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Late Thursday night status update

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Late Thursday night status update

from JoeUser Forums

We got a really good new build from GPG this evening that has a cure for those people who have experienced in-game disconnects along with some in-game exploits and a few other things (favor points, achievements, etc.).  So we spent a lot of time this evening working on that.

Meanwhile, I turned over the Proxy server setup to the enterprise team at Stardock to speed that up (for those of you not familiar with Stardock, we’re 70% an application company, 30% games with very distinct development teams).  Basically I turned over the Proxy server work to the Impulse development team since they already have built the infrastructure around Impulse.

The connection servers, which is one of the areas some people (and we have reproduced this) are having a lot of pain with is something we’re still working on (2:30am as I write this) but we’re nearing the end of productive work on this.  Basically, it’s a problem of scaling. The classic what works for 500 people falls apart when used by 5000 people at once.  But a lot of progress has been made there as well.

Anyway, we’re going to call it a night and come back tomorrow to continue on the integration.

Now, as some people have heard, we are going to release this update as a “beta”.  Impulse has an option for users to be able to try out pre-release software on it.  Warning though, if Demigod MP is already fine for you, don’t mess with this.

Here’s how you make use of this feature:

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We expect to have this up tomorrow.  But I’m not making any promises as we don’t want to take a chance of putting something up that leaves people stranded (or having to re-download the whole release game again).

Update: Friday afternoon

We've finished integrating GPG's changed with the Raknet changes with the CVP changes.  But we have still not resolved the issue of why it takes so long for 2 people, after being connected, to get into the lobby when there's a heavy load as the database seems to now be able to handle it (we set up a bunch of new servers) but there is still a random several second delay between when it says someone is connected and when it actually even attempts to insert them into the game lobby.

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Reply #28 from Demigod Forums Top

If possible, I'd love to see the favor / disconnect fix pushed final and the connection servers be beta.

Reply #29 from Demigod Forums Top

Please have this up in time for the weekend, so we can start testing it for you.
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Reply #30 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting iNs4n3PT, reply 4

Please have this up in time for the weekend, so we can start testing it for you.


+1

 
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Dito... looking forward to a favor point fix!

Reply #31 from Demigod Forums Top


Here’s how you make use of this feature:

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I checked the box in the diagram in order to make use of that feature. However, despite doing that and having clicked on "Check for updates" a million times, Impulse still nevers lists the beta update or gives me the opportunity to install it. 

What is the solution, after checking the box described in the diagram, so that the update will appear and install itself?

Reply #32 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting fixmyfavor, reply 6

quoting post
Here’s how you make use of this feature:


I checked the box in the diagram in order to make use of that feature. However, despite doing that and having clicked on "Check for updates" a million times, Impulse still nevers lists the beta update or gives me the opportunity to install it.

What is the solution, after checking the box described in the diagram, so that the update will appear and install itself?

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er, I think its not up yet.

Reply #33 from Demigod Forums Top

Right... not up yet

Reply #34 from Demigod Forums Top

We're still working on it.  There will definitely be a very very long blog post about this issue when it's finally dealt with. This has definitely been the most challenging issue I've ever seen to rectify.

Reply #35 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 9
We're still working on it.  There will definitely be a very very long blog post about this issue when it's finally dealt with. This has definitely been the most challenging issue I've ever seen to rectify.
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Thanks Frogboy!

Reply #38 from Demigod Forums Top

So not looking good for today release i guess?
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Don't rule it out. Some of these updates they've released pretty late into the night.

Reply #39 from Demigod Forums Top

Patience. We only really start rolling here at Stardock around 11AM, especially when we've been working on it until 3:30AM the night before. :)

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Reply #40 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting GreenReaper, reply 14
Patience. We only really start rolling here at Stardock around 11AM, especially when we've been working on it until 3:30AM the night before.
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11 AM?  I want your job....

Can't complain much myself though.  I go to college and am taking classes I don't really need to be present for all that much.  So I guess I can say that when I finish college, I want your job.

Reply #41 from Demigod Forums Top

In Japan, developers sleep in their cubes during crunch time.

Reply #44 from Stardock Forums Top

In Japan, developers sleep in their cubes during crunch time.
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Must be why their economy is in the tank...study after study shows that programmers aren't productive during this time.

Reply #45 from Demigod Forums Top

So I haven't been able to play a single game online since I bought it. When can we expect this updae?

Reply #47 from Demigod Forums Top

I can never get into the IRC it always says excess flood but thats just while in the game.

 

So can we kinda hope for it tonight?

Reply #48 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Gallifray, reply 22
I can never get into the IRC it always says excess flood but thats just while in the game.

 

So can we kinda hope for it tonight?
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Frog said it's being packaged and uploaded, so yeah, tonight, but that stuff takes a while. Might be another hour or two or three?

Reply #49 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 23



Quoting Gallifray,
reply 22
I can never get into the IRC it always says excess flood but thats just while in the game.

 

So can we kinda hope for it tonight?


Frog said it's being packaged and uploaded, so yeah, tonight, but that stuff takes a while. Might be another hour or two or three?
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lol I hate when I look retarded and ask something that was already answered, thank you.

Reply #50 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 23



Quoting Gallifray,
reply 22
I can never get into the IRC it always says excess flood but thats just while in the game.

 

So can we kinda hope for it tonight?


Frog said it's being packaged and uploaded, so yeah, tonight, but that stuff takes a while. Might be another hour or two or three?
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Great!