After reviewing the posts from the players, Outpost-4 will keep the original layout. The first server will remain as it was, hosting the various games to the open public. The second server will remain as the OCS Academy server. I have not done anything to the games on the main server. It's been down since the other day.

Currently I have no website. I had to reinstall my webserver and for some reason my php is not working. I'm spending the morning today going over the issue to find out why. Until then, you can access the TWGS via the regular links:

telnet://twgs.outpost-4.com:2002

I thank you all for giving me feedback and making me realize that the two servers work in conjunction, as well as their importance in the game. I do apologize to those that have had lag issues, and I hope that I can get these resolved quickly. By reducing the amount of sites I host, this should help. My goal was to give something useful back to the TW community, and it was frustrating as a SysOp trying to work out issues on a busy schedule as it is.

Your TWGS is the first place I ever played where there were edits that had objectives that weren't just 'kill the other traders'. And the variety of turn based games is awesome.

C

quote:Originally posted by Cernnunos

Your TWGS is the first place I ever played where there were edits that had objectives that weren't just 'kill the other traders'. And the variety of turn based games is awesome.

C


Regardless of the game objectives, my objective is still "kill the other traders".

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

To do list:


Visit Thrawns TWGS
Go Shopping
Work 8 hours
Make a attack script
Brush my teeth





Beg Promethuis for mercy (ahem)Kill Promethius

quote:Originally posted by Promethius
Regardless of the game objectives, my objective is still "kill the other traders".


After I have relearned the game, perhaps that will be my objective as well.

C

stop keeling my figs cernnunos.

Well after many cups of coffee, and 8+ hours now on the server, I am placing the websites back up. I found the "major" issue that was causing some of the lag, and will be dealing with that next.

We will be back to normal by the end of the day or evening. I have to recode my ScoreKeeper for the changes, so hopefully that will not affect much. Games on the main TWGS are running currently, and at 9am PST Extern was run since it was missed at midnight. Schedules will resume now as normal. I'll have the scores and such updated as soon as final migration is completed.

In the meantime, I will continue on the TradeWars Academy to complete that site, and am evaluating the pro's and con's of re-adding our TWGS to the StarDock Search site.

I wish to personally thank the TW Community for support you give, both to players and to SysOps when an issue rises beyond our control. This is one of the reasons why I still enjoy both the game and this forum.

Cheers.

quote:Originally posted by the reverend

stop keeling my figs cernnunos.


Sir, yes, Sir! (btw, which figs are yours? Are you the nose or the dent?)

C

Migration to new web server complete. All sites are back to normal. Updating the ScoreKeeper Bot for new changes. The main TWGS is still same as before. Second server is still being setup for OCS.

Let's hope things run smoother now for you players.

Cheers.

It can be a pain to get back to normal when a system crashes.
nasty biz, hope you had backups?

quote:Originally posted by Cernnunos
Sir, yes, Sir! (btw, which figs are yours? Are you the nose or the dent?)

C


denver3
denver three
d e n v e r t h r e e
t h e r e v e r e n d
the reverend
rev

quote:Originally posted by GodZilla

It can be a pain to get back to normal when a system crashes.
nasty biz, hope you had backups?


I had a backup but did not need it. Then Extern ran at 9am which caused a player to be SD so now I have an unhappy player.. And it goes on....

The good news: the games, sites, etc were not damaged. It was not a system crash. However all is good. So if anyone else had problems with the extern running, let me know. I may just have to rebang all the games to put everyone back on an even keel. Recovering from all of this may take longer. Best make some more coffee...

Cheers.

quote:Originally posted by Thrawn

I wish to personally thank the TW Community for support you give, both to players and to SysOps when an issue rises beyond our control. This is one of the reasons why I still enjoy both the game and this forum.

I have as much fun working with the edits on my site, and reviewing and posting on the forums, as playin in the games. I too appreciate this community, and the help they offer to new sysops such as myself.
Hope the new version doesn't make this all go away.

quote:Originally posted by the reverend

denver3
denver three
d e n v e r t h r e e
t h e r e v e r e n d
the reverend
rev


Whoa, that is chilling

C

Thrawn, rebang what you need to, its cool with me. Though I am only playing in A, D, and T.

quote:Originally posted by Cernnunos

quote:Originally posted by the reverend

denver3
denver three
d e n v e r t h r e e
t h e r e v e r e n d
the reverend
rev


Whoa, that is chilling

C

Thrawn, rebang what you need to, its cool with me. Though I am only playing in A, D, and T.


I'll hold for now. If it only affected one or two players, I can try to fix that. However if too many have a similar problem, then I just might rebang them all. I'll definately keep everyone posted. Just glad I got everything back up and running.