UTF8 and Speedups

[lackattack]

UTF-8

I've converted the website and database over to the UTF-8 character encoding. This means that we can now have game chat in all languages from japanese to hebrew! It is a first step towards translating Conquer Club in different languages, and other website improvements.

Speedups

I also defragmented the database and fixed a few bottlenecks...

• The view entire log link is now 5x faster, which is nice because some longer games took a while to load.
• Each hour, when the website cleans up expired game invites, several games would lock up for about 3 minutes or more. This has been eliminated.
• Game finder searches for specific maps are now much faster.

I'll now start working on these issues:

• Each night several games lock up due to an email issue
• The game interface needs to be more fault tolerant so that it doesn't freeze when the server has a "hiccup".

[colton24]

Nice updates!

[Dako]

Great thing about UTF-8. It works! Cyrillic characters in the chat! Woohoo!

[Duality.]

Thanks!

[asuman1179]

That is great.

[psychobkrazy]

Thank you!

[laddida]

still getting alot of slow response time, sometimes it will respond right away or something it will take 30seconds its off and on but mostly on so far. I take it that the fixings are still in the process though.

[jammyjames]

how come the scoreboard has changed too lack? there appears to be every user, both banned and not playing on the board, im down about 100 places, lol

[lackattack]

I fixed the scoreboard.

Unfortunately the database server is not entirely happy with these changes yet...

[laddida]

I fixed the scoreboard.

Unfortunately the database server is not entirely happy with these changes yet...

database servers think and have feelings? and will heal itself? sounds like an interesting server

[jammyjames]

I fixed the scoreboard.

Unfortunately the database server is not entirely happy with these changes yet...

database servers think and have feelings? and will heal itself? sounds like an interesting server

thanks for the scoreboard fix lack...

[lackattack]

Turns out it was the scoreboard bug that was slowing things down! I guess even the database server doesn't want to see maxatstuy as Conqueror

I forgot to mention this fix:

• Game finder searches for specific maps are now much faster.

[jammyjames]

Turns out it was the scoreboard bug that was slowing things down! I guess even the database server doesn't want to see maxatstuy as Conqueror

I forgot to mention this fix:

• Game finder searches for specific maps are now much faster.

once again thanks, lol

haha lack makes jokes way to make my day with that 1

[pimphawks70]

Thanks lack

[laddida]

sweet

[bedub1]

nice. and I have noticed in the past couple weeks that clickable maps doesn't work as well with the delays that occur...

[AndyDufresne]

Good good good. I hope to see some remarkable improvement in speed now!


--Andy

[targetman377]

thanks lack i have noticed it great job!!!!

*throws a a banana bunch at lack for his good job*

*wonders why andy did not do it*

[clapper011]

great work lack! now get back to work!

[soundman]

Awesome lack!

[72o]

thanks lack i have noticed it great job!!!!

*throws a a banana bunch at lack for his good job*

*wonders why andy did not do it*

wut?

<envisions a turtle trying to eat a banana>

[Gilligan]

I think that log-downloading feature affected the Battle Royale... I can't get into it without Firefox freezing on me. It hasn't happened before this update.

[the.killing.44]

谢谢！很好！

[galix]

GREAT WORK - keep it up.......

[Wickedosity]

Great job!