trouble logging in

Thorin · August 25, 2013, 02:03:46 PM

So I start up Minecraft and log in, then I try to join the Usamot server. I end up getting a 503 error for URL: http://session.minecraft.net/game/joinserver.jsp?user=ThorinC&sessionId=[number]&serverId=-[guid]

Did we upgrade the server, or something?

edit: nope, it's still 1.5.2 because I can't connect with 1.6.

I CAN'T GET MY FIX

Anyway, hopefully it resolves itself soon. Unless you happen to know what the problem is, Tom?

Thorin · August 25, 2013, 02:10:01 PM

Oh, well, this is why.

COME ON MOJANG, FIX YOUR SERVERS.

Also, I just learned there are "legacy" and regular authentication servers.

Lazybones · August 25, 2013, 02:42:21 PM

Ya, you can upgrade your account from a minecraft account to a majong account now that they have more than one game.
I noticed this when I changed my player skin last.

Tom · August 25, 2013, 05:36:44 PM

Watch out, I've heard plenty of stories where the upgrade @%&#ed people's accounts. Also those servers go down often enough too.

Mr. Analog · August 25, 2013, 06:40:59 PM

The login handshake IMO is the worst part of the process, the single point of failure that you can't get past heh

Thorin · August 25, 2013, 09:56:20 PM

You know on the one hand I wanna complain, on the other hand I've gotten a very substantial amount of entertainment for my $27 lifetime payment. Plus I imagine when those login servers finally do go down, they'll probably release the code for them. Seeing as how people can get at the normal code and have already altered the clients to not require signing in, so it must not be that difficult to circumvent.

Tom · August 25, 2013, 10:01:32 PM

The game itself already supports "offline" mode, which really just means "don't log in". In fact, the game itself does no loging in at all. The launcher does the logging in, hands the info directly to the client.

Thorin · August 25, 2013, 10:02:52 PM

Yeah, but the server requires a valid token that it can validate itself against the authentication servers, right? Which is why when the authentication servers are down, I can't connect to Usamot, because the Usamot server is set to require a valid login as validated against the authentication servers.

Lazybones · August 25, 2013, 10:10:39 PM

Quote from: Thorin on August 25, 2013, 10:02:52 PM
Yeah, but the server requires a valid token that it can validate itself against the authentication servers, right? Which is why when the authentication servers are down, I can't connect to Usamot, because the Usamot server is set to require a valid login as validated against the authentication servers.

So if they ever take the authentication servers down, Tom can just turn off the online validation.