true, however i will say that the errors that caused the missions not to load were taos metal ninja mod thingi and a mod i was useing that needed everyone else to have it. wont happen again! promise!

Yeah I know better than to make that mistake, but I got lazy and didn't do the testing adlabs mentions above, which is usually part of my pre-sendoff steps.

OK... My NO was taken wrong... didn't you see the lol?
The reason I said NO because that was asked and answered a number of times before... and it's not my decision, never has been... Doug owns SimHQ and owns the server, he makes the decision who as access, him alone. Now to be frank, I wouldn't recommend anyone for him to allow access to the full server, the consequences of a screw up or a backlash, is not responsibility I want.

Tao said it himself, he's still kinda new here, and thou I appreciate what he has done for SimHQ and the server, I don't know him at all.

You guys act like theres a problem... the server is up 24/7, we have over 300 missions, and if the server does lock up... whens that happen once every 2 or 3 months, anyway? a PM to Doug will have it fixed within 5.

Use the server, play the missions... vote on a admin if Tao isn't there... if a problem PM me or Doug and it will be reset. (I have Doug on speed dial, lol.)

I am also pretty new here. And I talk way too much sometimes. And I am very ready to move on from this and mission up some co-op action.

<guod waves>

Guess I ought to join in here.

Some background and plans. SimHQ is on three hosted servers on the US west coast. The main server which hosts the site also has Teamspeak on it. There is a second server for development, files, and this and that. The game server hosts ArmA 2 (of course), 3 rFactor servers, 1 rFactor 2 server, and hopefully soon -- DCS (if we can get past the 3D demand for a server).

For the game server for all apps, there are two of us that have access (besides the hosting company): adlabs and myself. That's it. Because adlabs' life is about to get busier, we will soon add a 3rd person, but they are not an ArmA 2 person either, but very savvy with the tech side. He is in Europe so that'll give us extended coverage in case there is a problem.

If there is a problem, as Magnum says, and he isn't kidding about the speed dial, he can reach me anytime. adlabs has my phone number too.

I checked into a service that alerts when a server goes offline. That isn't too bad but that isn't our problem -- just the game app going offline is more of a problem.

If you see it is offline, send a PM to me, Magnum, and adlabs. Send an email to guod@SimHQ [dot] com

Ironically, when there is a problem. The recent alert a couple weeks ago from Tao was rare. I seldom ever get an alert from the players. So please let us know soon as you see it. We may not necessarily be online and not have a clue there is a problem.

I would suggest one of you, probably Tao if he will volunteer collect all the missions and get them to me on Saturday before Monday's event. That way there will be time to test them before Monday's event.

Same for Thursday. Get the missions to me by Tuesday PM.

At some point in the not too distant future adlabs will be out of pocket more often and it may be a real headache for him to keep doing the uploading. Better we plan now, and take some of the load off adlabs.

Sound okay?

i dont really mind who does it, how many people do it etc etc, just so long as someone can still upload missions and reboot the server on the very rare occasions it needs it

Mags got a point about being able to vote admins whilst on the server, i completly forgot about that!

Yeah that works for me, if anyone is making missions and wants them vetted I will do that then send them off for upload. Just contact me via PM and I will give you my email.

Edit: Also yep it is easy to vote admins into power on the server itself -- that's how I ran Tactical Thursday for a few weeks before I was given official access, and how I'd still be running had I not been. The main problem is getting leadership roles filled, which is why I am increasingly encouraging other people to squad lead even when I am on as admin.