Chaotic Dreams

Whoever commonly visits these forums may have noticed a few days of downtime... So, here's what happened -- the short version, because I really don't feel like giving all the details, since I've just spent 4 days working on this, it's 1:50 AM and I'm tired. On May 5th, 12:55:24 UTC, one of the hard ...

PhuchqMee wrote:The firewall runs on a micro ATX machine with GB interfaces. You'd probably really like it, but almost have to have a running copy yourself to know what I'm looking at.

Nice. We use ClearOS at home right now, for a router, though we've also used IPCop in the past -- both firewall distros.

Unfortunately, my firewall distro wasn't created with games in mind. It's very robust and very fast though, so once I get the rules set up it should rock. PFSense isn't referenced at portforward. they don't cover linux based firewalls, but thanks for the thought :) Used that place a lot with vanill...

Hermskii wrote:Installed UT2K4
Installed the 3369 patch or whatever it is called.
Installed ChaosUT2 3.76.

Hey, did you install the ECE Bonus Pack, or maybe did it come with your UT2K4 copy? Note that the 3369 patch doesn't come with the bonus pack. That pack is a prerequisite for the mod.

Do you have the ECE Bonus Pack installed? It is a prerequisite for the mod.

Hey, there seems to be a problem with the server over there (I think the primary HDD might be [semi-?]shot), so I guess it might be time to finally migrate it to the big server. Should be much more reliable though, provided that it doesn't slow down the other websites (like these forums) too much. I...

Hey, first things first -- sorry for the late reply, been busy for the last few days. And sure, I can change that, but I probably won't be able to do so today. The reason it's set to min. 2 players (meaning, 1 bot when nobody else is in) is because it can be annoying to have bots in some matches. I ...

Nope, not that I can recall anyways -- why do you ask?

Hey, you may have noticed some downtime -- I apologize for that, but it is because the whole server has been moved to new (better!) hardware. Now guaranteed to be 150% more shiny! Better hardware across the board -- sometimes by far -- *and* it costs less! There was no warning in advance because I h...

Hey, a bit late for "Merry Christmas", but oh well -- happy new year everyone!

Now let's hope it's as chaotic as ever

By the way, the patch is also available here as a direct download:
http://files.chaoticdreams.org/Chaos/Ch ... 2004/beta/

... specifically, the ChaosUT2_3_81_Patch_Zip.zip file there.

Hermskii wrote:Tim,

Why not try a few of the things I did on my registration page. It worked very well. Only live people get in now.

Hm? Your registration page?

Hey there! It would appear that the current system of user activation no longer does the trick, as there have been massive amounts of spambots posting all sorts of stuff all over these forums... As an emergency measure, I have temporarily set each user registration to be manually activated. I have a...

I think that the question is not clear enough; are you asking: 1) Do you believe in the "UFO phenomena" (though I'd have a *lot* to say on that topic; remember what the 'U' in there stands for!), as in, that an extraterrestrial race has or is visiting Earth or 2) Do you believe that they e...

For those interested, GOG has a completely DRM-free (or so they claim) Arma II here:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/arma_2_c ... operations

They also have UT2004 (and UT99, plus Unreal 1 and Unreal 2, for that matter) if you're interested.