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Fresh Wipe/ Mod Mismatch help

SciFi Monkeys — Fri, 20 May 2016 19:19:54 +0000

If anyone is struggling with mod mismatch error as they join the server, here's what works for me:

Go to Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Content\Mods and delete its contents (but do not delete the Mods folder itself). You will then download the mods directly from the server next time you join. It may take a few tries if the mod files are large.

That approach has worked for me 100% of the time, but others have found that unsubscribing from the mods in the worshop works for them.

See you soon! :)

NEW ECLIPSE IS UP!

SciFi Monkeys — Fri, 20 May 2016 18:39:01 +0000

We're wiped and ready for everyone to come back! Let's MAKE ECLIPSE GREAT AGAIN (kehehehe) and get to work! See you guys online!

AAAAAND.... Order is restored :)

beanlord — Tue, 17 May 2016 06:21:03 +0000

Hey guys!

Good news! The DDoS attack is over, and our server host has both replaced and upgraded their equipment, which means Eclipse is back in business. We are letting our host take it from here, but there is an ongoing investigation and the culprit will be brought to justice :) All I'll say is, someone wasted a LOT of money to DDoS us for the weekend, brought down an entire data center in the process, and their efforts are going to be completely wasted. We do feel rather special to be the source of such extreme attention, though. ;) The mods of Eclipse don't believe in letting the terrorists win, so here's what's next:

Our server stability is restored. No more network-related crashes. We all know we are playing a game in alpha, so random crashes will happen occasionally, but overall we have a very stable server.

We will be wiping the server on Friday. I apologize for having to do this so soon, but I think many of you understand why this is necessary. The DDoS forced a lot of our population to leave. In order to have a healthy sized population again, we'll need to start fresh and the best day to do that is on a Friday.

Until Friday, we are going to install a bunch of silly mods on the main server so we can all goof around a little bit and try some new things.

This week is Eclipse Weird Mod Week 100x :) Let's have some fun and resume our usual shenanigans on Friday.

Thanks everyone for being so patient and supportive. I know this weekend has been frustrating for all of us, but you are a great community!

<3

Char and Seamonkey

DDoS ongoing

beanlord — Sun, 15 May 2016 18:20:02 +0000

As many of you are aware, Eclipse is being DDoSed. The DDoS protection with our host is normally excellent-- we frequently get DDoSed and no one even notices. In this case, the traffic caused a switch to fail and it took out the entire data center. Our host is in crisis mode working to get it replaced, but replacing a switch is a really big deal and takes some time. Once the damages are repaired, we'll have stable service once again. I do not have an ETA from them yet, but I will let you know as soon as I know more.

Thank you for your patience, I know you all are very frustrated. The silver lining of this situation is that because the damages have been so extreme, the likelihood of prosecution has increased considerably. People who play dirty will get what's coming to them. :)

Hopefully we'll be up and running soon!

Service interruption-- DDoS

beanlord — Sat, 14 May 2016 07:56:33 +0000

Hey guys,

We are currently experiencing some issues with our servers as our host is being DDoSed. We have moved the autosave up to once every 15 minutes to help deal with rollbacks, if they happen, once we can get everything online again.

Please hang in there, we will be up again as soon as it is possible!

Server downtime

beanlord — Sun, 01 May 2016 01:39:18 +0000

Hi guys,

I am SO sorry about the extended downtime. We have been restoring our files for the last 3 hours and the upload is just taking an agonizingly long time. I'll start up the server as soon as our files are back online!

NEW high rate pvp server opens 4/22

beanlord — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:45:13 +0000

HEY NERDS!

I have some good news :) We've had a lot of talk of wiping the server recently and we've decided we will NOT be wiping the main server. Instead, we are opening a second PVP server that will wipe once every 4-5 weeks to keep things fresh and interesting.

Here's the plan!

It will be 25x ALL -- experience, harvest, breeding.

We'll be rotating maps each wipe cycle. This first time, we'll be running either The Center or Shigo Islands. Have a preference? Let me know!

This server is going to be SAVAGE. Because I want to be able to continue to effectively moderate our main server, we have decided that our new server isn't going to have any rules other than the standard no racism or hate speech. We want to see people get creative and get messy. Life is cruel and so is ARK! This server is going to be ideal for serious PVPers who aren't afraid of a little chaos.

Questions or comments? Please post a comment in the steam forums or add EclipsePVP on steam.

Have fun everyone! <3

SERVER OFFICIALLY OPENS 2/18 :)

beanlord — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:45:20 +0000

Hey guys, everything is looking good! Thanks for being so patient while we solved basically every single problem that could have happened to a server ;)

Server is up now in test mode, and will be wiped and official this afternoon at 4pm PST!

BY THE WAY:

We have already been DDoSed twice since opening the server. It is going to happen again. But it's not as bad as it used to be. When we were hosted by Havoc, the server would lag and kick everyone during a DDoS attack. With our new provider, players who are already in the game will not even notice the attack. They will be able to play normally and the server will save their data. Anyone not currently in the game will not be able to enter it until the DDoS is over. Typically it's lasted about 5 hours. During this time, players in the game will not notice anything BUT the server will appear offline to indexing sites like ArkServers.

Their filtering system learns from experience, so it should only take a few DDoS attacks for it to learn enough to be able to prevent them in the future! I am hoping that we can get another DDoS out of the way before the weekend crowd joins in. We'll be promoting the server online, and I'd love it if you could invite your friends to join us.

Can't wait to start playing with you all again! <3

Eclipse will be in ALPHA testing mode until Friday 2/19!

beanlord — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:40:34 +0000

Hi again guys. Sigh. So we're still working to lift the curse that seems to have fallen over our server (heh) and we're still having issues. We got the save problem worked out last night BUT it appears there is a larger issue at hand that went undetected. Our new host is being extremely responsive and helpful to help us get things working smoothly so that once we're properly set up, we can enjoy our server for the foreseeable future with minimal interruption.

We will be keeping the server up, but I want you guys to know that I can't make any guarantees about the server while we are troubleshooting. Please feel free to keep playing, just don't get too attached to your stuff-- we'll be starting clean, hopefully for the last time, on Friday. I'll be giving a few more users admin cheat codes so we can use this week to goof off, blow off some steam, and set shit on fire using dragons. Let's try to have some fun and make the best of the situation! Now is the time to get silly.

Thank you all for your amazing support and patience. You are a wonderful community and you guys are the reason I keep doing this even when things go wrong-- I think we have something special here and I'm going to make sure things work out. I'd like to award some form of compensation to the tribes who stick around. I'll be doing some thinking about what that will mean over the week.

<3 Char

New server running normally again!

beanlord — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 10:05:08 +0000

Our new host has been super helpful with identifying the cause of the save issue. The problem has been fixed! The server is now saving normally. There has been a rollback to the last time the server saved successfully, which was Saturday around noon.

Sorry about the loss of data for those who played last night, but at least things are fixed now and we can go back to playing normally! Thanks for your patience everyone.

BTW: Stack mod is not currently installed on the server but we will be discussing its pros and cons as a community over the next few days.

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