Is it possible to implement this soft-shutdown method?

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#1

So basically when I update my game I want my old servers to slowly die out. I want to achieve this by automatically teleporting new players to updated servers (assuming they aren’t following a friend, of course).

Figuring out if a server is new or old isn’t my problem as much as actually teleporting players to a new server. Can that even be done? Is there a way to tell Roblox to make a new server?

Oh yeah, and I don’t want to use reserved servers.

#3

Outside of using reserved servers, you cannot tell Roblox to create a new server.

#4

I believe Roblox prioritises new servers during teleportation, so you should be able to just teleport the players.

What’s keeping you from just shutting down servers from the develop/place page?

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#5

Adding to this, Roblox added a “Reconnect” button on shutdown. So the only issue I really see here is data not saving perhaps, not sure if Player Removing fires on a shutdown.

#6

Do correct me if I’m wrong, but I remember the reconnect button does not show up for developer shutdowns. That makes this moot. It also doesn’t really accomplish “soft shutting down”.

#7

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It does. It’s the easiest alternative, but I understand where you are coming from with it not being very “soft”.

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#8

I figure here a way to do this.

  1. Create a place (call it whatever), this will be like a “Pending Rejoin Hub” where you teleport players when you want to shutdown a whole game.
  2. Have a way of telling all your servers of something (using a website, admin panel, whatever).
  3. On the server, do what you need to figure out if the server is old. If it is old, then notify all clients about the placeId they are currently in, and then use TeleportService:SetTeleportSetting(key, value) to note the placeId. - If you only have one place, this is not necessary.
  4. Teleport all the players to the hub place. Once all of your old servers are gone, you start teleporting the players back to the original place by asking the players for the placeId they stored previously. (TeleportService:GetTeleportSetting), then teleport them (preferably) using TeleportService:TeleportPartyAsync(place, players, data, loadingScreen)

I have not tested this myself, but I believe that in theory it should work.

#9

That’s identical to Merely’s script and is not the way I’d like to go about this. Thanks though

#10

That’s good info, thanks!

Shutting down the servers from the game page is intrusive and can lead to players getting disconnected and never coming back. I don’t want to do that.

#11

Only way to tell if a server is new or old is to have your own server versions, and have them compare themselves to see if they are new or old. (say http service to a model’s description or something)

Edit: I’ve honestly always wanted a way for servers to update themselves to whether they are old or new, and have a generated version # based off the amount of backups/updates there are.

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#12

Shutting down servers from there should give them a popup that lets them rejoin.

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#13

That’s true. I’m still used to the old red bar on the screen. It’s still disruptive though.