Monday, July 17, 2006

Mobile Weapon Developer Diary #33: Server Problems

Our server has crashed at least 3 times since we started our public BETA of MW:1. And the time between outages has been getting longer and longer. >_<"

We're really sorry for the inconvenience caused. It just goes to show what I've been saying all along about the game server needing to be seperate from the website server (so the website, forum stay up so we can inform users of server outages).

One additional lesson we've learnt: for versions of the game that we upload to external websites like Newgrounds; we must ensure they have ZERO dependancy on our own TYLER servers. TY has made a completely standalone version of MW:1 Limited BETA and submitted it to NG. Hopefully they'll upload it ASAP before more people start to complain.

We're dedicated to keeping MW free. But if anyone would be so kind as to make some donations we could get a dedicated server to prevent further outages.

16 comments:

boonies4u said...

i think there should be an official game site. (i don't want the games just stuck in places like newgrounds) there should be a site called www.WobileWeapongame.net (or something like that) and i hope you can help improve/fix the server.

Cervantes de Leonard said...

www.mobileweapon.net is the official website. We'll be hosting it on a seperate server ASAP to prevent the website from being affected when the game server crashes.

Anonymous said...

yeah let's hope it's fixed soon. the site runs awfully slow now...

Anonymous said...

Is there any way to improve this such as get more servers.

Anonymous said...

Hey... the server's acting up again. After a couple hours, I was finally able to get the blog pages to load, but the game's still not loading. Hhhmmm...

Cervantes de Leonard said...

Yes, getting more servers would definitely help. Unfortunately they are kinda expensive. Pray someone makes a donation soon.

Anonymous said...

This is quite a conundrum. Ja know, ja could try buying old servers from companies looking to update their hardware. Preferrably a non-tech company. Those guys'll be quick to shelve anything if they've got the cash for an upgrade. Do note that they mostly put stuff into a storage closet or something in places where the law prohibits them tossing their stuff straight in the trash. The paperwork to get that stuff outa there is horrendous

boonies4u said...

how expensive? i may be willing to make a donation

Anonymous said...

i know this has been asked but, where exactly do I sign up.

I went to www.mobileweapon.net/ but I can't find anything that says register or sign up, the usual stuff.

Anonymous said...

i know this has been asked

where do I sign up exactly?

i went to mobileweapon.net but i don't see any prompt or link or register button.

???

Anonymous said...

I have noticed since I started playing that the server has gotten slower and slower. If your running this on a windows server try setting up an Application pool for the game and a seperate app pool for the forums and website.

Cervantes de Leonard said...

We're running Apache for the save system. I think it's a better solution to have the web server seperate from the game server. Even if it means 2 servers on one machine.

Thanks for volunteering to donate, boonies4u. We've estimated the dedicated server cost at about 100-200USD a month. Any amount will be greatly appreciated but you might want to wait till next week to donate.

After this week we'll set up a proper donation section, stating the target, how it the cash will be spent and give credit to the donors. We want to have as transparent a donation system as possible. :-P

Anonymous said...

???? where do you sign up so far this has been asked 1000 times but still no answer??????????

Anonymous said...

omg when im tryin to laod the game it stops on 16!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

ron saya r u ready for some other missions after ive done the macrogen part but den stops talkin can u help me asap plz

Sadie said...

please pleas please where are the plasma rocks???