Hyperspace - Revision history

Dr Brain: Filled in some of the more recent history

2005-03-25T04:55:34Z

Filled in some of the more recent history

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	<td align=center>Coenny</td>		<td align=center>Coenny</td>
	<td align=center>Quigybobo</td>		<td align=center>Quigybobo</td>
	~~<td align=center>Bomook</td>~~
	~~</tr>~~
	~~<tr>~~
	~~<td align=center>Wargh</td>~~
	<td align=center>FunkmastaD</td>		<td align=center>FunkmastaD</td>
	~~<td align=center>[[User:Nikegurl\|nikegurl]]</td>~~
	<td align=center>Lanvalk</td>		<td align=center>Lanvalk</td>
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	=== Event Horizon ===		=== Event Horizon ===

	Hyperspace started life as a LAN zone played by a small group of friends, Dr Brain among them. They eventually decided to put it online to try and get more players in it. Having something of a scientific bent, they decided to name it ''Event Horizon'' after the point of no return surrounding black holes. The zone, once online never took off. It was briefly hosted on Can-Link before the hosting service imploded. After considering that the zone had only reached a maximum population of 4 players, the zone was abandoned and the group ~~persued~~ more rewarding games such as Infantry and Starcraft.		Hyperspace started life as a LAN zone played by a small group of friends, Dr Brain among them. They eventually decided to put it online to try and get more players in it. Having something of a scientific bent, they decided to name it ''Event Horizon'' after the point of no return surrounding black holes. The zone, once online never took off. It was briefly hosted on Can-Link before the hosting service imploded. After considering that the zone had only reached a maximum population of 4 players, the zone was abandoned and the group perused more rewarding games such as Infantry and Starcraft.


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	=== Jeff's Zone ===		=== Jeff's Zone ===

	In order to experiment with [[Subgame2]] Dr Brain again hosted Dog Fight under the new name ''Jeff's Stupid Zone''. After some days of fiddling, Dr Brain finally figured out how to make Hypertunnels work. He remade the map and added some Hypertunnels around the very edge of the map. The zone's population doubled to a whole 6 players at peak times. Encouraged by this incredible population boost, more ~~hypertunnels~~ were added and the zone was renamed to ''Jeff's Zone''.		In order to experiment with [[Subgame2]] Dr Brain again hosted Dog Fight under the new name ''Jeff's Stupid Zone''. After some days of fiddling, Dr Brain finally figured out how to make Hypertunnels work. He remade the map and added some Hypertunnels around the very edge of the map. The zone's population doubled to a whole 6 players at peak times. Encouraged by this incredible population boost, more Hypertunnels were added and the zone was renamed to ''Jeff's Zone''.


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	=== SSND/SSDX ===		=== SSND/SSDX ===

	Eventually, SSXH decided to close down. A new host was needed and the SSDX network accepted Hyperspace. After a merger between SSDX and SSN, and several moves between servers on the SSN network, Hyperspace eventually settled down. ~~Unfortuantly~~, the peace was not to last. Within weeks of quieting down, SSN closed down for no obvious reason.		Eventually, SSXH decided to close down. A new host was needed and the SSDX network accepted Hyperspace. After a merger between SSDX and SSN, and several moves between servers on the SSN network, Hyperspace eventually settled down. Unfortunatly, the peace was not to last. Within weeks of quieting down, SSN closed down for no obvious reason.

	=== SSI ===		=== SSI ===

	Due to the collapse of SSN, Hyperspace was again hostless and had to be hosted by Dr Brain's less-than-perfect connection. Eventually, hosting was secured from SSI (run by 1stStrike and Argyle). Again, the zone flourished.		Due to the collapse of SSN, Hyperspace was again hostless and had to be hosted by Dr Brain's less-than-perfect connection. Eventually, hosting was secured from SSI (run by 1stStrike and Argyle). Again, the zone flourished.

			=== Getting SSC ===

			Slowly, over time, the zone's regular population grew large enough to warrant inclusion on the SSC billing network. However, once the zone received SSC billing, the population went down to virtually zero. Something new had to be introduced or the zone would vanish into nothingness.

	=== TWCore & AreaBot ===		=== TWCore & AreaBot ===

	As part of the SSI hosting package, Hyperspace developers were given access to the [[TWCore]] bot system (at the time, it was not public access). ~~Everything was great for~~ a ~~while with small populations, but changes were needed~~ to ~~support the growing~~ population. ~~Initially~~, ~~all kills gave 50 'HS Bucks'~~. ~~This~~ was ~~changed~~ to ~~an earnings formula by [[User:D1st0rt\|D1st0rt]] which was roughly 1+(killed bty / killer bty) * 50~~. ~~Eventually, as winnings increased, all accounts were reset~~ and ~~prices were raised significantly~~. As the population ~~in a single arena approached 30~~, the ~~strain~~ on the ~~AreaBot became too great and it would cease to function~~. The ~~?help command~~ was ~~flooded with "FIX THE BOT NOW N00B STAFFS!!!" while available mods scrambled to kill~~ the ~~existing bot~~ and ~~spawn another from~~ the ~~hub~~. ~~Over time, it got so bad that the hub itself died~~ and ~~had~~ to ~~be manually restarted by 1stStrike. This is considered~~ the ~~"Dark Age" of Hyperspace for~~ the ~~moderating team~~. ~~In response~~ to the ~~situation~~, ~~Dr Brain began working on a new system for the then unheard of and highly experimental [[ASSS]] server~~. The zone ~~took a leave~~ of ~~absence for a few months before re-emerging as SSCX-A~~.		As part of the SSI hosting package, Hyperspace developers were given access to the [[TWCore]] bot system (at the time, it was not public access). With this system, Nikon F5 and Dr Brain built a warping bot named AreaBot in the angelmass arena to help stimulate population. Eventually, this warping bot was extended to include a system to buy powerups. The system was again extended to include tracking of money and powerups across sessions using a MySQL database. The bot grew in complexity until eventually it housed a fully featured buy system and three discrete methods of warping. Once introduced into the public arena, the zone's population took off.

			All was not well with the AreaBot, though. Because of the huge packet processing demands made on the TWCore system, a modified version of the TWCore was needed. The modified version was not as stable as the standard version, though, and reliability problems plagued the bot. The warping and buying parts of AreaBot were separated out into two bots to help alleviate some of the strain on the system. Mods were needed online 24/7 to restart the bots when they crashed. Obviously, this couldn't continue. The decision was made to move the zone to ASSS and hopefully solve the reliability problems of AreaBot.

			=== ASSS ===

	~~-add more-~~		The port from Java based TWCore to C based ASSS was not easy, especially because there were only a few people with any experience in ASSS. Dr Brain was the programmer in charge of the porting. After a few weeks of stop and go, both a direct port of the buy system and a scaled back version of the warper were both ready to go.

	~~=== Getting SSC ===~~		The old subgame was shutdown and the new ASSS was started. Everything worked at first, but then disaster struck. The lag coma bug that would plague the zone for the next year had started its reign of terror. A lag coma is what happens when a player stops receiving reliable packets from the server. This means that a player can still fly around and shoot, but cannot change ship or see anyone else's messages. The only remedy for a lag comaed player was for them to exit and re-enter the zone. The bug seemed to only happen when there were ten or more players on the server, so the zone's former evening peak of 45 players quickly became an evening peak of 15, and slowly kept decreasing.

			It was about this time that SSI's servers were upgraded from Microsoft Windows 2000 to Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. When this happened, the carefully compiled Windows version of ASSS would no longer run, and the zone was forced to close once more.

	=== SSCX-A ===		=== SSCX-A ===

			Hearing of the trouble Hyperspace was in, hosting was offered from the people at SSCX who were in the process of setting up a new server running Linux, ASSS's native platform.

			-add more

	[[Category: Zones]]		[[Category: Zones]]

Nikegurl: /* Staff */

2005-01-24T23:58:41Z

Staff

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	<td align=center>~~Nerusai~~</td>		<td align=center>D1st0rt</td>
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	~~<td align=center>D1st0rt</td>~~
	<td align=center>Coenny</td>		<td align=center>Coenny</td>
	<td align=center>Quigybobo</td>		<td align=center>Quigybobo</td>
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	</table>		</table>



	== History ==		== History ==

Dr Brain: /* SSXH */ spelling fix

2005-01-14T02:41:35Z

SSXH: spelling fix

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	=== SSXH ===		=== SSXH ===

	The intermittent failures of SSDZ lead Dr Brain and picano2.0 to search for new hosting. SSXH under Delta_5 agreed to host the zone and a long period of ~~properity~~ for Hyperspace started.		The intermittent failures of SSDZ lead Dr Brain and picano2.0 to search for new hosting. SSXH under Delta_5 agreed to host the zone and a long period of prosperity for Hyperspace started.


	=== SSND/SSDX ===		=== SSND/SSDX ===

Dr Brain: Moved smods to a seperate table

2005-01-14T02:33:58Z

Moved smods to a seperate table

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	<table border=0 frame=void rules=cols width=50%>		<table border=0 frame=void rules=cols width=50%>
	<tr>		<tr>
	<td align=center colspan=3><h3>Sysops ~~and Smods~~</h3></td>		<td align=center colspan=3><h3>Sysops</h3></td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr>		<tr>
	<td align=center>[[User:Dr Brain\|Dr Brain]]</td>		<td align=center>[[User:Dr Brain\|Dr Brain]]</td>
	<td align=center>Picano</td>		<td align=center>Picano</td>
			</tr>
			</table>

			<table border=0 frame=void rules=cols width=50%>
			<tr>
			<td align=center colspan=3><h3>Smods</h3></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
	<td align=center>Nerusai</td>		<td align=center>Nerusai</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	</table>		</table>



	<table border=0 frame=void rules=cols width=50%>		<table border=0 frame=void rules=cols width=50%>

Dr Brain: Linked nikegurl

2005-01-14T02:30:35Z

Linked nikegurl

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	<td align=center>Wargh</td>		<td align=center>Wargh</td>
	<td align=center>FunkmastaD</td>		<td align=center>FunkmastaD</td>
	<td align=center>nikegurl</td>		<td align=center>[[User:Nikegurl\|nikegurl]]</td>
	<td align=center>Lanvalk</td>		<td align=center>Lanvalk</td>
	</tr>		</tr>

D1st0rt: AreaBot history

2005-01-14T02:25:19Z

AreaBot history

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	=== TWCore & AreaBot ===		=== TWCore & AreaBot ===

	As part of the SSI hosting package, Hyperspace developers were given access to the [[TWCore]] bot system (at the time, it was not public access).		As part of the SSI hosting package, Hyperspace developers were given access to the [[TWCore]] bot system (at the time, it was not public access). Everything was great for a while with small populations, but changes were needed to support the growing population. Initially, all kills gave 50 'HS Bucks'. This was changed to an earnings formula by [[User:D1st0rt\|D1st0rt]] which was roughly 1+(killed bty / killer bty) * 50. Eventually, as winnings increased, all accounts were reset and prices were raised significantly. As the population in a single arena approached 30, the strain on the AreaBot became too great and it would cease to function. The ?help command was flooded with "FIX THE BOT NOW N00B STAFFS!!!" while available mods scrambled to kill the existing bot and spawn another from the hub. Over time, it got so bad that the hub itself died and had to be manually restarted by 1stStrike. This is considered the "Dark Age" of Hyperspace for the moderating team. In response to the situation, Dr Brain began working on a new system for the then unheard of and highly experimental [[ASSS]] server. The zone took a leave of absence for a few months before re-emerging as SSCX-A.

	-add more-		-add more-

Mine GO BOOM: Changed mod lists into a table

2005-01-14T02:15:59Z

Changed mod lists into a table

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-SSCX-A Hyperspace was one of the first zones to adopt ASSS.
+SSCX-A Hyperspace was one of the first zones to adopt [[ASSS]].
 == Gameplay ==
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 == Staff ==
-=== Sysops and Smods ===
+<table border=0 frame=void rules=cols width=50%>
-Dr Brain was one of the writers of the Area bots that gave Hyperspace the buy system that now defines it. He also ported the bot to a set of ASSS modules when the zone switched to SSCX-A.
+<table border=0 frame=void rules=cols width=50%>
 == History ==

Dr Brain: /* Dr Brain */

2005-01-14T02:11:42Z

Dr Brain

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	==== Dr Brain ====		==== Dr Brain ====

			Dr Brain is the founder of Hyperspace and one of the two zone owners. He has been with the zone since it was just a LAN server between friends.

			Dr Brain was one of the writers of the Area bots that gave Hyperspace the buy system that now defines it. He also ported the bot to a set of ASSS modules when the zone switched to SSCX-A.

			He, along with Nerusai, oversee the continuing development of the Hyperspace modules.

			His offical job in the zone is to maintain and develop the public arena. This includes settings, map, and graphics.

			He is also the only surviving member of the squad Darksaber.

	==== Picano ====		==== Picano ====

Dr Brain: Fixed the nikegurl mess

2005-01-14T02:05:56Z

Fixed the nikegurl mess

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	==== nikegurl ====		==== nikegurl ====

	~~<font size="1"><font face="verdana">~~

	~~</font face></font size>~~

	==== Lanvalk ====		==== Lanvalk ====

Nikegurl: /* nikegurl */

2005-01-14T02:04:22Z

nikegurl

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	==== nikegurl ====		==== nikegurl ====

	<font size="1"><font face="verdana"><u>January 13th, 2005</u><p>Okay, I still think this WIKI thing is weird and kind of pointless, but because Brain insists, I will write information about me. Apparantly he wants to know more about me, and so do all the other male players. O_o;		<font size="1"><font face="verdana">
	~~<br><br>~~
	~~nikegurl637: can i say i was the only well loved female mod~~
	~~Doc: yes~~
	~~nikegurl637: LOL~~
	~~Doc: no~~
	~~<br><br>~~
	~~Gahaha. Now more about me.~~
	~~<br><br>~~
	~~I like long walks on the beach with the sunset and... no. Wait... that's not right..~~
	~~Okay, here we go. I'm almost 18, in a few weeks.~~

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