Thats right, we've had some major server problems lately.
I'm in the process of trying to identify and fix the issue, so the server might go down a few times.

UPDATE : Due to ongoing issues, I have stopped all updates.
Campaign games will be halted until the server issues are resolved. We have a Microsft guy looking into it.

Sorry for the inconvenience folks!

Last Edited : Friday, 30 August 2002 - 08:16

the problem mightn't be at your end...
the guy who runs utopia posted this:

boards.swirve.com/board.cgi?boardset=utopia&boardid=bugs&thread=80&spec=4623925

it might be related to your troubles, it might not

sounds dangerous.
umm, in case we're right now experiencing the end of global communication via the internet, i hereby wish you a nice life.
just in case ...

i didnt know about that.

but its not the issue here. its definitely a problem with their webserver.

okey

There was largely a problem with Golbal internet but mainly Aust:Rest of world was the problem.

As I work in an internet cafe this was not good for business... eep!

we were have problems on our computer here to.

Still happening guys...took me about 20 attempts to get on the first time, made a couple moves, lost connection again about 8 times...but I'm on now! Good Luck, Requiem...with this problem!!

Bug report thread comments on the movement problem as well, that's still happening as well...refresh and everythings back to starting positions, closing and reopening map seems to help, but usually lose connection again while doing that.

this is makin me angry... i kno ur tryin to do wut u can but its really pissin me off... i just quit game 54 cuz i cant log on nemore... i can occasionally get online mayb 1 time a day for the las 2-3 days here n that like only for 10 mins... cant check on 3 games in 10 mins (at least i cant) n somehow my nme there is loggin on more than i n im losin more stuff than i would have... im not sayin i would have defenately beat him/her... i tink it woulda been close... but when i cant log on n he/she can... cant win there so i dropped out... if this doesnt get fixed or at least a good date when they think it ll b up and running again im gonna have to quit all my games n not join ne others til it gets fixed (which hopefully will b soon cuz i like this game... but i cant play it at its current condition)

My suggestion is to stop all games from running until it is fixed. That would stop people gaining advantages that they wouldn't have obtained if the game had been running perfectly.

I seem to be ok now...and personally, seeing what other internet sites have gone through in the past, I think we've so far got off quite lightly
Still, as long as it doesn't happen too often

well, i'm monitoring it more often now.
so if it does play up, i can quickly reboot.

the guys are gonna put more RAM in on the weekend, so that should be a huge help (servers only have 256mb RAM. ack!)

Just some info to help in debugging the problem. If I would to use the direct ip address to access the website, I am able to do so. It seems like the problem lies in webserver unable to resolute the hostname to the ip address.

Are these NT4 boxes? Ewww.

yea, ugly NT4 boxes with 256mb ram.

still trying to diagnose the issue.

Seems to be much better so far today.

Req, you're doing a great job. And for a game this cool that's free, no one has the right to complain about anything. Thanks for all your hard work.

Requiem, I noticed on the NEWS page that all campaign games have been halted. Just wanted to make a request, I'm sure you have already thought of this...but would you make an advance announcement of the 'start back time', so we may all know that the games will resume at the announced time and no one will have an advantage over another. Thank you!

Me and my big mouth, this morning I had about 20 mins spare and couldn't get in
Guess it's a bit hit and miss right now :-)

Thanks for fixing the problem cause i like this game very much. hoping to got back to the game sooner.

Hmm, I am still getting the time warp bug... But like cdh121 said it is free so no one can really complain. You only get what you pay for.

And how many people click on the adds to support this game?
Unless you click them every time you log in, your not doing your share.

Anyway, Laxplaya. You have no right to complain about being affected by bugs. You are now in my castle because I havent been able to log in for 2 and a half days.

But I do agree with you about quitting the games that we are in because they have been all screwed up. Problem is we will lose 1000 points a pop per game we quit.