| Author |
Topic |
Drakin030
Caldari
Wildly Inappropriate. |
Posted - 2006.10.18 02:18:00 - [ 1]
I allways thought it owuld be a cool idea to have a section called "Ask a Dev" mabye thats just me. Anywho on to the point...
I have a question. This is not a flame question complaining about lag or something. I personally think the game runs fine but then again I dont goto Jita.
What kind of hardware/servers does Eve run on? Whats behind the doors? Whats this big clusters of servers made of that hosts our world? |
Samirol
Love is Hate |
Posted - 2006.10.18 02:20:00 - [ 2]
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X ChaosX
Bite me inc.
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Posted - 2006.10.18 02:21:00 - [ 3]
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Miss Overlord
Gallente
Doomheim
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Posted - 2006.10.18 02:21:00 - [ 4]
 Originally by: Drakin030
I allways thought it owuld be a cool idea to have a section called "Ask a Dev" mabye thats just me. Anywho on to the point...
I have a question. This is not a flame question complaining about lag or something. I personally think the game runs fine but then again I dont goto Jita.
What kind of hardware/servers does Eve run on? Whats behind the doors? Whats this big clusters of servers made of that hosts our world?
http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=404187 |
CCP kieron
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Posted - 2006.10.18 17:31:00 - [ 5]
Ok, who let Samirol into the server room? Looks like we need to update the security a bit!  On a more serious note, Oveur wrote a Dev Blog a number of months back that went into some detail about the hardware. Check it out here. |
Jim McGregor |
Posted - 2006.10.18 17:34:00 - [ 6]
Edited by: Jim McGregor on 18/10/2006 17:37:54
Ok, I want to know if its true that you guys used the number 42 as a seed in the universe creation algorithm, and if that was the first and only number you tried?
Thanks. :)
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Gone'Postal
Roast and Toast Inc.
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Posted - 2006.10.18 17:39:00 - [ 7]
Oh oh Did the guy creating the plant textures die after makeing the 1st 5 or was he fired ? (j/k)
on a more serious note. Will the test server ever be "all skilled" so the people without the ability to fly dreads //carriers or race ships, be able to test them out?
I've trained BS5 on the test server twice now, and it's really starting to bug me. |
FireFoxx80
Caldari
E X O D U S
Imperial Republic Of the North |
Posted - 2006.10.18 19:32:00 - [ 8]
42 is true AFAIK |
Xelios
Minmatar
Broski Enterprises
-Mostly Harmless- |
Posted - 2006.10.18 19:39:00 - [ 9]
Originally by: Gone'Postal
on a more serious note. Will the test server ever be "all skilled" so the people without the ability to fly dreads //carriers or race ships, be able to test them out?
I've trained BS5 on the test server twice now, and it's really starting to bug me.
That's easy to answer, no. They've never done this, and I don't think they will. The only time they've given everyone full skills was the final day of Beta, Armageddon Day, and it ended in a spectacular node crash that took down the whole cluster |
Miss Overlord
Gallente
Doomheim
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Posted - 2006.10.18 23:30:00 - [ 10]
there was the recent test server POS test a load of fun |
Beovvulf
Brutor tribe
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Posted - 2006.10.18 23:34:00 - [ 11]
We've seen pictures of the CCP offices. Any chance we could get pictures of the server room in London? |
Gariuys
Evil Strangers Inc. |
Posted - 2006.10.19 13:33:00 - [ 12]
Originally by: Jim McGregor
Edited by: Jim McGregor on 18/10/2006 17:37:54
Ok, I want to know if its true that you guys used the number 42 as a seed in the universe creation algorithm, and if that was the first and only number you tried?
Thanks. :)
It wasn't at first, but someone... someone that has a thing with math, thought it was a fun idea. They reseeded the whole universe 2 days or so before going gold, it was done barely in time... ( details are itchy, but it was something like that. ) |
Jaketh Ivanes
Amarr
Oberon Incorporated
Morsus Mihi |
Posted - 2006.10.19 13:45:00 - [ 13]
Dear Mr. Dev.
If you could ask 1 thing of the playerbase, what would that be? |
Bhaal
Minmatar
Tribal Liberation Force
|
Posted - 2006.10.19 13:59:00 - [ 14]
Originally by: Jaketh Ivanes
Dear Mr. Dev.
If you could ask 1 thing of the playerbase, what would that be?
Why are you all whiney b!tches? |
Raquel Smith
Caldari
Freedom-Technologies
Eych Four Eks Zero Ahr |
Posted - 2006.10.19 14:25:00 - [ 15]
Originally by: kieron
Ok, who let Samirol into the server room? Looks like we need to update the security a bit!
On a more serious note, Oveur wrote a Dev Blog a number of months back that went into some detail about the hardware. Check it out here.
Just a suggestion but... Ultima Online does a thing they call "five on friday" wherein a representitive for EA answers 5 questions submitted from the community. Perhaps CCP could do a similar thing? :) |
CCP kieron
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Posted - 2006.10.19 15:22:00 - [ 16]
Originally by: Jim McGregor
Ok, I want to know if its true that you guys used the number 42 as a seed in the universe creation algorithm, and if that was the first and only number you tried?
LeKjart said during his presentation at the first Fanfest that 42 was the number used to seed Tranquility. Eight hours later, Tranquility was created, populated with objects and NPCs, then went live to the public shortly thereafter. Yes, it is the only number used to seed TQ for launch. I would guess other seed numbers were used in the different beta phases. |
Nickodeemus
Blackguard Brigade
Legions 0f Justice |
Posted - 2006.10.19 15:40:00 - [ 17]
Kieron, is your name taken from Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos novels?
Kieron the Conqueror was the founder of an Empire in those books. |
Omber Zombie
Gallente
Frontier Technologies
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Posted - 2006.10.19 15:51:00 - [ 18]
since we're answering questions: Is my name on the Gallente Election Voting list? |
Jim McGregor |
Posted - 2006.10.19 16:37:00 - [ 19]
Edited by: Jim McGregor on 19/10/2006 16:53:28 Originally by: kieron
Originally by: Jim McGregor
Ok, I want to know if its true that you guys used the number 42 as a seed in the universe creation algorithm, and if that was the first and only number you tried?
LeKjart said during his presentation at the first Fanfest that 42 was the number used to seed Tranquility. Eight hours later, Tranquility was created, populated with objects and NPCs, then went live to the public shortly thereafter.
Yes, it is the only number used to seed TQ for launch. I would guess other seed numbers were used in the different beta phases.
Its pretty damn cool that you used that number to create the universe... I assume its from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, anything else would just be too much of a coincidence. :) To everybody else - go read the book. :) The movie was OK, but the book is better. :) |
Bhaal
Minmatar
Tribal Liberation Force
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Posted - 2006.10.19 16:40:00 - [ 20]
The 42 thing went over my head, can someone plz explain to this dumbass the significance? |
Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Atlas Alliance |
Posted - 2006.10.19 16:46:00 - [ 21]
Originally by: Bhaal
The 42 thing went over my head, can someone plz explain to this dumbass the significance?
I'll do you one better: 42 |
Skawl
The Venatus Group
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Posted - 2006.10.19 16:48:00 - [ 22]
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Read the book, watch the film :) |
Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Atlas Alliance |
Posted - 2006.10.19 16:52:00 - [ 23]
And *cough* listen to the Radio show  |
Darksaber64x
Ecchi co.
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Posted - 2006.10.19 17:00:00 - [ 24]
Originally by: Skawl
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Read the book, watch the film :)
Fixed. (Didnd't like the movie  ) |
Bhaal
Minmatar
Tribal Liberation Force
|
Posted - 2006.10.19 17:16:00 - [ 25]
Originally by: Patch86
Originally by: Bhaal
The 42 thing went over my head, can someone plz explain to this dumbass the significance?
I'll do you one better: 42
Ok, yes, understand that reference... What I wanted to know is how did CCP use this in seeding? Seeding what exactly? I never did read that book or see any movie... |
Letouk Mernel
Caldari |
Posted - 2006.10.19 17:21:00 - [ 26]
How do you generate 5000 star systems with different numbers of planets, moons, asteroid belts, variations in the ore, different stations, services in stations, and stargates connecting all of these? |
ceaon |
Posted - 2006.10.19 17:27:00 - [ 27]
Originally by: Beovvulf
We've seen pictures of the CCP offices. Any chance we could get pictures of the server room in London?
(joke) see next thread |
Bhaal
Minmatar
Tribal Liberation Force
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Posted - 2006.10.19 18:02:00 - [ 28]
Originally by: Letouk Mernel
How do you generate 5000 star systems with different numbers of planets, moons, asteroid belts, variations in the ore, different stations, services in stations, and stargates connecting all of these?
Equations employing random number generated variables with constraints? |
Dragy
Caldari
Astrophysical Engineering
War and Pestilence |
Posted - 2006.10.19 18:59:00 - [ 29]
how can i be given voice there ? |
Locke DieDrake
The Arrow Project
Morsus Mihi |
Posted - 2006.10.19 20:41:00 - [ 30]
Originally by: Bhaal
Originally by: Patch86
Originally by: Bhaal
The 42 thing went over my head, can someone plz explain to this dumbass the significance?
I'll do you one better: 42
Ok, yes, understand that reference...
What I wanted to know is how did CCP use this in seeding? Seeding what exactly?
I never did read that book or see any movie...
Procedural generation of the solar systems is what they mean by "seeding" in this case. The generator is programed with a series of paramaters and given a "seed" to start working from. The seed can usually be anything. A number, or in some cases a word or phrase. In this case, ccp used the number 42 as the seed in a mildly ironic twist of fate. 42 being the answer to "life, the universe and everything" and also being used to create the universe and "everything". |
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