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The Weekly Gazette 02-09-2025 |
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 02-10-2025, 06:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates
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(February 3 to February 9, 2025)
Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself
Announcements and Updates
Following the server upgrade that occurred two weeks prior, Kirito performed some more Software Modifications. In this, various custom features that were introduced into the forum's code have now been placed into a single plug-in. Because of this, features such as the spoilers do not need to be re-added each time the forum's software is upgraded.
General Chat
This week's News of the World began with various actions by US President Trump, signing the Laken Riley act, how his use of Tariffs inspired both Mexico and Canada to begin working with him on border security, and the near halt of illegal immigrants appearing. However, all this is being attacked by groups wishing to re-open the border, leaks to ICE raids such as the ones after Tren De Aragua in Colorado, and keep USAID running despite the rank insubordination and an ongoing audit showing excessive spending with no accountability. Still, US recruitment has hit an all-time high. California continues losing companies to Texas like Realtor.com and Charles Schwab, Ukraine hitting Russia Command in Kursk, the possibility that California's Utilities started the wildfires, new sanctions on Iran's Oil, Panama pulls out of Chinese deal after US Rubio visit, Superbowl 2025, and more hit this week's news.
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Development Discussion
This week, it was discovered that RPGMaker VXAce is available for Free on Steam as part of a promotional deal while two other promotional deals for the same engine still exist until this upcoming Monday (February 10th). Normally $69.99, it is a deal for anyone using Steam.
For those wondering What's up among the forum's RMers, DerVVulfman continues working on spriting resources for his Half Kaiser battlers, finishing the short-sleeved shirt resource, and continuing with footwear. Meanwhile, Remi-chan received new spritework from Rune (or Xiie), and wished to show it off.
Within the Maps and Screenshots Thread, Remi-chan posted four images to show off updated character graphics and backdrops from her current game project.
Upcoming Projects
More work and more occupations have been added by kyonides to his Klans XP project. Tanners, scholars, city watch and more now populate the Klans, regional exploration and scoutshave been added, updated graphis have been implemented, and much more.
Scripts Database
Resources Database
2D Resources
If you want creepy crawlies in your game, you can now find a squishable cockroach added to the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. Added this week by Ace_V, this diminuitive sprite should take up only a miniscule 32x32 tile on the map.
Music and Audio
Quite a varity of tunes have appeared if you were looking for some Original Music and Sound FX. Eric Matyas composed "Pixel City Cruising" which combines a touch of cyber retro atop a heavy drum beat for an urban environment. More light hearted 80s and early 90s vibes can be felt with "Life's Good in Pixeltown". And with a classic one-two drum beat as an accent for an industrial type environment, "Candy Factory" recreates the vibes one may experience when playing chill and relaxing games like "The Lost Vikings". But do not forget, he has a large assortment of sound effects in which to sample.
Art and Design
As promised, new images appeared within DerVV's Stream FrankenArts topic. As SIletrea began playing Monster Hunter World, DerVVulfman sought to capture the feel of the game with large panels and a tiny figure facing towering behemoths. But despite the diminuitive size of her VTuber model, DerVVulfman relayed that Siletrea practically owned the combat whilst on the hunt.
Are you looking for something new in brickwork for a modern city? Are you interested in textures for a highly detailed stonework road? If so, you will want to visit the Massive Library of Free Images that Eric Matyas has been building. Whether traditional red brick, classic brickwork with a blue paintjob applied or more, you should find the recent updates appealing. But Eric did not merely post brickwork, but organic algae-like textures and solid blue stonework as well.
This week we received a sneak peek within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! for her upcoming Valentine's Day art piece. And rather than it being a case of evil doers or kitsune getting together as was the case last year, the piece involves two of Remi-chan's more long term characters.
Literature
If you flipped through the recent pages of Remi-chan's Writing Snippets~, you would come across a scene from Remi-chan's game spin-offs. And with it, you would see one of her established characters receiving a much needed pep talk in her youth.
Filmography
As she has been replacing the pre-battle animated cut-scenes, the footage within Remi-chan's Cinematic Theatre is her current progress before a fight ensues between heroes old and new.
Well, that's it for this week.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite." - Sam Levinson
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The Weekly Gazette 02-02-2025 |
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 02-03-2025, 06:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates
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(January 27 to February 2, 2025)
Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself
Occasions
Showing up this week within the forum is Rune, though some may recognize him as the spriter Xiie that Remi-chan had repeatedly mentioned within her posts. Rune has some experience with Unity, but also with the RPGMaker series of engines, and would like to finally finish developing an RPG. Rune was greeted first by AVGB-KBGaming who understood the issues with having deprived sleep. And then greeted by DerVVulfman who made his appearance later to give others first shots to respond. Lastly, Remi-chan came in and likewise sympathized with Rune's lack of sleep as a game developer, and knows too well how hard it is to finish a project.
General Chat
This week's News of the World kicks off with US President Trump's second week as he worked to restore military servicemen discharged over the Covid vaccine, the development of the US version of Israel's Iron Dome, and to remove DEI initiatives. And after two top officials refused to share classified information with DOGE over inefficiency and spending concerns, the Chief of the US Agency for International Development resigned. S Border Patrol returned fire with Mexican Cartel members attempting to smuggle more Illegal Aliens across the border. And as Trump initiates tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China over the rise of human smuggling and Fentanyl poisoning, all three nations vowed matching tariffs. In Europe, two nations along Russia's border vowed to deliver 5% GDP to NATO's Defense Budget, this as Russia retakes a village in the Kursk region and pushes a history that Moscow was forced into a war with Ukraine. However, NATO pleged an additional $42 Billion to Ukraine's defence while North Korean servicemen fighting on behalf of Putin have withdrawn from the area. Following tensions spurred on by China over Taiwan and their recent aggressive and hazardous behavior against Philippines ships in the South China Sea, Japan began deploying anti-air missile along the coast. The eight hostages recently released by Hamas, the fatal collision of a passenger jet and a military helicopter over Washington, D.C., US's Marco Rubio heading to Central America over illegal immigration issues, India's first undersea high-speed rail project nearing completion, and more hit this week's news.
Development Discussion
Sometimes, you need a break, and that's what Remi-chan had if you asked her What's Up as an RMer. However, her game is still in the works, and she just received more spritework from her characterset artist, that artist being our newest member Rune.
There has been more developments within the Alpha Release of Klans XP, now adding more war chiefs to the project, new clans, modifictions to the Zone Stats board, added lumber, mining and food production features, and took care of missing resources.
Scripts Database
Script Requests
While working on his gaming project, Ace_V discovered the Steal Script by makeamidget and Khartharr. However, he also found the script relatively limited, and put forth a request to have the Steal Script edited to permit the stealing of weapons and armor. But not only to allow the pilfering of a target's spare gear is desired, but also to be able to inflict damage by way of mugging the target and more.
Resources Database
2D Resources
This week, Ace_V added one more characterset to his collection of Various RMXP sprites, but one more for game system designers rather than for contemporary mappers. For if one is creating on overworld map display, an animated cursor is now available, a cursor with the simple text 'YOU ARE HERE' cleanly rendered.
Music and Audio
It has been a busy week for Eric Matyas, as he does have clients for his musical work. However, he still add to the Original Music and Sound FX being Shared. And if you wish to have some late 80s's styled RPG music, "More Puzzle Madness" is perfect for those stuck within an insane and zany labyrinth. Do remember, you too can be one of Eric's clients for custom music.
Art and Design
If you are working upon a game with a Middle Eastern flare or a cyberpunk game set in a desolate land devoid of water, you will be pleased to visit the Massive Library of Free Images created by Eric Matyas. This past week, he released two fine sandy textures for those who have need of a desert landscape. However, if an architecture with very odd stonework is your thing, the three mottled textures belonging to his abstract collection may fit your needs.
Though relatively unproductive this week, Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thingy has a new pencilled sketch of the Corusant Snake Remi-chan presented two weeks prior.
Well, that's it for this week.
"Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." - Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
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The Weekly Gazette 01-26-2025 |
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 01-27-2025, 06:01 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates
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(April 20 to April 26, 2020)
Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself
Occasions
It has been over a decade since his last appearance. But with a grand salute, G.I. Toez is once again reporting for duty. When last he was here, his son wasn't even ten, but now 21. But G.I. Toez has returned and thrilled to see the forum still exists. Whilst being stunned that his son had indeen grown up, DerVVulfman applauded his new avatar's detailwork.
General Chat
The first week of US President Trump's Second Term hit this week's News of the World, be it that the CIA now backs the Wuhan Lab Leak theory, or that Trump's threat of sanctions against Columbia forced the nation to accept the migrant flights of Columbian Illegal Aliens. Four more hostages have been freed from Hamas, though 90 still remain. This while President Trump is encouraging Jordan and Egypt to take in more Palestinian refugees. President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea had been impeached for insurrection and indicted for his brief declaration of martial law, a possible four-year prison sentence pending. And Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is expected to secure another victory, a man known as "Europe's last dictator" and a ally to Vladimir Putin.
Tech Talk
TikTok hit this week's News of the Cyberworld as President Trump works to keep the online platform alive within the US. However, users had noticed that censorship indeed exists after China returned the app to the US market. Google's global agenda race against other big tech while selling its ad tech business to appease European Union regulators and Subaru's onboard system vulnerability allowing millions of cars to be tracked also hit this week's news.
Forum Games & Nonsense
After over a decade, G.I. Toes resurrected Count to a million, the simple forum game that keeps things escalating.
Development Discussion
On the game making front, feel free to ask Remi-chan What's Up, you RMer. It had taken some time, but her portrait artist sent more artwork, as well as receiving updates from two spritework artists. But it isn't just her waiting around for work as she's been toiling away to either remaster or recode her boss battles.
Within the Maps and Screenshots Thread, Remi-chan posted some recent shots of her game, battle scenes with the Insidious Architect, and an award for vanquishing the Legionnaire General.
For those interested in game development, kyonides posed a dialogue regarding Top Players VS Game Mechanics & Features. Using an unnamed Real Time Strategy mechanics as his example, he wondered whether games became difficult or limited in what may be available thanks to the interaction of seasoned players, if elite players have prompted newer players to use their techniques or jeer those that don't, or are game devs at fault for limitations that may have even been influenced, or by their neglect.
Upcoming Projects
This week, kyonides developed a Tech tree for Klans XP, enabling three separate sets of skills available. While mainly focusing upon the Warchief's tech tree, there are other tech trees to handle the military and the economics of the game. Such skills that can be learned nvolve benefits when facing the undead, increased military morale and monetary boons.
Resources Database
2D Resources
For those who enjoyed the comical Die Hard parody with Kevin James, then glance at the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V as he created a Mall Cop he dubbed Paul Bloke for his game's shopping center.
Music and Audio
If you needed something playful and energetic for a puzzle minigame, you need go no further than to the Original Music and Sound FX by Eric Matyas. A very unusual piece, it is a campy composition entitled "Bubble Game in my Brain" and would be very suitable for any game where someone like Willy Wonka may exist.
Art and Design
Within Solitaire's CRAZY WILD OUTLAW WOLF! board, we have a new episode of "Books on Computers". Feel free to watch her patented randomness with a delicious hearty Bag of Beef Stew from Food Life Balanced ®.
This week, Eric Matyas added three more textures to his Massive Library of Free Images for Everyone. The textures are mottled, two green while the third gray with blue highlights.
Another week passes and more images have been added to DerVV's Stream FrankenArts, images heralding Siletrea's playthrough of the second Legend of Zelda game for the NES itself.
Affter their recovery from nearly a decade ago, new pieces have appeared within the Solitairy Artworks by Solitaire. There are before and after shots as Solitare decided to recreate some of her works such as a red-headed scythe wielder was redrawn with a more menacing perspective.
With the coming of the Chinese New Year, this Wednesday will herald the Year of the Snake. And with that, Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing now presents the Coruscant Snake herself. Pale skin with serpents of coal against a pitch and midnight backdrop, Lilith makes her debut with her portrait and a vocally introduced speed draw.
Filmography
Within Remi-chan's Cinematic Theater, you get a teaser of the updated boss battle character introductions that will be included in Remi's game, Fantasia.
Well, that's it for this week.
"Just be good and kind to your children. Not only are they the future of the world, they’re the ones who can sign you into a home." - Dennis Miller
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The Weekly Gazette 01-19-2025 |
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 01-20-2025, 06:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates
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January 13 to January 19, 2025
Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself
Announcements and Updates
This week, Kirito performed a Server Migration as Save-Point ran out of available drive space. However, he performed a full backup and placed us on a completely clean and new server without any content loss. It was a complete database copy, plain and simple.
General Chat
It appears that you may find DerVVulfman checking video shorts if you felt like asking him " What are YouTubing?" And this week, our Resident Werewolf found a scene from Star Wars Rogue One with a replaced music track that makes Darth Vader absolutely rock!
There were three things that hit this week's News of the World. The first is that California's Adam Schiff had re-hired Maher Bitar as staff, a leader within Students for Justice in Palestine, the pro-Hamas, antisemitic "encampment" protests that have taken over dozens of university campuses last year. Erik Prince, the founder of Unplugged Technologies relayed that Russia just frozen all control of his American-Owned business. Along with that, Vladimir Putin signed a decree to seize the assets of "Universal Beverage", another American owned corporation. And lastly, the first images of the three female hostages released this Sunday by Hamas has appeared. After 471 days, Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbreche had been returned to Israel, three of the 33 hostages to be released since 2023.
Development Discussion
This week, DerVVulfman returned to the Maps and screenshots thread to illustrate how hard he has been working on a a help document for his Layered Spritesheet Tool. And being detailed as he tends to be, he touched upon the history of a Half Kaiser template project from over a decade ago and then began work upon a Getting Started chapter. Meanwhile, Remi-chan revealed a shot from her game in order to show off a fully realized sprite courtesy of her characterset artist.
Upcoming Projects
Since kyonides released Klans XP, he has been updating it constantly. And this week he had been toiling away, altering the difficulty level mechanics, updating tilesets to respond properly to seasonal changes, improving the statistics display and more.
Resources Database
2D Resources
Among the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V, we are now graced with a characterset for a '80s to late '90s cash register. Ace_V ensured that it is available in all four directions.
Music and Audio
If you are woking upon a science fiction game, what type of background score are you interested in using? Whether it be a light and optimistic romp or a struggle through a dingy distopic landscape, the Original Music and Sound FX supplied by Eric Matyas may be what you need. This week, Eric released three compositions. His first, entitled "Stranger Nights" has a quick echoing synth pattern while a dull wash of discordant harmonies fills your ears; a piece that could be reminiscent of Jerry Goldsmith's Logan's Run score from 1976. His second work was entitled "The Grumpy Monster's Castle", and is an echo filled work that is meant to project a feeling of claustrophobia amidst enclosed walls of stone. And lastly, Eric returns to making more compositions inspired by the Red Planet with "Martian Desolation" It is another synth piece with a haunting echo, evoking a feeling of that one is within a barren landscape.
Art and Design
Upon walking through the corridors of the Save-Point museum, you may be graced by entering the wing the displays Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing!. It is not deja-vu, but a final product of the flat-colored render she released just days before. The cruel legionnaire of the Polaris Federation is revealed in his malignant finery, and is followed by an eight-hour speed draw compressed into 7 minutes. But following her reply to Solitaire over what constitutes 'alien', Remi-chan revealed two additional pencilwork sketches, though she confirned the second would not be brought forth into full color.
Behold the Solitairy Artworks. Returning this week, Solitaire posted colored illustrations of Jerri and Mag, two characters from a comic strip of her own creation. And after that, she uploaded a page from one of her comics, though she had to re-bubble the text as the original character text was deemed illegible.
If you choose to check upon Solitaire's CRAZY WILD OUTLAW WOLF, you will see that she released two more pages of her digitally crafted comic, the first of the two pages with some animated illustration frames. With the second page, one has to ask... where's the book? And along with that, get well wishes to Solitaire who felt she was coming down with something at the time of its post.
Three more illustrations appeared within DerVV's Stream FrankenArts, all three related to Twitch streams by Siletrea. The first was for an art stream, and DerVVulfman simply added a beret atop Sil's virtual Tuber model. The latter two were for the second Bendy horror games, appearing to use simple cut-outs rather than the more extensive work he performed for the previous streams.
Well, that's it for this week.
“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.” - Laurence J. Peter
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Posted by: StrangeAutomaton - 01-20-2025, 01:53 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates
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We ran out of drive space, and expanding the filesystem failed. Thankfully, I backup before any operation like this, so I was able to get us back up on a brand new server. There should be no lost posts, and everything should *just* work. that said, if I missed a tweak or something in the migration somewhere and a bug shows up, please do let me know.
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The Weekly Gazette 01-05-2025 |
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 01-13-2025, 06:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates
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(January 6 to January 12, 2025)
Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself
Announcements and Updates
Another week has passed, and it appears that there will no longer be any Server Crashes. With Kirito's necessary upgrade, he thinks everything is now working fine and hopefully won't rear its ugly head any time soon.
Development Discussion
It is easy to catch up with the game development efforts of other members in the forum. And if you wish to let others know about the struggles you are enduring, you are free to let everyone know What's up as an RMer. For DerVVulfman, his Layered Spritesheet Tool has been a continuous project, and is now working to revise its accompanying help file, not only to describe its inner workings but to include a simplified startup chapter. eanwhile, Remi-chan has been performing a massive rework of her game's menu and database, adding dozens of new in-game objects that can be viewed. The rewards for accomplishments performed have now been revised. And lastly, Remi-chan received new artwork from her character design artist, a delicate and bashful catgirl, who can now be seen within some of the screenshots she supplied.
Early this week, DerVVulfman returned to work on his Layered Spritesheet tool, and visited the Maps and screenshots thread to show off the work he's put into it so it can also be used to create faceset resources. And while Solitaire received some advice on how to acquire excellent map screenshots within the RPGMaker editor, Remi-chan appeared to post a few screenshots to present new graphic resources she recently acquired. One of the screenshots caught Solitaire's attention, reminding her of a favorite game of her youth.
Upcoming Projects
Released as an early demo just last month, kyonides has been working steadfastly upon Klans XP throughout the week. Early this week, he developed an economy and clan reputation system, touched up the display graphics to be more legible while offering a vast number of shield colours, and set up both a difficulty setting, initial resources system, and in-game timer display to the save screens.
Resources Database
2D Resources
This week, you will certainly see why a resource thread is entitled the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. For this week, Ace_V crafted resources for those wishing to relive their favorite FIFA games. Both tilework for the grassy field and charactersets for the ball have been presented to all.
Music and Audio
For those who are working on a science-fiction game and want a score with some flare, the Original Music and Sound FX created by Eric Matyas may be what you are looking for, "Nightmare City Grid" is a quick-paced melody that would fit in a world where the hero is in a literal maze of city streets with no knowlege where to go. And if you have a cutecene that needs a melody that builds and builds, "Cyber Mean Streets" can guide you straight. If the original composition isn't powerful enough, do not worry. Eric composed two alternate variations of the melody, one with a darker and heavier opening whilst the other with a vocal harmony.
A somber composition has appeared within DoubleX Music Room and is DoubleX's eleventh published song. "Helpless Hopelessness" is a delicate melody that begins with a pan flute and bells before strings begin to pull on your heart.
Art and Design
Two more images appeared within DerVV's Stream FrankenArts, two more occassions where DerVVulfman replaced characters from ChronoCross with Siletrea as she continued to stream the game on Twitch. He even relayed a few things he had to tweak and adjust while working on the pictures, edits that Solitaire thought were interesting and fun.
If you peek into Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing!, you would see a flat-color render of an alien Legionnaire General. Not intended as a finished work, Remi suggests that the General will be fully rendered some time next week.
In yet another MS doodle, Solitaire expresses more why It Ain't Easy Bein' Da Mess Cleana' of One's Neighborhood. But this time, the doodle was an animated gif, one that is a variation of wanting your cake and eating it too,
It may be a surprise to some that Solitaire's Bluegirl Art//Solitairy Artworks were a repost. These illustrations were seen by DerVVulfman who encouraged Solitaire to return some of her random pieces of art. But more confident, she continued with sketches for a proposed comic, and returned with the history and evolution of her Bluegirl.
It was a couple months ago when Solitaire ventured in to draw a CRAZY WILD OUTLAW WOLF! (+OTHER RANDOM STUFF). But upon her return, she practically dedicated her topic to a MS Paint-like Comic strip entitled "Books on Computers". One forum's loss is our gain.
Literature
When one peeks through the pages of Remi-chan's Writing Snippets~ , they usually get glimpses of content planned for her game entitled Fantasia. However, this time, we get to see past and future combined as Remi-chan presents pages of villainous introductions, those already introduced within her game and those not yet having appeared. For more dramatis, Remi-chan presented some of the dialogue with music backgrounds through the use of Soundcloud links.
Filmography
After leaving the ticket booth, your admission to Remi-chan's Cinematic Theatre is a certainty. But what is not a certainty are that the boss battles within Remi-chan's game will include pre-recorded cinematic cutscenes. Influenced a tad by Elden Ring, she admits that the plans are tentative. But for an example of the dozens that lay before her, she crafted the boss battle introduction scene with the Insidious Architect, with vocals by PhoenixAstra.
Well, that's it for this week.
"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow." - Jeff Valdez
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The Weekly Gazette 01-05-2025 |
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 01-06-2025, 06:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates
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December 30, 2024 to January 5, 2025
Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself
Announcements and Updates
Kirito spoke of the recent Server Crashes the forum had been experiencing, the ram not suitable enough at the time to perform maintenance tasks for the sheer size of the database. It required a reboot, but following a pair of recent server downtimes, kirito doubled the physical ram which should solve the issue with necessary memory for the automated maintenance procedures.
General Chat
Who you calling "Chicken!?" That would be the question to ask either kyonides or DerVVulfman if you chose to ask them What are YouTubing? once you get them to stop laughing. If more hilarity, you can watch a video Remi-chan presented that roasts dome video game developers, even she being roasted in the foreseeable future.
Violence in the U.S. hit the News of the World this week, the first military veteran that joined ISIS who drove a truck through New Orleans' historic Bourbon Street on a mission of murder, the second also a veteran who committed suicide before blowing up his Tesla Cybertruck in front of Trump Hotel ,Las Vegas. Of the first, the FBI delivered contradictory information while the Police Chief admitted not using obstacles that could have prevented the attack. Of the second, the Vegas police thanked Elon Musk for the tools to aid in their investigation. While the motives of the two were totally different, both veterans served at the same military base and both used the same vehicle renting application, a vehicle renting company now under scrutiny for lackadaisical safety and security practices. Taking the New Orleans massacre as a call to arms, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in New York City on New Year’s Day for “intifada”, and four gunmen opened fire in New York's Amazura nightclub killing ten. A U.S. soldier received a Grand Jury Indictment for his attempt to join a foreign terrorist organization, the head of the US DHS repeated statements that everyone entering the US is vetted despite those nations of origin refuse to share needed information, a new migrant caravan begins their march through Mexico, and much more hit this week's news.
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Development Discussion
Steel Beast 6Beets relayed What's up as an RMer when he had to perform an end run-around to re-install RPGMaker XP, though DerVVulfman had no difficulties with the same type of system. Yet, Remi-chan had similar issues which prevents her from using RPGMaker VX. There was a short query and reply between kyonides and Steel Beast 6Beets on which of the enterBrain engines was crafted in Delphi. And after that, Remi-chan revealed new spritework supplied by her artist and updated screenshots from her current game.
In the Maps and screenshots thread, kyonides has a new update visible within his Klans project, adding a start button to his system whilst preventing it from being enabled until a faction is chosen.
Upcoming Projects
The Alpha version has been released. Klans XP by kyonides has now reached a point where you can choose from three pre-defined clans and enter the map with the clan headquarters.
Code Support
JayRay put forth a query to see if Big Maps could be adjusted to allow some maps to act as filler, suggesting other games such as NeverWinter Nights or Skyrim. However, DerVVulfman pointed out that none of the Elder Scrolls games after Daggerfall used filler maps, that they were all unique. And he detailed why filler maps would not be a good idea in general. But when the topic of expanding the maps beyond 999, Mel brought up a topic that should alleviate that need.
Resources Database
2D Resources
A new characterset has appeared amongst the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. True, only an animated water fountain, but Ace_V had some end-of-year committments that needed to be fulfilled.
Music and Audio
With the start of the new year, we get set of new compositions by Eric Matyas who is still Sharing His Original Music, and the two pieces could not be more diverse. His first work entitled "Bump in the Night" is a dark piece befitting crime ridden alleyways at night or a sewersystem with something malevolent awaiting. In a sharp contrast, "Rockin' Monster Beach Party" is a fast paced, light hearted melody with resounding heavy thump.
Art and Design
This week, we got blessed with a new wing to our forum's gallery, now opening a wing for jursed art. The gallery's grand opening was delayed for a time as the links to Jursed's paintings were flawed, but was corrected once DerVVulfman made that aware. Once corrected, the museum patrons were able to gaze upon new art, be it classic acrylics or more modern digital works.
If one wishes to gaze upon DerVV's Stream FrankenArts, they would gaze upon more substitution of characters from ChronoCross replaced with Siletrea's visage. However, there was an unexpected instance where the likeness of Siletrea was not the norm.
Well, that's it for this week.
“I always cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.” - W.C. Fields (1880-1946)
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Just PM DerVVulfman with the submissions. Submissions must be in by 10pm EST.
Regularly posted 12am (EST) (between Sunday & Monday) based on U.S. Daylight Savings,
4am Monday (UTC), 10pm Sunday(CST/MDT), 6pm Sunday (HST), 6am Monday (CEST), 2pm Monday (AEST) observing daylight savings
5am Monday (UTC), 11pm Sunday(CST), 6pm Sunday (HST), 7am Monday (CET), 3pm Monday (AEST) Not observing daylight savings
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Server Crashes |
Posted by: StrangeAutomaton - 01-01-2025, 11:05 PM - Forum: Announcements and Updates
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Over the holidays Save-Point crashed, and I just restarted it to keep it going. I was on vacation. Anyway, I got home, analyzed the problem. Our database had outgrown it's current RAM allocations - so maintenance tasks were causing it to run out of RAM. I looked up the cost of increasing the RAM on the server, and it would run us around double. I then noticed what the default allocation of buffer the server assigns to it's processes. I was able to double that, and it gets us past the issue so the server *should* stop crashing. That said, I can't increase it again with our current available RAM, so next time we outgrow and I need to bump that figure up, we'll have to upgrade the server with more RAM. It's not even like we need that RAM for normal operation, just when we do the normal maintenance tasks to ensure that the database is still healthy and to prevent data corruption because there is just so much data in there now.
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