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Based on user feedback received while I was in Europe, I got off my duff and worked on two tasks that I had left as “do later” tasks after the migration from the kenware.com domain. Well, later finally arrived. The first piece was to cull old log files and old dice requests from the DSLogs…
Continue ReadingThe date has finally arrived. Stay tuned. Update: The migration of the decades-old random number pipeline from Kenware to Brick Mill Games is now completed. The dice services at Kenware are now disabled.
Continue ReadingI added timeout handling to the dice services. So, if the network drops packets for some reason, a timeout handler will re-enable the roll submission button. Right now, the timeout is 10 seconds, which is an eternity when you’re on the Internet, but sometimes the server needs the time to handle your request. I still…
Continue ReadingAfter a solid week of hardcore wargaming at the ConsimWorld Expo, I’m back home working on Brick Mill Games projects. The less-than-optimal wifi experience at the Tempe Mission Palms hotel has impressed upon me the need to build in some network communication error handling code to the dice roller, and my other interactive projects as…
Continue ReadingThe expected decommissioning and migration of the dice services from the KenWare site to the Brick Mill Games’ site is being delayed. With more last minute testing being done by the KW users, some non-RNG issues are being uncovered. The KW site will not be decommissioned until these issues are sorted out. While I want…
Continue ReadingThe Dice Service migration from the KenWare site to the Brick Mill site did not happen on the 17th as I planned. Last minute testing revealed some bugs in the user interface and a bug in the years-old code in the original implementation. As to the latter, the bug only shows up in an impossible…
Continue ReadingThis is going to be a quick post as I’ve only just returned from a European vacation. The Britannia Battle Resolver is working on the server. I need to fully test every sort of battle permutation, but the server-side code is working just fine. Server logs are being collected and displayed on the client-side via…
Continue ReadingGrapeshot [greyp-shot] noun: in artillery, grapeshot is a type of shot that is not one solid element, but a mass of small metal balls or slugs packed tightly into a canvas bag. [Wikipedia] Dice Service Migration Status The migration of the old KenWare dice service to the Brick Mill Games site continues apace. It is not…
Continue ReadingI’ve been focused on migrating the Kenware Dice Service to the Brick Mill Games site. I’ve been making quite a bit of progress and should have the code migrated and modernized and working within a week or so, barring any real life interruptions. The getquickroll service is running, although the “random” numbers that it is…
Continue ReadingAfter years of neglect, I’ve decided to migrate the long-running Ken’s Dice Service to the Brick Mill Games site. The reasons behind the neglect and migration are based on the fact that DreamHost keeps its version of Ruby to 1.8.7 on its shared server accounts, which is where kenware.com is located. Version 1.8.7 of Ruby…
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