#245 Added by Ghost of Atys 3 years ago
AgendaDatabase migration and webIg server changeFeedbacks on the Patch: Kitinlair occupations, Boss refactoring, Marauder gameplayRecrutement: Event team, Support Team, Translation team
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#246 Added by Jadeyn 3 years ago
I'm going to review the migration and the patching that went on.We had planned to migrate the very old web server that contained the webig and nevrax tools to a new fresh server.In order to minimize the problems, it was agreed to migrate only the database (step 1), upgrade the server to a ubuntu version still in LTS (16.04) at least (step 2).Then on the server me.ryzom.com make a copy of the apps and test them in php 7 (step 3).Finally when everything would be ok, we would switch app.ryzom.com on me.ryzom.com (step 4).Then finally a new server will come to add the replication in case it is necessary to switch services (step 5).Well ... All this was without anticipating that the web server would fail.This forced us to finally do steps 1 to 5 in 24 hours.So, report of the operations :All our servers are currently running Ubuntu 20.04.The old web server is going to leave us (but no one is going to mourn it ...).We have the main applications running without major errors (quite a few warnings that we will correct as we go along).But overall, it's a very good thing done and no more big migrations are planned.The next updates will be done during a reboot on the Atys server so that the game will not be blocked anymore.So for the migration, we are not bad.If there are any questions about this, don't hesitate.
If no other questions we can move on to the patch.There is still a problem to fix concerning the occupations of the Kitin Lair which are bugged.This will be solved soon, but we don't know if it'll be necessary to patch and reboot the server or not.We'll keep you informed.Boss refactoring has been fixed at launch and for the moment is running normally.If all goes well, at the next reboot/patch we will apply the system to all Atys.
If no other questions, openssl ?I know everyone is looking forward to this topic.So, to put it simply, our clients are no longer compatible with a modification of the let's encrypt certificates.Which remains one of the major authorities for providing ssl certificates.To understand : it is thanks to them that we secure our websites in https.And as a result clients are no longer able to access https sites that have a let's encrypt certificate (which is the case for our servers).There is a configuration that allows to keep compatibility with clients using openssl 1.0 (so the old version).This is what we did while waiting to update the clients.Currently we are testing Windows 64 bits and Linux 64 bits clients with openssl 3.0 and no major issues.We will apply the same modification to Steam and Macos versions.If you are hosting webig apps that are no longer accessible from the game, you can come see me and I will help you configure your server to enable compatibility (this is a certbot option).Well, it's still under discussion but we wonder if we will continue to maintain 32 bits versions under Linux (and Windows).There are really very few people left on 32 bits configuration.
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#247 Added by Margote 3 years ago
Agenda[list]Current projectsPen-and-paper role-playing game in Ryzom universeOP refactoringRecrutement: Event team, Support Team, Translation team
#248 Added by Nilstilar 3 years ago
Depuis quelques temps nous travaillons pour mettre au point un jeu de rôle dans l'univers de Ryzom. L'objectif est de pouvoir jouer en dehors des Nouvelles Terres, soit sur les Anciennes Terres, maintenant ou avant les essaims, soit dans d'autres endroits plus reculés. Des lieux qui ne seront jamais dans le MMO, par exemple des endroits où la résurrection n'existe pas.Il y a une première ébauche jouable, et j'ai besoin de testeurs, dans un premier temps une ou deux équipes de quatre. Des personnes pour jouer et signaler ce qui marche bien et donner des suggestions d'amélioration. Pour l'instant, la version de travail est en français, et mon niveau dans les autres langues fait que je ne peux faire jouer qu'en français. Mais si un meneur de jeu veut s'investir, on peux mettre en place aussi des tests dans d'autres langues.
Le projet de refonte des avant-postes est l'actuelle priorité n°1 du Dev.Maintenant que les tests concernant le GvE sont terminés, nous préparons les prochains tests sur Atys, qui concerneront le GvG. Comme les tests du GvE, ces tests se feront sur des avant-postes spéciaux.Ulukyn (Dev) viendra présenter en détail cette partie GvG lors de la prochaine réunion de Ryzom Forge.
Équipe SupportL’équipe de Support poursuit sa campagne de recrutement de bénévoles.Nous avons besoin de vous, de votre disponibilité, de vos connaissances techniques et gameplay du jeu mais aussi de votre diplomatie, afin d'agrandir nos rangs et de répondre au mieux aux attentes des joueurs.Pour en savoir plus, veuillez consulter ce post : https://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/22047/2 #2 .Pour postuler, contactez exclusivement Tamarea à tamarea@ryzom.com, et ne parlez à personne de votre candidature !Équipe AnimationNous cherchons des bénévoles souhaitant aider à écrire des scénarios d'event, ou bien souhaitant devenir acteurs en incarnant un personnage lors des events que nous jouons.La formation est assurée, et l'entrée dans le jeu d'acteur se fait très progressivement pour laisser le temps à la recrue de prendre ses marques.Rejoignez-nous pour bénéficier de cette expérience unique !Pour postuler, contactez exclusivement Tamarea à tamarea@ryzom.com et ne parlez à personne de votre candidature !Équipe TraductionNous cherchons des bénévoles afin de traduire des textes en jeu et des annonces officielles en anglais, allemand, espagnol, russe, français, ainsi que pour effectuer la relecture de textes dans ces cinq langues.Pour postuler, contactez exclusivement Tamarea à tamarea@ryzom.com.C'était le dernier sujet pour aujourd'hui !Si vous souhaitez contacter Drumel à propos du jeu de rôle sur table, vous pouvez le faire sur chat.ryzom, ou bien répondre à la suite du compte-rendu de la réunion sur le forum, quand il aura été publié.La prochaine réunion se tiendra le lundi 6 décembre !Les deux sujets principaux en seront les Bugs et tests, et la Refonte des avant-postes.
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#249 Added by Kaetemi 3 years ago
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#250 Added by Magez 3 years ago
I have a hard time understanding the principle of taking people out of the MMOThat's the dumbest argument against community projects ever, and this sort of closed minded thinking is why Ryzom will never recover. Adding more target markets does not take away from your existing niche target market. Growing the community does not shrink it.
I have a hard time understanding the principle of taking people out of the MMO
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#251 Added by Gidget 3 years ago
It would tho, any ryzom player playing another game is taken away from playing ryzom.
#252 Added by Magez 3 years ago
MagezIt would tho, any ryzom player playing another game is taken away from playing ryzom.Look at the resurgence of CP2020 when Cyberpunk 2077 came out and you'll see how wrong that is. It's a little different there since CP2077 is not an MMO so many peopel will stop playing after beating it a few times, but my point that it's not a zero-sum equation remains.
#253 Added by Kaetemi 3 years ago
but what i mean is time cannot be spend on both at the same time, spending those 1-2 hours on the board game are 1-2 hours that you are not present/active/engaged into ryzom
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#254 Added by Kaetemi 3 years ago
dev-time and resources spend there could have been spend on the main attraction
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#255 Added by Sinvaders 3 years ago
Regarding the board game itself, i understand the 'fun' but not the benefit of it, the splitting of players activity/time aside, dev-time and resources spend there could have been spend on the main attraction, i also fail to see how it will attract new players besides circles of friends that likely would have already mentioned ryzom if there was interest among them (i hope), in the case of marketing i have doubts and raise the question why marketing ryzom isn't done more in stead and in the case marketing ryzom is already exhausted i fail to see why the board game would then raise new players in its place.
#256 Added by Magez 3 years ago
The person behind this tabletop rpg project is already active in the Lore Team. He is not a developer of the game. So his time wouldn't have been spent on development. Working on a tabletop rpg is a good continuation of the lorist work: it will use the existing lore and extend it.It is NOT a marketing project too, it's a tabletop rpg that a passionate is making and wants to share it with the community.
#257 Added by Ghost of Atys 3 years ago
AgendaUpdate on recent crashesFeedback on the Client's beta testsFeedback on Boss refactoringProgress on OP refactoring (GvG)
#258 Added by Nilstilar 3 years ago
Let's talk a little about the recent server problems, there have been several.The first problem, the most critical, was quite particular and could crash any Ryzom service. Indeed, a Ryzom server is composed of many services which manage an aspect of the game: the EGS which manages the entities (NPC, creatures, actions, etc...), the IOS manages texts and chats and other smaller services but whose role is also important. Now, the bug could occur in one of these services and up to 2-3 times a day, which depending on the service that crashed could cause chain reactions (and therefore a server that crashes completely). The reason of the crash is a bit technical (I could give more details if needed) but a fix was applied and since then none of the services crashed because of this bug.Another bug has finally been fixed. This is one of the oldest known bugs in the game. We suspected that it came from the missions and we had a hunch that it only happened with characters returning to the game after a long absence. We were able to investigate this bug because we unintentionally caused it by moving occupations into Kitins' Lair. This maneuver, in fact, unknowingly caused the aliases (identification numbers saved in the character's file kept by the server) of the missions concerned to change. Now, if a mission changes aliases and a player has kept the old alias in the character's save file on his own machine, the server will crash as soon as the character in question is loaded. This is because aliases were not originally designed to be changeable... no one anticipated that some missions would be moved from one continent to another. Finally, this diagnosis made it easier to find and fix the bug and the unfortunate player who was crashing the server every time he tried to log was finally able to join Atys without a hitch.A third bug has been identified in the IOS, which occurs quite rarely. We made the hypothesis that it occurred when a message was sent by the server on a dynamic chat channel, at the same time as one of the players disconnected and added several checks to avoid this conjunction. For the moment, no new crashes have been reported. We keep an eye on it though.Finally, the last bugs (which cause slowdowns and huge delays in sending messages) occur when the SU crashes (SU = Shard Unifier, a service especially useful when several servers are running - like Aniro, Arispotle and Leanon - or when Ring sessions are active). We have already fixed one of them, the fixing of another is in progress. We will strengthen the part of SU code that handles database writing.That's it for the information about the recent crashes. Are there any questions?
See forum.We need as much feedback as possible, because the timing of the next patch depends on it: the sooner we validate the beta client, the sooner we will patch the new features.So, are there people who have been able to play with the beta client regularly?
See forum.What are your feedbacks, especially about the new algorithm of spawn of Bosses?We would like, indeed, to know if its activation in all regions of Atys is now possible or if it still needs some adjustments.
The project is pretty well advanced.We are running the last alpha tests and the tests on the test servers (Yubo & Gingo) should start soon. At the moment they are focusing on new GvG outposts in zones 50 and will allow us to determine if the NPC setting is good (it is at its minimum, but fighting a guild and NPCs simultaneously can be a bit of a challenge).During this GvG test, we will move forward with the rest of the project. Some of the changes that are already ready, such as reducing the duration of battles to 1 hour and lowering the cost of attacks, could be implemented quickly. The rotation of materials and the taking of outposts by hostile NPC tribes would then come in a later phase of project development.We agreed to give the project a boost over the next two months.
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#259 Added by Kaetemi 3 years ago
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