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Richard Davey
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 21:19 Edited at: 28th Jul 2008 21:36
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Today the forum server was offline while we moved to a new box. The old one was fine but it was running extremely low on drive space, had no redundancy, and the CPU would struggle under high load. It served us well for over 2 years but we needed an upgrade.

The new server has much more capacity (we've now got 500GB free rather than 500MB!), it has 4x as much RAM (4GB), hardware RAID and a shiny new Intel Xeon Quad Core Harpertown E5405 2.0GHz.

In short, it will see us through another couple of years.

During the upgrade we took the time to move to PHP 5.2.6 (the old server ran PHP4) which means if you spot any weird errors, let me know. We also upgraded to the latest stable MySQL 5 release and are running a customised Apache 2 build, compiled to take advantage of the CPU we've got.

I have left debugging enabled in both the PHP and MySQL error messages, so if you get one please email it to me and let me know what caused it (if you can tell!). DON'T POST IT TO THE FORUM! The MySQL error messages especially often contain private data you don't want anyone else here getting, so please just email for now.

Update:

1) I've fixed the posting error (obviously!)
2) I've fixed the SQL error when updating your Profile

Cheers,

Rich


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Phaelax
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 21:25
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Awsome! The forums were becoming painfully slow, especially on the challenges that had over thousans threads.


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Alucard94
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 21:48
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Quote: "Awsome! The forums were becoming painfully slow, especially on the challenges that had over thousans threads.
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Agreed


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Jeku
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 21:54
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Great Rich, is the server still in America?


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Silvester
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 22:00 Edited at: 28th Jul 2008 22:00
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just reported some Profile error. Hope it gets fixed

EDIT : Nevermind, you already added it as fixed

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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 22:26
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For some reason, alot of my posts have got this error:



But there are none of my posts there on the thread?

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Zotoaster
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 23:29 Edited at: 28th Jul 2008 23:29
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Test -- just seeing if posting is any faster.


[edit]

w00t!

Don't you just hate that Zotoaster guy?
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Richard Davey
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 23:35
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coffeegrunt - I have noticed this too, I'll look into it some more, the change in MySQL version caused it but I'm still trying to find out where.


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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 23:41
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Nice specs on the server.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 23:42
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Can I have the old server?


Hurray for teh logd!
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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 28th Jul 2008 23:52
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Quote: "I'll look into it some more, the change in MySQL version caused it but I'm still trying to find out where."


Thanks.....

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soapyfish
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 00:39
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You don't have to keep pretending Rich, it's common knowledge you run the forum from your laptop.

I'm guessing you spilt your tea on it.


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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 01:25
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Don't talk nonsense, you know he runs Apollo on an Atari 5200!

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Rudolpho
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 01:43
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Wow, the attachment download rate has even (and finally ) been increased. Great work

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tha_rami
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 02:08
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Sounds like a great new server there! Two important questions:

1. Can you run two instances of Pong on this new server?
2. Does it come in black?


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Richard Davey
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 02:42
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1) Why would anyone want to run ONE instance of Pong, let alone two?
2) No, it's a gunmetal style grey


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tha_rami
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 02:46
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Quote: "1) Why would anyone want to run ONE instance of Pong, let alone two?"

You mean the old server didn't lag because you tried to play an instance of Pong on it?


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Richard Davey
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 03:08
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I hate Pong! I never liked it that much, and ever since the TGC Retro Compo that we ran years ago (in which I spent weeks playing every Pong variant going) I've had a real loathing for it


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BiggAdd
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 03:51 Edited at: 29th Jul 2008 03:52
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The Apollo forums run on the crushed dreams of MMOs. All tipped into a large meat grinder, operated by Higgins, who takes the weekend away from his cave of anger, hatred and alcohol. (Sorry Higgins)

Its good to see you still active in the Forum Rich.

Cheers,
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SunnyKatt
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 04:49
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@jeku - According to my awesome firefox plugin, these servers are still in America.

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Samoz83
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 15:14 Edited at: 29th Jul 2008 15:15
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Quote: "gunmetal style grey"


yuck, you should of chosen military grey or battleship grey

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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 15:21
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Found another bug, the Newest Post is very glitchy, and often doesn't actually work....

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Alucard94
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 15:46
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Quote: "Found another bug, the Newest Post is very glitchy, and often doesn't actually work....
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For me it does...


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Venge
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 17:02
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Sometimes, it only loads the top half of pictures in threads and stops...

I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order, like they should be.
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KeithC
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Posted: 29th Jul 2008 18:21
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I sent out an obscure error to you last night, Rich.

-Keith

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Sixty Squares
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Posted: 1st Aug 2008 02:26 Edited at: 3rd Aug 2008 20:36
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Well this isn't really much of a forum error, but I noticed it's not possible to post comments or rate codebase entries... Nice server by the way File uploading is much faster.

EDIT: On a side note, screenshots posted in the screenshot gallery seem to be taking a while to be approved (more so than before)

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H4ck1d
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Posted: 1st Aug 2008 06:55 Edited at: 1st Aug 2008 06:57
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Well I just happened to notice this today and it's really just an annoyance rather than a bug, probably not related at all to the server move, but I'll include it just in case. See this image image:



The highlighted thread's author and last post are the same person, but only the author has been updated to the user's new name, while the last post is still attributed to the user's old username. The thread is here if you're interested at all.

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BMacZero
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Trying to post my code to the DBPro Coding Challenge, I got this error in red above the Post Forum Message box:

Quote: "Unknown System Error. Sorry but I have to abort now. Please try again later"


This only happened when I tried to post 800 or so lines of code - it worked fine when I retried it with a short test message.

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tha_rami
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I got a "Game over man, game over" message when trying to post yesterday, and I had no clue absolutely why. When refreshing, it asked to resend the POST-data and that worked.


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Benjamin
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When I posted somewhere yesterday it took 3 attempts; the first two times it timed out after about 5 seconds.

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Urlforce Studios
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Posted: 4th Aug 2008 19:49 Edited at: 4th Aug 2008 20:14
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I am getting "This thread is locked (or is an announcement), you cannot reply to it." on every thread.

To replicate it, try posting on a locked thread then go to a open thread and it still says the thread is locked. Once you post it goes away however.

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Jeku
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Posted: 4th Aug 2008 21:19
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I believe that bug has been around forever--- there's something similar when you accidentally post twice with the exact same comment, it gives an error saying duplicate post detected. But after that, everywhere you post the same error is written in red above the form


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AlanC
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The forums do not work on my cell phone anymore.

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Urlforce Studios
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Ok another bug is some of the web addresses for people's sites at the bottom by profile have been changed to http://www.thegamecreators.com/www.theirsite.com

(just an example, go look at S4real's or others posts you might catch one.)

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xyzz1233
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I got one... When I look at a person's posts, it gives me this division by 0 error:

Warning: Division by zero in C:\apollo\public_html\apollo\includes\apollo_misc.php on line 499
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Satchmo
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Quote: "Warning: Division by zero in C:\apollo\public_html\apollo\includes\apollo_misc.php on line 499 "


I now know where you live. lol, jk.

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xyzz1233
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I didn't think it would be confidential or anything, so I just posted it.
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mr Handy
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Hi there!
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one old bug:
i've checked box in profile to recive newsletter,
but didn't get any (for few month) until used sign-up form on site.
thats 100% bug.
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wish for improvement:
OMG please, can you make button 'mark all as unread'
PLEASE!!!

A door is a door is a door. Even a swinging one. =0
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Sid Sinister
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Hmm, I just experienced a bug. I made a thread over in Game Design about "Making a flawed character?" and it says there are two posts, but I'm the only one who's post is in the thread.

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mr Handy
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Maybe second post made by newbie, so its not visible for now.

A door is a door is a door. Even a swinging one. =0
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mr Handy
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GOTCHA:error while posting
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Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in C:\apollo\public_html\common.php on line 85
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BTW IF Richard Davey isnt sleeping for now, maybe he'll make 'make all as unread' button! Why not? Why was made 'mark all as read' only?

A door is a door is a door. Even a swinging one. =0
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I too found some fatal errors, in some user accounts, 0 has been divided.
I know one user who has this, and there's plenty more
the user I found to have it was: http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_search
FPSCX10 LORD.


Now we all also know you cant divide zero can you?

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Roxas
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mrHandy please mail the error. Its not good idea to post the errors here trust me.

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 8th Aug 2008 16:31
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Hmm that server path is old, must be lingering in the profile code somewhere, will have a look.


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Also, I found that if you post a link, highlight it, and then click image the forum ignores the image tags, but if you click image then paste the link in the little window it work just fine.

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Quote: "Also, I found that if you post a link, highlight it, and then click image the forum ignores the image tags, but if you click image then paste the link in the little window it work just fine.
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That's odd, I just did that an hour or so ago and it worked just fine.


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xyzz1233
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@ LT Tatters:
You can divide 0 all you want, but not divide by 0. Just felt the urge to point that out.

@ Richard Davey:
I've got a suggestion. It probably won't happen, but what about, instead of doing an HTTP Post to the server whenever you search, to instead do the little ? things in the url, like http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_search&search=somethingtosearch... Just a suggestion...
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mr Handy
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@Richard Davey
So would you please make "mark all as unread" button?
Sorry for pushing you, just i've told about it several times butno reply

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I've gotten a couple of times where I click Newest Post and it takes me to the middle of the page. Any thoughts on what's causing it?

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Quote: "I've gotten a couple of times where I click Newest Post and it takes me to the middle of the page. Any thoughts on what's causing it?
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That's probably because there are a bunch of images in the thread loading in.


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