scripts and an outside server

[Navy1 Coba]

I know little or nothing about scripts, but recently a product brand that contained internal scripting and was controlled by an "outside server" stopped working. The owner said the people that hosted his workings closed and he was unable to find a new host. Make me smarter. Why cant he just move the scripting server files to a new outside host? If he could, would that just involve an update to the product in SL and all start again or is it much more complicated and aka impossible.

Thanks for all your brain power,

Navy1 Coba

[Quistess Alpha]

2 hours ago, Navy1 Coba said:

Why cant he just move the scripting server files to a new outside host?

• A) High Cost. Hypothetically, even if it were that simple, if all the alternative providers cost too much, and the service isn't really making much money or providing enough value to the owner/operator, it might be an easy excuse to call it quits.
• B) No Backup. If he didn't keep copies of important scripts/data and the now-dead service deleted them, he's very SOL.
• C) API compatibility. If his scripts for telling the server what to do included instructions specific to the now-dead service, it would be a pain to translate that into something a different service could understand.

[Wulfie Reanimator]

It's possible that the creator is looking for free hosts, and can't find one that fits the needs of the product.

If they do find one, moving the code should be simple, but if the SL scripts are communicating with a URL which only points at the closed site (like some-creator.dead-host.com instead of custom-domain.com), then the SL scripts would not start working without an update.

Edited February 2, 2023 by Wulfie Reanimator

[Navy1 Coba]

Thanks for the comments and clarifications.

It is kinda what I suspected. As to A) B) or C) or D) 🤪, not sure. we will ever know but this was a MAJOR part of Second LIfe with several thousand of people involved in the industry.

Now they have lost everything, some more than others.

Once again, thanks for the information and the knowledge

Navy1 Coba