taking names.
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Too funny Deaththrasher!Deathrasher wrote:i save u shipping... give it to me ill drive it to michigan .will get their much faster, i can hit 200mph the whole way and be there in under 4 hrs. long as the cops dont set up a wall barrier for me to smash thru looool.
sounds like u guys got it all worked out, glad to hear that. Ill be looking forward to kicking ass n taking names.
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Also some of you may notice the development server is back online, and it has a new password. It will be up for the weekend while Joey and Paintball finalize the server.
Due to limited bandwidth at Paintball's home, we have decided at this time it will only be able to be accessed by a select few.
We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
P.S. The server is running like a champion! Can't wait for everyone to check it out next week!
Mob
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Re: Finishing Touches
Totally noticed. Also totally noticed that BF is on there, and probably tweaking shit like he did before? He over-tweaked stuff so bad last time that everyone quit playing except for Godsilly. Please do not let him touch the new server settings.Mobster wrote:
Also some of you may notice the development server is back online, and it has a new password. It will be up for the weekend while Joey and Paintball finalize the server.
Due to limited bandwidth at Paintball's home, we have decided at this time it will only be able to be accessed by a select few.
We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
P.S. The server is running like a champion! Can't wait for everyone to check it out next week!
Send me the password...I could not send you a private IM to bitch and ask for it.
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Re: Finishing Touches
Oh Grumple.Rumple wrote: Totally noticed. Also totally noticed that BF is on there, and probably tweaking shit like he did before? He over-tweaked stuff so bad last time that everyone quit playing except for Godsilly. Please do not let him touch the new server settings.
Send me the password...I could not send you a private IM to bitch and ask for it.
That age and still doesn't know what testing is.
Guess you need the same explanation as a 6 year old.
To test things you need try different things.
That means, you need to make things hard and need to make things easy.
However, if you're left being able to test only half of it, you can't really finish.
And just for you a quote from the dictionary on what testing is, "the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial".
Also, when I got on the server, it was pretty much only Amy playing and pretty much nobody else.
Password is given to only a select few people due to there being a lot of players coming on the test server not to test but to just play it.
Just playing it is fine aswell but not at this stage when things are still not finished and why you are propably confused by many things including the difficulty.
So the plan is to fix the things we wanna fix including balancing and then open it to everyone and then everyone can give feedback about it so we can make some final tweaks if people generally don't like things.
Aka Nanners.
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We will be in the process of addressing game balance and difficulty issues over the weekend.Rumple wrote: Send me the password...I could not send you a private IM to bitch and ask for it.
PM's have been sent out. However due to bandwidth limitations at the moment, we can only allow a select few to join. If you have not received a PM, you will unfortunately have to wait for next week. We realize people want to get back into play, however that will have to wait for the server to arrive in Michigan.
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- BaronVonRotterdam
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Re: Finishing Touches
I hear you loud and clear Rumple. Rest assured the server will not stay impossible like it is now, nobody else likes it either. We are going to start balancing it tonight to make it easier than it is. This is a development server and like Banana said we are testing a wide array of settings. We will make sure to get everyones feedback before and permenant decisions are made. I only have a deplorable 100 KB/s upload at my house so the server can only accomadate up to 4 people. If we think we can handle another player I'll send you the password so you can give your feedback as well. But like I said, since this is a development server everything is changing in every direction until we find the "sweet spot".
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