Post by LandonGam3r on Dec 7, 2014 17:53:01 GMT
Hi everyone, this thread is about the history of Alien Station.
I started with Alien Station 4 years ago. I ran a lot of tests and had to figure out how to get it stable.
Finally, i came with a simple solution. I set up my old pc as a server and keep it online for 24/7 hours a day.
I had set it up in a way that i could connect to it with my laptop via remote connection.
Things worked out but after a problem with my parents and noticing me keep tweaking things at the closet where i stored my PC
they forced me to shut it off and the game was over.
Things that i had running that time:
- server (Alien Station)
- lobby music
- crappy lobby picture
- remote connection via VNC
- OS: windows 7
2,5 years ago i thought let's try it again! And so i did. I did everything the same way, lobby music, old shitpc,
remote connection.... The only thing i changed was the lobby screen and after ive seen it now it still exactly was crappy.
Nothing exactly really changed but why is stopped it? I dunno anymore....
The last period has been the longest and best. From november 2014 to march/april 2015 i had the server running,
starting simple but better then the last 2 periods. It didn't stay simple, i configured a database, improved my mapping skills and made an
unique map that should have improved population of the server (and it did sometimes) and hired some admins over time (stupid discussions and good times).
Things have been nice and bad, population record went up to 19/20 and i learned a lot.
Things i had running in the most recent period:
- server (Alien Station)
- same lobby music + 2 added
- renewed lobby picture (made with CS6), later improved, added text that showed current population record
- newer pc that i recently decleared as old since i bought new parts for my high performance PC
- windows remote connection, later improved with special ports opened on my router to acces it outside my own network
- OS: windows server 2008
- database, later improved with possibility to show latest updates i made on the server, accesible via lobby (start game, observe....)
- forum, later improved with donating thread, which is now closed
CURRENT SERVER STATUS: offline
I started with Alien Station 4 years ago. I ran a lot of tests and had to figure out how to get it stable.
Finally, i came with a simple solution. I set up my old pc as a server and keep it online for 24/7 hours a day.
I had set it up in a way that i could connect to it with my laptop via remote connection.
Things worked out but after a problem with my parents and noticing me keep tweaking things at the closet where i stored my PC
they forced me to shut it off and the game was over.
Things that i had running that time:
- server (Alien Station)
- lobby music
- crappy lobby picture
- remote connection via VNC
- OS: windows 7
2,5 years ago i thought let's try it again! And so i did. I did everything the same way, lobby music, old shitpc,
remote connection.... The only thing i changed was the lobby screen and after ive seen it now it still exactly was crappy.
Nothing exactly really changed but why is stopped it? I dunno anymore....
The last period has been the longest and best. From november 2014 to march/april 2015 i had the server running,
starting simple but better then the last 2 periods. It didn't stay simple, i configured a database, improved my mapping skills and made an
unique map that should have improved population of the server (and it did sometimes) and hired some admins over time (stupid discussions and good times).
Things have been nice and bad, population record went up to 19/20 and i learned a lot.
Things i had running in the most recent period:
- server (Alien Station)
- same lobby music + 2 added
- renewed lobby picture (made with CS6), later improved, added text that showed current population record
- newer pc that i recently decleared as old since i bought new parts for my high performance PC
- windows remote connection, later improved with special ports opened on my router to acces it outside my own network
- OS: windows server 2008
- database, later improved with possibility to show latest updates i made on the server, accesible via lobby (start game, observe....)
- forum, later improved with donating thread, which is now closed
CURRENT SERVER STATUS: offline