Just a quick reminder to existing VIPs that you have just over 24 hours left to guarantee your VIP status for this quarter.
VIP donations will open to everyone tomorrow, 20th July, sometime after midday (UK time).
Update: 19:00 An appointment I need to attend has been moved to a later time tomorrow so the VIP donations may open an hour or two later than planned, I expect them to open at 3 pm (UK) at the latest, apologies if this inconveniences anyone!
Update: As of 14:00 20th July - 6 / 12 VIP slots are taken.
Further updates will appear on a subsequent post and not here.
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Friday, 19 July 2013
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Downtime This Morning
I'm taking the server down for 40-50 minutes at 10 am as it's fairly quiet today, this is to clone the server so I can start testing the new version of TekkitRestrict which was released a couple of days ago.
It has a lot of changes, making it more efficient (server restarts should be slightly shorter and memory / cpu usage will be decreased) and fixing / improving some features that have been somewhat buggy in some previous versions.
If all goes to plan we'll be upgrading to it once my testing is complete (probably around a week) and I'm sure everything is working as it should, the upgrade will involve at least 3-4 hours downtime as the plugins config files and logging methods have changed meaning a lot more work to migrate and test our settings etc.
It will be worth it in the long run though as for one thing it should mean unbanning Project Tables!
Update: 10:00 - Server is down and the backup / cloning process has started.
Update: 10:50 - Server is back up, but whitelisted while I test a small last minute change.
Update: 11:00 - Whitelist is off!
Update: 10:00 - Server is down and the backup / cloning process has started.
Update: 10:50 - Server is back up, but whitelisted while I test a small last minute change.
Update: 11:00 - Whitelist is off!
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Network Issue
Our hosting company is experiencing two simultaneous DDoS attacks on two different servers which may result in brief network outages (especially if you're based in the US) while network traffic is rerouted. Hopefully this shouldn't take too long to resolve.
UPDATE: 16:00 - This seems to have been fully resolved now.
Hosting Fees Paid!
I've now paid our hosting fees for the period 18th July - 18th October!
Thanks to the VIPs that have already renewed we are already well on the way to covering this quarters costs, thanks guys!
A reminder e-mail is going out today to existing VIPs that have not yet renewed.
Due to multiple requests I've decided to extend the VIP renewal period to Friday 19th July, meaning that donations will open to everyone on Saturday 20th July, this is for the benefit of both VIPs, by giving them more time to renew, and people wishing to become VIPs that have school, work or other commitments during the week.
VIP donations will open to everyone on Saturday 20th July at around 12am (UK time).
In future donations will always open to everybody on the Saturday following the 18th.
Update: 15:30 - All renewal reminders have now been sent! Don't forget to let me know asap if you didn't receive yours for any reason!
Update: As of 22:00 18th July - 5 / 12 VIP slots are taken.
Further updates will appear on a subsequent post and not here.
Further updates will appear on a subsequent post and not here.
Server Downtime
The maintenence at 9am found a couple of problems so just fixing these now, regenerating The End and doing a full backup. The server will be back up and running within an hour.
UPDATE: 9:35 - Just realised this post had 'got stuck' and not appeared on the site, sorry about that!
UPDATE: 10:10 - Server is back up and running!
UPDATE: 9:35 - Just realised this post had 'got stuck' and not appeared on the site, sorry about that!
UPDATE: 10:10 - Server is back up and running!
Changes To Marble End
The central building in Marble End has had a major overhaul!
The redesign was for several reasons;
1) Reduce spawn camping / killing.
2) Reduce exit camping / killing.
3) Increase maximum enchantment levels.
The changes;
1) When you enter Marble End you will spawn in the 3rd floor of the building, which is set to non-PvP, from there you will have a choice of 4 portals which will spawn you 15-20 blocks from the central building in one of four different directions.
2) The exit from the world is still on the 2nd floor of the building but is now double sided, with each side segregated from the other, effectively giving two exits. You get to the exit rooms using ladders from the ground floor.
3) The enchanting room has been split in half in the same way to the exit portal floor, giving two enchanting areas each boosted by 12 bookcases instead of 8. As before you get to these rooms using ladders from the ground floor.
This might sound complicated but will make a lot more sense once you check it our for yourself, enjoy!
The redesign was for several reasons;
1) Reduce spawn camping / killing.
2) Reduce exit camping / killing.
3) Increase maximum enchantment levels.
The changes;
1) When you enter Marble End you will spawn in the 3rd floor of the building, which is set to non-PvP, from there you will have a choice of 4 portals which will spawn you 15-20 blocks from the central building in one of four different directions.
2) The exit from the world is still on the 2nd floor of the building but is now double sided, with each side segregated from the other, effectively giving two exits. You get to the exit rooms using ladders from the ground floor.
3) The enchanting room has been split in half in the same way to the exit portal floor, giving two enchanting areas each boosted by 12 bookcases instead of 8. As before you get to these rooms using ladders from the ground floor.
This might sound complicated but will make a lot more sense once you check it our for yourself, enjoy!
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