News: Planned Server Upgrades, Other News

FreakinMeany FreakinMeany — October 24, 2023
FYI: I'm planning on updating the servers in the very near future. It's a bit overdue and I was reminded today because there was a bit of downtime (thanks to SmokeRingHalo for letting me know). It was the same runaway process on the database server that thankfully has been quiet for 8 months until now. In any case, I'll migrate the database server first followed by the application server and my hope is that there will be no noticeable downtime. Will let everyone know when it's complete.

In other news, I'm finally finishing up a huge personal project I've been working on for many, many years. Once it is released to the world, my plan -- as of right now anyway -- is to dedicate some much needed time to Mapraider. That includes fixing the site in a few spots, fixing the submission system, figuring out why the email system is having issues (again), and optimizing a bunch of stuff. Family and work will still take priority though, so your patience is appreciated.

I'll probably post more details on our Discord channel as things progress. You can join us there using the code feMzYsv if you haven't already.
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  • FreakinMeany FreakinMeany — November 28, 2023
    It has begun. I made the first code change in three years to Mapraider today. Amusingly enough, it was almost to the day without realizing it! The last code change I committed was November 23, 2020. I missed it by only four days :)

    It's also worth noting that I expanded the merchandise store a little bit. Cafepress had evolved their offerings and the store was a little broken and outdated.
  • JRGoesGreenland JRGoesGreenland — February 29, 2024
    Hey FM !
    Take your time. I fully understand your priorities. Family and work comes first.

    Best regards
    JRGG
  • meowcat meowcat — March 11, 2024
    FreakinMeany - just wanted to say how much I appreciate your site here! Thank you for your efforts to keep it going. It has been great having such a useful archive of all these maps. Once the upload feature is working again I've got a couple of maps I hope to add.
  • FreakinMeany FreakinMeany — March 13, 2024
    Thanks for the kind words. I'm still plugging away at the site when I have time. I have a ton of maps still to submit as well.

    On a upload-related note, right now I'm trying to figure out how to deal with MEGA. Apparently, I set up two separate accounts originally and while most maps are hosted on the first, there are quite a few on the other account.

    Talked to support and there's no way to merge the accounts, so it looks like I'm going to have to re-upload and re-assign the download links. Uploading is easy. Assigning the links... Not so much.

    I think what I might do is make a tool to "force a mirror" and get the share link so it's as easy as clicking a button. Recently, for another project I just completed (https://passify.app an algorithmic password manager that doesn't store passwords -- if you're interested), I got some experience with the MEGA programming API so it might be pretty easy to do. I may even be able to download from S3 and upload directly into MEGA, which would potentially lay some of the groundwork for my automated mirroring. Could be worth the effort.

    I'll try to post regular updates as things progress, but I do appreciate your patience and help.
  • Descentia Descentia — June 16, 2024
    Can I just say...thank you SO much for continuing this site. This place has a lot of memories attached to it for me. Thank you hanging in there for us old-school gamers. :D

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