STM Server and Scrum

[Lobreeze]

Why are you getting so attached to a name on a test server? It should be a non issue, click generate random name.

[SortasD]

It's a bit like how mobs and thir loot do not belong to anyone: The quicker bird catches the fish.

[wim]

I agree with the name stealing. Someone ninja'd my handle between wipes. I've friended them but have yet to see them log. A solution would be cool, but not entirely simple to implement. On one extreme we could import forum usernames to the reserved names list: luke, han, lando... etc. And on the other, just roll it into csr duties. Name enforcement. A middle ground would be nice with a list of forum names auto importing and syncing with your login, allowing the use of that character name and no-one else. But that would be the absolute most coding hastle. ;/

[Kezzar]

On one extreme we could import forum usernames to the reserved names list: luke, han, lando... etc.

My biggest issue with that, is the initial construction of said list. Who would decide who gets what, and what would happen in a disagreement over any names, and which servers to lock them on to? (Note: biggest issue)

And on the other, just roll it into csr duties. Name enforcement.

Can you say, hassle?

A middle ground would be nice with a list of forum names auto importing and syncing with your login, allowing the use of that character name and no-one else. But that would be the absolute most coding hastle. ;/

Same issues as the first.

[Blackball]

Sooo what is this exactly, another OR? OR-2? I left 7 months ago and it seems like you're scrapping most of what you had and starting over again... Not promising. All the developerese is starting to get to me too. Can you please just say in plain English for stupid kids like me what this means for the player base?

[Vlada]

Sooo what is this exactly, another OR? OR-2? I left 7 months ago and it seems like you're scrapping most of what you had and starting over again... Not promising. All the developerese is starting to get to me too. Can you please just say in plain English for stupid kids like me what this means for the player base?

No, OR code remains the same, pretty much nothing changed there. I think Oru explained it quite well...

This version of the engine brought a lot of major changes in the underlying framework that Core3 is built upon. Core3 is not rewritten in any way, it mostly contains changes in Engine3 and some low level things that need to be changed in Core3. However there is no feature game logic change.

[wim]

I agree, there really is no silver bullet fix for this.

[Edmonde]

too bad last names couldn't be more of the deciding factor so people could have the same first name...but then that would cause more possibility for errors in tells and tipping...databases don't like to have two primary keys and for some reason the first name is the primary key in the name database...

[Vlada]

Just a minor update...

[11:22] <%Vlada> STM characters are now saved to database?
[11:32] <@Oru> yeah they should be saved

[Superjebus]

Considering that Nova has been offline for 1 week 5 days 6 hours blah blah blah, and I can log in to the STM server, would I be wrong to asume that Nova has been turned off and replaced with STM?

[Vlada]

Not yet, we will let you know when that happens.

[Morial Tomiras]

cool stuff

[Edmonde]

Thanks again for the hard work guys. For those returning after a few months away I say give it a chance. Whats the worse that happens you play and find something that was here that wasn't months ago. As for how long it takes for the Devs to complete the process...well put this in perspective...it usually takes Developers 3 to 4 years to make a game working full time and overtime while these guys are doing it on their spare time...

[Wilowah]

Keep up the good work, guys! I really appreciate the fact that you guys are working hard to bring back vanilla SWG!

[Kefan Vaugn]

I logged in to the New Player Tutorial on the STM server, and it seemed pretty nice. I did encounter a few bugs, though.