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You have been unbanned. We will be watching and listening. If it was correct, then it will happen again and we'll be right back here. If not, then we'll move forward understanding what is and what is not acceptable here, and play the game according to the rules. Our team is discussing better ways to identify those who choose to spam the mics with bullshit and we have a pretty good idea on how to isolate it. Everyone should keep that in mind from this day forward: we WILL be able to tell who is speaking using technology instead of our own ears, and intolerant mic spam will be the focus of our Admin team in the coming weeks and months. READ: If you spam the mic with bullshit, your days are numbered! /locked

You reported that the dev test server (#2, 16577) was in an endless loop of reboots, and was not responding to TCAdmin commands. I had fixed it and sent a message to you that it was functioning properly. There has been no need to reset the server in any way. Your edits or changes to any maps or files on the server are frequently backed up like every file on the server, furthermore, setting them to the side and using default (working) PR files for an event, and later putting them right back where they were is a simple function of the buttons I programmed into TCAdmin. This has not happened, the buttons may destroy maps if not told otherwise, or if the custom file structure is not properly used, but your files are right where you left them, because... ...we have three PR servers. Events formerly ran on the VG Event Server (#3, 16587), our third server, and as you are doing development on what was the Insurgency server instead of using the third one, #3 by default becomes the Event Server again. Basically, we always have 3 servers, they always have file structures that can be swapped within their capacity/needs with the push of a button, and put back the same way. Not all servers use these systems anymore, but for any needs or purposes, they can be reinstated and tailored to any need with less than a few minutes of configuration. (this is what I do here, I keep everything running like a greased pig, and I maintain systems I set up long ago)

Event server was fixed, anyone can feel free to make any event they would like and we'll get it running

You can do this online multiplayer on our server, of course - if both Pilots are humans, that is.

Interesting concept!

Not sure your skill level with BMS or it's interface, but you should be able to frag a flight in TE with a Harrier. You could also start a campaign and find an airbase that has them by default, but then you'd have to fight HQ fragging to get an available seat... Best advice is to get Mission Commander to get full control over campaign save files, etc. where you can choose which aircraft are available at which airbases, and whether they can be used by AI or just you. If you have any more specific questions, feel free to ask - details help. Best wishes and good luck! http://weapondeliveryplanner.nl/download/index.html

No shit - so many times IRL I have died, and been screaming out for a medic (only to see 3 on the mini-map right near me) and ended up giving up just to start respawning again (which takes forever as stated). Life sucks, Imma stick to video games...

What matters most is that there are many, many hashtags so that this thread gets crawled by the google search engine, and for years, any google searches including Jabal Al Burj crashing will lead straight here so they can get all the info they need on a simple report that happened in days past on some groups PR server. Once this starts trending on Twitter, and the global discussions begin, it will all be worth it. Will be great if that map name gets into any other game in the future, hahaha! #hashtag (just busting your balls, Evergreen - j/k)

No -- never!! This is not RO, this is PR and along with other suggestions, these are changes that would alter the gameplay to such an extent that it would be essentially a "different" game. No offense intended. With all due respect, a few of these ideas along with some suggestions on the PR forums to alter the Medic system to resemble the one in Squad are well meaning but flawed at the core. While it feels right to speculate that implementing/changing a system to behave like another one you enjoy in a different game, it is often irrespective of how and why this game operates the way it does. The opinions of a player mature over time, too, in the first few weeks or months vs. after 3000-4000 hours like myself and several other VG alumn, and it is not always easy to remain objective regarding what we personally feel would be a good improvement or addition to Project Reality (DEP or COOP). We've got a few ideas, and great feedback from this thread, but I believe the consensus is that there are a few issues that can and will get solved in future patches, and also that jamming up the difficulty setting will not alleviate these issues. We likely will not lower the number of humans allowed to join the server, but we may request Admins police certain types of camping, but we'll need to discuss it internally to hash out details, specifics, etc.

Really? This is a thing that was intentionally removed?! Maybe unintentionally?

Yea, we got those kinds of official videos here in America, too...

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American brothers and sisters online! Hope you all have a great day!

Yea, no, that's not a thing. Not officially. Well, it's a thing, but it's wrong for them to use the name Project Reality without the words "inspired by" - so much that if PR was a commercial entity, they'd be in legal trouble for a name like that, and the constant parallel references. They are trading on a name for popular support, and while it may get them a great deal of attention, it's gonna hurt them in the end as they will be held to standards of the game they are trying to copy, and any creative liberties they take will be scorned instead of welcomed. I'll quote the best comment from that video for a point: I'd totally play a PR inspired mod in BF3, but I also doubt it will see the light of day anytime soon. They discuss the project here, but again call it "the" Reality Mod for Venice Unleashed (BF3 'unlocked') - https://www.realitymod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=148096&page=3

Incorrect information: No, the server does not reset once a day, and no, that's not how the maplist randomizer system works. Thanks to Xenalite, the server is always running and the maplist is always rotating every 30 minutes. Crashes only happen due to bugs/errors, not a regular time interval (so saying every 5-6 hours is an arbitrary estimated average), and when they do, the server restarts itself like normal, but the maplist loaded is always different thanks to a system running in the background. We rarely ever manually turn off or restart the server, and we have no systems that tell the server to restart automatically or daily unless it crashes. This is the beauty of the system that Xenalite and I have put into place.

Yea, at first it was reported that the "fly south" bug was specific to our server, and we spent a fair amount of time troubleshooting it and attempting to fix it through fresh reinstallations and careful application of specific config settings over the course of a few weeks. Later, we have discovered that it is not just us, but a bug in the game itself. This puts the problem into the realm of the PR Dev's themselves, and there is little we can do to fix their issues, same as the vehicular bugs that plague the python errors log. To be clear, bugs like this appear in software that is not properly tested before rollout to the public, as many of these issues are very clearly spelled out in the error logs. I hate to assume, but perhaps these issues went under the radar during testing - regardless of why, it's here now and the players have to deal with it. Very sad that such a lack of attention to detail on the part of some dev(s) or contributors has ended up harming the stability of servers, and I personally would feel ashamed if I had been on that team and had still not resolved such a glaring problems. That being said, let's remember that this game was made by fans out of their own free time, and this game we enjoy that cost us nothing is far from perfect, like most every game, and it still very enjoyable despite the annoying issues that pop up from time to time. Big thanks to the devs and contributors for making this game as fun as it is! Here's hoping they get the bugs squished in the autumn years of this game's life.

To be sure that any increase in server crashes are not due to excessive log file size, I have just now performed an archive of several key log files that the PR engine needs to access frequently and rapidly. There's no smoking gun of why it may be acting up, but here's hoping that a light cleaning will blow the dust off the bytes and get things flowing as well as they can.

Yea, same here - Not a DC fan, but I'm a Batman fan for life, grew up with the campy Adam West tv show, had Micheal Keaton's Batman on VHS with bonus WB ad for merch (just call to order, and they charge money per minute for the actual phone call to order it, too - so very 1980's). Read X-Men comics as a kid, watched the cartoon religiously, and Wolverine specific stories were my favs. Knew all the secret past of Logan long before Hugh Jackman's first appearance, and so it was very nostalgic to see the different movies on those subjects. Also, Marvel FTW these days, films are all blockbusters with tip-top special effects and recurring cast like a favorite tv show. Definitely broke the mold, but wonder what will come after Infinity Wars 2 is over...

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you all for your service!