Terraria Migration Underway

The Minecraft server migration went off without a hitch, and we have begun the migration of the Terraria server. I have taken it down in the meantime, and I will post here when I bring it back up, (along with the new address.)

UPDATE 1: New address is on the right side of the page, although the server itself will not be up for awhile yet.

And We're Back!

Server is back up at the new address, (found on the right side of the page here,) and everything should be pretty much just as you left it, albeit a bit snappier performance-wise.

Terraria server migration will be occurring sometime today, (the 30th,) although I do not have a definite time slot yet.

Server Migration Underway

We have begun the process of doing a live migration to the east coast datacenter that should help reduce latency and improve performance. At this time, the server is still online, however I cannot guarantee anything that happens in-world will be permanent beyond this moment in time, until the new server comes up.

We will have a new address shortly, and I will post here when the new address is up, so that you can get connected to the new server. Worst case scenario, I have already downloaded a copy of the world as it was about 15 minutes ago and I have it stored here on my local machine.

In addition, if the Minecraft server migration goes well, I will be migrating the Terraria server in a similar manner. Shouldn't be more than a couple hours, at the most, for all of this to happen, and we WILL have new addresses when the migrations are complete.
I'll keep this updated.

UPDATE 1: 2103

The move is underway, and the team thinks that it will take a couple of hours at this time. I will be up until at least 5am anyway, so I will keep updating this as I get more information. Keep in mind that while the Minecraft server is still up, I can make no guarantees about anything you do being permanent. It may be, it may not be; it all depends on when the transfer picks up the Minecraft files and shifts them to the other server. Just something to keep in mind.

Also, at this time, it looks like we will probably be migrating the Terraria server in a similar manner sometime tomorrow, rather than tonight. Thanks for all your support.

UPDATE 2: 0144

Still moving, as far as I can tell. I have requested an update from the team that is doing the move, and I am going to try to get this back online before 8 am local time if I can.

Terraria Sale Today

Terraria is on sale today; any of you Minecrafters who have been thinking about picking it up, should go check it out while it's only $2.49. Our Terraria server is up and running; address on the right side of this page, and you can get the password by contacting me.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/

Opened Server Up; Added Chat Features

Big news; the server is now open for ANYONE to join, without being on the whitelist. Players who join and aren't on the whitelist do not have the ability to place or destroy blocks, and cannot interact with items, (chests, furnaces, etc.) What this does, however, is it gets you onto the server, where you can walk around and see what we have built, and talk to the players. Contact a mod in-game to see about getting whitelisted.

We've also added colors to our chat system. The colors are applied to a users name everytime they send a message. Each color is assigned to a specific user group.

White - NEW users: people who have not been whitelisted
Green - REGULARS: people who regularly play on the server and are whitelisted
Red - MODERATORS: people to contact in case of in-game issues or questions
Blue - ADMIN: me, the server owner and operator

So, with these new changes, (in addition to our economy added earlier,) we hope to see more people join the server. Come on over and see what we've created!

Economy and Chest Shop Added

We now have an economy and a chest shop mod. The information about how these work and how to use them is at the link on the right side of this page.

Future Migration

I recently received an email from our hosting company, telling me that they are expanding operations and will be opening business at a datacenter in New York, as well as the Dallas datacenter that they currently operate, (among others.) With this email came the offer to migrate our server to New York, free of charge. The hardware located in the New York datacenter will also be mildly faster than what is at the Dallas datacenter, so I believe that I will be taking them up on this offer.

Now to the important part, what does this mean for you? This means that there WILL be a downtime, probably several hours in length, in the near future. I do not have an exact date or time to let you know of right now, but I will inform you as soon as possible. There MAY be an address change, but I do not think that there will be at this time. After the move, the server itself will be more responsive, in addition to being closer, which will cut down on lag and latency.

Overall, this is a very good thing, and it makes me happy to see that our new host is already extending us the courtesy of A) Notifying us of downtimes and issues, (which our other hosts failed at,) and B) Offering us beneficial changes for free. They seem very customer oriented at this time, and I am glad to see that.