Hardware Upgrade Update

[Darknessnz]

We need a reward for the players: a one-time mass ban forgiveness for loving you.

The people that have been banned need to stay banned. They add nothing to the game by using exploits or RMT. Go home stay home.

[Ciggitybutts]

We need a reward for the players: a one-time mass ban forgiveness for loving you.

The people that have been banned need to stay banned. They add nothing to the game by using exploits or RMT. Go home stay home.

Give them the yeet. Can restart and stay good. Or IMO do it a few times and get actually sent to shadow realm.

Were way passed slap on the wrists for these things. Most people knows what's up.

[Ravioli]

i will never stop playing octowow, this server is the best freaking turtle classic plus server ever made i will never leave octowow

[Kenzaki]

i will never stop playing octowow, this server is the best freaking turtle classic plus server ever made i will never leave octowow

I totally agree!

[Zorin]

[Lavida]

@Archer

Maybe you should also consider using a modern library for server-side asynchronous logging, such as **spdlog**.

I briefly looked through the leaked code, and it seems like the server queries the database every time a player performs an action in-game. This can potentially be blocking and cause unnecessary database load.

I would recommend changing the architecture so that player data is kept in RAM while the server is running. Instead of writing to the database after every action, the server could update the in-memory data and periodically flush the changes to the database (for example, every 4–5 minutes) in bulk.

An old and not particularly well-optimized MMORPG server project might be useful as an example:

https://github.com/Open-KO/KnightOnline

In this project, user data and other important data are loaded from the database when the server starts. After that, the server works primarily with the data in RAM. Changes made by players are applied to the in-memory data rather than immediately writing to the database. Every 4–5 minutes, the updated data for all players is written back to the database in bulk.

This approach could significantly reduce the number of database queries and avoid unnecessary blocking during gameplay.

example of what i try to mention :

https://github.com/Open-KO/KnightOnline ... zerApp.cpp

check function bool EbenezerApp::OnStart()

every info loaded at start like item properties etc, so server just find and use them from RAM, same for user info and many other things.

[Itsapov]

This post shares way too many operational details: (provider name, datacenter location, hardware status) that are useful to anyone targeting the server.

While we're under attack, the only things users need to know are that:
1. you're working on it
2. ETA (best guess is fine)

what exactly is happening should be on a need to know basis.
There is no reason for a user to ever know this information.

Updates do not need infrastructure specifics to be credible.
Would highly recommend pulling those details from public posts going forward to avoid giving attackers free ammunition.

[Synchat]

You just gave information that shouldn't have been given.

[Maaadcheddarrr]

"We were sent the wrong rails for the rackmount" is not "ammunition for attackers" lmao.

[Galundra]

Agree with last 2 posts, dont go into panic mode. People who don't believe in future of server will leave anyways.

No need to show anything that can be used against server.