Topic: Hardcore XC server going up with new settings

[Pestalence_XC]

Well, so far tested Met_7patrol, Met_10patrol, Met_17PatrolEnemy, and Met_17Patrol and the server has not crashed.. I think the script causing the crash is Met_10PatrolEnemy which has been pulled..

I will find the older replacement to the script and stick it back in.

[Pestalence_XC]

OK here is the current list of mission scripts that are now going into the Hardcore server.

If any of these scripts are bugging.. please post them for me to remove

The script that was causing the server to crash had hopefully been removed..

I have Exact Mission Name turned on, so before going into a mission, please take note of the script name and if it bugs .. report it back here so I can remove it..

0="Met_1Scout.scr"
1="Met_2HoldingAction.scr"
2="Met_3Ambushee.scr"
3="Met_4Ambusher.scr"
4="Met_5FleetAction.scr"
5="Met_6Patrol.scr"
6="Met_7BaseAssault.scr"
7="Met_8ShipAssault.scr"
8="Met_9PlanetaryAssault.scr"
9="Met_10Patrol.scr"
10="Met_11ConvoyRaid.scr"
11="Met_12ConvoyEscort.scr"
12="Met_13Monster.scr"
13="Met_14Enigma.scr"
14="Met_15BaseDefense.scr"
15="Met_16ShipDefense.scr"
16="Met_17Patrol.scr"
17="Met_18HomeworldAssault.scr"
18="Met_StarbaseConstruction.scr"
19="Met_19Scan.scr"
20="Met_20SupriseR.scr"
21="Met_21DistressCall.scr"
22="Met_22Diplomat.scr"
23="Met_23Quarters.scr"
24="Met_25SuperFleet.scr"
25="Met_26AsteroidAssualt.scr"
26="Met_27AsteroidDefense.scr"
27="Met_28Negotiation.scr"
28="Met_29Recharge.scr"
29="Met_30Salvage.scr"
30="Met_31Epicenter.scr"
31="Met_ED17Training.scr"
32="Met_ED5PlayerFleet.scr"
33="Met_ED10PiratesInTheMiddle.scr"
34="Met_ED10Colonization.scr"
35="Met_ED10FleetAssault.scr"
36="Met_ED10Monster.scr"
37="Met_ED10Patrol.scr"
38="Met_NW2HoldingAction.scr"
39="Met_ED17Patrol.scr"
40="Met_ED17PatrolAllied.scr"
41="Met_ED17PatrolEnemy.scr"
42="Met_EDDisengageEnemy.scr"
43="Met_EDDisengagePlayer.scr"
44="Met_EDPlayerPatrol.scr"
45="Met_EDWarpBaseAssault.scr"
46="Met_NW7ConvoyRaid.scr"
47="Met_NW7CourierIntercept.scr"
48="Met_NW7OutpostSweep.scr"
49="Met_NW7Scout.scr"
50="Met_NW7TheGauntlet.scr"
51="Met_NW16PlanetDefense.scr"
51="Met_NW18HomeworldAssault.scr"
53="Met_NWBasePlacement.scr"
54="Met_NW7BaseStationAssault.scr"
55="Met_NW7BattleStationAssault.scr"
56="Met_NW7Scan.scr"
57="Met_NW7StarbaseAssault.scr"
58="Met_NW8ShipAssault.scr"
59="Met_NW9PlanetaryAssault.scr"
60="Met_NW9TimedAssault.scr"
61="Met_NW11ConvoyRaid.scr"
62="Met_NW12ConvoyEscort.scr"
63="Met_NW14Enigma.scr"
64="Met_NW16ShipDefense.scr"
65="Met_NW19Scan.scr"
66="Met_NW26AsteroidAssault.scr"
67="Met_NW27AsteroidDefense.scr"
68="Met_NWAlliedBaseDefense.scr"
69="Met_NWAlliedPatrol.scr"
70="Met_NWAlliedPlanetDefense.scr"
71="Met_DizzyAssault.scr"
72="Met_DizzyHvyAssault.scr"
73="Met_DizzyPatrol.scr
74="Met_DizzyPatrolEnemy.scr"
75="Met_DizzyStargate.scr"
76="Met_NWEnemyPatrol.scr"
77="Met_NWOneOnOne.scr"
78="Met_NWPlanetAssault.scr"
79="Met_NWPlayerBaseDefense.scr"
80="Met_NWPlayerPatrol.scr"
81="Met_NWPlayerPlanetDefense.scr"
82="Met_NWStarbaseAssault.scr"
83="Met_NW1Scout.scr"


Thanks

Also if you don't have the NW scripts they can be located at http://www3.telus.net/NuclearWessels/sfc/downloads/NWPack.exe

These scripts have been added to the Hardcore server this evening to give players many more options when playing.

[Pestalence_XC]

Just pulled Met_ED6Patrol for incorrect DV shifting.

[Pestalence_XC]

OK.. done messing with the server for now.. Please log in and play.. report scripting errors to this thread so that I can removed bugged scripts.. Pay attention to the script name before you go into mission so that you can give me exact script name that is messing up.

Thanks.

I will let the server run for a while on XPSP 3 before I swap it back over to Vista 64.

[FPF-Paladin]

Will do, and will take notes on mission as I enter it...

[Pestalence_XC]

The server just crashed when Lear was taking a mission.. I don't know which one.. but his choices were

Met_13Monster
Met_17patrol

Lear, if you read this, can you post which mission you accepted.. It seemed the server crashed on Generating AI for the script.

[Corbomite]

Well that didn't take long. Very first mission tonight was a Met_ED Fleet Action, same nebula hex as before. Different ships involved, but exactly the same senario I described above. I had to do a hard reboot this time to get out of it.

The weird thing is I don't remember any issues with these missions on The Forge.

[Pestalence_XC]

Pulled Met_ED5FleetAssault

Restarting server on Vista 64 bit so TV Tuner can record Basttlestar Galactica and Dr. Who.

[Pestalence_XC]

Server back up on Vista now.

[FPF-Paladin]

Excellent!

Have brews handy and a pen and paper... I'll log on at some point (trolling my way through various forums at the moment.. don't call us ninjas for nothing!) and be sure to take down anything strange.

[Lear]

the mission I seem to crash on is the Met_13Monster.scr
has happen twice now also server down agian

[FPF-Tobin Dax]

Sorry, but every time that I've logged on in the last 24 hours, I have only seen the boneyard and straays' on the campaign selector and I have refreshed it a few times. That's enough for me. 

[Pestalence_XC]

the mission I seem to crash on is the Met_13Monster.scr
has happen twice now also server down agian

Met_13Monster.scr has been pulled. It locked the server up hard.

[Pestalence_XC]

Sorry, but every time that I've logged on in the last 24 hours, I have only seen the boneyard and straays' on the campaign selector and I have refreshed it a few times. That's enough for me.

Sorry Dax, I can't stay up 24 hours at a time like I use to. The script Lear took locked the server up hard and the Process Sentential could not close it out and restart it.

I pulled the script that he locked up on and now the server is running again..

the purpose of this thread is to help trouble shoot the server kit and to remove troublesome scripts and bugged scripts.

Your help would be most appreciated and I am sorry that the server has been down when you try to log on.. hopefully the offending scripts are now removed and it won't lock up again.. but it may lock up in 5 min and I have to pull another script.. However I won't know what needs to be fixed unless  people help me by testing it out.

The server is a bit rocky at the moment.. but as people test and post, the server will get smoother and smoother until it is nothing but fun.

I do truly appreciate you trying to get on the server.. now that 3 troublesome scripts have been pulled, it will remain online for a while.

[FPF-Tobin Dax]

Sorry, but every time that I've logged on in the last 24 hours, I have only seen the boneyard and straays' on the campaign selector and I have refreshed it a few times. That's enough for me.

Sorry Dax, I can't stay up 24 hours at a time like I use to. The script Lear took locked the server up hard and the Process Sentential could not close it out and restart it.

I pulled the script that he locked up on and now the server is running again..

the purpose of this thread is to help trouble shoot the server kit and to remove troublesome scripts and bugged scripts.

Your help would be most appreciated and I am sorry that the server has been down when you try to log on.. hopefully the offending scripts are now removed and it won't lock up again.. but it may lock up in 5 min and I have to pull another script.. However I won't know what needs to be fixed unless  people help me by testing it out.

The server is a bit rocky at the moment.. but as people test and post, the server will get smoother and smoother until it is nothing but fun.

I do truly appreciate you trying to get on the server.. now that 3 troublesome scripts have been pulled, it will remain online for a while.

I know you're doing what you can. It's just not working out for me and I don't have the time to check that frequently anymore.

[marstone]

I know you're doing what you can. It's just not working out for me and I don't have the time to check that frequently anymore.

Truthfully it doesn't work out great for me either (I only have two days a week and limited hours on those days right now to play)

And yes it is anoying to fireup the game ready to play and the server is not there.

But heck, that is the nature of the beast.  I have only spent a couple minutes to let the program fire up and check it out.  When I have the time to check it isn't that big a deal (personal thought if you don't have time to check if the server is up, you really don't have time to play on a HC server as some mission can last over an hour if you end up against a big ship).

So I'll keep giving it a shot when I can.  Some time flying is better then none IMHO.

[Pestalence_XC]

The good news is that the server has not crashed at all today.. that is a good sign.. hopefully the problem mission are gone.. all that is left now is to debug the remaining scripts for PP payout and DV shifting.. and if the mission is working as it is suppose to.

If I can get mission reports on what is not working correctly, I will start stripping those missions out as well..

Once that is done, I will have a competent server kit in which to launch a big campaign.. D.Net is wanting to run a massive campaign and this server is the foundation for it.. Frey and I discussed this a week or so ago.. we are going to work out a storyline and adopt rule sets from previous servers and tweak them out a bit.. the time frame on the server will be extended out some due to the difficulty level and newer ships coming out will take a bit longer to produce.. however with the cost to fix your ship and resupply, it will take a while for you to be able to afford a newer class of ship..

That is where Bonus PP comes in from advancing in rank.. that is the major clencher on this.. If you don't lose your ships And you can minimize damage to your ship and save PP, when you do make a rank, you should have enough to buy that bigger ship and load it out pretty well.. I am trying to get all aspects of the server to work somewhat in harmony as well as be challenging in both AI and PVP..

From what I see, most of you agree that the 2 min AI wash and repeat does not happen on this server.. that you actually have to battle your way through... Taking almost as much time as a PVP mission.. That is the goal since I have seen so many posts about hexflippers and so forth.. this should bring those issues to a head.. There shouldn't be 2 people playing PVP while 5 others run P v AI 2 min battle to flip a VP hex.. now the AI missions will take 7 min + to run and that should help even out the hexflippers.

There is a method to my madness, and plans are in the works.. but before any of that can come to fruition, The server has to work and the scripts have to work.

and I thank all of you who try out my server for helping me make it work and helping me make it fun.

[Pestalence_XC]

Just restarted my system.. had to get an update for it.. sorry for the disruption of the server.. but it is back up now.

[marstone]

Can't find it on the server lists.   

[Pestalence_XC]

Try again.. I think my firewall glitched.. I was adjusting settings.. Please try again.. that was my fault.