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Forum members that last visited before Aug 2012 read on…

There has been an increase in older forum members coming back to us (that’s a good thing) 🙂 who haven’t visited this site since we changed from Snitz 2000 based forum to PHPBB3 last year. An unfortunate side effect of … Continue reading

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New multiplayer server

I’m testing a new game server using the hamachi network as it seems the most reliable way of hosting multiplayer matches. In case you don’t know what hamachi is, well its a really useful utility that enables you to set … Continue reading

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Adverts on site

I have decided to add some adverts to the main website to help pay for the running of the site. They are not too obtrusive and only appear on the second two posts and the sidebar. I know I did … Continue reading

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Divinity: Dragon Commander

Some of you may remember my earlier posts about a new game that is being made by Larian Studios called Dragon Commander. They now have a new website that has been relaunched at http://www.divinitydragoncommander.com and a forum if you want … Continue reading

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Site now complete

I have now completed importing the website into wordpress. The old files still remain in their old locations so old links from other sites will still work but there is a redirect set up on the home page to the … Continue reading

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We are still here!

Just a quick update today just to let you know we are still here. Things have gone well since we changed to the new forum software last year and we have had a lot of new members admittedly most of … Continue reading

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Site has now been moved onto the new server + new forums

The move to the new server and forum is now complete. The forum has been tested and is working OK however some problems did occur when importing data from the old Snitz forums. Users with symbols in their username were … Continue reading

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Level editor tutorials available + site confirmed working on new server

There has been a lot of tutorials from the old Surreal News forums rescued by our forum member Shoprat who has put a lot of effort into finding tutorials and other questions and answers on the web and putting them … Continue reading

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Moving the site from Windows server 2000 to Linux & Drakan music

Just to let you know that I have been doing some work on the website converting all pages & scripts from .asp to .php in preparation for the move from a Windows web server to Unix. This is to save … Continue reading

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Unfinished single player maps now available for download

Added unreleased upcoming player made levels & series to the single player level reviews and downloads page. These probably will never be finished and all are in a playable state so are worth checking out. Aergoth is a stunning example … Continue reading

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