Basilisk move

[Vlada]

Basilisk move

Updated November 29, 2012
The SWGEmu Staff


Basilisk move


Due to random issues with our current server we are forced to move Basilisk and our Database to a new box.

UPDATE November 29th 2012

Since this announcement was posted our host FDC started experiencing numerous network issues too. Because of that and because of the constant hardware failures and random server box crashes we have decided to switch hosts and we will be moving our server to SoftLayer Technologies, Dallas 05 data center (https://www.softlayer.com/about/datacenters/dallas-five). They are a bit more expensive but come highly recommended, we will adjust our monthly donations goal accordingly.


Here is brief a summary of what is happening:

At around 1PM EST (check your local time here (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Basilisk+move&iso=20121129T13&p1=179)) Basilisk, our Database and our Global registration will be taken offline.
Basilisk and Database will being moved to a new machine in Dallas, Texas
The SWGEmu Website, Forum, our IRC server and TC: Nova will remain as they were.


http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4497/newserver1.png


Basilisk and our Database will experience an extended period of downtime (approximately 24 hours, but we are not sure how long it will take to copy all of our files from one box to the other). The downtime will allow us to backup Basilisk Database and move Basilisk and our Database to the new machine and have it tested and ready.

During this downtime our global registration will be disabled to prevent creation of bugged or broken accounts.


PLEASE NOTE: To do all this a Database wipe will not be necessary, all your characters, items, credits, XP, etc will be saved.





~ The SWGEmu Team

[ashur]

daaaaaaaaaaaamn son!

[Lolindir]

always fun to buy new stuff

[DogMeat]

I know you do not know me from Adam..or eve...
But FDC is not where you want to be, there are many issue as you have see and I almost lost my company because of those issues
I know they offer great boxes are cheap prices...hence to make up for Tier connections and bandwidth.

I only suggest looking at say The Planet or a better data center.

Not meaning to bash or insult in any way.
I know you want the best for this community and so I offer ideas and my time in the hole as it were.

EnJoY
Dog out ...

PS. I was a GSp for 12 years and have had many data centers...FDC is not one I recommend.

[Starscream83]

Great news in regards to a server upgrade that doesn't randomly shut down but I'm with Dog on this one... Though I'm not a GSP FDC have a rubbish repuation for stability etc etc

I'm sure myself and the rest of the community would gladly donate to fund a move to a much more capable data centre...

As with Dog I'm hoping you don't see this as a criticism, more a suggestion though I'm sure you guys have chosen the best solution for you... :)

[losti]

Sick Guys =) Thanks for that

[pluky]

good news but 48h hours down build the hardware in system case around max 1 h install windows or linux 30 min and install drivers and software 30 min and backup restore couple hours when i had an wow private server and i had to don the same upgrade pc backup restore of the game toke me 2 h and there whas alot ingame the db only costed me 20 min

[Viaron]

good news but 48h hours down build the hardware in system case around max 1 h install windows or linux 30 min and install drivers and software 30 min and backup restore couple hours when i had an wow private server and i had to don the same upgrade pc backup restore of the game toke me 2 h and there whas alot ingame the db only costed me 20 minSWGEmu != WoW

[Vlada]

Pffft... it takes me 1.7 minutes to move my dedicated CS 1.6 server from one machine to another, and they are in different rooms btw.

[tiderious]

Pffft... it takes me 1.7 minutes to move my dedicated CS 1.6 server from one machine to another, and they are in different rooms btw.

How far apart are the rooms? can we get a measurement? are there windows? perhaps a nosey neighbor that likes to run their vaccum at a bad time? whats the deets?

[Macdaddy]

just read about it on the home page u guys rock...

[mk21dvr]

did I miss it somewhere, or is it unknown when this will happen?

[Vlada]

We still dont have the exact time. Our host will let us know.

[pseudonim]

I was slightly confused too when I first read the announcement. It's clear now though. When the server host gets the new box (in a couple days), they will tell the emu team, team tells us, server goes down for roughly 48 hours or so, server comes up all nice and shiny, we all smile. Yay!

[mrsanders]

I was slightly confused too when I first read the announcement. It's clear now though. When the server host gets the new box (in a couple days), they will tell the emu team, team tells us, server goes down for roughly 48 hours or so, server comes up all nice and shiny, we all smile. Yay!

Except for the few who cannot be bothered to read and whine because the server is down.

[Vlada]

Threads merged btw.


Please refrain from making any more identical threads, just post in this one if you ahve any questions.

[dragon82a]

Well it's a new day, so.... Any updates on the time and date it will happen? Even if it is Sunday now, lol.

[Vlada]

Nah, i really doubt they will do anything today.

[Jarhead1145]

48 hours isn't the absolute time, its just extra time in case something goes wrong. It's better to be given a longer time and surprised it was way shorter than the allotted time then to be told the short time and then given bad news that it will take longer than expected.

[athaz]

is it today its the 48 h update?

[Vlada]

I doubt it, whole box probably just crashed again.

[BenStarkiller]

Except for the few who cannot be bothered to read and whine because the server is down.

Couldn't have said it any better.

[Vlada]

OP updated.

[Mischief88]

I just joined the emu forums and I am so excited to come aboard the server! I was a diehard fan!

[Sumane]

just wipe bas to kill the greedy spoilters!

[Eluisa]

Makes me wish I still lived in Dallas area, perfect connection ftl!

[Phantasm]

48 hours isn't the absolute time, its just extra time in case something goes wrong. It's better to be given a longer time and surprised it was way shorter than the allotted time then to be told the short time and then given bad news that it will take longer than expected.

I know this isn't a trekie forum but Montgommery Scott always sandbagged Capt. Kirk with longer ETA's so he always looked good when the "miracle" happened just in time to save the day.... 8P

[DrDax]

Awesome folks !
Dallas FTW !
--- Disclaimer: I live in Dallas ------

[tsubasa]

Yo I'm glad we are doing this but the forums keeps redirecting me to this thread its becoming kind of annoying

[Ploute]

Good call by the team to move to a new place of business. It's not worth putting the money down into the old server service that obviously had serious issues.

[Loc-nar]

I was slightly confused too when I first read the announcement. It's clear now though. When the server host gets the new box (in a couple days), they will tell the emu team, team tells us, server goes down for roughly 48 hours or so, server comes up all nice and shiny, we all smile. Yay!

Seems strange that a large hosting company that provides a lot of dedicated servers would not have the hardware on hand. Moreover, I would think this is a rack mount system.

Anyway, nice to see the move. So we are looking at over 2k a month in just server charges? Looks like it's time to donate a few more green backs.

[Vlada]

Seems strange that a large hosting company that provides a lot of dedicated servers would not have the hardware on hand. Moreover, I would think this is a rack mount system.

Anyway, nice to see the move. So we are looking at over 2k a month in just server charges? Looks like it's time to donate a few more green backs.

No, i think the overall monthly goal will be around 2k, we got this box for around 1.6k per month.

[tsubasa]

Enjoy the new macbooks retina staff, you deserved it :D

[sgtfunkadelic]

Exciting stuff :-)

[kiapan]

Very happy to know this is happening, so thanks so much for the heads up!

[wjenet]

good news but 48h hours down build the hardware in system case around max 1 h install windows or linux 30 min and install drivers and software 30 min and backup restore couple hours when i had an wow private server and i had to don the same upgrade pc backup restore of the game toke me 2 h and there whas alot ingame the db only costed me 20 min

/mood sarcastic;
/echo The EMU team lives for posts which are critical and loaded with boastful oneupmanship. Thanks for your contribution.
/mood none;

[Uru Moomintoog]

Maybe the new server will bring on a sexy Lokian Wild Wheat or Tatt Fiberplast spawn,,,or both!!!

nothin' but a dreamer

Thanks Dev

[Smokewood]

Dallas?? Sweet!!

[Hiply]

Seems strange that a large hosting company that provides a lot of dedicated servers would not have the hardware on hand. Moreover, I would think this is a rack mount system.

Anyway, nice to see the move. So we are looking at over 2k a month in just server charges? Looks like it's time to donate a few more green backs.

Actually, it would see, strange to me if a company with good financial guys was wasting money by having hardware lying around unused instead of bringing it in on lease as required :)


/mood sarcastic;
/echo The EMU team lives for posts which are critical and loaded with boastful oneupmanship. Thanks for your contribution.
/mood none;

+1

It's a fact, the team is made up primarily of masochists and would be at a complete loss if there was not a dedicated crew of acid-tongued community members who can do everything better than the team does...but somehow, well, doesn't.

[Naik0i]

Am not too sure on the technical specs there. is this a considerable hardware upgrade for the servers? or about the same??

[Drej_X_Army]

Nice, I should get better connection to server as well. Dallas has more backbone connections then Denver.

[Vlada]

Am not too sure on the technical specs there. is this a considerable hardware upgrade for the servers? or about the same??

Pretty much the same thing, we moved from AMD to Intel and we will have larger SSD's but less HDD space.

[babsalos]

Sweet I'm just a few hours away from Dallas

[bigevil]

I'm in San Diego so no biggy. hehe. I do like the hardware involved and bandwidth capability.

[ashur]

Fudge, us euro guys get shafted again,

next time, please please please consider an east coast server park.

btw, will 5k gb bandwith be enough? im guessing its 5k a month?

[Lolindir]

A good call to change provider. Great work guys :D

[Vlada]

Fudge, us euro guys get shafted again,

next time, please please please consider an east coast server park.

btw, will 5k gb bandwith be enough? im guessing its 5k a month?

EDIT: I think we went over 5k in the last few months, but its $50 per 1k if or when you go over 5k limit, so not that big change in monthly costs.

[icksnay]

My bad, just saw the answer. Back to my hole i go.....

[darhox]

Lol noooo... Its 1.6k per month.
He ment bandwidth, not cost.

[Vlada]

He ment bandwidth, not cost.

I think you're right, edited accordingly.

[falacy]

And all rejoiced!

Seriously though, the specs on this server are really nice and sandy bridge beats piledriver in a lot of useful ways. We may actually notice the upgrade lol...

Thanks for doing this.

[Godly]

Hey can you guys delete all the Condemed Structures while you're at it? :P

[Macdaddy]

^^^^^^^^^^^
ya that would save alot of time lol

[Cisco-Kid]

Actually, it would see, strange to me if a company with good financial guys was wasting money by having hardware lying around unused instead of bringing it in on lease as required

This is exactly correct and business 101.

[TrooperCooper]

24 hours eh? Tomorrow is friday and weekend is coming. Assuming technical difficulties arise with the move, will there be someone working at the new host to fix it during the weekend? Or would we have to wait till monday?

Not asking for an ETA or something like that. We all know sh** can happen. I'm just curious about their work shifts. :)

[Vlada]

24 hours eh? Tomorrow is friday and weekend is coming. Assuming technical difficulties arise with the move, will there be someone working at the new host to fix it during the weekend? Or would we have to wait till monday?

Not asking for an ETA or something like that. We all know sh** can happen. I'm just curious about their work shifts. :)

They have live support 24/7

[TrooperCooper]

They have live support 24/7

Cool, thank you!

[Viaron]

They have live support 24/7
Damn! We don't even that.

[Vlada]

Damn! We don't even that.

Contrary to popular opinion, i do have to sleep from time to time.

[bmsz1234]

NEW Intel Xeon E5-2620 @ 2.00GHz Passmark: 8,016
OLD AMD Opteron 6128 Passmark: 4,999

The new is 6 cores the old is 8 cores, but the new scores alot higher in overall processing power... But then again I am pretty sure we were never lacking processing power...

[Drej_X_Army]

I run AMD processors all the time and its usually never processing power.Its either bandwidth or other components.


Fudge, us euro guys get shafted again,

next time, please please please consider an east coast server park.

btw, will 5k gb bandwith be enough? im guessing its 5k a month?

Well thinking about this, if they would do a Miami location, has more fiber backbones than any other east city, it would benefit Euro and South America, but not the Aussie/Asia people. Then if we do a west coast, which I think San fran has the most backbones, the opposite would happen. Not sure how many different countries we are dealing with though.

I say move to USA ... :-p

[DogMeat]

Very Glad to see the move away from FDC!!
Softlayer is what the planet was and they are the big boyz on the block.

Smart move and one I am sure will weill all see in the future.

Gratz on the call to move.

Dog out......

[taylaria]

Contrary to popular opinion, i do have to sleep from time to time.
This has to be a lie. Aren't you immortal or something - you don't need sleep.

[Vlada]

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/9757067.jpg

[DogMeat]

Best of luck and godspeed ............

[refreund]

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/9757067.jpg

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhh

[Hauken]

hehe, just logged in a few mins ago. Then the server went dead. Came here to the forums to check out what was going on and was guided to this tread.
I was not aware of the server move, since ive been on a mil.ex. this week. Best of luck on the server move. See you all on the flipside.....

[Rowgue]

Awesome news.

[hoteo]

Thought it was staying in Denver :( Now my ping won't be as good. Oh well.

[rwhitmore]

This move sounds great! I wish you guys all the best setting up the new server. May the Force be with you!

[-Jeru Seksepants]

This is a good move for the whole community. Less server issues = more production. Thanks for keeping us in the loop!

[Jaddynnstarr]

I applaud this move, dallas or denver doesnt matter to me in the least as long as its stable and runs well. Since im in utah, my ping wont change all that much anyways so cheers!

[carnnage]

Offline NOOOOOOOOO!

Thanks for all the hard work and the server upgrade.

[DogMeat]

Ping should be as good if not better!
Better data center, better tier 1 providers.

I feel the game will be way better in terms of play.

Ping test the data center:

173.192.68.18

http://www.iwebtool.com/ping

For those that do not know how to ...

OR


open a shell prompt (in Microsoft Windows, the Command Prompt or MS-DOS Prompt on Start Menu)
go to RUN, then type "CMD" when the black window pops up type: "ping" followed by a space and the IP address: 173.192.68.18
press the Enter (or Return) key .. looks like this:: ping 173.192.68.18

This will give you true readings from your house...per say.

[Sabaac]

Thanx for the hard work gang

[falacy]

if you want a larger average then four pings, type

ping -n 25 173.192.68.18

The -n 25 will ping it 25 times, but you can change 25 to any number you like.

[Agelk]

are we there yet


/burst run /hide

[tiioak]

Woot with the move, but it says TC will not be able to log into, yet there is like 20 people on there by the monitor on the main page?

[Genius78]

greets from europe :)
great work you´ll doing here.

[LaFarsa]

Thanks for all your hard work!

Gracias!

[Sinnder]

Thanks for all the work and dedication you put in for US Dev Team! You brought back to life a game millions of us played and loved. You do it with minimal staffing and for DONATIONS only! Thank you for what you have given to us as a community and for all the time you spend working on it.

[aeigis]

http://www.swgemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46226&page=18&p=520270&viewfull=1#post520270

[Trady]

It's a trap !

T.

[sgtfunkadelic]

Does anyone know if the Android server status app is still going to work once the server has moved or will it become obsolete?

http://www.swgemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42557

Very excited about the move, hope it will somehow improve the ping down under too :)

[regnar69]

How large is the database for Bas and Nova?

[aeigis]

Does anyone know if the Android server status app is still going to work once the server has moved or will it become obsolete?

http://www.swgemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42557

Very excited about the move, hope it will somehow improve the ping down under too :)

as long as the app points to a domain name and not an IP it will work fine.

[sgtfunkadelic]

as long as the app points to a domain name and not an IP it will work fine.

Thanks Aeigis :)

[Yhor]

Awesome news. Thanks for more bang for the buck.

[Poocho]

I'm afraid I was planning on playing this evening. Right now just doesn't work for me. Therefore, I'm sorry, but you're going to have to reschedule the move. If you can rush it and get the whole thing done in about 8 hours, you have my permission to make it happen at 9 AM EST tomorrow (Friday). Otherwise you can do it at 3 AM EST on Saturday. If these times won't do, tomorrow I will get my work schedule for next week and we can discuss a more mutual arrangement.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Just being fasetio--...faceshou--...fezetius--.......Just kidding,
Poocho ;)

[pawntakesrook]

http://www.swgemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46226&page=18&p=520270&viewfull=1#post520270

Okay, I laughed on that one ... thanks aeigis.

[excalibur77]

so does this mean there is gonna be a wipe?

[RainStar]

The home page announcement says there will not be a wipe.

[excalibur77]

The home page announcement says there will not be a wipe.

ty my bad totally didnt see that lol

[SirM77]

is rdy to play ? ^^

[excalibur77]

is rdy to play ? ^^

nope still offline

[Turosis]

is rdy to play ? ^^

Maybe in another 20 hours

[thargar]

Been watching and waiting on the emu every since Sony went to the NGE and talk started about creating one. Finally decided to jump in and seems I chose a great time to do it. The host info looks great and fast so cant wait until it opens back up. Started up about a week ago and loving the emu.

[tehslendy]

man it's gunna be awesome when they switch over. it just sucks I can't get my star wars fix till' tomorrow :(

[Quigster]

Since I live in New Mexico it doesn't matter if the server is in Dallas or Denver as the distance is about the same. I am looking forward to a more stable game but I am already having withdrawal symptoms by not being able to play the game. This is going to be one of the longest days of my life. I hope everything goes smothly and there are no issues so we can get back in and coontinue to play as soon as possible.

[decastro]

man it's gunna be awesome when they switch over. it just sucks I can't get my star wars fix till' tomorrow :(
What will we do without SWGEmu for this long?

[Viaron]

What will we do without SWGEmu for this long?
Get a Life? a job? friends?
Something please, for your own good!

[calasar]

If you're that bored, I got the Fantasy Flight beta for Star Wars: Edge of the Empire roleplaying game. Roll up a few characters and let's get started.

FYI, I allow Wookie Jedi. **** you, Lucas.

[Nethogen]

I do have to say that i am very happy for the move and understandable about the time frame...but right as i get home from work...guess ill get a good nights sleep for once

[Brentw2112]

Been watching and waiting on the emu every since Sony went to the NGE and talk started about creating one. Finally decided to jump in and seems I chose a great time to do it. The host info looks great and fast so cant wait until it opens back up. Started up about a week ago and loving the emu.

it's awesome to see more returning players. Stop by Quahog on Dantooine and say hello.

[chris20sith]

What will we do without SWGEmu for this long?

Do stuff with our wives? LOL (that is the edited version)

[bigevil]

Do stuff with our wives? LOL (that is the edited version)

Unless your "together time" is years of hard work to = playing SWGEmu together.....lol

Guess its watching Big Bang reruns or installing a new shelf for the living room. :)

[kebb]

Will game-time advance during the move? I know it does during server resets but not sure if it does when the server is shut down for an extended period. I did have a rare moment of foresight and saw to the maintenance of harvs and houses last night.

[karma85]

Well heres to better stability in the future!! Hope it works out for the whole community!

[Vlada]

Will game-time advance during the move? I know it does during server resets but not sure if it does when the server is shut down for an extended period. I did have a rare moment of foresight and saw to the maintenance of harvs and houses last night.

Yes it will.

[brianj]

I can move that peanut on top of my desk from one side of the desk to the other in about a min if I try real hard, so WHY DOES IT TAKE YOU GUYS SO LONG TO MIGRATE A COMPLEX SERVER?

/throw tantrum

mmmmm peanut *chomp*

[badvali]

Well ALRIGHT! May the force be with you in Texas.

[Complication]

Im excited, old timer here! I remember launch day, and the server chat blowing up when the first jedi was unlocked, it was amazing!

[DigiSWG]

... 1 h install windows ...Takes 10 minutes to install Windows on a server and less than that for a VM.

[Palerion]

Thank you guys for the wonderful work you do for us all!

[garrettflip]

A lot of people are talking about better pings and whatnot, will this actually affect anything other then the server randomly going down? Will there actually be a performance increase or is that just wishful thinking? I apologize if this has been answered or explained already. I’ve read the whole thread but am still a little confused about what to expect from this....

[Tsai Tenshi]

and the peasants rejoice ...

[retto]

oh man its only been 12 hours ?

i love you guys ..

[yakcam]

I really can't thank the SWGEMU team enough. Not only for providing us Swgphiles a place to play again, but for improving and upgrading it to make our playing experience more enjoyable. Bravo guys 'n' gals... bravo!

[HSColle]

Hope the server wil be up when im off work in about 6 hours :-P
Thank you for all the great work guys :0)

[Vlada]

A lot of people are talking about better pings and whatnot, will this actually affect anything other then the server randomly going down? Will there actually be a performance increase or is that just wishful thinking? I apologize if this has been answered or explained already. I’ve read the whole thread but am still a little confused about what to expect from this....

There probably wont be a huge increase in performance, if any. But it should stop huge lag spikes caused by network issues FDC has been having and should prevent random server box crashes.

[Geisselbrecht2012]

Ping should be as good if not better!
Better data center, better tier 1 providers.

I feel the game will be way better in terms of play.

Ping test the data center:

173.192.68.18

http://www.iwebtool.com/ping

For those that do not know how to ...

OR


open a shell prompt (in Microsoft Windows, the Command Prompt or MS-DOS Prompt on Start Menu)
go to RUN, then type "CMD" when the black window pops up type: "ping" followed by a space and the IP address: 173.192.68.18
press the Enter (or Return) key .. looks like this:: ping 173.192.68.18

This will give you true readings from your house...per say.

Whats the IP of the "old" server? Just to compare..

Got 145ms to new Data Center from germany. To "old" Server I had 210. Last days 280-400ms

[brandnew]

Im excited, old timer here! I remember launch day, and the server chat blowing up when the first jedi was unlocked, it was amazing!

yes man, we who were playing the early game had the best time a gamer can have in his life.
it was amazing, i dont find words to tell how amazing it was.

big up emu and thanky


edit.
and screw the jedi, this day was the real beginning of the end

[ashur]

Whats the IP of the "old" server? Just to compare..

Got 145ms to new Data Center from germany. To "old" Server I had 210. Last days 280-400ms

i just did a ping check, i used to get 191 to the old server, right now im getting 161 on average. And i live in Norway, so my ping should not be that different from yours.

If ping drops from 191 to 161 ingame, ill be a happy camper. that 30 ping does actually make a difference.

[Superjebus]

The best ping I ever got in 'straya was 210, but it was usually at around 230. Fingers crossed that I break the 200 mark.

[Vlada]

<&Status> Basilisk is now ONLINE

[Geisselbrecht2012]

Ping 175 from Germany - but monster lags atm

[Vlada]

It was loading object. Should be better now.

[Cliffy]

Nice work guys....that was fast. Last night, I was actually being productive around the house for once so I guess thats good :P

[pseudonim]

<&Status> Basilisk is now ONLINEImpressive! Thanks to the team and the new provider!

[Drej_X_Army]

Nice work guys....that was fast. Last night, I was actually being productive around the house for once so I guess thats good :P

Did your wife call the cops, wondering who you were?? :-P

[schro69]

68 Ping on the in game network status window with 0% packet loss.. Not too shabby. I haven't noticed any rubber banding, which is awesome! However, there's only 311 people on right now, so we'll see.

[Akelan]

Congrats on the move being fast and effective - I was quite surprised to see it live so soon. From an other tech who has done more than his share of server moves on critical systems, nice job and congrats.

[Mondstrahl]

thank you for the fast and nice work- congrats.

[Vikko]

235 Ping in the network status window. And thats an improvement :P
Congrats on the smooth transition, faster than I expected. Seems to be much less laggy overall.

[Vlada]

Need more people online.

[Skyhunter11]

I wish I can get online now and help stress the server. Unfortunately, I am at work I can not log on til I get home later tonight. I am very excited about the server move being completed so soon. I look forward to stressing it tonight.

[Jaddynnstarr]

I live in Utah, and i was getting 35-55 ping on avrg depending on what i was doing on the other PC at the time... Im at work now, but i dont expect much better then the 35 I was already getting so... maybe it will by 5-10... if any. Ill report back when i have a result this evening.

[Jaddynnstarr]

just pinged the data center from work here it was a solid 38-39 for a good 5 mins the time of this ping was 12:50 pm here in utah. will do another at home later...

[Genius78]

1+
im from Germany,Cologne
and my ping goes (180-225, Laggs,Packetloss) -> (163-165, no laggs, no packetloss)

very good work !

Thank you very much for this and for the emu

greets Genius

[Kraevac]

I live in Louisiana and was getting between 75 and 102 every time I logged in, and a lot of bandwidth loss. I always knew when the server was getting ready to crash, my bandwidth would jump to 500+ and within minutes the server would go down. Since the move however, my ping is a constant 42, which is great. I am also not noticing any rubberbanding or weapons lag. At least not any lag that wasn't just plain common to SWG at release. Anyone remember those dumb weapon lags? There would be no animation and it would look like the game locked or crashed, then suddenly either you or the npc was dead? My ISP also increased my speed today, for free, it doubled from 15 to 30, and it runs stable between 15 and 32, so all around, I am very happy.

Thanks EMU team. Great work and when I find a job I will be sure to donate as much as I can. If I get this job that I recently applied for I could potentially pay an entire month's worth of what it cost for the new server....:)

[sgtfunkadelic]

I'm getting about 230ms ping here in oz since the move which is an improvement. Very smooth transition team! Bas is back up and running alot sooner then I had anticipated. I see Vlada asking for more players online. Would it be worthwhile to allow us 3 toons online for a day so we can see how it handles something closer to 3k players?

[Trent2000]

Ping here in East TN has been good before 70 - 80 ... I hit a good moment of low 50's today.. Nice Job AAA+++

[LordZroknay]

SoftLayer is great - my company uses them for COD applications, and they havent let us down in the two years weve used them

[ashur]

The best ping I ever got in 'straya was 210, but it was usually at around 230. Fingers crossed that I break the 200 mark.


Your ping should be worse now since you're an aussie, im ingame atm and getting anything from 158-169, basicly 30-40 drop in ping,

im happy.

[Superjebus]

Your ping should be worse now since you're an aussie, im ingame atm and getting anything from 158-169, basicly 30-40 drop in ping,

im happy.
Yeah ping is now sitting around 250 so a little worse, but not by much.

[monca10]

since the move took place I have not been able to connect and every time I try I get a message:

"your session key is invalid or has expired"

:(

[Cisco-Kid]

I am on the east coast in the mid Atlantic region. My ping went from 150 to 70. load times have been cut in half and the lag I used to experience is still present, but very small amounts in largely populated area. Certainly a noticeable improvement.

Thanks!

[deppenjaeger]

depending on the serverload i get a ping between 140 and 175 (living in germany)
175 is the same ping i had to the FDC server but i got far less rubberbanding, packet loss in general is nearly 0% all the time and Ld nearly never happens. just got 1ld in the last 24 hours.

[Cisco-Kid]

You probably don't want to hear this, but it sounds like a password issue. I have had this happen to me, but when I shut down the client and use the right password, it works. This is probably not the case for you, because I am sure that you have done that, but I thought I would throw that is there.

[xirad]

Living in Phoenix I had the benefit of closer proximity to Denver. My previous pings were between 50-70ms. Now I'm seeing 100-120ms, spiking as high as 170ms quite frequently last night. Occasional rubberbanding - nothing near like it was on the old server. Definitely much much better, and as we spread the word of SWGEMU (everyone is Liking SWGEMU on FB and boasting about it on their walls, right?????) hopefully we can grow with enough donations (hey, if you really enjoy the game treat it like a PayToPlay game and set up a $10 or $15 or whatever you're comfortable with recurring monthly donation) we may soon see more than one game server.

Xirad / Wayne

[xirad]

since the move took place I have not been able to connect and every time I try I get a message:

"your session key is invalid or has expired"

:(

Monca10, have you had success yet? I searched the forums and pretty much the solution is relaunching the LPE launcher.

Something you could try is reboot your computer, bring up the LPE launcher and at the top right where you select the servers, click the drop-down and re-select Official. Then at the bottom left of LPE click Full Scan (should only take a few minutes).

Then try PLAY.

Hope that helps!

Wayne

[Silverthorne]

The game kicked me this morning, and got the your session key is invalid. Had to back all the way out and relog in. Just kicked me a second time today.

just tried to log in, and game didnt connect to server. will wait a bit more and try again.

[xirad]

I got kicked about 30 minutes ago. Reloaded LPE and everything and can log in but when I pick my toon and try to log into the galaxy it just hangs there. Server widget says everything is up but obviously not. Poo.

[Val34]

got disconnected few minutes after first log in, not able to reconnect for 30 minutes now. server online it seems.

loc: germany

[Tatamy19]

Was able to log in this morning (around 9 AM Eastern time) now I just get the screen telling me it's "connecting to the galaxy" and just hanging @ 3:00 PM Eastern time.

[Val34]

seems to be a general problem right now.

[Arsinoe]

If you get the "connecting to the galaxy" message that just hangs there, that is usually a sign that the server is deadlocked and it is not you. In that case, you just have to wait until TA gets to it and fixes it.

[pbmbcrocbaiter]

Any idea of when it will be back up now that it's down again?

[Arsinoe]

It totally depends on what caused the deadlock and how long it takes TA to fix that and do the restart.

[pbmbcrocbaiter]

It totally depends on what caused the deadlock and how long it takes TA to fix that and do the restart.


Okay I was just curious I just enjoy getting an ETA thanks though!

[Neosan]

Up & Running for me. Up for 1h and 950 people inside.

I'm in Spain. Solid 175ms (in game). 0 lag (entering Theed). 0 Rubberbanding. Faster swoop calling/storing.

Great work, SWGEMU Team!!

[Arulius]

I jumped into the game last night before the restart and I was amazed at how fast my crafting tools loaded up. This was right outside CNET and I hardly experienced any lag. My ping runs from 48ms to 50ms and I am further away from Texas than I was from Denver.

Nice work dev team.

[DogMeat]

Told ya......lol
Things will be far better here then at FDC.

Better everything all the way around, no matter how you slice it.

Glad the move was made!!

Solid ping of 44ms and no lag.
This is the data center "not #5" but Softlayer "aka: ThePlanet" , the one a few years ago WOW put 500 servers up.
I know because my server order had to wiat ....lol

Should tell you something about the quality of the service you get.

[Bobbybuche]

Awesome work DEV team I think the move was a great thing, no lag, rubberbanding, its just awesome!!! keep up the good work all!

[slavapon]

what port is ? i cant find it for connect can u make me pm?

[Lolindir]

I don't understand, what are you talking about? Hope you are aware this is a thread from 2012?

[Vlada]

what port is ? i cant find it for connect can u make me pm?

I thought your gf made you quit SWGEmu, is everything OK irl?

[epaos]

if a just a GF makes you do anything you dont want to..everything is NOT ok in rl lol

[TheMostInterestingMan]

You realize you posted in thread from 2012? Basilisk is the server you will connect to play on, and should be listed after installing the Emu.

[ethantokes]

SWGEmu != WoW
I see what you did there. Epic.

[samuelmichealjef]

Hey guys its now 21/08/14 i tryed yeaterday to loging and now have been trying 24 hours for it to work! Please get in contact ive been logging on and off on and off????

[Vlada]

Hey guys its now 21/08/14 i tryed yeaterday to loging and now have been trying 24 hours for it to work! Please get in contact ive been logging on and off on and off????

Ummm.... Wat?

[tsubasa]

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[equinox40]

Hey guys its now 21/08/14 i tryed yeaterday to loging and now have been trying 24 hours for it to work! Please get in contact ive been logging on and off on and off???? Probably your internet works fine for me

[Lolindir]

Hey guys its now 21/08/14 i tryed yeaterday to loging and now have been trying 24 hours for it to work! Please get in contact ive been logging on and off on and off????You need to contact us. Send in a ticket to support or log in to live support, both can be found in my signature.

[Aazgaroth]

You should lock this topic so people don't get confused, lol.