Web Server & Forum Maintenance (Complete)
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2026 5:08 am
Greetings Awakening,
I've just wrapped up a round of behind-the-scenes maintenance on our web server and forums. Everything is back online and running better than ever.
These forums have become something of a living archive - years of guides, discussion and hard-won knowledge that our community still leans on daily. That history is worth protecting, so we've made sure the platform holding it is on solid footing.
Here's what changed under the hood:
Security hardening - I've updated phpBB to a current, patched release, closing off known vulnerabilities and strengthening the platform that safeguards your accounts and everything catalogued here.
Server modernisation - The underlying operating system and packages have been fully updated, improving stability, performance and long-term reliability.
Awakening, preserved - All of our custom features, extensions and the Awakening theme have been carefully re-merged and updated to sit cleanly on top of the new version. The forums keep the look and functionality you know, now on a stronger, more secure foundation which should provide a better mobile experience.
None of this is glamorous work, but it's the kind of upkeep that keeps this website which handles account creation and updates for the game server, along with our forum archive intact and accessible for years to come. As always, you can still post on the forums, should you wish, but Discord is definitely the community's preferred avenue for interaction. I look forward to catching you all in the galaxy!
If you notice any issues or bugs which need to be reported please open a bug ticket: support
I've just wrapped up a round of behind-the-scenes maintenance on our web server and forums. Everything is back online and running better than ever.
These forums have become something of a living archive - years of guides, discussion and hard-won knowledge that our community still leans on daily. That history is worth protecting, so we've made sure the platform holding it is on solid footing.
Here's what changed under the hood:
Security hardening - I've updated phpBB to a current, patched release, closing off known vulnerabilities and strengthening the platform that safeguards your accounts and everything catalogued here.
Server modernisation - The underlying operating system and packages have been fully updated, improving stability, performance and long-term reliability.
Awakening, preserved - All of our custom features, extensions and the Awakening theme have been carefully re-merged and updated to sit cleanly on top of the new version. The forums keep the look and functionality you know, now on a stronger, more secure foundation which should provide a better mobile experience.
None of this is glamorous work, but it's the kind of upkeep that keeps this website which handles account creation and updates for the game server, along with our forum archive intact and accessible for years to come. As always, you can still post on the forums, should you wish, but Discord is definitely the community's preferred avenue for interaction. I look forward to catching you all in the galaxy!
If you notice any issues or bugs which need to be reported please open a bug ticket: support