Zahzi

1 minute ago, Birb said:

oh ok 

So they only get updated on updates?

They'll be updated again once the bug is fixed and they track properly. 

1 minute ago, Birb said:

Also wait how does rabid have those stats?

also birb life rp sounds litty no cap

Betting stats were initially updated based on logs when added a couple updates ago.

2 minutes ago, Birb said:

@Zahzi okay so I googled the definition and Wikipedia said, In software development, obfuscation is the deliberate act of creating source or machine codethat is difficult for humans to understand. so did one of the devs or you do this on purpose?

Yes, we obfuscate our mission file so you can't as easily create "Birb Life RP" with the same mission or easily see code for various scripts and unfortunately it sometimes causes problems with certain features.

2 hours ago, Birb said:

Do betting stats ever update?

1 hour ago, Civak said:

@Zahzi

They do not update currently due to an issue caused by obfuscation.

22 hours ago, Noahhh! said:

Is it recommended 1 core per person? I can't imagine Olympus having 220 cores worth of processors backing the server. Seems overkill to me. Maybe I'm just plain wrong.

No.. Not at all.

21 hours ago, T5 Vigi said:

i mean the donation goal is around 2,000 dollaris i think

$800-850 IIRC

50 minutes ago, T5 Vigi said:

@Zahzi What's the server specs?

We just have a few OVH dedis; s1/s2 both have a 7700k/32 GB RAM/SSD from their older "GAME" lineup- looks like they just recently replaced those with Ryzen CPUs.

21 hours ago, T5 Vigi said:

i mean that's for 200+ people if i wear you i would just get a server provider

22 hours ago, Noahhh! said:

I'm thinking about putting a little "server box" together. I just want it to be able to host online sessions of about any game, including Arma 3. Let me know what you think about the setup idea, and whether or not you see any compatibility issues or possible downfalls.

@Noahhh! TBH either way, you're probably better off just using some cloud provider. For small servers, the majority of games aren't going to require anywhere close to what you've listed as hardware. If you just want a small server, you can pretty easily and cheaply grab a small VPS from OVH, Digital Ocean, Vultr, etc (things get a little bit more complex if you require windows server, but you can still do it far cheaper than building and maintaining your own hardware)- I might be able to help hook you up with something if you send me a PM.

Another factor that you're ignoring entirely is the internet connection and uptime requirements of the server. I'm not sure what the quality of your connection is, but in most cases a datacenter will offer better bandwidth and latency and also provide guarantees of uptime (and sometimes refund you some amount when they fail). If this is in your house, it's far more likely that your internet will be not great or that your power is more likely to fail. If you just want to run a small server for some friends occasionally, this is fine, but anything past that, it's less than ideal. Also consider that if it's on your network and somebody decides to boot it off, you're pretty much fucked. OVH, for example, won't flinch.

If you need more than a VPS and/or want raw hardware, you'll want to find a dedi. OVH is what we use, but might be too much for what you need. Checkout lower end providers like kimsufi. You can sometimes find good deals here.

4 hours ago, CHEESE1 said:

how do i clear cache + refresh?

 If you've already linked your steam or didn't get your money:

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If you've previously linked your steam and want to redeem the 500k

1. Go to the "Steam Profile" tab  on your profile and select "Clear Cache" in the options dropdown,

2. Select options again and this time chose "Update".

Make sure you're not in game while doing this or you won't get the cash.

On 2/7/2020 at 8:08 PM, SixNain said:

It broken broski

On 2/7/2020 at 8:02 PM, CHEESE1 said:

why haven't i gotten my free 500k yet?

On 2/8/2020 at 12:00 PM, huncho said:

Did not work for me

21 hours ago, Mas0n said:

didnt get the 500k dog

18 hours ago, gibgab said:

I never got the 500k plus I already had my steam logged in so...can i have my 500k?

3 hours ago, Dante said:

All these comments say this is big scam. I haven’t checked if I got mine but it’s safe to assume I did not. I need the orca money for when I play and clearly forgot how to fly on arma. 

For all of you that didn't get money, make sure to try what's in that spoiler (clear cache + refresh). This has worked for every single person that has PM'd me about it not working. The only exception is if you are in game while you do it, in which case you wouldn't have gotten the money.

If that somehow doesn't work, send me a PM.

3 hours ago, d a k o t a said:

Am I going to get 15% less if I do it?

No, all players get 500k

Just now, Clout Cobain said:

@Zahzi I've had this done do i still get the money.

13 hours ago, Zahzi said:

If you've already linked your steam

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If you've previously linked your steam and want to redeem the 500k

1. Go to the "Steam Profile" tab  on your profile and select "Clear Cache" in the options dropdown,

2. Select options again and this time chose "Update".

Make sure you're not in game while doing this or you won't get the cash.

 

11 minutes ago, snipeZ said:

No clear cache options. https://gyazo.com/30aa17cea7a5a96ce1da34c06a9a2f30

gimme my 500k.

Should be able to see it now

2 minutes ago, Whitee said:

Will I get banned for havin a VAC Ban?

This isn't linked to the system that hands out bans, so you'll be fine.

9 hours ago, Strikke said:

Why is this needed? I mean im not going to say no to free money, but wtf.

9 hours ago, Dante said:

Prob to help staff out since I’m sure having accounts linked helps a whole bunch.. but yeah. I ain’t saying no to free money even if I don’t play 

Both this and to display some forum related stuff on the new stats page (mostly for staff and senior factions, but it opens some doors either way).

9 hours ago, Strafe said:

for sure didnt get 500k when i linked my account smh scammed. And no i wasnt in game

Looks like you didn't do the clear cache + refresh properly. I did it manually, you should have the 500k now  

Pretty simple: Link your forums to your steam and get an easy 500k in game (money will be in your deposit box)

1. Go to account settings: https://olympus-entertainment.com/settings/login/?service=11

2. Click "Sign In With Steam"

3. Sign in with steam

4. Get 500k automatically in your deposit box

5. Go to the bank teller (at the bank, near Pyrgos) to redeem your money

If you've already linked your steam or didn't get your money, follow these extra instructions:

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1. Go to the "Steam Profile" tab  on your profile and select "Clear Cache" in the options dropdown,

2. Select options again and this time chose "Update".

Make sure you're not in game while doing this or you won't get the cash.

Note: Registering alt accounts with throwaway forum accounts may result in administrative action.

Just now, Noahhh! said:

Yeah, that seems good to me.

Wait, is this already on the stats page or just in progress? I can't find it if it's already implemented. lol

Hasn't been released yet, other parts of the rewrite are still in progress.

1 minute ago, Noahhh! said:

I suggest rank 3+, maybe even 2+. I think 4+ is kinda dumb IMO.

It's currently at 3

59 minutes ago, Noahhh! said:

I actually talked to @Zahzi about this. For some certain reason, this idea can't really happen. It can't even be done if it was part of an Olympus web page that required a certain rank in the gang to log in. That's what I heard last, but it's possible that something could change in the future, it's just not probable.

49 minutes ago, septober1 said:

'm guessing its verification between webapp (forums) and the db's on the game servers. Which I get.

A materialized view would still great speed up an in-game portal requiring only modification to the UI elements for say, the Y menu, and a copy of the ledger page (to allow scrolling). I'm not even sure it's something that would need to be rank-restricted (similar to ledger).

The verification is the easy bit actually. I'm already working on a stats page rework that requires steam login to show houses, gang bank ledger, etc. Currently, the ledger is rank restricted at the request of civ council, but it could probably be available to all ranks :shrug: 

The reason this has been declined in the past is that the frequency of items being transacted with the gang shed would result in a server performance hit if all these interactions had to be stored in the database.

23 minutes ago, Eased said:

Says the career cop. 

The ability to audit gang shed inventory would be valuable to gang leaders. No to in-game, but website sure. Just need a log of maybe the last 100 lines, and gets pulled via DB query onto the gang stats page just like the other stats. Updates every 60min or longer.  It's really not that complicated or any more taxing on the server than the stats page already is.

If you just want the current state of the shed, then that's easy enough to display. The problem is attributing item transactions to players given that this isn't currently stored in the database. he bottleneck is the Arma server, not the database.

15 minutes ago, septober1 said:

If the building inventory model is a single db table for all buildings, then such a query would cause locking and timeout stuff. This would happen whether it's happening by the forums or the game client--I think that's Nerdy's point.

My point is that if you materialize a view of that table on a periodic basis (such as after a hard restart once a day), then queries against the view would not cause locking/time-out inventory fetches for in-game players. It would consume processor resources akin to a query and add disk space duplicating information. Some people look really negatively on that.

But, to play devil's advocate, putting in a once-a-day view would create the precedent that people can see building transactions and then staff would get bugged about "WHY ISNT MY SHIT SHOWING UP IN THE LEDGER I PUT IT IN 30S AGO WTFBBQ!" so I get not wanting to do that, either.

The concern here isn't database performance or anything on the db/web end of things, that's easy enough to optimize & cache. The more queries we end up having to make in game, the more laggy things will end up feeling.

4 minutes ago, DeadPool said:

@Noahhh! Trust me its not gonna happen. 

I suppose it probably would be possible to parse and import logs into a DB table and cut out the Arma portion though. It wouldn't be the most ideal solution, but could be better than nothing I guess.

The Geforce Now ips are included in the VPN ban because of how easy it makes ban evading. Have your friend submit a ban appeal.

Put something in the trunk before leaving it- a lockpick or a water bottle or something

Already a post today saying the same thing

32 minutes ago, Noahhh! said:

There is no disputing the rules, it's been posted before that you're not to spend hacked cash or use hacked/spawned items. I could understand a removal of WPs and WP items and stuff, but damn, y'all wiped his houses and shit too? That's fucking rough.

When items (like RPG rockets) had been used or otherwise could not be tracked down, we took other assets (money, drugs) to make up for the value.

9 minutes ago, Kamikaze said:

"only spent 900 warpoints"

warpoints on average go for 15-20k so you are upset that you got wiped because "only spent 13.5 - 18m"

you literally spent more money in warpoints than what your assets are worth on the server

Exactly.

You were banned for getting a warpoint balance of ~-900. All players that had negative warpoint balances had money/etc removed to cover the cost of rebuying points at 15k/point where the items/vehicles couldn't be recovered and received a ban proportionate to how many points were spent. 

31 minutes ago, Breaker said:

You couldnt of just gave out of warning?

From the rules:

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Do not hack items or use items for purposes other then what they are meant for.
- If you believe something is a hacked item then report it and leave it alone

It's pretty clear that it's against the rules and quite time consuming to track down hacked gear, this is why we ban for it.

30 minutes ago, Breaker said:

I know some people who got unbanned and kept like 50 ifrits.

If you've got the steamid of any of these people hmu and they'll get the same treatment you got.

11 minutes ago, Rexo said:

But if you feel like you where wrong you can make a ban appeal.  I don’t think they would ban you for using an extra few war points but idk I’m not staff. 

The people that just spent a few extra didn't get banned, it was the people that went hundreds into the negatives buying sups/vehicles/etc that got banned.

3 minutes ago, sploding said:

Kinda confused on the meta one.

 

Is sharing information in group or gang chat bannable now? I always thought it was like a radio channel so within RP, are gang discords or teamspeaks banned too?

Gang chat is referring to the "Gang Chat" you enable in the y-menu- basically the side chat you can see while dead that's there for shit talk.

Just now, Richard said:

Do I need to replace someone’s kidney once it’s removed?

No

 Chapter 8: Hostage / Player Robbing

1. A player may be taken hostage for 15 minutes, after which they may choose to stay up to another 15 minutes or leave.
2. Once a player has been taken hostage, you may not kill the player unless they do not follow your demands (within reason). 
3. Do not kill restrained players, this is Fail RP (Moved from CH18 and clarified)
   1. You cannot restrain someone outside of a redzone and then bring them into a redzone just to kill them. This is also FailRP.
   2. Exception: You may kill players that do not follow reasonable demands (for example "be quiet or die" is acceptable, but playing "simon says" or asking for the alphabet backwards is not)
4. After a hostage situation/robbery the player must be unrestrained and released in a safe manner and also either within 1 kilometer of a garage or 1 kilometer from their point of restraint
   1. Player must also be healed/not limping
5. If you rob a player you may not hold them for ransom and vice versa.
6. You may not take the same person hostage more then once every 30 minutes.
7. APD members outnumbered 3 to 1 with guns clearly pointed at them need to surrender and abide by the hostage rules.
8. Members of the APD may not be restrained or excessively tased at Federal Reserves, Blackwater, Jail, or Pharmaceutical/Bank events.

Chapter 16: Meta-Gaming

1. You may not use information from one faction to switch over to a new faction and deal with the situation.
2. If caught Ghosting servers it will be considered Meta-Gaming.
3. This means you may not die on one server, swap to another, gear up, head back to the location on the last server then re-log to the previous server to re-engage the same players.
4. If you wish to re-engage then do it properly from within the same server.
5. Do not post information about player locations in side chat. Do not post situational information about other players in side/gang chat (Now includes things such as "Bob is in a ghosthawk", etc)
6. You must wait 15 minutes before switching factions on the same server. 
7. If a member of your group or gang has a 'hit' on them, you can not kill them in order to claim their bounty.

 Chapter 18: Miscellaneous

The below rules/guideline are things that do not fit into other areas but still need to be followed.

1. Using the scroll-wheel or inventory option on a dead APD member or Civilian to attempt to get their weapon is not allowed.
2. You may not drive a vehicle into the water to prevent it from being stolen, searched, ect
3. You may not destroy property to prevent it being searched/raided.
4. Extreme harassment may result in a ban.
5. Switching to a different account after getting banned with your main account may result in both accounts being banned and for longer.
6. If a player goes to the extent of using a game mechanic to prevent other players from playing the game, this can be considered as massive trolling.
7. Anyone found to be doing nothing but trolling on the server in a severe manner may receive a ban.
8. The RP window is 5 minutes so abide by this in regards to situations such as shooting, logging out, storing vehicles, ect.
9. Killing someone in restraints is considered Fail RP. (This is just being moved to CH8)
   1. You cannot restrain someone outside of a redzone and then bring them into a redzone just to kill them. This is also FailRP.
10. Exploiting is considered as abusing an in-game bug or using a game mechanic in a way that it's not intended to be used.
    1. Vaulting/restraining/escorting through windows is exploitng
11. You may face administrative action for violating APD and Medic rules while on duty.
12. Buying or selling any Olympus assets will result in administrative action.  Assets include Olympus money, virtual/physical items and vehicles.

I don't like being processing in Africa, but it's pretty balanced tbh. Sometimes there's just no other option.