PlaneShift
Support => Server Status => Topic started by: Xordan on August 29, 2008, 07:54:39 pm
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The server is currently offline due to some machine issue. We've contacted the admins and hopefully they can give it a reboot soon.
No ETA on this atm.
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If any one else is looking at this, may I ask exactly how long has it been down
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Less than 24 hours right now, as I was on last night. The server is located in Singapore I believe, and PS is relying on the provider to take care of the physical machine. Normally, unless it is hard broke, it is back up within a day.
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Well, than if my calculations on this calculater are corect, which they always are, it should be back in 30 min. to and hour
*edit*
It was on for 10 min. then shut off? What the heck.
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hello..... it is my guess that thay are having pritty difficult problems with the acual computer {softwhere hardwhere whatever i have no clue} and knowing Plane shift it could be a good 3 or 4 days before thay fix it {note i said *could!!!*} so befor anyone posts something complaining about the server or sugesting a new server provider or saying anything else negative please just be patient a few days without plane shift wont harm you.... and befor anyone asks when it will be back up i would just like to answer that question with the only answer ANYONE will give you
soon (tm) *grins*
have a good day maby tr going out into the sun or reading a book... OR BOTH!!!!! *laughs*
peace....
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"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble."
-Titus Maccius Plautus
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As Xordan said, the appropriate people have been notified. We still have no ETA to share so please be patient. As we know more, so will the community.
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This server is rotten
When a server of good quality?
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This server is rotten
When a server of good quality?
Can you supply the community a non rotten server?
Can you supply the bandwidth for said server?
Can you host it and supply the tech support?
All for free?
... welcome to our free community.
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well fragnetics.com is back so i guess there going to start working on getting there servers back
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A good game on a bad server it can not work for a long time
Sorry for my English speaking
It must exist alternatives
Fabien
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A good game on a bad server it can not work for a long time
Sorry for my English speaking
It must exist alternatives
Fabien
For the long time I'm here, I remember just few moments when the server was down cause Fragnetics.
For example mainterance, upgrade (all announced)... and some faults as well.
Thats still more then good result for that its all for free. :)
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Yeah, the website is still not up so it could be sometime before they put theBut since the only one person in this post that is a dev. is Xordan, he is the only one that has any idea. But i really would rather him help fix it then sit here and inform us all day.
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not certain... since i don't know where xordan lives... but if he were to go off and find the server to help fix it, he probly wouldn't get there before it was already fixed anyway
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A good game on a bad server it can not work for a long time
Sorry for my English speaking
It must exist alternatives
Fabien
Fragnetics has had a 99% uptime for the last 4 years, (the time I have been involved with PS) that is, 99% of the year, the physical server is up and responding. I think they have a pretty good track record.
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It is 100% better then my server at work of which is on site. We have nothing to complain about at all on the server side. While the server is down, might I suggest, write a story for the forums.
/me goes out for walk.
Good idea, right?
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It would be nice if they got the website up, it would give me something to stare at.......
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It would be nice if they got the website up, it would give me something to stare at.......
the website is hosted on the same machine that is down. the website will return when the physical server is back up and running.
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I was not able to play last night, this morning, or now..on my lunch break. I have heard that it has been up, but then was down again in a matter of minutes. I realize this game is free, so you are limited to the quality of server you can use, so quit rubbing it in people's faces. I also realized the developers have their own lives to live, but they should know that if they are going to put up a game, it becomes a big responsiblity and should not have started allowing people to play the beta, if they are not able to put the time in to keep the players happy. So don't reply to me and tell me how the developers have other aspects of life to deal with, or how if a better server is wanted, than someone should find it, sarcasm is not necessary, so don't waste my time with replies of that nature.
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/me applauds to the speech
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Sure... it sucks that the server is down. Sure it sucks that we can't play the game we have all gotten attached to. Sure we can be bitter and angry about it. But the fact remains that it is down until it gets fixed. I don't like it any more than anyone else, but I don't have the hardware or internet connection to replace what exists right now... so all I can do is wait.
The reason people get defensive and flippant is because they get roasted over an open flame any time something:
A. Doesn't work right
B. Doesn't work the way the player expected it to
C. Doesn't do X at all
D. Does do Y
E. All of the above and more
So... cut them some slack and we'll all get to play again when things are fixed.
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Seriously, some of you are really rude ???
Just be patient, it will be up when it's up.
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Fortunately I misunderstood the English language :whistling:
sorry for the " coup de gueule" French grumpy :sweatdrop:
Peace and love :innocent:
Fabien
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Wow, I cannot believe that anyone that plays this game would speak so badly. Of course the second page is full of people who understand. The first page though seems like many people are out trying to pull something like they are a customer. When I got this game recently, I got it because it seemed like more of a community than a company. In fact, I don't see anyway that they make money off of this except by donation.
Why complain, it is fun, got some neat features, free, AND OPEN SOURCE!!! Lol. Plus, it runs a lot better and doesn't use nearly as many resources on my laptop as the mmorpgs that seem like companies out for money when they make it.
Instead of getting after them because there server went down, how about we all party here while we wait? We should all be pretty good rp-ers considering you are suppose to role play your character. :sorcerer:
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@TheKing8504: You talk as if you have bought a guarantee somewhere which says that the game will always be working for you :P ... such a claim would be perhaps legitimate for online games like World of Warcraft where you have to pay - but you don't have to.
I don't think there exists such a big responsebility for the developers as you describe it to keep you happy. You should have known from the beginning that this game is far from perfect and is still under development, which means that there are and still will be in the future hours and days where planeshift will not be running - my advice to you is: get used to it or stop playing it.
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I was not able to play last night, this morning, or now..on my lunch break. I have heard that it has been up, but then was down again in a matter of minutes. I realize this game is free, so you are limited to the quality of server you can use, so quit rubbing it in people's faces. I also realized the developers have their own lives to live, but they should know that if they are going to put up a game, it becomes a big responsiblity and should not have started allowing people to play the beta, if they are not able to put the time in to keep the players happy. So don't reply to me and tell me how the developers have other aspects of life to deal with, or how if a better server is wanted, than someone should find it, sarcasm is not necessary, so don't waste my time with replies of that nature.
Relax, it is just a game after all. If it matters to you so much that you can't play it maybe you should take the advice the GM's and Devs are giving you and actually spend your time finding a solution :P . Also, since the game is Open Source I don't think anyone working for it is really 'required' to keep the players happy. We aren't paying them after all.
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I'm betting the devs are as annoyed and frustrated as everybody else.
They do a good job. This is not their fault.
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Man, i'm not complaining, and I think people are making a bigger deal than it is, instead off staring at the screen, do what the devs arn't doing [hopefully]. Go eat a sammich, visit the creek, play some football, [if you are in the USA that is}, eat a pie, watch Tv. You've got some options.
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I was not able to play last night, this morning, or now..on my lunch break. I have heard that it has been up, but then was down again in a matter of minutes. I realize this game is free, so you are limited to the quality of server you can use, so quit rubbing it in people's faces. I also realized the developers have their own lives to live, but they should know that if they are going to put up a game, it becomes a big responsiblity and should not have started allowing people to play the beta, if they are not able to put the time in to keep the players happy. So don't reply to me and tell me how the developers have other aspects of life to deal with, or how if a better server is wanted, than someone should find it, sarcasm is not necessary, so don't waste my time with replies of that nature.
Okay, so everyone has already talked about you being rude, how you should just relax because it's free, and well... lets face it, if you tried to play the game last night, this morning, AND on your lunch break, you might have a little issue to work out, but I'm more concerned about where you said they shouldn't have released the beta to the public.
Personally, I think it was a great idea to have done so and the reason for that is they are allowing players to report bugs AND request new features. I'm sure you can imagine how much quicker it would be to have hundreds or thousands of people finding and reporting bugs rather than a small amount of professionals, and it fits quite well with the free game budget. And games like WoW or Ever Quest were designed by one team, released, and that's it... If players have a good idea that's too bad (Or so I think).
But PlaneShift allows us, the players, to help them think of cool features for the game eventually making this game more than enjoyable to EVERYONE.
Until a few weeks ago, I thought the only free game out their with this many features was RuneScape even though not all features are free and well... We've seen the graphics on that lol.
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I think with a name like that you have an issue to work out, but further more, we just said to stop argueing, and you start arguing again. What is the point? It will get you nowhere! You should just go do something else and forget about it for a while then sit here complaining about the server, complaining will not make it come back faster!
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I wasn't complaining, I was expressing an opinion, and my "something else" which you just told us to do is forum surfing in between of playing other games and doing chores... And I was also trying to possibly make him understand the perks of playing the beta to ease his temper. If this is frustrating you so much, maybe you're the one who should...
"Go eat a sammich, visit the creek, play some football, [if you are in the USA that is}, eat a pie, watch Tv."
ps. By replying to the last post... and to this one... You're arguing... :o
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So, any news on the status of the server? I am hoping the hard drive didn't crash. Icky. Considering how long it's been down it seems worse than just a restart though.
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lol, yeah... I read origionally that they just had to reboot, and then then I heard the machine is down, but everything I read that sounded credible stated that their is no time estimate... Most common theory that I've read is between now and a week...
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The appropriate Dev's have been in contact with Fragnetics and they are working with us to get to the bottom of our server issues.
A big thank you to Fragnetics and a request to the community to please be patient while we get to the bottom of the issue. Please be kind to each other and nice to this thread. We all miss the game and want everything back up and running, fighting amongst the community won't get that to happen any faster.
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I was not able to play last night, this morning, or now..on my lunch break. [...] don't reply to me and tell me how the developers have other aspects of life to deal with, or how if a better server is wanted, than someone should find it, sarcasm is not necessary, so don't waste my time with replies of that nature.
Server crashes happen. I run my own free, text-based RPG game on the MUX platform--and I know how irksome it is when the server I pay for goes down. That doesn't mean it isn't a good server, it means that unless you can afford to have a major network of servers, the server you pay for will sometimes go down. It's a simple fact of life. Moreover, PlaneShift is a very openly developmental game. If you disagree with playing on a game that's in development... why play? Why be so set on playing that you've tried "to play last night, this morning, or now..on [your] lunch break"? You knew what you were getting into when you signed up to play the game, my friend, so please... just relax. Have a cup of tea (as I'm doing), and maybe plan out some stuff you can do when the game comes back up again. I think downtime like this can be a good thing--time to plan RP, work on character stories, etc. In my case, it's going to give me one less excuse not to catch up on some work I need to do. So... let's just all try to be as relaxed about all this as possible.
And remember, in the immortal words of Christian and Satine: "Come what may!"
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yeah, what Rizin said.
I know a lil off topic.. but hey, want something to do, how about a simple addictive flashgame like: http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp (http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp)
or an even simpler diversion, go to snotling.org, register and go to "fightingoblins" in the left column. You make a goblin and train him against others. no graphics (and I mean NO graphics!) but I find it fun somehow. be sure to try your mettle against Olota Ginka, (my char) he is tough, but fair :thumbup:
of course there is a lot other things you can do. But as always, those are my 2 tria.
Of course check back at the server page http://laanx.fragnetics.com/index.php?page=stats (http://laanx.fragnetics.com/index.php?page=stats) to see when back up!
Put that in your favorite places, but be sure to reload it when you look at it! when the server is up, it will load, and also tell you if the game is on (offline vs number of players) and tell you if NPC server is on (death of MOB is some number, usually greater than 10)
I hope that keeps you happy for as long as it takes. Remember, this is a gift horse, so don't be looking it in the mouth! (an Idiom, google it?)
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The appropriate Dev's have been in contact with Fragnetics and they are working with us to get to the bottom of our server issues.
A big thank you to Fragnetics and a request to the community to please be patient while we get to the bottom of the issue. Please be kind to each other and nice to this thread. We all miss the game and want everything back up and running, fighting amongst the community won't get that to happen any faster.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand the problem, i'm just a "restart the thing" kind of guy. Is this an issue that could affect the game permenently, or is it just a simple problem that the devs. are just trying to handle with caution. I can live with the ladder, but huge problems end games, and no one wants to see that. I am fairly new to Planeshift and don't really know how ofton these "long waits" happen, so if someone might have the good will to explain this in more simple terms would be appriciated.
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At this point, it is likely either a significant software problem or a hardware failure.
To put it in simple terms, some piece of the machine is flaking out... possibly a power supply, or a cpu fan or any number of other components. I noticed that the webpage came back for a few minutes last night, so I have to assume it is nothing catastrophic where PS as we know it is dead and gone forever. With the machine being located in a country where none (or few) of the PS devs live, it can often take a couple of days to replace parts or troubleshoot things.
Now... for the record... I am just giving examples of what it could be... I have no more information than has been posted already.
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Well, that is 3 days, and his list of games didn't last me. :(
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Dear Team!
Hehe. this is so much fun every time again: When the server is down for more than 24 hours the posts become always the same. ;D
I suggest following 3 step solution to the dev team for this problem:
Step 1: Every month the server has to be down for at least three days. But every month some other three days.
Reasons could be: working on the server code, clean up hardware ( I am serious about. I have done this job, when I was a student.) or some cooling down time for the server hardware needed in Singapure. Everone should know how hot it is there. Whatever, but tell it is important to hold up the high level of performance of PS!
Step 2: Take yourself this three days every month as PS holiday to relax. Do nothing on PS, not even think about. Or use the server to play your own private nasty bad boy PS version together with GMs. Whatever you do, DO NOT work on PS in this time.
Step 3: When you bring the server online again let the server MOTD be something like: "Thank you for your patience and enjoy the Planeshift experience." or place on the forum how difficult it was this time to get the server run again.
Effect: We will get used to the server beeing offline every month for about three days and you can relax. Ohh, I forgot: It is more the way, that you can do your everyday business more relaxed. Whatever.
Inn case anyone got this message wrong: It was a joke. For something else to read than "Nanana, why is the server down?, Nanana, when is the server on again?"
The whole PS team does a great job. It works for free! And we are tester, no player. And PS is not even beta. It is alpha! So enjoy the experience. Thank you, team, for the things that work in PS. :thumbup:
Yours,
Zzurlosch
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No definite info on the problem, still waiting for one of the guys who provide the server to visit the datacentre to see what's up.
However, initial guesses is either serious hardware failure or someone bad using an exploit to get root and then taking the thing down.
Either way, I do have a fairly recent (week or so) backup of the database.
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Thank you for the information, Xordan \\o//
Your posts are always worth reading
Sen
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Noooo...
My poor books...
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That is perfecly fine with me, is much better than waiting while the dev. team scratches thier head and wonders how to get it back, I'd much rather just earn it back. [Not meant to offend dev. team :sweatdrop:
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Well it's been about 4 days since I was able to log on, does anybody have any new news whatsoever, or do I just need to find another game, because sitting around with nowhere to go and no one to talk to is irritating the hell outta me.
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Noooo...
My poor books...
You do know you can save those to your hard drive right? You have to do it while in the game though...
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Also, the stats on the server status page are frozen, as mentioned in a post that was posted about a month ago. I know this because it is still stuck on August 29. 2008, so something big must have happened.
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Ok, It won't be long now, I think Xordan was trying to say that, they havn't figured out the problem, but they are going to go ahead and start the servers agin, with about the stats and stuff from a week ago, right? ???
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I understood it more like "we don't know what happened or when it will be fine again, but in worst case we will finally bring the server back with a week old data"
Thus, if hopefully tomorrow someone from fragnetics has a look at the server and figures out that hardware needs to be replaced, it might need some more time.
But maybe it just needs a hard-reset and will be fine again tomorrow.
Just guesses.
A daily update about what happened or not happened would be great *hint for 'officials'*
(Feel free to delete this post if something official gets posted.)
Sen
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hey guys just chill for a bit ^^ the devs will tell all when thay know whats hapening but untill then theres not going to be much other then players complaining or makis sugestions for the devs to tell us stuff thay dont know.... this is not for the devs to fix this is for the ppl who suply and run the server or thats what i have goten out of the devs posts and just remember the people who need to know have been told so thay will be working on it and the server wont be up any sooner if you constantly ask/complain so just chill besides i already answered on the first page when it will be up.... soon *grins*
and remember planeshift is alpha stage so things like this will tend to hapen weather its kus of PS code or kus of the server
also thanks to the DEVS for doing such great work and thanks for fragnetics for such a great server for free!!!
peace out
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Well it's been about 4 days since I was able to log on, does anybody have any new news whatsoever, or do I just need to find another game, because sitting around with nowhere to go and no one to talk to is irritating the hell outta me.
So talk to people! Stewing about it or wanting to storm off to another game because of a little downtime won't help anyone, and it certainly won't make you any happier. Our suggestions earlier were serious! Try them out. ;)
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Im relaxed and comfortable with the server being down for two weeks. My suggestion of giving a daily update was a try to get things more calm and giving waiting people updates is good (professional) behaviour. An update can also be that there are no news.
Sen
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its a softwere issue or hardwerei allmost 95 percent sure the other 5 a mix of hackers and other out of our hands stuff
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I just thought i'd point out that all of you that are arguing [incuding me, i don't lie] and complaining, will be acting like brothers when the server does come back. :D
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Hey! I have a great suggestion for something to do during downtime.....
I may be wrong but it is my guess that those that simply complain all the time on the forum are the same ones that cannot RP there way out of a paper bag in the game so.........
"READ THE SETTINGS".
(You know who you are!) :-X
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hey guys just chill for a bit ^^ the devs will tell all when thay know whats hapening but untill then theres not going to be much other then players complaining or makis sugestions for the devs to tell us stuff thay dont know.... this is not for the devs to fix this is for the ppl who suply and run the server or thats what i have goten out of the devs posts and just remember the people who need to know have been told so thay will be working on it and the server wont be up any sooner if you constantly ask/complain so just chill besides i already answered on the first page when it will be up.... soon *grins*
and remember planeshift is alpha stage so things like this will tend to hapen weather its kus of PS code or kus of the server
also thanks to the DEVS for doing such great work and thanks for fragnetics for such a great server for free!!!
peace out
Planeshift is not in Alpha stage, it is in Beta stage. Games are not available to the public while in Alpha stage, they are tested in house until the Beta is ready, then the public is allowed to test them.
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nope it is late alpha unless the devs say otherwise. regardless of the scrict definition of alpha and beta.
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A week old isn't bad Xordan. Thanks for the update. ;)
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No, no it isn't, but I would like it if they would give her the reboot, man i hope this isn't serious.
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a week old? That means People (like me) that registred on Friday Morning, will lose their account? ??? or am I on a wrong conclusion? :whistling:
anyway, Good Luck to the PS Team!
cheers
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If that be the case blinkster, then I know I personally wouldnt mind. :) Even if I had to redo the tutorial, I'd still hop right in. :P And with all the wandering around we new players do, it probably wouldnt take me even 30 mins now to do what it took me two - three days to do before lol ;D
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IF they have to use that backup your account will be lost. But only having a week on there won't take long to catch up right?
My account is way old, but my character was started right before the crash or whatever we want to call it. A week wouldn't take long to catch up to where you were. Plus, everyone will be behind, not just you. Nothing big.
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Yeah, all I did this week was train. :'(
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Ah, I can't wait to play! This game is so beautiful. Thank you Devs for working hard...hopefully it comes back soon. :love:
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The game likes you too..... I guess? :-\
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well, its Monday mourning there hope its not a holiday
go :beta: yea
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It is a national holiday, so devs..... " get back to work, it isn't "Labor" day in Europe, yaa" lol, yeah I sure hope the guys working on it arn't Americans
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Lol, they can take labor day if they want. :P At least the Planeshift team. Seriously. Enjoy this strange American Holiday about working and don't work. Lol.
Edit: They have a map somewhere, I don't remember where. Some are in the US of A, and some are over elsewhere in the world. I think from what I remember that more are elsewhere. It doesn't matter though, as they don't really have the server in front of them to do anything about it. It's a server that's location has been stated several times, which is not in the US. So yeah, I think they will get to it today, once the time is right. Lol, it's still Sunday for me though, so yeah....
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I believe the server farm is in Singapore so we've got a good chance they'll be working on it today
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This is a funny 'coincidence'... Just today my school's server went down, along with our power. Perhaps all the servers of the world will go down, one by one! Beware! It's a conspiracy! Ahh! :o
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could it be /say "GASP" ::| the LCH (Large Hadron Collider) ? :o
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Yup. Either these servers are being sucked into mini black holes, or have decided to take part in a time travel experience. Either way, we're doomed... :(
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Well, I waited for the server to start up, then I waited some more...
Then I decided to try and compile PS.
Then I started my own server.
Then I made a screenshot :-D
(http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/7096/shot01dk0.th.jpg) (http://img359.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shot01dk0.jpg)
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I know the discussion about losing a week is just a worst case scenario.. but ugh. I spent Monday, Tuesday (all day, like 16 hours each) and about 5 hours every night, plus the previous weekend training... like a fiend. I will be praying that the database is not lost. I agree that a week is better than a year.. or a wipe... but ugh. I hope we don't lose the week nonetheless.
course it is what it is., eh?
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I think the chance to lose any data is low(or very low)But........please don't please don't ......
3 day now and the server is still offline
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Oi, all complainers, gimme a break.... Jeeze, i seen it down MUCH longer than THIS before xD It will be back, this isn't the end of the world. The server is bound to go down big time at least once or twice a year. We're lucky it only does THAT much.
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if only Xordan were here to save the day...... :innocent:
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Oh look what.............. where.............. huh? It..'s Xordan i hope this will happen O--) and hey i wasn't complaining REALLY i didn't
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The server's still down. :thumbdown:
What's needed to make our own server?
I've got a second computer that I don't use!! why couldn't we use it to host the game???
I don't know how to do it but i think it's possible!
Waiting for answers.
-- Sorry for my english, I'm a french player. --
++ FoL
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I say we all just wait for the Xordan message of the day, thats what i'm doing.
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I think I'll read a book.... passes the time faster :)
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The server's still down. :thumbdown:
What's needed to make our own server?
I've got a second computer that I don't use!! why couldn't we use it to host the game???
I don't know how to do it but i think it's possible!
Waiting for answers.
-- Sorry for my english, I'm a french player. --
++ FoL
It's better to ask: how good is your internet connection? :)
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I have a very good internet connection, but have no idea how to do it, Xordan please hurry!
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should the problem be a replacement factor could we pool some change together and offer a hand ?
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I have a very good internet connection, but have no idea how to do it, Xordan please hurry!
Only 5213.091 Kbps (651.636 Ko/sec) not enough I think :(
maybe Joemama246 could host the server if we help him/her?
++FoL
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Probably, have a very good computer too, but not the first clue how to do this.
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I found this game yesterday, then spent all of today trying to figure out what went wrong and were. Thanks to http://www.planeshift.it/register.html I decided that the server wasn't down. Then finally I found these forums. Anyways, now all I have left to do is wait.
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I have a very good internet connection, but have no idea how to do it
Then you simply don't have the experience required to give the game a better uptime.
I'm not being negative here, it's just that you definitely need some experience with data center management to get reliable, round-the-clock, round-the-year uptimes.
Actually it's easy to rent a root server with guaranteed 99% update, for a two-digit monthly fee.
That would be even better than a server that's standing at home of an enthusiast who might lose interest after a year. Or who might be hit by a thunderstorm. Or who might even copy the data and give out spoilers (I do trust you, but I'm pretty sure that this trust is misplaced in about 5% of persons, and I cannot know whether you are one of the twenty I should not have trusted after all).
Even all these things aside, such a server wouldn't solve the uptime problem. 99% uptime means 1% downtime, and if a year has 365 days, this means up to 3.65 days of downtime per year. So that would be worse than we're already having now...
Of course, there are better servers available. They just cost more - for each additional nine you want at the end of that uptime percentage, you also tack another zero onto the end of your monthly bill.
For example, for 99.9% uptime, the server would be allowed to fail 0.365 days per year, that's almost nine hours. To achieve that, you'd need a second server on standby in case the first one fails, and a permanent live backup of the main server so that the backup server can take over. So some company would need to be concinved to sponsor a second server, and the PS guys would face some additional server management issues - setting up a database so that it seamlessly replicates between two servers isn't easy. (Setting up Internet connectivity so that one server takes over when the other fails, at the IP address level, is technically tricky and requires support from the data center. I guess that's the point at which we need to tack on the additional zero at the bills.)
Nine hours would be a tad much, though I guess for now anything better than that would be a waste of resources, given that the software can fail for days as well.
But let's look what happens at the next nine: 99.99%. This means we allow a yearly outage of a bit above 50 minutes - a level I'd consider acceptable for a free game.
However, now we're playing in a different league: making the server reliable isn't enough anymore, you have to start to worry about the infrastructure that connects it to the Internet. Standard routers don't come with 99.99% uptime guarantees, so you need to make them redundant - either by placing two (or better a dozen) servers in different data centers, or by connecting the server with two network cards, two lines, two routers, etc. all the way to the cables that leave the data center (preferrably at different points).
Servers in different data centers might do the trick, but at the price of a doubled traffic: any record that's updated in the database of server 1 must be sent to server 2 so it can take over.
A server with a redundant Internet connection requires another zero on the bills.
Yes it's doable. WoW and Eve Online do it all the time.
But they need to spend a budget to make it happen.
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Elvors: He could just put up a temporary server, while the real one is down...nothing being saved or kept of course, just for fun for us bored masses. :)
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A private server doesn't have that much to do with laanx - it is typically rather.. empty. And Im sure laanx data won't be given out to make a copy of laanx.
Just that all are aware of it :)
Sen
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/me ignores all of the talk and wonders when Xordan will be back.
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He could just put up a temporary server, while the real one is down...
I suspect that anyone with less than a dedicated webserver with static IP need not apply. :)
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This is a funny 'coincidence'... Just today my school's server went down, along with our power. Perhaps all the servers of the world will go down, one by one! Beware! It's a conspiracy! Ahh! :o
Hmmm... My server and my works server went down a couple of weeks ago. So we already passed it. But this is kind of strange. Or not since servers go down all the time.
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He could just put up a temporary server, while the real one is down...
I suspect that anyone with less than a dedicated webserver with static IP need not apply. :)
Unless the game-engine is redesigned to use a 'swarm' of not-so-dedicated servers spread around the globe instead of one big one...
Technically possible I guess, but friggin amount of work to get it done. :D
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Let's set up a poll "Xordan should be sent to Singapore to fix the server. Yea/Nay".
Elvors: He could just put up a temporary server, while the real one is down...nothing being saved or kept of course, just for fun for us bored masses. :)
Hehe, I remember someone doing that with an MB version of the server ;)
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I talked to Xordan just a seconed ago over email, he said he was almost possitive something failed, but depending on what it is, it could be tommorow, could be next week, no one knows.
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I talked to Xordan just a seconed ago over email, he said he was almost possitive something failed, but depending on what it is, it could be tommorow, could be next week, no one knows.
Augh...I have terrible timing. :( Hope it doesn't take longer than two days...:(
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Hey, how about forming a self help group for PS players during server offline times? The server is dead now for a few days and some people might suffer from withdrawal syndrome like :o, :'(, :@#\, or X-/ . I think these folks deserve some support! I would be the first to join! I miss my regular evening gaming time - so much!!!!
Does anybody have an idea how to set up such an endeavor ???
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lol that is why when the server goes down ppl pop onto planeshifts' Irc channel. Irc freenode #planeshift
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im going back to runescape, it may not be as good as planeshift, but at least the server doesnt constantly crash. maybe ill come back in another couple months to see how its going like last time i stopped playing. later all.
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wow... i hate to be a jerk to ppl... but man, runescape deserves you.
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Lets be nice here and not cause any problems for the mods. If he wants to go play runescape instead of chill with us while we wait this out let him and just ignore him.
Hmmm..... Hardware failure is sooooo annoying. Best of luck to the planeshift team as always. Hopefully you guys can sort this out quickly if not you still have my full support though. I would wait forever and still support you guys for your awesome free game.
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I say we all drop the forums and take a planeshift vacation, as I said, I talked to Xordan and its gonna be a awhile. :surrender:
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I just want to see how it works...I've played several MMOs and this one looks cool. Best of all its features is that it's free, I must say.
Looking forward to trying it out guys! Good luck.
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Even though it's not finished, I can easily say it's worth it MC. I've only played for three days, maybe a total of 5-8 hours ingame if I am lucky. From what I have seen in such a very short time has gotten me hooked. :) May not mean much to anyone, but Im hard to hook in less than 10 hrs. Can't wait till it comes back. :D
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It costs something like 80 us dollars to buy a single copy of Spinrite, a tool I have used for years to fix hard drive issues.
Unlike peter norton and others that sold out to symantec and microsoft, this tool has fixed machines ten times its worth.
And Steve Gibson though not offering "free trial" etc on his flagship product offers tons of free utilities on his website to compensate.
So we should get the Singapore techs to say have you tried spinrite?
i will send 2 usd to PS if others will to use Spinrite on our server.
I miss Planeshift
keywords: twit.it, grc.com,
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I don't think that the hard drive is necessarily the problem. The hard drive is an easy failure to explain, an I believe we would have been told if it was that rather than just a failure.
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I talked to Xordan just a seconed ago over email, he said he was almost possitive something failed, but depending on what it is, it could be tommorow, could be next week, no one knows.
Now that's bad service from the server hoster. Hardware problems should be fixed within the hour normally, within six hours on weekends or when there are not enough hands available for other reasons, and within two days if it's difficult to find out what exactly failed and they don't want to replace the hardware.
Well, the current state is that laanx.fragnetics.com does not respond to pings, so either the server or the switches and routers that connect it to the Internet have some hardware failure. This has been the case for more than two days, so Fragnetics is either not half as competent as they say, or PlaneShift is very, very low priority for them.
Either way, I'd start looking for another sponsor. I can recommend several hosters with excellent service in Germany and an willing to contact them if that's desired; I'm pretty sure there are other in the world.
The alternative may be that the hard disk failed and the PS guys are struggling to get the data back because the last backup is weeks old. (I don't say it is so, it's just the only other possibility that I can imagine. In that case, I'm pretty sure the PS team will make sure they have a daily backup and a quick set-up plan for future hardware outages.)
It costs something like 80 us dollars to buy a single copy of Spinrite, a tool I have used for years to fix hard drive issues.
You need physical access to the machine to insert the boot medium and run Spinrite.
I don't think a trip to Singapore is a realistic option for a low-budget project like Planeshift :-)
Depending on what exactly went wrong, Spinrite may or may not be of help. If the problem is a bad block, Spinrite is just the right tool for the right job; however, given the suddenness of the outage, I suspect it's a faulty motherboard component, or a drive that refuses to spin up. In both cases, Spinrite is useless.
In the wake of hardware corruption, PS could have a corrupted file system. You'll need yet another set of tools to fix that.
(It *would* be helpful if the PS team said a bit more about the exact nature of the problem, some people here obviously have practical experience with various types of failure and can offer advice.)
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I think we all have to remember that our wonderful little rock is totally free, and as well as being open sourced, but we as a community while enjoying the game are in fact beta testers and that we should accept the fact that things do break. it is my understanding fragnitics as been kind enough to offer there services at no cost and while this may put us on the lower end of priority. it does put the game in a higher end of afford ability, ( to sleepy to spell right)
So on these facts alone they got my vote , thanks fragnitics and the planeshift team for your commitment and I hope things will get back up soon. \\o// \\o// \\o//
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I don't think a trip to Singapore is a realistic option for a no-budget project like Planeshift :-)
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*Fixed* :D
For those getting antsy because the server's down, I would like to point something out:
The FA servers were down (http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22182) for roughly a full MONTH due to hardware issues, and the fixes were (expensive) out-of-pocket expenses, for a free site, no less. Donations were taken, and between those and paid ads on-site, the needed assets were invested and the hardware restored.
Stop and think about that for a moment.
Even with donations and paid ads, it took a full month for the site to come back online.
It's only been a couple days for us. So relax, pull up a lounge chair, and kick back. :)
Laanx will return to us in due time - until then, stewing and throwing around the usual tired suggestions won't help anyone.
/me offers cookies for those actually bothering to read this post *
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t's only been a couple days for us. So relax, pull up a lounge chair, and kick back. Smiley
Laanx will return to us in due time - until then, stewing and throwing around the usual tired suggestions won't help anyone.
* Kieve offers cookies for those actually bothering to read this post *
got milk? O--)
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it is my understanding fragnitics as been kind enough to offer there services at no cost and while this may put us on the lower end of priority. it does put the game in a higher end of afford ability,
I didn't realize that Fragnetics provided the server for free. That makes a LOT more sense, then. If I were the PS devs and I were paying for a server, a couple of days of downtime would, frankly, tick me off. For a free server... then I'd have to say, 'hey, you get what you pay for' and relax. As it is, I don't pay for PS--so I'm relaxed anyway. XD
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/me offers cookies for those actually bothering to read this post *
/me holds out his hands for cookies *
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I love how some people can speculatate and give advice about hardware issues with a server that's probably 1000's of miles away from them ;D
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For those getting antsy because the server's down, I would like to point something out:
The FA servers were down (http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22182) for roughly a full MONTH due to hardware issues, and the fixes were (expensive) out-of-pocket expenses, for a free site, no less.
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Even with donations and paid ads, it took a full month for the site to come back online.
The main problem wasn't fixing the hardware, it was that they had to pay for fixing it.
Usually, you rent a server, then the hosting provider is responsible for replacing broking hardware.
I think Planeshift needs a spare server, ready to step in if the main server fails.
I won't hold it against Fragnetics if they sponsor just the main server (I'd be extremely ungrateful if I did!), but in that case the PS team should start looking for a spare server sponsor.
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I think they are suffering far more than just a simple piece of hard drive failure - their own website Fragnatics only came back online [barely] yesterday 1/9/08... and the links on it were all agog... Perhaps we are all too eager to want what is given free as if it were paid for?
Having a second Hosting Server is not as simple as it sounds - it would have to be sycranised somehow I am guessing...
Lolitra goes back to entering competitions and reading 'stuff'.
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What luck! The day I arrive it goes down? Oh well...back to Oberin for a while. I'll return to try this out.
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/me sets out chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, and a pitcher of milk with glasses *
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I think they are suffering far more than just a simple piece of hard drive failure - their own website Fragnatics only came back online [barely] yesterday 1/9/08... and the links on it were all agog...
Ah, I didn't notice Fragnetics themselves being in trouble.
If that's the case, they'll probably be struggling for a while.
It raises an eyebrow to see no mention of trouble on their news page though. If we knew what hit Fragnetics we'd know whether we should return to Planeshift in hours, days, or weeks...
Perhaps we are all too eager to want what is given free as if it were paid for?
Just frustration at not being able to play.
In several cases frustration at not being able to help with make it happen.
Having a second Hosting Server is not as simple as it sounds - it would have to be sycranised somehow I am guessing...
Yes, synchronizing would require some work.
However, it can be done, and there's no rocket science involved.
Here's how:
Replicating the software would require setting up the check-in procedure so that the spare always gets an update whenever the main server is updated. If these updates go through some script (which is one of the first things multi-developer projects set up, usually), it's easy to make that script update the spare server along with the main one.
Replicating the database would require setting up a database on the spare and configuring it as a "slave" of the main server's database. I don't know what laanx.fragnetics.com uses, but if it's Mysql, this has been available for some time now :-)
As a final touch, the spare server should undergo some smoke testing. Nothing more embarassing than a spare that immediately crashes when it's supposed to fire up. To test, cut the stream of updates from the main server with a firewall rule and see whether the spare starts accepting connections from clients (those clients would also have to be cut off from main with a firewall rule).
Kieve, I'm ready to accept the milk and cookies now :-)
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And *I* was mourning about missing XML report files.
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I'll add strawberries, in case the Letter Z returns in the meantime.
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Yes, synchronizing would require some work.
However, it can be done, and there's no rocket science involved.
Here's how:
Replicating the software would require setting up the check-in procedure so that the spare always gets an update whenever the main server is updated. If these updates go through some script (which is one of the first things multi-developer projects set up, usually), it's easy to make that script update the spare server along with the main one.
Replicating the database would require setting up a database on the spare and configuring it as a "slave" of the main server's database. I don't know what laanx.fragnetics.com uses, but if it's Mysql, this has been available for some time now :-)
As a final touch, the spare server should undergo some smoke testing. Nothing more embarassing than a spare that immediately crashes when it's supposed to fire up. To test, cut the stream of updates from the main server with a firewall rule and see whether the spare starts accepting connections from clients (those clients would also have to be cut off from main with a firewall rule).
Kieve, I'm ready to accept the milk and cookies now :-)
OR they could run the server on somethign more.. stable? like maybe Linux? so if it lcoks up it can simply be restarted without restarting the server itself and losing all connection to it
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From http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=28600.0 (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=28600.0)
» Q: What are the specs of the Laanx server box?
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* 2x Dual Core Xeon 3.0ghz (4 logical)
* 2GB ram
* 320gb WD RE2
* Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron LTS
It seems linux alone doesn't help.... ;)
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From http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=28600.0 (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=28600.0)
» Q: What are the specs of the Laanx server box?
A:
* 2x Dual Core Xeon 3.0ghz (4 logical)
* 2GB ram
* 320gb WD RE2
* Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron LTS
It seems linux alone doesn't help.... ;)
well theres your problem, you think you can run a server on 2 gigs of RAM? my computer has 2 gigs of RAM, and also its not running the server edition of Hardy? LIKE COME ON PEOPLE!
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Hehehe
First: Ubuntu comes in desktop and server edition. Each version. (www.ubuntu.com)
Second: Yes, you can run the server with 2 GB. Especially with Linux.
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well theres your problem, you think you can run a server on 2 gigs of RAM? my computer has 2 gigs of RAM, and also its not running the server edition of Hardy? LIKE COME ON PEOPLE!
Well, a server can run in considerably less memory than a desktop box, because you're not running a GUI. HardyHeron 8.04 needs 128 MB for itself. :)
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Yes you can run a server on 2 GB, but that's an infinitesimal amount when it comes to MMOs. Hard to say what all in the game suffers from lack of system memory on the host.
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ahhh, linux would probably run it decently with 512 mb's. Vista wouldn't run it well unless it had 8 gb. The regular ubuntu also seems pretty buggy though, and I imagine the server version is built much better to handle stuff like a game server than a regular version of linux.
Seriously though, reading through the posts since I last came I am rolling on the ground laughing. Thanks for making this extremely hysterical waiting for the server to come back. :P
Seeing how swell the client runs on windows vista though, I imagine the server runs pretty well too. Linux is just an addition! Of course, I do have 4 gb of ram.... Well, 3 since only 3 works with vista 32 bit.
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Why do you need to install the server edition?
It only comes down to the choice of packages in the end.
Admittedly I would have an other choice than ubuntu, but ubuntu is not all bad ;)
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i have ubuntu, i can run it on 512megs of RAM but its a server, the more RAM the better, especially when it comes to MMOs
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Since this has gone SERIOUSLY :offtopic: I'll add my 2 trias...
Ubuntu wouldn't be my first choice... but it really all does come down to packages and keeping them up-to-date... any non-essential packages should be disabled, thus not requiring any RAM.
Also, 2 GB for a dedicated server machine is usually quite adequate, unless there is a LOT of database activity. Where there is substantial database activity, the more RAM that can be dedicated to holding queries or buffering harddisk reads is going to increase overall performance.
Now, with that said... who knows what is wrong with the server right now... nobody has given a definite diagnosis. Wild speculation seems to be a substitute for in-game RP at the moment though...
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Now, with that said... who knows what is wrong with the server right now...
Laanx is dead, All hail Talad...
umm I'll get my coat.
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well theres your problem, you think you can run a server on 2 gigs of RAM? my computer has 2 gigs of RAM, and also its not running the server edition of Hardy? LIKE COME ON PEOPLE!
Perhaps you should check this link http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=32355.msg372447#msg372447 to see just how well the current server works with 2 gigs of ram
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Now, with that said... who knows what is wrong with the server right now...
Laanx is dead, All hail Talad...
umm I'll get my coat.
Nah Laanx is ok, (s)he is probably sulking in the stone labyrinth again ;)
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Ok, I am taking my planeshift vacation to find that no one else did, guys get into a huddle and think about this. I talked to Xordan, he said it would be a LONG while, on the main site, says BIG problem. Sittiing here suggesting things we all know will never take place will make the time go 3x slower. Just stay away from this site, look on it once a day maybe for official announcements, and leave it at that. Please stop pretending that this will be back in an hour because it won't. And i'm sure most of you will say "How dare he say it won't be back on, he better find a different game!". But I won't be here to hear that so bye bye! :D
PS. I want my cookies!
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A friend of mine came with a fantasy idea:
Friend: - What if they're simulating a major problem to hide a wipe-out?.. I mean they can, can't they?
Me: - Yes, they can.
Friend: - Why don't you post that idea?
Me: - They'll ban me probbly.
Friend: - It would be fun.
Me: - Yeah, maybe but I'd be punished. And surely someone will say that our trias are safe, that the info is mirrored from Singapore to Katmandu or sumthn..
Friend: - What if they don't?
Me: - Bah! Shut up!
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Just kiddn' .. please don't get mad at my friend
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Lol, I am still laughing at this. My reason for not leaving this site is because I am trying to get to know the planeshift members since I am new. However I think I am getting a strange side of them, not there usual. So I might take you up on your offer.
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Strange there hasn't been an official announcement. Rumors maybe?
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I agree...Joe, why hasn't Xordan told us this himself?
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Some of us you are seeing in normal light, others not...
We are all a little anxious about the server being down. One thing that is common, is for there to not be a lot of news coming from the people officially connected to the game. This is improving, hence the original post from Xordan, but this is a normal passtime when things are down. Sitting here pondering the answers to the questions of the PS universe and how all could be made better... if only...
So... sit back, relax, and PLEASE don't take things too seriously here...
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Exactly!!!! hop on the IRC with us at #Planeshift and have fun!!!! ;D
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/me distributes more cookies. *
Sit tight and play nice. :D Maybe if we're good, the GMs will think of something new for us to play with...?
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OMG, PLEASE get the server up soon, I can't even function without it. I can't pay attention in school, I've barely eaten since the server is down, I had to try hard not to cry in class today, but when I got on the bus to go home, it all came out and people laughed at me. My only friends are on planeshift, all the kids at school are dumb, I had to take three times the recommended sleeping pill dose just to get a half decent sleep last night, PLEEEEEASE get the server running, PLEASE!!! I haven't complained since the beginning, but I'm a mess now, please just do it for me, PLEASE!!!
lol, I'm just kidding, but this post was inspired by a lot of people on this forum... PLEASE, guys... Lighten up! lol
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I would happily donate $150 USD now, and then donate $20 USD per month on an automatic basis, if it would allow the PlaneShift team to purchase decent server hosting. If there are enough others that have gainful employment and would be interested in voluntarily contributing some similar amounts, I don't see why they should ignore this as a possibile course of action for the future of the server.
I have spoken to several others already who would be willing to put forth money each month for a reliable PlaneShift server. Please consider this as a possibility. Free is not always the best choice.
If enough people were willing to donate, there would end up being be a substantial safety buffer in the bank, to handle any unforseen costs. The PlaneShift server running from its current Singapore host is out for weeks each year and the techs there don't even service servers on weekends. It seems that relying on donations would be substantially more reliable than relying on the current hosting setup.
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while being self employed and not having a reliable paycheck I would be willing to kick in a monthly stipend for the cause, should it help.
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server is dead?
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Not dead. Just badly wounded. They are trying to nurture it's wounds right now, so please keep checking back every once and a while for it to be fully healed. If only we had some elven servers with healing powers.
Who likes my symbolism, if you can call it that. Lol, it's more whatever giving human characteristics to a non-human form thing. I was bad at literature. :P
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it's more whatever giving human characteristics to a non-human form thing. I was bad at literature. :P
Personifying. I got A plusses in creative writing in elementary, but then in high school I discovered the joys of cutting class (don't skip school, kiddies - it'll mess your career up!) >_>;;;
Anyway...yeah, if I was making more money I'd contribute, but the whole reason I sign up to FREE games is that they're free. Plus, right now, most of the money I make is reserved for college. In college, I'm going to take art and animation courses, and if I'm still on PS by the time I'm confident in my skills, I'll probably have joined the team at some point, thus contributing my work rather than my money, anyway. Also, the server has been mostly reliable so far - bashing it for being broken is like telling someone they suck because they broke their leg. Yay for personification!
Also, I agree with Edig. Join #planeshift!
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it's more whatever giving human characteristics to a non-human form thing. I was bad at literature. :P
Personifying. I got A plusses in creative writing in elementary, but then in high school I discovered the joys of cutting class (don't skip school, kiddies - it'll mess your career up!) >_>;;;
Anyway...yeah, if I was making more money I'd contribute, but the whole reason I sign up to FREE games is that they're free. Plus, right now, most of the money I make is reserved for college. In college, I'm going to take art and animation courses, and if I'm still on PS by the time I'm confident in my skills, I'll probably have joined the team at some point, thus contributing my work rather than my money, anyway. Also, the server has been mostly reliable so far - bashing it for being broken is like telling someone they suck because they broke their leg. Yay for personification!
Also, I agree with Edig. Join #planeshift!
It's called anthropomorphism
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I would happily donate $150 USD now, and then donate $20 USD per month on an automatic basis, if it would allow the PlaneShift team to purchase decent server hosting.
I second that, though I am not quite sure about the amount. Bue that is more a matter of my personal income that change from month to month.
If there are enough others that have gainful employment and would be interested in voluntarily contributing some similar amounts, I don't see why they should ignore this as a possibile course of action for the future of the server.
And that is the main problem of it all. *If* there are enough people. While I think some *would* pay, I fear too many would not. Look at things like "giftware", it just doesn't seem to work so well. That's not to say, that they couldn't give it a try, though.
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I'd be willing to do $5.00 a month ongoing... (I'm a teacher... I don't get paid well...)
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:o What did he say? W-i-p-e ? ... Kill Waoknie! >:(
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:innocent: Not seriously. :flowers:
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Having read all the posts on this thread:
"If you have nothing to say, then say nothing."
The idea of donations is a good one, but should not be mandatory. Those like myself who could afford a small donation will do so gladly. It should not be like other games out there asking for, "Donations", on a monthly basis etc. Lets make this clear.
Also remember Fragnetics offer the server AND the pipe, (connection), that we all connect to for FREE. This mighty generous of them & I for one thank them for it. Ok its a tad unstable & down sometimes. But its free.
Dragnoor
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I have nothing to say! And I want to say it loud!
Where is the server
Where is the server
la la la la la la la
Where is the server
Where is the server
la la la la la la la
(sung to the tune of "La Cucaracha")
I, for one, love all the posts in the thread. If we cannot be crabby here, along with the perpetually cheery and admonishing posts (who are those people???), where can we do it??? I mean, my friends have no sympathy for me in my Yliakum banishment. So, keep it coming, I say. It would be really nice to have an update from the fraggy people though. Or someone who has a clue. Just so I know if I should make actual plans for the weekend, with actual real life people.
Anyway. I'll take some cookies now and be quiet./me gobbles up cookies
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Oh, great, now I can't get your song out of my head X-/
/me can't but agree to the post while singing in an endless loop
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Hey i just got on the game for 20 mins and killed some trepors. Everything seemed ok and how it was when i last played on friday :D
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Server is indeed back up, locking thread
Edit: in fact up and down like a yoyo please be patient and it will stabilise, leaving this thread locked though
Edit 2: It is now stuck at the bottom of the yoyo string until someone rewinds it
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Yes, the devs are in contact with Fragnetics.
No, there is nothing the devs can do at this time other than wait along side you all for our server to be available.
We are currently waiting on Fragnetics to finish diagnosing hardware issues. Please no more posts bashing the devs or our hosting service. We will pass along any information as we learn new things, and all we currently know is that it is a hardware issue.
I come to read the forums to stay in touch with the community, and I have been very displeased with some of the things I have read. Please remember we are all in the same situation. A very nice thanks though, to all of you who have been patient and supportive. I miss the server as well, and I eagerly await its return.
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At this time we have not learned anything new from Fragnetics. If we do someone will post again.
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"Our world is back!" -Talad
"IT WORKS!" -fragnetics
We are pleased to say that Laanx is now up (for the time being). There may be some instability yet. Thank you for your patience and devotion to PlaneShift. We are proud to have a community full of such wonderful people. We would also like to thank Fragnetics for working hard to solve this problem. With that said...
Game on!
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What was/is the exact problem with the server?
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From what I've heard in the community it was a physical problem with the server.
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There was a problem with overheating. One of the server's CPUs burned up. The server has been up for one hour now.
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Apparently whatever is used to verify new accounts still isn't working.
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Anyone know when that will be working, or if an admin can manually verify accounts in the meantime?
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site is working here, it just might take a little while for things like dns to update if the ip address changed in anyway.
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actually, a bug I found with the account verification system, it refuses to send verifications to certain email systems. I dont know if this is true for everyone, but it wouldn't send the email to my comcast account, but it worked with my gmail account within minutes. My friend has msn mail, it works for him as well. so try with a different account, if you havent already :D
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I had a similar problem, I tried to send it to my spam email on hot mail, but it wouldn't send, but it did send to my g mail.
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"Our world is back!" -Talad
"IT WORKS!" -fragnetics
We are pleased to say that Laanx is now up (for the time being). There may be some instability yet. Thank you for your patience and devotion to PlaneShift. We are proud to have a community full of such wonderful people. We would also like to thank Fragnetics for working hard to solve this problem. With that said...
Game on!
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We are pleased to say that Laanx is now up
That's fantastic! \\o// Hooray for the whole team, Fragnetics and ourselves: We can now continue wasting time in our favorite manner ;)
Now if only I could play while at work, have to wait until tonight to play... ;D
Another thought: Would it be premature to update www.planeshift.it ?? It still says "At the moment you cannot play PlaneShift."
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At last i can see how the game is \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o//
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there is a problem i start Planeshift and the server doesn't respond. can anyone tell me why?
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Have you checked http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=21401.0 (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=21401.0)? Especially the firewall section? But according to http://laanx.fragnetics.com (http://laanx.fragnetics.com) the server is up an running
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Locking
Any problems please post in the relavant forum