Wanted: a few testers

[Rienzilla]

Hello there!

A few of us have been working on the transition of faf to the next era, under new management, and on new hardware. I'm looking for a few of you willing to test some stuff out.

1. New lobby version

We have the release candidate for version 0.10.122 of the lobby, which needs some field testing. The new version does not introduce any functional changes, but it has some changes incorporated that make it compatible with both the current and the new server. Get it on http://stable.faforever.com/FAForeverLobby-0.10.122.msi and see if it works for you just as version 121 does.

2. New server

Warning: following the instructions below may kill your dog, destroy your computer or light your grandma on fire. Only proceed if you know what you're doing.

Once you've installed version 0.10.122 of the lobby, you can use it to field-test the new server, and see if all features work for you. To connect to the new server instead of the old one, you have to add the following few lines to your hosts-file, which is found at c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Open the file with a notepad started as administrator, and add the following lines:

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37.58.123.2   faforever.com
37.58.123.2   direct.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   www.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   lobby.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   content.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   content-uncached.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   wiki.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   forums.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   irc.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   mumble.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   support.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   app.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   proxy.faforever.com
37.58.123.2   api.faforever.com


Once you do that, close your web browser and your faf-client, and restart them. Your computer will connect to the new server for everything FA-related. Please note that any changes you make (wiki edits, forum posts, games played, maps/mods uploaded, etc) while you have your changed hostsfile active take place on the new server, and will be discarded once we make the final transition to the new server.

When you want to go back to the old server, forum and website, remove the added stuff from the hostsfile and restart your webbrowser and fafclient.

Any problems you encounter with either the new lobby, or the new server can be reported here in the forum. Thanks!
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Rien

[IceDreamer]

Please remove forums.faforever.com from that hosts file list for the time being, as it redirects to an out-of-date version where we can't see this thread, or post effectively.

[Sir Prize]

I'm not game to try the server stuff, so just downloaded .122. I can't join aeolus, but I can see games in the find game tab and I autojoin my clanchat. Server code

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faforever.com: *** Looking up your hostname...
faforever.com: *** Found your hostname (cached)
[ping: None->6BE6A2F3]6BE6A2F3
[welcome: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]Welcome to the FA Forever Net IRC Network Sir-Prize!Sir-Prize@ppp121-45-202-181.lns20.cbr1.internode.on.net
[yourhost: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]Your host is faforever.com, running version Unreal3.2.10
[created: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]This server was created Sat Jan 12 2013 at 13:33:03 CET
[myinfo: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]faforever.com
Unreal3.2.10
iowghraAsORTVSxNCWqBzvdHtGpI
lvhopsmntikrRcaqOALQbSeIKVfMCuzNTGjZ
[featurelist: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]UHNAMES
NAMESX
SAFELIST
HCN
MAXCHANNELS=10
CHANLIMIT=#:10
MAXLIST=b:60,e:60,I:60
NICKLEN=30
CHANNELLEN=32
TOPICLEN=307
KICKLEN=307
AWAYLEN=307
MAXTARGETS=20
are supported by this server
[featurelist: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]WALLCHOPS
WATCH=128
WATCHOPTS=A
SILENCE=15
MODES=12
CHANTYPES=#
PREFIX=(qaohv)~&@%+
CHANMODES=beI,kfL,lj,psmntirRcOAQKVCuzNSMTGZ
NETWORK=FA-Forever-Net
CASEMAPPING=ascii
EXTBAN=~,qjncrRa
ELIST=MNUCT
STATUSMSG=~&@%+
are supported by this server
[featurelist: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]EXCEPTS
INVEX
CMDS=KNOCK,MAP,DCCALLOW,USERIP,STARTTLS
are supported by this server
faforever.com: *** You are connected to faforever.com with TLSv1.2-AES256-GCM-SHA384-256bits
[luserclient: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]There are 1 users and 210 invisible on 2 servers
[luserop: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]11
operator(s) online
[luserchannels: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]26
channels formed
[luserme: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]I have 200 clients and 1 servers
[n_local: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]200
1026
Current local users 200, max 1026
[n_global: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]211
917
Current global users 211, max 917
[motdstart: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]- faforever.com Message of the Day -
[motd: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]- 12/1/2013 13:53
[Identify as : Sir-Prize]
[motd: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]- This is the short MOTD. To view the complete MOTD type /motd
[Identify as : Sir-Prize]
[motd: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]-
[Identify as : Sir-Prize]
[motd: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]- Welcome to Forged Alliance Forever !
[Identify as : Sir-Prize]
[motd: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]- Enjoy your stay and play nice !
[Identify as : Sir-Prize]
[endofmotd: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]End of /MOTD command.
[umode: Sir-Prize->Sir-Prize]+iwxz
[nochanmodes: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]#aeolus
You need a registered nick to join that channel.
NickServ: This nickname is registered and protected.  If it is your
NickServ: nick, type /msg NickServ IDENTIFY password.  Otherwise,
NickServ: please choose a different nick.
[namreply: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]=
#RA_clan
@Sir-Prize
[endofnames: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]#RA_clan
End of /NAMES list.
[nochanmodes: faforever.com->Sir-Prize]#aeolus
You need a registered nick to join that channel.
NickServ: Password accepted - you are now recognized.
NickServ: You are already identified.
NickServ: You are already identified.
NickServ: You are already identified.
NickServ: You are already identified.
[umode: NickServ->Sir-Prize]+r
[ping: None->faforever.com]faforever.com

EDIT: I reinstalled .122 and it let me in #aeolus. I successfully downloaded PhantomX, a couple of maps and joined a lobby from the Find Games tab as well watched a replay.

moar edit: it does still think I'm in a lobby I left though.

[Kof]

I used the new lobby with the new server (i.e. added the host file entries).

Aelous chat:
Unable to connect to the chat server, but you should still be able to host and join games.

Mumble
Server presented a certificate which failed verification.
The specific errors with this cert are:
1 - the host name did not match any of the valid hosts for the certificate
2 - the certificate is self signed and untrusted.

When I said I trusted the cert, mumble worked.

I was able to start a game fine.

I reverted to the original hosts file and played a team game fine.

Let me know if you need anything else.

[RoundTabler]

I installed the new lobby, was able to join Aelous chat and host game. Will perform more testing later.

[Taffy]

If I help do i get a pokemon avatar?

[Deering]

Just tried everything out and couldn't see anything wrong. Even played a game on the new server.

[Legion Darrath]

If I help do i get a pokemon avatar?

Nope

[Deering]

Lets just tell him yes and then not

[Lu_Xun_17]

I killed my dog with your pills!