AKARA IS BACK!
After several months and lots of money, Akara is finally back online. I had to buy all the domains and rewrite some of the website, and the shard is now running on my server with a dedicated T1, so we shouldn't have anymore downtime unless a hurricane knocks out the power (lets hope not).
Now for the bad news. The most current save I had of the shard is from February 11, 2011, so if you did play during the few times that the shard was up during 2011, you probably lost whatever you've done. If you are missing anything, please contact me and I'll see what I can do to fix it for you.
Ok, now for some technical information. We are currently using the Akara Launcher on the downloads page to download the patches and connect to the server. If you already have the Launcher installed on your computer, you will need to remove it completely. This will probably mean opening C:\Program Files and deleting the Akara Launcher directory after you have uninstalled it. Then download the updated Launcher on the downloads page and install it. This will involve repatching, but that's ok anyway since some of the patches have been updated and you would have to do this anyway. I will soon be listed on ListUO and have a link to their launcher as well. It works in pretty much the same way as our launcher, but will allow you to access any server on their list. ConnectUO is "inbetween" versions at the moment and is useless as usual. If they ever get all of their problems figured out, I'll list us with them as well.
IF YOU ARE RUNNING VISTA OR WINDOWS 7, when you install or run our Launcher, it will say that it's from an unknown publisher and do you want to allow this program to change files on your hard drive. SELECT YES. I refuse to pay $100 a year for code-signing certificate so that message won't pop up. After everything I've spent on the domains and hosting, I simply can't afford it right now. Besides, I don't write that many programs to justify the cost.
IF YOU ARE RUNNING A 64-BIT VERSION OF WINDOWS, it is my understanding that the Launcher and ListUO's launcher will still work, but you have to make sure that UO is installed in C:\Program Files\EA Games\Mondain's Legacy ect. DO NOT INSTALL it in the /x86 directory that if normally installs 32-bit programs into. These launchers will not be able to find the program and will therefore give you an error message.
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS RUNNING THE LAUNCHER ON ANY OF THESE PLATFORMS, it might be because I set something wrong in the install file, though I've tried to make sure that this didn't happen. You may need to right-click on the program in your Programs list and select properties, then click run as administrator. I think I've fixed that problem, but I wanted to throw it out there just in case it caused a problem on someone's computer.
As I've mentioned before, I've spent a lot of money to make this happen. I would greatly appreciate any donations that you can provide to support the shard. I will see to it that you get some really good donation items. Thanks to all who support the shard and hung around the forums for months waiting for it to come back. With your help this will become a great shard again.
Please Page Staff if you have any questions or problems as we are here to assist you.
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