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Xptek
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description: I'm going to make a request of you, and I'd prefer it if everyone else kept the thread relatively spam-free (unless they have something worth adding) until xptek has answered. Consider releasing Linkup. You said that in your opinion, the community isn't worth any effort and expense on your part. Regardless of what I think about that opinion, I can't change it for you. I can only point out that you're talking about a minority of people here, and what really matters is the players themselves. If you despised everyone who currently posts on this forum with a passion, they would probably still add up to a minority of the people who actually play the game. Anyway, you wouldn't have to pay for it. Give it to Crimson or whoever, let TT take it from there. You could carry on being involved if you wanted, or you could just dump it in TT's lap and run, up to you. Let me give you an example of the benefits. Null and havocide kept saying that a clan ladder through Linkup would be so much better than Clanwars.cc. I would be the first to agree that in principle, auto > manual. But that's not all there is to it. If it was, how do we explain Clanwars.cc being more successful than the "official" WOL clan ladder? See, that's why I laughed at null and havocide; it hadn't occurred to them that just because a ladder is auto, it still isn't going to do very well if it's run by someone who knows nothing about how to actually manage a clan ladder. With all modesty aside, I think I do, more than anybody. I certainly have more experience and a better track record. So imagine how good the ladder could be if it was auto AND it was run by someone who actually knows what they're doing. It would be the best clan ladder the game has ever had. This game had an auto ladder in the past, but it was absolutely crap because it wasn't moderated and the people in charge of it didn't care. (Null and Havocide, of course, would know this if they knew a damn thing about clanning in this game) That's why peopl…
creator: Spoony
date: 2008-12-21T16:11:31-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Ermmm :s this could have been handled by PM?
creator: Goztow
date: 2008-12-21T16:54:49-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Because spoony is making a statement that if Xptek refuses to read/respond/whatever, it'll be pretty clear as to what his intentions are (rather, aren't), since everyone will be able to see it. Either that, or it's all a clever ruse to make various people lose the game. Bastard.
creator: GEORGE ZIMMER
date: 2008-12-21T16:59:13-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: I for one would love to get my hands on it. Both APB and Reborn would have many uses for it, both of the afore mentioned communities would benefit emmensly from it.
creator: reborn
date: 2008-12-21T18:03:34-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: (replying to Cabal) No, that statement has already been made, by xptek himself. I'm just asking him to reconsider. By all means let him carry on thinking we're all hopeless morons. But what a great guy he'd be if, despite hating us all, he did something really great for everybody. I'll even shave my neckbeard. Dover, will you join me? Goztow is correct, a PM would do just as well, although it wouldn't have done any better, so let's just wait for a response.
creator: Spoony
date: 2008-12-21T18:04:51-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: in the meanwhile spoony can get his ass back on clanwars to adjust the ban list ATLEAST also : wtf is linkup?
creator: Hitman
date: 2008-12-21T18:31:08-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: 1. What is an Automated Ladder? 2. Why is it better for it to be automated? 3. Does it involve people who do not participate in clans?
creator: R315r4z0r
date: 2008-12-21T19:03:07-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: R315r4z0r wrote on Sun, 21 December 2008 13:03 1. What is an Automated Ladder? Renegade's built in ladder system which, at one point, worked. R315r4z0r wrote on Sun, 21 December 2008 13:03 2. Why is it better for it to be automated? So that having laddered games actually serves a purpose other than disabling extras. That, and because it puts the competitive nature of a video game back into Renegade. R315r4z0r wrote on Sun, 21 December 2008 13:03 3. Does it involve people who do not participate in clans? As far as I know, it should, but only for servers with the laddered option enabled.
creator: GEORGE ZIMMER
date: 2008-12-21T20:06:31-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: R315r4z0r wrote on Sun, 21 December 2008 13:03 1. What is an Automated Ladder? 2. Why is it better for it to be automated? 3. Does it involve people who do not participate in clans? In ages past, WOL had two automatic ladders - a public ladder and a clan ladder. Any public server could turn on the 'laddered' option, which would then send the game results to the public ladder. As for clans, it was pretty much the same except a clan needed to register its members first, and then a clan match could be counted on the clan ladder automatically. that answers 1 and 3. as for 2... well, this is more complicated than most people realise. Back in the old days, clanwars.cc set up a renegade ladder which drew its results from the official WOL ladder (this was long before I became involved with it). It had the advantage of a better points system, and better moderation... i.e. it was run by people who actually cared, whereas the official WOL clan ladder wasn't. For example, there were a lot of clans who would cheat or report fake games or just kick their opponents if they were about to lose - that happened all the time on the WOL clan ladder and nobody did anything about it. (Same goes for the public ladder - anyone remember Keetxx? If my memory serves correct, he won supreme commander on the public-server ladder two months in a row, just by joining servers and blazing away with final ren until he got booted) That's why most serious clans preferred clanwars.cc. Later on, (some time before the XWIS changeover) the ladder started breaking down A LOT. Games just didn't report a lot of the time (again, at clanwars.cc that was easy to fix, on the WOL ladder there was nobody who'd add your games for you). Even worse, there was a period of a few months where the clan creation pages completely stopped working, so you couldn't even join or leave a clan. because of all these problems, clanwars.cc converted to a manual report system. Players had to report their own losses, which took a bit …
creator: Spoony
date: 2008-12-21T20:46:08-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: iirc they lost the source code
creator: Ma1kel
date: 2008-12-22T00:01:10-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: The old source will not be released (seriously, the hackish nature of the code and obscene memory usage makes me cringe). The current version leaves a lot to be desired in terms of efficiency and the server-to-server protocol. I'm considering rewriting the entire project using the InspIRCd module API with a PostgreSQL backend, but I'm really not sure if there's a high demand for an XWIS alternative. If anyone has some experience with C++, APGAR encryption, or the WOL protocol, send me a PM and we'll see if we can get something started. In the end, I'd like to see the project released open source for mods that don't want to be dependent on XWIS and create a fairly decentralized network of load-balanced servers to ensure the service never goes down entirely and is fairly DDoS-resistant. If there's a need/interest, a C++ WOL clone would be pretty interesting to work on, but I'm really not interested in developing something that brings countless DDoS attacks and drama my way.
creator: spigot
date: 2008-12-22T19:52:01-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: spigot wrote on Mon, 22 December 2008 12:52 The old source will not be released (seriously, the hackish nature of the code and obscene memory usage makes me cringe). The current version leaves a lot to be desired in terms of efficiency and the server-to-server protocol. I'm considering rewriting the entire project using the InspIRCd module API with a PostgreSQL backend, but I'm really not sure if there's a high demand for an XWIS alternative. If anyone has some experience with C++, APGAR encryption, or the WOL protocol, send me a PM and we'll see if we can get something started. In the end, I'd like to see the project released open source for mods that don't want to be dependent on XWIS and create a fairly decentralized network of load-balanced servers to ensure the service never goes down entirely and is fairly DDoS-resistant. If there's a need/interest, a C++ WOL clone would be pretty interesting to work on, but I'm really not interested in developing something that brings countless DDoS attacks and drama my way. At one point, this was being investigated by my dev. team...We were told there was no point and people wouldn't use it... <.< EDIT: A friend of mine investigated the WOL protocol for me and then I found "XWISP" or something over here on renforums which allowed me a closer look at the protocol. It'd be interesting to do this WOL Clone especially for TC Mods. Sadly though, I don't know enough C++ to even offer to help EDIT2: I was actually going to try to do this in C# tbh as, like I said above, I don't know enough about C++ to make a full-blown server application.. :/
creator: Genesis2001
date: 2008-12-22T21:50:44-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Thanks for the reply. You lost me at InspIRCd and it went downhill for me from there, so I'll let someone else carry on from here. I'm just surprised null's thread may actually have led somewhere positive, in its wild flailing way.
creator: Spoony
date: 2008-12-22T22:24:52-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Zack wrote on Mon, 22 December 2008 15:50 spigot wrote on Mon, 22 December 2008 12:52 The old source will not be released (seriously, the hackish nature of the code and obscene memory usage makes me cringe). The current version leaves a lot to be desired in terms of efficiency and the server-to-server protocol. I'm considering rewriting the entire project using the InspIRCd module API with a PostgreSQL backend, but I'm really not sure if there's a high demand for an XWIS alternative. If anyone has some experience with C++, APGAR encryption, or the WOL protocol, send me a PM and we'll see if we can get something started. In the end, I'd like to see the project released open source for mods that don't want to be dependent on XWIS and create a fairly decentralized network of load-balanced servers to ensure the service never goes down entirely and is fairly DDoS-resistant. If there's a need/interest, a C++ WOL clone would be pretty interesting to work on, but I'm really not interested in developing something that brings countless DDoS attacks and drama my way. At one point, this was being investigated by my devhttp://www.renegadeforums.com/index.php?t=post&reply_to=364398&quote= true&rid=0&SQ=&. team...We were told there was no point and people wouldn't use it... <.< EDIT: A friend of mine investigated the WOL protocol for me and then I found "XWISP" or something over here on renforums which allowed me a closer look at the protocol. It'd be interesting to do this WOL Clone especially for TC Mods. Sadly though, I don't know enough C++ to even offer to help EDIT2: I was actually going to try to do this in C# tbh as, like I said above, I don't know enough about C++ to make a full-blown server application.. :/ Eh, most of the hard stuff (select/epoll/kqueue support, the SQL abstraction layer, user handling, linking, etc.) is already done (<3 the InspIRCd development team). Our main job would be writing modules to handle WOL-specific numerics and commands and coming up with …
creator: spigot
date: 2008-12-22T22:33:34-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: so whats happening with this?
creator: Hitman
date: 2009-01-21T18:19:33-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: spigot wrote on Mon, 22 December 2008 15:33 Zack wrote on Mon, 22 December 2008 15:50 spigot wrote on Mon, 22 December 2008 12:52 The old source will not be released (seriously, the hackish nature of the code and obscene memory usage makes me cringe). The current version leaves a lot to be desired in terms of efficiency and the server-to-server protocol. I'm considering rewriting the entire project using the InspIRCd module API with a PostgreSQL backend, but I'm really not sure if there's a high demand for an XWIS alternative. If anyone has some experience with C++, APGAR encryption, or the WOL protocol, send me a PM and we'll see if we can get something started. In the end, I'd like to see the project released open source for mods that don't want to be dependent on XWIS and create a fairly decentralized network of load-balanced servers to ensure the service never goes down entirely and is fairly DDoS-resistant. If there's a need/interest, a C++ WOL clone would be pretty interesting to work on, but I'm really not interested in developing something that brings countless DDoS attacks and drama my way. At one point, this was being investigated by my devhttp://www.renegadeforums.com/index.php?t=post&reply_to=364398&quote= true&rid=0&SQ=&. team...We were told there was no point and people wouldn't use it... <.< EDIT: A friend of mine investigated the WOL protocol for me and then I found "XWISP" or something over here on renforums which allowed me a closer look at the protocol. It'd be interesting to do this WOL Clone especially for TC Mods. Sadly though, I don't know enough C++ to even offer to help EDIT2: I was actually going to try to do this in C# tbh as, like I said above, I don't know enough about C++ to make a full-blown server application.. :/ Eh, most of the hard stuff (select/epoll/kqueue support, the SQL abstraction layer, user handling, linking, etc.) is already done (<3 the InspIRCd development team). Our main job would be writing modules to handle WOL-specif…
creator: Genesis2001
date: 2009-01-21T18:21:49-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: I wouldn't mind helping out with the new clone. My abilities with c++ have greatly improved since we worked on Linkup. I also still have most of the stuff leftover from Linkup in a backup somewhere which would save some time on figuring out all the protocol stuff.
creator: pvtschlag
date: 2009-01-21T23:19:48-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: 'Bout time. XWIS for Renegade is fucking terrible.
creator: Canadacdn
date: 2009-01-22T03:40:54-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: It would actually be really nice to have. It'd get used too. I mean I would make sure all the APB players used it, and the reborn players too by making sure the next releases shipped with there clients modified to join the WOL clone. For that reason alone it'd be worth having, but it also means there would be an alternative option for renegade server owners and players too.
creator: reborn
date: 2009-01-22T10:45:02-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: reborn wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 11:45 It would actually be really nice to have. It'd get used too. I mean I would make sure all the APB players used it, and the reborn players too by making sure the next releases shipped with there clients modified to join the WOL clone. For that reason alone it'd be worth having, but it also means there would be an alternative option for renegade server owners and players too. AFAIK the XWIS protocol isn't too complicated. It's pretty much IRC with some extras. Seye has info on at least certain parts of it (serverlisting, and I think most of the player join screen)
creator: EvilWhiteDragon
date: 2009-01-22T15:15:26-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: There's no point if EA doesn't change the link. And I don't see them do any of that, really. You can say what you want about xwis but it works and is relatively stable.
creator: Goztow
date: 2009-01-22T15:21:58-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: EvilWhiteDragon wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 10:15 reborn wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 11:45 It would actually be really nice to have. It'd get used too. I mean I would make sure all the APB players used it, and the reborn players too by making sure the next releases shipped with there clients modified to join the WOL clone. For that reason alone it'd be worth having, but it also means there would be an alternative option for renegade server owners and players too. AFAIK the XWIS protocol isn't too complicated. It's pretty much IRC with some extras. Seye has info on at least certain parts of it (serverlisting, and I think most of the player join screen) It's still allot of windows network coding. I'm not sure I would be up to the challenge in all honesty. Goztow wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 10:21 There's no point if EA doesn't change the link. And I don't see them do any of that, really. You can say what you want about xwis but it works and is relatively stable. It might cause a split in the already limited renegade player base. However, for APB and reborn it wouldn't at all, the clients would be shipped like it. There is a real use for it. Besides, get your renegade server on there first, and whatever players from renegade do decide to join, they'll be on your server This would be a good thing.
creator: reborn
date: 2009-01-22T17:35:33-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: The idea we had originally was to distribute an installer to the people who wanted to use the new clone, much like the way XWIS was before it was swapped to default. Also there would be a FDS mod that would allow server owners to have their server appear on both XWIS and the new clone at the same time. Goztow wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 10:21 There's no point if EA doesn't change the link. And I don't see them do any of that, really. You could of said the same before EA switched it to XWIS, but that didn't stop people from using XWIS. And of course mods like APB/Reborn could always use it as an alternative to XWIS.
creator: pvtschlag
date: 2009-01-22T17:50:08-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Quote: You could of said the same before EA switched it to XWIS, but that didn't stop people from using XWIS. There was as good as no activity on xwis at all before the link to it changed...
creator: Goztow
date: 2009-01-22T18:52:59-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Gozzy, I know what you're saying, but for APB and reborn, a WOL clone would be awesome. Players can't use it right now because they have no serial. This would have a real use, rather then just bragging rights.
creator: reborn
date: 2009-01-22T19:01:41-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: reborn wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 20:01 Gozzy, I know what you're saying, but for APB and reborn, a WOL clone would be awesome. Players can't use it right now because they have no serial. This would have a real use, rather then just bragging rights. I agree .
creator: Goztow
date: 2009-01-22T19:48:36-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: There may of been no Renegade activity on XWIS before the switch, but that would of changed had owners been able to have the FDS connect to both. But if I remember correctly RA2 on XWIS had quite a lot of players on it before the switch, simply due to the westwood ladder being messed up. Don't forget this expands past just Renegade.
creator: pvtschlag
date: 2009-01-22T21:47:39-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not.
creator: Crimson
date: 2009-01-22T21:54:43-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 15:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Even as something that doesn't REPLACE XWIS as it currently works per se, just something mods like APB and Reborn can use?
creator: GEORGE ZIMMER
date: 2009-01-22T22:02:09-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Cabal8616 wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 16:02 Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 15:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Even as something that doesn't REPLACE XWIS as it currently works per se, just something mods like APB and Reborn can use? Why should it be used for mods only? If a better WOL clone comes out, all of Ren should be switched over if possible. XWIS doesn't seem to give a shit about Renegade, and the game would be better off having an online system run by people who want to improve the experience and fix bugs.
creator: Canadacdn
date: 2009-01-23T01:19:09-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Canadacdn wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 19:19 Cabal8616 wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 16:02 Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 15:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Even as something that doesn't REPLACE XWIS as it currently works per se, just something mods like APB and Reborn can use? Why should it be used for mods only? If a better WOL clone comes out, all of Ren should be switched over if possible. XWIS doesn't seem to give a shit about Renegade, and the game would be better off having an online system run by people who want to improve the experience and fix bugs. QFT
creator: Ethenal
date: 2009-01-23T05:02:03-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 16:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Who are you to say something like that? Why are you being such a defeatist about this? Someone like you should either whole-heartedly support this or just stay out of it. Even though developing this system so late in the games life is pretty much pointless why would you come out and be like that?
creator: DarkDemin
date: 2009-01-23T05:56:50-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: DarkDemin wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 23:56 Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 16:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Who are you to say something like that? Why are you being such a defeatist about this? Someone like you should either whole-heartedly support this or just stay out of it. Even though developing this system so late in the games life is pretty much pointless why would you come out and be like that? Maybe because she has a greater foundation and understanding of the current state of renegade, xwis, striketeam, and EA along with the rest of TT then you or majority of the people in this thread ( myself included )?
creator: dr3w2
date: 2009-01-23T06:00:02-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: I'd like to know which extra features you will include that will actually convince servers but especially players to make the swap. We can't een get players to download a fanmap that's in our rotation, even though we put an auto announcement every 5 minutes saying it. What convinces you someone would prefer linkup over the obvious xwis. I'm not being ironic, I'm trying to understand it .
creator: Goztow
date: 2009-01-23T07:44:23-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 22:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Crimson, the main reason you seem to disagree is because you like XWIS (perhaps because you're an admin there?). Technically we could code an XWIS server, and put the new ip/url in the TT client. Perhaps with an option to MANUALLY switch back to XWIS. So it is certainly feasible. Question is more how much time would it take to create such server, and would that delay TT in any way? If the answer on the first is fast, and the answer on the second is little to nothing then we should at least consider it. The last possible problem could be that setting up our own XWIS server would be that it would damage our (much needed) relations with EA. This would probably be the biggest problem, because we need EA to ship out the TT patch. andr3w282 wrote on Fri, 23 January 2009 07:00 DarkDemin wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 23:56 Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 16:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Who are you to say something like that? Why are you being such a defeatist about this? Someone like you should either whole-heartedly support this or just stay out of it. Even though developing this system so late in the games life is pretty much pointless why would you come out and be like that? Maybe because she has a greater foundation and understanding of the current state of renegade, xwis, striketeam, and EA along with the rest of TT then you or majority of the people in this thread ( myself included )? Well , I will agree that she knows more about Striketeam and EA than me, but I do know she's wrong when she says it's not feasible. It certainly is possible, question is, at what cost?
creator: EvilWhiteDragon
date: 2009-01-23T11:29:31-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: She could have ment "politically feasable"...
creator: Goztow
date: 2009-01-23T13:51:19-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Goztow wrote on Fri, 23 January 2009 14:51 She could have ment "politically feasable"... She could have collaborated what she meant...
creator: EvilWhiteDragon
date: 2009-01-23T14:10:33-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: EvilWhiteDragon wrote on Fri, 23 January 2009 04:29 Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 22:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Crimson, the main reason you seem to disagree is because you like XWIS (perhaps because you're an admin there?). Technically we could code an XWIS server, and put the new ip/url in the TT client. Perhaps with an option to MANUALLY switch back to XWIS. So it is certainly feasible. Question is more how much time would it take to create such server, and would that delay TT in any way? If the answer on the first is fast, and the answer on the second is little to nothing then we should at least consider it. The last possible problem could be that setting up our own XWIS server would be that it would damage our (much needed) relations with EA. This would probably be the biggest problem, because we need EA to ship out the TT patch. andr3w282 wrote on Fri, 23 January 2009 07:00 DarkDemin wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 23:56 Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 16:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Who are you to say something like that? Why are you being such a defeatist about this? Someone like you should either whole-heartedly support this or just stay out of it. Even though developing this system so late in the games life is pretty much pointless why would you come out and be like that? Maybe because she has a greater foundation and understanding of the current state of renegade, xwis, striketeam, and EA along with the rest of TT then you or majority of the people in this thread ( myself included )? Well , I will agree that she knows more about Striketeam and EA than me, but I do know she's wrong when she says it's not feasible. It certainly is possible, question is, at what cost? ...Maybe don't ship it with TT then because that would probably, like you said, kill our relations with EA...I'm with reborn …
creator: Genesis2001
date: 2009-01-23T14:44:04-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: I heard years ago that v00d00 had a working WOL clone, where the hell is that dude these days anyway?
creator: reborn
date: 2009-01-23T19:04:04-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: reborn wrote on Fri, 23 January 2009 19:04 I heard years ago that v00d00 had a working WOL clone, where the hell is that dude these days anyway? v00d00 went totally AWOL some time ago. I like to think he went hunting bears(in reality he probably got a job or is currently getting rich off of a personal project). I hope nothing untoward has happened to him .
creator: Memphis
date: 2009-01-23T20:51:39-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: EvilWhiteDragon wrote on Fri, 23 January 2009 06:29 Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 22:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Crimson, the main reason you seem to disagree is because you like XWIS (perhaps because you're an admin there?). Technically we could code an XWIS server, and put the new ip/url in the TT client. Perhaps with an option to MANUALLY switch back to XWIS. So it is certainly feasible. Question is more how much time would it take to create such server, and would that delay TT in any way? If the answer on the first is fast, and the answer on the second is little to nothing then we should at least consider it. The last possible problem could be that setting up our own XWIS server would be that it would damage our (much needed) relations with EA. This would probably be the biggest problem, because we need EA to ship out the TT patch. andr3w282 wrote on Fri, 23 January 2009 07:00 DarkDemin wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 23:56 Crimson wrote on Thu, 22 January 2009 16:54 If the idea of creating an alternative to XWIS was at all feasible, we'd already be doing it. It's not. Who are you to say something like that? Why are you being such a defeatist about this? Someone like you should either whole-heartedly support this or just stay out of it. Even though developing this system so late in the games life is pretty much pointless why would you come out and be like that? Maybe because she has a greater foundation and understanding of the current state of renegade, xwis, striketeam, and EA along with the rest of TT then you or majority of the people in this thread ( myself included )? Well , I will agree that she knows more about Striketeam and EA than me, but I do know she's wrong when she says it's not feasible. It certainly is possible, question is, at what cost? I have to say the option (though taking it away would be better) included in TT would be huge. Taking it away from strike-tea…
creator: luv2pb
date: 2009-01-24T05:55:02-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: There's a seriously important piece that makes it not feasible. XWIS is connected to EA's serial database. Without the serial database, cheaters can keygen thousands of "valid" serials and they will be virtual un-bannable. Only XWIS has this connection, and only XWIS will get this connection. XWIS went through over a year with EA's legal department to run the WOL replacement and there's no way that EA will go through that again with any other group without a damn good reason. I'm not being defeatist, it's just the reality of the situation. If TT were to make a WOL replacement and build it into the patch, server owners would be unable to ban players because they could change all of their identifying information rather easily.
creator: Crimson
date: 2009-01-24T16:47:13-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Unless you create a TT hash, based on a computer's key features of course .
creator: Goztow
date: 2009-01-24T17:48:05-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Goztow wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 17:48 Unless you create a TT hash, based on a computer's key features of course . EA will push a fan-made patch that has THIS in it? No.
creator: CarrierII
date: 2009-01-24T18:11:32-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Crimson wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 09:47 There's a seriously important piece that makes it not feasible. XWIS is connected to EA's serial database. Without the serial database, cheaters can keygen thousands of "valid" serials and they will be virtual un-bannable. Only XWIS has this connection, and only XWIS will get this connection. XWIS went through over a year with EA's legal department to run the WOL replacement and there's no way that EA will go through that again with any other group without a damn good reason. I'm not being defeatist, it's just the reality of the situation. If TT were to make a WOL replacement and build it into the patch, server owners would be unable to ban players because they could change all of their identifying information rather easily. Understood. But that doesn't make it not feasible for Renegade Mods like APB, Reborn, AR, BFD, and other major mods.
creator: Genesis2001
date: 2009-01-24T18:23:38-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Yeah, who would need to be banned by serial from a mod?
creator: Crimson
date: 2009-01-24T20:22:14-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Crimson wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 13:22 Yeah, who would need to be banned by serial from a mod? Serials aren't needed by mods...since the game's free we can't send them out with serials for a few reasons: 1. Serials would have to come from EA. 2. Since serials come from EA, you've already said they won't let the mod teams have access to the database. 3. There are other means to ban a user from a server. Just look at YaRR's source. It bans off of IP-node. You can also ban off IP/Range/Nick/DNS/etc. EDIT: #3's not a reason we can't ship with mods (but it helps rebut your argument earlier )
creator: Genesis2001
date: 2009-01-24T20:56:19-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Most bans aren't even based on serial anyway? (server bans at least)
creator: Ethenal
date: 2009-01-24T22:17:43-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Ethenal wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 23:17 Most bans aren't even based on serial anyway? (server bans at least) nowadays servers can get the serial and ban it. And a lot of servers do actually.
creator: EvilWhiteDragon
date: 2009-01-24T22:29:38-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Oh wow, I thought the idea was dead long ago. Hell I can't even believe I'm seeing all the old faces here. THE TIMES.
creator: Aprime
date: 2009-01-25T06:43:24-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Aprime wrote on Sun, 25 January 2009 01:43 THE TIMES. Indeed.
creator: pvtschlag
date: 2009-01-25T08:26:56-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Because one can't effectively ban with the use of IP banning!
creator: Ma1kel
date: 2009-01-25T17:13:15-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Ma1kel wrote on Sun, 25 January 2009 12:13 Because one can't effectively ban with the use of IP banning! Not taking sides in this argument, but IP banning is relatively easy to get around for anyone who knows what they're doing.
creator: u6795
date: 2009-01-25T17:20:40-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: People: "Servers need serials to ban with..." Ma1kel: "...because one can't ban effectively with IPs" (paraphrased) That's his point.
creator: CarrierII
date: 2009-01-25T21:13:17-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: I never assumed EA would be involved. Just do it - fuck what EA thinks. Why do we need to wory about keeping cheaters out? I thought one of the big pitches for TT was that it would allow you guys to fix cheats, exploits and bugs? A large majority of our current bans are not serial bans and were doing just fine.
creator: luv2pb
date: 2009-01-25T21:18:33-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: luv2pb wrote on Sun, 25 January 2009 22:18 I never assumed EA would be involved. Just do it - fuck what EA thinks. Why do we need to wory about keeping cheaters out? I thought one of the big pitches for TT was that it would allow you guys to fix cheats, exploits and bugs? A large majority of our current bans are not serial bans and were doing just fine. You couldn't possibly catch aimbot users in a 40 players server anyway...
creator: Goztow
date: 2009-01-25T21:33:34-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: There are more reasons to ban than cheating. Not even the best coding can prevent everything someone can do to warrant a ban.
creator: Crimson
date: 2009-01-26T13:34:29-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Crimson wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 11:47 Without the serial database, cheaters can keygen thousands of "valid" serials and they will be virtual un-bannable. Crimson wrote on Mon, 26 January 2009 08:34 There are more reasons to ban than cheating. Not even the best coding can prevent everything someone can do to warrant a ban. What now?
creator: luv2pb
date: 2009-01-26T19:00:57-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: Destroying a mass with an artillery, several times? That's a TH based ban IMO.
creator: CarrierII
date: 2009-01-26T23:02:23-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: luv2pb wrote on Mon, 26 January 2009 12:00 Crimson wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 11:47 Without the serial database, cheaters can keygen thousands of "valid" serials and they will be virtual un-bannable. Crimson wrote on Mon, 26 January 2009 08:34 There are more reasons to ban than cheating. Not even the best coding can prevent everything someone can do to warrant a ban. What now? Grief players can use keygens, too, genius.
creator: Crimson
date: 2009-01-29T09:28:52-00:00

Re: Xptek
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description: APB and reborn cannot ban by serials anyway, almost 100% of players use direct connect methods because the mods are standalone. We could really do with this, it wouldn't be a futile effort. The database means sod all to me.
creator: reborn
date: 2009-01-29T10:23:19-00:00