Pitch Black 24/7 Sever

Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:51 pm by Darkangel

Hi Come to this sever.
Its realy fun.
pitchblack.no-ip.com

Free for all Freelancer Server with all Jump Gates and Jump Holes Unlocked
New players start with $200,000 Credits!

Clan Info:
Clans are welcome.
New clans get $10,000,000 to start outfitting their members.
Any Clans with 20+ members and 20+ hours logged get a bonus of $25,000,000 credits!
Clans can only toll in systems they own. The cost of a system is 15 Million and must be payed to a -!POLICE!- member.

Rules:
1: No Cursing/No insults. G-Rated language only.

2: No PVP in NewYork unless agreed.

3: 3: No Unapproved Mods/Cheats.

4: No killing storage characters by ANY means.
(This includes pushing them into a planet.)
Any player caught doing so will get a 1 month server bounty.

5: ONLY clans that own a system may charge a fee/carge for safe passage.

NewYork is a safe zone for all players. Anyone found tolling/robbing/stealing will have to pay 200% of the value to a -!POLICE!- member.

Special Items:
The Nomad Ships now drop Adv. H.F Champion Shield and Paralyzer Missile Launchers.

-!STORAGE!-Characters
For keeping your items safe!
A simple starflier ship used as a "safe" for your valuable weapons.
It is invincible so it cannot be killed by other players, yet cannot mount weapons to prevent harming others.
If you would be interested in one contact a police with the request.
Cost is $10,000,000

Approved Mods:
1. 1,000 Cruise/Thruster Speed
2. Full NAV Map
3. Ammo Mods
(To increase the amount of ammo your ship can hold. This does NOT include bots/bats)
4. Mods that do not affect other players (Such as custom music, skins etc.)

This sever is a good and fun sever.
The police and Admin are realy nice and helpfull.
Please come and have fun.

Edited by - Darkangel on 11/9/2004 2:58:56 PM

Edited by - Darkangel on 11/28/2004 3:34:58 AM

Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:00 am by Silint_Hunter

oke but whats ship start??

Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:36 am by Pinger

1. Having 200k starting cash will be abused, its easy to make 5 characters transfer all the cash to One character and then delete the characters with no cash and remake 4 again. Repeat that as many times to kill any balance you thought you had.

2. Allowing Non predefined named mods will just add server load and so lag as you won't have them installed on the server. If you want people to use mods make it one of the bigger Server/Client mods that do all you want.

Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:14 am by Darkangel

Its the normal ship start.

And im not the sever admin so i carnt coment on that.

Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:12 pm by Hercules

We have strict supervision over people who do that "money cheat" with the new characters. We do not allow it, and anyone who exceeds in their ranks too quickly, we deffinately keep our eye on them.
As for lag, is usually never a problem:

Server Specs:
Fully Burstable T1 Connection
AthlonXP 3200+ 400MHz FSB, Barton Core
1024GB Duel-Channel DDR-PC3200 Ram
160GB Seagate SATA 7200rpm HDD (150/MBs)
1000BaseTX NIC (1 Gigabit/sec LAN connection)

Wed Nov 10, 2004 3:53 pm by |Shodan|

@ Pinger

1: Works only if there are 2 people helping eachother.

2: Serverside stuff is probably the best.

There are always several people in New York, watching over the new people. Be it a server admin, a server deputy or a player (like myself) or one of the Colors clan. Some modders joined, they were quickly dispatched by the admin or official server police.

Very stable server, friendly people.

Thu Nov 11, 2004 11:08 am by the01

Pinger, the average server load is about .7-1ms per player on PitchBlack. (Sometimes we even run 6-8 players with a server load of 1ms)
Even with the slight modfications we get almost no lag.

The reason I did not alter the starter ship is because alot of individuals prefer to climb the ladder one rung at a time and enjoy the challange.

As for unapproved modding, we have fun with those who try! lol

After being camped for half an hour they tend to simply leave...

Edit:
Oh, and the connection has been upgraded from a 1.54mbps T1 to a full 2.0mbps.

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PitchBlack Server Admin
Server Forums

Edited by - the01 on 11/11/2004 11:09:07 AM

Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:20 pm by Pinger

Well I'm not talking about noob FLMM modders, but the Good dutch Hex editing modders that like nothing better than to casue as much problems as possible.

@ shodan nope its very easy to do it your self, if you have played this game for any length of time you should be able to figure it out.

1. make 5 characters
2. buy all the good missles/torps/mines in each and launch them all to space at the same location
3. in char 2 jettision all mines etc F1 to char1, tractor/dock and sell them/launch again to same location.
4. repeat for char3 - 5
5. delete char 2-5 and remake them
6. repeat 2-5

Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:04 pm by Darkangel

Yar thanks for telling the whole world how to cheet.
Do u do that?

Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:24 pm by Stinger

This is common knowledge that is well known by many server admins. Knowing what to expect leaves very few surprises.

You guys should be able to run your server any way you see fit. But when someone like Pinger explains some of the tricks of the trade to watch for...a thank you might be in order.

Oh, and as far as server lag when using mods...come on, are you really going to say that after all the attempts that have been made over the past year and a half to make a server lag free while using mods and everyone has failed you figured out how to work it? Sorry, but we're generally scepticle for good reason.

Monitoring packets is a fine art and it's not as simple as slamming a network sniffer on. You have to be able to interprete and not many know how do to that properly. At least not many here.

Rob "Stinger" Lordier
Creator of the original Privateer FAQ
3+ years here and still lovin' every minute!

Favorite saying - Life is a journey, not a destination

Edited by - Stinger on 11/11/2004 9:27:06 PM

Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:24 am by Endemoniada

Even if people didn't abuse it I still think it's lame to start with 200k cash. It takes all the fun out of it. You may as well just start them off with a heavy fighter because they already have enough to fly over to Missouri and buy one right away.

But then again, I play at [MC Stock so I guess I am a purest.

Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:16 am by Pinger

@Darkangel no I don't but I run a server, so I have getting on for 1.5 years experience with FL online. So know most of the cheats as I've seen most, but some are harder to spot which needs the admin/deputy physically Seeing it in action to prove it.

But that cheat or probably better called an expliot, it can easily be seen via most connection logs.

Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:09 pm by the01

Thanks for the replies guys.

Yes by allowing mods it IS possible that some people may take advantage of it.
However, we do have people watching it pretty closely and it is undercontrol most of the time.

But even so, this is a game, and mods can make it fun. I run this server because I want people to be able to have fun with the game, to experiment a little with modding and to meet other players. If a modder or two does slip by, I feel it is worth it as the rest of the players are enjoying themselves.

As for lag, yes mods may cause some, however we have never had a problem with any of the approved mods. If someone does login with a massive mod that lags out the server, they are banned promptly.

Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:57 pm by Darkangel

Most of the time ppl just stay in gamma or ny chating.
Some play some pvp.
But when we have rulls broken and modders we all pitch in and kill them over and over.
Trust me most ppl on the sever see a sever bonty on a player for wot ever reason(modding or rull braking)Will come to have fun camping him/her.
This sever is for fun for all who want it.
Lag is not a problem unless a heavy modder trys there luck.
But as the0 says there gone quikly.
And as for the starting money you will be suprised how menny ppl are willing to help noob's wiv money or a escort.
I give away 1mill alot to noob's to get them started.
And @ Pinger If ppl see rull brakers or modders thay will most of the time take screenis to prove it to the sever staff or admin.
Angels are holy.
I am not.

Edited by - Darkangel on 11/12/2004 8:59:46 PM

Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:35 am by Darkangel

Rule 5 added.
5: ONLY clans that own a system may charge a fee/carge for safe passage.

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