Light of Luclin

[Webblazer]

Hey all, just started my first server. As this is my first try i'm not sure if i got everything right, i'm able to play myself, but noone else has come on yet so i'm not sure if anyone can lol. I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could try and let me know the results.

So far
- Mobs adjusted for solo play
- Spell scriber and buffer added
- Loot tables randomized
- Started work on changing many bard songs

As Luclin was my favorite expansion i'm going to be focusing there alot. Going to have higher end raid mobs drop custom items that resemble their strenghts/abilities. First one of these is already implemented with The Itraer Vius.

Thanks all!

[kiirdiir]

I can not connect.

[Webblazer]

Suppose I either messed up during setup, or the routers here at school are hindering it somehow (beyond my control). Thanks for the reply and the assistance

[bowmaster]

when peeople can connect i will try it out , so if u need asstiance with anytihng just hell , not expercied or we , with Deving but can give it a try if u wanan trust me :-)

[Webblazer]

Ok back home, if anyone could take a moment and attempt to connect tonight i'd appreciate it. Don't have a second comp myself to test it :/

[kiirdiir]

I do not see it on the server list. Did you rename it?

[Webblazer]

Server is now accepting players besides myself :) All are welcome to try it out. Lots of changes have been made and are being worked on.

- Loot tables randomized, item strength based on mob level
- Necro pets and spells improved
- Ranger spells improved
- Enabled Bots
- Luclin + LoY open

Things being worked on
- Bard songs
- Cleric spells
- General server maintenance
- Class balance

I'll provide updated spells when I've finished working on them all. Necro pets will look like humans, depending on the zone the character is in. To view the pets, need to forceload the models (update the zone_chr.txt for each zone). To do this in the eq directory find (zonename)_chr.txt for the zone you want to see the updated pets in and add.

zof,rathemtn_chr
gdm,frozenshadow_chr
gem,frozenshadow_chr
sim,karnor_chr
ssn,karnor_chr
mmy,mmy_chr
fud,fud_chr
tzm,tzm_chr
lmf,lmf_chr
mmm,mmm_chr
vst,karnor_chr
kop,podisease_chr
fgh,fgh_chr
npt,ponightmare_chr
spb,hatesfury_chr
mmv,mmv_chr

also update the number in the first line, add 16 to whatever it is. For those uninterested I can provide the ones i've done (most of them) by email... or nothing wrong with human pets.... lol

[Secrets]

To do this in the eq directory find (zonename)_chr.txt for the zone you want to see the updated pets in and add.


You could also distribute a global load file
(NOT WAREZ DON'T HURT ME MODS, UNLESS A 5KB TEXT FILE IS WAREZ)
and have the pets loaded into global client memory.

Though, gotta be careful with that, the client rejects some global load files ;)

[Webblazer]

Any hints on making a global file? Originally that was what I tried, but I couldn't get it working

[Secrets]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but...

Check GlobalLoad.txt in the "Resources" Folder.
Add a line like this:

3,0,TFFFC,podisease_chr,Loading Plane of Disease Global Models

In the 3.0 section of that file. You can also use the S3D files you make in openzone to be loaded this way to be used as global objects... however i'd put them at the end of the line if they were non-character objects.

[oritz]

Let me on dangit lol i keep trying to load your server but it boots me back to user name/password login screen cant connect its too bad your server sounds like a hoot

[spoink]

Well this seems like it may be interesting....
Your Server shows on the ServerList but i also am haveing problems connecting if you were online i could help you work through the ishues

[Webblazer]

I've been trying like hell the past few days to get it so anyone can log on... I found a mistake i made while forwarding the ports hopefully that was what wasn't allowing others on.

[leslamarch]

I've been trying like hell the past few days to get it so anyone can log on... I found a mistake i made while forwarding the ports hopefully that was what wasn't allowing others on.

Well that was your problem, can log in now just fine !

[spoink]

Well that was your problem, can log in now just fine !

lol i am glad you can its not even on my server list will this server be 24/7 or just a few hours each day?

[Webblazer]

I'm trying to keep it up all the time, but i keep running into a problem that causes me to be disconnected from the loginserver... not only that but when said problem occurs i lose connection completely and have to restart my computer. I'm not sure whats causing this, but the few times it has happened while i was testing myself was while bots were being used.

For now I ask that players refrain from summoning bots. To compensate for the loss of those companions, all mobs have been reduced in strength till this is resolved. Pets took a hit with this also, might change that

[spoink]

i wish i could help on that one i was playing as Cren and throughly enjoying the experience unfortunately the server crashed lol

[Webblazer]

Yea that was probably me that caused it lol. I'll leave the server up for the rest of the night, when I get up in the morning, it'll be up sporatically as I work on things. Going to finish up the loot tables and work on adding merchants to PoK. Know you only played for a little while but any feedback is appreciated :)

[spoink]

well ill be able to give a better summery tomorrow IF the server stays up tonight lol but so far its not extremely high rate witch is good altho you have the random drops it helps people to level feel slightly like they are "cool" without having to do too much but still its not like your giving everyone insta 70 so the way you have it set up right now it still has a nice feeling of satisfaction when your leveling

[spoink]

Yea that was probably me that caused it lol. I'll leave the server up for the rest of the night, when I get up in the morning, it'll be up sporatically as I work on things. Going to finish up the loot tables and work on adding merchants to PoK. Know you only played for a little while but any feedback is appreciated :)

btw lol i hope you are reseting it because its down lol

[Webblazer]

Reset, and changed something hoping that it would stop the crashes, let me know if you can't get on anymore

[Soulscry]

your useing Magoths bots right?

If so a few things to keep inmind to avoid crashing are:

1) bots crash the zone and/or server when above level 8ish and useing no weapons ... so no unarmed combat for the bots

2) when a group has 2 or more players and a bot is summond and added to that group... if the owner of that bot dies... this usually crash's either the bot owner while he's loading or the other group members...

3)sometimes if a player taunts or otherwise provokes your bots .. they will freak out and quit responding to commands ... shortly after the zone will crash.
those are the primary bot crash's i have found ... easy to avoid 1 and 3 .. 2 sucks if your playing with bots and players togeather alot but is still avoidable ... im haveing moderate sucsess by adding the bots to my group before the players but.. keep in mind the bots heal priority is top to bottom on group list to that makes the added players last in line for heals if everyone is going down....

hope this helps
souls

[spoink]

your useing Magoths bots right?

If so a few things to keep inmind to avoid crashing are:

1) bots crash the zone and/or server when above level 8ish and useing no weapons ... so no unarmed combat for the bots

2) when a group has 2 or more players and a bot is summond and added to that group... if the owner of that bot dies... this usually crash's either the bot owner while he's loading or the other group members...

3)sometimes if a player taunts or otherwise provokes your bots .. they will freak out and quit responding to commands ... shortly after the zone will crash.
those are the primary bot crash's i have found ... easy to avoid 1 and 3 .. 2 sucks if your playing with bots and players togeather alot but is still avoidable ... im haveing moderate sucsess by adding the bots to my group before the players but.. keep in mind the bots heal priority is top to bottom on group list to that makes the added players last in line for heals if everyone is going down....

hope this helps
souls


So your why the server died lol he asked us not to use bots right now

[ryder911]

its down again

[ryder911]

If it is the bots that are making it crash - why not just run a compile w/o the bots in?

[Webblazer]

Its not the bots :/ I'm still working on the problem, sorry guys

[mrfix186]

if your running Vista, its putting your ethernet/whatever to sleep if you can not reconnect without restarting you computer.
Its a easy to fix if thats it,
1)Right click computer(my computer)>
2)Properties>
3)Click device manager>
4)Expand the Network adapters(hit the +)>
5)Right click then properties on one of them>
Power management>
uncheck everything
6)Back to 5 until you do it for everything under that.

Only problem, arg one bug i hate, sometimes you need to have it checked! But try to do it with the adapters power management settings all unchecked first! Try the list above first tho instead of doing the reverse ;p

Also set your computers power saving(sleep) to Never. Having it on a time, makes above wrong/right/whatever it acts weird but i have no problem with power saving(sleep) + having the power saving check boxes off in the device manager.


If your not running vista, ignore this post 8)

[Webblazer]

Taking the server down to try to fix this crash bug, expect it back friday afternoon or saturday

[Webblazer]

Just an update... Think I finally solved that crash problem, server has been up for several hours no crashes, thanks for the help all!

[ryder911]

server has been down all morning =(

[vonsid]

Server is down again. Do you not have a script that automatically reboots the server if it crashes??

[vonsid]

And now noone can zone out of pok

[Webblazer]

As of this afternoon I took Light of Luclin down. I was accepted to graduate school and start classes monday, but the apartments that i'll be living in won't allow me router privilages. I apologize for not alerting players sooner, but I was granted late acceptance and it wasn't a sure thing until today =(

I'll continue my daily work on the server and when it comes back up hopefully i'll have completed the Planes and started work on the custom stuff and quests. If I come across some money this semester I may get a dedicated box, if not expect the server to be back up to the public in May.

I appreciate the comments and help from the players who tried the server out. Hope all who played enjoyed their time, and I promise when I bring the server back up it will be just as fun, more complete, and more stable!

[leslamarch]

Good Luck to you with School :)
Wish ya the Best man!

[vonsid]

Oh man! We had a brief convo about you going into your masters program. Congrats!

I do have a dedicated box etc if you would be interested, shoot me a tell on the boards!

Vonsid

[miotch]

ya man, you need to get some remote hosting of some sort going. that server is really good. too good to let go like that.

[mstone]

I agree! Get some hosting from Vonsid :)

[Webblazer]

Well the place I thought I would be living, is not the place I will be living now lol. I'll keep everyone updated once I find an apartment; might be able to bring the server back up. Right now I need to prioritize tho, finding a place to live is at the top of my list

[Randymarsh9]

Does anyone know if this server is still going to come back? I really want to play on it.

[Webblazer]

I didn't really think my server was popular enough for a request! I've been messing with a few things. The server will come back up once I get a few things settled on my end. I tried putting it up a few weeks ago as a trial, but my router chokes, so I need a new one. On top of that I didn't want to put the server back up till I got a dedicated box for it, so its not draining my system resources, in addition to slowing everyone else's gameplay.

I have been brainstorming on ways to improve the server. I've also been slowly working on revamping the spells(again) so that all classes spells will be updated. By the time I finish the spells I'll probably have the loot fixed and a dedicated box and hopefully a new router.

ETA... I don't like to give these because nothing is set in stone, but mid-July