Server down for maintenance - April 27, 2008

[steuben]

well there is the video tour of the game:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-9063142207222091256

and you can also read through a few stories in the story forum

[Sen]

Cahngui!? 

Nice to see you around! 

* Sen captures the thread to yay about Cahngui's return, too 

[Shader]

Hello everyone! I just downloaded the game today, and noticed that the server is down when i tryed to create an account. It's good to see that there are many people out there playing this game. I found this game while searching for a MMORPG game for my laptop runing Ubuntu 8.04  I can't wait to play it, i watched the video it looks awesome! Hope i won't have any video problems with my crappy Intel GFX processor.

[Dajoji]

Already read it, start to finish

Great. Try these now:

http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=21480.0 - Getting Started in Game
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=31231.0 - Quick Start Guide (checklist)
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=21677.0 - Game FAQs
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=23096.0 - PS Acronym and Slang List
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=29639.0 - Naming Policy
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=21538.0 - Players Policy - Must Read!
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=24025.0 - Community Guide to RP

[LuxInTenebris]

Jesus...I've already read about 4 books today. Are you people just trying to drown me in literature??!!!

[XWNI]

Hello,

Just wondering...  how goes the upgrade*..

...Is the server likely to be back soon, or is it now going to be out of action for some time?

XW

*edit* -- it *is* an upgrade right?, or are you repairing something?

[steuben]

soon(tm). always soon(tm) but the folk are workign on it so chould be up soon.

[LuxInTenebris]

Patience is a virtue,
And virtue is a grace,
But when these two should coincide
They slap each other's face.

[Xordan]

Yes it is an upgrade and it's going well. ETA is in the next 12 hours or so - it's a rather big upgrade so we need to set up everything again.

[LuxInTenebris]

Oh fiddlesticks! But good luck chaps, keep soldiering on....

[elois]

Yes it is an upgrade and it's going well. ETA is in the next 12 hours or so - it's a rather big upgrade so we need to set up everything again.

Glad to hear things are going well.  but 6-8 is now around 22 hours from start to finish.  Happy to wait, and thanks.  Hmm, i wonder whats involved.  an os reinstall is about an hour, plus setup, another hour, then setting up the server software, and other necessary tidbits.  are you guy's coding while upgrading?  Sorting out incompatibility issues?  I also notices the laanx site is down, are you guy's upgrading that site too?  What ever the case, always appreciate the updates you guy's post.
Regards,
Elois

[Xordan]

It's a bit more complicated than 'an hour here, an hour there' We have many gb's of data to transfer, convert, import etc. Most of it is done, we just need to sort out the last few things and get the DNS updated. Plus as usual there's a limited number of people with access to work on it, and when they sleep everything stops.

[LuxInTenebris]

Sleep? SLEEP?!
Do not be nonsensical!
Developers do not sleep.
They live on coffee, cigarettes and their own forum superiority

[zorbels]

They live on coffee, cigarettes and their own forum superiority

Don't forget they live on the adrenaline from the rage they feel for those players who whine all the time! 

[LuxInTenebris]

For the record I have absolutely not whined atall in my many, many, MANY forum posts (all twelve of them)