SERVER DOWN

[redheadrider]

Just now, JollyWog said:

So you're trying to tell me that we don't  have a back-up server like  a we would have a generator for a blackout?

Furthermore no systems  or contingency plans in place for such a problem, given that there has been similar problems in the past...

Even worse this  has happened on the weekend, the only days when I  get  to see  my 'in-game wifey'...

Our previous problems have been server instability from normal use.

A backup server would have to somehow have our production data still for it to be useful. There's no guarantee that that server is currently usable.

[Norfolk N Waye]

As promised for Gizmo, Lisa and anybody else who's helping in any way to get our crazy,kinky but highly entertaining game back.Some moral support in the form of some great food,great wines;beers and whiskeys. Enjoy! We luv ya! (Cyber food and drink for a cyber world.)

 

[Andaislu]

8 minutes ago, Norfolk N Waye said:

As promised for Gizmo, Lisa and anybody else who's helping in any way to get our crazy,kinky but highly entertaining game back.Some moral support in the form of some great food,great wines;beers and whiskeys. Enjoy! We luv ya! (Cyber food and drink for a cyber world.)

 

Mmm you are providing a feast! Let me in too! lol

[MeiLing]

Any updade from Gizmo?

[AlphaWulf]

Not a thing at all recently

[Davi]

The general concenous seems to be a few days, and all Gizmo can do is work with his data centre, Which I am very sure he is. The attack was obviously done on the Friday to make sure it was difficult to sort over the weekend. The rest of the tech stuff I can not comment on but the information from some has been very useful in understanding what is happening.

[BadWord]

On 5/16/2020 at 7:38 AM, Gizmo said:

Guys, we're still under attack. We managed to keep the forum stable, but the main game server is still unavailable. We have taken a number of protective steps and continue our work to bring you back into the game. This is our main goal.
Thanks for your support!

This is the last statement, a bit over 24 hours ago. And, as many people have said in the thread, sometimes these attacks will just have to time themselves out. It´s frustrating, but it is what it is.

[Cruna]

It's everyone's best guess, what is actually happening. The only fact is that the service is disrupted for one reason or another.

It's a DDOS attack and they are actually working (doing what exactly?) restoring the service, and you can chose to believe the devs who usually say things without backing it up, and they have a long history doing that.

Or maybe it's something else, but you can chose to believe anything.

The fact is, that the game doesn't work, and we can't access the servers.

So some of you can come here praising them for the hard work they do, even if you don't know at all if they even do anything on that side

While others simply rage about it, and start childish arguments around here.

The point is, no matter what you do or what you believe, we just have to wait it out

[Guest]

DDoS attacks can last anywhere from minutes to days. Or they last 24 hours, stop, wait a few days and attack again. Even if the DDoS attacks have stopped it still makes sense to work on the servers and client to take preventative measures, otherwise in a few days we will just have the exact same situation. I would prefer the servers stay offline for longer with a more long term fix than just rushing the game back as soon as the DDoS attacks stop momentarily. Also, the changes to the server may also require a patch for the game so that the game works with the new server config, so there are many factors to consider. I can only hope that the wait is worth it and the game is more resilient to future DDoS attacks, which will only get more frequent as the game grows in popularity and becomes a bigger target.

Also, keep in mind, 3DX is a small development team. They don’t have 24/7 server admins who gets paid $100k’s a year whose sole job it is to keep the likes of Microsoft and Sony up and running.

Edited May 17, 2020 by Mulan

[AlphaWulf]

13 minutes ago, Cruna said:

It's everyone's best guess, what is actually happening. The only fact is that the service is disrupted for one reason or another.

It's a DDOS attack and they are actually working (doing what exactly?) restoring the service, and you can chose to believe the devs who usually say things without backing it up, and they have a long history doing that.

Or maybe it's something else, but you can chose to believe anything.

The fact is, that the game doesn't work, and we can't access the servers.

So some of you can come here praising them for the hard work they do, even if you don't know at all if they even do anything on that side

While others simply rage about it, and start childish arguments around here.

The point is, no matter what you do or what you believe, we just have to wait it out

FINDS THIS TO BE THE BEST ANSWER SO FAR...NO ONE REALLY KNOWS ANYTHING.....SO WE WAIT IT OUT

[Davi]

18 minutes ago, Mulan said:

DDoS attacks can last anywhere from minutes to days. Or they last 24 hours, stop, wait a few days and attack again. Even if the DDoS attacks have stopped it still makes sense to work on the servers and client to take preventative measures, otherwise in a few days we will just have the exact same situation. I would prefer the servers stay offline for longer with a more long term fix than just rushing the game back as soon as the DDoS attacks stop momentarily. Also, the changes to the server may also require a patch for the game so that the game works with the new server config, so there are many factors to consider. I can only hope that the wait is worth it and the game is more resilient to future DDoS attacks, which will only get more frequent as the game grows in popularity and becomes a bigger target.

Also, keep in mind, 3DX is a small development team. They don’t have 24/7 server admins who gets paid $100k’s a year whose sole job it is to keep the likes of Microsoft and Sony up and running.

Agree totally Mulan

[Pierrousss]

hmmm not sure its a DDOS attack. DDOS attacks programs are not able to shut off an IP adress for days. only some hours max.

i think they messed up something in their server, and telling us its a DDOS 

 (Also, Lisa would not have mentioned remboursement in the discord, if she expect server to be down for only short time^^)

Edited May 17, 2020 by Pierrousss

[robinn]

To add to my previous post.... it could be several days to a week because there is only so much the devs can do about this. There are probably only two resolutions....

1. the attacker stops attacking maybe because they ran out of money to pay for the DDOS attack (see my previous post)

2. the devs front-end the game server with Cloudflare (or another CDN) like they have already done with the this forum site (if you haven't noticed). This may take an update to the game client which means we might all have to re-download the client if they move the game serer behind the cloudflare service.

Success breeds visibility.... and visibility breeds enemies.

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Robin

[DannyAb]

Playstation Network's DDos last 2 months, just saying...

[Cruna]

1 minute ago, DannyAb said:

Playstation Network's DDos last 2 months, just saying...

Playstation Network doesn't die from that. they have billions in their pocket.

3dxchat would be dead, gone and forgotten from something similar

[CatherineMaxwell]

2 minutes ago, DannyAb said:

Playstation Network's DDos last 2 months, just saying...

That’s not what I want to hear

[DannyAb]

Yeah

[Leathium]

I just find it ridiculous someone would pay money to DDoS 3dxchat, like what a lifeless troll, they could ddos pornhub and make it to the news, but 3dx is NOT that popular to even bother with it.

[DannyAb]

2 minutes ago, Leathium said:

I just find it ridiculous someone would pay money to DDoS 3dxchat, like what a lifeless troll, they could ddos pornhub and make it to the news, but 3dx is NOT that popular to even bother with it.

There is a guy called ERP Exposure in Swtor, that just exposes club guilds xD

[robinn]

2 minutes ago, Leathium said:

I just find it ridiculous someone would pay money to DDoS 3dxchat, like what a lifeless troll, they could ddos pornhub and make it to the news, but 3dx is NOT that popular to even bother with it.

We don't really know whats going on, of course, so it's all speculation, but in general....

1. it's much easier to launch a sophisticated DDOS attack these days for relatively little cryptocurrency and you don't don't have to know shit

2. 3dx seems to have increased it's visibility lately from from what I have seen 

- Robin

[PAGOS]

Why does everyone think badly?
don't forget, this game is under development ! adverse processes may occur !
I saw it and the GTA 5 game servers had 4-5 days of trouble! big game company !!
In addition, KONAMI company football game servers had a problem for 1 week.
and may experience problems in similar companies !
too early to think badly, we must wait ! we should wait for the developers' explanations

Edited May 17, 2020 by PAGOS

[Cruna]

5 minutes ago, PAGOS said:

Why does everyone think badly?
don't forget, this game is under development ! adverse processes may occur !
I saw it and the GTA 5 game servers had 4-5 days of trouble! big game company !!
In addition, KONAMI company football game servers had a problem for 1 week.
and may experience problems in similar companies !
too early to think badly, we must wait ! we should wait for the developers' explanations

howcome we are comparing games with hundreds of thousands of players to this... home project that works and looks like an early beta at the very best...? This game needs improvement all over the place and the servers obviously are not good either.

This game is under development? That's a huge understatement. 

So we can't put some indie game dev, and his spare time project side by side with Blizzard, Konami or Rockstar Games

[sebastien]

1 hour ago, Pierrousss said:

hmmm not sure its a DDOS attack. DDOS attacks programs are not able to shut off an IP adress for days. only some hours max.

i think they messed up something in their server, and telling us its a DDOS 

 (Also, Lisa would not have mentioned remboursement in the discord, if she expect server to be down for only short time^^)

or maybe they didn't pay the last electricity bill

[PAGOS]

4 minutes ago, Cruna said:

howcome we are comparing games with hundreds of thousands of players to this... home project that works and looks like an early beta at the very best...? This game needs improvement all over the place and the servers obviously are not good either.

This game is under development? That's a huge understatement. 

So we can't put some indie game dev, and his spare time project side by side with Blizzard, Konami or Rockstar Games

Why are you playing this game?

[BlkMagicStic]

OMG!! im gonna feel soooo spoiled when we finally get 3dx back!! :) Just thinking about it makes me smile. No matter when it comes back, its gonna be sooooo good!!