suicide after server crash

possible - but wouldnt really look good

I'd suggest another & better suggestion - make server crashes less frequent

oh btw OP you know what would be great?
a [automatic] console message that the server's gonna restart in 10/5/1 min.

no no no - warning for the restarts - not crashes. the restarts, that are supposed to happen. not crashes, when some Pendejo logs in w/ a buggy install

do you know when restarts are?
there is one per day.... 5amGMT (do you play at that time?)

5pm oO that's pretty late

daily restarts? :?

daily restarts... daily updates... daily backups

Many player in America are online for the restart. We have to be careful and watch the clock. It would be nice to have a message that the restart is coming.

going to be hard coz of the timing that is needed between update and restart

but would be cool tho:
[4:55 GMT atm]

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CONSOLE: Server restart in 5 minutes. Please dock all your chars to avoid property losses.

Oh and that ModDB console-announcement needs to go. The thing is outdated for like 2 months.

my friend, from what I read, you do not understand the difference between a crash and a restart.

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the restarts, that are supposed to happen.
and the crashes, when some Pendejo logs in w/ a buggy install

Well in his heart OP seems to be a cop. Cops don´t like BMG, the restarts effects big ships only (Trains mostly) - my advice to you mate - trade prisoners only (Losses include ammo and so on will take away just 600000 Credits) :p

the update process does start at 5am ... after that the server does restart
how long the update process does take is not known and depends on many values
therefore its not possible to give an exact time of the restart

ooh ok op. then maybe an ETA to dock

It is a Global server. People play at all times.