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Server is up and running fine. If anyone is having issues the best place to reach the developers and work through issues in real time is Discord. Please join us here!

https://discord.gg/ytrhxqrBJ8

Do you have a computer programming background?

As far as instructions I dont think there is anything beyond what is on github.

you will need to download and configure visual studio and load the host solution file in the VC-Files directory.
Once you compile that, you have the server.

The server only compiles for windows.

Hello, the game is currently hosted on a windows VM in the cloud and you and your brother can download the client and play today. If you are interested in hosting it yourself or contributing, please see the "Current Source" link on the sidebar

Thanks for the tip. Is there any information on how to compile a version of the U6O server for Windows? I've searched everywhere and haven't been able to find any info. I did come across a map editor, and other editors and would love to check them out and see how they work. Running my own U6O server is probably required to use those tools I'd assume.

Thanks Again,
John

Hello, the game is currently hosted on a windows VM in the cloud and you and your brother can download the client and play today. If you are interested in hosting it yourself or contributing, please see the "Current Source" link on the sidebar

https://discord.gg/ytrhxqrBJ8

NEW LINK ABOVE! Old one was granting temp membership

Ultima VI Online has a discord server for anyone wanting to stop in, learn about the game, or play.
Any suggestions for channels/topics let me know in there or right here.

Is there a Discord server for the game? We should create one to organize meetings.

I created a basic one here: https://discord.gg/m7gQGTrq

If Cear Dragon creates an official server (would be great) I will delete the above.

I'll go ahead and create one as there appears to be some interest. I'll post the link in the forums and sticky it when ready

Apparently at the exact same time, the VM running the server reached its OS end of life service and needed an upgrade as well as the website's blog and forums deprecated and needed upgrades. We are back at it folks. Log in and slay some drakes

Hey there.  Will shoot out an email shortly.  We are experiencing a server Downage.

Up!

1 week i can't play... Server is DOOOWWWWNNnnnn 

Im on it!
And of course I do apologize. I'm considering upping the size of the VM the server runs on. Its a bite the bullet situation as I already pay ~40 a month for the server host.

Looks like we had another crash, its back up as of Feb 20th. Monitoring closely as I can.

that why server is down ? How many longtime did we wait ?

The server is having trouble but its up as of right now, Feb 20th
Im monitoring closely to see what I can do to mitigate further issues within reason.

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay. server_status@thezogcabal.com is indeed the fastest way to give me a heads up about the server.  That being said I have turned on notifications for this thread, I  hope that helps.

Sorry for the delay but there were issues with the VM the server runs on. This happens from time to time but I will be monitoring the status over the next few days closely.

Hey Crimson!

There have been ZERO changes to treasure maps. You are currently on a bad RNG (random number generator) streak. Keep it up and you should get some cloaks. If this issue persists another 10-20 chests then let me know. Perhaps there is something wrong with system time on the VM but it appears to be updating.

resizing the virtual machine. too expensive. server may be down for a few hours.

I let the first implementation run over the last week while I was out of town. It appears to have detected three server crashes and automatically rebooted the server. I will continue to monitor this process over the next few months but right now it seems solid.

I am currently working on a process monitor for the cloud VM that runs the server these days. Moving to the cloud had decreased downtime DRAMATICALLY but there are still instances where the ultima server crashes and the VM does not relaunch the service. Further more since the server does not run locally I dont know about it unless its reported or I cant log in.

In the coming days I will deploy a new program to monitor the ultima six online server health and automatically relaunch the server in cases of fatal error or close. I hope this will bring down time to near 0. I will report back when it's deployed