So, after my POST SKYRIM COMA, I finally got around to finishing my network migration. The old setup, if you remember, and the proposed new setup, were documented here. Now, the new state is done and executed HERE:

The important thing is that all cables were custom cut to be optimal length, meaning no link from the server to the gateway is more than 3 feet. Also, EVERY link between the server and the world is gigabit. LAN transfers of backups went from 10MB/s to 20MB/s.

What will this mean? Not much. Maybe if 100 people were on, lag would be cut. This is more just an interest story :D

FOLKS!

A Recommended Build for 1.4.7 FINALLY came out, so we're gonna upgrade, hopefully later today!

And also, I am ready to return after Skyrim consumed my soul :D

UPDATE: DONE. Multiverse doesn't work, and many plugins haven't been updated for some time...tell me what is broken! Also, all the other worlds are there still, we just can't get to them until the plugin updates :D

UPDATE 2: Multiverse is still dead, for now. Lockette doesn't work at all it seems...we're looking for an updated plugin that respects existing signs so you don't have to relock all your chests. We've chosen a new logging plugin...I just need to set up the SQL!

I got a bunch of e-mails asking if I was dead. Not dead...playing skyrim! :)

I'm severely, severely addicted. 5+ hours a night. I will be back though...to give you an idea of where I'm at, look at this checklist I built: Checklist

Just to fill you in, I have 6 lovely houses, 2 more in construction, I have married my beautiful wife Aela the Huntress and we've adopted a daughter (Runa Fair-Shield) and are considering adopting a son. I have earned the title of Thane in 9 holds, am the Harbinger of the Companions, Guild Master of the Thieves Guild, Arch-Mage of the College of Winterhold, Listener of the Dark Brotherhood, and have fully realized my identity as the Dragonborn as I defeated Aludin in the plane of Sovngarde.

THe server is running in a blank world on my test machine right now. Why? Read below! Feel free to fuck around in this dummy map.

Unstable bukkit is causing dramatic world corruption errors. Working on a fix, may take some time, we'll be offline for a while. CHeck here for updates.

Since everyone deserves more info: Bukkit is having a problem where the cached chunk isn't getting written to the save, so it's reloading from the save, with the wrong coords, then writing that back. That's balls. So there's a utility to fix this, linked here: Fenixin which I am running...which on a world our size oculd take HOURS.

UPDATE: After like 32 hours, I got the following result:

4 fixed chunks of a total of 4 wrong located chunks


Then, I booted it up, logged in...and got this:

Right back where we started, broken chunks. I don't know what to do, elite base is all fucked. It's for sure the beta bukkit. I think what'll have to happen is when RB comes out, we'll have to run this again and re-try to fix it...until then I'll look at manually editing the region files to fix it since the coords ARE there, pulling from a backup from like Nov 5. I'm sorry this is happening, and there's no clean fix for it.

I'm gonna try one more thing...in case that backup # 1000 had the bad chunk errors already written, I'm gonna run this one more time with the oldest backup we have, see if it fixes it. Stay tuned...I figured how to multi-thread it so it'll go faster.

from 10-12 PST on today, 11/28/12, the server will likely be down as my internet is upgraded to business class. Check here for updates; spread the word.

UPDATE: the dude is still working now at about 2PM pst...my ssh connection just died, so I assume we're down?

UPDATE 2: it'll take a bit for the dns to propogate...try the following as the server address:

• surfrock66.yourhda.com:25565
• mc.teh3l3m3nts.com:25565
• 71.197.114.191:25565

Update 3: Well there's sort of a sucky deal...the new business class device isn't just a modem, it's a modem and a router, a router with an overly simplistic configuration. Allow me to explain via whiteboard pictures: