Planned downtime: Moving to a new server

[rozn]

a new world it would make it easier on yourself

That's not actually true, though. The problem at hand is related to the user accounts, and even if I were to wipe the world (which I'm not), I wouldn't remove the user accounts.

O i c but aren't the user accounts linked to the website and if not why are they hard to move? (plus can't you remove some of the users who are unactive?)

And to the no wipe

[Kaios]

I, like many other players came late in the game too, but why is that any cause for a wipe?

There would be zero benefit from wiping the server now while they haven't completed any updates at all. It would be a whole new world with the same annoying grind experience there is now. Not to mention with the server upgrade, that pretty much opens up the possibility for non-stop macroing for the people who do this.

One thing about the server crashes with the old hardware, in my opinion was probably the only deterrent for macroing efficiently.

[Mqrius]

Of course, you could give every starting letter a separate directory. But then you'd run in to the same problem at some point. So, you should give every letter a separate subdirectory, this would be scalable
/HnH/data/users/M/q/r/i/u/s/lotsofmetal.data

Okay, I guess your method is better

[loftar]

Well, I did manage to figure out how to remove the mirror leg, so I'm up and running on the transfer again.

[bluebooksky]

does anyone have the song have the song hardware store by Weird Al Yankovic stuck in your head or am i the only one?
Since then I've been walking on air (air)
I can barely brush my teeth or comb my hair
'Cause I'm so excited and I really don't care
I've been waiting since last June

For this day to finally arrive
I'm so happy (happy) now just to be alive
'Cause any minute now I'm gonna be inside
Well, I hope they open soon

I can't wait no, (no I) I can't wait (oh when)
When they gonna open up that door?
I'm goin' (yes I'm) goin', I'm a-goin' to the
Goin' to the (hard) ware I'm goin', really goin' to the
Goin' (hard) I'm goin' to the (hard) oh yes, I'm goin' to the
Hardware store

[Anaklumos]

Hell, yes.

Granger pwns

That's my Village leader
Thanks a ton Gringo (Granger), and thank you Jorb and Loftar for excelling the game we all know and love!

[halloween]

I want to say thanks for the updates Loftar and all the hard work you guys do for all us complaining,seriously addicted players..

Patiently waiting is killing us all but I think we will survive until you get it going..Would rather wait and have it right then rush and experience serious problems..

Keep up the good work...

[BWithey]

I myself am not quite prepared for the server to reset, I'm performing some experiments that still haven't seen fruition. So I'm happy to wait several more months for a server wipe.

But I am missing my HnH, but am excited about the possibility of a smoother game experience.

Now, to find a way to break the macro'ers macros.

[sabinati]

After that, unless I discover something else that I've forgotten, I'll change the DNS information and start the server back up. For those using custom clients, note that the actual server name will change (sh.seatribe.se will continue to point to Jorb's place), so you'll need to change any command-lines/run.bat/JNLPs that you're using.

what will we need to change it to?

[chris1122]

Loftar, Can you give na approximent time of how long the server will take to transder all of the data?