Bugs found & fixed.. Server functionality restored...
For some time now a bunch of plugins on the DoD server have been disabled or partially broken (since the July 2019 update). And recently I noticed some other ones that were not functioning properly that I had not noticed originally. This caused me to look deeper into the problem and eventually find the root cause of the issue.
The problem was with AMX Mod X itself as some offsets in DoD changed and the old ones were hardcoded. I have done a bunch of debugging, compiling, and testing and believe the issues are now fixed. I have submitted a pull request for these changes on the AMX Mod X github so hopefully they will get pushed out to a new build. Until then I will continue to run my own builds as they seem to be working.
As a result of this revelation I have decided to re-enable a bunch of plugins to see if they now function correctly. So far things seemed stable and working in a test environment and I have pushed the changes to the public server. I'll be keeping an eye on it for any crashes or error logs and might even try and get on and play a little too.
Another issue I found in the process was the wrong parameter being used for a set native, which meant the native didnt work and likely never worked. So now I'm wondering if I should go through and double check all of the dod natives since I now already have it setup for local compiling.. hmm...
Everything should be moved over and good to go on the new server. I guess it is possible that I missed something but so far it seems that everything went very smoothly.
As for the DoD server IP... that has changed so here is the new one: 208.167.243.39:27015
Some parts of AvaMods are moving to a new server....
So part of the AvaNet will be undergoing the migration process to a new server over the next few days. I would like to add that I'm going to probably not put much effort into making this all happen quickly but hopefully things will be mostly back up and running during this coming weekend. Till then I am just going to keep things offline to make it easier and to avoid missing any logs etc. The affected parts of AvaMods will be the DoD game server, the ToD game server, AvaStats, AvaBans, and BlockExploits/AvaSecure, as well as AvaSVN.
This also means that the Game Server IP will be changing as well
Today in AvaMods History -> OG AvaMods Server Shutdown
It was 8 years ago on October 27th 2011 that AvaMods officially shutdown their original Day of Defeat gameserver.
It was one of the hardest decisions ever made here at AvaMods. There was a lot of reasons as to why the decision was made as well as a lot of second guessing on whether it was the correct decision. In the end the timing felt right to finally pull the plug and take a step back. The original server had ran from November 27th 2005 until October 27th 2011.
Little did we know that it wouldnt be so easy to just move on after AvaMods. After a couple years of enjoying the freedom that resulted from no longer needing to maintain and administer the gameserver, AvaMods made a few attempts at bringing back its famous Day of Defeat gameserver. Our hearts weren't completely into the first couple of attempts, but we finally got our shit together and made a full fledged comeback with AvaMods 5.o in September 2016.
While its impossible to say what may happen here in the future, the current roadmap has us riding out Day of Defeat till the end....
