RKSzone.com - A Friendly Casual Gaming Clan and the Church of PhilXYZ! - Blogs http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php RKSzone.com (RKS) - A community of gamers and the Church of PhilXYZ en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:36:58 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.rkszone.com/images/brave/misc/rss.jpg RKSzone.com - A Friendly Casual Gaming Clan and the Church of PhilXYZ! - Blogs http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php I learned something today. http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=129 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:18 GMT Korean e-sport is srsbsns. Feel free to discuss. Korean e-sport is srsbsns.

Feel free to discuss. ]]> nsign http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=129 Oh my http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=128 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:06:45 GMT Today I came across this in the Pyter Shop: User Title Style Chang <-- no E, could this be because PY is secretly Paul Chang and its the Chang Style? ]]> TB002 http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=128 Join RKS http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=127 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:20:50 GMT You know you want to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTXNsLkn3No You know you want to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTXNsLkn3No ]]> TB002 http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=127 chocolate cake? is it really a lie? http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=126 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:53:19 GMT had some chocolate cake today, no bad. anyway I wanted to state that because it seems nothing else is happening on the forums D: talk people talk! had some chocolate cake today, no bad. anyway I wanted to state that because it seems nothing else is happening on the forums D: talk people talk! ]]> Ethan Pow http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=126 Feel the Heat http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=125 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:27:40 GMT Summer been starting to kick in lately... not as bad as in the past... :D anyway I been messing with Unity3D its a game engine that pretty neat...... Summer been starting to kick in lately... not as bad as in the past... :D

anyway I been messing with Unity3D its a game engine that pretty neat... Thinking of making a game for the hell of it... hopefully I get something out of the it. ]]> Ethan Pow http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=125 RKS zone http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=123 Sun, 23 May 2010 22:23:11 GMT ---Quote (Originally by BFishY)--- After some searching for a drawball.com look alike but more private I found this:...
Quote Originally Posted by BFishY View Post
After some searching for a drawball.com look alike but more private I found this:
http://www.yourworldoftext.com/rkszone

Go nuts :P
]]> BFishY http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=123 Computer Broke http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=122 Fri, 21 May 2010 01:49:06 GMT Mah Computer broke so I can't do much with the gmod servers. Hopefully I will order a new one soon or fix the old one. ]]> TB002 http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=122 TF2 Servers (2fort) http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=121 Thu, 20 May 2010 01:29:07 GMT RKS server starts up easily whenever there is a server update. In fact, the goldrush server filled up within a matter of minutes. Unfortunately,... RKS server starts up easily whenever there is a server update. In fact, the goldrush server filled up within a matter of minutes. Unfortunately, retaining all those players is another story.

I have started up a 2fort server for those who like 2fort better. It will have some customized addons installed on it soon, so let's hope that it fares better than the goldrush.

In either case, I wish to have both of these servers to be populated. For the moment until I determine the demand on the 2fort and the goldrush servers, pyters are given out only for playing on the goldrush. I will announce if I decide to allow pyyters for the 2fort server as well.

Another issue is that some wish to have all random criticals disabled. Tell me what you think here and it may come true! ]]> PY004 http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=121 Website Improvements http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=120 Thu, 20 May 2010 01:26:08 GMT I have installed Imagemagick onto the server to handle image resizing when uploading avtars, sigs, attachments, etc. This should offer significantly... I have installed Imagemagick onto the server to handle image resizing when uploading avtars, sigs, attachments, etc. This should offer significantly better image quality especially when there are a lot of blue colors (since blue is the color that GD is the most weak at). ]]> PY004 http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=120 New Server and some improvements http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=119 Mon, 17 May 2010 10:16:55 GMT Okay so it has been couple hours now since Odyssey took over the functions of the web site. It seems to be doing a lot better now. Performance is... Okay so it has been couple hours now since Odyssey took over the functions of the web site. It seems to be doing a lot better now. Performance is much greater than the older version, and darth's DoS attacks failed to bring the server down. Although the server is still vulnerable to DoS attacks, it should withstand it a lot more easily than before.

I have also spent some time improving the loading performance of RKSzone. My particular concern is that the main page alone is 763KB large. I have improved this down to 668KB in size, so that's about 12% improvement in loading time incurred simply by transferring the files.

I have no reduced the size of the front page to 334KB. There should be a 400KB size reduction of most pages in the rks website also. ]]> PY004 http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=119 The Pyter http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=118 Sun, 16 May 2010 15:32:49 GMT Hello, the pyter is inflating, so start a bank. That is all. Hello, the pyter is inflating, so start a bank. That is all. ]]> TB002 http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=118 The Prime Minister of the UK http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=117 Fri, 14 May 2010 21:13:27 GMT Who is it for 50 points? Who is it for 50 points? ]]> TB002 http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=117 Webserver improvements http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=116 Thu, 13 May 2010 09:17:38 GMT I have spent a lot more time today improving the web server preformance. The website is now running FastCGI with multiple different cache and code... I have spent a lot more time today improving the web server preformance. The website is now running FastCGI with multiple different cache and code compilers/optimizers running. MySQL queries are being resolved 33% faster on the forums and 70% faster on the CMS. The page load time has also decreased overall by on average 40%. Furthermore, the server will be capable of a lot more simultaneous requests as the server will no longer render the site for every request if nothing has changed. I hope these are helpful for those who have complained to me in the past that the webpage loads too slowly.

Furthermore, some optimizations were done to sourcebans, which should load the ban list 90% quicker, and the main page 40% quicker.

HLSTATSX site should open up 50% quicker and SQL queries should be executed 10% faster.


There are however issues with running FastCGI so if you see any bugs, please make a bug report on the projects site or send me a message on friends ASAP. Thank you! ]]> PY004 http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=116 CS:S Beta http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=115 Tue, 11 May 2010 22:12:44 GMT Well, CS:S beta seems to be the same damn thing as the regular CS:S with the achievements added on and some GUI improvements. On the server side... Well, CS:S beta seems to be the same damn thing as the regular CS:S with the achievements added on and some GUI improvements.

On the server side of things, it runs on the Orangebox TF2 engine.
In a way this should have increased some security related issues, however, the OB engine does use significantly more processing power and memory. I guess it's a mix of good and bad.

Sorry to all those who didn't get into the beta. On another note: It took forever to get the server setup. More time was consumed that usual. Firstly, since this was a new game with a new command for updating, I had to create a new profile in TCAdmin. Then when that was done, I had to download it via the hldsupdatetool (hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game cssbeta -dir D:\CSSB). When that was done, I had to spend time to upload all the addons... which ended up not working. Once the issues were finally resolved with the crappy connection I have right now (I am not home, but rather at the school that I do TA and office hours) there were so many servers out there that the server was a lot harder to fill up than the instant fille up everyone experienced earlier today.

Regardless, the server has been given access to ample processing power so it should provide a pretty good experience to those who wish to try it.

Too bad that this isn't a server that would exactly bring more traffic to RKS. ]]> PY004 http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=115 TF2 Update... http://www.rkszone.com/blog.php?b=114 Tue, 11 May 2010 15:09:06 GMT A TF2 update came out today for the servers. Unfortunately, it's a very miinor fix and there seems to be no major addition, and it is definitely not the engineer update. We will all have to keep waiting!

Stopping the game server...
Game server has been stopped.
Checking bootstrapper version ...
Updating Installation
Updating 'Team Fortress 2 Content' from version 145 to version 146

38.32% /orangebox\tf\bin\server.dll

Checking/Installing 'Team Fortress 2 Materials' version 56


Checking/Installing 'Base Source Shared Materials' version 8


Checking/Installing 'Base Source Shared Models' version 4


Checking/Installing 'Base Source Shared Sounds' version 4


Updating 'OB Dedicated Server' from version 34 to version 35

43.04% /orangebox\tf\resource\tf_english.txt
44.50% /orangebox\bin\adminserver.dll
49.98% /orangebox\bin\datacache.dll
73.64% /orangebox\bin\dedicated.dll
74.33% /orangebox\bin\engine.dll
80.40% /orangebox\bin\inputsystem.dll
81.42% /orangebox\bin\materialsystem.dll
82.87% /orangebox\bin\stdshader_dbg.dll
83.96% /orangebox\bin\stdshader_dx6.dll
86.15% /orangebox\bin\stdshader_dx7.dll
89.42% /orangebox\bin\stdshader_dx8.dll
92.18% /orangebox\bin\stdshader_dx9.dll
94.42% /orangebox\bin\studiorender.dll
100.00% /orangebox\bin\vgui2.dll

HLDS installation up to date
Starting the game server...
Game server has been started.
The Steam update has completed. You may close this window.


Quote Originally Posted by Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2


  • Fixed a missing localization string
  • Fixed an issue where Linux dedicated servers would not automatically retrieve master server addresses
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