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DrenDran:
I feel kind of bad for asking this, but is there a reason why mods (at least mine) aren't getting approved or even having issues raised with them after a week or more. (I'm referring to my battle classes mod) I realize there's updating going on which would make sense, and/or you guys are just busy and stuff. I'm fine with being patient, I just wanna make sure I'm not getting purposely ignored or anything.
--- Quote from: Ephialtes on November 19, 2010, 03:51:50 AM ---It could be!
Yes, that's exactly what it is. There seems to be lots of new interest in it and I've had some new ideas to take it a couple of steps further both in terms of accessibility for those who have no idea how to manage dedicated servers, and also in terms of how easy it is to go from wanting to have a server to actually playing in one.
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So does this mean that people would just get eval access or would actually be able to access the part of the computer that the server is on? Or have you not figured it out to that part yet?
Reactor Worker:
--- Quote from: Ephialtes on November 19, 2010, 03:51:50 AM ---It could be!
Yes, that's exactly what it is. There seems to be lots of new interest in it and I've had some new ideas to take it a couple of steps further both in terms of accessibility for those who have no idea how to manage dedicated servers, and also in terms of how easy it is to go from wanting to have a server to actually playing in one.
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Good to hear. It's that kind of service that could change the Blockland "landscape" as significantly as implementing UPnP did.
DrenDran:
--- Quote from: Reactor Worker on November 19, 2010, 06:11:29 PM ---Good to hear. It's that kind of service that could change the Blockland "landscape" as significantly as implementing UPnP did.
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I should probably throw in that many people say that wasn't a good thing because it just created double the family rps and people begging others to join their servers. But then again, someone who didn't need it could be a person like that, and plenty of decent servers were probably allowed to run because of it.
Kalphiter:
--- Quote from: DrenDran on November 19, 2010, 06:14:40 PM ---I should probably throw in that many people say that wasn't a good thing because it just created double the family rps and people begging others to join their servers. But then again, someone who didn't need it could be a person like that, and plenty of decent servers were probably allowed to run because of it.
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It doesn't matter, just offer it for a price.
Ephialtes:
--- Quote from: DrenDran on November 19, 2010, 05:55:48 PM ---I feel kind of bad for asking this, but is there a reason why mods (at least mine) aren't getting approved or even having issues raised with them after a week or more. (I'm referring to my battle classes mod) I realize there's updating going on which would make sense, and/or you guys are just busy and stuff. I'm fine with being patient, I just wanna make sure I'm not getting purposely ignored or anything.
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I've just been very busy recently.
--- Quote from: DrenDran on November 19, 2010, 05:55:48 PM ---So does this mean that people would just get eval access or would actually be able to access the part of the computer that the server is on? Or have you not figured it out to that part yet?
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It would be very locked down, you would go through a setup process much like uploading an add-on:
* Enter blockland key
* Pick name/map/players/passwords/length of hosting time (in weeks, i guess)
* Select the add-ons you want installed on it (only add-ons from RTB)
* Edit auto admin lists
* Configure extras like auto saving
* Pay/use RTB credit (haven't spoken about this yet)
* Within 5 minutes, the server would be booted and ready for people to join on a fresh BL install.
You'd have no access to the server itself and no console access either. There would be a web interface so you can close/open/restart your server and change all the settings you configured or swap out some add-ons on the server so it'll be highly customizable. Entering your key is just an acceptable limitation of this kind of thing - if you're not comfortable with entering your key into the RTB website then you'll have to find your hosting elsewhere. This just caters to mainstream Blockland users who don't want their server to do anything outrageously funky - just to host a build or a deathmatch reliably.
I think they'll be called RTB BuildBoxes or RTB BlockBoxes - I can't decide. But yeah, I have lots of neat plans for them and I'll discuss them all in a separate thread or something when I'm done with v4.