UORealms - Paths of Virtue

[scenic pond]

Application

Version: 1
Status: pending
Creator: @orchid island
Created At: 2024-09-04T16:04:18.831Z
Link: https://play.classicuo.org/shard-management/shard-application/30

Shard

Name: UORealms - Paths of Virtue
Phase: Live
Staff: @orchid island
Url: https://uorealms.com
Population: 4 - 24

Description: ```Paths of Virtue emphasizes immersion and role-playing, thoughtfully capturing the lore and atmosphere of the original Ultima single-player games, especially Ultimas IV and V. Designed to provide a player-driven, open, and persistent Ultima experience, it incorporates many features from the original series.

Utilizing a pre-AoS ruleset, the shard boasts a class system inspired by the classic single-player Ultimas, customized map, and recreation of the Ultima V underworld.```

Comments/Requests: Meet other players and find support in our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/2pYUumdQ7U

What happens now

1. The team will review the initial application to check its genuine and if the web client is compatible at first-glance.
2. We will initiate a connection test to verify your shard is accessible to the public.
3. The shard will be approved depending on the above, at which point you can test and verify the web client works correctly.
4. When you are ready we will also verify by logging into the shard.
5. If everything works the shard will be moved to the Active list for players.

Please be patient as we review applications in our own free time, we try to be quick but cannot guarantee any timelines.

[scenic pond]

:sparkles: Shard passed the connection test check initiated by @empty halo.

This test uses the Free shard protocol 0xF1 stats packet to verify your shard is reachable, if the check fails you may need to verify your shard supports the packet.

Raw Response: ```
{clients:2,items:141718,chars:17737,age:1,memory:115624628,ping:194,fetchedAt:1725536799295}

**Note:**
- If the response is all `0` this indicates the shard failed to respond to the query.
- You can use this [powershell script](https://gist.github.com/jabinb/1dc076839f2fae808c13ebbc1de911c6) to manually test your shard before asking us to re-test.
- The ping is as seen from New York, and is based on the time it took for your shard to reply to the 0xF1, not an ICMP ping.

:white_check_mark: Approved by @empty halo, UORealms - Paths of Virtue added to the Testing list.

Id: 55
Direct play link: https://play.classicuo.org/?shard=55
Management link: https://play.classicuo.org/shard-management/55/details (Only accessible to shard staff listed in the application)

Next steps:

• Update your shard's details and customise your server list appearance.
• Follow the patching guide to add files for your shard, this is necessary whether you have custom files or not (incognito mode will not work).
• Update your packet settings, enable and implement the WebIdentity packet if you have an IP limiter.
• Configure your shard rules to lock or set defaults for certain game profile settings or web client features.
• Login to your shard and verify everything works as intended on the web client, you can find your shard on the list by applying the Testing filter in the UI.
• Report back to this thread when you have completed the above and tag a Web Client dev to check, if everything is ready for players we will move your shard to the main Active list.

Things to be aware of:

• Incognito mode is incompatible with the web client as it has lower browser storage limits that cannot fit the game assets.
• Shards won't be moved to the Active list unless they reply to the "Free shard protocol" 0xF1 stats packet.
• The shard list ping is measured by via the stats packet (how long it took your shard to reply), not from an ICMP ping.
• Faking client count will result in being de-listed and us being very disappointed in you.

[empty halo]

hey @orchid island your shard is on the Testing list now, please follow the steps above let me know when you're ready.

[orchid island]

Thank you, I will get this information over to our developer. We do have have custom files, so I will work with him today. Thank you for your approval and for your patience. We do have another server, that I will put in for approval as well.

((btw LOVE the Skeletor profile pic!! lol))

[orchid island]

Hi @empty halo Thank you, so much, for your patience! We've gotten everything updated - and online - it looks good! Seems we're ready to go live.. very excited!

[empty halo]

no worries 👍 your shard is moved to the main active list now

[orchid island]

Thank you @empty halo, appreciate it. Should be able to push FC shortly - testing is going well. Quick question for you, is there anything special we should do when trying to change asset images and logo? I've deleted, and changed but I don't see all the changes updating to the website (some do, some don't seem to) -- not sure if maybe there's a better way to ensure updates take.. like maybe delete first, wait xxx amount of time, and then replace? Just curious! Thank you. << Nevermind -- it updated! 😄 >>