- What payment types do you accept?
- We accept Check, Money Order, PayPal, and Credit Cards payments in US dollars.
- How quickly will my account be created?
- Accounts are created within 15 minutes if they are payed for with a credit card. Money Orders, Checks and PayPal may take up to 48 hours after your payment is received.
- What kind of codebases/games can I run on your servers?
- We allow UNIX/Linux and Java based text games to run on our servers. More specifically this includes: MUDs, MUSHes, MOOs, MUCK, MUX, Talkers, etc. The only types of programs/codebase we do not host are Windows based games, BYOND (due to excessive CPU usage) and any IRC related program (ie: eggdrop, psybnc, etc).
- What operating system (OS) do your servers run?
- Our servers run Linux for an operating system. Specifically, we run Red Hat and Fedora on Intel platforms. Our servers run up to date versions of the 2.4 and 2.6 Linux kernel.
Additional information on our servers is available on our Servers page.
- Do you provide development tools on your servers?
- Yes. We have a full set of development tools installed on our servers, such as C/C++ and Java compilers. We have multiple versions of GCC installed with full support for C/C++. We also have Python, Perl and Java (JDK) installed on our servers and will install additional development tools as needed.
Additional information on our servers is available on our Servers page.
- Do you allow customers to add scripts to the servers startup and/or shutdown?
- Yes. Each user has access to their own server startup and shutdown script. They are free to change them at any time.
- How do I get my own domain for my game?
- Register your domain with a registar such as Register.com or Go Daddy (there are many more). If you would like GenesisMuds to handle the DNS for your domain (free) then set your nameservers to:
NS1.WAUK.DIGITAL-GENESIS.COM 216.136.9.7
NS2.WAUK.DIGITAL-GENESIS.COM 216.136.9.3 Then send an email to admin@genesismuds.com letting us know the name of your domain and how you would like it configured.
- I have a domain for my game. Will you host it for me?
- Yes. Just update your nameservers to point to:
NS1.WAUK.DIGITAL-GENESIS.COM 216.136.9.7
NS2.WAUK.DIGITAL-GENESIS.COM 216.136.9.3 Then send an email to admin@genesismuds.com letting us know the name of your domain and how you would like it configured.
- Don't I need a lot more RAM than you are offering in your packages?
- Nope. Most games run in around 8M to 12M of RAM. Memory (RAM) needed for compiling, building, etc does not count against your memory quota.
- What kind of database do you use?
- Our database add-on service uses a MySQL 4.0.x server.
- Can you host my website?
- Yes. All of our packages come with 20M of space for a webpage that is related to your game. This 20M of space is seperate from the storage that comes with your game.
- Can I run more than one game through my account?
- We do not allow seperate games to run from within the same account. However, we do allow builder or coder copies of your game to run, as long as you do not go over your memory quota.
- My game doesn't fully support 64-bit operating systems. How do I compile my game as a 32-bit binary on your 64-bit servers such as Harbinger?
- Edit your Makefile's CC variable and change 'gcc' to 'gcc -m32', then run 'make clean' followed by 'make'.
- My game doesn't compile with your default version of GCC, how do I compile with a different version of GCC such as 3.4 or 4.2?
- Each game server has a few different versions of GCC available.
You can view a list of the available versions by running the command:
$ ls -al /usr/local/bin/gcc*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 243820 Feb 1 2004 /usr/local/bin/gcc
-rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 321854 Feb 1 2004 /usr/local/bin/gcc3
-rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 274894 Feb 26 2005 /usr/local/bin/gcc3.4
-rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 274894 May 17 2007 /usr/local/bin/gcc4.1
-rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 274894 May 17 2007 /usr/local/bin/gcc4.2
You can use another version by modifying your Makefile's CC variable to another versions such as 'gcc4.2' instead of 'gcc'. You can optionally make use of the 'alias' command to alias 'gcc' to a different version like so:
$ alias gcc=/usr/local/bin/gcc3.4
$ gcc --version
gcc3.4 (GCC) 3.4.3
If you find you need a specific version of GCC installed that isn't available, just let us know and we'll install it on the server for you.
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