Help us test a new server technology on the North American Training Rooms
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Antoinette,
Posted on: 2010-04-14 14:04 in The Global Training Room Test Server
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I "bought" a server token to move a level 50 Mastermind from "Training Room" to the other server being used to test this new server technology. After the character transfer took place, I selected the new server and my (only) character and attempted to enter the game. My client locked up (no crash dialog). I had to terminate the process via a Windows command line (taskkill /f /fi "imagename eq City*").
I then created two new characters, a level 1 Peacebringer and a level 1 Corruptor. Attempts to log into either one of these characters yielded a client crash with a dialog box.
I rebooted my [Windows XP] system and tried again for all three characters. Fail (no crash dialog) for level 50 Mastermind. Fail (with dialog box) for level 1 Corruptor. Fail (with dialog box) for level 1 Peacebringer.
New server technology: Fail.
If the Developers need crash dialog information, I can go ahead and fill out the detail report and submit it.
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I invited a friend to team, I was in training room 1 and he was in training room 2. I invited him and he came/ to my zone from St. Martial (Training room 2) and we met there in Cap Au Diable (training room 1).
I don't know what happened but it was so weird.
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Whoa.. really..?
If that was the desired result.. That is very interesting!
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Originally Posted by Antoinette
I invited a friend to team, I was in training room 1 and he was in training room 2. I invited him and he came/ to my zone from St. Martial (Training room 2) and we met there in Cap Au Diable (training room 1).
I don't know what happened but it was so weird. |
/em Major_T "Interesting..."
I wonder if this has to do with...
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I'm pretty sure that's the desired effect, based on a hunch and clues from the devs that some new technology would help aleviate problems with teaming on low-pop servers. I'd test it again with different/ more toons from each server.
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Originally Posted by Antoinette
I invited a friend to team, I was in training room 1 and he was in training room 2. I invited him and he came/ to my zone from St. Martial (Training room 2) and we met there in Cap Au Diable (training room 1).
I don't know what happened but it was so weird. |
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O.o Oh my! Okay logging in to see this for myself!
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Originally Posted by Antoinette
I invited a friend to team, I was in training room 1 and he was in training room 2. I invited him and he came/ to my zone from St. Martial (Training room 2) and we met there in Cap Au Diable (training room 1).
I don't know what happened but it was so weird. |
Oh wow.
This is awesome.
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Lets not get our hopes up after all it's still unknown if this was some kind of bug or not.
So, can anyone else reproduce this with characters from different servers on the same team?
Aside: if so, wonder what will happen when to characters of the same name are invited to the same team...
The system might still see things as *Hero 1 from server 1 and Hero 1 from server 2*. This could be something else we could test. See if two people can make the same name on both tests then team up on the same team.
So anyone willing to crash there systems to see what happens?
Servers are going down in 15. Maybe we have seen too much.
[edit: tried this on test, didn't seem to work.]
[edit2: my temporary theory is that the shards are mislabeled on test : I think test 1 was showing up at Test Server 2]
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!!! Oh my, if that's the desired result that will be AWESOME. |
Originally Posted by Antoinette
I invited a friend to team, I was in training room 1 and he was in training room 2. I invited him and he came/ to my zone from St. Martial (Training room 2) and we met there in Cap Au Diable (training room 1).
I don't know what happened but it was so weird. |
*looks at clock*
*taps foot impatiently*
Ugh, an hour and a half until I can go home and test!
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part of me hopes this new server technology is powered by a Penguin and not a New Termite.
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Originally Posted by Avatea
Greetings,
We are currently investigating new server technology and need your help. We have created two Training Room servers, Training Room 01 and Training Room 02. We need players logging in and playing missions on each server so that we can evaluate server performance. We will be reverting to just one Training Room once the tests have been completed. Thank you for your patience and for your assistance with this matter. |
Just Tried to recreate the cross server teaming had someone on Training room 2 and I was on Training Room 1.
We tried to invite each other using Global name and Character names. Both failed. We became Global Friends and Tried that way thinking it might be only for friends. again fail.
So the cross server teaming so far seems to be an error or a misunderstanding and they were on the same server.
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If you are Xavou on test, it showed you as being on Test Server 2 in the global friends list, even though you stated that you logged in on test server 1 (and I, who logged on test 2, couldn't team with you). Just mislabeled servers?
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Originally Posted by RottenLuck
Just Tried to recreate the cross server teaming had someone on Training room 2 and I was on Training Room 1.
We tried to invite each other using Global name and Character names. Both failed. We became Global Friends and Tried that way thinking it might be only for friends. again fail. So the cross server teaming so far seems to be an error or a misunderstanding and they were on the same server. |
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Hmmm... would help if we knew what this bit of "new tech" was. Paragons Studios is still being a little Cryptic 
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agreed lol
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Originally Posted by Obsidius
Hmmm... would help if we knew what this bit of "new tech" was. Paragons Studios is still being a little Cryptic
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You mean Xavou yes that's me. I do know I was on Test 1 hmm does seem to be missed labeled. Could also be missed labeled for Antoinette her friend was on test 1 but labeled as test 2.
I was just about to test something when the servers went down...
If this cross-server teaming is actually true, then what might be happening is that missions might become hosted on their own server. So when "Player 1 from Test1" enters the mission, he is taken to the mission hosted on a server that Test 1 and Test 2 can access. Once in the mission, "Player 1 from Test 1" can send the invite to "Player 2 from Test 2" and Player 2 can zone into the mission on the mission server.
The reason I think this:
Dev's Choice missions are, supposedly, hosted on a server separate from the normal MA missions. Since Dev's Choice missions don't follow the same AE rules (ie. recipe, salvage, non-nerfed XP, etc.) due to a separate, accessable server, then it's not all that far fetched.
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Correct. The server that has been labeled on the Server Select Screen as Training Room is in reality Training Room 02, and has been since around the time of the Dual Pistols Closed Beta, and maybe as far back as the testing of the 2009 Winter Event. The server that is labeled Training Room 02 on the Server Select Screen is in reality TrainingPool.|
Originally Posted by Sermon
[edit2: my temporary theory is that the shards are mislabeled on test : I think test 1 was showing up at Test Server 2]
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You can verify this by the following facts:
1) Unlocked character slots were re-locked, and couldn't be re-unlocked without first having 11 or less characters on the server listed as Training Room. This is because Training Room 02 was wiped, and then Training Room 01 was copied to it. Unlocks apparently don't copy, though ocupied/used unlocked slots keep the character in them.
2) When looking at your Global Friends List, anyone who is online will have Training Room 02 listed as their Shard. The internal name for the server was never changed.
3) When you use a Server Transfer to move a character to Training Room 02, the server name will be listed as TrainingPool.
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That's a good idea Commander. Once Test servers are back up I try that start a mission then invite someone from the other Test server to join.
I had just enough time to log on Training Room 2 and do a pair of missions before the server went down. I wish I'd had some idea that cross server teaming is what's being tested, if it actually is.
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Cross server teaming has been hinted at by WW over on the EU servers (read: mentioned in passive and heavily read into).
If this is (and I think we all hope it is) that then its a good step, but cross server list teaming. Thats where the real money is.
Pure speculation as per usual.
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Indeed it would be a major blow to *Cough* Champions *Cough* other games. I remember when they started offering Server Transfers the warning that other options might open up in the future.
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Originally Posted by Sojourn_EU
Cross server teaming has been hinted at by WW over on the EU servers (read: mentioned in passive and heavily read into).
If this is (and I think we all hope it is) that then its a good step, but cross server list teaming. Thats where the real money is. Pure speculation as per usual. |
Greetings,
We are currently investigating new server technology and need your help. We have created two Training Room servers, Training Room 01 and Training Room 02. We need players logging in and playing missions on each server so that we can evaluate server performance.
We will be reverting to just one Training Room once the tests have been completed.
Thank you for your patience and for your assistance with this matter.
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