Also, for some incredibly bizarre reason, each time I tried to create a faction on the server we wound up on, it would create the faction and assign a bunch of random people to it, most of them owners and admins, and usually only make me a member. I even named one of them cornpoplolamargo and made the initials cL& because I couldn't imagine that anyone else would've come up with the same, and apparently they had.
General Empyrion Thread
- Thread starter GasBandit
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@GasBandit You left the Cheese set to private instead of faction and the offline protection nearly killed Dave.
GasBandit
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Oops. Well, good learning experience for Dave then
GasBandit
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It seems to me rather dumb that the offline protection shield only becomes visible at 400m, whereas weapons range is ~900km in space.
GasBandit
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Ok! Update to the server status checklist!
Server status:
[X] Server arrived
[X] Verified that stuff works
[X] Replacement CPUs arrived
[ ] UPS arrived (Est Delivery 6/1)
[X] CPUs replaced, work
[ ] Operating system arrived (Est Delivery 6/4-6/7)
[X] Drivers needed for OS reinstall obtained
[ ] RAID reconfigured to 10
[ ] SSD received
[ ] PCI SSD card received
[ ] SSD installed
[ ] Operating System reinstalled
[X] Operating System cracked
[X] Ancillary software installed (Teamviewer, Steam)
[ ] Moved home (THIS THING IS HEAVY AF MY SHELF MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT)
[ ] Empyrion Dedicated server configured
Ok, so... since my legit copy of windows 7 won't arrive until next week, I figured, what's the harm in opening up powershell and dusting off my old pirate skills to see what I can do...
Long story short, the server is now running an activated copy of Windows 2016 Standard... :shiftyeyes:
Sometimes I even amaze myself. Man I wish the SSD was here already, I'm itching to get it in and get this thing finished up. Not so looking forward to the backbreaking schlep to get it home, buuuut...
Server status:
[X] Server arrived
[X] Verified that stuff works
[X] Replacement CPUs arrived
[ ] UPS arrived (Est Delivery 6/1)
[X] CPUs replaced, work
[X] Drivers needed for OS reinstall obtained
[ ] SSD received
[ ] PCI SSD card received
[ ] SSD installed
[X] Operating System cracked
[X] Ancillary software installed (Teamviewer, Steam)
[ ] Moved home (THIS THING IS HEAVY AF MY SHELF MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT)
[ ] Empyrion Dedicated server configured
Ok, so... since my legit copy of windows 7 won't arrive until next week, I figured, what's the harm in opening up powershell and dusting off my old pirate skills to see what I can do...
Long story short, the server is now running an activated copy of Windows 2016 Standard... :shiftyeyes:
Sometimes I even amaze myself. Man I wish the SSD was here already, I'm itching to get it in and get this thing finished up. Not so looking forward to the backbreaking schlep to get it home, buuuut...
GasBandit
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No, just the one, but I'm installing it directly into a PCIe slot instead of through the SAS/SATA controller, for EVEN MORE SPEED.
As for the CPUs, this game is both a RAM and CPU hog, so I definitely wanted to make sure it had the muscle to flex on both accounts.
Also - check your steam.
So apparently we're going to start getting some competition out in PvP space. Sounds like Eva has been goading StF into coming to find us and take our resource planets away from us. I went and parked a Bad Penny on one of the nearer Pentaxid miners on Mars, but then I let Noodle goad me into rage quitting for the night, so that's as far as I got.
I thought you were getting a SATA SSD? Do you mean you got a PCIe->SATA-III adapter instead of going with what is probably only onboard SATA-II? Because I don't think those machines have an EFI that lets them boot from PCIe-based NVMe storage (unless there's some update I don't know about), and finding the best AHCI-based gumstick drives has become hella expensive because everyone knows they're the last, best ones.
Thanks, I owe you one. One that's not too big, though. Was going to wait until after D3 season-end. Now I'm conflicted.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Ah, I know that one. I've been looking at it to add SATA3 to my Pro.
They also make a dual-drive carrier to allow 2 drives on one slot, but it's 5-6x more expensive, and there are some incompatibilities with some OSes.
Also I hope you checked to see if it'll fit in a 2U...I don't think the carrier you linked is HH.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Ok, I couldn't help myself... I started up the server early, even though I don't have the SSD in yet. Feel free to check it out, it should call itself Halforums Empyrion Server (should be searchable on the multiplayer menu) and the password is gasbandit. Just keeping it locked for now, once we get a handle on how this works, I'll take it public. I'm mostly interested in performance testing right now It's running 7.6.2 (stable).
It's running 7.6.2 (stable).I got risers. Anything will fit. Also, there's a guy in there with a review specifically saying how well and easily it went into and works on his PE R710.
Hmm. 'gasbandit' 'Gasbandit' and 'GasBandit' all fail as the password.Ok, I couldn't help myself... I started up the server early, even though I don't have the SSD in yet. Feel free to check it out, it should call itself Halforums Empyrion Server (should be searchable on the multiplayer menu) and the password is gasbandit. Just keeping it locked for now, once we get a handle on how this works, I'll take it public. I'm mostly interested in performance testing right now
I got risers. Anything will fit. Also, there's a guy in there with a review specifically saying how well and easily it went into and works on his PE R710.
GasBandit
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That's odd, the password is definitely gasbandit all lower case...
Fuck it. Removing the password.
If it gets crowded as shit or something I can reset it or we can test something else.
I'm in. 
GasBandit
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Alpha 8 will go stable June 12th.
https://empyriononline.com/threads/save-the-date-release-date-of-alpha-8-0-june-12-2018.38009/
A major update on a TUESDAY? Be still my heart!
https://empyriononline.com/threads/save-the-date-release-date-of-alpha-8-0-june-12-2018.38009/
A major update on a TUESDAY? Be still my heart!
Oh, I wandered into one of her and Eva's conversations in global about how PvE is such a horrible drain on resources for real players and how this isn't Minecraft with pretty ships, the game isn't meant to be played that way and we're wrecking the server for everyone by asking for resource planets.
GasBandit
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I let Iceman know in discord PMs I was leaving the server, and my crew was most likely coming with me, to start my own server
He said "thats fine bro i understand you could have just taken over Renntech to Be Honest, im wanting to take a step back"
I said we didn't want to deal with noodles.
He said "yeah why u think im stepping back"
Oigh. That server is doomed.
GasBandit
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And then the actual owner of the server, who previously stepped back, Neocorricon, could come back and pull the rug out from under me and reinstall noodles because he's known her longer and doesn't know me at all!
No thanks, I'll be admin of a server to which only I have physical access, thanks
GasBandit
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I might go back ONE more time, just to try to fight evasong with the weenie cheese... but I also might not. Maybe a clean break is best.
GasBandit
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Nah, it's in PvP Territory, make em TAKE it
not that anybody's gonna go to unsullied before alpha 8 wipes everything on the 12th.
"I can't play without being an admin, because winning without breaking the rules would be such work"
I landed in a copper-sparse zone, so I can't build anything particularly advanced. I might have to figure out how to hoof it over to your beachhead. I used up about 100 bullets before I could build a little mob-resistant wooden platform on a beach.
Delete your player file and start overAnd of COURSE I started on tallodar this time
I just respawned to a drone killing my base, so when it killed me, I did a "fresh start".
Imagine how unhappy I was to realize you start over with even less resources..no gun
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Want me to delete your player file too?Delete your player file and start over
I just respawned to a drone killing my base, so when it killed me, I did a "fresh start".
Imagine how unhappy I was to realize you start over with even less resources..no gun