Airshipper was failing with the same error on my Linux and Mac boxes, complaining about an invalid zip. Almost certainly means its failing to download the zip, right? Right.
But since there are absolutely 0 posts about this on Discord or here on Reddit…I got suspicious that it was something on my env.
So I got on my VPN and used Switzerland. Same error. Started messing with my WiFi networks (I have multiple in my house since one has a PiHole filtering it and the other doesn’t) and accidentally selected Sweden instead of Switzerland in my VPN’s handy dandy little GUI and…it worked. Airshipper downloaded the update and I was looking at a Veloren login screen. What?
So that’s where I am now. For some reason I can only download airshipper updates from Sweden. I seem to be able to connect to the game server with or without the VPN once its downloaded, but that’s probably hosted somewhere completely different.
Anyone else seeing this? I’m in USA, so I doubt its my ISP or local law preventing downloading this open source game. I’ve got a workaround but I’m really curious what’s going on now.
I’m also in the US and I’m seeing the same issue. Can’t download the update.
The download server is running in Sweden, I believe (I’m sure Songtronix can correct me on this if I’m wrong). We’ve had a lot of reports of problems over the last day or so. We’re investigating them, but hopefully things should be working correctly now.
I am seeing this problem today - is there a known fix?
Did they fix the servers? I am having this exact problem right now in linux?
To be exact you do not download the game directly from our server. It will only redirect to a DigitalOcean CDN which means our nightly is being distributed and cached around the globe for better download speed. You can notice that after a new nightly hit and you wait a while for the CDN to cache it. The download speed will be way better.
I’m assuming that there’s some inconsistencies and or errors while distributing because airshipper itself works fine and I verify every single upload automatically before pushing it out. Maybe one of my assumptions are wrong but the point is we need to investigate the problem.
Here comes the worst part. It only affects some people in specific regions and such is hard to replicate and identify. I can only assume that it’s DigitalOceans CDN causing the issues.
So if anyone has any ideas I’m open for suggestion. I will see if I can find a way to fix it.
The US server was down. Use a VPN (I recommend protonvpn it’s like $5 a month) to connect to a European server and it’ll download from a different server.
Edit: however that may not be the problem this time, that’s just what fixed it for me last time
Well at the very least I seem to be in an affected region so I’m happy to play guinea pig.
Airshipper works right now for me sans VPN, but the CDN isn’t Digital Ocean, its Highwinds Network Group? Here’s some info I grabbed from a quick wire capture and reverse IP lookup:
IP: 205.185.216.42
Decimal: 3451508778
Hostname: map2.hwcdn.net
ASN: 20446
ISP: Highwinds Network Group
Organization: Highwinds Network Group
Services: None detected
Type: Corporate
Assignment: Likely Static IP
Feel free to hit me up here or on Discord if I can provide more info (I’m doctor_ew over there)
Ok thanks, also thanks for replying so quick on a one year old post
I just happened to be on Reddit at the exact moment you posted lol