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All services have been restored. Unfortunately due to the lack of interest I've determined that is is not financially viable right now to keep the EU server online. I will no longer accept orders for EU servers and when the EU server expires I will be looking into expanding our NA capacity which is still going strong

The Synology devices do run a custom version of Linux they compile themselves I can’t guarantee that you’d be able to get Intersect or MySQL running on one of those devices. Furthermore, as expected with a NAS device, the processors and ram allocations are really low/weak. You definitely could not run MySQL + Intersect + the NAS software with 512mb of ram and probably not with 2gb. I don’t think that it’d be feasible to attempt hosting a game off of these devices.

Just a heads up. I’m experiencing unexpected downtime at the moment to the IHS billing and control panels. Game servers are all still online and I will update this thread as soon as I’m home and everything is back up and running. Sorry for any inconvenience. -JC

It depends on the NAS system. Some people take a Linux server, add tons of hard drives, install a specific distro and call their server a NAS. Those types of machines could probably run Intersect via mono, a MySQL database, and anything else you might need. If you get a NAS device that’s only capable of the basic file storage/retrieval with a proprietary os in which you don’t have a shell and can’t run your own software than you’d be out of luck. Furthermore, in my limited experience NAS systems have a good network connection and lots of storage space but generally have low end/slow processors. For most games this won’t be a problem but if you’re aiming to have a professional game with lots of players online then you’ll ultimately want a server with a really good processor. (The amount of storage won’t really matter for an Intersect game.) As @SkywardRiver and @panda have already mentioned VPSs are generally the way to go for these sorts of games. That being said, if you provide the specs to the NAS you’re looking into we might be able to give you a much better response.

Saving resource and npc states when the server is turned off isn't an option in Intersect. This is not a bug or problem, this is simply outside the engine specs. Servers will generally run for days, weeks, or months on end so we don't see any point in saving these values. If you disagree then there is nothing you can do right now, but once the source is released you could code in the saving of the entity states for each of these objects.

Impossible at this point. One of our resident programmers might create one after the full Intersect release with source. Edit: Hid duplicate answers, hypothetical responses, and criticism to said hypothetical responses. No matter how you cut it, this isn’t possible right now and it’s as simple as that.

There will be a 4.8.2 (or a 4.9) release before the longer-off Beta 5 release. Hotfix release should be out in the next week or two.

Please keep replies serious & on topic. Thanks

Thats why you copy the database..

Why not start with a clean/fresh 4.8.1? Start the new version and then copy your database into the Server/Resources folder and graphics/music into the Client/Resources folder? That'd be a lot easier than trying to update through 10 different versions...

Regardless this is besides the point as adding these features are currently out of the question. Everyone can rediscuss the best ways to tackle actually doing this once the source is out. In the meantime make do with what's there.... Edit: Topic Locked

If there was a one-size-fits-all solution to this we'd be all over it. As it stands everyone would want something like this done in a completely different way. Once the source is out adding in whatever conditions for players/npcs/paperdolls to show attacking/running/dying/idle/etc movements/animation frames will be possible at your discretion using the graphics format/structures you so desire.

If running the client and server on linux isn't enough and you require the editor suite as well then that's your only option. To all of those who make similar decisions I wish you the best of luck. Edit: @biosboy4 can you edit your post and tell us what you switched to? (Just in case others are interested in alternative solutions)

Best solution is to wait for B5 where the item values will be re-done, easy visible, and fixed as far as position goes by default.

You can't. His are non-functional. After source release they could be added to the ui in some way/shape/form.

Sorry for the repost to the repost: No.

Fixed. You were not on the new theme. Shouldn't be a problem now. Fixed. New Error: Rockets are not working. Will fix them over the next couple of days.

Please post any styling errors you see below. For example I need to fix the post/topic reference embed here:

Hey everyone. I've ever so slightly reworked the forum theme a bit. I wanted to make the site look a little bit more modern and fix some of the glitches with our existing theme, I hope you all agree that this looks a little better. Noticeable updates should include: Better Navigation: Social Media Icons: Smoother Transition Between Forum and Background: New Intersect Quicklinks Widget: ^ I hope to include a featured game each month below these links. Once you become a "normal" member the Getting Started Guide changes to a Documentation guide in general. If anyone wants to create and style these buttons to look nicer and rpgish that'd be great! Hope you like the theme facelift! Let me know if you run into any trouble! -JC

You can't use gmp files... and I don't even know what gmp files are.. I'm guessing you mean bmp in which case they still need to be converted to png and the background made transparent. I thought we had a bulk converter for this. @Damian666 I can't find mine.. do you have one lying around?

Your config.xml has a problem. Run it through an xml validator online or post it here and we might be able to find the problem.

@Fragment I don’t think you did. Looks like search is broken. Will fix tonight when I’m home.