All COs and above for each regiment should report to the meeting room (Deck 3)  in game at 5:00 (GMT) today. Due to many people not coming yesterday I will re-hosting it today and discuss about the server's future. If you cannot make it please put it in below.

If you would like to come in place of someone please pm me on the forums.

The forum experienced a PHP error which Bom Bom managed to fix for me. I would like to apologise for the downtime however this has not happened in this way on the website before and hopefully wont happen again. I would like to thank Bom Bom for fixing the issue very quickly. The server also had an issue where players joined and crashed this was down to a recent update on the server and I have found the source of the problem which has been removed. There will be a post on the donation system today.

The star wars has now officially opened to the public! We welcome all members of the community, the more the better. Feel free to join as soon as you can to help us grow!

IP is: 164.132.4.16:27015

There has been a Call Of Gmod update last night this was a big step for the server in order to improve the game play. The full change log is here however I will be explaining into more detail some of the big changes. http://www.iwikugaming.com/showthread.php?tid=7725

Area Restriction
I have fixed the god mode glitch which was caused by the spawn protection I think which I have removed and added a new feature called area restriction this will prevent marines and Taliban's entering a part of the map which has been used to stop spawn killing. When you walk to far into the Taliban spawn you will get a message not allowing you pass and it will automatically teleport you back. So far I have received positive feedback on this feature. This has not removed spawn killing however it has lowered it. This has been added to every map apart from Raid_Predator.

Leaderboards/Anti Cheat
I have added !leaderboard back and wiped the system. This will mean players can see there stats on the server eg kills etc. How you look at this feature is !leaderboard. The anti cheat system has also been re added.

Play time
I have added a play time counter in the top left hand corner which will show your game time on the server. The more you play you will level up to new ranks and earn XP bonuses.

Server slot count
I have improved the server drastically giving it more cpu power and Ram this should lower the lag therefore my plan has always been to keep the slots at 60 if it lags drastically again with that player count it will be lowered back to 52.

Donation System
I have upgraded our donation system however there will be a separate thread on this.

There will be an update Tuesday 16th May 2017 where the server ill be again locked from 11PM. This update will be focusing on prestige bonuses, chat tags and new jobs.

Whats happened so far?
As you are aware Yoda and I have been working pretty hard over the past week with the assistance for many other individuals previously thanked here. The one day of beta testing has been, in hindsight, more than enough for us to determine most bugs and issues in game play. I would like to personally say a huge thank you to everyone involved in the beta testing, building and more just one more time, honestly, it's a huge help saving us so much time so you're honestly all amazing.

When is it coming?
If all goes well, I have discussed it with Yoda and we aim to release it on Friday (12/05/17) at about 3.00PM UK time. We request that everyone is interested or just wants to try it out, comes on as soon as they can. This may seem like an odd request, but the way SWRP works is the more people online, the more people join. So by playing, you could be the difference between others joining and having fun or not.

What is/will be changed?
I have spent half of today (Wednesday 10/05/17) fixing the bugs from yesterday and implementing some of the content I couldn't finish for the beta, but could for public, so without further ado, here's the changelog:

- Fixed RC (donator regiment)
- Added a better taser (Thank you HStorm!)
- Fixed wolfpack and GC guns
- Added ammo vendors around
- Stopped people seeing admin commands
- Fixed CT models
- Fixed UTime
- Fixed Jedi bow system
- Added more ammo on spawn
- Added a huge amount of custom content programmed by myself for CE allowing destructible major systems like gravity and communications that actually work and can be destroyed/repaired.

Now this is still not complete, I still have some future updates to do tomorrow/as a patch later down the line on the following:
- Tweaking cloak mechanic
- Tweak Cuffs
- Fix lightsabers
- Make PAC limited
- Maybe add CE drones?
- Improve 187th medical stuff

I hope that this gives people an insight on how much work is going in to this to make it perfect and why its taken so long. On behalf of the SWRP management team, I thank you for your patience and I hope to see some of you joining me on Friday!

For anyone who was given access to the starwarsRP beta, it is now open a whole 15 minutes early! Feel free to join whenever you wish and if you would still like to join, feel free to PM me for the password!

Weekly Spotlight

I have decided to make a Weekly Spotlight thread to put staff members that has performed well that week in the spotlight.
The weekly spotlight post will be published every sunday to acknowledge peoples hard work.

As for this week, I have chosen 4 different members.

Yente
I have decided to pick Yente again this week because his events on the server have been amazing and his activity has been very good again. He has been a huge help and really deserves this again this week

Smokey
Smokey has been very active on the Call Of Gmod server constantly helping players as a vipadmin when he isn't even required to. He has made numerous suggestions and just been an overall help towards the server

Zopther/Yoda
Would like to thank both of them for there efforts on the SWRP server and to zopther for coming up with some really great suggestions to improve the MZRP server.

Lastly I would like to say that we think many of the staff has performed well this week and we would like to thank all staff members for their contribution to the IWIKU servers.

Thanks
HStorm

Respect Commitment Succes

(Written from the viewpoint of zopther on behalf of the SWRP development/management team.)

As some of you are aware, a Starwars RP server has been in development for a relatively long time. Finally it has been completed with only a few minor things planned for future updates. A number of people have worked tirelessly to complete the server be it building, development or just planning. So a huge thanks to everyone who assisted.

This being said, as HStorm did with MilitaryZ RP, a beta stage will be going live in order to complete the following:
  - Iron out any remaining bugs or glitches. 
  - Ensure all commanding officers are aware of their responsibilities, used to the map and generally ready for the cadets!
  - Tidy up any poor building noticed by testers.
  - Check the RP works based on layout, training, simulations etc.
  - Try hosting some events with a smaller group to ensure its manageable.

How do you join the beta? 
Well, its quite simple. A hand full of people are being personally selected and anyone who is interested in testing may PM Yoda or I for the chance of an invite. Please bare in mind it is not guaranteed that you will be accepted. Please also remember, that this server will be a relatively serious RP server, so please do not mess around if you're accepted into the beta unless there's no one online/staff say you may.

When is the beta?
Well, sorry for the short notice, but the beta will begin tomorrow, (Tuesday 09/05/17.) The prime times, (when events and development/management will be on,) will be from 4.30PM to 10.00PM UK time. This being said, you can join at any time if you are accepted to the beta just to try it out.

Moving on to thanking special individuals:

Yente
Yente helped a lot with the barracks and with props. He did an excellent job and spent 2 days on it which is outstanding and also he offered which makes it all the more better and shows us he is ready for higher ranks.


Ashman
Assisted in the early days of making the server, so thanks for assisting creating the vision and building up a list of addons.

Eclipse
A huge help in building the map, making many bunks, debrief, jedi rooms and more! Thanks for helping with the tedious part of map development!

Mateo
Wow. Just wow. When I joined the server most of it was built and honestly it's all an incredible job. With a few minor tweaks the bunks, engine room and more looks amazing. He did a really great job in building the main areas so a huge thank you to him. Without you, we would not be able to open so early as we would still be building.

Frand
Joined quite late in building but assisted building some bunks, a few offices and other areas. Although it sounds underwhelming, he has built a lot of stuff for the map and allowed Yoda and I to focus on the development side of things.

And last but definitely not least...
Yoda
This server wouldn't even have been a reality if not for you. Yoda has planned the whole server, regiments, donation systems and basically everything! Yoda has given opinions on all buildings, development and generally everything to plan and create his, "vision," which has turned out amazingly. He developed, with the assistance of HStorm, the starting of the server and the base files of the jobs. Working alongside HStorm and getting the, "go ahead" for lack of a better word, work would not have started on the server.
I personally want to give a huge thank you to Yoda, because honestly, without him we would not have a SWRP.

zopther
This was recently on hold due to lack of staff and lack of support from other members of the community. However zopther convinced me to continue work with him and he would help finish it off. What I thought would take 3 weeks took a weekend. zopther spent much of his time helping me make this server and finish off so players could have the best experience and the best roleplay server we could make. zopther is experienced with Star Wars Role Play and has demonstrated that excellently throughout this week helping me make a server that combines what we as Star Wars players want from the experience.

Any Questions? - Contact me or zopther.

Fr3dden has unfortunately been having a tough time recently and is finding very hard to meet my expectations due to in real life issues. Fr3dden needs a break from the server to sort some in real life issues out. Once they have sorted he will be returning to the server however for now I feel its best he deals with them before coming back on the server. I would like to thank Fr3dden for all of his hard work and hope in the future he will be able to return. The weekly spotlight will be posted at the end of the day.

I would like to first of thank everyone for there huge amount of support this week. When we experienced a problem and the server was offline for half a day  and very inconsistent the day after the player base bounced back stronger than ever. I would like to thank everyone who has supported the server by donating or just by playing the server. I will be adding updates over the coming days.

The Call Of Gmod has also hit a  new high breaking 45 players at 4.45am which is very impressive for any server during the day let alone at night time. 
http://puu.sh/vI86s/de4e59f4a6.jpg

Another record for one of my serves is the player count over 24 hours it has not dropped to under 26 players for 24 hours again all thanks to the people who play it so thankyou for this.
https://puu.sh/vI7K9/ec618e5379.png

Moving onto the MilitaryZRP server's beta testing I would like to thank everyone who went on it in particular Zopther who gave me some very important feedback. There were quite a few bugs and a few ideas thrown my way which I will be using. 

So whats the next step and the plan?
I have had a lot of time to fix many of the bugs and have a think to myself. I will be changing the map of the MilitaryZRP to a smaller map with better zombie spawn points which will be invisible and the zombies will be much more spread out. The FPS will be double what it was on the current map for most people. I want to also change the map to a smaller and darker map to fit the theme. The server will again be available to beta test on Friday between 5-7 where I will PM many people to come and try it. I want to release this correctly thats why the release date has changed again I dont want to release a buggy server, previous experience has showed me its the worst thing to do. I have fixed many of the bugs that was sent to me from everyone that gave me feedback.

MilitaryRP
I will be bringing the MilitaryRP back out however more focused on the Military aspect. This mean the server will be less heavily focused on thief's and police and more focused on the Military aspect of it. I will be using the map which was beta tested for the MilitaryZRP server which received could feedback however didn't fit the theme of MilitaryZRP. I will be beta testing this server between 5-7 on Thursday and will be inviting people to come and test for me.

Call Of Gmod 
There will be more features that will interact the users to the forum from weekly giveaways to double XP weekends and many more features. The next update will also bring new prestige jobs, more ammo for weapons so people dont have to keep re buying it, chat tags, maps among other thins.

The donation system is going to be re branded on the website over the coming days this has been carefully orchestrated because I have been having a few problems with the website control panel however that is close to complete. A link will be posted over the coming days so people can check it out.

I have also cleaned out a few peoples ranks rather than make a demotion thread you can just come and ask myself on why they have been demoted. There will be a list of promotions coming soon. The weekly Spotlight will also be posted today. Thanks for reading.