Does it ever quake mid week?

[loramin]

Originally Posted by zodium [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

nilbog already wrote he was going to automate the quakes ages ago so presumably some technical problem is holding it up.

Well, there's two possibilities. We know this much: Nilbog has already created a way to cause earthquakes.

Knowing nothing about their code or specifics, as a programmer I can tell you that if you have function X, and you want to call X at randomly determined intervals, that is not a difficult task from a technical perspective. I could probably do it in an hour with Node and node-schedule, or maybe a couple hours if I had to write something that edited the CRON tab to trigger it (so that you don't have to leave the process running).

Again, I don't know their details, so maybe there really is something uniquely technically challenging about the problem for them. But, it seems far more likely to me that it's not that Nilbog can't find two hours to do something (that would please every raider on the server) ... it's that the staff has other, non-coding issues to consider (eg. they want to ensure staff support during earthquakes).

[zodium]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Knowing nothing about their code or specifics

let me just stop you right here, person who has never touched eqemu code: the baseline shitshow level with which we are dealing here is such that Wiz once fixed the biggest, most mysterious and pervasive disconnection issue SoD ever had by randomly adding a cout in the main login code.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by zodium [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

let me just stop you right here, person who has never touched eqemu code: the baseline shitshow level with which we are dealing here is such that Wiz once fixed the biggest, most mysterious and pervasive disconnection issue SoD ever had by randomly adding a cout in the main login code.

Right, but my point is, I don't have to know what function "foo" does when you call it, or how it's implemented. The problem being solved is "how do I call foo at random intervals", and that is an easily solved problem.

It's like saying "I've got a box of pie recipes, and I want to bake a random pie." You don't have to know anything about baking to dump a bunch of recipe cards on the floor and pick one at random: the instructions on the card are irrelevant.

But to be clear, none of this is meant to insult the staff or say they can't solve easy technical problems. My entire point is, maybe there's something more than the easy technical problem that they're worrying about.

[zodium]

fully automated random luxury earthquakes now

[Baler]

Did anyone hear if quakes will happen on green?

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Baler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Did anyone hear if quakes will happen on green?

Nope.

I would imagine they'll happen at some point though, since in theory they are part of the project's goal to re-create classic (server update respawns specifically), and Green is even more about being classic than Blue ... but in the server's early days I'd imagine the staff has better things to worry about than respawning two dragons that no one will even be able to kill yet [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[zodium]

buddy you replied to me, lol

but sure, you were and remain wrong about that too

[loramin]

Originally Posted by zodium [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

buddy you replied to me, lol

but sure, you were and remain wrong about that too

Only you would equate someone replying respectfully and normally, discussing the topic at hand, with starting a flame war. Here's me replying to you:

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, there's two possibilities. We know this much: Nilbog has already created a way to cause earthquakes.

Knowing nothing about their code or specifics, as a programmer I can tell you that if you have function X, and you want to call X at randomly determined intervals, that is not a difficult task from a technical perspective. I could probably do it in an hour with Node and node-schedule, or maybe a couple hours if I had to write something that edited the CRON tab to trigger it (so that you don't have to leave the process running).

Again, I don't know their details, so maybe there really is something uniquely technically challenging about the problem for them. But, it seems far more likely to me that it's not that Nilbog can't find two hours to do something (that would please every raider on the server) ... it's that the staff has other, non-coding issues to consider (eg. they want to ensure staff support during earthquakes).

Here's you replying to me:

Originally Posted by zodium [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you assume this about everything and you are always, always, always wrong tho lmao

Note that only one of us had to resort to personal attacks in a discussion that was otherwise cordial.

[Wallicker]

It is wildly skewed towards nights and weekends to the point that it is beyond statistical variance

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Wallicker [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It is wildly skewed towards nights and weekends to the point that it is beyond statistical variance

Its almost like the guy setting them off has a daytime job in the states and just uses his leisure time to quake when he feels.

Euros: your mission is clear. Head hunt the backward goblin - if he gets euro hours of work we get euro hours of quake!