Sitting-Duc

The reason ping isn't a concern is that it doesn't really come into the decision making. Yes we will choose the location so it is on the east coast and therefore give the best average pings worldwide as well as catering for the higher player counts from the US. But that is as far as it goes. We get that pings will change and for some it will be better and some it will be worse. The gauge we are trying to get at is if the network has good connectivity (ping is not an absolute measure of this). There will be lag as that is an impossibility to remove, what we are aiming for is having lag at acceptable levels. The feedback from this thread seems to show that you are receiving more lag than the .55 server so due to that we will look at an alternate solution. It looks like we will have to go with a different host that may mean we lose the stats and in-game commands. But to go to a location that has a better experience for the players that is an acceptable loss.

This is where we come out and was actually this was all a trick. All we did was change the IP address - the server itself hasn't moved at all. This has all been a placebo effect. Will keep you updated when we have decided what to do from your comments etc.

um. That is the reason for the temporary server... it has been down for over 12 hours now lol

The dot in the middle of the screen is a moot point as we had to set up a test server and that was the only one with the mod available. But be assured when we figure out a permanent solution the mod that will be loaded will be the one from the previous server. I do not know how to remove it so will leave it for now. Pings on the other hand I am interested in hearing about. We are looking into a permanent solution in the same data centre as the temporary one is in. Now when you refer to your ping I do know that it will have changed as it is in a different city. What I am interested in it's change from ping to ping, so if it is erratic or stable. If we change to here then yes some people will have higher pings but that is a necessary change.

Just a bump to say that there is a temp server up and running MW2 Ftag, try it out and see how it goes. If we get positive feedback we may look at keeping the server at that location. IP details are on the front page.

If anyone has an issue with me locking this thread then please come to me via PM.

I will close this thread now with a highlight of what @@EDD THE DUCK has said. The following is my opinion alone. I do feel that many of you have maybe jumped the gun and instead of trusting in the admins to make the right choice have thrown threats around and gone a little over the top. The original post did not say that a server would be removed but was made with the concern of server populations. We will not remove servers unless you members wish them. I hope that you know that our admins are passionate to have the best servers and go to great lengths to maintain them.

Server is back up and operating.

Oh FFS. Just as I post that the server started pinging again. Services are starting up again now, shouldn't be too long before everything is back online.

Just as an update even though nothing has changed. The server had a DDOS attack against it to which the data centre decided that the best course of action would be to null route the IP address(es). We are still awaiting the null route to be removed.

@@JohnnyDos Not just aimed at you but to clarify to all. Donations are not an issue and we don't need to reduce servers to cover costs. We are not stupid about it either and are not here to waste money on servers with little traffic. We have moved around six of the COD2/4/5 servers which do not have as much traffic to a dedicated server which equates to removing the monthly fees. Now it is obvious that the suggestion of removing this server has caused allot of people some stress and that should be evident to the admins. At this time I think it best that you give the BF4 admin team a chance to have a look through the comments here and assess the decision again. I would like it if we kept the 'bickering' to a minimum and approached this rationally.

I just clicked the isleaked.com one for the first time.. my AV is showing it as 'hosting malware' so yeah - doubtful it's genuine.

Both services look to me like phishing services to get email addresses for a mailing/spam list. I would advise people not to use them.

If you are being forced to use the download from the server rather than the redirect then there is possibly a file difference between the two. e.g the server is running a different version of the map than what is on the redirect. In this case we need the names of the maps to do a comparison.

Correction. I will win this game.

From Twitter: So yeah.. not like how you're making it seem I think.

Not really a mess. Mojang owns Bukkit and has done for two years. They have had little/no involvement in it since purchase, it looks like they will now be acting in supporting it.

Just after I fixed all the configs :/ I will look when I get home from work.

Run PB Setup for Legacy games, let the updater update itself. Close the updater. Copy and replace the pbgame.htm from the updater download archive to the updaters directory. Run updater again, this time game will stay and allow update. Then run pbsvc.exe from either game directory or download from PB website.

The XlrStats website has been updated and many bugs have been fixed. All areas should now be working correctly. All the servers that can run XlrStats are running the stats and all the configs have been updated on the website so it's all visible. Some servers were reset recently so may not show any data yet.

We are talking about a ping change here that is faster than your eye can blink. The change has happened and couldn't really be helped. We have other servers in different data centres you could try, if they are not up to your standards then I can only suggest moving house.

If you are referring to the most recent change, I am not sure how/why as the move was within the same data centre. Anyway I see nothing wrong with those pings..

I will claim the servers later on GameTracker - unfortunately there are not enough free hours in a day to do it all in one Naturally changing the IP means that the players drop whilst people relearn the IP. @@Sonovabich There is a overlap is all.

I was aware, as per green box servers are moving.

The following game servers have moved, you will need to update your favourites. Admins can find the new credentials within the credentials list. Players can find the new details below and on the server list. The servers that have been affected are: COD2: 74.208.70.153:28960 >XI< TDM/CTF COD4: 74.208.70.133:28960 >XI< OW2 Domination COD4: 74.208.70.132:28960 >XI< Apha_X Zombie COD4: 74.208.70.122:28960 >XI< Hide N Seek COD4: 74.208.70.86:28960 >XI< FreezeTag Srv 2 COD5: 74.208.70.146:28960 >XI< Modern Weapons Mod Other recent server changes has been the migration of the FTB Minecraft server, you should have no issue connecting unless you are using the IP. It is advised that you use the domain: ftb-mc.xtremeidiots.com