Jennik 0 Posted March 23, 2009 As Placebo has already announced in the recent Community Blog entry at Bistudio.com, these forums will be turned to "read only" status during this week because of the migration to a new forum engine. See you soon on our new Bohemia Interactive forums! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted March 30, 2009 During the migration of the forums several unpredictable problems occurred. We are currently working on their fixing, we apologise to everyone for the delay and we will inform you as soon as we know more.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pyronick 21 Posted March 31, 2009 Still no success? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raphier 0 Posted March 31, 2009 Still no success? we still see you on old forums placebo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
De_little_Bubi 1 Posted March 31, 2009 Quote[/b] ]Due to the unpredictable problems which arose during the attempted forum migration, we have decided to temporarily re-enable access to the old forums whilst we try to resolve the issues which arose. All being well once we have discovered the cause of these problems we will perform the migration again.So please for now enjoy our vintage forums and we'll update you soon with the migration status. Source Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kavoven 4 Posted March 31, 2009 The damn beast won't die Does that mean another week of downtime? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 6 0 Posted March 31, 2009 This is a sign... The old forums are too good to disappear.. just like that. At least keep the old layout it says Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R0adki11 3949 Posted March 31, 2009 A sign indeed, the old forums havent given up just yet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pyronick 21 Posted March 31, 2009 Hopefully they're just doing a sneaky upgrade to a faster Gainestown-based Xeon server. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balschoiw 0 Posted March 31, 2009 I told you to keep Ralphie away from the red buttons  I´m curious to see the new forum. I´ll be doing so in Singapore and Bali for a month Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snake Man 407 Posted March 31, 2009 So what was the reason you couldn't convert the forums? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SWAT_BigBear 0 Posted March 31, 2009 So what was the reason you couldn't convert the forums? User permissions would be my suspect. Upgrades can cause you to drink........a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zwobot 22 Posted March 31, 2009 This is a sign...The old forums are too good to disappear.. just like that. At least keep the old layout it says Yes please. This layout is excellent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sickboy 13 Posted March 31, 2009 Kind of disappointing... I do hope you fellows get it done, waiting already so long for proper forum software and all.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Batstat 10 Posted March 31, 2009 Can I suggest a easier way to do this. 1. Keep the old forum "as is" but read only. 2. Use Fast or some other indexing sw to make the search function to work. Optional provide new search URL and/or gui. 3. Decide the new strukcture for the new forum (already done I suppose). 4. Convert only the user name,mail, password etc - forget the sign, and other non important stuff if it is difficult. 5. Let the users inside the new forum. It will cost close to nothing (exept nr 2) and it is very fast to do. Nr 3, 4 and 5 is not dependent of 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadfast 43 Posted March 31, 2009 Screw the accounts if you need to as well. I couldn't care less about the post count Plus you'll get rid of thousands of inactive accounts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 6 0 Posted March 31, 2009 yup and the warning levels <--------------- WL BAH! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
echo1 0 Posted April 3, 2009 What's the plan for the new forum now? Is it still being worked on or is going to be done at some point in the future? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W0lle 1050 Posted April 3, 2009 AFAIK work is still going on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VerySolidSnake 0 Posted April 4, 2009 What forum system are you guys migrating to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
echo1 0 Posted April 4, 2009 They're going over to vBulletin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted April 4, 2009 Apparently they've identified and resolved the problem we had and there will be another migration attempt Monday I believe, assuming that works we will then roll out the new forums ASAP, it will initially be with the default skin/layout which is of course crap as we saw with the beta test we did, but will be worked on piece by piece as the forums are active. The main issue for me with the default forums is the layout and how much space is wasted in threads and how the avatar/poster info stuff is messed about so I'll try to push for that to be first priority. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SWAT_BigBear 0 Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks for the info Placebo, I'll wait a few days before posting on the new forums, so you'll have to find another quinea pig to test your ban/wl/warnings ect, on. Â Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadfast 43 Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks for the update Placebo, much appreciated Better luck this time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted April 7, 2009 We've successfully resolved the migration issues we were having and will thus turn off these forums at noon today GMT to complete a second migration attempt, fingers crossed this will be the last one! Estimates are currently that the forums will return, all fresh and shiny sometime Thursday 9th April. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
