01-11-2010, 04:35 PM
Still not working properly yet. Eventually!
Edit: Bear in mind the new server isn't up -quite- yet. In the process of migrating the database currently. Please check the Server Status Updates forum for more up-to-date information.
It's been over two years now since I first started CotH. Ever since then, I've been hosting the server at home on a 'server machine' (which has always been my cast-off gaming rig). For the past several months, folks have experienced a smattering of connectivity issues, which I thought could have been fixed by me upgrading my Cable Internet plan, but it didn't really seem to affect much. Therefore, I decided to try out a dedicated host!
I already have a copy of the server running on there (after several days of setting it up. VPS's are annoying.) Any further changes to the world will probably take place over there as well, for the time being. So far, lag has been a thing of the past. I've even been trying to spam AE damage spells to everything in sight in WSG, and I still haven't experienced any lag.
The only downside I've noticed, thus far, is that startup of the server is relatively slow. This is simply because while my old gaming computer is beefed up with an uber processor and RAM, the VPS forgoes all that in lieu of a very nice connection. So far, a small price to pay, but we'll see if it makes a huge difference once we try getting a few handfuls of people online and giving it a whirl.
Anyhow, to try out the new server host, change your realmlist to:
coth.game-server.cc
Bear in mind that I made a copy of all the databases a few days ago. Therefore, any changes very recently made to any of your characters will not be reflected. Also, any recently-created accounts will not be in the database either. If things go well during this testing period, then I'll bring down the current server, move the character and accounts databases over, and then start the new one up again. At that point, that will be our server!
Any questions, please feel free to post!
Edit: Furthermore, you can access coth.game-server.cc directly to see the server status page.
Edit: Bear in mind the new server isn't up -quite- yet. In the process of migrating the database currently. Please check the Server Status Updates forum for more up-to-date information.
It's been over two years now since I first started CotH. Ever since then, I've been hosting the server at home on a 'server machine' (which has always been my cast-off gaming rig). For the past several months, folks have experienced a smattering of connectivity issues, which I thought could have been fixed by me upgrading my Cable Internet plan, but it didn't really seem to affect much. Therefore, I decided to try out a dedicated host!
I already have a copy of the server running on there (after several days of setting it up. VPS's are annoying.) Any further changes to the world will probably take place over there as well, for the time being. So far, lag has been a thing of the past. I've even been trying to spam AE damage spells to everything in sight in WSG, and I still haven't experienced any lag.
The only downside I've noticed, thus far, is that startup of the server is relatively slow. This is simply because while my old gaming computer is beefed up with an uber processor and RAM, the VPS forgoes all that in lieu of a very nice connection. So far, a small price to pay, but we'll see if it makes a huge difference once we try getting a few handfuls of people online and giving it a whirl.
Anyhow, to try out the new server host, change your realmlist to:
coth.game-server.cc
Bear in mind that I made a copy of all the databases a few days ago. Therefore, any changes very recently made to any of your characters will not be reflected. Also, any recently-created accounts will not be in the database either. If things go well during this testing period, then I'll bring down the current server, move the character and accounts databases over, and then start the new one up again. At that point, that will be our server!
Any questions, please feel free to post!
Edit: Furthermore, you can access coth.game-server.cc directly to see the server status page.