Topic: AOTK4 is up (mostly . . . ) (Read 5544 times)

FPF-DieHard · « **on:** May 31, 2008, 11:18:35 am »

It's up running flatfile, we'll try to convert to an SQL database later on if this is at all possible.

Nemesis · « **Reply #1 on:** May 31, 2008, 02:02:27 pm »

Just to make it easier to find:

A link to the download courtesy of knightstorm

The official download link (that wasn't working for some of us earlier)

KBFLordKrueg · « **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2008, 02:23:11 pm »

FYI...
It is down at this exact moment, but DH is on it and will have it back up momentarily.

FPF-DieHard · « **Reply #3 on:** May 31, 2008, 02:43:51 pm »

Quote from: KBFLordKrueg on May 31, 2008, 02:23:11 pm

FYI...
It is down at this exact moment, but DH is on it and will have it back up momentarily.

Nope, something big is broken. No servers are showing in the Campaign selector.

Lepton · « **Reply #4 on:** May 31, 2008, 02:45:40 pm »

Thanks for your efforts, DH. Looks to be in the hands of the hardware admins at this point.

KBFLordKrueg · « **Reply #5 on:** May 31, 2008, 04:24:10 pm »

We have to wait for DH to get it back up on his machine, and he will be afk for another couple hours (when I last heard from him on TS) as Frey has stated THOR is down, needing time and money to fix
XenoCorp donation thread here, BTW:
http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163379286.0.html
I'm sure DH will post when he returns and get the server back up...Pilots may stand at ease on standby.

Pestalence_XC · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2008, 05:13:52 pm »

If need be, I can put it up flatfile on my end temporarily.. at least until DH gets back online.. I can play and run the server on my system at the same time.. however I rather have full resources for playing.. I took Hardcore down for the duration of ATOK 4 server.. this way, all I have to do is shoot DH the saves from the server kit when he is ready to run it on his end..

Diehard, if you can zip up the server kit, hop on Windows Messenger and transfer me the kit, I will host it until you can take over.

Messenger email contact addy..

starbase001@hotmail.com

Lepton · « **Reply #7 on:** May 31, 2008, 06:04:19 pm »

Are the OP directory servers working? It is our impression that they are not.

As to DH being able to host the server, I believe that he is having a problem with receiving any traffic external to his own network, i.e. no one can access things on his web server and no one could see the dynaverse server when he tried to host it on his own server, so the problem is systemic. He believes that it could be his ISP blocking certain ports or traffic. So I don't think having DH host ATOK4 is an option at this point unless he can figure out what the problem is on his end. Unless there was some other development since the last time I checked this is the state of affairs as I know it to be.

KBF-Crim · « **Reply #8 on:** May 31, 2008, 07:53:48 pm »

The directory server is up...I was just on hardcore...but I got a count down on draft from pesty....

FPF-Tobin Dax · « **Reply #9 on:** May 31, 2008, 07:57:29 pm »

I encountered a blank campaign selector 3 times earlier in the day. Hopefully things are stable tomorrow. RL beckons for now.

KBFLordKrueg · « **Reply #10 on:** May 31, 2008, 07:58:49 pm »

Quote from: FPF-Tobin Dax on May 31, 2008, 07:57:29 pm

I encountered a blank campaign selector 3 times earlier in the day. Hopefully things are stable tomorrow. RL beckons for now.

There were no other servers up, Pesty put his hardcore server back up just to kick around on while we wait.

KBF-Crim · « **Reply #11 on:** May 31, 2008, 08:52:53 pm »

Quote from: KBFLordKrueg on May 31, 2008, 07:58:49 pm

Quote from: FPF-Tobin Dax on May 31, 2008, 07:57:29 pm
I encountered a blank campaign selector 3 times earlier in the day. Hopefully things are stable tomorrow. RL beckons for now.

There were no other servers up, Pesty put his hardcore server back up just to kick around on while we wait.

When I went on...the bone yard and strayy's were both on the list as well...

KBFLordKrueg · « **Reply #12 on:** May 31, 2008, 09:08:59 pm »

I just wish someone would shed some light here...

FA Frey XC · « **Reply #13 on:** May 31, 2008, 09:09:44 pm »

DH, I thought you were going to run it on your Box if THOR proved to be too much of a pain when we talked about this on Teamspeak?

I'm just going to replace this server with a new one, it's too much of a hassel. I'll begin the process of locating a suitable replacement ASAP.

Regards,

P.S. Krueg, you really need to talk to the Campaign admin, and not us here in regards to third party Campaigns being run. Not trying to be anything but realistic, as we can't do squat if THOR isn't acting right and DH doesn't have any other hardware to run the campaign on, unless we need to host it on, say, FREYJA temporarily (it's a quad core)... but DH needs to say something to me about that.

KBFLordKrueg · « **Reply #14 on:** May 31, 2008, 09:10:58 pm »

Quote from: FA_Frey_XC on May 31, 2008, 09:09:44 pm

DH, I thought you were going to run it on your Box if THOR proved to be too much of a pain when we talked about this on Teamspeak?

I'm just going to replace this server with a new one, it's too much of a hassel. I'll begin the process of locating a suitable replacement ASAP.

Regards,

He was having some issue with anyone being able to see it under the campaign selector screen I believe...
He said he would look at it when he got back, which the time stated has long past, so not sure what's going on with that.

KBFLordKrueg · « **Reply #15 on:** May 31, 2008, 09:16:51 pm »

Quote from: FA_Frey_XC on May 31, 2008, 09:09:44 pm

DH, I thought you were going to run it on your Box if THOR proved to be too much of a pain when we talked about this on Teamspeak?

I'm just going to replace this server with a new one, it's too much of a hassel. I'll begin the process of locating a suitable replacement ASAP.

Regards,

P.S. Krueg, you really need to talk to the Campaign admin, and not us here in regards to third party Campaigns being run. Not trying to be anything but realistic, as we can't do squat if THOR isn't acting right and DH doesn't have any other hardware to run the campaign on, unless we need to host it on, say, FREYJA temporarily (it's a quad core)... but DH needs to say something to me about that.

Sorry, was only going by what DH said on TS, that it was some issue with Thor, I had no idea it wasn't running right and DH did not tell me he had spoken to you earlier. Knowing DH being gone for a few hours, I was hoping it was something that someone with admin access to Thor could fix so the server wouldn't just be down for hours.
I really had the best intentions and wasn't trying to bypass anyone. Only after I had talked to Stoney and Pesty did I learn a little more and then I realized we'd have to wait regardless.
Sorry if I was a PITA, but I was unaware of any prior arrangements.

KBF-Crim · « **Reply #16 on:** May 31, 2008, 11:27:58 pm »

What the heck was this thread all about then?

http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163380691.0.html

This is just confusing as hell...I'd be happy to have the forge back..

Ah well...gonna go on the hardcore if it's up...

Pestalence_XC · « **Reply #17 on:** May 31, 2008, 11:34:42 pm »

Hardcore is back up.

FPF-DieHard · « **Reply #18 on:** June 01, 2008, 11:01:29 am »

Quote from: FA_Frey_XC on May 31, 2008, 09:09:44 pm

DH, I thought you were going to run it on your Box if THOR proved to be too much of a pain when we talked about this on Teamspeak?

I'm just going to replace this server with a new one, it's too much of a hassel. I'll begin the process of locating a suitable replacement ASAP.

Regards,

P.S. Krueg, you really need to talk to the Campaign admin, and not us here in regards to third party Campaigns being run. Not trying to be anything but realistic, as we can't do squat if THOR isn't acting right and DH doesn't have any other hardware to run the campaign on, unless we need to host it on, say, FREYJA temporarily (it's a quad core)... but DH needs to say something to me about that.

Weird stuff was going on yesterday with nothing showing in the campaign selector regardless of the hardware the server was run on. I don't think THOR had anything to do with this issue. I'm not sure if that has anything at all to do with Dnet's infrastructure at all or if the "internet" itself was just flaking out. It was running Okay on Thor for about an hour then we started getting some random crashes do to memory errors. I moved it to my hardware, but I was the only person who could see the server in the campaign selector (I could not see any other campaigns). I thought it might have been mu ISP flaking out because I know a lot of people cannot see my webserver anymore so we moved it back to THOR. Once back on THOR, nobody (3 or 4 of us) could see it despite us being able to sign in passes the GSA login. I had no clue WTF was going on and had to go out for the evening.

Dfly · « **Reply #19 on:** June 01, 2008, 06:12:18 pm »

i used the beta version of the download for this. THIS caused a game problem. I could no longer type, nor could I enter my GSA info, nor could the BPV of a hosted game show.
I uninstalled the Beta, only to find the game crashed constantly upon reloading. I truly hope all problems are fixed SOON.

Pestalence_XC · « **Reply #20 on:** June 01, 2008, 06:24:55 pm »

Quote from: Dfly on June 01, 2008, 06:12:18 pm

i used the beta version of the download for this. THIS caused a game problem. I could no longer type, nor could I enter my GSA info, nor could the BPV of a hosted game show.
I uninstalled the Beta, only to find the game crashed constantly upon reloading. I truly hope all problems are fixed SOON.

The problem is not the installation files not is it the server.. it is either your AV or improper patching of the game.

#1, Uninstall the game.

#2, TURN OFF Anti-Virus completely !!! I have over 100 posts on this board stating TURN OFF YOUR ANTI-VIRUS before doing anything else.

#3, re-install SFC-OP, say no to Gamespy Arcade and say no to DirectX and do this with Anti-Virus turned off

#4, Download a fresh copy of the 2.5.5.2 game patch.. Anti-Virus software can corrupt / block the file when downloading.

#5, install the patch with Anti-Virus turned off

#6, Install the directory server update file with Anti-Virus turned off.

#7, Install OP+ v4.0 with Anti-Virus turned off.

#8, Install the AOTK4 MSI file with Anti-Virus turned off.

#9, Go in to your SFC-OP game folder, find the StarfleetOP.exe file, right click, select 'Copy', go to desktop in blank area, right click and select 'Paste Shortcut'. You will use this to launch game.. the shortcut made in the start menu points to the sfcop.exe game file and is MAJORLY BUGGED (which is posted over 100 times on these boards as well)

#10, Update your DirectX to the latest version.. Use the 68.5 MB installer (redistributable) posted by Microsoft March 7, 2008. This will ensure your DirectX is completely reinstalled file by file as well as fix any registry entries that may have been corrupted by other software. Install this with your Anti-Virus turned off. You will first run the file and it will extract to a folder.. then you have to run the Setup.exe file in the folder you extracted to.

You should be able to play on the AOTK server correctly now with your keyboard working and everything. So far I have about 20 people signed into and playing on AOTK 4 without the issues you are describing.. so either the problem is with the server kit and game (which if there were, no one would be able to play).. or you configured your game wrong.

Finally, when playing on the D2, Turn off Anti-Virus to prevent packet loss and turn off Firewall to help prevent anomalous porting errors, unless you are really familiar with configuring firewalls / routers...

It is that easy.. takes about 15 min to be completely set up to play.

Dfly · « **Reply #21 on:** June 02, 2008, 07:59:41 pm »

Just to let everyone know, I now have a game up and running. I dont have it configured for DH campaign yet though.

thx.

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