MTS:About - Revision history

Delphy: moved MTS2:About to MTS:About

2011-03-30T08:14:17Z

moved MTS2:About to MTS:About

Delphy: About moved to MTS2:About

2007-12-18T11:51:00Z

About moved to MTS2:About

Jfade: /* Who are we? */ - Typo fixes

2007-01-04T15:11:40Z

‎Who are we?: - Typo fixes

Delphy: Cleaned up, removed network map and machine info as it's outdated

2007-01-04T14:08:18Z

Cleaned up, removed network map and machine info as it's outdated

Curlybap: MediaWiki formatted the vBulletin hacks list, removed the forums.mts2 reference /* Technical details */

2006-12-28T14:42:04Z

MediaWiki formatted the vBulletin hacks list, removed the forums.mts2 reference - ‎Technical details

Curlybap: MediaWiki formatted and added Site Suggestions link

2006-12-28T14:33:24Z

MediaWiki formatted and added Site Suggestions link

Blacksmith: /* Site owner */

2006-12-24T03:54:51Z

‎Site owner

Blacksmith: /* Site owner */

2006-12-24T03:54:10Z

‎Site owner

Blacksmith: /* Site owner */

2006-12-24T01:58:26Z

‎Site owner

Blacksmith: /* Site owner */

2006-12-24T01:26:11Z

‎Site owner

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 The site was started by Aobh (Irish) and Delphy (English) - Aobh being the girl and Delphy being the boy for the chronically confused.  After the success of their first modding site, ModTheSingles, and with the good fortune of getting an advance copy of The Sims 2, it really was only a matter of time before ModTheSims2 was born.   Aobh has since moved onto other things, and we all wish her luck in whatever endeavour she chooses.
-Initially thought of as simply a technical resource, MTS2 grew very rapidly once the game was released in September 2004, becoming the premier Sims 2 modding site on the internet, where many of the breakthroughs and developments in the community happen.  We where the first to do object recolours, both of existing recolourable objects and original Maxis creations (the CEP project).  We have an extensive Wiki with details on the vast majority of the Sims 2 file formats, and we where also the first to put custom 3d meshes into the game.
+Initially thought of as simply a technical resource, MTS2 grew very rapidly once the game was released in September 2004, becoming the premier Sims 2 modding site on the internet, where many of the breakthroughs and developments in the community happen.  We were the first to do object recolours, both of existing recolourable objects and original Maxis creations (the CEP project).  We have an extensive Wiki with details on the vast majority of the Sims 2 file formats, and we were also the first to put custom 3d meshes into the game.
 MTS2 is at the cutting edge of Sims 2's development as a highly moddable game, but above all, our philosophy has always been to provide the resources and downloads at no cost to the end user.  Yes, thats right - it's free.  We exist solely on the generous donations of the userbase, but we don't require you to give anything.

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-==Who are we?==
+=Who are we?=
 ModTheSims2.com is a site dedicated to tweaking, changing and generally messing about with the Sims 2 game to provide an experience far beyond basic gameplay.
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 We have a dedicated staff that run as a close-knit team, and are always looking at ways of improving the site to the casual browser, while keeping it in the same style of openess and fairness that it has been built on.
-==Technical details==
+=Technical details=
 ;MTS2 runs on vBulletin 3.0.7 with the following hacks installed:
-:Thumbnails on Forumdisplay by Delphy
+* Thumbnails on Forumdisplay by Delphy
-:Reported Posts v2 by Erwin
+* Reported Posts v2 by Erwin
-:Auto-move deleted threads to archive by Delphy
+* Auto-move deleted threads to archive by Delphy
-:Auto-close threads in certain forums by Delphy
+* Auto-close threads in certain forums by Delphy
-:Adult verification opt-in and out by Delphy
+* Welcome PM by rob_daemon
-:Welcome PM by rob_daemon
 The MTS2 template is by Delphy and there are multiple hacks in the backend to produce the look and feel.
-Network map:
+=Stats=
-[http://www.delphster.net/mts2/MTS2Network_Nov05.png http://www.delphster.net/mts2/MTS2Network_Nov05.png]
+Some interesting statistics about the site:
-The machines are as follows:
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
-;Front End Servers
+=Site Admins=
-:www5 aka Portland - dual opteron 242 with 4gb ram
-:www2 aka Charlotte - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram
-:These serve as the "front end" to clients connecting in from www.mts2.  All they do is run vBulletin.
+==[[Delphy]]==
-−
-;File/Image Servers
-:thumbs - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram.  This machine serves all the thumbnail requests via custom written scripts (i.e. not using the vBulletin attachment method).
-:files - AMD Athlon XP 1800+, 1gb ram.  This machine serves all the files, on an unmetered 10mbps connection.
-:www1 - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram.  This machine serves all static content (images etc), this wiki and is also used as a backup machine
-−
-;Backend Servers
-:db - dual opteron 242 with 4gb ram, running mySQL.  This machine purely runs mySQL and serves MTS2 and S2C.  It has dual NFS links to both thumbs and files.
-:www6 aka Houston - p4 2.8ghz, 2gb ram.  This machine currently serves only as a central upload point and has dual NFS links to thumbs and files.  It runs a customised vBulletin attachment system to split incoming uploads onto the required server.  All image files and thumbnails go to thumbs. All rars, zips and sims2pack files go to files.  This ensures that each of those bandwidth heavy servers has content locally on their drives, improving speed.
-−
-==Site owner==
-−
 [[Delphy]]
 Delphy (otherwise known as Stuart) is the modder and arch geek of the site - he's fiddled with everything from Impossible Creatures, to the two Homeworld games, The Singles and a ton of other stuff that he can never remember. Delphy is an admin over at the Relic news forums and even had the good fortune of being flown to Canada for the ICU (Impossible Creatures University), courtesy of Microsoft.
 Delphy will mod anything that breathes (including the hot water boiler, his PDA, other peoples PDAs, anything cable related...).
-[http://www.delphster.net/ His current homepage] <!-- [[User:Blacksmith|Blacksmith]] 20:21, 23 December 2006 (EST) -->
+* [http://www.delphster.net/ His current homepage] <!-- [[User:Blacksmith|Blacksmith]] 20:21, 23 December 2006 (EST) -->
-−
-That's all...
-I hope you like this little insight into the ideas behind MTS2.  Feel free to post in the [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=208334 Site Suggestions] thread if you want to see anything else included on the site!
+==[[daysies]]==
-Regards,
+Daysies is the co-admin, and deals with day-to-day administration of the site and parts of the moderation queue.
-Delphy
 [[Category:History]]

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 ==Technical details==
-MTS2 runs on vBulletin 3.0.7 with the following hacks installed:
+;MTS2 runs on vBulletin 3.0.7 with the following hacks installed:
-- Thumbnails on Forumdisplay by Delphy
+:Thumbnails on Forumdisplay by Delphy
-- Reported Posts v2 by Erwin
+:Reported Posts v2 by Erwin
-- Auto-move deleted threads to archive by Delphy
+:Auto-move deleted threads to archive by Delphy
-- Auto-close threads in certain forums by Delphy
+:Auto-close threads in certain forums by Delphy
-- Adult verification opt-in and out by Delphy
+:Adult verification opt-in and out by Delphy
-- Welcome PM by rob_daemon
+:Welcome PM by rob_daemon
 The MTS2 template is by Delphy and there are multiple hacks in the backend to produce the look and feel.
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 ;Front End Servers
-:www5 aka portland - dual opteron 242 with 4gb ram
+:www5 aka Portland - dual opteron 242 with 4gb ram
-:www2 aka charlotte - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram
+:www2 aka Charlotte - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram
-:These serve as the "front end" to clients connecting in from forums.mts2 or www.mts2.  All they do is run vBulletin.
+:These serve as the "front end" to clients connecting in from www.mts2.  All they do is run vBulletin.
 ;File/Image Servers
-:thumbs - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram.  This machine serves all the thumbnail requests via custom written scripts (ie not using the vbulletin attachment method).
+:thumbs - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram.  This machine serves all the thumbnail requests via custom written scripts (i.e. not using the vBulletin attachment method).
 :files - AMD Athlon XP 1800+, 1gb ram.  This machine serves all the files, on an unmetered 10mbps connection.
 :www1 - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram.  This machine serves all static content (images etc), this wiki and is also used as a backup machine
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 ;Backend Servers
 :db - dual opteron 242 with 4gb ram, running mySQL.  This machine purely runs mySQL and serves MTS2 and S2C.  It has dual NFS links to both thumbs and files.
-:www6 aka houston - p4 2.8ghz, 2gb ram.  This machine currently serves only as a central upload point and has dual NFS links to thumbs and files.  It runs a customised vBulletin attachment system to split incoming uploads onto the required server.  All image files and thumbnails go to thumbs. All rars, zips and sims2pack files go to files.  This ensures that each of those bandwidth heavy servers has content locally on their drives, improving speed.
+:www6 aka Houston - p4 2.8ghz, 2gb ram.  This machine currently serves only as a central upload point and has dual NFS links to thumbs and files.  It runs a customised vBulletin attachment system to split incoming uploads onto the required server.  All image files and thumbnails go to thumbs. All rars, zips and sims2pack files go to files.  This ensures that each of those bandwidth heavy servers has content locally on their drives, improving speed.
 ==Site owner==

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 The machines are as follows:
-FRONT END SERVERS
+;Front End Servers
-www5 aka portland - dual opteron 242 with 4gb ram
+:www5 aka portland - dual opteron 242 with 4gb ram
-www2 aka charlotte - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram
+:www2 aka charlotte - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram
-These serve as the "front end" to clients connecting in from forums.mts2 or www.mts2.  All they do is run vBulletin.
+:These serve as the "front end" to clients connecting in from forums.mts2 or www.mts2.  All they do is run vBulletin.
-FILE / IMAGE SERVERS
+;File/Image Servers
-thumbs - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram.  This machine serves all the thumbnail requests via custom written scripts (ie not using the vbulletin attachment method).
+:thumbs - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram.  This machine serves all the thumbnail requests via custom written scripts (ie not using the vbulletin attachment method).
-files - AMD Athlon XP 1800+, 1gb ram.  This machine serves all the files, on an unmetered 10mbps connection.
+:files - AMD Athlon XP 1800+, 1gb ram.  This machine serves all the files, on an unmetered 10mbps connection.
-www1 - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram.  This machine serves all static content (images etc), this wiki and is also used as a backup machine
+:www1 - p4 2.8ghz with 2gb ram.  This machine serves all static content (images etc), this wiki and is also used as a backup machine
-BACKEND SERVERS
+;Backend Servers
-db - dual opteron 242 with 4gb ram, running mySQL.  This machine purely runs mySQL and serves MTS2 and S2C.  It has dual NFS links to both thumbs and files.
+:db - dual opteron 242 with 4gb ram, running mySQL.  This machine purely runs mySQL and serves MTS2 and S2C.  It has dual NFS links to both thumbs and files.
-www6 aka houston - p4 2.8ghz, 2gb ram.  This machine currently serves only as a central upload point and has dual NFS links to thumbs and files.  It runs a customised vBulletin attachment system to split incoming uploads onto the required server.  All image files and thumbnails go to thumbs. All rars, zips and sims2pack files go to files.  This ensures that each of those bandwidth heavy servers has content locally on thier drives, improving speed.
+:www6 aka houston - p4 2.8ghz, 2gb ram.  This machine currently serves only as a central upload point and has dual NFS links to thumbs and files.  It runs a customised vBulletin attachment system to split incoming uploads onto the required server.  All image files and thumbnails go to thumbs. All rars, zips and sims2pack files go to files.  This ensures that each of those bandwidth heavy servers has content locally on their drives, improving speed.
 ==Site owner==
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 Delphy (otherwise known as Stuart) is the modder and arch geek of the site - he's fiddled with everything from Impossible Creatures, to the two Homeworld games, The Singles and a ton of other stuff that he can never remember. Delphy is an admin over at the Relic news forums and even had the good fortune of being flown to Canada for the ICU (Impossible Creatures University), courtesy of Microsoft.
-Currently working as a resident geek at a local firm, Delphy spends his evenings, nights, mornings and mid-afternoons peering at his monitor, playing his mp3's WAY too loud and buying more gadgets :)
+Currently working as a resident geek at a local firm, Delphy spends his evenings, nights, mornings and mid-afternoons peering at his monitor, playing his mp3's '''WAY''' too loud and buying more gadgets :)
-Delphy will mod anything that breathes (including the hot water boiler, his PDA, other peoples PDA, anything cable related...).
+Delphy will mod anything that breathes (including the hot water boiler, his PDA, other peoples PDAs, anything cable related...).
-[http://delphy.hwcommunity.com/ His current homepage.](not any more try [http://www.delphster.net/ His current homepage]) <!-- [[User:Blacksmith|Blacksmith]] 20:21, 23 December 2006 (EST) -->
+[http://www.delphster.net/ His current homepage] <!-- [[User:Blacksmith|Blacksmith]] 20:21, 23 December 2006 (EST) -->
 That's all...
-I hope you like this little insight into the ideas behind MTS2.  Feel free to post in the Site Wishlist forum if you want to see anything else included on the site!
+I hope you like this little insight into the ideas behind MTS2.  Feel free to post in the [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=208334 Site Suggestions] thread if you want to see anything else included on the site!
 Regards,

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 Delphy will mod anything that breathes (including the hot water boiler, his PDA, other peoples PDA, anything cable related...).
-[http://delphy.hwcommunity.com/ His current homepage.](not any more try [http://www.delphster.net/ His current homepage] <!-- [[User:Blacksmith|Blacksmith]] 20:21, 23 December 2006 (EST)) -->
+[http://delphy.hwcommunity.com/ His current homepage.](not any more try [http://www.delphster.net/ His current homepage]) <!-- [[User:Blacksmith|Blacksmith]] 20:21, 23 December 2006 (EST) -->
 That's all...