Unofficial "Empty Server List" Fix

blindman100 · 2012-02-24 02:33:54 UTC

[QUOTE=Mateos;393820]Was for the guys complaining and just crying on their money, and not the game; Seems some just want the list back they they don’t mind putting money in it. If you have less people, have less servers. If you have a single server but no people, advertise, like it has been the case here. If you don’t mind what I suggest, I don’t care about your money. Join the Boot Camp.

Et salut $mart x)[/QUOTE]

nicely put.
redeclipse is nice and its free.
I just dont get it here, et isnt going to go away for lack of a master, less players, yes, less servers, yes. less whiners, I hope so.

Patriotqube · 2012-02-24 07:25:03 UTC

Yeah it was, but lets hope they mean it this time

[QUOTE=yishayyy;393921]on ycn hosting 2 servers 1 40 slots and 1 24 if u know #UcE#
uceclan.ucoz.com

btw there no way they will fix master server list?[/QUOTE]

Thanks mate was just currious and yeah i know #UcE#

cheesy · 2012-02-24 14:53:55 UTC

ahhh…the power of hope. But I thought there was a twitter post saying they were working with the community on a solution? Was that bogus? Which is it I wonder.

OldMan2011 · 2012-02-24 17:09:45 UTC

You sit out the problem and waiting until all servers are shut down.
Then the problem is solved.

Mateos · 2012-02-24 17:26:54 UTC

You should have a fridge near you, or you’ll be dead before all servers shut down.

7Killer · 2012-02-24 21:47:35 UTC

a simple remark ( maybe i make a bad reflexion…)
if id or splash damage didn’t want support an old (free) game, i can understood that, but why they simply not add a dns rules to route connection on their master to the community master!,
Client installation didn’t need to be change, they simply have to add one rule ( thats will take maybe one hour max i think) and server owner has to point to the community master…
I said that, but in the same time i said nothing…

Mateos · 2012-02-24 21:58:07 UTC

Because it’s only up to ID, and they’re working on it.

wolfn00b · 2012-02-25 05:04:32 UTC

[QUOTE=blindman100;393940]nicely put.
redeclipse is nice and its free.
I just dont get it here, et isnt going to go away for lack of a master, less players, yes, less servers, yes. less whiners, I hope so.[/QUOTE]

I’m afraid you are in a minority. I understand you have a need to make fun of everyone younger than you, or whatever it is that makes you think this is a trivial situation. That’s fine. But most players are losing patience, or have already moved on.

I haven’t posted here for a couple weeks since I am playing some new games. Just wanted to check in. Looks like absolutely nothing has changed. It’s pretty obvious by this point that it is over and ID is just ignoring us.

blindman100 · 2012-02-25 06:38:04 UTC

[QUOTE=wolfn00b;394047]I’m afraid you are in a minority. I understand you have a need to make fun of everyone younger than you, or whatever it is that makes you think this is a trivial situation. That’s fine. But most players are losing patience, or have already moved on.

I haven’t posted here for a couple weeks since I am playing some new games. Just wanted to check in. Looks like absolutely nothing has changed. It’s pretty obvious by this point that it is over and ID is just ignoring us.[/QUOTE]

Make fun? not in my view.
I believe I stated that earlier, why would they bother to inform anyone really, the game is roughly nine years old and it never made them a dime.
If peoples entire gaming life revolves around et, then i just think thats sad. There are a few decent free games around now,
nexuiz,xonotic,sauerbraten and redeclipse to name a few.
I had fun with et and continue to do so, I just don’t see the point in bemoaning the loss of something that isn’t lost.

diaboliksmart · 2012-02-25 08:39:07 UTC

[QUOTE=blindman100;394048]
If peoples entire gaming life revolves around et, then i just think thats sad. There are a few decent free games around now,
nexuiz,xonotic,sauerbraten and redeclipse to name a few.
I had fun with et and continue to do so[/QUOTE]

So go playing your other games, man.

This thread is for people who are in love with ET, and ET is their favourite game, you understand ?
You can call it also addiction, or whatever but it is the fact !

ET will die when I’ll die.

Good game @blindman100 on nexuiz,xonotic,sauerbraten and redeclipse ^^

diaboliksmart · 2012-02-25 08:46:40 UTC

[QUOTE=7Killer;394029]a simple remark ( maybe i make a bad reflexion…)
if id or splash damage didn’t want support an old (free) game, i can understood that, but why they simply not add a dns rules to route connection on their master to the community master!,
Client installation didn’t need to be change, they simply have to add one rule ( thats will take maybe one hour max i think) and server owner has to point to the community master…
I said that, but in the same time i said nothing…[/QUOTE]

Hello - YES RIGHT (stated at the beginning as the best/easier/faster solution, with the less of side-effects)

But as ID has no forum for ET, we just feel there is zero communication between ID and SplashDamage.

Very strange but it is : zero communication.

zero

wolfn00b · 2012-02-25 14:42:04 UTC

Red Eclipse looks pretty interesting to me:

http://www.redeclipse.net/

Sort of like UT2004.

blindman100 · 2012-02-26 01:20:47 UTC

[QUOTE=wolfn00b;394092]Red Eclipse looks pretty interesting to me:

http://www.redeclipse.net/

Sort of like UT2004.[/QUOTE]
Yea it does, Ive been running a server for it, a lot of variables, teamplay, ctf, a lot of gamemodes

blindman100 · 2012-02-26 01:23:06 UTC

[QUOTE=$mart;394049]So go playing your other games, man.

This thread is for people who are in love with ET, and ET is their favourite game, you understand ?
You can call it also addiction, or whatever but it is the fact !

ET will die when I’ll die.

Good game @blindman100 on nexuiz,xonotic,sauerbraten and redeclipse ^^[/QUOTE]
I luv it when my posts get selectively edited,
this is part of the post no?

I had fun with et and continue to do so

I luv et too or I wouldnt have run servers on my network for the last 9 years.

cheesy · 2012-02-26 06:00:03 UTC

Paul, your PM box is full, so here you go…

I am making a new installer for ET. It includes tools from the community to address problems during the install process (i.e., pb, etkey, win7 compatibility, hunkmegs, master list…ets. Anyway, I would like to include your proxy for the master list. Is that ok?

Also, please tell me how long this will work. If you dropped support tomorrow, and id resumed at some point, would this service still forward to old id master list?

Please let me know.

Thanks.

Mateos · 2012-02-26 09:48:26 UTC

I’m wondering how many installers we will end with But still a good thing to keep an up to date installer.

Rudi · 2012-02-26 10:12:24 UTC

[QUOTE=cheesy;394134]Paul, your PM box is full, so here you go…

I am making a new installer for ET. It includes tools from the community to address problems during the install process (i.e., pb, etkey, win7 compatibility, hunkmegs, master list…ets. Anyway, I would like to include your proxy for the master list. Is that ok?

Also, please tell me how long this will work. If you dropped support tomorrow, and id resumed at some point, would this service still forward to old id master list? [/QUOTE]

It’s myyyyyyy service!!! If Paul killed his master service, my proxy service will route back to ID’s master list.

That is why I built the software in the first place, it’s much better than statically pointing the ID’s hostname at Paul’s server as this has fallback / redundancy.

EDIT: Oh yeah to answer your question… I’d rather that you didn’t package it, however if you are building your own installer it should be possible to actually download it straight from the server (http://www.rudiv.se/et/etms_proxy_installer.msi). That will make sure you’re always getting the latest version. I’ve updated it a couple of times and I highly doubt any of these news sites have done the same.

cheesy · 2012-02-26 16:37:33 UTC

[QUOTE=Rudi;394139]

EDIT: Oh yeah to answer your question… I’d rather that you didn’t package it, however if you are building your own installer it should be possible to actually download it straight from the server (http://www.rudiv.se/et/etms_proxy_installer.msi). That will make sure you’re always getting the latest version. I’ve updated it a couple of times and I highly doubt any of these news sites have done the same.[/QUOTE]

My mistake, I simply forgot to include your name.
This installer I am building simple manages a few other community installers (as is), but it insures that the user runs what is necessary to play ET and get everything working at once.
Many of us try to help, but we end up fragmenting the community with all these installers. The community needs ONE installer that can resolve ALL these issues at install time.
If you plan to update your package often, yeah maybe this will not work. But I have it configured to install the new master list without your package, so since you do not want me to include it, I will just install a selector switch for the user to go back and forth. Most likely it will be a onetime thing anyway.
Thanks anyway.

vvskye · 2012-02-27 00:23:08 UTC

I think its imperative that everyone switches over to 2.60b, that would be one big divide of the community out of the way. Also I do not see the major fuss with the empty serverlist, aren’t browser alternatives such as splatterladder much better anyway? I am in the process of making a newb-friendly minisite which will give new and returning players info on how to get ET up and running smoothly, so if anyone comes up with an uberinstaller (that is 2.60b) please tell me in the below thread if you would be willing for it to be linked from the minisite, or if you have any suggestions.

Help page for new/returning players on how to install?

I think its really important that a person new to ET can get going with as little hassle as possible so the community continues on, it would be a shame if ET were to die out ;_;

cheesy · 2012-02-27 03:04:03 UTC

I just can’t get around the fact that the 2.60b “client” is even less relevant today than it was a couple years ago. All of the “important” 2.60b patches can be done server side these days. In fact the 2.55+ server patch is actually a 2.60b server that allows all clients to connect. This was a brilliant invention because it allows new players to install ET and play with the client out of the box. As it should be.