The Vizzed RGR Plugin Games Will be taken down in 15 minutes. This maintenance is necessary for the release of a newer Plugin which will Allow people who currently can't save/load their progress to be able to do so now.

This is a response from the previous announcement. I had Google rescan the site and they found no viruses. This means that vizzed is no longer flagged.

It appears that Vizzed may have been flagged by AVG, Google and/or Firefox as having malware and/or viruses but that is not true. I'm not sure why this happened but I'm thinking a competitor site has falsely reported vizzed as having harmful files.

If anyone else is noticing these problems or has more information, please report it here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33474

Vizzed 7 Year Anniversary is coming up on December 6th but the annual Vizzed Awards Voting has begun. Vote for others and see if you got voted for so far here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33404


Also, the Java Super Nintendo emulator is back up which means those who can't install the RG Plugin for whatever reason can play SNES games on the site using Java. It's been a few months since the Java SNES emulator was up so enjoy. NOTE: A lot of SNES games don't work in the SNES Java emulator.


If you have any questions regarding this update, please ask here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33412

All of the games that use Java Emulators are back up. The save files should also be back up and working for the Java emulated games.

The play Window for the games are a little different and have more information on them. Also, JavaBoy play screen is bigger and VizzedAEPgb play screen can be enlarged (see instructions on the play window to the right). I hope the info to the right side of the java game play windows aren't very intrusive.

The Java Emulator and games are now located on a different server. This means that even if Vizzed goes down, you'll still be able to continue playing your game and may also be able to save and load. It also means that if vizzed transfers to a new server, those games wont go down since they wont need to be transferred. The ability to take screenshots with the NESCafe and VizzedAEPgb has been removed and timetrial mode with NESCafe will be stripped soon (and replaced with the ability to do timetrials in the RGR Plugin).

I know I said that you'd be able to continue playing your game even if vizzed goes down but it doesn't do you any good if you can't access vizzed while it's down to find other games to play. I've got a solution to that: Facebook App. That's right, I'm announcing it right now for the first time, sometime in the future, I'll be putting together an App on Facebook that will allow you to navigate the Java based games from the RGR right on facebook AND you'll be able to load/save your save files on there as well.

If you have any problems or questions, please ask in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33342

Some of the Java Emulators are back up, which includes: Nintendo, Game Boy Color, Game Boy, Game Gear and Sega Master System. The saving on those games should work as well.

I'll have a more thorough update in about 16 hours and the rest of the java games should be up by that time as well.

There will be no highscore competition this month, instead there will be just 1 mega screenshot competition worth 2.5 more Viz:

Screenshot Competition: Screenshot Hunter
Take screenshots of games missing screenshots in the RGR
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33260

Earn up to 25,000 Viz in this competition.

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Last months 'Master Chief in Mario Paint' Screenshot competition is in voting, please vote here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33238

Last months 'Tecmo Super Bowl 2K12' High Score competition results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33237

Might be another 1-2 days before Java emulators are back up. Sorry about this.

When transferring to the new Linux server, I was surprised to find out that a directory can only contain 31,998 directories, which means there were some save files that couldn't be transferred. New users (anyone with an ID above 145372) and users with IDs between 87815 and 99999 wont be able to able to load or save their progress for the time being. I'm hoping to figure out a solution to this problem within a week. I'm very sorry for those who fall into this category. Once I've figured out a solution, your save files will be transferred, they will not be lost.

Everyone else should be able to load and save without problems.

If you have any questions or feedback, please ask in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33155

RGR Plugin Games back up but saving may not work
The games that require the RGR Plugin are back up. The reason it took longer for them to come back up is because changing the file permissions of files on a linux server takes longer than what it does on a windows server, I didn't know that so my estimates were off. For some people (about half of everyone at the moment), the save files probably wont work right away because it's still updating the file permissions for a lot of users, it should be done updating this within 12-24 hours. Everyone can still play any game with the RGR Plugin but only half of you will be able to load and save your game progress. Screenshot taking with the RGR Plugin will work.

Java emulator games will be down until probably Monday
The games that require a Java emulator will be down until Monday night probably (central time zone). The reason for this is because a lot of them don't seem to work on the new linux server, this is also something I wasn't expecting so therefore I couldn't prepare for. I've come up with a solution though but it'll take a few days to do. No save files will be lost.


I'm sorry for all this inconvenience, it's not something I could have prepared for or expected. A lot of my time has been invested into this and a lot of money has gone down the drain ($500+ since both the previous servers were purchased but didn't work out, not to mention the 3 month purchase of the new server costing $1000+).

If you have any questions, please post them here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33115

It's been about 24 hours since my last announcement and I'm still not done transferring the save files, so please give me another 4-8 hours.

Thanks.

We're on the new server and all the files except the Game Room have been transferred. There might be a few features that are currently unavailable but those will be fixed within 12-36 hours. The Game Room and all the save files should be up within 24 hours.

The site might be a little slow for the next few hours but I've done some tests and once everything is complete, I know for sure that the site will be way faster.

Again, thanks for everyone's patience.

It turns out that the new server just isn't working out so we have to migrate to another server yet again. I've decided to switch from a Windows server to a Linux server and I'll also be getting some assistance from godaddy with setting up the new server so there's no reason why the migration should go wrong this time.

The game room games will not be playable during this time but they should be playable again within 24 hours. The other parts of the site will probably be available for most of the 24 hour migration but there may be some down time.

If you have any questions, please ask in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33035

The transferring of the files finished about 2 days ago, so everyone should be able to save and load their save files. Site maintenance isn't over yet though.

The new server is having the same issues as the previous, I'm not sure what's causing it but I'll be spending the next few days trying to figure it out. In the mean time, the site will still be slow. The site will be fast again, we all just need patience.

If there is anything that didn't get transferred properly such as a screenshot or a save file, let me know here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=33018

The transferring of the Retro Game Room save files is taking longer than expected, there's about 750,000+ save files at around 40 GB total. The loading and saving in the RGR should be ready within 8 hours. The rest of the site will work but there might be some down time during the next 8 hours.

Sorry for this inconvenience and I thank you all for your patience. Trust me, this will all be worth it by the time it's finished.

The Server Maintenance / Transfer is almost finished, it should be finished within 12 hours. Until that time, the Retro Game Room games will be down but almost everything else on the site should work.

Server Maintenance in 30 Minutes so be sure to save your progress and quit your games. You'll still be able to use most portions of the website but the games will go down in 30 minutes. The site shouldn't go down but we'll see. The games should be playable again within 24 hours.

The Server Maintenance mentioned in the previous announcement will be delayed by up to 16 hours. I'll make another announcement 1-2 hours before the maintenance begins.

Server Maintenance Scheduled for tomorrow at this time. It'll start between 7 and 8 PM central time on Tuesday and end sometime on Wednesday.

I'll be transferring the site over to a new and even better server. The current server has had some sudden issues with it causing it to run slower than usual. The new server should be twice as fast as the site previously was and easily 10 times faster than what it is now.

I'll make another announcement before the maintenance begins. The RGR games will probably be down during the maintenance but the rest of the site should be functional.

After the recent maintenance, most of you will have to sign into the RGR to play your games. If you play a game while logged out, you wont be loading your save file but instead will be loading a public save file. To load the proper save file, be sure to log into the RGR, even if it shows you already logged in on the forum pages, you still need to login again to be logged into the RGR.

If you have any questions, please ask in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=32858