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qzjul Game profile

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Feb 7th 2021, 21:41:36

Hi All,

I'm very sorry for the upset & disappointment many of you will have had with the end of reset yesterday/today; I very much appreciate the amount of work that can go into countries over the reset.

Just an FYI as to what all happened, and where things are;
- I initiated a quick reboot to apply some changes that had built up, partly to do with trying to get a new dev environment set up
- We'd had a hard drive fail a few months back, but I'd forgotten to install grub onto it, and the server choked on boot
- Creation of USB recovery disks ensued, and the reset clocked by
- We agreed rolling back the end time would be best, so I did that
- I checked the code, and found that I'd written a function that should return everybody's goods in the case of a market table discrepancy years ago, and thought, perfect, that'll sort itself out
- After hearing that that was not the case, I examined the code more closely, and it appears that we erroneously added a block that set everything to zero right before re-calculating based on the market table, negating the bit that would return everybody's goods
- I have since released and pushed in a fix for that

Unfortunately, there's no way for us to track what countries had on market at the end of the reset - those tables get wiped at end reset; and the code that was *supposed* to handle discrepancies didn't work properly, and in fact erased the knowledge of what was there.

The only consolation I can really give is that we're hoping to actually get some development of some exciting new features done here in the next year; Slagpit has shown interest in development again, which has drawn pang & I into actually looking at things again, which is kinda exciting.

- qz
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BlueCow

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Feb 7th 2021, 21:53:40

No worries.
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whooze Game profile

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Feb 7th 2021, 22:13:22

fluff happens

And good to hear you guys are picking up the dev again. Thanks for keeping this game up and running.

raz Game profile

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Feb 7th 2021, 22:20:52

Originally posted by whooze:
fluff happens

And good to hear you guys are picking up the dev again. Thanks for keeping this game up and running.

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Dark Demon Game profile

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Feb 7th 2021, 22:48:59

Ttt
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beerdrinker75 Game profile

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Feb 7th 2021, 23:08:45

No worries. Thanks for the info and keeping this game alive.
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raz Game profile

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Feb 7th 2021, 23:13:13

Absolutely- what BD said ^
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Feb 7th 2021, 23:32:53

It's good to see the game getting attention even if it has a hiccup. Thanks for being transparent with us and I look forward to future developments :)

Donny Game profile

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Feb 7th 2021, 23:39:24

lol the one set everyone nets :D hahahaha
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Kahuna Game profile

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Feb 7th 2021, 23:44:30

You cheat IMP out of netters you all get cheated out of netters.

jjterrico Game profile

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Feb 7th 2021, 23:53:37

Glad I didn't net for poop this set! Thanks for keeping us all occupied!

qzjul Game profile

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Feb 8th 2021, 21:27:08

Heh, yeaaaa I can relate to that "the one time that!!!" feeling lol ;)

Does anybody remember the reset that Mehul forgot to reset the server on the last day of alliance (somehow??); the reset just kept rolling for an extra day for no reason if I recall correctly...
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ZEN Game profile

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Feb 8th 2021, 21:48:06

qz, i don't blame you. I blame myself for trusting too much.

ZEN Game profile

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Feb 8th 2021, 21:48:22

also, you're the best....but don't tell anyone i said that

is what I would have said, if Shammy wasn't around

Edited By: ZEN on Feb 8th 2021, 22:03:24. Reason: galleri pees on people for entertainment
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galleri Game profile

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Feb 8th 2021, 21:52:01

Originally posted by ZEN:
also, you're the best....but don't tell anyone i said that

I am telling Shammy


https://gyazo.com/...b3bb28dddf908cdbcfd162513

Kahuna: Ya you just wrote the fkn equation, not helping me at all. Lol n I hated algebra.

Kahuna Game profile

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Feb 9th 2021, 4:48:07

Ok now galleri, bug, n red post your apology for being jealous of IMP, n deleting great countries.

BlueCow

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Feb 9th 2021, 12:45:18

Originally posted by Kahuna:
Ok now galleri, bug, n red post your apology for being jealous of IMP, n deleting great countries.


It wasnt galleri or red.
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Kahuna Game profile

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Feb 9th 2021, 14:00:42

Awww Bug mannn what the hell man I thought we were bois. I told you Derrick was puckering for them finals scores. Even though theres like a few players left, which is kinda pointless Dee for real man. If it was back in the 2025 days you couldnt compete against thousands of players I bet none of you guys would even be in the top 10's....except Hawk cause hes awsome. Its just a game guys, now get out the way and lemme win.lol

Edited By: Kahuna on Feb 9th 2021, 14:07:46

BlueCow

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Feb 9th 2021, 14:46:13

You beat me last set kahuna!
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ironxxx Game profile

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Feb 9th 2021, 17:44:55

Let kahuna win!

galleri Game profile

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Feb 9th 2021, 18:08:16

No


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Syko_Killa Game profile

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Mar 1st 2021, 6:37:15

no problem qzjul, last reset really worked out well for me.
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jcatron Game profile

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Mar 11th 2021, 23:45:46

Mehuled again