Trench Wars fund WAS in dire straits (THANK YOU, EVERYONE!)

[zidane]

might be time to ask priitk to let someone else be responsible for whatever it is we are always waiting for him to do...

[qan]

After a recent update, we've had persistent issues with the server's interaction with the biller, resulting in the "endless stars" bug where players are unable to connect. After a lot of diagnosing, it's likely out of our hands and will need to be corrected on PriitK's end. He's been contacted, but he's notoriously difficult to reach and rarely responds to any message, making it exceedingly difficult to determine if he's read a message or performed an action. I'll contact him again soon with some new information and see if that nudges things forward.

If you're unable to login, chances are you'll be able to after 1-3 hours. There's a temporary fix for this issue (works every time but just needs manual resetting) while we wait to resolve it permanently.

It's pretty unfortunate that it hit exactly during the time we're doing a donation drive, but it's just coincidental.



Speaking of donations, a big thanks to the person who put in a one-time donation of $100! (9/21)

[Cape]

How is the server worse after receiving donations

Explain like I'm 5:

[Joe_]

whats up with the tw server? i got things setup to donate monthly and half the time i've tried to log in i've been unable to. don't really want to keep contributing if the game is gonna be unplayable unfortunately

[godisdead]

the game is unreachable AGAIN.... can we do something about this? pub is dying

No point shouting about it, its a free game and the work to keep it online is done out of people's free time.

If you want to help restore the game then consider contributing, otherwise, pipe down.

[mystic_pizza]

the game is unreachable AGAIN.... can we do something about this? pub is dying

[An UnKnOwN KiLLa]

Can't log in again tonight. Hopefully, that can be fixed soon. Weird how it only happens in the evenings.

and today this is the earliest one ive seen

[Duster8]

newest levi and weasel are worse than OG

Yes I just mean one previous generation where lev was slow with blue bombs, weasel could cloak and stealth. Also as for the map, you could bomb the FR entrance from the side ears with the right shot.

Can't log in again tonight. Hopefully, that can be fixed soon. Weird how it only happens in the evenings.

[daresound]

Just sent $50 and I will double that if we go back to old map and ship settings for a month.

newest levi and weasel are worse than OG

[qan]

I've been out of town for a few days and have slipped a bit on updates.

Since last time, we've had one more $5 recurring commitment, and a whopping $500 one-time donation! Thank you so much.

We're now at $144.42/mo, or 80% of the way to being completely sustained by regular donors. 6 more donors at just $5 a month ($4.37 after fees) will have us fully funded in perpetuity.

[qan]

Just sent $50 and I will double that if we go back to old map and ship settings for a month.

TY!

A "classic" period is an interesting idea. I guess it would just be a matter of determining what is the classic, as we've had so many iterations.

is it a coincidence that trench wars unable to log in at night for the third night in a row????? daf

No, we're experiencing regular server issues and many people have been putting in time to troubleshoot. Haven't found the cause yet, but we've been eliminating possibilities. It's annoying, to be sure. In the meantime, we do at least have a temporary fix that cleans it up, but it has to be done manually.

[An UnKnOwN KiLLa]

is it a coincidence that trench wars unable to log in at night for the third night in a row????? daf

[Duster8]

Just sent $50 and I will double that if we go back to old map and ship settings for a month.

[TheSauce]

Nothing like being pushed out of a game by vets and shitty hosts and staff just to see this thread begging the same people they tried there hardest to get rid of for money and to come back. Donated plenty over the years but walked away and only looked back to laugh at the explosions like a real winner. I hope you 25 people enjoy humping that corpse until the code doesn't work anymore and your pronouns fall off. Se acabo trump lovers. Stop eating our pets alf's

[qan]

Two more recurring donations: $5 and $10! Thank you for your generosity!

That puts us at $140.05 in recurring monthly donations, or 78% of the way to $180/mo.

REFER previously put in a $5 recurring donation but didn't get recognition. Thanks, REFER!

Played this too long for free to let it die. Just registered here and made a monthly donation. Cheers all!

Thank you!

Not sure if Jowie's hosting could actually support 200 people without lag, that's something he needs to confirm, since devastation at max capacity only has 20-30 people.

Load would be a big question. A much more likely solution (or the first pivot while preparing for AS3, were we to do that) would be simply running subgame2 emulated on Linux. But that also hasn't been tested at normal load.

Sad news. I got on here because I couldn't remember my password in game, and find this.

We're actually getting close to being back to stable. I'll update the OP to reflect how close we are to the goal.

Looks like we have the potential here to pool a significant and lasting fund. Who's willing to fund outsourced dev? Or use portions of what you've donated towards the server for this? We can get a quote for service and development, and go in on a bill together.

Could look at doing a GoFundMe or similar, started by someone who's well-known and trusted in the community. $1-2K was previously quoted for network diagnostics, which I think is probably still reasonable. Might go over but could also be on the lower side.