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Valve pushed a fairly significant update today that makes changes to both the server and client distribution system. I've been prepping on the weekends for this, and for the most part ZM and ZE work. We had to resync with the main ZR branch, so things will be busted like cookies saving and other misc things. I intend on fixing this when I get home. I rolled out two emergency patches already, but I'm on my phone now and I don't think there's a git client for Android 
ZMP and MG haven't been updated, I'll be doing this later in the day as well. Thanks for your patience.
If there are any new bugs please post them in here and tag me. We will probably be sprinting, but its better then allowing it to linger.
ZMP and MG haven't been updated, I'll be doing this later in the day as well. Thanks for your patience.
If there are any new bugs please post them in here and tag me. We will probably be sprinting, but its better then allowing it to linger.
Done, updated our kernel to 3.6.11 and synced a bunch of new libraries up (one server won't blow up when we reboot it now ). Thanks for your patience! The guesstimated downtime was 5 minutes per server.
). Thanks for your patience! The guesstimated downtime was 5 minutes per server.
Keeping a long story short, I changed the site's Steam integration which was supposed to be a flawless move, but during this process some of the data was lost.
So, if you found your donator or admin wasn't working, then you need to integrate your Steam account to your forum account again.
Doing so is easy, just go to http://plaguefest.com/account/steam and choose 'associate with steam' - complete the steps afterward and you're good to go. Your admin/donator perks will activate by the next map change.
Terribly sorry for this inconvenience!
Good news is we're on a much better back-end now, which utilizes Steam's API. It should be faster, more reliable, and eliminate issues such as users being unable to register / associate....
So, if you found your donator or admin wasn't working, then you need to integrate your Steam account to your forum account again.
Doing so is easy, just go to http://plaguefest.com/account/steam and choose 'associate with steam' - complete the steps afterward and you're good to go. Your admin/donator perks will activate by the next map change.
Note: If your PlagueFest.com account was originally created when you Signed in through Steam, then you will need to have a password generated for your account so you can associate Steam with it again. Go to http://plaguefest.com/account/security to have a password e-mailed to you. Afterward, go to http://plaguefest.com/account/steam and associate steam with your account using the password that you obtained.
If you're currently logged out and can't login because you do not have a password or steam account associated with your account, go to http://plaguefest.com/lost-password/ and have a password sent to you.
Do not create a new account!
Terribly sorry for this inconvenience!
Good news is we're on a much better back-end now, which utilizes Steam's API. It should be faster, more reliable, and eliminate issues such as users being unable to register / associate....
Hi all
Since this is a recurring problem, I thought it would be wise to create a thread about it. LSN has always had daily carrier dropouts (as Mumble folks definitely know), but in the last week or so it's gotten ridiculous. Right now the problem seems to mostly stem from AboveNet seeing traffic, which has myself included in the dropouts. The outages are typically not listed on their status page, which is really unfortunate as I have to update the ticket each time to get information for you guys.
Can anyone spot the problem for a realtime service?
Copperegg rounds spikes off pretty badly showing the latency for the whole day, one little spike like that is typically a dropout if you inspect it (there's a 15s resolution), there are a lot. The cool thing about Copperegg is they have servers around the world, and can monitor the uptime of a service.
An LSN employee forced me to provide traceroutes as the dropouts occur, saying there was nothing wrong without them (there are a few who actually checked it out without one and confirmed the problem, huge thanks to them). Since there's nothing out there that does this (as far as I'm aware, there were a few, but they wrapped other applications and didn't implement the protocol), and I wasn't going to sit around waiting for a failure just to traceroute to confirm a failure... I wrote a script to ping the web server (the server that's supposed to be the most stable), and when there's a latency increase, or failure, log it and traceroute.
We've always...
Since this is a recurring problem, I thought it would be wise to create a thread about it. LSN has always had daily carrier dropouts (as Mumble folks definitely know), but in the last week or so it's gotten ridiculous. Right now the problem seems to mostly stem from AboveNet seeing traffic, which has myself included in the dropouts. The outages are typically not listed on their status page, which is really unfortunate as I have to update the ticket each time to get information for you guys.
Can anyone spot the problem for a realtime service?
Copperegg rounds spikes off pretty badly showing the latency for the whole day, one little spike like that is typically a dropout if you inspect it (there's a 15s resolution), there are a lot. The cool thing about Copperegg is they have servers around the world, and can monitor the uptime of a service.
An LSN employee forced me to provide traceroutes as the dropouts occur, saying there was nothing wrong without them (there are a few who actually checked it out without one and confirmed the problem, huge thanks to them). Since there's nothing out there that does this (as far as I'm aware, there were a few, but they wrapped other applications and didn't implement the protocol), and I wasn't going to sit around waiting for a failure just to traceroute to confirm a failure... I wrote a script to ping the web server (the server that's supposed to be the most stable), and when there's a latency increase, or failure, log it and traceroute.
We've always...
This is something I've been working on for the past few months. As with most things it ended up taking much longer than expected. While this isn't 100% done and there are some minor visual kinks that I'll hopefully have ironed out soon, I figured I might as well release it and let everyone use it finally.
If the current site hurts your precious wittle eyes, you can now turn the lights off and ease your retinas.
To do so, scroll down to the bottom of the site and hit the switch. Alternatively this can be set in your preferences.
Full view links to the thumbnails above (clicking the arrow in the overlay will also open the 'full view'):
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Additional Changes / Updates
If the current site hurts your precious wittle eyes, you can now turn the lights off and ease your retinas.
To do so, scroll down to the bottom of the site and hit the switch. Alternatively this can be set in your preferences.
Full view links to the thumbnails above (clicking the arrow in the overlay will also open the 'full view'):
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Additional Changes / Updates
- Fixed AJAX Progress indicator preventing any use of the top bar while the indicator is present. Now you can utilize your user drop down or any links on the top bar regardless of the...
Server Updates
It's that time again, we've synced with the official repositories and moved our kernel version up to the 3.6 series. The emulation layer (along with a bunch of other libs) were updated, so hopefully there's a performance win there. While we're expecting a CS:S update this week, it's possible it will be delayed again (probably forever ), so there may be more downtime ahead.
), so there may be more downtime ahead.Hi guys,
The IP is: zego.plaguefest.com or 216.245.221.139:27015
Huge thanks to Dharkk for doing some tedious work defining each map in GameModes_Server.txt and CyphX for play testing.
Same-ish bugs as ZM. If you notice you're dying too quickly, check your class, you may be a human
^ While I'm adamant it's a CS:GO bug (Never saw it before Update 17) with GetTeamNumber (Getting the same crashes that CS:S does... lol), it's probably something I've done, or a bug I've yet to find in ZR.
Monumental thanks to the content porters/creators who've been churning out maps. Thanks again to Dharkk for compiling the map list, and making my life a lot easier.
Anyways, please report any bugs/suggestions you encounter/think of.
Thanks!
The IP is: zego.plaguefest.com or 216.245.221.139:27015
Huge thanks to Dharkk for doing some tedious work defining each map in GameModes_Server.txt and CyphX for play testing.
Same-ish bugs as ZM. If you notice you're dying too quickly, check your class, you may be a human
^ While I'm adamant it's a CS:GO bug (Never saw it before Update 17) with GetTeamNumber (Getting the same crashes that CS:S does... lol), it's probably something I've done, or a bug I've yet to find in ZR.
Monumental thanks to the content porters/creators who've been churning out maps. Thanks again to Dharkk for compiling the map list, and making my life a lot easier.
Anyways, please report any bugs/suggestions you encounter/think of.
Thanks!
From all the complaints on Minigames since Admin Skull aka our old skin had a bad head box, I've uploaded kirby8989's skin to replace it. Please welcome the new skin with a better head box! I've only uploaded the VIP version at the moment until we get a better skin plugin as the current one is buggy if we offer multiple options on Minigames. I am going to ignore complaints about it saying VIP as it is available for Donor+ and we won't have donors using an "Admin" skin anymore.
http://stats.plaguefest.com for short or just click the "Stats" button on the main navigation.
I know there's the whole debate of who gives a shit about stats or rank, but leave that alone as that crap is tired. If you don't care about your stats/rank, awesome, keep on doin' yo thang and ignore your rank. You might find some of the stats it collects to be interesting however. If you do fancy stats and rank, cool, knock yourself out.
General Features
Common In-Game Chat Commands
I know there's the whole debate of who gives a shit about stats or rank, but leave that alone as that crap is tired. If you don't care about your stats/rank, awesome, keep on doin' yo thang and ignore your rank. You might find some of the stats it collects to be interesting however. If you do fancy stats and rank, cool, knock yourself out.
General Features
- All stats are generated in real-time.
- Google Maps integration - player locations.
- Hitbox - weapon accuracy
- Awards, ribbons, ranks - daily awards are given for various actions & events, ribbons are given to those who rack up daily awards, and ranks are earned as your stats increase.
- Graphs - view various stat changes over time (most graphs can be clicked for larger views)
- Steam integration - profile data pulled from steam if available
- SourceBans/VAC integration - view ranked players who have been banned
- Basic server stats - players, uptime, fps over time: see what maps pull down the fps or cause dips or rises in players:
- In-game info menus / commands
Stats can be accessed via your phone or tablet. Just visit stats.plaguefest.com via your mobile browser.
Common In-Game Chat Commands
- Appears in Hud/Menu
- rank - Current Position
- next - Players ahead in the ranking
- top - Top 10 players in the ranking
- Appears in In-game Browser...
