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the world is not back up and running everything is working fine. see you online!!

the world has been updated to version 5.0.3 "Welcome to The World" to get the full version the auto updater can't handle it so you have to re-install the world. You can do this over you current version and the auto updater will take care of the rest when you have version 5.0.0

I went onto the game yesterday and I was able to get it running as far as the desktop. however since all file's where lost when you go to log in you will have a "new charecter slot" open. however because of a run time errer (30 cool you will not be able to access the game. it is still in beta testing to make sure all the bug's are fixed.

-wash_away

PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject: Cause of the server crash found. Reply with quote
As the title of this topic says, the cause of the attacks on the CyberConnect Co. servers has been found. The day of the server crash, the logs show that several small files were uploaded through out the day, fallowed by a large compiler file that night. The compiler file, upon inspected, seemed to compile and then launch the newly formed program, which simply deleted several directories and then cleared several spots in the system registry.

Also, the source of this mallicious code has been found, to be someone we all knew and trusted. CyberConnect Co. is sad to report, that our second longest employee Tehkis, went against the company by doing so. I have tried several times to contact him by phone, MSN, etc, yet all attempts he simply blocked me, or hung up. I really did want to at least talk with him, as many of you know that he was one of the original people I hired to the CyberConnect Co. staff. Although I am angry at him that he betrayed myself, the staff, and the players of The World, I think I am more hurt that he would use things which I taught him (some programming things) along with his own knowledge to upload these files, and thus attack the system.

Thus, I am sorry to say that Tehkis has been perminantly fired, from the CyberConnect Corporation, as well as banned from The World as well as the site.

~Joseph Stacko
President of CyberConnect Co.

I would like to let you all know, that the client and server are in debug mode right now. I will basically take an hour or so, and simply go around and do random things in the game, looking for bugs.

For the next few days, the server will most likely be a bit buggy (after it is back up that is to the public).

If you would like to help in the "Welcome to The World" quick-beta, please let me know, and I may give you a client to test with (most likely, you will have to be a very active player, or staff).

The server may have to stay down an additional day due to the new GU vol 2 trailer, took up a lot of my time. >_>;

At 12:55 AM Central Time, a major bug showed itself within the servers of The World. Due to this, the server has been taken down untill the issue could be fixed.

The issues source is unknown, and its effects on the server are classified to all but a few people. If you do know what it is, it is in direct violation of CC corps user agreement to disclose any information on it.

Well, there has been an update with the issue, and unfortunately the game will be down for serveral days due to it. We still have yet to find who is the cause of the problem, yet I will be making a phone call to the dial up company which the user was accessing from (I traced it to there).

Although no large details can be said about what the actual bug was, I will let you all know that regretably, some very valuable data was lost in this. So far, the actual server code seems to be 100% fine, yet some key data files were deleted, and cannot be recovered, and the old back ups are to old to be of any use.

Due to the loss of this data, we at CC corp have decided to use this massive downtime to do what we shall call: Welcome to The World

With this update (Welcome to The World aka v5.0) we will be doing the fallowing:

Will be added for sure for the update
1) Redoing the entire stats system, so that it fits in with that of the CyberConnect 2 stats system. This was on request to be done, before any further things in what I will now call 'the deal to change The World'.

2) Along with the stats change, we will be introducing an out of game mail system which will be linked with your The World account. This will give more use to the Flash Mail system which is currently in The World. Due to that, we will also be upgrading the Flash Mail system. [Complete]

3) Fix the bank system. The current one is not very 'user friendly' and thus we shall be making it more friendly.

4) Subclass Revamp. As of right now, from what I have seen, the subclasses are very useless and not many are used. So we are going to 'beef them up'.

5) Fixing a few GUI and GFX issues, such as the Altimit OS, MiniMap Icons, etc.

6) Fixing the /help command.

Will hopefully be added for the update

1) More sprites, such as armor, head, and PCs. Also, we will try to add in some of the 'better' sprites from the old system for you all to use.

2) Revamp of the Party system. Make it more useful and such.

3) Bring back the grunty raising system. This may or may not be added, if we cannot figure out how to have it work in time.

4) Bane and Blood spells (Beast Bane, Hunters Bane, Warrior Blood, ect.).

5) Status Effect (Sleep, Poison, Speed Down, Attack Up, Speed Up, ect.) revamp.

6) Skill Effects (Life Drain, Skill Drain, Death).

7) Health Charms.

cool An 'encounter' system. With this, PCs will randomly come into contact with various key PCs from .Hack//. The people who will be encountered could range from Kite and Tsukasa, to the Phases (already there), Aura, Lios, Helba, and even Morganna Mode Gone herself. Also, the effects of these would range. For example, an encounter with someone like Kite may give you simply nothing, to possibly a very rare item (no, not the Twilight Bracelet). Yet an encounter with Morganna may do nothing... yet at the same time, she may 'Data Drain' you and thus delete your character data.

9) An Arena System. Basically, an arena for PCs to battle on teams against others.

As each of these are finished, a [Complete] will be put at the end of it.

~Joseph Stacko, President of CyberConnect Co.