Personally, I'd much rather not see that as the course of action, simply because I think many games would just cease, hosts would be unavailable, etc...I reccomend from now on game hosts backup the turn files each turn (on their local machines). That way if the server goes totally on the fritz then they can run the games as PBEM until the server is back Online. I plan on doing this from now on for the games I am hosting. NOTE: I am knocking on wood right now, to avoid jinxing the darn thing by even bringing up the topic. I'm just playing it safe...
Alarik
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Originally posted by Ruatha:
Is it possible to reset the server.
i e start with a blank database.
Everybody signs in again and we set up the games anew.
Can it be tested on a clean disk with only the server software and no data: no turnfiles, no shipsets, empty SQL database, no Users, no forums... etc
If we restarted it could be convenient to have 20 dummy players that hosts can use to fill in the empty slots when rebuilding the games at pbw, and then kick when the game is restarted.
If the server works with blank data, give everyone 2-3 weeks to save e-mail adresses and player names etc and then reset.
Just an idea, it might be a bad idea, but still an idea.
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