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[Dudes Lounge 1]

I cant get my server running after I changed map to reset it:

Server IP

159.253.143.16

Host 3068

What is happening? Backups, restarting, stopping and starting, nothing is working.

[StealthGamingAustralia 7]

I cant get my server running after I changed map to reset it:

Server IP

159.253.143.16

Host 3068

What is happening? Backups, restarting, stopping and starting, nothing is working.

Yep, One of mine has done the same thing, tried changing it to DayZ+, clicked save changes and restart and now it's dead, the control panel is there but the Stop, Start, Retsart buttons are all greyed out and nothing I do works.

Tried the same on my other server to see what may happen and it is fine.

Dead Server: 50.23.113.232:3136

Working Server: 50.23.65.14:3306

Got me Buggered How One Failed And One Worked

Been down for about 4 hours now.

[Dudes Lounge 1]

I sent a mail (never heard back), but it just started working after 3-4 hours.

[ersan 219]

To those with server access problems you need to contact us by e-mail at admin@dayz.st and include your control panel username, we don't know who you are from the info you posted in the forums.

Also Side Chat should be fixed on the new maps, additional bliss features (buildings, care packages, kill messages, messaging, etc.) do not work on these maps until we can do some testing.

What you mean? Competitors are offering it... but even forgiving about em, atm you cannot perform the basic operations like importing/exporting ban lists (notice: you can't do this with any remote tool, since RCON is bugged). Maybe you mean: we are implementing "easy" stuff instead of investing time into serious issues. There's ppl demanding about the FPS access by months already, i've give up about it since i've had enough to being ignored, my server is "abandoned" atm. It looks like the only the only "maintenance" that is performed nowaday by any dayz-hosting company is to buy new slots, put new servers online, new maps and collect more money from customers. Apart adding new maps (mostly it's bliss work) and expanding to new locations (to acquire more paying users) .. what else are you doing exactly?

PS: you mentioned you didn't found any suitable FTP daemon for windows (there's like thousand differents); you can also host dayz under linux if you wish ... so the problem is not existant.

Competitors are offering FTP because it is built into the crappy TCadmin panel that they all use, just because you constantly spam the public forums about FTP does not mean it is a highly requested feature. Never did we market ourselves as having FTP nor provide any sort of timeline for FTP availability. Our company does not exist just to serve you - if our competitors are so great then feel free to switch to them, nobody is holding a gun to your head. For every person we get asking about FTP access we get 20 requests (from CURRENT customers) for new maps being added, and when we are sold out we get hundreds of questions asking when we will have more availability, so guess what takes priority?

And finding a solution to the DDoS attacks is far more important than both of these because they result in server downtime, so most of our time (and quite a lot of money) is being spent on the new datacenter.

Also adding new maps is not some triviality that takes 5 seconds, we have to make massive code changes across our entire infrastructure to support them - often taking several days of planning before we even start working on it. Especially for something like DayZ+ which does not have a bliss port where we had to develop and test one on our own.

I've been through 15 different FTPd's for windows, we need something that is reliable, can chroot, has per-file access restrictions (rather than per-directory), and most importantly has a user database that can be edited live (without restarting) by an external program and not using active directory, which is much harder to find than you seem to think. We may end up having to write our own FTP software. And no you cannot host DayZ on Linux without emulating windows nor would we ever consider it.

Edited January 31, 2013 by ersan191

[goatboy 11]

one thing with offering people ftp it will mean all the dumb people that think thy know what thy are doing will fuck up and have to ask for help lol you know it will happen. thy way you have it set up atm is good all you need to do is ad a cupple more files to upload. as for people going on about your competitor's i would just not email them back what you lose one persoin and gain 5 lol. Now for the funny thing all the people that want ftp thy prob only see like 5-10 people on there servers even if thy had ftp lol.

Keep up the good work dayz.st yous are #1

[WalkerDown (DayZ) 296]

Competitors are offering FTP because it is built into the crappy TCadmin panel that they all use, just because you constantly spam the public forums about FTP does not mean it is a highly requested feature.

Please learn first how to use the word "spam", google for it if you dunno what it means before accusing me of "spamming".

Returning to the problem: i'm not asking for it because i love to manage with your damn server (it's already hard to admin a dayz server), but because your f service have already reset my banlist for 5 times (and i have many bans, most of them are script kids, and each time they gets unban they return to start again), and i wanted a f way to save my bans.txt offline so i can f import them back while your f service will reset em again. Not sure if i've used the right number of f this time to let you understand why we need the FTP access, or another althernate method to import/export the setup files.

so guess what takes priority?

I know what's the priority for you: make money... new maps.. new server.. and forget about what makes an host better than enother. The day i've joined this server it was awesome, now you notice the lack of your service.. you're collecting customer over customers (counting on the fact that the other hostings are even worse) without having the infrastructure to cope with it. But who cares.. if i leave, you have other customers. Is this a rush up coz you know that you're going to shut down your business when SP will be out since the user mass migration? Whatever it is you're on the good way to emulate those other hosting that gave failed before you.

Don't you even noticed that only a month ago we had like 1 message about an issue a dozen about how awesome the service was, while now 9 messages over 10 are about users problems? Don't you have a bell ringing into your head about something wrong? Do you really believe i'm the only one not happy today?

And no you cannot host DayZ on Linux without emulating windows nor would we ever consider it.

At this point i'm not sure if you're ersan.. or a monkey working for him and posting with his account...

ftp://downloads.bistudio.com/arma2.com/update/a2oa-server-1.62.100000.tar.bz2

Edited January 31, 2013 by WalkerDown

[Dortmunder (DayZ) 19]

I thought you left.

[ersan 219]

Please learn first how to use the word "spam", google for it if you dunno what it means before accusing me of "spamming".

Returning to the problem: i'm not asking for it because i love to manage with your damn server (it's already hard to admin a dayz server), but because your f service have already reset my banlist for 5 times (and i have many bans, most of them are script kids, and each time they gets unban they return to start again), and i wanted a f way to save my bans.txt offline so i can f import them back while your f service will reset em again. Not sure if i've used the right number of f this time to let you understand why we need the FTP access, or another althernate method to import/export the setup files.

I know what's the priority for you: make money... new maps.. new server.. and forget about what makes an host better than enother. The day i've joined this server it was awesome, now you notice the lack of your service.. you're collecting customer over customers (counting on the fact that the other hostings are even worse) without having the infrastructure to cope with it. But who cares.. if i leave, you have other customers. Is this a rush up coz you know that you're going to shut down your business when SP will be out since the user mass migration? Whatever it is you're on the good way to emulate those other hosting that gave failed before you.

Don't you even noticed that only a month ago we had like 1 message about an issue a dozen about how awesome the service was, while now 9 messages over 10 are about users problems? Don't you have a bell ringing into your head about something wrong? Do you really believe i'm the only one not happy today?

At this point i'm not sure if you're ersan.. or a monkey working for him and posting with his account...

ftp://downloads.bistudio.com/arma2.com/update/a2oa-server-1.62.100000.tar.bz2

This is yet another issue with FTP that we have to address, the files are not portable between datacenters so if anyone changes hives or locations all of their settings will be erased. Other providers do not allow you to change locations so they don't have to worry about this. Additionally we often replace the BattlEye filters to account for new maps when they are released - other hosts are unmanaged so they also do not have to worry about this.

Yes you can host arma2 on linux, no you can't host DayZ on linux - genius. DayZ uses something called HiveExt to run the persistent hive which is written in C# and does not run on linux without windows emulation. Maybe let's not assume that I'm an idiot and actually know what I'm doing given that we have thousands of happy customers (other than you apparently).

This is not an efficient use of my time - FTP access will be ready when it is ready - if you are not happy with our services please go elsewhere rather than complaining on a public forum about a service we never promised to provide in the first place. I would gladly offer you a full refund for your most recent payment. Obviously you know more than I do about my own company's motivations, and hosting DayZ servers in general so maybe you should go start your own company, on linux, with ftp access, and blackjack and hookers.

Edited February 1, 2013 by ersan191

[Diz (DayZ) 35]

...maybe you should go start your own company, on linux, with ftp access, and blackjack and hookers.

I didn't come here looking to rent a server, but now I want to give you money.

[WalkerDown (DayZ) 296]

I thought you left.

Your toughts are wrong then.

Edited February 1, 2013 by WalkerDown

[WalkerDown (DayZ) 296]

Obviously you know more than I do about my own company's motivations, and hosting DayZ servers in general so maybe you should go start your own company, on linux, with ftp access, and blackjack and hookers.

I do something else as my job, and do my work professionally, when a customer asks to me something i don't say him to open his own company. I will loose my job instead... but i understand that this is a "videogame", and there's a way many "kids" that are running a server, so for you (not only for you, but for anyone that is running a "dayz hosting" service nowday) it is normal to forget about your job and your customers... they are just kids after all.

I didn't blame at you when my server was off for 3 days, i didn't blamed at you when my users were going elsewhere for a port bug, i didn't blamed at you when you asked to me to change my IP and my servers went from first place to 80 in 2 hours, neither i blame at you when you're ddossed everyday... these are issue out of your control, aren't they? But...

DID YOU REALIZED THAT IF I PLACE A WRONG BAN I CANNOT REMOVE IT THEN WITHOUT EMAILING TO YOU AND ASKING TO EDIT THE F BANS.TXT MANUALLY???? HOW THE HELL YOU CONSIDER THIS A LOW PRIORITY ISSUE?

Edited February 1, 2013 by WalkerDown

[swampfox424 0]

Hey Ersan, when you get a minute I'd like to know,

If we switch to the black lotus l.a. server, is there a way we can have the old sever renamed "moved server to...I.p...." For a couple days or so I wouldn't want to loose server base (what little I have) because of Ip change, even though the ddos attacks are pushing them away already. And will there be a waiting list, or just luck of draw to who gets them first?

And do you know of an eta for the ser.st vps's to be ready by chance?? I've emailed the admin email there couple days ago and havent gotten anytging back yet, but i can imagine how busy you guys are. Thanks for what you all put up with, 30$ is not bad for what you get, I'd just loke these ddos attacks go stop knocking server off line for once.

Thanks ahead of time.

[ersan 219]

DID YOU REALIZED THAT IF I PLACE A WRONG BAN I CANNOT REMOVE IT THEN WITHOUT EMAILING TO YOU AND ASKING TO EDIT THE F BANS.TXT MANUALLY???? HOW THE HELL YOU CONSIDER THIS A LOW PRIORITY ISSUE?

Did you 'realized' that BattlEye can handle all of these things and other customers don't have any problems using BattlEye to manage their bans list?

Hey Ersan, when you get a minute I'd like to know,

If we switch to the black lotus l.a. server, is there a way we can have the old sever renamed "moved server to...I.p...." For a couple days or so I wouldn't want to loose server base (what little I have) because of Ip change, even though the ddos attacks are pushing them away already. And will there be a waiting list, or just luck of draw to who gets them first?

And do you know of an eta for the ser.st vps's to be ready by chance?? I've emailed the admin email there couple days ago and havent gotten anytging back yet, but i can imagine how busy you guys are. Thanks for what you all put up with, 30$ is not bad for what you get, I'd just loke these ddos attacks go stop knocking server off line for once.

Thanks ahead of time.

Yeah we're going to release the list of IP addresses that the san jose servers will be moving to, and we can probably reserve an ip/port for you on the extra servers, just send an e-mail admin@dayz.st and tell them I said it was ok.

There should be more serv.st servers up soon, we ordered some but they haven't been setup yet - hopefully will be available tomorrow, I've gotta bother CK to set them up.

Edited February 1, 2013 by ersan191

[WalkerDown (DayZ) 296]

Did you 'realized' that BattlEye can handle all of these things and other customers don't have any problems using BattlEye to manage their bans list?

So you're a busy man and you can't follow all the arma2 issue... BE (RCON) doesn't handle a certain number of bans, in fact the console "timeouts" when you try to retrieve a long list (the problem has been confirmed by BE, and you can have more details reading the DaRT thread). So the only way to handle the bans atm is to access directly to the bans file.

If you own a full-loaded server (not my case anymore since this great service) and you're used to do your "work" (active admining) you're going to ban tenth of script kids per day, and there you face the problem: you cannot maintain your bans anymore, since you cannot update the list from "outside".. to not count the fact that you cannot backup it (if not transcripting any damn ban manually in a text file on your own PC).

If you don't care about your server, if you don't place any ban, if you put your server online just to say around: "hey look i have a server" (without care about cheaters, scripters, whatever), you're not face any problem of course.. your server is just "abandoned". If fact the last 2 weeks were great! My server is just sitting there.. full of script kids, most of the time half empty coz of mass-kills.. it's sitting there, and i'm paying you to have a server working at 10% of its potential. Those are the "admins" you're aiming to have: kids that are paying you $30/mo for an empty server, they won't face any problem and they won't give you any trouble: of course.. their f server is empty, neither they are there to admin it, neither they know if there may be an issue on it, it's abandoned.

[tiagoaccorsi 14]

CreateVehicle Restriction # 2 happened again after the server restarted

would have some more concrete information about this issue?

Mod Dayz+

[Elderwind 0]

CreateVehicle Restriction # 2 happened again after the server restarted

would have some more concrete information about this issue?

Mod Dayz+

Same problem here with DayZ+

[ersan 219]

CreateVehicle Restriction # 2 happened again after the server restarted

would have some more concrete information about this issue?

Mod Dayz+

It has to do with a different medical box type spawning in dayz+, will get fixed today.

[jsaffron 0]

It has to do with a different medical box type spawning in dayz+, will get fixed today.

Please post a note when it's fixed. It's almost impossible to run this mod as the players can't stay connected for but a few minutes at a time.

Thanks!

[Dortmunder (DayZ) 19]

Your toughts are wrong then.

I've posted it many times already: it's broken.. to be exact is that gotcha that have totally corrupted all my banlist (it increased to like 10k bans because of multiple duplicates).

Btw ... i'm giving up.. too much time wasted, i see time spent on unnecessary stuff while some important things are left out. I can't force ppl to do what i want of course.. so my Namalsk server will be turned off the next month. Good luck everyone. :)

You said it yourself. Follow through.

[R.J. 70]

For some reason, some active players are showing up as red dots instead of green. DB lagged?

[ersan 219]

For some reason, some active players are showing up as red dots instead of green. DB lagged?

Only reason that would happen is if Gamespy is returning invalid data or the website can't talk to gamespy. Try going to http://dayz.st/ajax?a=test&ip=111.111.11.111&port=3000 - replace ip and port with yours.

[avid_gamer 132]

Wow...Dayz Mod forums as a support portal???

[ersan 219]

I think we fixed the DayZ+ createvehicle restriction kick, I ran around for an hour and didn't see any of the new medical boxes that caused the kicks so I'm not totally sure if it worked, but in theory it should. Someone let me know if it still is kicking.

[machine6fd 16]

hey dayz ,st keep up the good work! <3 my server! Glad I chose to go with your company.

[Fiendix 1]

Guys, you need to give Ersan some slack.

These are some of the best priced servers around, and whilst even I have had a few minor problems with the server, the responses that we get are quick (within allotted time frame) and dealt with appropriately.

They work damn hard, and if you don't get a response within the 48hr time frame, they may be dealing with a much larger issue like random DDoS attacks, which attack a much larger customer group than your server individually. Please try to take it from their perspective, needing to allot time to work on everything and dealing with random DDoS attacks, emails, customers, additional server setups etc.

Guys I love your work, will continue to be a customer for a long while. Thank you again for the fantastic work you guys do on a daily basis!

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