Alpha-Fox News

Stargate Mark 0

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:26:28 +0000

The Stargate Mark 0 (also known as the Destiny gate or the Universe gate) is currently under development. It will likely not be ready until Q1 2010. Due to extensive changes and testing of the backend system for supporting an entirely new address set and the rather complex functions of this particular gate, it will take at least this long.

Until we have something worth showing, there will be no previews or beta.

We have the materials we need for building the gate, we simply have to have the time to do the work.

More information will be made available in due time.

Alpha-Fox Teleporters Now Available

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:27:00 +0000

The Alpha-Fox teleporters are finally available!

A long needed upgrade from the crazyLabs Teleporters, the Alpha-Fox teleporters are now available from Apez .

If you have a crazyLabs Teleporter, please send an IM to Zachary Carter to get a FREE update.

Enjoy!

Welcome Omnifox Xi as Alteran Staff

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:23:53 +0000

Today we have taken in Omnifox Xi as a new member of the Alteran Stargate Network administration team. He will now be able to help you with support requests, SSoP requests, and general problems with your gate in-world.

Please give him a warm welcome!

Subspace Setup

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:31:23 +0000

The Gate Network is now running on Subspace, as well as all other Alpha-Fox services.

Subspace is a new server replacing the mutant server Chimera. The reason for the switchover is that Chimera was well over capacity, as could be seen by the many downtimes we have had, and the insane slowness of the website.

Thanks again to Mills Gazov for providing the new hardware for us to use. We'll be monitoring things closely, but we expect the overall performance of the network to be improved.

Happy Holidays from Alpha-Fox

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:00:01 +0000

Happy Holidays! Everyone here at Alpha-Fox hopes you have a fun and safe holiday both in Real Life and Second Life :)

Account Sweep

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:01:32 +0000

We will be doing an account sweep to find out what accounts do not have ties to a Second Life avatar. A requirement of maintaining an account with Alpha-Fox is that it be tied to a Second Life avatar.

If you have an account and have not yet tied it to your Second Life account, please submit a support ticket to have it done. Within the next few weeks I will be deleting accounts that do not have references to a Second Life account in the database.

Cheers!

AFVI System Open

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:11:22 +0000

We have just done a major rewrite in our AFVI communication system, and have now opened it up to the public. You can apply for an API key through our support desk.

You can find fully documentation on the system here. If you have any suggestions, feel free to post them in the forums.

Cheers!

Problems with HTTP Requests

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:43:13 +0000

It seems that Linden Lab is having problems with the Second Life Grid. These problems include HTTP Request headers not being fully received. If you have a Stargate that is consistently resetting, that is why.

If you have this issue, PLEASE vote on the JIRA issue below and include a comment on your region name. Either way, we do need votes for this issue to be resolved.

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-3548

Introducing a new administrator: Ash Qin

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:23:59 +0000

We are introducing a new member to the ASN staff, Ash Qin. He is the owner of the Quickfox IRC Network and has been helping us with the gates since the early beginning.

Please give him a warm welcome if you see him :)

Alteran Stargate Network Down [RESOLVED]

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:42:13 +0000

Chimera, the server we host for Alpha Fox appears to have gone on vacation.

Sadly, this means that the ASN will be down until I get home and reboot the thing.

Fortunately, we now have a new server that is being configured and setup that will replace Chimera. This new machine is a proper server, too... generously provided by Mills Gazov.

I'll update this post with new information when it becomes available.

Update 20081118.231812
Chimera is back online. Everything should be working normally again.

name2key / key2name Services Now Available

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:33:31 +0000

We have now made public a method of doing name2key and key2name without maintaining a database. This method was discovered by Lex Mars a few months ago. We finally got around to providing an interface for it, so people can now use it.

name2key: http://www.alpha-fox.com/name2key/
key2name: http://www.alpha-fox.com/key2name/

Cheers!

New ASN Administrator

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:31:59 +0000

We are proud to introduce a new official administrator for the Alteran Stargate Network, Peter Lameth. He will be handling support requests, as well as evaluating SSoP reports.

Gates 1.1.2 and Below Disabled

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:39:47 +0000

Update: Sorry for the incorrect wording on the first post. All gates that are current (1.1.3) are still active as of this time.

We have just disabled access for gates below version 1.1.3. If you have one of these gates, make sure to obtain an update from http://www.alpha-fox.com/asn/get/. The update function is still intact; you should be able to do a seamless update.

Cheers!

Discontinuing Support for Stargates 1.1.2 and Below

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:22:22 +0000

We are going to be discontinuing support for Stargates that are version 1.1.2 and below in 48 hours. What does this mean for you?

This means if you have a Stargate that is not the latest version (1.1.3), it will no longer work after 48 hours. This will also make it impossible for you to update the gate.

If you want to get an update, go to http://www.alpha-fox.com/asn/get/ and obtain a new update. If you know any friends with old gates, get them to upgrade!

The countdown starts now.