10-11-2008, 04:11 PM
As some of you may have noticed, over the past few weeks, the Nexuiz Ninjaz game servers disappeared. Recently however, you might have also noticed them coming back stronger than ever before. Where'd they go you ask? Well... the server which was running Debian suffered from a bad update and failed to load our operating system properly, we ended up scrapping it in favor of Gentoo and now we're running a much more streamlined server.
I've been working on refining the scripts we use to run and maintain the game servers. They are in a beta stage right now while we tie up loose ends elsewhere, so expect them to improve and grow. These servers now communicate to IRC on irc.quakenet.org in #nn.servers. You can optionally check them out through chat.nn, our ajax IRC client that connects you to #nexuiz, #nexuiz.ninjaz and #nn.servers. You can learn more about the status of the Nexuiz Ninjaz servers and see who's playing at servers.nn (very beta).
Seven servers are running SVN and 3 remain on 2.4.2. The SVN includes MANY changes including a Client Side Quake C (CSQC) Scoreboard which is worlds beyond the 2.4.2 one and a fancy new radar system. You need the SVN client to play on these servers. You can download the client and read about the Nexuiz Ninjaz SVN servers here.
Over the course of the next few months, maps.nn will undergo some big changes. We'll be taking a step towards standardizing maps and we'll be delivering them through a newly databased archive of the maps. This will help keep standards strict and bring users better quality maps they can search through with ease. No more guesswork downloading random maps based solely on screenshots.
To find out more about Nexuiz Ninjaz development hang out on IRC. The developer's channel is #nn.dev. Speaking of development... I've now been officially recognized as a member of the Alien Trap Development Team.
As for Nexuiz and Nexuiz Ninjaz News, PCLizard has started a technique thread in Ninjutsu for tricking jumping. CanadianLinux has started a campaign / project to develop a new video for the Nexuiz Homepage.
I've updated the wickedz menu for SVN as well... it's still in progress but it's certainly improved. You can download it here. Save it in your data folder and load it by typing:
menu_skin wickedz_svn
menu_restart
As always, donations are welcome. Check the left hand side panel for button. It's been almost a year since we've started (11/15/2008). We wouldn't been able to make it this far is it wasn't for the hard working ninjaz that have donated to help keep our costs down, http://www.echoservers.com who graciously provided us with affordable hosting solutions or the many contributors. mkzelda, dokujisan, AceOfThumbs, nifrek, pavlvs, Moo, divVerent, Ronan, Tenshihan, esteel, mirio, shaggy and many many more who helped build this community's positive environment. Thanks guys.
I would especially like to thank mkzelda for helping me out with the dedicated server mess. It was by no means an easy process and there were bumps along the road but he held strong. Kudos to you sir.
I've been working on refining the scripts we use to run and maintain the game servers. They are in a beta stage right now while we tie up loose ends elsewhere, so expect them to improve and grow. These servers now communicate to IRC on irc.quakenet.org in #nn.servers. You can optionally check them out through chat.nn, our ajax IRC client that connects you to #nexuiz, #nexuiz.ninjaz and #nn.servers. You can learn more about the status of the Nexuiz Ninjaz servers and see who's playing at servers.nn (very beta).
Seven servers are running SVN and 3 remain on 2.4.2. The SVN includes MANY changes including a Client Side Quake C (CSQC) Scoreboard which is worlds beyond the 2.4.2 one and a fancy new radar system. You need the SVN client to play on these servers. You can download the client and read about the Nexuiz Ninjaz SVN servers here.
Over the course of the next few months, maps.nn will undergo some big changes. We'll be taking a step towards standardizing maps and we'll be delivering them through a newly databased archive of the maps. This will help keep standards strict and bring users better quality maps they can search through with ease. No more guesswork downloading random maps based solely on screenshots.
To find out more about Nexuiz Ninjaz development hang out on IRC. The developer's channel is #nn.dev. Speaking of development... I've now been officially recognized as a member of the Alien Trap Development Team.
As for Nexuiz and Nexuiz Ninjaz News, PCLizard has started a technique thread in Ninjutsu for tricking jumping. CanadianLinux has started a campaign / project to develop a new video for the Nexuiz Homepage.
I've updated the wickedz menu for SVN as well... it's still in progress but it's certainly improved. You can download it here. Save it in your data folder and load it by typing:
menu_skin wickedz_svn
menu_restart
As always, donations are welcome. Check the left hand side panel for button. It's been almost a year since we've started (11/15/2008). We wouldn't been able to make it this far is it wasn't for the hard working ninjaz that have donated to help keep our costs down, http://www.echoservers.com who graciously provided us with affordable hosting solutions or the many contributors. mkzelda, dokujisan, AceOfThumbs, nifrek, pavlvs, Moo, divVerent, Ronan, Tenshihan, esteel, mirio, shaggy and many many more who helped build this community's positive environment. Thanks guys.
I would especially like to thank mkzelda for helping me out with the dedicated server mess. It was by no means an easy process and there were bumps along the road but he held strong. Kudos to you sir.