Abyss\Zeb DB

[beerbong]

WTB Zeb Clone PvP

[John Adams]

Sorry to report, my one month "evaluation" of this database has concluded, and it is completely not the server format I choose to run. I have announced to the player base that I will be shutting down The Abyss on my servers soon - but when, really depends on if someone is willing to pick it up and run it themselves (download from the above links). If no one is interested, it will go down this next weekend (Sep 14, 2007). If someone wants to try and set it up, we can coordinate taking mine down and yours up so players do not miss a beat.

I recommend using the above database (as opposed to the current copy) because we made many changes in an effort to add new content, and received no positive responses.

Anyway, best wishes to those players who are once again losing their home due to circumstances beyond my tolerance.

[gernblan]

John, when you take it down, let me know so I can get a copy of your "final" snapshot. I'll take a good look at it and decide to host it or not.

Thanks.

[John Adams]

Originally Posted by gernblan

John, when you take it down, let me know so I can get a copy of your "final" snapshot. I'll take a good look at it and decide to host it or not.

Thanks.

It's down. And I'm not going to put out our changes, because as I might have mentioned, they were not well received. As to not invite a flamefest, that's all I'm going to say. Your best bet if interested is to take the db from Amra from above (or my mirrored link) and check it out.

It really is a great concept db. Loved many of the ideas. It was just too dumbed down for my taste as an admin.

[monoxideftw]

Originally Posted by beerbong

WTB Zeb Clone PvP

would play

[happygreenelf]

anyone have some instructions for installing this on a fresh system ? would be appreciated not sure where i am screwing up

[Amra]

You need to be more specific. What problem are you having?

[daryl]

loads of errors sourcing the sql file like ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist

with most tables
whats a good editor to open the sql file i only got notepad and wordpad here haha

[Foins]

notepad or word pad

[boogerific]

If you want a small, effective editor, try conTEXT. It's FREE (for now), pretty cool and supports all sorts of code. I'm not a programmer but I do use it for editing html. I also replaced Notepad with it.

http://www.context.cx/

[John Adams]

Originally Posted by daryl

loads of errors sourcing the sql file like ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist
ERROR 1146: Table 'newdb.grid_entries' doesn't exist

with most tables
whats a good editor to open the sql file i only got notepad and wordpad here haha

If you're sourcing in the original db from Amra (linked above), you should have no problems with missing tables - since it creates them for you.

A great tool to use is SQLYog. Just use the Restore from SQL Dump option and you're in business. Follow Amra's original post to tweak what is needed to allow new players, should you choose to run it publicly.

[GeorgeS]

Context editor is an excellent tool, and also you will need WinHex, another neat tool for browsing binary data. Now if only Context dealt with binary data...

GeorgeS

[Amra]

Originally Posted by John Adams

Follow Amra's original post to tweak what is needed to allow new players, should you choose to run it publicly.

If you do decide to run it publicly you should know there isn't a good balance on the server. I would wipe the character/account table completely,review Loot drops, nerf the buff bot and revamp some higher level items. It's a huge project that I didn't want to invest in. But the content is amazing. With a lot of work it could be an awesome db. Just my opinion.

But a lot of people liked it the way it was. And that's cool with me

I have the original DB without my modifications if you would like that. I will see if I can get a host somewhere.

oh and don't forget to change access levels (as john pointed out) on the accounts and zones if you choose not to wipe the player-base. It will prevent new accounts from being able to zone into the server. Other than that good luck.

[manc2]

so ...

no one want to host this once-popular custom database?

[TheLieka]

I'd be happy to host it, but I don't have the time to actually work on it. So it would need a dev staff.

Dax