June 2023 ComboWhore Quebec Improvements

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June 2023 ComboWhore Quebec Improvements

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ComboWhore is now in its tenth year of operation, in one form or another, and we've been putting some work into getting ComboWhore Quebec back up to original spec. So far, your BosaikNet administrators have accomplished the following:
  • Statistics are once again tracked on GameTracker.
  • The server now restarts automatically each day, at 7:30 AM Eastern Time. This was originally implemented on every ComboWhore server, but broke on Quebec and the short-lived new Chicago due to a missing dependency on legacy OS behavior.
  • As previously announced, we have moved from a self-hosted file redirect server to PWC Networks's public service. They strive to support the game and the community built around it, and we believe they are more capable of hosting the redirect within our respective limitations and supporting it over the years to come.
  • 3SPN was updated to 3SPNv3212CW-beta, which backports the eye height fix from zenakuten's 3SPNvSol fork. More backported features are coming in the future, which will improve quality of life while preserving a familiar user experience.
Two tasks remain to be done:
  • A new stats server will be built. Ideally, this will be self-hosted, to provide an opportunity for experimentation. After the shutdown of ComboWhore's original services in 2021, stats were no longer tracked, and the stats database was lost; we will NOT be able to recover existing accounts. Presently, stats are not tracked at all, and autobalance does not work.
  • When the server restarts, due to the daily restart or due to a crash, it will always go to DM-Rankin-FE. Previously, as some of you may remember from Atlanta and old Chicago, it would not experience any interruption at all. This fix is due for reimplementation.
Happy fragging!

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