Servers Are Weird...

[Hazmatt]

Okay, so I've been keeping my other mod, "Fairies Vs Dragons", running 24/7 ever since we moved Itropa to ROOT's place. I was hoping I'd get a few visitors, who I could question about how fast/slow the server was running, etc.

So, I've got two computers right next to each other. The new one, running Vista, which I use for everyday stuff. The old one, running XP, which I use to run the server. The XP one is configured all sorts of ways to make it work better as a server. It's the one that's in the network's DMZ. It's the one that's set up with Virtual Servers so others can get through the firewall. It's the one that I put my blood and sweat into getting the server to work.

Okay, so ROOT's been running Itropa for a couple of weeks, and I've kept FVD running, and I've yet to have a single player log on. Does it even show up on Gamespy? I dunno. NWN's an old game, NWN2 is out, and I've not advertised the server, so I'm not expecting a lot of hits.

Okay, so today I update the mod, and test a few things. I go ahead and fire up the server on the Vista computer, just for testing. So now the server is running on both computers. I enter the mod as a player, and I'm in it for about 5 minutes when someone else logs on. On the Vista computer. The one that's firewalled. The one that does not have "Post Game To Internet" checked on the Server. The one... the one... oh, I give up.

I don't know a darn thing about setting up a server. It seems I got lucky once, and I don't even have that computer any more. This one, the Vista, has dual processors like ROOT's, so I could possibly set it up to keep the server running 24/7 if it came to that. But I'd still like to get it to work on the XP one instead.

Edit: Wait, maybe I've got it. Somehow the ports got transposed. The computer that was port 3 is now port 4, and vice versa. It's probably been that way since those Comcast guys were here working on my internet connection.

[Steph]

No "Rest to Save" in FVD? Gotta log each time you level. At early levels, it can be a minor irritant.

[Luke Hall]

if it's meant to be anything like BOTD then it won't be saving the chars, as they will revert to level 1 each match?

[Hazmatt]

Nah, it'll save. I just hadn't thought to put that in yet. So it's at least connectable now? Cool.

Edit: ....And done. Now it saves.

Btw, Steph... "Klamidia"? Are we naming our characters after STDs now?

[Lord Surge]

hazmatt said:

Nah, it'll save. I just hadn't thought to put that in yet. So it's at least connectable now? Cool.

Edit: ....And done. Now it saves.

Btw, Steph... "Klamidia"? Are we naming our characters after STDs now?

I made a dragon ;-)

[Hazmatt]

Btw, don't spare my feelings if you don't like the module. Itropa is an RP server, while FVD is more action-oriented. I don't expect it to appeal to the same crowd. Also, there's the usual problem of not having enough low-level areas yet.

[Steph]

You need to recheck the dragon place where you turn in the dragonblood. It says something like "Turn in X for 100 xp," and the one right below it says, "Turn in X for 100 xp" when (I think) it's supposed to say, "gp." And the dragonflies are almost impossible to see and target.

As far as Klamidia goes, I was exhausted and couldn't think of anything else. Besides, it's a pretty name....too bad it's also the most common STD.

[Hazmatt]

kravchick2000 said:

You need to recheck the dragon place where you turn in the dragonblood. It says something like "Turn in X for 100 xp," and the one right below it says, "Turn in X for 100 xp" when (I think) it's supposed to say, "gp." And the dragonflies are almost impossible to see and target.

Will do, thanks!

kravchick2000 said:

As far as Klamidia goes, I was exhausted and couldn't think of anything else. Besides, it's a pretty name....too bad it's also the most common STD.

Lots of diseases would make good female names... Anorexia, Angina, Dyslexia, Dementia...

[Vampire Lestat]

www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm

heres just about every diseases out there enjoy

[Hazmatt]

vampirelestat said:

www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm

heres just about every diseases out there enjoy

Very useful. I see a lot of potential Itropa names there.

Anyway, I fixed that bit of text, I think, and I'm looking at the dragonflies now. I was trying to encourage Fairy players to zoom in a bit more, which makes the dragonflies easier to see... plus, once you're used to zooming in, it makes the bigger dragons look a lot scarier later.

Edit: Went ahead and changed the Dragonflies to Stirges.

[Vampire Lestat]

glad you like it

[Steph]

"Dementia" was the name of the woman Uncle Fester fell in love with at the end of Addam's Family Values.

[Luke Hall]

really big problem with FVD when playing fairies, your own team defenders cast AOE spells killing you in the process. this has happened EVERY time I have lodged in the second I leave fairy haven and run into a dragon.

would this be stopped if you turned the difficulty down so that spells do not effect neutral or allied critters?

[Vampire Lestat]

it should solve that proplem i usualy use the highest setting possible when playing with friends over lan to the one just before AOEs will effect team mates since my friend like to uses spells like fire ball alot and i had the same problem you do

[Hazmatt]

bob said:

would this be stopped if you turned the difficulty down so that spells do not effect neutral or allied critters?

I will try it.

Edit:
The difficulty settings seem to tie AOE spells to whether or not you are in the same party. Any thoughts?

If we can't think of anything else, maybe I'll just remove the offending spells from guards and such.