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OK we were! a customer of NFO for about the last year with 2 UT2K4 servers those severs ran fine without a problem.
Well with the release of UT3 we are now looking at starting up 3 or 4 UT3 dedicated severs without even looking into another provider I proceed to order a UT3 10 man public server from NFO for testing and setup.
Well the server loaded up fine and ran fine but when it came time to customize the server we were just out of luck.
Below I will explain the problem and why we are no longer a customer and will not recommend NFO to anyone.

I conacted the NFO support staff about a problem with the the UTengine.ini file not excepting mods aka mutators and to ask about access to the command line witch will allow you to add mutators and or mod for customizing your server.
Below is my first email:



Awhile went by and I received the below reply.



Ok first off I was well aware of this bug and it was not the question I was asking I was at this point feeling as if this guy was calling me an idiot when in fact I am sure at the age of 54 my editcation level is well above highschool level, I relpyed with the below.


Ok a few hours went by and I thought this was done a over but I recived the folling replay from the same person.


Well first off I also have been running severs for many year before ut99, most mutators load better from the command line because there is only one file to edit and it is easily manged. But admins have there own preference on this.
So anyway at this point I was angry and I raley get angry at anyone, and sent my final email to this person witch is below


OK I just don't understand what the big problem is with allowing access to the command line on a server if the command line is wrong then it is easily fixed via ftp and with server restart options available with almost all games restart and crashes are almost never happening.
Almost all companies offer command line access to there clients below is a image of our current provider and the access to the command line.
http://ndpclan.com/images/command.jpg
As you can see there is a command line option and this is a norm with most providers.
One last thing before I close the pricing of your servers are way out there.

Example:

NuclearFallout Enterprises 10-MAN UT3 Dedicated server month $43.73

Competitor 10-MAN UT3 Dedicated server 3 months $42.61

hmmmmm?

Good luck you will need it.

You were actually talking to two separate people, myself and Nick, on Christmas day. Normally our response time through email would be just a few minutes, but it went up to a couple of hours on this particular day because we were with our families.

I don't see that this exchange reflects poorly upon us. Our system is simply set up to use configuration files instead of the command line, as we explained. Apart from Epic's minor bugs, there's really no difference from the renter perspective, as the functionality is exactly the same. LocalMap allow mods and mutators to be specified just as the command line does and we have numerous renters who are doing it.

The fact that we use configuration files and not the command line should really come as no surprise to you, because it is also true of our UT2k4 servers, and you say that you rented some of these.

Our pricing is in line with the quality of our offerings as we explain in many other places on this site. You get what you pay for in this business, as in many others.

I would still be happy to help you resolve whatever problems you may be having with LocalMap. I wrote the FAQ response at viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3506 and I have successfully applied these methods to every server that I have seen with problems.

I haven't heard from you about this problem since your post, but I went ahead and added support for specifying the starting map and settings on the command line as you've seen elsewhere, and you can use that method if you are more comfortable with it. This feature is available through the "Server control" link in all UT3 control panels. When used, the game will ignore the LocalMap line completely.

ROFL you're with the WORST GSP ever ROFL.

/end flame.

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ROFL you're one of the BIGGEST IDIOTS ever ROFL.

As much as you may dislike NFo, your stupidity is useless to everyone.

Sleeper

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I wasn't talking about NFo as being the worst company ever. I'm talking about the host in his screenshot.

I can understand why you're being a dick right now but it's alright.

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I do agree with you. I wasn't going to say anything about that host because it's more fun to watch idiots suffer from poor service/quality. They are oversold like you wouldn't believe.

Sleeper

P.S. Sorry

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Lol. The only thing good about them are the voice servers hosting.
I just rent a gameserver and a webhost. Pay 1 year for ventrilo service. Use the gameserver for redirect for 1 month. Then cancel the gameserver.

I get 1 year vent for cheap ;]. And a webhost for my http download for 1 year ;].

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You do realize NFo offers cheaper Ventrilo than "that" company. NFo offers a 20-slot ventrilo server in Cogent seattle for $4.99/month letalone paying months in advance then only $4.49/month.

I just got the free 10 slot vent server with my game server and in Seattle Premium, it is significantly better pings, but Cogent works quite well too.

I believe NFo offers great servers hardware/bandwidth wise usually, but "high tech" service is a little disappointing quite often usually referring me to e-mail as almost no techs can really assist my issues. It is nice they answer e-mails so quickly, too.

Often times NFo really is a better deal (free sv_downloadurl/foolproof control panel) than other companies, but it ends up being preferential.

Sleeper

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