The last article about the different tarballs got me thinking about which versions are running on the known game servers.
| Game | Version |
| TLR | TLR 0.6.2 |
| TLF | SST 2.1.0t |
| ELF | SST 2.1.0t |
Now all we need is a list of what bugs/features exist in each version…
Finding SST/TLR tarballs
I’m hoping to find some time this festive season to rewrite parts of my client… turns out I’m not as clever as I thought I was, and the multiple thread approach I used actually causes my client to crash on a dual-core processor! π
So I’m creating a virtual linux box to throw onto my laptop, and I’ve come to the point where I need to find the SST/TLR installer.
Finding SST isn’t a problem, librenix.com has a link to the tarball. However I’ve been unable to find an article there that has a link to the TLR tarball? Good thing I remember that Bestark emailed me the location earlier this year! (Thanks B!)
SST V1.8.5 7th December 2002
SST V2.1.0t 20th December 2005
TLR V0.5.9 26th February 2005
TLR Installer
[drain file 3 show]Version History[drain file 3 versions 10]
TLR Patches
[drain file 2 show]Version History[drain file 2 versions 10]
** Update 24-Dec-06 – I’ve been sent the binaries for TLR 0.6.0 & 0.6.1, with a note that Ray has approved their release! You’ll need to install TLR 0.5.9 and then replace the starocon & starinit files from the newer version.
** Update 14-Jan-07 – More bug fixes
** Update 5-Jan-08 – Fixed the download links… older versions hosted on this site are only available to registered users.
** Update 25-Mar-2008 – Bestark has combined the 0.6.2 binaries into a complete installation tarball.
** Update 14-Apr-2008 – Changed download plugin. This one adds version capabilities.
New site features
Bored… bored… bored…
Let’s try adding some new features!!!!
New feature… avatars! Currently there’s only a choice of avatars that came with the plugin… looks like they’re randomly assigned to begin with, and frequent commenters get to select their own! The avatar plugin is designed to work with comments, but can be added to a post like this :-
Updated feature… polls!
I’ve found a different polling plugin, that allows polls to be added within a post… the old polls aren’t compatible, so all of those hard earnt results are gone π
Rate my site
Other features… just a couple to help me manage backups, timezones, etc…
Cheers!
Update: Art’s client
UPDATE
Art provided this screenshot a couple of weeks ago… figured it was about time I did a new article on it! π
Message: 17 Sun Dec 3 22:12:25 2006 (Public)
To: ALL
From: ARTEMIS
Subject: Client update
http://home.insightbb.com/~jmjones/Art120306.msi
Please uninstall the old client and delete the folder it was in before
installing this version.
Several new features including drag port to planets, ability to turn off
sound. Auto trade a path, and change scoop settings.
Let me know as you find bugs
Im sure there are several
~Art~
TLR-20061204-6W (TLR Round 10 Results)
Round 10 is over… and my arbitary round numbering system really isn’t cutting it anymore. I’d like to cater for getting results from the ELF training games (if their admin doesn’t mind), so from now on the results are going to be GAME-EndDate-Length. So these results are for TLR-20061204-6W!
Player numbers have dropped this round… come on guys, tell your friends and family about this great game!!!
Perhaps we need something longer than a 6 week game?
Artemis has once again taken the top spots… even with my lacklustre performance this round, our team still managed to do well? π
______Player_Name_______ ____Title+Level____Gang Rank Pack __Score__ _Region_ N00B1E +Czar+ [RFI] 1 CFp 88422928 Rhea G00B1E Can U Hear Me Now? [RFI] 2 CFp 80181058 Rhea THE BOT COLLECTOR Emperor+7 [TF3] 3 SFr 72516767 240001s R00B1E +Czar+ [RFI] 4 CFp 67145740 Rhea POKEY +Czar+ [---] 5 CFp 55722781 Triton SONG SUNG BLUE +Czar+ [AOA] 6 HLi 55106626 128001s BESTARK Space Tyrant Lives![---] 7 SFr 54647201 192001s INFEST Plague+1 [RUN] 8 JFp 51232715 Umbriel KAMIKAZE COWGIRL +Czar+ [AOA] 9 JPr 50984484 Phoebe AYRADYSS +Czar+ [AOA] 10 JPr 49490515 Phoebe
And here’s the Team rankings from this round
______________Gang_Name________________ Abbrev. Rank Score (1000s) Resort Farmers Inc. [RFI] 1 370769 Angels of Amber [AOA] 2 260828 Resurrected Uber N00bs [RUN] 3 177074 The Fabulous Fig Fighters [TF3] 4 123256
For the full listings click here
Broken blog!
I did it again, I broke the blog by doing a Debian security update! All of this a few hours after finding and fixing the problem that SIVART was experiencing!
I don’t know exactly what broke the blog, I’ve tried every suggestion I could find at the WordPress about blank blog pages.
My solution… A brand new Virtual server running a cutdown version of Debian 3.1 (Stable)!
I restored the blog to this new server, however the blank blog page bug also manifested on this server.
I decided to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress, and my blog is back! (And yes I tried this same step on the old server, with no improvement)
The next problem was how to let the real world see this new server, my ISP only provides me with a single IP address, and I’m still hosting other sites on my old server.
Simple solution, I modified the virtual webhost on the original server to now act as a reverse proxy to the new server.
So it’s all up and running… total outage a little bit over 12 hours! I did manage to get about 6 hours of sleep somewhere in there!
This isn’t the best solution, but it works for now… I’ll review and redesign the setup when I have a spare moment! π
ELF bashing
I’ve decided to create a new category for my blog… dedicated to ELF!
Every post that has been written about ELF now resides in this category… all 3 of them (4 if you count this one)!
Maybe my grasp of the english language has been impaired with my frustration on the ELF boards, but I don’t see any major slandering of the ELF game in these posts? I’ve expressed my views, made a few sly jokes and have told people to go enjoy themselves?
I’m going to give the ELF boards a rest for a few days, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to try and get the last word in! π
DRAGELET: I sent you an email with exact times the error occurred. Could you please take 5 minutes out of your busy schedule and compare the times with your apache logs!
INFEST: Thanks to you I now have a troll reputation… you managed to push just the right buttons, but I’m going to take the high road and leave you wading in your own trollish drool.
SIVART: Yes on-line polls are stupid… so were the arguments on the board! I fully expect to see an overwhelming landslide in the ‘yes’ votes over the next few days… but if the ‘no’ vote goes up at all from it’s current figure of two, there may just be a problem.
Oh yeah, don’t forget that at the end of the day this is all about a game, so ENJOY!
Update: Moved the poll into the article.
Does the ELF login history page work for you?
ELF Update
A little complaint about the failures with the login history page has turned into an attack of my character.
No one seems to believe that there is a problem with the page, I keep getting the old “It works for me, so it must be your computer” line.
So let’s clarify a few obvious problems with that statement!
- I’m not an idiot!
- Other users have mentioned this problem to me (I’m refusing to divulge their information to save them from being attacked!)
- I have tested from both home and work
- I have used multiple computers
- I have used various browsers
- Family members have the same problem
- See #1
I’ve attempted to follow Dragelet’s request to solve this via email, but only received an excuse about me not being a player?
In one of my posts on the ELF message board I’ve made a statement about why nobody else is complaining about the page problem… after seeing the way I’ve been attacked, why should anyone else step forward?
So I’ve decided to add a poll to my blog.
The first question is whether the login history page is accessible to you.
All voting will be anonymous!
That’s enough rambling for now… don’t forget to vote!
Newsflash! Cheating occuring on Anti-Cheating SST site!
I’ve recently been accused of being biased against the alternate SST server… they’re right!
They’ve unfairly blocked access to their game via the client port… that excludes me from playing.
They’ve setup a login history page to help detect cheaters… this page just happens to return an Internal Server Error when accessed by certain people.
This smells like a conspiracy to me!!!
??
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, dragelet@sst.mob.net and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
The above message is what I see when I attempt to access the history page…??
I’m too lazy to email dragelet so I’m hoping he’ll see this and explain what’s going on!
Pic of Artemis’s new client
Thanks to Bestark, I’ve now got a screen shot of Artemis’s new client.
Feast your eyes on this bit of eye candy!
Written in VB6, so should work with all versions of Windows.
Brand new GUI (how did you manage to do this in VB6?)
SQLite DB for tracking basic information.
Path finding code
Art: Any other features I should mention?