18MAR15 - SCHEDULED DOWNTIME

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   And we're back.

Updates and upgrades were broadly successful.  Probably nothing you'll notice tbh, sorry to say :(

Some minor points about this specific time period that you may notice are:

Times of things that were set to occur in the window between 0500 server-time and now (about 0800) may be "off" from what you expected.  ie, if something was due to complete at 0535, it might say it completed at 0742 instead.  Don't worry, though!  It all completed in the linear order in which things were supposed to complete.  All I'm saying is that you may find "clumps of timestamps of things completing that were due to be more spread out across the downtime window".  This should have little to no impact on anything, except...

... it is possible that some cotters or herbalists that were due to return during this period *may* have farmed some patches of herbs and grapes to extinction.  I'm sure some of you remember this from the last time the harvesting respawn "jammed".  We certainly do!  Which is why we will be comparing before and after snapshots and will return any accidentally over-harvested resource patches back to the locations they occupied before the scheduled downtime began.  This will happen momentarily.

Many, many thanks for your patience.

Regards,

SC

Hi Everyone,
Our core hosting ISP for the gameserver has some upgrades to their Core Edge firewalls coming up, and we're going to take the opportunity to piggy-back in and apply some OS patches and a hardware upgrade or two to the Illyriad gameserver environment.

So the Illyriad Gameserver will be offline for a period of up-to 4 hours:

FROM WEDNESDAY 18MAR15 AT 0500 GMT (0100 EASTERN US)
UNTIL WEDNESDAY 18MAR15 AT 0900 GMT (0500 EASTERN US)

During this period:
The forums will remain up
Any scheduled events (eg building completions, armies arriving etc) that would have completed during this 4 hour window will complete in the order in which they would have completed, before we return the server to service
So, basically, what this means is that during the 4 hour scheduled downtime window you will be unable to login and give *new* orders to your towns or cities, but everything that was meant to have happened will have happened, in the order in which it should have happened, before the game is returned to service.

If we are able to return the gameserver to active status before 0900 GMT, then we will.

Many thanks for your patience and understanding!

SC

Edited by GM Stormcrow - 18 Mar 2015 at 08:09

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GM Stormcrow Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group GM Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Illyria Status: Offline Points: 3820	Post Options Post Reply Quote GM Stormcrow Report Post Thanks(2) Quote Reply Topic: 18MAR15 - SCHEDULED DOWNTIME Posted: 16 Mar 2015 at 04:20
	And we're back. Updates and upgrades were broadly successful. Probably nothing you'll notice tbh, sorry to say :( Some minor points about this specific time period that you may notice are: Times of things that were set to occur in the window between 0500 server-time and now (about 0800) may be "off" from what you expected. ie, if something was due to complete at 0535, it might say it completed at 0742 instead. Don't worry, though! It all completed in the linear order in which things were supposed to complete. All I'm saying is that you may find "clumps of timestamps of things completing that were due to be more spread out across the downtime window". This should have little to no impact on anything, except... ... it is possible that some cotters or herbalists that were due to return during this period may have farmed some patches of herbs and grapes to extinction. I'm sure some of you remember this from the last time the harvesting respawn "jammed". We certainly do! Which is why we will be comparing before and after snapshots and will return any accidentally over-harvested resource patches back to the locations they occupied before the scheduled downtime began. This will happen momentarily. Many, many thanks for your patience. Regards, SC ~~Hi Everyone,~~ Our core hosting ISP for the gameserver has some upgrades to their Core Edge firewalls coming up, and we're going to take the opportunity to piggy-back in and apply some OS patches and a hardware upgrade or two to the Illyriad gameserver environment. ~~So the Illyriad Gameserver will be offline for a period of up-to 4 hours:~~ ~~FROM WEDNESDAY 18MAR15 AT 0500 GMT (0100 EASTERN US)~~ ~~UNTIL WEDNESDAY 18MAR15 AT 0900 GMT (0500 EASTERN US)~~ ~~During this period:~~ ~~The forums will remain up~~ Any scheduled events (eg building completions, armies arriving etc) that would have completed during this 4 hour window will complete in the order in which they would have completed, before we return the server to service So, basically, what this means is that during the 4 hour scheduled downtime window you will be unable to login and give new orders to your towns or cities, but everything that was meant to have happened will have happened, in the order in which it should have happened, before the game is returned to service. ~~If we are able to return the gameserver to active status before 0900 GMT, then we will.~~ ~~Many thanks for your patience and understanding!~~ SC Edited by GM Stormcrow - 18 Mar 2015 at 08:09

Elias_Knight Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Poster Joined: 02 Jul 2014 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote Elias_Knight Report Post Thanks(2) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2015 at 04:24
	I may not live without Illy for 4 hours !

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	I second Elias comment

Rill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster General Player Council - Geographer Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 6903	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rill Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2015 at 04:31
	If I am awake, we can have a party on the forum. Or even if I am not awake, you can have a party without me.

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	I look on this as a good excuse to sleep, so that's a positive.

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	/me thinks the Dev's planned this so I couldn't collect my free daily prestige :(


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	obviously a nice occasion to launch a massive Spring free prestige day?

Mona Lisa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Wordsmith Joined: 22 Feb 2012 Status: Offline Points: 120	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mona Lisa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2015 at 16:20
	... and fix SIG's to show more than 12 cities !


Rill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster General Player Council - Geographer Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 6903	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rill Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2015 at 16:28
	/me thinks they should just add "et al" to any mention of Mona's cities. To cover future growth.

KillianBlack Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Poster Joined: 04 May 2010 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote KillianBlack Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2015 at 20:31
	lol
	[QUOTE=Kumomoto]A special mention to the hardest tourney fighters pound for pound anywhere, StA, too! God you folks are tough! Well done! [/QUOTE]