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MainDarkmaster*P3*
Admiral
Joined: May 28, 2005
Posts: 97
From: USA
|  Posted: 2006-03-03 18:28
Ive been trying to find a old topic with a halo movie link,but i cant see to find it. I say they add a search button to look for keywords in fourm.
THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION!!!
BUT PLEASE ADD ONE!!!
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Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2006-03-03 19:48
Search got removed because everytime someone used it, the game would freeze for 10-30 seconds.
So it's disabled and only for admin use.
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Doran
Chief Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 29, 2003
Posts: 4032
From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2006-03-03 19:48
we have one, but it causes DB lag, so its now an admin feature.
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Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2006-03-03 19:50
(Owned Doran)
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Musiqsoulman
Grand Admiral
*Renegade Space Marines*
Joined: November 26, 2005
Posts: 209
From: Italy
| Posted: 2006-03-04 04:26
well that's because server is both controlling GAME and FORUM features.
not good.
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Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2006-03-04 11:20
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On 2006-03-04 04:26, musiqsoulman wrote:
well that's because server is both controlling GAME and FORUM features.
not good.
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Err no..
DS uses an MYSQL server (like an excel spreadsheet for those who have no idea what iti s). What it does is store info. So, out of game, I create my profile. This creates my forum profile, and it's also linked to my game profile. Rather than having two seperate DB's, they just link them, makes things simpler. Now, when I go ingame, the game LOADS the info from the database, and when I exit the game, any prestige I made or lost will be appended to the database. This is then reflected when someone polls a users profile, and the stats get called from the database.
They are simply linked, so when you search the forums (DarkSpace has A LOT of posts here, something like 250k posts, that's a lot of info to store, and the database is probably gigantic because of it. So when searching the database, the ENTIRE thing is searched, so when the game is trying to load info for planets and such, it's having to wait for the search to finish. It's ok when there's not much going on, but in massive fleet battles, just a simple "Jack" search would freeze up the game data. I remember one time when I was trying to build, and the planet wouldn't change, even if I clicked build 100 times. Turns out someone had used the search feature when I was building, and I had to wait for the search to finish before the planet would update. Ofcourse, it only lasted for all of 5-10 seconds, but imagine if everyone was doing it, and the forum is getting bigger all the time, as is the game. Things could only get worse in this aspect, which is why they disabled it.
- Jack
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MainDarkmaster*P3*
Admiral
Joined: May 28, 2005
Posts: 97
From: USA
| Posted: 2006-03-05 21:10
ok thanks guy i didnt know if it wasnt around in 1.482 or 1.483 i wasnt there for it.
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Bobamelius
Grand Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 2074
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2006-03-05 22:21
So that's what causes those crazy lag spikes...
*slaps Mithrandir*
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-RevenG-
Raven Warriors
Joined: March 03, 2004
Posts: 2673
| Posted: 2006-03-06 00:51
The myths are true! The search button has a great power!
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lightning[Voyager][ A ]
Cadet
Joined: August 04, 2004
Posts: 419
From: CANADA. QUEBEC
| Posted: 2006-03-06 02:04
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On 2006-03-05 22:21, Bobamelius -R33- wrote:
So that's what causes those crazy lag spikes...
*slaps Mithrandir*
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haha, nice call boba
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c0ld
Midshipman
Joined: June 24, 2003
Posts: 342
From: UK
| Posted: 2006-03-06 14:03
Could outsource the search to a dedicated company. There are loads of 'google-like' search engines that deal with forums. I found http://www.boardtracker.com/ and http://www.itch.com/ with a quick search, but there are better ones out there.
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Drafell
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Mythica
Joined: May 30, 2003
Posts: 2449
From: United Kingdom
| Posted: 2006-03-06 15:45
To give you an idea of the DB size...
Theres something like 9 million indexes created when the DB is installed from backup.
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Doran
Chief Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 29, 2003
Posts: 4032
From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2006-03-06 17:20
http://www.google.com/search?q=halo+site%3Awww.darkspace.net
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ForMichael
Joined: June 11, 2004
Posts: 61
| Posted: 2006-03-06 17:40
Darkspace could make some extra money if Faustus put the Google AdSense for Search on the front page. He would probably have to fix a lot of links though.
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Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2006-03-06 18:12
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On 2006-03-06 15:45, Drafell {R33} wrote:
To give you an idea of the DB size...
Theres something like 9 million indexes created when the DB is installed from backup.
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Holy...
I knew it was big... but... Not gigantic...
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