- Dropped unnecessary legacy wrapping class when generating cache lists, which should slightly reduce memory overhead during startup.
- Fixed a bug in the StringBuilder initialization for the Cachelist processor that lead to it allocating a buffer that was much larger than intended, which could lead to out-of-memory errors during startup with caches of certain size ranges.
- Files that were part of a removed static range will now be deleted at first startup instead of being shuffled into the dynamic file pool. They would see very little traffic, and this should cause less server overhead and avoid breakage on systems with very slow CPUs.
Note that while versions prior to 1.2.0 have not been allowed to start up for a month or so, there were still 30-ish active clients running 1.0.10. For compatibility reasons, these can now no longer operate until they are updated to 1.2.0 or newer.
To update an existing client: shut it down, download Hentai@Home 1.2.4, extract the archive, copy the jar files over the existing ones, then restart the client.
Interface addition: Added a new checkbox "Verify cache integrity on next startup" on the client settings screen. Checking this will make the client run a full file verification on the next startup, the same effect as starting the client with the --verify-cache command line option.
(This option will automatically be turned off again after the next startup, so you don't have to manually uncheck it.)
Second interface addition: Added checkboxes "Disable logging to disk" (equivalent to --disable-logging) and "Run in low-memory mode" (equivalent to --use-less-memory).
Clients with a large number of files could run into issues where the startup sequence took so long that you hit a server-side timeout. This could particularly happen if you were on a slow CPU, like a Raspberry Pi or a NAS box.
This update changes how cache lists are generated and sent to the server to speed it up by a significant amount. It also refactors part of the startup sequence to happen outside of the critical timeout-able section.
You don't need to apply this update unless you are having issues with slow startups, but it would be nice if some people with very large caches could try it out and compare startup times.
It may or may not be a lucky number for you. On to prizes!
The PHP Mersenne-Twister Random Number Generator returns to draw twenty fifty lucky winners from those who entered. Like previous years, you got one ticket per level. The prize, recycled from last year and given to each of the lucky winners, is 100 Hath and one Tenbora's Box.
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In addition, everyone who participated in the lottery gets a Free Cookie Thin Mint! The Thin Mint gives a 20% bonus to all gained EXP and 1 Hath every day you visit the site. This effect stacks with the Cookie from last year.
The Seventh Annual E-Hentai Galleries Award Show for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Excellence
As usual, everyone who made a showing in the Galleries Toplists - which is now counted as a Top 50 placement - will receive one Tenbora's Box for each placement.
As for this year's Unique Thingie, you get points for every toplist you place in, with 3 points for a Top 3 placement, 2 points for placing 4th through 10th, 1 point for placing between 11th and 25th, and half a point for placing between 26th and 50th.
3 points or more would get you the Ruby Cupcake, which adds +100% EXP, +4 Hath and +7000C per dawn event, and +3 mod power.
2 points would get you the Emerald Cupcake, which adds +75% EXP, +3 Hath and +5000C per dawn event, and +2 mod power.
And 1 point would get you the Sapphire Cupcake, which adds +50% EXP, +2 Hath and +3000C per dawn event, and +1 mod power.
Posted Wed, 24 December 2014, 09:53 UTC by Tenboro
As is customary in E-Hentai tradition, we always hand out a little something to our loyal members and contributors this time of year. Everyone who has reached the Member status on the forums should now have received a few trinkets of appreciation, namely:
In a repeat from the last six years, everyone who makes a post in this thread can also participate in the E-Hentai Yuletide Lottery. To participate, make a post in this thread containing the phrase The cold never bothered me anyway somewhere in your post.
Make sure to enter before 23:59:59 (Midnight) UTC, December 31st.
As usual, The Yuletide Lottery Drawings will be done by the PHP Mersenne-Twister Random Number Generator. The winner will be announced on January 1st, 2015. Ish.
And to everyone, have a Happy Holidays, a Merry Christmas, a Festive Festivus, or a wonderful whatever other winter celebration you happen to observe.
Posted Sat, 13 December 2014, 15:32 UTC by Tenboro
A new version of Hentai@Home was released. Primarily this improves the handling of static range files, and fixes some edge cases that could lead to minor errors.
As part of these fixes, the minimum disk space requirement per static range was increased, as the previous requirement was a bit on the optimistic side. If you have a client with a lot of static ranges, and it's been struggling with a low quality rating for some time, you may want to bump up the allowed space by about 20% if possible. If this is not done, and your client appears to be struggling, some ranges could be withdrawn to help it out of that situation.
This would only have been an issue if you went past a couple hundred ranges or so.
Patch notes for the program update itself:
- Changes to static range handling to prevent very old static range files from being preserved indefinitely. (Only applicable on clients that have been around for a long time.)
- Fixed old file pruning when a static range file has the oldest access timestamp. Pruning is now allowed to remove static range files, but this would only happen they haven't been accessed for more than a year.
- Added functionality to handle allowing static ranges to be removed individually instead of all or nothing, without having to rebuild the database.
- The system will no longer make a backup of the file access database on startup. In case of corruption, rebuilding the database is almost always the best option.
Edit: A very minor update to this build was pushed on 2014-12-28. The only change is turning off auto-commit during the cleanup process for removed static ranges, which will speed it up by a good bit.
