PPlank

31
Jan
2021

New PvP Server is up and Running

The new PvP server is up and running.

If you see any bugs, then please add them to the #bugs channel in Discord.

You can find the link to join the new server on the Rust Servers page.

 

Posted by PPlank in General, Rust Servers, Server Updates
28
Jan
2021

New PvE Server is up and Running

The new PvE server is up and running. Expect some teething problems as even though I've set the server salt (resource generation) the same as the old server, something isn't quite right when I was testing the new one last night. Player placed Quarries were only producing stone and PumpJacks weren't producing anything. If it's still doing it (I haven't checked as I write this), then it probably wont get fixed until next wipe on 4th February.

And everything is as it should be, no lag or rubberbanding either.

Everything else looks okay apart from the PlayRust.io map generation. I've raised a support ticket with the new host about that.

If you see any other bugs, then please add them to the #bugs channel in Discord.

You can find the link to join the new server on the Rust Servers page.

Posted by PPlank in General, Rust Servers, Server Updates
23
Jan
2021

We’re Moving IPs – Again

Next Thursday 28th January we're moving IP addresses and ports. I'm just not getting enough donations to warrant a dedicated server (in Germany via Hetzner) and the 100+euros each month that it costs. That service has been cancelled and terminates on the 2nd Feb.

Instead, I'm moving to 3 different game panel type hosts which are quite a lot cheaper for some reason, but I lose the substantial benefit (to me) of a Windows server to run Rust on (and a few other game servers). Swings and roundabouts. People who have been around for a while will have noticed that the server slots have already been reduced to 47 in preparation for this.

You will have also realised from reading the above that there are currently 5 Rust servers and I'm moving to 3, so what servers are going? Duo and either NoRules or Clans server, I havent for sure decided yet, but it will probably be NoRules. None of those 3 servers get much interest any more.

That means we will be left with the ever popular PvE server, the Solo server (which has a hard core of regulars) and a PvP server. All servers are currently located in Germany, but I'm moving them to the UK where I live. From personal experience, if you're a euro player you won't notice any difference in gameplay whatsoever.

I will lease the new servers on Tuesday 26th, configure them, and then on Thursday 28th we'll have a short period of close down (an hour or two at most) while I migrate the game saves to the new servers and do any tweaks I find need doing.

When this happens you will likely have to use F1 and connect to the new servers manually. Once they're in your history, you can favourite them within Rust. I'll also provide direct Steam links on the Rust server page together with links to the new Rust maps on PlayRust.io.

It hasn't missed my attention that since I moved to the Hetzner server in March 2020 it marked the fall off of donations. I'm hoping that by moving back to UK servers I'll see the player base increase and also the number of donations. If after 3-4 months there have been no increase in donations then it might be time to shut up shop, or at least mothball everything. It's been a blast, but I can't afford to keep paying for the servers out of my own pocket.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

-PPlank

Posted by PPlank in General, Rust Servers
11
Sep
2020

Crafting Changes on All Rust Servers

Due to changes in two of the crafting plugins we use and a lack of confidence in the devs to fix an issue with them in a timely manner, I've had to reluctantly make the decision to change the way crafting is handled.

As you may or may not know, I've never liked instant crafting because it makes the game too easy and offers no incentive for players to continue playing during a wipe. For this reason, I've always preferred Zlevels and a fast and steady progression to better crafting times - just 2-4 hours on the server crafting things and you'd be at top level with near instant crafting.

However due to FacePunch making the vanilla game very grindy to achieve anything (the 7 Days To Die devs are also very guilty of this), and a problem between Zlevels and Crafting Controller that will likely never get resolved, I've been forced to make changes. I'm not totally happy about it but it should make life about the same for players. Maybe slightly better, maybe slightly worse.

Effectively immediately, crafting has been removed from Zlevels, and now all items can be crafted in one tenth of their vanilla times with a few exceptions that I've listed below.

I'm sorry if you're not happy about this (neither am I) but I've tried to be as fair as possible in making these changes.

Here are the exceptions, all times in seconds, all times are the same as vanilla Rust. This is to try to slow down raiding a little.

  • ammo.rocket.basic - craftTime: 10.0
  • ammo.rocket.fire - craftTime: 10.0
  • ammo.rocket.hv - craftTime: 10.0
  • explosive.satchel - craftTime: 30.0
  • explosive.timed - craftTime: 30.0
  • ammo.rifle.explosive - craftTime: 3.0
  • explosives - craftTime: 5.0
  • gunpowder - craftTime: 2.0

-PPlank

Posted by PPlank in Rust Servers
05
Mar
2020

We’re Changing IP Address

We're not just changing IPs, we're changing hardware too. The old machine had 64GB RAM, whereas the new box has 256GB RAM. I can only think this was a mistake at the datacenter as it was the same price as the new 64GB boxes. Yay.

We still need donations of course (running servers is expensive in both money and time), which you can do on the donate page.

The IP address of all the servers will now be 46.4.61.171, and you can get to the Steam Connect links on the Rust Servers page.

When the wipe happens tonight, the old Rust severs will go offline and the new ones will take effect. You'll need to search for GameKeeper in the modded section of the ingame browser, and then add them to your favourites.

I've also unbanned everyone who has ever been banned. It's a fresh start for everyone. We'll see what happens.

If you play up, you WILL get banned. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Posted by PPlank in General, Rust Servers
28
Jan
2020

Stack Sizes Massively Increased

There's a noteworthy change happening to all the servers - aside from all the usual updates and tweaks done on a daily basis.

At some point in the last 12+ months while I've been away ill, the stack sizes have gone back to what appears to be default vanilla sizes. This was never the intention, and I'm not really sure how it's happened. Sometimes a new version of a plugin will wipe the existing config, and maybe that's what's happened in this case. Nobody reported it to us (AFAIK), so none of the admins knew to go in and fix it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Now I've spotted it, I've done a quick amendment so that most stack sizes are now set at 500,000 - yep that's stacks of half a million, just like it used to be. Now, it's very likely that at some point I WILL change certain items such as charcoal, sulfur, ammunition, explosives, etc, to a reduced amount while carrying them, and I'll amend some containers so that stack sizes are limited inside them, but until I get around to doing that, enjoy the globally increased stack sizes.

-PPlank

Posted by PPlank in Rust Servers
31
Mar
2019

Faster Crafting is Back on GameKeeper

I recently discovered (just after the last wipe) that while I've been away ill last year, instant crafting had been enabled on all the servers. Now I know it's matter of personal choice, but it's been something I've always been against as I see it as fundamentally wrong to the game of Rust.

We all have our opinions...

There were a few words amongst the admins, and I got a bit quietly salty and threw all my toys out of the pram. Then I disabled instant crafting on all but PvE. Eventually I calmed down as I can see we're all correct in our opinions and that faster crafting IS something everybody wants (me too). I've just never agreed with the idea that it should be handed out to everyone for nothing. I've always believed that progression through levelling up to get faster crafting is the way to go. But early game can be a real pain while you're waiting for that to happen, and let's face it, these aren't vanilla servers so why be faced with vanilla crafting times?

With that in mind, I've set general crafting to a fifth of whatever its vanilla Rust crafting time is, with a few exceptions. For example, early game, who wants to wait 60 seconds (or even 12) for a tool cupboard to craft? That's now insta. I'll add some more as I think of them and as I get suggestions, but I only see early game items as needing to be insta. Once you do enough crafting and hit Crafting Level 20, everything is insta. With a few exceptions.

Hopefully this compromise (thanks for suggesting that, legleg) will make everyone happy.

All this is ONLY on the PvP servers, PvE remains instant crafting.

In life, I've found that good things often come from bad things, and so something good has come from this. When the time is right I'll make an announcement about what that is. 😉

Posted by PPlank in General
30
Mar
2019

Two New Teleport Commands Added

We've added two new "Town Teleport" commands to all the Rust servers.

These work instantly to teleport you and there's no cooldown period or limit so you can use them as much as you like. We may add limits if we feel they're being abused.

/ttb ~ Teleports you to the Bandit Camp.

/tto ~ Teleports you to the Outpost.

You can see these, plus all the other player commands on the Rust commands page.

https://gamekeeper.io/rust-commands/

Posted by PPlank in General, Rust Servers, Server Updates
28
Mar
2019

Trio Server Closing

After seeing that the Trio server only gets a little usage, we've decided to close it and we're asking players to use the big boys "Clans" server instead.

Speaking of which we've removed the "Clans" tag from the title now as we thought it might be putting off individual players if they think it's only for clans. It isn't. We won't close Trio until next wipe day on the 4th April.

The Solo and Duo servers are as popular as ever so we won't be touching those. They were a good idea.

So the question is, what are we going to do with that extra capacity we're going to save by not running Trio? Well, the very popular PvE server has been on occasions touching nearly 20GB of RAM usage (Rust is SUCH a hog), so we were getting a little bit concerned about the 64GB RAM being topped out. We were at times about 10GB shy of that but it's always nice to have a little "wiggle room" just in case. There's currently about 19GB free.

To replace Trio, legleg has had a really cool idea for those players who can't spend too much time on Rust looking after their bases. More on this in another post. 😉

Posted by PPlank in General, Rust Servers
06
Mar
2019

Rage fuelled hatred

Maybe I’m wasting my time writing this, Hemomaniac has already shown his true colours in the three posts on the forums.

Legleg takes your money and bans you. ADMIN ABUSE
Admins LegLeg and Zilch Horrible Human Beings. Abuse to Players
I suggest you all go to a new server. Admins are Fucked here.

Please take a read of one of those before reading further. You must learn what nasty admin abusing bastards we are!

While reading those, please take note that those posts contain nothing but statements; there is nothing in those posts that even slightly back up what he said. No examples, no chat logs between legleg and himself. I wonder why that might have been…

I’ll start with debunking the top post.

The title first

“LegLeg Takes your money and bans you”

None of us takes away money from GameKeeper, it all goes back into paying for hardware and new plugins. But I think the title was implying that he donated and still got banned. Donators do not, and will not get any special treatment when it comes down to rule breaking etc. Also, donations are greatly appreciated by all of us, but we don’t demand you donate. So if you don’t want to do it, then don’t.

Take your money and ban you for things that aren’t even against any rules.

Well he clearly didn’t read the rules then..

o Do NOT accuse the admins of abuse. We don’t play on our own servers, and we can spawn anything in we need. We’re busy with technicalities pretty much all of our spare time. Why would we want to raid your base or cause you problems? We WANT players on our servers and the last thing we’re going to do is drive people away with dumb shit. We’re not 15 year olds. The owner PPlank was born in 1959. He’s seen and done a lot of things. Causing problems on his own servers would be stupid for everybody concerned. We have had ONE mod abuse his position, but we engineered that so we could ban him and use him as an example. He was 15. Yes PPlank is a nice guy but has been around a while and knows how to be a nasty bastard too. Don’t accuse him or his fellow admins of abuse – you will be banned.

o General douchebaggery or disruption means a kick or ban at the admins discretion.

Reference: https://gamekeeper.io/rust-specific-rules/

If my memory serves me right, I recall legleg telling me Hemo had already called admin abuse when he got raided about two weeks ago. We actually let it go that time and he didn’t get a ban. That’s just one rule. Hemo had more than enough chances.

as well as the Cock sucker Zilch who was crying bc i put a tc outside someones base “boohoo grifing boohoo waaahhhh” lol what a fucking cunt

Well that’s not true at all. Take a read of these chat logs from the 24th of February, this is exactly what he was talking about. I’m going to delete bits that aren’t really necessary as it goes on and on.

3:14 PM (Global) Zilch: What’s the problem with Grim’s base? If you’re taking it over fine. If not then remove the TC you put down. Thank you.
3:14 PM [KTM] [*] Ivar: talk yo us?
3:14 PM (Global) Zilch: Talking to whoever raided his base.
3:15 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: i put TCs inside grims base
3:15 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: i want it to decay
3:15 PM [VIP+++] [*] GrimxReaper: u cant hva eit decay
3:15 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: i didnt have enough rockets to foundation wipe it
3:16 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: theres no rules here against griefing –

Again, he didn’t read the rules because there is.

3:16 PM [VIP+++] [*] GrimxReaper: kina is
3:16 PM (Global) Zilch: Alright, you’re not taking it over. Please remove it.
3:16 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: if they want to stay there they have to remove the TC no?
3:16 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: what??? are oyu serious?
3:16 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: you have no rules here about griefing
3:16 PM (Global) Zilch: o DON’T grief bases when you raid them by leaving stone building blocks (steps, walls, etc), and don’t cause the admins any unplanned work.
3:17 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: fine im taking it over then
3:17 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: its now my home
3:17 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: you do not have this in the rules zilch
3:17 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: whatsoever
3:17 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: it does not say NO GRIEFING
3:17 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: if thats the case, its now mine

Ok, that’s fine. I assumed that was all sorted out. But no…

3:28 PM
[VIP+++] [*] GrimxReaper: admin so they can now say there gun live there even know if i did not wake up it would hae decayed
3:29 PM
(Global) Zilch: As far as server rules go, it’s their base now. Sorry.
3:29 PM
[VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: WAIT WHAT?
3:29 PM
[VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: I PUT 200 ROCKETS INTO THAT RAID
3:29 PM
[VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: I JUST TOLD YOU IM COMING TO TAKE IT OVER
3:29 PM
[VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: IT WAS AN EMPTY BASE. NOTHING INSIDE
3:30 PM
[VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I AM FURIOUS
3:30 PM
[VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: I DO IT ONCE, AND SAY IM TAKING OVER THE BUILDING AND YOU TAKE IT FROM ME?

What did I say? “As far as server rules go, it’s their base now. Sorry.”

3:31 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: please kindly return the 200 rockets i put into it
3:32 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: please sir, kindly give me my base, or the 200 rockets i used to take the base
3:33 PM (Global) Zilch: You said you’re taking the base over. I’m not stopping you.
3:34 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: if thats the case hes been breaking rules 5x daily, every day. nothing happened to him, i never got my bases back
3:34 PM (Global) Zilch: As for him griefing others. We can’t do anything about things we don’t know about.
3:34 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: hahaha
3:34 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: right right…i see i see…

Oh good, he finally understands doesn’t he? Nope…

3:34 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: what an isult to me
3:35 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: then at least pls kindly return the rockets i used to take over the base that you are now freely g
3:35 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: giving back to him for no reason pls
3:35 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: i have it all on video
3:35 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: watch the video and count all 200 rockets
3:35 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: please sir
3:36 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: you must compromise….you cant give him everything
3:36 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: compromise with either the base, or the gunpowder it took to take the base
[VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: this is downright unfair
3:36 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: and to the rest of the server who been continuously griefed
3:36 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: and why dont you have ANZYTTHING stated in your rules about (no griefing)?
3:37 PM (Global) Zilch: Stop and listen. I’m not repeating this for a third time. If you’re taking over the base, then it’s yours. He’s not getting it back. If you’re not taking the base over, then you remove the TC and let him have it back.
3:37 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: you just said you were giving the base back to him
3:37 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: or did i read this wrong
3:37 PM [VIP+++] [*] [*] HemoManiac: yes im taking the base over sir

So Zilch “that cock sucking cunt,” is not… I clearly stated what was happening. Either take it over and it’s yours. Or remove the TC and Grim can have his base back. So who really is he thinking about?

NEVER buy their shit-filled packs. its a waste of money. They made some really nice packs before,

This is a good one. He looked at what the kits offered and he donated, that was around two months ago, the kits haven’t been changed since last April. Now that’s fact because I checked the date on the post I made here. Written on the 15th of March 2018, so implemented on the following wipe, April 5th 2018. So he donated 8 months after we changed them.. Maybe he muddled us up with another server, who knows.

Just to add to that, it does say on the donate page that we’re free to change the kits if they make the server unbalanced.

He then went onto threaten IrishSmack as we saw from the server chat logs.

“HAHAH YOU COCK SUCKING CUNT. MOTHER FUCKER YOU WILL GET NOTHING. LOL YOUR LIKE 45 FUCKIN YEARS OLD. 400 FUCKIN POUND FAT ASS WITH FRECKLES AND FIRE RED HAIR. YOU SERIOUSLY NASTY CUNT. HAHAH. YOUR THE MOST STUCK UP CUNT ON EARTH. HEY DID LEGLEG GIVE YOU ENOUGH ROCKETS TO RAID ME WITH? LOL WHAT A WASTE OF LIFE YOU ARE. AND GUESS WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT IP RIPPING IS? IM GOING TO COME TO CALIFORNIA AND SLIT EVERY THROAT OF YOUR FAMILY. WHILE YOU SIT IN A CHAIR TIED UP WATCHING THEM CHOKE ON THEIR OWN BLOOD, AND MY COCK AT THE SAME TIME. IM GOING TO BRUTALLY SAVAGELY DESTROY YOUR LIFE FROM THE TOP DOWN. YOUR HOME. YOUR FAMILY. YOUR POSESSIONS. YOU ARE DONE. CALL ME A MAN WHO TAKES VENGENCE ON THE EVIL LIKE YOU. PEOPLE WHO DONT DESERVE LIFE. PEOPLE WHO TREAT OTHERS WITH DISRESPECT. YOUR THE NASTIEST CUNT I THINK IVE SEEN IN QUITE A WHILE YOU MOTHER FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT MOTHER FUCKER CUNT IM GOING TO RIUP YOUR MOTHER FUCKING THROAT OUT YOU COCK SUCKING LOSER MOTHER FUCKER. ONE BY ONE IM GOING TO RUIN YOU. YOU WILL FUCKING BURN YOU FUCKING WASTE OF LIFE NIGGER. RED HAIRED COCK SUCKING WASTE OF LIFE. YOUR FUCKINGDEAD MAN WALKING. CALIFORNIA. NEXT STOP HERE I COME . DEAD MAN…..”

I thought I had more to write on this topic. But Hemo has wasted enough of our time already. So I’ll call it a job done. I hope he sees this post, I really do.

Oh, I nearly forgot. He’s been banned from two other servers in the last three months. I wonder what he did to those admins.

Hemo, if you’re reading this then please do me this one favour. Grow up.

Posted by PPlank in General, Rust Servers