[NOVA] Service Interruption and Database Wipe 1/23/09

[Max]

Hello Everybody.

On Thursday, January 22, at 11:30 AM EST Nova Test Centre was taken down for server maintenance and a normal SVN update up to revision 1194.

This update is still in progress. There have been numerous setbacks which have called for the complete reinstall of our Test Centre operating system.

Once the updates, reinstalls and fixes are complete, we will launch the Test Centre, however it may remain unavailable while we complete final testing.

UPDATED Estimated Launch: (subject to change)
Sunday January 25
Time (USA): 4AM EST (New York) / 3AM CST (Chicago) / 1AM PST (San Francisco) / 11PM HST (Honolulu)
Time (International): 9AM GMT (London) / 10AM CET (Berlin) / 8PM AEST (Sydney)


Included in this update will be:

Medic and Combat Medic


Added Area handling for pharmaceutics
Added Combat Medic Ranged and Area Stimpacks
Updated healdamage handles combat medic stimpack
Fixed healing crash

Scout and Ranger


Fixed Trap uses when out of range
Fixed trap accuracy calculations
Fixed Camp logout bug

Crafting


Updated Crafting code, components objects, process

Core3


Fixed Compile error

Database


Full Database Wipe
Fixed galaxy table
Added skill_children
Added drop if table exists in terminals table

Test Centre Nova


Full Operating System Reinstall
mySQL Server Complete reinstall and update

As noted, this Update will include a FULL DATABASE WIPE. Please help your fellow players when they freak out. Tell them to remain calm, have a glass of milk, and eat their cookies.

We are sincerely sorry for the inconvenience. It was an unforseen event which Oru is working very hard to fix up. Please, at some time today, drop into #opendev and say "THANK YOU ORU!". It's the least we can do for him spending his whole day working.

Thankyou for your patience.

[mijom]

thank you for the information Max:) and THANK YOU ORU!

edit: woot my first "FIRST"

[ChoppedSuey]

DB wipe, sweet!

[MarlonB]

Great ... that means my boots finally went off :P

Thanks oru!

[harlequineternal]

thanks Max for the update and Thank You Oru! I dropped in IRC and said thanks to Oru but he was probably busy :o(

[djolovicl]

Thank you Oru!!!

[Rook]

Bring on the Database Wipe.

Oru is truely our Saviour in times of need.

*Tips hat*

[sibertiger]

Tis a good thing to see more updates coming....

The database wipe, some may not like, but it is a "Test Center" after all.

Thanks to Oru for all his hard work maintaining the server. Its unfortunate that an entire reinstall was needed, as that is quite a bit of work.

And of course a big "Thanks" to all involved in keeping the dream alive, and giving us back the game that we paid for. I was one of the Beta testers for the original Galaxies, its so nice to be one again, and to see it returning to its former glory. Down with the NGE !

[Nolcro]

DB wipes remind me of cookies :D.

[xavia]

Thank you Oru and the team!

[mijom]

The database wipe, some may not like, but it is a "Test Center" after all.


It was really needed, some ridicilous weapons were around after the Sliceing bug, including my own gear.

[ChoppedSuey]

It was really needed, some ridicilous weapons were around after the Sliceing bug, including my own gear.

Noob! :P

[Davickk]

yyyeeeeeesssssssssss

[debil]

nice and oru rocks :D

[sonofdex]

I love me some server maintenance. Take your time guys. :)

[RegularJohn]

Thanks for the update :) And THANKS ORU!!

[Ilipah]

Thanks Oru! DB Wipe :)

[Zeo Kurren]

Thanks dev team!! And thank you Oru! :D The DB wipe was seriously needed.

[Chrillzan]

Thank you devs for your hard work :D

[djbully]

Nice one, and THANKS ORU! ! !

[mujadaddy]

Thank you devs for your hard workQuoted for Redundancy

[Abe]

It was really needed, some ridicilous weapons were around after the Sliceing bug, including my own gear.
Maybe now I can finally win a duel against you! :p
Anyway, good job Oru. (btw. the place where I live is called Oru :p)

[MrBlonde]

Good info, read it up and enjoy folks. :D

[Johnnyburma]

Quoted for Redundancy

Quoted for Emphasis

[Franknol]

Ohh $"!%$, well al for the Emu; Poor of my AV-21 and my mando suit :(

THANKS ORU

[KroniK]

Yes thank you Oru, and thanks for the continued hard work everyone else.

[Ekaika]

I will mourn the loss of Ikaika McBanMe, he was a good mutt. However the return of Ekaika will hail the triumphant return of the fattest, shortest, ugliest pink ponytailed Bothan to ever stalk the Galaxy.

[essasin]

Good timing as I just came back to SWG...Thanks ORU!

[Plainoldavid]

Sounds great! I'm excited to boot up and try out CM. Not to mention Squad Leader with the updates. Keep up the good work team!

P.S: What does skill_children do? Are we finally able to get my children skillbox up to master so I can perform AtomicWedgie3 ? JK, but seriously, lol.

[inyri]

Great updates! Glad to see some fixes for bugs I reported over the last few days. :)

[Lubbe]

Another great update! The DB wipe weren't really a surprise for me because I already knew about it. But I still love it :)

Thanks Oru!!!

[akirathefallen]

I'm happy bout the changes :>

[Leodextrin]

DB wipes always make me smile

note. =D

[wombatula]

FINALLY! I've been told "there will be a DB wipe any day now" since I first started playing on TC back in nov/dec lol, and it kinda sucked playing with that hovering over my head hehe.


oh and THANKS ORU!!!!!!!!!!!

[KrytenAVFC]

Great to see more updates and nice job to save the server and am sorry Oru had to spend all day working on it.

But I do have a question about the needed wiped (which am glad were having) was it taken because our Gods (you lot at SWGEmu) felt it was right to install a wipe with everything which is coming to the test centre or was it because of something else happening?

[icix]

Thank you Oru for the hard work you have already put into this project and the work that you are doing now ! Also Thank you to all the devs that continue the effort to bring SWG back in the form that it was meant to be.

[Belgarion]

Yay...I finally got a good item yesterday so I knew deep down this was coming :)

Bring it Oru...much needed.

[AZIronman]

dose this mean the armor equip bug will be fixed? as well as armor coloring and mini suits etc?

[metalhomicide]

...But I do have a question about the needed wiped (which am glad were having) was it taken because our Gods (you lot at SWGEmu) felt it was right to install a wipe with everything which is coming to the test centre or was it because of something else happening?

Well, I assume since they're having to redo the OS and MySQL, it'd be easier just to start fresh instead of backing up the SQL tables and then re-loading them all and making sure everything's clean and compatible.

[Viper01]

THANK YOU ORU!!!

As for the database wipe, hell if it advances the server than bring it on! We all know this is a "Test Center" so there's no reason for anyone to be getting attached to their characters. The Dev's should never feel bad when they have to do a database wipe, cheer up you guys!




On the other hand, do a DB wipe after the server's live and I'll kill ya!!! :D :D :D :D

[xavjer]

My characters... gone! :eek:












OK, just kidding, another step in the direction of bringing back our pre-CU.


Added skill_children


Does it spawn new toons? :D

[Rastama]

THX ORU 4 ur work!

Me & all my friends, who r not so good in english, wish to thank u & all SWGEmu teem 4 ur efforts of restoring true SWG game!;)

Let the Force be with U, allways...:lightsaber:

[Viper01]

Well, I figured I would give it a few extra hours but nada. Any new estimate on when the TC will be back up? I'm not in a rush or anything, just curious.

[Anakis]

Well, I figured I would give it a few extra hours but nada. Any new estimate on when the TC will be back up? I'm not in a rush or anything, just curious.


Soon™ :D



I always wanted to do that!

[Franknol]

Question: With this, we can travel to Talus? or not yet

[ngmoore]

Could we get an estimate, like 1 hour or 3 hours or 30 minutes

[MrBlonde]

Could we get an estimate, like 1 hour or 3 hours or 30 minutes

No ETAs on this site. Sorry

[Birgitte]

No ETAs on this site. Sorry

OK, I'll bite, is there a site with eta's? If there is, where is it?

"Why do I have to be Mr. Pink?"

[Ekaika]

No, unfortunately not. There's not real way to give ETA's, so we usually don't. When everything comes together with fixes, updates, and people's time schedules, it goes up.

edit - I suppose I should amend this. The attempt at an ETA was noble and a nice gesture, but as you can see, they're not based on much other than best guesses.

Give it some time guys, it will pop up eventually.

[Viper01]

No ETAs on this site. Sorry

Actually they gave an ETA of 8AM EST in the first post on this thread... *LOL* That's why we're looking for another ETA, so we don't sit infront of our computer's all day like SWG junkies refreshing the forum to see if the status says "Online" yet.

Refresh... Online? No... Refresh... Online? No... Refresh... Online? No.... (repeats every 2 seconds) :D:D:D:D

A simple ETA, even a fake one, can prevent so much wear and tear on that left-click. *LOL*

[Birgitte]

Definitely not complaining, I know you guys work hard. I'm just anxious to see what this product looks like as I just found this a few days ago and before I could log on the site went down.

I think I'll go take a nap.

=o)

[djolovicl]

NO BEER AND NO SWGEmu MAKE HOMER GO SOMETHING, SOMETHING!!!

http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/media/Homer-Simpson-3.jpg

[essasin]

NO BEER AND NO SWGEmu MAKE HOMER GO SOMETHING, SOMETHING!!!

http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/media/Homer-Simpson-3.jpg

Go CRAZY!?!?!

[djolovicl]

Go CRAZY!?!?!

http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/media/Homer-Simpson-3.jpg


DON'T MIND IF I DO!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH HHHHHHHH!!!!!

[TehJace]

I believe the new ETA is:

"When it's Done."

[Abe]

http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/media/Homer-Simpson-3.jpg


DON'T MIND IF I DO!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH HHHHHHHH!!!!!
You actually made me want to watch The Simpsons to pass some time. :p

[djolovicl]

I hope it helps???

[delive21]

Estimated Launch: (subject to change)
Saturday, January 24
5AM PST (Los Angeles) / 7AM CST (Austin) / 8AM EST (New York)
12PM GMT (London) / 1PM CET (Berlin) / 11PM AEST (Sydney)





Estimated Launch: (subject to change)
Saturday, January 24





Estimated Launch: (subject to change)





(subject to change)



aw :(

[essasin]

It's ok ... we feel your pain

[Max]

It won't be any time tonight. (1/24/09)

Sorry but there were some complications.

[bpdlr]

You actually made me want to watch The Simpsons to pass some time. :p

Family Guy ftw

[essasin]

it won't be any time tonight. (1/24/09)

sorry but there were some complications.

noooooo!!!!!! :)

oh well...thanks for updating us anyway

[Mr.Sparkle]

I WANT TO PLAY SWG! NOW!! :lightsaber:

[KrytenAVFC]

Be greatful that you are even able too because these people. Acting like a nobhead will do nothing but make people not like you!

[wombatula]

aw :(


I give this post a gold star.

[melikStarsider]

Simpsons did it.

Whats up?

[MMJ]

Ty oru .... May the force be with u

[Viper01]

Complications? Hopefully nothing involving a fire extinguisher and marshmallows... *LOL*

[PhantomLeader]

Complications? Hopefully nothing involving a fire extinguisher and marshmallows... *LOL*
We're pyromaniacs. We never use fire extinguishers.
I can state that marshmallows were involved, though.

[Vashman]

hehehe fire good:D.... um uh I mean nothing to worry about guys the fire was put out right away. well after all of us roasted some marshmallows

[Viper01]

Hahaha! :D :D :D

[Max]

NEW UPTIME ESTIMATE

Should be somewhat correct this time.... somewhat....

[inyri]

You guys are so sweet, adding all the different time zones even after all the annoying nagging. Have a cookie! I hear they go well with marshmallows.

[Viper01]

Yay! I can finally stop refreshing the page! My poor mouse button will never be the same.... *L*

By the way, does this;

Crafting

* Updated Crafting code, components objects, process

mean that we'll actually have more stuff to craft now, or am I setting my hopes too high?

[SaboraJett]

TY oru

[Max]

Service has resumed.

See Link: http://www.swgemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18911