Update coming.

[Robinmagus]

Weird, the dl usually takes me 10-15 mins.

Anyway, that day in lore aint coming for a good 20 years.

[Ryvis]

All good things come to those who wait.
I think that was a quote from Road Rage on the Genesis...?

[restore]

i can't wait till the new server come out i'm really excited.   

[Myrthe]

ya first things first, im concerned about the server, not the complete game.

[acraig]

Just to give some insight about how things normally progress here's the normal steps we go though.

1) Main server is stopped.
2) All componet source code is updated ( cvs/svn )
3) A full rebuild is started of all components
4) Database updated from an upgrade schema ( thank god for that, since database changes are a total pain )
5) A test client is packaged including new artwork/levels/sounds/whatever
6) New data is loaded into database for new items, equipment, quests, etc.
7) We test on the new server to figure out any obvious issues
8 ) An 'official' client is packaged
9) Data is placed in the updater system
10) Server restarted and released to the playing public.


Right now we are at around stage 5/6

[Farren Kutter]

thanks for the update

[Ryvis]

Sweet! Keep up the good work!

[Farren Kutter]

guess they got done with part 4 right before he fixed his number 8 from being a smiley

[LARAGORN]

Thanks Acraig for the update.
1 question; How many people are involved with step #7 ?
Lets face it there is a lot of area to cover.

[acraig]

Sometimes the steps are not quite in sequence since several of us work on different parts at the same time.  But the server has been rebuilt ok and was running so it's a matter now of making sure the database has any new data that is needed.  We also have an issue with portals ( not real portals, it's an engine portal ) that we are trying to solve before releasing the updated client.

[acraig]

Thanks Acraig for the update.
1 question; How many people are involved with step #7 ?
Lets face it there is a lot of area to cover.

When I say 'obvious' I mean very obvious. Stuff like "OMFG server crashes whenever somebody logs in", that sort of level of testing.  After that we make it public and usually for a few days after that there is a few gigabytes of core dump files because players have found all sorts of new bugs.   So the first week of public release is really our #7.  We also have test case documents that we try to use to make sure stuff that used to work still works. 

[LARAGORN]

Thanks for the quick responce
Good luck on the rest of the testing, and once again, Great work !!

[tssthorn]

Yes I agree good work, first thing I will do is explore. Then I will shout out send it to my email .... lol ... hehe sorry I know bad joke from the other thread. Somtimes I think people get so parenoid about somone explaining somthing even though they don't do it them selves. I mean really come on people like i would do such a thing.

[white_slayer]

i dunno if this already has been answered but if oja road wont be oja road anymore (since of moving) what wil it be called 

[kondrakier]

3066 views in 3 days. I think that 'we are on step 5' part should be stuck topside on this thread.
Thanks for the update acraig.