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RIP old Omni forum

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 3:26 pm
by McLovin
https://omni.insanelabs.net/

I'm still hoping it's just a glitch, or somebody didn't pay their hosting fees on time. But it looks like the umbilical cord has been cut for good. I never made a backup of the old server, so all those memories will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

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Re: RIP old Omni server

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 4:55 pm
by pooty
The old server is still up.. but the Old Forum is down. Hopefully it comes back up.

Re: RIP old Omni forum

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 5:38 pm
by McLovin
pooty wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 4:55 pm The old server is still up.. but the Old Forum is down. Hopefully it comes back up.
If it comes back up, let me know via msg. I'll release the web-crawler on it to make an admin backup.

Re: RIP old Omni forum

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:58 pm
by YEAAAHHHHHHHHHH
I copied and pasted all the tips and tricks from that one thread. It'd be a bummer to lose all that reference info related to modding.

Re: RIP old Omni forum

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:26 pm
by pooty
I got an email from Q, apparently the server it runs on php version changed thats not compatible with the old (customized) forum software. Its unknow whether it will be put back up.

Re: RIP old Omni forum

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:19 am
by TotalBurn
Almost every December my hosting company harasses me with "your php version is out of date. You can continue using it and pay a support fee starting January. Or upgrade to a newer version and avoid the fee"

My biggest loss from the old forum is that I had PM's with contact information for people that arent on the new forum.

Re: RIP old Omni forum

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 11:06 am
by McLovin
pooty wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:26 pm I got an email from Q, apparently the server it runs on php version changed thats not compatible with the old (customized) forum software. Its unknow whether it will be put back up.
Ugh. This is truly a huge loss for us. Fuckity fuck fuck fuck!

Re: RIP old Omni forum

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 11:48 am
by Enyo
McLovin wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 11:06 am
pooty wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:26 pm I got an email from Q, apparently the server it runs on php version changed thats not compatible with the old (customized) forum software. Its unknow whether it will be put back up.
Ugh. This is truly a huge loss for us. Fuckity fuck fuck fuck!
Yep, sucks, but I had a feeling Q wasn't gonna put much effort into keeping it up based on how the transition went. At least we have this forum to continue the legacy. And the old forum isn't completely lost, you can still see a large chunk of the content on web.archive.org.

Re: RIP old Omni forum

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:16 pm
by McLovin
Enyo wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 11:48 am ...
And the old forum isn't completely lost, you can still see a large chunk of the content on web.archive.org.
I looked there but I didn't find anything. What URL are you using to see chunks of it?

Re: RIP old Omni forum

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 4:45 pm
by Enyo
Just entered omnipotents.com. Archive goes all the way back to early 2000s