After close to four days, the game server is back online and open to the public!

That's it. That's the announcement. (Yes; this announcement is late.)

There's a few more things that need to be brought current, but that can be done without keeping the server offline.

As usual, more details are available on the blag[csrd.science].

Hello!

After 6.5 good years since our last migration, our current VPS provider, VP Easy, announced on 2023-01-11 that they will no longer be operating under that brand (presumably focusing on their non-budget offerings), and that all services under that host will be powered off effective 2023-02-01.

Time flies, doesn't it. I'd like to think I'm a much better sysadmin these days (aside from, well, the past month of the server having issues).

So we're moving again. Probably won't be the last time.


Same as the previous announcement - you'll be connecting to a different server. Different hardware, different IP address.

• Effective immediately, the game server will no longer be reachable via the IP / port combination of 104.128.68.234:27015. I've provisioned a new VPS as of earlier this morning, so consider it TBA.
  
• The game server and site will remain reachable via the csrd.science domain name once it is online and I've updated my DNS configuration to point to the new server. The site will remain available during this migration.
  
• The game server will remain available in your Favorites list. (You will need to readd the SourceTV relay if you saved that, however.)

I've migrated the entire disk as-is to the new provider this time around, instead of building up a fresh install and determining the quirks of such. Surprisingly doable. Must be a KVM thing.

The VScript update broke a ton of stuff with my custom bot logic, so I'll be taking some time to focus on bringing the server back to full operation. Should be back within three days.

Still Alive,
Pikachu on LSD

Hi! We're still here!

I renewed the server hosting a couple of days ago and the domain name a few days before that -- the gTLD promo pricing will be going up at the start of next month, so I've locked in the current price and will own the domain for at least the next 7 years.

Server was down for a few hours due to yesterday's TF2 update (?!) breaking third-party mods (SourceMod and other plugins). I was asleep when it landed so I couldn't tend to it immediately, but things are mostly fine now.

Nothing major to report otherwise; the server has been and will continue to run its scheduled events unattended.

I do watch the HLDS mailing list, so while you probably won't see much changing on the server, you can rest assured that I'll be keeping things running smoothly.

Thank you for choosing CSRD.

Didn't think this server would die, did you?

I've just renewed the server for another year, and this time upgraded the service so there's a little more space to work with. Barring the service provider going out of business or some hardware disaster (or impromptu maintenance), we'll be here! But even if they did close down, it just means I'd have to rebuild it on another instance.

Today's update adds a few new maps. Otherwise it's just been in maintenance mode, as usual. You know how it is; it's all in the blag[csrd.science].

I neglected to make an announcement post for the month of (Rick) May, but in short I added statues on custom maps for the occasion.

Nothing witty to close on here,
Pikachu on LSD

Happy holidays! Hope you nerds are having a good one.

More of the usual. Server's on autopilot, a couple of maps updated / added. Since it's Christmas, I felt obligated to release something.

(At the rate developments are being made, this unfortunately might be the last time something internal makes it out.)

More info is on the blag[csrd.science].

In other news, after a month of waiting for RMAs on busted hardware, the last necessary piece arrived earlier than expected (24th), and I finally have a computer upgrade! 16 logical processors on the Ryzen 2700x is a huge step up from the 4 on the i5-3550, allowing the system to not choke while generating bot navigation meshes. Pretty nifty.

That's all for now. Let's see what TF2 brings to its players next year.

Supposed to have slept 3 hours ago,
Pikachu on LSD