HostedGameServers.com » game server hosting http://status.hostedgameservers.com Official Status Feed Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:48:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Minecraft reaches beta status, releases update for server v1 http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/minecraft-reaches-beta-status-releases-update-for-server-v1 http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/minecraft-reaches-beta-status-releases-update-for-server-v1#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:48:51 +0000 Eric http://status.hostedgameservers.com/?p=572 Minecraft Beta
I just updated the client and the server to Minecraft Beta 1.0

* Working server-side inventory! Finally! (And as a result of that, a whole pile of bugs and issues got fixed)
* Made SMP servers save chunks way less often in most cases. Chunks don’t resave if they got saved in the last 30 seconds
* Moving too far away from a container, or having it blow up, closes the inventory screen
* Fixed /kill
* Introduced leaf decay again. It acts differently from before
* You can now throw eggs
* On a whim, added super exclusive clan cloaks for Mojang Employees
* .. and something else, which is even more rare

We’re updating the servers now! Check for an update message in the control panel!

UPDATE: Minecraft.net has a 502 gateway error – looks like its down! We’ll keep trying an install the update when we can.

UPDATE 2: Site back up, files in place! Update released for HGSPanel!

]]> http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/minecraft-reaches-beta-status-releases-update-for-server-v1/feed 0 Goodbye keyword meta tags! http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/goodbye-keyword-meta-tags http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/goodbye-keyword-meta-tags#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:01:20 +0000 Eric http://status.hostedgameservers.com/?p=368 We just took the plunge and removed meta keyword tags from all of our pages.  Oh lord.

]]> http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/goodbye-keyword-meta-tags/feed 0 New Site Footer http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/new-site-footer http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/new-site-footer#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:07:48 +0000 Eric http://status.hostedgameservers.com/?p=350 The footer of the website has been updated to contain more relevant information.  Additionally, the news section on the front page has been divided into its own little box so its separated from the regular content.

This should get us some more linkage!

]]> http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/new-site-footer/feed 0 Free Game Server Hosting http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/free-game-server-hosting http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/free-game-server-hosting#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:29:45 +0000 Eric http://status.hostedgameservers.com/?p=321 I bet you wish you had free game server hosting, don’t you?  I bet you’ve looked (google?!) and never been able to find anything useful.  Hosted Game Servers is here to save you.  We’re your knight in shining armor.

We’re giving $0.35 PER SLOT that you refer to us.  Thats some serious game server credit.  All you have to do is follow the instructions here to get started.

]]> http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/free-game-server-hosting/feed 0 Referral system raised to $0.35 per slot! http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/referral-system-raised-to-0-35-per-slot http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/referral-system-raised-to-0-35-per-slot#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:14:40 +0000 Eric http://status.hostedgameservers.com/?p=312 HGS has long since had a referral program that many people have used… however we feel like it needs a kick in the motivation-pants.  Thats why today we’re raising the referral credit for game server hosting to $0.35 per slot.  That means 26 slots gets you a private 100 tick 16 man CS:S server for a month!

Rake in a few friends and you’ll end up with a ton of free game server credit!  Enjoy!

]]> http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/referral-system-raised-to-0-35-per-slot/feed 0 Aliens vs Predator 3 (AvP3) has the worst designed dedicated server ever. http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/aliens-vs-predator-3-avp3-has-the-worst-designed-dedicated-server-ever http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/aliens-vs-predator-3-avp3-has-the-worst-designed-dedicated-server-ever#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:09:48 +0000 Eric http://status.hostedgameservers.com/?p=299 HostedGameServers.com has been keeping up with the AvP3 times.  We’ve been putting out game server pre-orders and updates on dedicated server files for awhile.  We planed to host AvP3 and took a good number of preorders.

To make a long story short, the AvP3 dedicated server system is more than annoying like Battlefield 2 or the Unreal engine, it just plain does not work.  If you’ll notice, there are no GSPs who actually have AvP3 servers yet.  You may think that this is just because the game is new, but it’s not.  GSPs fight to get the newest games out there first to get both SEO and pre-orders.

The simple fact is that the AvP dedicated server exe REQUIRES a user environment.  This means you literally have to be logged into remote desktop on a Windows machine to make it work.  It’s the most obnoxious requirement for any software thats supposed to run en’ masse ever.  Beyond that, you can’t enforce anything via the command line.

For example, lets say I wanted a set number of slots as maximum… you can’t pass that as a command line argument and lock down a server.  You have to literally open a config file and put it in there.  The same config file that customers can use.

ASIDE from getting work arounds for having a user environment and not getting auto-generating configs that you cant’ enforce slots and public/private availability on… there’s more.  Steam has to be running and logged in, which means you actually have to remote desktop into the server to enable a steam logon.  Then you have to leave the session running open so it stays on.

Even further, the game console that pops up is difficult to shut down remotely because it spawns a new process.

The game also requires 15GB of data to host a server, which is just annoying.

We’ve tried everything from rigging up a Windows server to have an SSH session with the ability to run things in a screen to deploying every windows control panel we could get our hands on.  Theres just no way to integrate this crap game server into any control panel out there.  From the looks of the way the system is developed, they don’t plan on changing it either.

So unless you want to have your dedicated server up on remote desktop 24/7 while logged into it’s own unique steam account… give up.

We’re sorry, but until AvP3 does a complete overhaul and makes it possible to integrate their game into some kind of control panel, we can’t host it… it’s just not possible.

So, theres the reason nobody has AvP game servers guys, sorry.

]]> http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/aliens-vs-predator-3-avp3-has-the-worst-designed-dedicated-server-ever/feed 0 We’re trying to get AvP3 integrated and running! http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/were-trying-to-get-avp3-integrated-and-running http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/were-trying-to-get-avp3-integrated-and-running#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:48:27 +0000 Eric http://status.hostedgameservers.com/?p=296 We’ve got the east coast hardware for Aliens vs Predator 3 ready and running, but we’re having a hell of a time finding a CP that supports it.  The dedicated server support is very poor and it’s definitely beta.  We’ve tried www.gamecp.com to no avail and the swiftpanel system we already have just supports linux.  I tried some cygwin hackery to get that to integrate, but no luck there.

The AvP3 game files are also 15 gigabytes which means all the servers need to run off a core set of files.  The game panel we choose has to support that, too.

We have an order in for www.tcadmin.com so as soon as that pulls through we’re going to get it up and running.

If you know any control panels that may be compatible with avp3, please give support a contact!

order your avp3 game server hosting here

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http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/avp3-servers-ordered
We’re waiting on our Windows boxes to come in.  We had to wait until the files were released so we knew what kind of hardware to purchase!
It all depends on the data centers putting in our boxes now.  It takes anywhere from 24 to 48 hours which means we should have our servers up by tomorrow night!

We know!

We’re waiting on our Windows boxes to come in.  We had to wait until the files were released so we knew what kind of hardware to purchase!

It all depends on the data centers putting in our boxes now.  It takes anywhere from 24 to 48 hours which means we should have our servers up by tomorrow night!

Pre Order AvP 3 Game Server Hosting Here!

]]> http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/294/feed 0 Atom Exploded. Boom. http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/atom-exploded-boom http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/atom-exploded-boom#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:34:57 +0000 Eric http://status.hostedgameservers.com/?p=281 Something on one of our servers caused atom’s memory go to nuts!  Likely a steam bug, exploit or memory leak… atom needed a hard reboot before it would be responsive.  If you had a server who already had memory assigned, you were probably playing normally… but when you would go to change maps – it wasn’t coming back!

We’re sorry and stuff :-(

]]> http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/atom-exploded-boom/feed 0 Central Servers on the way! http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/central-servers-on-the-way http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/central-servers-on-the-way#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:06:01 +0000 Eric http://status.hostedgameservers.com/?p=279 We’ve had plenty enough customers sign up that we’ll be launching a central server operation (likely in Texas) between the 12th and the 18th of February.   Until then we will be scouting to find the best connectivity, availability and location to plant down our central USA servers.

Right now, the only game server hosting available for order in central USA is AvP3… because it isn’t out yet!

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