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Ubuntu LTS available - no setup costs

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:00 +0200

We have integrated Ubuntu into our dedicated server management platform. Starting May 1st, 2012, Ubuntu will be available for free on all dedicated servers. If you would like to upgrade to the latest version, or if you would like to switch to the Ubuntu LTS release, please contact our support desk by ticket.

Happy Easter! - i3D.net opened on April 8 and 9

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0200

i3D.net wishes all of our customers and community a happy Easter!

During Easter (Sunday April 8th and Monday April 9th) we will be opened normally during office hours (10am - 6pm). Due to a smaller workforce on these days, the response time may be slightly slower than what you normally expect from us.

i3D.net upgrades AMS-IX connection to 20 gigabit

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Interactive 3D (i3D.net) upgraded the AMS-IX connection to 20 gigabit/second. To support the increased traffic we have also added additional 10 gigabit connections between our datacenter SmartDC in Rotterdam, to Amsterdam, to Frankfurt and to London.
Together with our LINX and DE-CIX connections, i3D.net is connected to the largest internet exchanges in the world. i3D uses these connections to add more reliable, direct and low latency connections to major cable, DSL and dialup ISPs and content providers.

Level3 and Global Crossing upgrades
i3D.net also upgraded the connections to Level3 and Global Crossing to 2x 60 gigabit. Our datacenter SmartDC is connected to the Level3 and Global Crossing backbones providing direct connections to Amsterdam, Paris, London and Brussels.

Our network
The increased network capacity brings us to the following i3D.net network setup:

Transit:
Rotterdam:
- Global Crossing 50 gigabit
- Level 3 50 gigabit
Amsterdam:
- Telia Sonera 10 gigabit
Frankfurt:
- Global Crossing 10 gigabit
- Level 3 10 gigabit

Peering:
- AMS-IX Amsterdam 20 gigabit
- DE-CIX Frankfurt 10 gigabit
- LINX London 10 gigabit
- PLIX Warshaw 1 gigabit
- NetNod Stockholm 2 gigabit
- Rackspace UK private interconnect 1 gigabit
- Equinix Ashburn USA private interconnect 1 gigabit
- Equinix Sydney AUS exchange 1 gigabit
- Equinix Sydney AUS private interconnect 1 gigabit

For questions regarding peering, transit and optimal connectivity, please contact our network operations through the ticket system.

Happy New Year!

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0100

We would like to thank our customers and large community for the great and successfull year 2011.

i3D wishes you a happy new year!
i3D wenst u een gelukkig nieuw jaar!
i3D wunscht ihr ein gesundes neues Jahr!

i3D.net closed during holidays

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0100

Due to upcoming Christmas Days and New Year's Day, our telephone service will not be available on the following dates:

- Sunday December 25th 2011: 1st Christmas day
- Monday December 26th 2011: 2nd Christmas day
- Sunday January 1st 2012: New Year's day

Our ticket support is delayed but active during these days.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

i3D.net BF3 facebook contest

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0100

i3D.net Facebook contest: LIKE our page Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/i3d.net, and comment to the contest post why you should win one of the following prices:

The grand give away:
- 2x Battlefield 3 Limited Edition for PC with 3 months 24 slot BF3 Ranked server each
- 2x 3 months 32 slot BF3 Ranked server with Teamspeak 3 20 slots - 2x 3 months Minecraft server
- 2x 3 months Modern Warfare 3 match server
- 2x webhosting XXL with .com/.net/.org domain name for one year!
- 2x Dedicated server Fasttrack 2 for 3 months

** Contest ends December 30th 20:00 CET
** Winners selected by i3D.net from best comments to this post
** Comments: e-mail us at social@i3d.net

Battlefield 3 Back to Karkand R12 Update

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0100

DICE / EA released patch R12 today, i3D.net will automaticly update all servers.

Change log:

* General crashfixes
* Fixed problem where kits would remain on the level for a long time.
* The Back to Karkand maps are included

The new maps details:

XP1_001 Strike At Karkand
Xp1_002 Gulf of Oman
XP1_003 Sharqi Peninsula
XP1_004 Wake Island

Above should not be copied in the maplist.txt, if you wish to add these maps to your server it should look like this:

XP1_001 ConquestLarge0 1
Xp1_002 ConquestLarge0 1
XP1_003 ConquestLarge0 1
XP1_004 ConquestLarge0 1

Full changelog can be found here: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654489494744784/

Note: i3D.net is currently updating all servers world wide and your server will be updated between 11 AM and 7 PM on Tuesday December 13th. We are updating tens of thousands of game servers with a full update including new content and this causes for slower deployment speeds than expected. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Update: Dice will release patch R13 to fix a number of issues with the R12 server. R12 made large 64 slot servers crash twice an hour on average. Another fix includes a fix for textures on Back to Karkand maps.

Update 19:15: We are updating all servers to release R14. R14 fixes a number of crash issues. The R14 patch is now also available for installation through the control panel. We apologize for the delay in patching today.

Battlefield 3 patch R8 released

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0100

All Battlefield 3 game servers have been updated to R8.

Change list:
* Crashfixes
* RCON bugfixes; banList.add can now ban on player name
* Fixes for team & squad handling, both during and between rounds
* Server’s online state is displayed in the “GameId:” field in the server window (see server provider documentation)

DICE Releases Battlefield 3 R7 patch

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0100

Dear clients,

DICE has Released the R7 patch for Battlefield 3. This patch addresses the rubberbanding problems experienced in server with more than 48 slots.

We are currently deploying the R7 patch to all servers.

Changelog for R7:

- Server improvements that should decrease rubberbanding

- TDM/SQDM spawn point fix

- 2 crash fixes in end of round

- Fix for connection problem when joining password protected servers

- Removed ‘vars.allUnlocksUnlocked’ once ranked server settings are enforced, this may come back in some form.

Additionally we've been getting a lot of questions about 2 issues in particular.

Setting playercounts: Since release the variable for playerslots has changed from vars.maxPlayerCount to vars.maxPlayers. If you're experiencing issues with getting your server running above the slotcount for a mode (for example your server is stuck on 32 slots rush while you paid for 48). Change vars.maxPlayerCount to vars.maxPlayers in the startup.txt file in the configuration editor.

Second is the players needed to start a server. If you want to edit this option make sure that the players needed to RESTART the server is always set lower than the players needed to start. Failure to do so will result in the settings being ignored.

DICE has release Battlefield 3 R6

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0100

DICE has released Battlefield 3 R6 which we are currently deploying to all servers. All Battlefield 3 servers will be down for a short time while the new patch is being deployed. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

Here is the changelog for R6:

Changes

- Fix for crashes usually occurring during level switches.

- Game servers should no longer quit in some situations where the online backend servers are down. Server will reconnect to the backend once it's up again.

- Fix for ghost servers which didn't accept connections.

- Kick reasons should better match situations where they are issued. This will help battlelog provide more accurate information to the player

- Connection fixes to avoid players sometimes being rejected while joining the game server on one of the last slots

- Security updates

- Improved server logging

i3D.net release BF3CC!

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200

Dear client,

Though unfortunately slightly later that we had originally planned we are finally ready to release the first stable version on BF3CC.

Note: There is currently a bug that makes it impossible to connect through quick connect. Please use the manage servers option to connect and it will work fine

Release of BF3CC

BF3CC can be downloaded from http://www.bf3cc.com/

This is the first release and our main focus was on providing the bare essential and getting the tool stable. There are many more features still coming in the next week that should make server administration easier than ever before.

BF3CC Features

A short list of features currently available for BF3CC are:
- Player control (kick/ban/kill/swap teams and squads)
- Server configuration
- Maplist control, set maplist, set next map, restart round, jump to next map/round)
- Manage banlist (manually edit bans, load banlist from server
- VIP users (aka Reserved Slots) This feature is implemented but broke in R5. It is currently NOT working

Features coming soon

There are of course several more features that we will be adding now that we've released the initial build. We will allow the community to make their own plugins for BF3CC so expect a lot of new features after release.

Some of the features currently planned are:

- Autoadmin, admin your server even when you're not around. With auto messages, auto kicks and bans, ingame admin for your friends, minigames and much much more!
- Ingame commands, this is high on the todo list and will be available as soon as possible.
- Daemon support, We understand you don't want to leave your pc on 24/7 to run autoadmin and make ingame commands work, that's why we've prioritized releasing a Daemon that will run the admin tool 24/7.
- Config export to easily set the startup.txt of your server.
- Plugin Support
- Much more. Keep an eye on http://www.bf3cc.com for updates!

Battlefield 3 Ranked game servers now available!

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200

i3D.net is now offering Battlefield 3 Official Ranked & Unranked game servers. As both an alpha and beta game server provider for EA's Battlefield 3, we are privileged to offer the Battlefield 3 game servers to our clients on all available locations.

The i3D.net Battlefield 3 Official ranked servers are available from 16 to 64 slots public. Ranked servers can be switched to unranked and password protected at any moment.

Our unranked servers are available from 8 to 64 slots and can be ordered as private or public servers.

As our users have come to expect our servers offer low latency, lag free gameplay, all our servers are hosted on the latest E3 Xeon quadcore servers.

To summarize i3D.net's Battlefield 3 offer:
- Battlefield 3 Official Ranked & Unranked game servers available
- Included: Access to BF3CC, i3D.net co-created
- Included: Access to PB screenshots and log files
- Each 48+ slot server assigned to it's own core

Order and availability at http://www.i3d.net/battlefield-3-ranked-game-servers.php

See you on the Battlefield!

Battlefield 3 is a trademark of EA Digital Illusions CE AB. i3D.net is authorized by EA Inc. to use the "Official Battlefield 3 Trusted Server Provider" phrase.

Known issues with Battlefield 3 R5

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200

Dear clients,

As Battlefield 3 gets underway there are obviously some issues that will affect the servers during the first few weeks of launch. Here is a short list of the most common problems encountered so far.

1. The map Teheran Highway has a tendency to lag for players, even though CPU usage is nowhere near it's limits players will experience rubberbanding.

2. The same issue is is sometimes present on Caspian Border, though much less severe.

3. Some players are getting excessive punkbuster kicks on their server claiming it is outdated. If you are affected by this please contact our support department so they can reinstall punkbuster.

4. R5 servers run with a new version of punkbuster. However the punkbuster client has some issues autoupdating. You can manually update your punkbuster through the punkbuster site at http://www.evenbalance.com

5. Server crashes, Servers (especially 64 slot servers) tend to crash once ever 2-3 hours. Once every 5-6 hours in some cases. Unfortunately this is not something we can resolve at this time as this is a software problem that DICE needs to resolve.

We kindly ask that clients keep the issues on Caspian Border and Teheran Highway in mind when putting in lag reports. For any other issues please don't hesitate to contact our support department!

Best Regards,

The i3D.net Team

Addendum by EA:
* The game server is not able to run any gamemodes in up-to-64 players mode. Here is the current number of max players:
Conquest - 32 players
Conquest64 - 64 players
Rush - 32 players
Squad Rush - 8 players
Squad Deathmatch - 16 players
Team Deathmatch - 24 players
This will be changed in future server releases.

* There have been a lot of questions regarding join queues and reserved slots. The join queue, and reserved slots with them, are currently disabled while we are weeding out other problems with game servers.
Both will be enabled in the future.

* There are problems with the game server kicking players willfully. The message "You were kicked by an administrator" is a catch-all phrase - it means that the game server disconnected you, for whatever reason (idle timeout, PB kick, real admin kick, ...). We are working to improve in each of the areas, and to get more descriptive error messaging in place.

Battlefield 3 R5 patch installation

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200

We will begin installing BF3 server release 5 to all BF3 servers. This update fixed many issues:

- PB issues
- Player kicks during joining server
- Security updates
- Many crash fixed

The R5 patch will be installed on all servers by i3D.net. Your BF3 game instance will reboot once.

i3D.net ranked in Deloittes Top50 fastest growing tech companies

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200

Interactive 3D (i3D.net) has been nominated as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Deloitte. The Fast 50 index is a yearly ranking of fast growing technology companies and is part of the Fast 500 ranking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

From 2005 to 2009 i3D.net ranked 24 with 844% revenue growth. From 2010 to date, i3D.net reports revenue growth of 600%.

The 2011 ranking is announced by Deloitte on October 13, 2011.

i3D.net connects to Stockholm internet exchange

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200

Interactive 3D (i3D.net) is now connected to the Swedish Internet Exchange: Netnod Stockholm. For optimal redundancy, this connection is built on two 1 GbE paths from Amsterdam and Frankfurt, to Stockholm

Together with our AMS-IX, LINX and DE-CIX connection, i3D.net is connected to the largest internet exchanges in the world. i3D uses these connections to add more reliable, direct and low latency connections to major cable, DSL and dialup ISPs and content providers.

Other upgrades
In the past months, the i3D network connected to the Polish Internet Exchange PLIX, located in Warsaw and we have added two private interconnects to Ashburn VA, USA and London Slough.

Our network
The new i3D network has the following setup:

Transit:
Rotterdam:
- Global Crossing 20 gigabit
- Level 3 30 gigabit
Amsterdam:
- Telia Sonera 10 gigabit
Frankfurt:
- Global Crossing 10 gigabit
- Level 3 10 gigabit

Peering:
- AMS-IX 10 gigabit
- DE-CIX 10 gigabit
- LINX 10 gigabit
- PLIX 1 gigabit
- NetNod Stockholm 2 gigabit
- Rackspace UK private interconnect 1 gigabit
- Equinix Ashburn private interconnect 1 gigabit

For questions regarding peering, transit and optimal connectivity, please contact our network operations through the ticket system.

Battlefield 3 game server online date is coming closer!

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0200

i3D.net is offering a special pre-order package for Battlefield 3 game servers until game launch. The Battlefield 3 i3D pre-order package is available for limited time! As alpha game server provider for EA's Battlefield 3, we are privileged to offer the Battlefield 3 game servers.

The i3D.net Battlefield 3 game server pre-order package starts with a 16 to 64 slot ranked Battlefield 3 public game server, to be online on launch day.

As Battlefield 3 is heavily supported with clan features, i3D.net adds as only provider worldwide, a free 16 slot private Battlefield 3 game server with every public server ordered. Your community enjoys the ranked public server, while your teams enjoy the flexibility of hosting matches 24x7. We also add a free Teamspeak 3 10 slot voice server for optimal communication.
For your community website, we also add 12 month webhosting XL with free .com/net/.org/.nl domain name. No advertisements, no branding, it will be your domain.

To summarize i3D.net's Battlefield 3 package:
- Battlefield 3 Official Ranked game server 16 to 64 players
- FREE: Battlefield 3 16 slot private game server
- FREE: Teamspeak 3 10 slot public voice server
- FREE: Webhosting with .com/.net/.org/.nl domain name
- Included: Access to BF3CC, i3D.net co-created
- Included: Access to PB screenshots and log files

Order and availability at http://www.i3d.net/battlefield-3-ranked-game-servers.php

The pre-order package is available until September 18th. The BF3 private clanserver, Teamspeak 3 server and website will be offered for the full duration of your BF3 Official Ranked server term. Minimal pre-order package term is 3 months.

See you on the Battlefield!

Battlefield 3 is a trademark of EA Digital Illusions CE AB. i3D.net is authorized by EA Inc. to use the "Official Battlefield 3 Trusted Server Provider" phrase.

i3D.net upgrades LINX connection to 10 GbE

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0200

Interactive 3D (i3D.net) will upgrade the connection to the London (LINX) to 10 GbE on Friday August 26th, 2011 around noon CEST.
Traffic will be rerouted during the maintenance.

Together with our AMS-IX connection and DE-CIX connection, i3D.net is connected to the three largest internet exchanges in the world. i3D uses these connections to add more reliable, direct and low latency connections to major cable, DSL and dialup ISPs and content providers.

Scheduled network upgrades
In the following months, the i3D network will grow even
further. We will connect to the Polish Internet Exchange PLIX, located in Warsaw. We will also connect to NetNod Stockholm and add two private interconnects to Ashburn VA, USA and London Slough.

Our network
The new i3D network has the following setup:

For questions regarding peering, transit and optimal connectivity, please contact our network operations through the ticket system.

Battlefield 3 available for pre-order

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0200

i3D.net is proud to announce, as first GSP worldwide, the very first pre-order for Battlefield 3 Official Ranked game servers has started! As alpha game server provider for EA's Battlefield 3, we are privileged to offer the Battlefield 3 game servers.

The i3D.net Battlefield 3 game server pre-order package starts with a 16 to 64 slot ranked Battlefield 3 public game server, to be online on launch day.

As Battlefield 3 is heavily supported with clan features, i3D.net adds as only provider worldwide, a free 16 slot private Battlefield 3 game server with every public server ordered. Your community enjoys the ranked public server, while your teams enjoy the flexibility of hosting matches 24x7. We also add a free Teamspeak 3 10 slot voice server for optimal communication.
For your community website, we also add 12 month webhosting XL with free .com/net/.org/.nl domain name. No advertisements, no branding, it will be your domain.

To summarize i3D.net's Battlefield 3 package:
- Battlefield 3 Official Ranked game server 16 to 64 players
- FREE: Battlefield 3 16 slot private game server
- FREE: Teamspeak 3 10 slot public voice server
- FREE: Webhosting with .com/.net/.org/.nl domain name
- Included: Access to BF3CC, i3D.net co-created
- Included: Access to PB screenshots and log files

Order and availability at http://www.i3d.net/battlefield-3-ranked-game-servers.php

The pre-order package is available until September 18th. The BF3 private clanserver, Teamspeak 3 server and website will be offered for the full duration of your BF3 Official Ranked server term. Minimal pre-order package term is 3 months.

See you on the Battlefield!

Battlefield 3 is a trademark of EA Digital Illusions CE AB. i3D.net is authorized by EA Inc. to use the "Official Battlefield 3 Trusted Server Provider" phrase.

Changes in source game rentals

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0200

Dear clients,

Due to recent changes in the source engine all servers now run at a tickrate of 66 by default, we've changed our rental policy to reflect this change.

Any existing and all new servers are billed as if they were a standard source game. This means all extra charges previously associated with source servers for the boosted/ultra boosted and premium configurations no longer apply and you automatically receive the discounted rate now. New orders and extension invoices will reflect this change automatically.

16 slot servers on the source engine are now available for 21.90 Euro a month. This includes full mod support, the ability to change FPS and all benefits previously offered on our Ultra Boosted and Premium servers.

For any questions please contact the i3D.net support desk.

Best regards,

The i3D.net team