Hi there,
oh, almost forgot, help us with budget, help Dogfight Elite
www.kickstarter.com/projects/echoboomapps/dogfight-elite

A few days ago I got an email from Xeround, the company where we host our database for Dogfight. Xeround decided to drop that line of business, meaning we have to move the whole database to a different system. They will shut down the servers in two weeks, so we have to schedule a migration to a new provider asap.

We decided to pick the day/hours with the lowest game play, which is usually on Tuesday night. So at that point, on Tuesday May 7, we will close Dogfight for what we expect to be 1 hour and then hopefully show up on the other side unscratched.

This ritual is always scary, we will make the usual backups and all. The "coma" should not be too long. Meanwhile, the forum will not stop functioning because we have that database on a different provider, so we can keep ourselves up to date in here while the migration takes place. I will announce when I begin work on the migration on here and the gossip section.

So, although May 7 is the date, we have to begin working on the migration already. We decided to go with Microsoft Azure system for all our database needs. Right now it's running on a MySQL compatible system, so we need to make some serious changes for it to work on Azure.

1) Starting as of right now (May 4), I'm already running simulations on the migration. This means I'm doing a full migration twice during today and tomorrow see simulate what would happen if it was a real thing.
2) Migrating from Xeround to Azure forces me to rewrite lot of code. From the management console here on the forum, to the web pages, to the Dogfight servers. I'll be doing this til Tuesday.
3) I can't migrate it all on tuesday, otherwise we would be without the game for over 12 hours so I have to do it on stages although the big chunk is on tuesday.

Hiccups? Some
1) First stage will be to migrate and adapt the web page code. So the "top players" will get all funky today. Simply put, the list is not going to be updated that often until I'm done.
2) Management console, creating squadrons and all that... may stop working for a few hours while I change all those pages.
3) The servers for Dogfight will need a serious rewrite. All calls to things like points, rankings, purchases of planes, etc... all that depends on the database calls. Those I need to rewrite again from scratch. Chances of me not making one single mistake in such a short notice? About the same than the kickstarter project gets funded in the next 20 hours
4) At one point, the lights will go off. Everything will be mute and dark. It will be scary. Hold hands, when you wake up, everything should be back to normal.
5) By normal I mean you will be able to connect, come to the forum and tell me a list of 20 things still not working lol

And then I'll spend the next 3 to 4 days fixing and not sleeping much. That's about it

That all sounds very painful and troublesome ! ! !

Hope it all goes OK and you don't get too much hassle from us, Z

just remember im a MORAF...since the rankings might get jumbled.

hi

i will need to migrate the forums too. my current provider doesn't support microsoft sql so i have to move it ALL to a different machine.
expect some down time on the forum while all dns and everything gets redirected.

Hello Zuerman,

I am assuming this migration will will be whats effection mose of us from getting in to such things like,
games, forums, and not being able to get in to our messages and not be able to send them????

And thank you for letting us know.
Lou

Ps good luck and hope it all goes the way you want it too

Things are going to be rocky for a few days. I wish this post was the only thing anybody saw when they first log on. Lets keep it bumped to the top for a few days...

Bumping so others can see.

zuperman wrote: hi

i will need to migrate the forums too. my current provider doesn't support microsoft sql so i have to move it ALL to a different machine.
expect some down time on the forum while all dns and everything gets redirected.

So you aren't going to use kunena forum? I think that's the company

Who knows? lets give him a few days to sort it out!

Ok, this is a bit technical but since you asked...
kunema is not a company, it's just a forum system. I'm still using it but kunema connects to a database. That database can be from any manufacturer: Microsoft, Oracle, MySQL...
So far, I've use MySQL but I'm migrating everything to Microsoft Azure. That requires that everything that calls a database connection, has to be changed and updated.

Ohhh now i see. So everything on the forum will be the same as before.

Bumping.
Go to the top of the thread.

Thnx zuperman for u're work and effort!
I'ts a great game and don't want ta c it lost.
Ps. any chance u can move my rank up to M.O.R.A.F Buddy, Chum, Pal....................Hmmmmm
Ok........ looks like I'm still the same rank
Worth a try

Ok. just BUMPING it up.

For the next person pls post somthing to keep it bumped up for others to know thnx!

Bump up the jam, bump it up....

Thanks Zup, for all your hard work.
I just love this game and all you nutcases

Stickied

hey guys, i'll begin migrating the system right now... this means we'll be a few hours without game, there is no other way to do it.

ahhh I was really getting started then.......server error :. ( but thanks for the work though

bellsaj wrote: Bump up the jam, bump it up....

Thanks Zup, for all your hard work.
I just love this game and all you nutcases

Pump it up, while your feet are jumping and the jam is pumping. Look ahead the party jumping...

Good luck to zuperman and his great team hope it all goes well

70% copied... In should be ready in 2 hours

I know you're busy but will private messages be fixed soon as I have one from an important person?

Thanks and keep up the great work.

yeah that will be fixed soon too

Thanks for everything zuperman. Ur amazing!!

Thanks zuper for your concern...thanks for creating duch a great game and delete..us wuth so many hours of great plesure.we are pacient and understanding..take please us much time you need to fix it.
We know you do your best..

Don't work too hard zuperman you might stress yourself out

I don't want to be a pain so if at all possible can we get an estimate as to when the game may be back up. I thought if you said, even if it's a few hours everyone will wait and not send a million messages asking.

I recon about this long.....

I have resorted to tying paper airplanes to my ceiling fan, a straw, and spit balls!!! It's just not the same.....

I run it on low when i am being attacked by noobs. Then crank it to high as B, wig!, Foust, Clay, ParrotHead, Roo, Tink(plus one), Whose, Whip, and ( sorry cant look at top 100 right now)all the other Ace's drop in on me. Also I set little piles of rice up on the fan blades so as they get moving it is like taking fire..

Sorry it's all that I could come up with...

I think i will soon add squirting lemon juice into my eyes, as a fourm of being hit but not dead yet.. Yah know limping over to the otherside? Lol

Keep up the good work Z! This game is awesome!

BrianC219 wrote: I have resorted to tying paper airplanes to my ceiling fan, a straw, and spit balls!!! It's just not the same.....

I run it on low when i am being attacked by noobs. Then crank it to high as B, wig!, Foust, Clay, ParrotHead, Roo, Tink(plus one), Whose, Whip, and ( sorry cant look at top 100 right now)all the other Ace's drop in on me. Also I set little piles of rice up on the fan blades so as they get moving it is like taking fire..

Sorry it's all that I could come up with...

I think i will soon add squirting lemon juice into my eyes, as a fourm of being hit but not dead yet.. Yah know limping over to the otherside? Lol

Keep up the good work Z! This game is awesome!

+1 Good techniques, YEMX. I think I'll try adding smokebombs to my ceiling fan, but yank the 9 volts from my smoke detectors for a couple hours.

Skywalker X

You do good work Zuperman Thanks

Testing testing. Ok still on line, it said fatal error when sending just now...