Thanks for the decades of dedicated service!
On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 02:46:52PM -0600, Rick Tanner wrote: > **Metalforge Server RC v1.12.0 Update** > > **September 2003 – January 2025** > > The current Metalforge Crossfire Server is scheduled to go offline > around January 2025. > > Changes in hosting requirements have made it impossible to continue > running the server in its current form. The v1.12.0 code base > depends on outdated packages and an operating system version that no > longer meets the minimum requirements of the updated hosting > architecture. Furthermore, new hosting policies prohibit the use of > these older software components. > > I am currently exploring the possibility of migrating existing > player files to a new server. However, transitioning to the latest > Trunk development code base will introduce the following changes: > > - **Guilds**: All guilds will be purged and reset. > > - **Skills and Experience Levels**: Players will lose a significant > amount of experience and levels (the exact amount is yet to be > determined). > > - **Apartments**: Some apartment maps may experience issues. Updates > to movement code and the use of outdated archetypes could result in > tiles blocking player movement (e.g., grates that previously allowed > movement may now block it). These issues will need to be addressed > on a case-by-case basis. > > > > These compatibility issues have been documented on the website: > > http://www.metalforge.net/compatibility/index.html) > > > > Further updates will be posted as progress is made or in response to > questions here. > > - Rick Tanner > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > crossfire mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire > IRC: http://crossfire.real-time.com/irc/index.html > Discord: http://crossfire.real-time.com/discord/index.html > Project Site: https://sourceforge.net/projects/crossfire/ > Wiki: http://wiki.cross-fire.org/ > Website: http://crossfire.real-time.com -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire IRC: http://crossfire.real-time.com/irc/index.html Discord: http://crossfire.real-time.com/discord/index.html Project Site: https://sourceforge.net/projects/crossfire/ Wiki: http://wiki.cross-fire.org/ Website: http://crossfire.real-time.com
