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schnoog
post Apr 7 2021, 02:22 PM
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Group: Management

Joined: 7-March 06
From: Wehr
Member No.: 23716



Hi folks,

yes, I'm still alive (if you want to call it so).

I'll take the opportunity to provide you with some information.

Topic 1: Splatterladder
10 years ago (OK, 9 years and 11 months) I was asked to save Splatterladder from going offline.
And as time goes by, several new versions of the operating system were released, php was updated, and hardware became much more powerful.
After some troubles with the hoster at that time (they implemented a SPI firewall which dropped answers to the server queries if more than ~30 players were online on a gameserver) SL was moved to a different hoster.
That was in 2003. Since then no hardware update occurred, and I spent dozen of hours patching software for an outdated operating system.
I'm currently preparing and testing a new server to move SL to.
Once the tests are completed, I'll move SL to the new server (expected downtime ~ 1 hour).

Topic 2: TeamSpeak server
As you know (and see on the main page), we are running a free TeamSpeak server which is used by several clans / groups.
Problem:
Our current license , a so called Non Profit License, will become invalid on June 15th 2021.
Unfortunately Teamspeak doesn't offer NPLs anymore.
Without a valid license only up to 32 slots on a single server are possible.
Increasing this number comes with an annual cost, starting with $55 for a 64 slot server.
TS replaced the NPLs with sponsorship. Unfortunately Splatterladder doesn't really fulfill the requirements for it.
Result:
Based on that fact, I'm sorry to have to inform you, that we'll stop providing the SL TeamSpeak server "soon".

Topic 3: Splattervoice Mumble Server Hosting
SV also runs on an (in principle) outdated operating system. Updating it is a pita.
Therefore I decided to take Splattervoice offline once the transfer of SL to the new server is completed.

Topic 4 , or call it 1a+2a:+3a
Since the NPL is bound to the IP address of the current server, I'm not able to use it on the new server.
Instead I'll install a Mumble server, and implement a viewer for it on the main page.
Clans / groups interested in an own Mumble server (or a dedicated channel in the main SL server) are welcome.


Cheers and happy fragging

Schnoog




















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schnoog
post Jun 19 2021, 04:39 PM
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Group: Management

Joined: 7-March 06
From: Wehr
Member No.: 23716



Faster than hoped /expected

Yesterday I noticed that Splatterladder was down. The database was corrupted and I wasn't able to recover it completely on the machine.

Therefore SL was moved by me to the new server.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to contact Proddi (who is still the owner of the SL.com domain, he didn't answer my tries over several channels) to change the DNS setting (which IP is behind a domain).
Therefore I redirected Splatterladder.com to the new server which leads to an SSL certificate warning.

Splatterladder.eu now point to the new server and shouldn't raise any warnings.

Since I tried to contact proddi for 2 months without success, I don't know how long the .com - domain will remain working (the old server is currently only running teamspeak and is redirecting the domain, which isn't exactly a cheap adventure). I will keep on trying.

Therefore I ask you to use the EU domain instead of the COM domain to avoid warnings or missing images / styles

I still have several things to fix (I was able to import the most recent tracker data, but much else needs to be rebuilt manually which is quite time consuming).
The tracker is up and running.

If you have (or your hoster has) any kind of firewall or other script which blocks server queries, please ensure that the new IP 144.76.209.235 is not blocked.

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Schneller als erhofft / erwünscht.
Ich hab gestern bemerkt, dass die Splatterladder Homepage nicht mehr erreichbar war. Die Datenbank war nicht mehr konsistent und liess sich nicht mehr restaurieren.

Deshalb habe ich nun den Wechsel hin zum Neuen Server vollzogen.

Leider habe ich Proddi nicht erreichen können. Da er Besitzer der SL.com Domain ist, kann nur er die DNS Einstellungen ändern (welche IP steckt hinter einem Domain-Namen)
Deshalb konnte ich Splatterladder.com nur vom alten zum neuen Server "umleiten" was jedoch zu SSL Zertifikats-Warnungen führt.

Splatterladder.eu ist aktualisier und sollte ohne irgendwelche Warnungen funktionieren.

Da ich Proddi nun seit 2 Monaten nicht erreichen kann, weiss ich nicht wie lange die COM domain noch funktionieren wird (der Server auf den die Domain zeigt fungiert nur als Umleitung, was nicht gerade billig ist).
Werde weiterhin versuchen ihn zu erreichen.

Deshalb möchte ich Euch bitten, zukünftig die Splatterladder.eu domain anstatt der Com Version zu verwenden um Fehler und Warnungen zu vermeiden.

Ich muss noch einige Sache reparieren (ich war im Stande die aktuellen Tracker-Daten wiederherzustellen, aber vieles anderes erfordert zeitaufwändige Handarbeit).
Der Track läuft.

Solltet Ihr (oder Euer Gameserver-Hoster) eine Firewall oder ein Skript haben, dass Server-Abfragen unterbindet, so möchte ich Euch bitten dafür zu sorgen, dass die neue SL-IP 144.76.209.235 nicht geblockt ist.



Cheers
Schnoog




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- schnoog   Wind of Change.....   Apr 7 2021, 02:22 PM
- - Wolf Enstein   QUOTE (schnoog @ Apr 7 2021, 02:22 PM) I...   Apr 7 2021, 03:01 PM
- - $mart   Thanks a lot for your work ! And do you know ...   Apr 8 2021, 07:59 PM
- - Meister Gandalf   Ich hab�s nicht ganz verstanden aber ich glau...   Apr 12 2021, 06:15 PM
- - Estorado   ZITAT(schnoog @ Apr 7 2021, 03:22 PM) Hi ...   May 16 2021, 09:54 PM
- - schnoog   Hello again. The downtime should be quite short (...   May 19 2021, 01:38 PM
- - Meister Gandalf   Dankeschön And 4 the Rest: don‘t be afraid of m...   Jun 7 2021, 07:24 AM
|- - Wolf Enstein   QUOTE (Meister Gandalf @ Jun 7 2021, 07:2...   Jun 7 2021, 09:26 PM
- - schnoog   Some SL Mumble server are still active   Jun 11 2021, 04:10 PM
- - schnoog   Faster than hoped /expected Yesterday I noticed t...   Jun 19 2021, 04:39 PM
|- - daredevil   Thanks for the info mate on the IP. I understand a...   Jun 21 2021, 11:48 PM
- - macbeth   cant post more than posted DD seems atm is buggy ...   Jun 27 2021, 08:17 AM
- - schnoog   Thanks for the information. Just restarted the tr...   Jun 27 2021, 12:56 PM
|- - macbeth   QUOTE (schnoog @ Jun 27 2021, 01:56 PM) T...   Jun 27 2021, 03:06 PM
- - schnoog   You should have received an email   Jun 27 2021, 07:22 PM
- - macbeth   no email and the tracker is buggy again   Jun 28 2021, 08:50 AM
- - schnoog   Kate, unfortunately the Forum tells me that you ha...   Jun 28 2021, 03:02 PM
- - macbeth   i send you pms also   Jun 28 2021, 04:14 PM
- - schnoog   Got the one from you here on the forum (but wasn...   Jun 28 2021, 04:45 PM
|- - Wolf Enstein   QUOTE (schnoog @ Jun 28 2021, 04:45 PM) @...   Jun 28 2021, 07:53 PM
- - macbeth   will look to mine pms settings, fixed ,mine bad   Jun 28 2021, 05:17 PM
- - schnoog   Have you ever tried Mumble?   Jun 28 2021, 08:44 PM
- - macbeth   myself i still use discord cuz i can contact our s...   Jun 28 2021, 09:29 PM
- - ETc|Jay   i just noticed, the server banners are not working...   Jul 6 2021, 08:56 PM
- - ETc|Jay   Another thing is, when i go to a topic over the ...   Jul 6 2021, 09:09 PM
- - macbeth   i have the same problem with my windows computer b...   Jul 7 2021, 05:35 AM
- - schnoog   Jay, hopefully Proddi will change the Domain setti...   Jul 7 2021, 08:43 AM
|- - ETc|Jay   ZITAT(schnoog @ Jul 7 2021, 09:43 AM) Jay...   Jul 7 2021, 09:36 AM
- - schnoog   Hi all, after I was able to contact Proddi, the C...   Jul 10 2021, 05:05 PM
|- - Wolf Enstein   Thanks again, Schnoog, I'll tell the lads.   Jul 10 2021, 08:50 PM
- - macbeth   Thanks You Volker   Jul 11 2021, 12:01 PM


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