random question about servers

[Myrthe]

alright so currently there is only one server. i am assuming that there will be more (need confirmation) and if so, like what will they be categorized into? like, different real world places so that the closer you are the better the speed? can servers ever be full?

just some questions that would be nice to have answers with them 

[AryHann]

There has been some thought about having more than one server. However, considering the actual situation I would guess it is a bit too early to talk about this and its possibilities.

[Myrthe]

alright, i was just looking through the server stats and stuff and decided to ask.

by the way, personally, i think its a great idea to have multiple servers

[AryHann]

I think so too, but maybe when the game will be a bit more developed it will be an even better idea :-)

[Myrthe]

concerning that,
i understand planeshift has been in development for a while and im not complaining about it. but i have heard some places that our developers implement new ideas gradually when in other places i have heard that updates like this implement whole new skills, areas, items, quests, etc. into the game all at once? which is true?

just curious, i am trying to learn as much about this game and its production as possible.

[ThomPhoenix]

There will be one day, but there will still be only one world, the servers will work together in some way.
Of course all development is gradually, but there usually is a major release once every 2-3 months.

[AryHann]

I would say that there have been different kind of updates.
Sometimes, some big parts of new implementations are introduced in the code just partially. It depends on the general status of the implementation and the actual stability and development of the rest of the code.
Other times, in an update there have been a massive amount of new game elements, maybe less connected strictly to the code, but more to the real "game content".

[Myrthe]

thanks a lot guys. this has helped.
now i suggest this thread to be locked or deleted as it has no further use.

[DaveG]

alright so currently there is only one server. i am assuming that there will be more (need confirmation) and if so, like what will they be categorized into? like, different real world places so that the closer you are the better the speed? can servers ever be full?

Well, first of all our plan is to eventually have multiple inter-connected servers and one game world.  Server connections would probably be decided upon by location, speed, and capacity.

Yes, anything can be full.  Right now, I think we have our max set at few hundred, but we've never come close to reaching it and we could probably handle more.

[Myrthe]

so that means there will be many servers but each of them with overlap meaning that even if you are in a different server than another person you can still see them and interact with them just like they were in the same server as you?

so we have like 200000 profiles currently and only a few hundred people ever log in at the same time? cmon ppl spread the word!

[DaveG]

That's 200000+ accounts ever created, since the begining of the Crystal Blue major release.  Most of those people no longer play, and there are plenty of people with multiple accounts.

[Myrthe]

so you guys dont have an inactivity system? where is you are inactive for X amount of time your account is deleted. man this game rocks...

[DaveG]

No real point to deleting old accounts, and Talad likes seeing the big number. 

[Andrek]

What are the system reqs for a server?  That is if somone wanted to let the dev team use their hardware and bandwidth?

[Myrthe]

one, it would probably use so much space and crap that you wouldnt be able to play planeshift.
but theres always that old comp that noone uses...can that be used?(cuz i have one )