^ Of course it will! But hopefully it will fix a lot of things too; mainly duping and inventory hacks.

There are a lot of plugins and mods coming together right now that I hope are going to add some cool new features over the next month or two. Namely a working RPG style economy system, a more advanced PvP system, etc. Looking to create a Spleef arena (community project) and put in area ownership soon too, so people can protect their creations. We are going to get the subway finished as soon as exams are over I hope.

Two things I need to throw out there. I could use some custom plugin help; mostly just editing and integrating existing creations to tweak them to our needs. Anyone that has a good working knowledge of Java would be a big help there.

Secondly, we are looking at moving to a more powerful server setup next month. I'm not sure if we're just going to go with a new hosting provider or co-location. Either way it should improve lag and crash problems a lot. The current host sort of sucks. If anyone wants to donate or help pay for the new box it would be welcomed; in exchange for admin status of course. We've got it covered, but we wouldn't say no.


I'm planning on opening the server with a strict whitelist policy to more people soon, especially when the new server is online. I know a lot of inactivity has been due to the fairly frequent downtimes, but I'd like to get to the point where we have 10+ people online regularly. Anyone I do add will go through approval, so there's no need to worry about griefing.



Server info for page 4:

Server IP: dekciw.net or 69.162.71.207
Map: http://www.dekciw.net
Ventrilo: dekciw.net 3784

[Edited on December 12, 2010 at 9:11 AM. Reason : .]

12/12/2010 9:09:52 AM

I have a great deal of Java experience and would gladly volunteer my time. Of course, I'd need complete server access.

12/12/2010 1:11:18 PM

are you a professional cock?

like a cocksmith in the terms of being a complete douche 24/7?

12/12/2010 1:51:26 PM

Hahaha...cocksmith, I like that.

I was thinking just the other day I haven't done any coding lately. It's something I discovered I didn't want to do for a living, but I still enjoy tackling a small project every now and then.

12/12/2010 2:09:27 PM

you're stupid and I hate you

12/12/2010 2:10:18 PM

Quote :

"I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Nice.

12/12/2010 10:03:48 PM

Haha... U just found that?

12/12/2010 10:04:52 PM

Who the hell is Herobrine? I have received several messages from them in game and they don't show up on the playerlist. And I swear I've seen someone running around my area... then I check and no one's on...

Am I getting haunted in a video game?

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and, YEP. just found that. Today was the first time that I have touched my pirate ship in a LONG time.

[Edited on December 12, 2010 at 10:16 PM. Reason : mildew]


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Since the update, I have build privileges but no destroy privileges in town.

[Edited on December 12, 2010 at 10:21 PM. Reason : ugh]

12/12/2010 10:07:11 PM

I also get messages from Herobrine, but all he ever says is "stop." Which is really confusing when I'm working in my own little area or, better yet, doing nothing at all.

12/13/2010 2:12:12 AM

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/User:Kizzycocoa/Herobrine

It's a ghost or something Notch made in the game

12/13/2010 9:37:51 AM

More or less completed the tracks and boosters for Iron Road. Connected it to the track that ?N0EN? laid that branches off at the end of Iron Road. I'm running a few test laps now, and everything seems ok. There were a couple areas where my cart simply stopped abruptly (those areas have closely placed gold blocks to mark them).

If anyone minecarting around finds any spots where their minecart is going too slow, mark it with a sign in the middle of the tunnel and I"ll come back to place a gold block there.

Saturnine, are we trying to track laid on one side of the subway for coming and the other for going?

N0EN, if that's the case, that might affect your subway add-on (your tracks are laid in the center of your subway unlike the other system's tracks being laid to one side.)

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Just completed the to and fro test runs. Minecarts are running smoothly from the subway station all the way to N0EN's area.

Saturnine, could I get my in town building/destroy privileges back so I can help out in the beginnings of the other minecart tunnels please?

Let me know if you guys need me to change anything about the tracks or anything else.



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Holy shit N0EN, your mine is bad ass

[Edited on December 13, 2010 at 10:21 AM. Reason : noen's mine]

12/13/2010 10:14:27 AM

Can you log into a multiplayer server twice using the same account but different computers?

12/13/2010 4:05:05 PM

Quote :

"Can you log into a multiplayer server twice using the same account but different computers?"

I would think the second time you logged, you would likely bump your first computer offline, giving command to the second computer.

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In other news, I've got the other side of the minetracks laid down. I placed a booster every 64th piece of track. Easiest way to keep track of even spacing. Tried it out and it seems like you maintain max speed the entire time (if it's not max speed, it's close). I'll get to work with moving the boosters on the other side so that both sides have equally spaced/matching booster positions.

[Edited on December 13, 2010 at 4:36 PM. Reason : ]

Also, if anyone spots any gravel under any of the tracks, please remove it and replace it with cobblestone or dirt. Or at the very least put a block beside it between the tracks to mark it for later removal. K THX BAI

[Edited on December 13, 2010 at 4:54 PM. Reason : ]

12/13/2010 4:35:25 PM

Can someone post some sort of schematic for the subway system being built on the TWW server. I'd like to built some sort of subway system on my personal map and I know I'm not up to building a fully automated system like I saw on YouTube.

12/13/2010 5:29:51 PM

12/13/2010 6:00:04 PM

12/13/2010 6:19:19 PM

name: h00thoot

lemme in yo

12/13/2010 6:23:34 PM

where is the subway? i'd like to check it out and maybe lend a hand once once i get done farting around on my silly high dive pool.

12/13/2010 6:54:45 PM

my minecraft philosophy is much like bear grylls life philosophy

12/13/2010 7:43:53 PM

"I'mma climb this 100 foot tall tree just to get a better view even though if I fall I'll be helpless." -Bear

Haha, the first thing I do in minecraft is build a dirt spiral staircase as high as I can, take a good look around and put some torches on it like a lighthouse so I can find my way back to the spawn point. Unfortunately the game is so buggy it doesn't like to render tall objects unless you're very close to them.

12/13/2010 7:52:44 PM

has anyone seen herobrine in a recent version of the game?

thats freaky, he told me he "needed help" a couple days ago.

12/13/2010 9:08:37 PM

Quote :

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haa, yesssss

Quote :

"name: h00thoot lemme in yo"

added

[Edited on December 13, 2010 at 11:36 PM. Reason : ]

12/13/2010 11:35:53 PM

Herobrine has gotten bolder, at least to me, in the last 48 hours.

He actually appeared on my screen today, and said more than "stop" to me. I know I saw "You shouldn't be here" and possibly another thing, but I can't recall it because I've been drinking.

12/14/2010 3:26:58 AM

herobrine left a tunnel in the sand near my cactus house

12/14/2010 3:14:55 PM

In single player nightfall sends me into a girlish panic while I desperately run back to the safety of my main base. My whole corner of the map is dotted by little premade safehouses. I never thought I would be so utterly terrified of such ridiculous looking enemies.

12/14/2010 6:09:55 PM

My kingdom for sun-flammable creepers.

12/14/2010 6:33:03 PM

^^ Haha, I'm *exactly* the same way.

12/14/2010 9:07:17 PM

^^A-FUCKING-MEN

Nothing worse than the false security of daytime, going outside to do some foraging, and then blowing up because you failed to check around every corner for one of those green assholes.

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So when you guys embark on big builds, what is the process? Do you sketch these shits out or something? I've seen some of the structures on the TWW server and am floored. I just tend to build whatever comes into my mind at the moment -- "Hey, what about a big underwater room made of glass?"

It doesn't help that everything I do is shaped by the knowledge that one day we'll probably have mobs and I'll need security. Everything I do is well-lit and connected by a series of elaborate tunnels so I never have to go outside if I don't want.

12/15/2010 12:58:12 AM

The game's only redeeming feature is that it taps into that ancient mammalian instinct to burrow and hide. I enjoy that aspect. More bizarre and...biological...enemies would heighten the experience...the screams in the nether are good example.

12/15/2010 1:12:30 AM

smc, one day I am going to shit in the upper deck of your toilet.

12/15/2010 1:13:21 AM

^Yeah, I definitely sketch out stuff on paper first, and noodle with different ideas.

As for security against mobs, that's why I'm already putting doors on every building, and why I'm lighting up my entire island, then fortifying all the shoreline, and terraforming everything to limit the "go around a corner and BOOM" problem.

12/15/2010 1:14:46 AM

For builds where I can't keep the design in my head, I draw up a schematic on 10 square/in. engineering graph paper. I also do this for structures I might want to rebuild later on a different map.

12/15/2010 1:40:44 AM

The star trek enterprise guy cheated and just dumped the design in from CAD software somehow.

12/15/2010 2:28:05 AM

looking at the map, someone got a bit of wanderlust yesterday

12/15/2010 7:48:32 AM

I kind of just winged my pirate ship. Wish I would have planned it better.

Quote :

"looking at the map, someone got a bit of wanderlust yesterday"

That would be N0EN. Had no idea he got out quite that far.

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Hey Saturnine or any of the other mods. Could you guys send me a PM with the server page address and other info? Seems like the server needs a restart and I saved all that info on my other compy.

[Edited on December 15, 2010 at 8:40 AM. Reason : ]

12/15/2010 8:27:06 AM

^ Server is down until this afternoon. The map generator killed itself when it had to render that huge chunk. I've got to tweak the script a bit to compensate.

12/15/2010 8:58:05 AM

Haa, What's high score mean? Did I break it?

12/15/2010 9:16:54 AM

aw

12/15/2010 12:22:00 PM

Lesson to self: tell the admin before you run away from home

12/15/2010 1:54:34 PM

Even Columbus got approval from the king.

12/15/2010 3:15:22 PM

He also got a bucket of cash.

12/15/2010 3:48:54 PM

^^^ Don't sweat it. It's my fault for not factoring large chunk renders into the mapping script. I'll have it corrected tonight so it shouldn't be an issue in the future.

12/15/2010 5:19:40 PM

New script seems to be working. Debating whether or not it's worth the effort to delete the new chunks though.

Server is back online in any case.

12/15/2010 6:11:47 PM

^^^ Except in this case, the world really is flat!

[Edited on December 15, 2010 at 6:58 PM. Reason : Ooooooh, minecraft needs to incorporate the curvature of the earth!]

12/15/2010 6:57:47 PM

Good news. I'm currently in the process of "upgrading" to a new server. Slightly lower specs, but a much better host/platform. It's also moving us from Cogent to Internap connectivity; anyone with gameserver experience should appreciate that. This should greatly reduce the amount of lag we have to deal with, and make it possible to enable mobs again.

Along with being better everything, it's a lot more expensive. So if anyone would like to chip in; it'd be appreciated.

12/15/2010 9:49:44 PM

Where do you want the $texas?

12/15/2010 10:33:40 PM

if anyone wants to fix the water by my glass damn, i'd much appreciate it. look for the high dive platform near the ginormous pyramids.

props to you guys making real structures. i never was very good at lego

12/15/2010 10:58:44 PM

When the server restarts, it takes 10-20 minutes to come back, if at all. Been doing this for a few days it seems like.

12/16/2010 12:17:19 AM

^ Just noticed that now. Haven't seen it happen before though. Should be fixed with the server move; I hope!

12/16/2010 12:41:58 AM

Wat wat wat? We're going beta in 4 days?

12/16/2010 8:18:27 AM