Out of curiosity

Post by **Austin** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:50 am

Things have been really, really, quiet around here for the last week or so!

Im kinda curious, how many people are using POL 097 for live (or test, but mostly the live thing) shards.. and how many are still going "Ugh, still updating my code for 096 alone"

Pierce · Post by **Pierce** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:03 am

I converted all my scripts from 96 (where all work fine) to 97 and used it on my windows home test shard. I posted a "ACCESS_VIOLATION" Bug/Crash that i get about 5-15 min. after starting the server. I took that post back cause i wasn't sure about if it was my fault or relies on my home system or a really core bug. I rewrite some scripts and still get these violations on windows. So i wanted to check it on a linux test server too, but something in RL stopped me. Our live shard runs on 96 Linux very well. I think i will have time to run a test under linux with the converted scripts next week. If i get the same crashs, i'll post the issue. If not, at least linux core should work fine and on the windows core there could be a bug according this issue or it is simple my system fault

Marilla · Post by **Marilla** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:37 am

Ugh! Still updating my shard for 096!

Developer Silver · Post by **Developer Silver** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:38 am

We use 097 for our live shard from 2nd day it has been out, and it's all ok

I like beta builds...

Great job guys!

CWO · Post by **CWO** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:15 pm

well, I would love to jump on the 097 bandwagon but my shard is under a complete rewrite under 096. We're converted to 096 but have tons of recurring problems from the really old scriptbase code. I have however been rewriting the shard so I can apply it to 096 with extra stuff (use statements) and replacement code for 097 commented out. So basically, my scripts will go either way which means when I get the rewrite done, I'll easily be able to adapt to 097 and use it. I like to keep to the cutting edge of POL but as a single dev, trying to keep my code in good form on an inherited shard.

Post by **Yukiko** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:57 pm

To be honest Austin, I am not using POL 97 core yet on my live shard because I am in the "Ugh!!!" category.

I'm still struggling with the magic system though I think I got through that. I can't handle too many changes at once and what with the splitting up of the EM files I figured I'd best get through the conversion to 96 before I take on 97 and the "bugs" it will create in my scripts.

BTW I do like what you guys did with magic handling for 96+ cores.

Danielle · Post by **Danielle** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:13 pm

Just a reminder for those whom may not have noticed. I posted a program on the POL Tools forum (POL Module Updater) that'll update all your use statements to be accurate for 97 (it works for 95 and 96 too).

taxman · Post by **taxman** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:08 pm

Ugh! Still updating my shard for 096!

OldnGrey · Post by **OldnGrey** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:47 am

I would be right into 097 by now except my shard host hasn't got the new server ready to cope with 096!

Xandros · Post by **Xandros** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:33 am

I didn't find the time to update all our scripts for the new .em files
until this weekend, and we had to test the 96.1 core first since we
wanted to use it on our live shard.

But now the work is done, and you'll find some initial feedback from
me on the bug report forum.

Xandros

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:52 pm

Just getting back into POL after a leave of absence but im very impressed with the updates, great work Austin!

gha · Post by **gha** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:32 am

I'm updating my shard to 096 too...

Rogdush · Post by **Rogdush** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:12 am

Hi,

I'm using pol97-07-28 on live shard and its working fine. No crashes.
In a short time I'm planning to use newest core.

Continue good work!

Post by **MuadDib** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:59 am

Expect a new build of 097 very soon also, we figured out the issue with the statbars affecting certain setups and now have that fixed. Course, it also will include an adjustment to a findpath crash too

Post by **MuadDib** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:19 pm

"Due to technical difficulties", we have had to delay the next beta, but, as an update, we are working to get it out as soon as we can for everyone. We do understand there are several peeps waiting for it, and will be able to get it out soon. Along with 096.3 of course

shaka drl · Post by **shaka drl** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:09 pm

In live shard i use 0,96.2 and today i will try 0,97 in local machine... but i still have a big problem with connections that i don't know why starts to grow but players online remsins the same.... and obviosly POL is note reachable at this point

I hope 0,97 will fix this problem

Voicer · Post by **Voicer** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:46 pm

shaka, friend of mine tried his own "tool" with our server, to connect from one ip many times at one time... it was on 095, but effect was the same as you describe.

Maybe one of your players or someone who dislikes you use something similiar ?

I think a config somewhere inside pol is needed, to choose how many connections (not to accounts, but for server) should be accepted, it should prevent this problem.

btw - our server hung up after >5k connections

nice score

sorry for little offtopic (to go back: i am currently making 097 distro from cvs work and will try to launch my own server soon)

Marilla · Post by **Marilla** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:34 am

Simply limiting connections would not necessarily fix the problem of someone attempting to pull some sort of cheap DOS trick; It would actually just make it easier to do. Since, once they reach that limit, they don't need to do any more except keep up with the timeouts, to prevent anyone else from logging in at all.

shaka drl · Post by **shaka drl** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:42 am

Voicer wrote:shaka, friend of mine tried his own "tool" with our server, to connect from one ip many times at one time... it was on 095, but effect was the same as you describe.

Maybe one of your players or someone who dislikes you use something similiar ?

I think a config somewhere inside pol is needed, to choose how many connections (not to accounts, but for server) should be accepted, it should prevent this problem.

btw - our server hung up after >5k connections nice score

sorry for little offtopic (to go back: i am currently making 097 distro from cvs work and will try to launch my own server soon)

Now problem is solved

Logoff script was bad

Now all works very fine and i'm ready to upgrade 0,97 on live shard

qrak · Post by **qrak** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:00 am

worst things to convert are that deprecated movecharacter & moveitem functions etc...

qrak · Post by **qrak** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:43 am

Hehe just finished converting my pol96 to pol97. Now im gonna use it on live shard. We will see how it works:)

shaka drl · Post by **shaka drl** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:30 am

From today my shard is 0,97 live

Great, i love pol

DeiviD · Post by **DeiviD** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:45 am

still converting to 096 here too :X

Post by **MuadDib** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:29 pm

qrak wrote:Hehe just finished converting my pol96 to pol97. Now im gonna use it on live shard. We will see how it works:)

Any feedback yet?

qrak · Post by **qrak** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:09 pm

MuadDib wrote: Any feedback yet?

Very stable, no crashes, tested both linux and windows cores. Only had problem with DestroyItem but it is fixed now in 29-10 release.
Shows only one warning during start:

Code: Select all

Error in analyzing libc version string [2.4]. Please contact Core-Team.

(linux core 29/10)