EDIT: As of the morning of the 8th at 2:46pm we are suing a flatfile DB and everything is running well. Rest of this post below is old.
Bonk knocked it outta the park with his OCI, huh? The two of us had some slick stuff working there... and player feedback was nothing but positive. But alas, we are a ways off from being able to really use it yet. As we all know SQL is almost there, and some more good news is that with such a heavy initial player load, a problem was revealed that will now be fixed. Bad news is that there are two other problems that we cannot fix without a code adjustment from magnuman and then several more tests.
Good news is that we will continue this server, but on flatfile. We are anticipating a stable server with upwards of 30 people. We will try to have it ready by tomorrow evening or whenever Bonk gets it to work. Here is what we are planning:
1) Server will resume at stardate 2267, it was 2266.
2) Everyone will start off in cruisers with 10k in the bank.
3) Some special ships not able to be purchased will be assigned to those that need them.
4) The map will retain current (as of an hour ago or so) hex ownership and base information. We will TRY to maintain hex DV as well.
5) Embassy bases in other friendly empires will now have a Colony World (unarmed planet) there.
6) Base Station missions will be included in the new installer and BS pricing will be around 20k, Bats 30k, SB 40k and all bases will now be destructible.
7) Planet Heavy Assault missions will have their 3 Bats reduced to 2 and FF will be removed.
8 ) 3x FF missions will be removed. Convoy Raid will be removed.
9) You will need to D/L a new installer.
10) We will still have a Webmap current to the last turn with full features.
11) We can still assign ships so we will still use the 'Keep what you capture' feature, although it may be a day before such ships will be assigned.
Without OCI and SQL, everyone will need to make each one account for every friendly race they want to fly. You no longer have to match your forums email to the GSA email.
Web warping using the OCI to change your characters hex position on the map is gone so you'll just have to fly hex by hex to get where you are going.
Ship buying will have to be done thru the shipyards now and will not be instant. It will take 4 minutes or less to get new ships from the shipyards.
Transferring races, covered that above, you'll need 4 accounts one for each race or more if u want...
Well, I'm gonna miss the OCI, but I'm looking forward to a stable server packed with people. Hats off to Bonk for showing us what's in store for this game in the not too distant future.
See you all tomorrow night!
Topic: Slave Girls 6 is UP and has a New DL. We are using a Flatfile DB Now. (Read 10573 times)