New & raw web based Dominion II game server

[Esben Mose Hansen]

Originally posted by Johan K:
I'll take a look at password protection for God uploading and check if it might be possible to use master password for network games as well.

What is the problem with having more than 15 games running on your old computer? Running out of memory perhaps?

Thank you Johan. That would be so extremely helpful. Those two things (stealing positions and being able to change a AWOL player to computercontrolled) is no 1 and 2 on the wishlist, and ones I can't find a good solution for.

Yes, the reason for the low limit was memory considerations. However, I went ahead and actually read the man top, and found out that each dominions II game uses about 20-30Mb virtual memory. Or at least I think so. Between caching, shared libraries and shared memory I get terrible confused about what number to use.

Currently, the server has used about 500Mb virtual memory, while having 256Mb of RAM. I do not consider it wise to push it further.

code:

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             total       used       free     shared    buffers     Cached

Mem:           249        239         10          0         43         29

Swap:         1004        255        748

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I think perhaps the number of games could be pushed to 20, but as this server is my everything from my email server to my Gentoo repository, I really don't want to test it to the point of destruction. I hope in the future that somebody else will add a server. Otherwise, we'll just have to make do with this one, until I happen to invest in a new computer.

[Gandalf Parker]

I like memstat. I found it handy to use "memstat|sort -n" because it includes librarys and who is using it. Dom2 has improved ALOT in its memory useage and has plugged nearly all the memory leaks. (I think there is a windows-host leak still which has a fix in the next patch)

[Johan K]

I have taken a look at it now and the master password will be usable for network clients too in the next patch. No password protection for god uploading though, but I have added a warning message that might prevent some people from stealing positions by mistake. Something like "Warning this nation is already controlled by a player. If you overwrite someone else's god Mose Hansen will visit you on next tuesday and beat you up, punk. Are you sure you want to take this risk?".

[Esben Mose Hansen]

Originally posted by Johan K:
I have taken a look at it now and the master password will be usable for network clients too in the next patch. No password protection for god uploading though, but I have added a warning message that might prevent some people from stealing positions by mistake. Something like "Warning this nation is already controlled by a player. If you overwrite someone else's god Mose Hansen will visit you on next tuesday and beat you up, punk. Are you sure you want to take this risk?".

Great news about the master password :-D

I think what I will do, then, is this: When creating no-anonymous game, a new player will only get the port number after stating what nation(s) he wants to play. That should reduce the problem.

Thanks for your effort!

[Johan K]

I'll take a look at password protection for God uploading and check if it might be possible to use master password for network games as well.

What is the problem with having more than 15 games running on your old computer? Running out of memory perhaps?

[Daynarr]

Just a suggestion:

You could make direct link from starting (logged) players page to games he is playing. It will make checking game status faster and will encourage players to ID themselves in games they are playing.

You did great work with this server and helped MP community greatly. You earned a big THANK YOU from me.

[Esben Mose Hansen]

Originally posted by Daynarr:
Just a suggestion:

You could make direct link from starting (logged) players page to games he is playing. It will make checking game status faster and will encourage players to ID themselves in games they are playing.

You did great work with this server and helped MP community greatly. You earned a big THANK YOU from me.

I'm not sure I understand... I already have a page that show which games the player havn't taken his turn in:
Points of Interests
And a page that show games that a player either started or play in. Maybe it's because I don't recognize the "starting (logged) players page" --- which page is that? Sorry if I'm being dense


And you're welcome :-) And I appreciate all the suggestions I receive, even though I sometimes doesn't get around to thank you for them It's been a fun project; only wish I had 256Mb extra RAM of whatever type my Celeron 300Mhz server uses, so I could run more games simultanosly.

[Daynarr]

Ahh, sorry. You already have "My games" option that does what I suggested. I thought it only shows games you started.

[Maltrease]

I started another thread where I suggested that you create a small Paypal donation button on your website... or somewhere else.

I would certainly be willing to donate $10-$20 for the purchase of more ram or whatever else you want to add to your game server. If everyone that used your server donated a few dollars it would be a decent amount of money to finance some upgrades.

Originally posted by Esben Mose Hansen:
only wish I had 256Mb extra RAM of whatever type my Celeron 300Mhz server uses, so I could run more games simultanosly.

[Esben Mose Hansen]

Originally posted by Maltrease:
I started another thread where I suggested that you create a small Paypal donation button on your website... or somewhere else.

I would certainly be willing to donate $10-$20 for the purchase of more ram or whatever else you want to add to your game server. If everyone that used your server donated a few dollars it would be a decent amount of money to finance some upgrades.

While I really appreciate the sentiment, I really do not wish money for what I do. If I received money, I would feel I had to provide this service, and use the money to buy stuff for the server. That would kill the fun.

However, if anybody knows the type of RAM a Celeron 300Mhz computer would use, and had a 128--256Mb or so block of the stuff lying around, then I wouldn't mind accepting that. I doubt it is worth more than $20 now-a-days, though you never know. If you decide to do this, I'll take the server down, open the box and have a look inside to see how many slots are free.

And my next computer upgrade is probably in a few months in any case. Me & and my wife are getting cramped on our two non-server computers. If that happen, I migh even upgrade the server-to-be to 1Gb RAM --- enough for any number of Dominions2 games.

Again, I really, really appreciate the sentiment. But I do this for fun, and money would kill that fun.