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Starsfaq gone? Tue, 07 October 2003 13:07 Go to next message
StarMaster is currently offline StarMaster

 
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Man, I hope the site didn't go away. They had so much great Stars! stuff, like the old Stars-R-Us articles, the "Bugs and Features" list, etc.

Anybody know what's up? Did they move? I get the "404" error using this link:

http://www.starsfaq.com/index.htm

Shocked

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Tue, 07 October 2003 13:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
LEit is currently offline LEit

 
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 If you drop the page and just go to
http://www.starsfaq.com/

you get something, not anything useful however.
So it's probably just a temporary glitch.

- LEit

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Tue, 07 October 2003 13:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Looks like EVERYTHING on there has gone...

I hope not - I really don't have the order of events memorized!!!

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Tue, 07 October 2003 15:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Wasn't that site maintained by James ?
And isn't he filling in for mr Stars right now?

I won't worry too much...

If you can't beat me... Run away...

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Tue, 07 October 2003 15:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 hmmm, works for me Rolling Eyes

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icon10.gif  Re: Starsfaq gone? Tue, 07 October 2003 20:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Yeah, there's nothing wrong now, anyway. Sun is out

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Wed, 08 October 2003 01:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

Now when I go there all I get is the directory view, and there is absolutely nothing there. Man, I hope this works itself out.

"Don't be so humble - you are not that great. " - Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Wed, 08 October 2003 01:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ashlyn is currently offline Ashlyn

 
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 still works for me Rolling Eyes

Stars! Order of Events

Scrapping fleets (with possible tech gain)
* Waypoint 0 load tasks (if done by hand) *
Waypoint 0 unload tasks
Waypoint 0 Colonization/Ground Combat resolution (with possible tech gain)
Waypoint 0 load tasks (if done via task tile order)
* Other Waypoint 0 tasks *
MT moves
In-space packets move and decay
PP packets (de)terraform
Packets cause damage
* Planets that where hit and end up with 0 colonists become uninhabited (lose starbase and defences) *
Wormhole entry points jiggle
Fleets move (run out of fuel, hit minefields (fields reduce as they are hit), stargate, wormhole travel)
Inner Strength colonists grow in fleets (if orbiting planet owned by same race, excess overflows onto it)
Mass Packets still in space and Salvage decay
Wormhole exit points jiggle
Wormhole endpoints degrade/jump
SD Minefields detonate (possibly damaging again fleet that hit minefield during movement)
Mining
Production (incl. research, packet launch, fleet/starbase construction)
SS Spy bonus obtained
Population grows/dies
Packets that just launched and reach their destination cause damage
Random events (comet strikes, etc.)
Fleet battles (with possible tech gain)
Meet MT
Bombing
* Player 1 bombing calculated *
* Normal/LBU Bomb Damage Calculated *
* Smart Bomb Damage Calculated *
* Defences Recalculated *

* Player 2 bombing calculated and so on in order with players 3, 4... *
* Planets with 0 colonists become uninhabited (lose starbase and defences) *
Waypoint 1 unload tasks
Waypoint 1 Colonization/Ground Combat resolution (with possible tech gain)
Waypoint 1 load tasks
Mine Laying
Fleet Transfer
* Waypoint 1 Fleet Merge *
CA Instaforming
* Minefield Decay *
Mine sweeping
Starbase and fleet repair
Remote Terraforming

Wink

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Wed, 08 October 2003 02:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
StarMaster is currently offline StarMaster

 
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Humm, still not working for me either...

Maybe my ISP is a little slow in updating their DNS server, or something...

I'll try again later today...

Confused

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Wed, 08 October 2003 05:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sinla is currently offline Sinla

 
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 I think Ashlyn still got it in her cache Wink

If you can't beat me... Run away...

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Wed, 08 October 2003 06:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gible

 
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 If if comes back...I'm copying it.

HTtrack is my friend Smile

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Wed, 08 October 2003 08:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mazda is currently offline mazda

 
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 Well its' "back" for me.
Whereas yesterday I got a 404 error.

M

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icon10.gif  Re: Starsfaq gone? Wed, 08 October 2003 09:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
overworked is currently offline overworked

 
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 Maybe it turn the wrong turn at Albuquerque...

<inside joke for AOS players>

- Kurt

<further explanation>
Mr. McGuigan lost some large amount of chaff (50K or so?) by accidently combining them and exceeding the 32K limit of a single design in a single fleet. Referred to in the later game history as the "Left turn at Albuquerque Incident".

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Wed, 08 October 2003 10:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 my cache??? Shocked

I thought that too - so I tried pages I've never seen before - and then tried it from work (where I'd never looked before)...

alles goed!!!!

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Wed, 08 October 2003 21:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 I can't get to the page either, gives 404.

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Thu, 09 October 2003 01:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gible

 
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 I'm being route to a 404 at http://www.portland.co.uk/404.esp

Which is at least different to yesterday.

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Fri, 10 October 2003 00:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gible

 
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 Well I was still getting a 404...but I have a fix.

Find your hosts file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\host for Windows XP) and add the following line exactly as written:

212.15.82.2 www.starsfaq.com

That will fix the problem until they move StarsFAQ again Smile

Thanx to Sally for the IP address Smile

[Updated on: Fri, 10 October 2003 01:14]

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Fri, 10 October 2003 01:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ashlyn is currently offline Ashlyn

 
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 Cool Cool

Now maybe somebody will believe me when I say its still there Shocked

Laughing Grin Smirk

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Mon, 13 October 2003 03:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Micha

 
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gible wrote on Fri, 10 October 2003 06:49

Well I was still getting a 404...but I have a fix.

Find your hosts file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\host for Windows XP) and add the following line exactly as written:

212.15.82.2 www.starsfaq.com

That will fix the problem until they move StarsFAQ again Smile

Thanx to Sally for the IP address Smile


The site was working fine for me untill today, I checked when I saw the first postings here but nothing wrong at that time.
I tried the above fix but that doesn't work for me,

mch

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Mon, 13 October 2003 21:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
StarMaster is currently offline StarMaster

 
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Well, I still can't get in, using any method.

I think Sinla is correct, James did maintain the site. I'll fire off an e-mail to him, and see what's up. I'll post his reply here...

In the mean time, does anybody know of another site that has a copy of the "bugs and features" list? I'll be starting another game soon, and I'ld like to have a link for the game description...

Smile

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Tue, 14 October 2003 00:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gible

 
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 Try this thread in the Academy. I edit the first message occasionally to keep it mostly updated.

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Tue, 14 October 2003 02:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=& ie=UTF-8&threadm=1066050698.634357%40ananke.eclipse.net. uk&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3 Drec.games.computer.stars

basically the site is down due to DNS issues. It will be sorted soon apparently.

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Tue, 14 October 2003 03:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gible

 
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 Well I copied it. Its here if you want to try it. Bear in mind its running off my 56k modem so it'll be slow. And if I'm not online it won't be there at all Smile

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Tue, 14 October 2003 10:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Micha

 
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 This is the message James from Starsfaq posted on the newsgroup:

James wrote:


Matt wrote:

> James
>
> Is you site down for good?
>
> -Matt
>

No the site is going to keep going, its currently a technical problem my
webhost changed their DNS servers (I was using the old DNS servernames) and
I called them up and they told me to update the DNS which I have just done.
So the site should be back up by the end of today/tomorrow (depending on the
speed of DNS propergation).

Also the hosting coincidently is up for renewal by tomorrow and the domain
itself for the end of the year, along with another domain and hosting
account (fixgov.org - the book titled "global solutions" has now been
published, though the site design isn't mine, I just maintain it).

So I've got my credit card to hand for that one (plus 3 other domain renews)
- the cost is not great in the grand scheme of things but does start
adding up when you start multiplying everything several times (the joys of
being an unpaid webdesigner).

The starsfaq.com site is due for a thorough redesign (it was my first
website design), but only when I can find the time to actually do it (so no
promises on when that might be).

<shameless plug for my other websites>
starsfaq.com
earthemergency.org
sustainable-society.co.uk
worldfuturecouncil.org
</shameless plug for my websites>

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Rules are written for those who lack the ability to truly reason,
But for those who can, rules become nothing more than guidelines,
And live their lives governed not by rules but by reason.
- James McGuigan

The Stars! FAQ (www.starsfaq.com)
Earth Emergency - A Call to Action (www.earthemergency.org)



mch

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Re: Starsfaq gone? Tue, 14 October 2003 20:51 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
StarMaster is currently offline StarMaster

 
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Thanks for the update freakyboy and Micha. I did check the newsgroup before I started this thread, but it wasn't there then. I still haven't heard back from James. I wonder if his e-mail is also down, since he's using the starsfaq.com address...

And thanks for the link gible. I noticed that thread a while ago, but didn't realize that you update the top post. Do you mind if I copy/paste it to my web site?

Smile

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