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Title: Is the game down?
Post by: Rogerthat on May 23, 2017, 04:23:09 PM
Well is it?
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Exen44 on May 23, 2017, 04:24:17 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Rogerthat on May 23, 2017, 04:24:51 PM
Why cant I connect?
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Exen44 on May 23, 2017, 04:36:39 PM
No idea. Something similar happened to me before. Once the entirety of Armageddon crashed on me. I'm talking the game, the forums, the website. Poof. Gone. Then when I finally got back into the game after like twenty minutes everybody told me that it was just me.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: RiftTalon on May 23, 2017, 09:16:17 PM
Yeah, not down for me neither.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Exen44 on May 24, 2017, 01:34:09 PM
It's down now, though.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: gotdamnmiracle on May 26, 2017, 01:50:02 PM
Quote from: Exen44 on May 24, 2017, 01:34:09 PM
It's down now, though.

Is it down now? Because it looks like it's down.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Miradus on May 26, 2017, 01:56:24 PM

You're killing me! Right in the middle of a really good story here!
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Exen44 on May 26, 2017, 01:59:49 PM
It was very much down. It's back up again, though. Bit laggy.

Edit: I suggest you people get Discord and join Armageddon's channel. Can always find out if you're the only one who crashed or not through there.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Riev on May 26, 2017, 02:38:38 PM
What do you mean 'you people'!

Also, I play from work, so being in Discord PROBABLY isn't a good idea.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Exen44 on June 05, 2017, 01:05:48 PM
Just went down like twice today.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Sajoi on June 05, 2017, 08:40:49 PM
Anyone know what's going on with the game..

--- Connected on Monday, June 05, 2017, 5:40 PM ---
Armageddon is full.  There is currently a limit of 1 players.
--- Disconnected on Monday, June 05, 2017, 5:40 PM ---
--- Connected for 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds. ---
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: sleepyhead on June 05, 2017, 08:41:58 PM
Yeah, we're counting down to a reboot right now.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Sajoi on June 05, 2017, 08:43:39 PM
lovely..
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Kialae on June 06, 2017, 01:13:31 AM
Nathvaan bronk it. SHAME.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Riev on June 07, 2017, 12:16:47 PM
:(
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Nathvaan on June 07, 2017, 01:24:21 PM
Quote from: Kialae on June 06, 2017, 01:13:31 AM
Nathvaan bronk it. SHAME.

Fake News!  Might have broke it but I sure as hell didn't bronk it! ;)

Seriously though, we are looking into things to try and resolve any crash issues!
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Riev on June 07, 2017, 02:26:23 PM
Quote from: Nathvaan on June 07, 2017, 01:24:21 PM
Quote from: Kialae on June 06, 2017, 01:13:31 AM
Nathvaan bronk it. SHAME.

Fake News!  Might have broke it but I sure as hell didn't bronk it! ;)

Seriously though, we are looking into things to try and resolve any crash issues!

Sure to hate to see "the tall figure arrive-"

Error: telnet proxy may be down.

Remote server has disconnected. Refresh page to reconnect.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Molten Heart on June 27, 2017, 10:42:02 AM
.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Riev on June 27, 2017, 10:49:45 AM
I think it happens about 4 times a day during my playtimes. Small crashes, server reboots within 5minutes (and that's the longest I've seen)
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: nessalin on June 27, 2017, 11:25:05 AM
Quote from: Riev on June 27, 2017, 10:49:45 AM
I think it happens about 4 times a day during my playtimes. Small crashes, server reboots within 5minutes (and that's the longest I've seen)

We're aware and working towards a solution.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Molten Heart on June 27, 2017, 11:29:56 AM
.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: FantasyWriter on June 27, 2017, 07:32:43 PM
Who broke it?
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Delirium on June 27, 2017, 07:34:54 PM
They're rebooting it for a code fix.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Kalden on June 27, 2017, 10:32:21 PM
Coders will always ship bugs. I created a small one today. Maybe let players run around in a test sandbox if they want?

There's also the idea of a Jenkins Continuous Integration server, altho I imagine you've got something like that running already, and that depends on having all the tests and linting all set up.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: chrisdcoulombe on June 28, 2017, 05:01:03 AM
Crashers gonna crash
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Nathvaan on June 29, 2017, 12:07:44 AM
We are very close to having some things to deploy that should make the crashes happen less.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Kialae on June 29, 2017, 01:05:41 AM
Quote from: Nathvaan on June 29, 2017, 12:07:44 AM
We are very close to having some things to deploy that should make the crashes happen less.

DEPLOY THE SPACE VESTRICS
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: FamousAmos on June 29, 2017, 01:57:08 AM
I guess it wasn't just me then...
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: nauta on June 29, 2017, 07:53:39 AM
By the way, on the /old/ armageddon page, you can see uptime.

http://old.armageddon.org/

Scroll down towards the bottom.

I have a script that monitors this and logs me in, sells my hides, then logs out whenever there's a reboot.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Feco on June 29, 2017, 12:04:40 PM
Quote from: nauta on June 29, 2017, 07:53:39 AM
By the way, on the /old/ armageddon page, you can see uptime.

http://old.armageddon.org/

Scroll down towards the bottom.

I have a script that monitors this and logs me in, sells my hides, then logs out whenever there's a reboot.

I assume you're kidding?
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: nessalin on June 29, 2017, 12:14:01 PM
Quote from: nauta on June 29, 2017, 07:53:39 AM
By the way, on the /old/ armageddon page, you can see uptime.

http://old.armageddon.org/

Scroll down towards the bottom.

I have a script that monitors this and logs me in, sells my hides, then logs out whenever there's a reboot.

Won't do you much good, I have an NPC that does the same, and it has no movement lag.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: FantasyWriter on June 29, 2017, 12:15:22 PM
Script Noob! Mine runs me form outpost to outpost (on an erdlu so I outrun aggros), resting my mount in room away from aggro spawn points, buy lows and sells high.  This runs for about three game days, then returns me to Luir's, deposits the coins, and sends me to the spice den to buy a bottle of whiskey, roll some tho' and rent a whore to celebrate with.  After all the crashes last week, I'm sitting on about 600,000 obsidian coins in my Nenyuk account and my character now has sandfleas and possibly a case of crotch-rot.  Thug-lyfe, merchant style.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: nauta on June 29, 2017, 12:17:15 PM
Mine barters them down to 0 just to troll people.  I ain't in it for the sid.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: FantasyWriter on June 29, 2017, 12:18:21 PM
Quote from: nauta on June 29, 2017, 12:17:15 PM
Mine barters them down to 0 just to troll people.  I ain't in it for the sid.
Fine, you win.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: manipura on June 30, 2017, 02:32:48 AM
Quote from: Nathvaan on June 29, 2017, 12:07:44 AM
We are very close to having some things to deploy that should make the crashes happen less.

The crashes and consequences of said crashes got frustrating enough that my logged in time took a really big nosedive.  I'm looking forward to things getting sorted.  Thanks to the staff-folk working on getting things more stable.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Nathvaan on June 30, 2017, 07:44:08 AM
Quote from: manipura on June 30, 2017, 02:32:48 AM
Quote from: Nathvaan on June 29, 2017, 12:07:44 AM
We are very close to having some things to deploy that should make the crashes happen less.

The crashes and consequences of said crashes got frustrating enough that my logged in time took a really big nosedive.  I'm looking forward to things getting sorted.  Thanks to the staff-folk working on getting things more stable.

As frustrating as it is for you all I can assure you we find it as frustrating or maybe even more so (hello reimbursement requests)!  I have been working hard to get a reasonable patch ready ASAP but there are some other mitigating circumstances that are slowing the release.  I think I am at a place where I can run my test plans again but it took way more coding than expected. I hope to get the last of the bugs worked out shortly. We believe that there are three distinct bugs that can crash us that will be resolved. Please bear with us as we get this all sorted!
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: valeria on July 11, 2017, 07:43:34 PM
Or is it just my connection?
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: TheHandmaid on July 11, 2017, 07:45:23 PM
Its down for me too.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Molten Heart on July 11, 2017, 07:45:31 PM
.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Riev on July 17, 2017, 09:30:12 AM
 Armageddon last booted 30 seconds ago.


Except... I've been logged in for a solid 10 minutes with no interruption.

SEAMLESS REBOOTS!?
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Nathvaan on July 17, 2017, 09:44:21 AM
Quote from: Riev on July 17, 2017, 09:30:12 AM
Armageddon last booted 30 seconds ago.


Except... I've been logged in for a solid 10 minutes with no interruption.

SEAMLESS REBOOTS!?

If only we could do seamless reboots!

I can only assume you are getting that from old.armageddon.org.  As the name states, it is old and not maintained at all.  Current uptime is 03:17:25 after the maint. reboot and release this morning so it's clearly just reporting improperly.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Riev on July 17, 2017, 09:47:22 AM
Aw. Its usually PRETTY accurate.

I was kind of hoping there was somehow a method of integrating code without a reboot. Though at that point, the Merchant Class would become super-nerfed. ;)
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Nathvaan on July 17, 2017, 10:05:43 AM
Quote from: Riev on July 17, 2017, 09:47:22 AM
Aw. Its usually PRETTY accurate.

I was kind of hoping there was somehow a method of integrating code without a reboot. Though at that point, the Merchant Class would become super-nerfed. ;)

Yeah, I totally see what I did there.  Minor misstep with my reboot procedure this morning.  Should be all back to normal now!
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: TheWanderer on July 18, 2017, 12:16:28 AM
?
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Gunnerblaster on July 18, 2017, 12:16:43 AM
[-screeches-]
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Sajoi on July 18, 2017, 12:18:20 AM
 :o Not again..
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Kialae on July 18, 2017, 12:28:16 AM
It was Whitt.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Sajoi on July 18, 2017, 12:57:09 AM
Quote from: Kialae on July 18, 2017, 12:28:16 AM
It was Whitt.

Someone grab the tar.. I got the feathers.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: whitt on July 18, 2017, 12:58:37 AM
Quote from: Kialae on July 18, 2017, 12:28:16 AM
It was Whitt.

Son of a .... Let's get him!
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Delirium on July 18, 2017, 01:15:13 AM
Seems like it's rebooting every 40 seconds, so I think whatever happened killed it dead until the coders can get at it.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: mansa on July 18, 2017, 01:20:39 AM
most people are in discord playing d&d with Orsus
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: ShaiHulud on July 18, 2017, 02:09:40 AM
down or just me?
nevermind.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Rogerthat on July 18, 2017, 02:29:09 AM
Whats going on?
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: chrisdcoulombe on July 18, 2017, 02:41:34 AM
Ginka was hit my a meteor and Tektolnes escaped.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Kialae on July 18, 2017, 02:42:47 AM
Quote from: Rogerthat on July 18, 2017, 02:29:09 AM
Whats going on?

Apparently Katima was eating a gaspy when she decided to chase someone, and she was wearing bandages. It's devastating.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Gunnerblaster on July 18, 2017, 02:50:44 AM
The silence, staff-side, is disconcerting.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Kialae on July 18, 2017, 02:52:35 AM
Isn't it like midnight on a Sunday or something there in the USA? Not that disconcerting.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Gunnerblaster on July 18, 2017, 03:20:24 AM
It went down about 3 hours ago, roughly around 9:30GMT, Monday. Oh well. It'll be fixed when it's fixed.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Tleilax on July 18, 2017, 03:45:43 AM
Yep. Those of us about at this sort of time. Aren't the sort of Staff who can do anything about this I am afraid.

Patience till the Coders get a chance to look is the only option.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Calavera on July 18, 2017, 04:50:54 AM
Quote from: Gunnerblaster on July 18, 2017, 02:50:44 AM
The silence, staff-side, is disconcerting.

Yeah, like Tlei says, this is just a case of "people in the USA are asleep."
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Rathustra on July 18, 2017, 05:10:24 AM
Quote from: Gunnerblaster on July 18, 2017, 02:50:44 AM
The silence, staff-side, is disconcerting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shs7VQhVvxA
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Nathvaan on July 18, 2017, 06:16:46 AM
Correct.  Looking at it now.  I am going to take a short while to try and troubleshoot the problem then I'll get the game back up.

Stay tuned.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: nessalin on July 18, 2017, 10:35:48 AM
This was the result of a 15 year old bug that only crops up every 2-3 years. A lot of thanks to Nathvaan for quickly tackling it and finding a solution.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: sleepyhead on July 18, 2017, 10:41:00 AM
Quote from: nessalin on July 18, 2017, 10:35:48 AM
This was the result of a 15 year old bug that only crops up every 2-3 years. A lot of thanks to Nathvaan for quickly tackling it and finding a solution.

Wow, great job, guys! But now I'm curious as to what kind of bug pops up only every few years and why.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: nessalin on July 18, 2017, 10:44:14 AM
Quote from: sleepyhead on July 18, 2017, 10:41:00 AM
Quote from: nessalin on July 18, 2017, 10:35:48 AM
This was the result of a 15 year old bug that only crops up every 2-3 years. A lot of thanks to Nathvaan for quickly tackling it and finding a solution.

Wow, great job, guys! But now I'm curious as to what kind of bug pops up only every few years and why.

"It is the old wound my king. It has never healed."
-Lancelot
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Riev on July 18, 2017, 10:57:01 AM
Are you saying you've actually NAMED the aforementioned bug "the Fisher King" bug?
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Dar on July 18, 2017, 11:38:12 AM
Basically. Once every three, or four years, my character manages to survive past day 15. This downs the server as Ginka is not used to this occurring. Nathvaan just killed my character and everything works just fine.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Nathvaan on July 18, 2017, 12:42:16 PM
Quote from: Dar on July 18, 2017, 11:38:12 AM
Basically. Once every three, or four years, my character manages to survive past day 15. This downs the server as Ginka is not used to this occurring. Nathvaan just killed my character and everything works just fine.

True story.  RIP Amos Cofefe McCrashington. You will be missed for a few more years!

Really though it has to do with some behavior that happens VERY rarely and puts some additional character in some save files.  When that ever increases past a maximum string value it cause the file to be improperly parsed and prevents booting.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: nessalin on July 18, 2017, 01:22:08 PM
Calcification of the left anterior heat vents and partial blockage of the substrate mucous membrane.
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Lizzie on July 18, 2017, 03:11:58 PM
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/081/612/rabbit-asplode.jpg)
Title: Re: Is the game down?
Post by: Kialae on July 18, 2017, 04:52:40 PM
So what you're saying is, it WASN'T Katima?