cormyrean prophecies: Natfka

[Legacy_Johnny Ringo]

               
   mathomvalor greath to see you coming back. There are several of us from the "old" days that are back as well. I have been trying to convince Death to come back, but between is little one's taking up most of his time he also writes a blog and does conventions and does not want to get hooked back in the game at this time.

 

Hope to see you on soon. There have been a couple changes to the areas, but that is mainly just minor stuff so is still the same old Natfka for the most part.

 

Johnny Ringo

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN Mark]

               

IP address jumped. The current address is 67.5.233.3:5121.

Glad to have you back mathomvalor.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_DoubleD]

               

Hi there, Ive got a problem..... today when I've went to make a new character it comes up with the following: 

"invalid character - player Login refused server doesn't allow local vault characters."

Any ideas? 

New character was just a basic Dwarven cleric so seems a little strange.

 

My original character works fine.

 

Thanks.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN Mark]

               Hi doubleD, do you have a single player character or a multiplayer character with the same name? You can check by  going to nwn/localvault.


I am also assuming you did not copy and paste your player bic file anywhere.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_DoubleD]

               

Not that I know of...... never used that player name before.. but i ll check

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_DoubleD]

               

nope..... but every character I make shows up as (local) not (Server)?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_DoubleD]

               

Im off to bed can someone else try making a new character and let me know how they get on....Ive looked it up online and it could be a common fault '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_zakoam]

               

Hi, I have had the same problem as DoubleD.  Noticed it for the first time on Friday I believe.  I deleted my entire local vault and tried again but it did not change.  Every new character I try to create is created as (local) and of course is rejected because the server does not allow local characters.  

 

I looked online too and it was disturbingly easy to find lots of posts on similar problems so it is not too uncommon, unfortunately.  The suggestions I read had to do with the servers maintenance of its own temp files or vault - sorry I cannot be more specific.

 

It is currently not a terrible problem for me, I have a couple characters that I am perfectly happy to play but it could become a pain later and definitely would be for anyone new coming in.

 

Hope this helps someone.  Sorry we keep bringing you our problems, Mark.  I think we all appreciate all of your hard work and I have really enjoyed having Natfka back online with all of its bumps and scuffs.  Heck I do not recall it ever running perfectly smoothly for long periods without a hiccup in the past either.  It seems to simply be a tough game to host/run.  Fortunately it is about the most endlessly entertaining game as well.  

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN Mark]

               

I will look into this issue today, DoubleD.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_DoubleD]

               

Mark,

 

No need.... after the server came back yesterday or Sunday whenever it was, the problem had gone.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_zakoam]

               

So Natfka has been down this week, right?  Is it mostly up for a weekend schedule?  Just curious if there was any way to anticipate when it might be up.

 

When I check online and see "server not found"

  I begrudgingly take a stroll into my "sad town".

 

There just might be more poetry to come if Natfka stays down..... now we wouldn't want that would we?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_DoubleD]

               

I feel your pain.....Happened to have a whole week of work this week..... and no Natfka to while-a-way the hours..... hell, Ive even started gardening to kill the time '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_zakoam]

               

Mark, do you hear this madness!?

 

Poetry.. gardening.. what's next?  Japanese flower arrangements!?

 

You gotta save us from ourselves, buddy, and you are the only one with the powerrrrrrr...

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN Mark]

               Hi guys, I hear your pain haha. I hope you all know that has been up for over a week.

I do apologize for natfka being down for a few days last week, but as far as I'm aware, it has been running smooth for about a week now.

I don't predict any issues for a while '>

The IP address will jump from time to time. If you don't see the server listed, check the forum for an updated IP address. That will most likely be the problem.

I would also say that the server shouldn't be down for long on Wednesdays or Saturdays. I'm usually near my computer on these days if issues occur.


Have fun


Thanks to johny ringo, suzail is now a reasonable size. Down to a few maps.


Mark

I am working with m16a2 on a few server things that will keep the server from bouncing. This is a work in progress.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_DoubleD]

               

Forum? Which one?