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Offline 1Boner

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What is a server update?
« on: February 11, 2008, 10:28:08 AM »
What is involved in a server update?

Is it an enhancement that we players will notice?

Or does it just make it so the server is capable of holding more information?

Don't know much about it.

Enlighten me please.






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Offline Ghastly

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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2008, 10:40:03 AM »
I'd suggest emailing HTC if you *must* know, since all that other players could do would be to conjecture.

If you want player's opinions, I'll give you mine - they appear to have "updated" the other/another server last week and there were no obvious changes as a result of that that I at least have come to be aware of, so I leave you to draw your conclusions from that.

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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2008, 10:45:21 AM »
I think it's mainly resyncing the servers, updating them to newer verisons, that sort of stuff.
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Offline JB73

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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2008, 10:46:50 AM »
I know the server doesn't run Windows, but think of it like windows update. installing new files, programs, or operating system configurations.


doing things like that usually require no other activity, and reboots along the way.

in a real world network IT usually has a test lab with a miniature version running where they run the updates and test everything out first. Skuzzy I know has multiple different systems on a test network just for looking into bugs reported in game.
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Offline FireDrgn

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« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2008, 11:02:31 AM »
Skuzzy was on when they did the Orange area he said..  Ram and some other stuff that i dont remember...

He was in god mode typing in blue. Said they have never had a hardware malfunction cause of the server updates so i guess..... its like a helicopter.....  so many hours on a piece of hardware and it gets replaced.
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Offline Wingnutt

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« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2008, 11:10:10 AM »
im guessing its exactly what it sounds like, upgrading the server.. just like people upgrade their PCs from time to time...

rumor has it the improved servers can support higher numbers of more realistic sheep.
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« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2008, 12:13:30 PM »
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rumor has it the improved servers can support higher numbers of more realistic sheep.



:aok :aok :rofl

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Offline Ghastly

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« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2008, 12:48:52 PM »
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rumor has it the improved servers can support higher numbers of more realistic sheep.


Grew up in ranch country in the midwest... greater realism when it comes to sheep might not be a good thing!

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Offline Wingnutt

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« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2008, 01:09:50 PM »
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Grew up in ranch country in the midwest... greater realism when it comes to sheep might not be a good thing!


i see it as a benefit to the rooks more than anyone.
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Offline Stang

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« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2008, 01:14:18 PM »
Boner maybe they're doing this so you can get your wish of only 1 MA again...

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« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2008, 02:26:43 PM »
I just want only one late war arena again, but i dont want it like the titanic tuesday arena or something like that, i want it completely different and either unseen or really old so everyone really really likes it :p
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Offline Puck

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« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2008, 02:48:18 PM »
Skuzzy is putting wire security bales on the power cords.  Hopefully this will improve uptime.
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« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2008, 03:09:08 PM »
We are in the process of upgrading the operating systems on our game servers. 2 down 2 to go.

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« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2008, 03:11:59 PM »
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Skuzzy is putting wire security bales on the power cords.  Hopefully this will improve uptime.

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« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2008, 04:46:51 PM »
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Grew up in ranch country in the midwest... greater realism when it comes to sheep might not be a good thing!



HeHeHe.....

Anyone in AH who has ever had to manuly LOAD SHEEP into the back of a truck say BAAAAAAAAA......:t

Smelly stinky dern things...they kick..then freeze up like a frozen cadaver...act like herding cats when they see the truck...you have to grab them under the forlegs and lift the smelly things....then wrench your back out flinging them onto the truck bed.........:O

Then you SMELL like STINKY sheep the rest of the day. Son't know how anyone could get up close and freindly over the smell...wink wink....:huh
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