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The State of zOMG
I could hardly sleep yesterday, knowing that everything that I've done for the past 100 hours pretty much amount to nothing. I felt like someone who finished a week long marathon, only to find out that there's no finish line because the race was held last month.

As soon as I reached the office, I was notified that there's basically no hope of getting a recent source code for zOMG back. Our operations engineer joined 2 years ago, and the hard drive crash happened even before he joined, and there's simply no information on what even happened.

On brighter note, we did have a collection of the compiled binary code for every version. Now that I know everything there is to know about the code base, it only took a few hours to get everything working with the new compiled code instead of what I compiled.

I spent last week learning to compile the server and flash code with hopes that I can actually make changes to the game, but for now, that effort is for nothing. The silver lining here is that the core game is very much intact, and all zOMG fans should be able to enjoy it as early as next week.

So finally I have the version of zOMG with DMS, broadwalk, and all other latest changes available. What's left is to see if I can adjust gold grant, and fix a bunch of bugs such as items not showing up in the in-game store.

Besides fixing the bugs, I'm gonna take a break, start playing FF15 over the weekend, let my wrist recover, and find the energy to jump back into coding.






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SoraDarkness7
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Sat Mar 04, 2017 @ 06:14pm


surprised surprised surprised


Ulvric Revian
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Sat Mar 04, 2017 @ 08:05pm


This is a wonderful silver lining. You're doing amazing Lanzer, and again we're all glad to have you back.


iLuhvsushi
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Sat Mar 04, 2017 @ 08:46pm


Yeah, take a nice, relaxing break this weekend! You've done a lot of work for zOMG and I, along with everyone else, are so grateful for the amount of effort you're putting into fixing the game heart Now you drive and take as many FF15 selfies and pictures as you want this weekend whee xp


Also found it ironic that the SOLVE media answer was "I can fix it" it's a sign Lanzer! eek xd You got this!


iRection
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Sat Mar 04, 2017 @ 09:47pm


Lanzer, I truly can't even imagine how you must've been feeling the past two days, especially with all the time and energy that you feel may have gone to waste. If that were me, I'd be honestly so frustrated. crying

zOMG! was literally the heart and soul of my Gaian experience from when it opened up until it went into maintenance mode, and so I'm truly grateful for all the effort you've put in. I can't wait to get back into it!


fabuleuse
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Sat Mar 04, 2017 @ 11:02pm


Thank you for all you do Lanzer. So happy to have you back at Gaia - feels more like home again. And I look forward to all the zOMG in our future - one of my favourites. These updates are really appreciated, and happy to see you're taking a break for yourself in all this madness. R&R deserved. 3nodding heart


ST4CY
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Sat Mar 04, 2017 @ 11:46pm


I'm shocked to hear ZOMG might come back. I'm very glad to have you back, Lanzer. You are amazing.


Dzel
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Sat Mar 04, 2017 @ 11:49pm


Hearing you talk about FFXV makes me more happy about making that XV referrence earlier. Hehehe.

Also, awesome! Z0MG is back, baby! We can think about updates later~ I knew I wasn't hoping in vain for all these years! crying

Anywho, your wrist okay?


Nikamonchi
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Sat Mar 04, 2017 @ 11:57pm


(z)OMG!!!! Thank you so much for your hard work, Lanzer! I'm sure everyone on gaiaonline will appreciate all of the effort you've put into this!! Knowing that zOMG may be back up so soon really lit my day up. Keep up the good work and good luck on accomplishing the rest!! heart heart heart heart


Maruyama Aya
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 12:53am


Oh my God this makes me so happy. heart

Thank you so much for all the hard work you've put into this. That is one Hell of a silver lining, and I know that I am not the only one who's absolutely delighted at this news. Rest up, take time for yourself - we can be patient a little longer!


quixxel
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 02:24am


MARCH 13!!!! emotion_jawdrop emotion_bigheart


Nick_austin90
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 03:04am


Go and get some rest, good sir. We've waited ages and we could wait a bit more (not too long though wink ).


Aegys
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 03:08am


Thank you so much! Already shared on FB.

March 13th, we are ready smile


JusticeSystems
Community Member





Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 03:13am


Remarkable! Absolutely Remarkable! I know when zOMG is released... I will feel 16 again. crying


x-SincerelyAtlas
Community Member





Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 03:15am


Thank you so much for your hard work! Enjoy your well-deserved weekend!


XDream3
Community Member





Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 03:19am


THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK + DEDICATION!! heart
I'm sure my friend who left Gaia long ago will definitely be happy to hear zOMG is coming back smile She might even log on to play it after its back online!!!


IosefKoranison
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 05:35am


I don't think I can put into words how much this means to me! Having you back and working so hard to bring back the Gaia we all love makes me tear up! Take rest and recover! Thank you so much for working so hard!


II-Midnight-Sakura-II
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 05:53am


Thank you so much for all the hard work! heart


Soulor
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 06:56am


Thank you.


Avzel
Community Member





Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 09:13am


You're an inspiration, Derek! Thanks for not giving up on this site or this project.
Hard to believe FF is still going...it's part of my childhood.


Taku Hidari
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 09:47am


Thank you for trying so hard to restore this feature we all love heart All of the people who have missed zOMG! and veterans who also miss it for its memories and its highly unique gameplay highly appreciate all of your work. smile And this is just heartwarming to see my favorite childhood game that so many memories had been made in on the verge of return heart whee

don't forget to take breaks and chill out though!


roselessfaith
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 09:51am


We're so excited!


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Bunai
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 @ 09:18pm


Make a CLOUD back up of the MMO for Goddess-sakes exclaim gonk

Thank you for your efforts, they are really appreciated.


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