Sunday, October 3, 2010

The Server is Down

Late Friday night or early Saturday morning the server failed. It was acting like it needed a restart but failed to restart. It was late and I was tired. The next day I was able to boot it and make a copy of all our player information, but the machine has some problems. Hopefully I can fix it or get another machine online within the next few days.

Also, I am close to being done with an updated module. That might be done next week. It has some new things.
  • new upgrade shops in better areas for levels 22 and 24
    • many fixes and adjustments to the the shops
    • I have not changed the rules, just how the NPC's apply the rules
  • new bosses
  • new quests (only one at this time and it's for noobs)
  • new specialty items
    • Buffing Stone
    • Quiver
  • updated Monk Base Damage system so that large size players (ogre and such) can get the greater base damage they deserve
Qwildurn Bluemoon,
Server Host of BadLands RPG

6 comments:

Qwildurn said...

The server is back on-line again with no data loss to our toons.

The server should be a little smoother now. Everything is new and fresh without any extra stuff. I formatted the hard drive and re-installed the OS as well as the other supporting software.

Before, there was a lot of unnecessary software left over from when it was a regular desktop computer. But now, there is only the the stuff needed to run the game server and host a web page.

In the end, I did find out what the cause of the problem was; my anti-virus issued an update that destroyed some system files. Not only did I have to re-install the OS twice, I also switched to a different anti-virus.

Now I can get back to working on the upcoming module update. :)

See you in Dozo.

Qwildurn Bluemoon,
server host of BadLands RPG

Blade said...

Well Done & Thankyou :)

I quickly tested by killing the Royal Assassin and claiming his outpost for "true blades"

All the Best .......Blade :)

Blade said...

I tried to send an email to quildurn@verizon.net and it failed, and so i need to post the content here (apologies) Blade

The portal in the Hot Cave of Madness is broken. Dark Rhyuji seems to rush to the center, and subsequently die right on top of it with his body obscuring it, however i believe that this is not the case as i have tested by killing him several times, in different places. Hence the outpost to the underdark is unobtainable at the moment.

Recently, true blades lost all their remaining outposts in on fell swoop including their Emerald Fortress. I travelled to the Fortress, but was unable to ascertain who the new owners are.
If a DM has decided to give it to one of the new guilds then "Fair Enough". My Rogue lvl 60 was easily able to reclaim Newport Barracks from the "Black League", but i havent checked yet to see who got Crystal Coast, which was secure for us for a long time.
It appears as if all the outposts were reset recently somehow ? Just guessing ?

All the Best ......Blade :)

Qwildurn said...

Blade,

You spelled my name wrong and that's why the email failed. It's "qWildurn" with a W, not a U.

The portal in that area has been an ongoing problem. I thought I had fixed it recently, but alas, I have been foiled once again.

I will try using two portal locations in that area. I will put them far enough apart so that the big dragon can't cover them both up.

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I did not do anything to the Guild Outposts or Fortresses. I am assuming that they have been earned by a powerful group of players.

It seems there are two new Guilds for a total of five. That's two more than I had wanted. I had capped the Guilds at three because we don't have the number of players to support more than three guilds. The three guilds are by alignment: Good, Neutral, Evil.

The two new guilds are: "Badlands Beauties" lead by: Sheeba Songsinger; and "Dragon Bounty Mafia" lead by: "shadow opal [DCN]". One or both have been busy.

My server logs are not recording the important things like, who killed who; or who claimed what. And we can't use this blog to hold conversations anymore thanks to some bunion head in China.

I find it hard to believe that the Forts have been earned away from their owners. Certain Outposts can't be claim without doing some really hard stuff, so I doubt they were earned as well.

The only way around this is with the help of a DM or to be a Beta Tester. The only BM's in the server logs are Darian the Bold and SF Dashi. Both of which have been around forever and know the ropes.

I'm going to leave the new guilds and let it play-out. Shadow Opal will leave soon, like he does when he gets bored or doesn't get his way.

Sheeba Songsinger is Hubert Pape. He has been a regular for a long time and deserves a guild. Hubert will defiantly be a challenging opponent. Good luck Hubert.

Qwildurn said...

OK -
I found a typo with the RYUJI portal. No need to have two portals. It should work now.

And I found that I never actually changed the script that caps the guilds at three. I have changed that. The current guilds should function still. but as they get dis-banned for any reason, they cannot be replaced.

The guild limit is THREE. Good, Neutral, Evil.

Qwildurn said...

The non-sense continues...

After turning the Ryjil portal back on, I realized that it was turned of for a reason. That reason is because it ports into a Fortress. So, the Ryjil portal is off once again.

I gave Emerald to "true-blades" and Zur's house to Pink PKers of BadLands ("Badlands Beauties").

I have no idea why the server re-booted it's self. I was still trying to copy stuff over.