Very well said, but its all a moot point now. Well, I should say, will be a moot point in 36 days. They're obviously more interested in cutting their nose to spite their face and determined to upset their biggest untapped asset. The foundry was why I logged on every day. I'm absolutely freaking furious at Cryptic over…
You must be very new to the game if you believe that's actually going to happen. I've been playing for 9 years, but I don't think I'll be here for 10. The foundry was about the only reason I still play and with it gone, I don't really have a reason to log on anymore. I'm kind of upset I just spent around 30 dollars on the…
It seems to be acting up again at 02:50 AM MST on 7 Feb 2019. Outputs from tracert, pathping and nettest are below: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18329.1] (c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\WINDOWS\system32>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com…
That's also really important in Kobayashi Maru. I've seen the group basically eliminated in seconds in the past three runs I've been in when the Tzenkethi spawn because people kept casting Gravity Well at them. This version of the KM scenario seems a lot harder than the last one though, and I'm not quite sure why yet. To…
Congratulations XR-377! I've enjoyed your missions for a long time, from the really short ones about a certain neurotic TNG character's child (and I remember the bug that inspired the first one) to the rather long one about the daughter of a computer, its good to see you win this foundry challenge. I actually just played…
Depends on what files/folders he deleted or broke. Not all files and folders are created equally in any computer system. You can probably get by with deleting eventvwr.exe, Windows will be "broken" but it will (probably) still work, more or less. Try to do the same with dwm.exe (Protip:please DON'T do this), Windows will…
I seriously doubt that its going anywhere. They've tried to bring it up twice now, there's data for what wasn't working and what was, so they more than likely have an idea of what's going on. Since there's not much else going on at the moment as far as systems work requiring developer time with Binary Stars and Q both up…
I hope its still working when I get home, I've missed the foundry big time. ETA: And by (insert deity here) its working. I'm super happy. It looks like its still republishing though, I usually look at SSF, SRS, a couple of short series like the Viper duology, Purity, Photonomy and Omnitabula during republishes after we're…
Exactly, its one of those little tweaks for you guys that I wouldn't figure would be all that hard to implement on the server-side or in the foundry editor and wouldn't require that much overhead in the client either since I'd figure the music's all there in one of the container files and it would be just a matter of…
Bethesda also doesn't have to worry about the web of licensing issues that are inherent to Star Trek with Paramount and CBS both controlling different parts of the IP. About the biggest thing they had to worry about in terms of using other owners' content was Fallout after they bought most of the IP but prior to…
Yes, when the foundry comes back up definitely check out the SRS missions if you haven't. They're fairly difficult, but a lot of fun, even in groups which is unique because a lot of foundry missions are not designed for them. Duncan's missions are all really good too if you're into episodic missions with a lot of…
That's how it goes sometimes. If Kael was adding stuff it can only be a good thing. I just hope he adds the Klingon rebels as an enemy NPC species because its the only kill accolade that I don't have but I'm not killing that Ferasan on Nimbus III a thousand times to get it. I believe Zero had said she'd do it at some point…
Yes there are backups, I didn't say there weren't, but actually using them and verifying that they will work with a minimum of issues in an MMO production environment is an entirely different proposition, unlike with something as relatively simple as an operating system or BIOS where generally its fairly easy to do a…
That's something that happens in general IT fairly frequently. I work for HP in Elite tech support (mandatory disclaimer at the bottom) and I see this kind of thing happen often enough with my customers. It can be much worse, like when the user's doing something generally ill-advised like hacking on their registry, they…
Just as a follow up from a player's perspective, I can confirm that this is still happening with a good number of missions, they were rewarding but aren't now and there's no reason that I can see why, some of them are very old missions that certainly have the requisite length and number of playthroughs. And as…
Its sad. Brandon, we really ought to have a memorial for him at one of the places he designed. Its the least we can do, but I'm sure it would mean alot to him if the community he helped create came out to say goodbye. Regardless, thank you for all of your work on behalf of a grateful community. And its semi-personal to me…