DM_Kev
21-02-2005, 20:34
Yes, it is finally due for installation!
My thanks to so many of you who helped make this possible, in particular, Longbeard, PureLojik, Beeline, WreckSC, Avalyn and Barking_Mad. I know it was a very long wait due to circumtances out of Wireplay's hands, but here it is!
Breath made this announcement, which, as a game server, will affect us. http://forums.wireplay.co.uk/announcement.php3?s=&forumid=424
I expect we will be offline ALL DAY, as this will be a new server and will need the current game resources copied over to it.
Despire hardware developments during the wait, the server remains exteremely powerful and is more than capable of handling NWN and, when it hit the shelves, NWN2.
Basic detals of the new server:
1GB RAM and a 3.2 ghz processor. This potentially allows us to support, without processor lag, 64 players. However, our interests lie in quality over quantity of players and as smooth gaming as possible. Also considering our target audience is specific, I plan to have a slot limit of 45 players. That way we get very smooth gaming with a realistic limit of players we want.
The current server is still ours to use! So, we plan to run some private 'booking' games on it. What this means is that we will make small middle earth based modules, built in the style of the single player games - a straight adventure and story. One idea already is to make the quest of Angband again and run it on this server for a party who book to use it when we say a dm is willing to run it.
So please be patient on Thursday - MERP will be back and better than ever. It would be best to congregate in the irc channel and forums that day and probably some of friday :)
Thankyou for your advanced co-operation.
My thanks to so many of you who helped make this possible, in particular, Longbeard, PureLojik, Beeline, WreckSC, Avalyn and Barking_Mad. I know it was a very long wait due to circumtances out of Wireplay's hands, but here it is!
Breath made this announcement, which, as a game server, will affect us. http://forums.wireplay.co.uk/announcement.php3?s=&forumid=424
I expect we will be offline ALL DAY, as this will be a new server and will need the current game resources copied over to it.
Despire hardware developments during the wait, the server remains exteremely powerful and is more than capable of handling NWN and, when it hit the shelves, NWN2.
Basic detals of the new server:
1GB RAM and a 3.2 ghz processor. This potentially allows us to support, without processor lag, 64 players. However, our interests lie in quality over quantity of players and as smooth gaming as possible. Also considering our target audience is specific, I plan to have a slot limit of 45 players. That way we get very smooth gaming with a realistic limit of players we want.
The current server is still ours to use! So, we plan to run some private 'booking' games on it. What this means is that we will make small middle earth based modules, built in the style of the single player games - a straight adventure and story. One idea already is to make the quest of Angband again and run it on this server for a party who book to use it when we say a dm is willing to run it.
So please be patient on Thursday - MERP will be back and better than ever. It would be best to congregate in the irc channel and forums that day and probably some of friday :)
Thankyou for your advanced co-operation.