Minecraft [see post #1 for MP server info]

[Dowly]

Arc, the site looks great. Looks very minecrafty(Which is now a word).

It does, doesn't it; http://minecraft.net/ :DL

(tho, I like it. :yeah:)

[SgtPotato]

My face when someone built a crucifix in my fort.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m136/Solo_Wing_Pixy/Reaction%20faces/1282962698653.jpg?t=1290269698

[Dowly]

Heeey, you look just like that one actor! :88)

[Spike88]

My face when someone built a crucifix in my fort.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m136/Solo_Wing_Pixy/Reaction%20faces/1282962698653.jpg?t=1290269698

You have a silent shotgun and go on a murder rampage?

Also It's not a crucifix if Jesus isn't attached to it. I couldn't find any Jesus blocks in MC. :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Right, in light of mobs returning to SMP I've commissioned Fort Newby. The spawn point is now a castle-esque structure inside a strong, dare I say, impenetrable wall (by mobs anyway). It contains a storage room (for starting supplies), an observation tower (for orientation), and a secure tunnel to the nearest railway station (Bromley-By-Bow) which is under construction (the tunnel, not the station).

It boasts obsidian reinforced walls and a lava moat, as well as a iron door with switch (AFAIK Mobs can't activate switches) and a bridge across the lava moat which has to be climbed by ladder (AFAIK Mobs can't climb ladders...although I did hear a rumour that the Halloween patch has added that). It will, hopefully, allow any new players to spawn in an area at night which won't be overrun by Mobs...I may have to put a ceiling on the yard between the fort and the walls in case skeleton archers snipe from the nearby cliff top.

I've done most of it now, and will hopefully be able to finish it or progress close to finishing it tomorrow.

[Arclight]

It does, doesn't it; http://minecraft.net/ :DL

(tho, I like it. :yeah:)
So I stole everything. Sue me. :shifty:


Wait... :hmm2: don't sue me! :timeout:

[Dowly]

I said I like it. :cry:


Right, got the Minecraft Overviewer to work (the google maps thingy), so here's a quick tutorial for those interested.

1. Download the app from here: https://github.com/brownan/Minecraft-Overviewer (flip a finger to the python/pil/numpy requirements)
2. Extract the zip anywhere you like (preferably somewhere that is easily accessable with the command line)
3. Open command line
4. Browse to the minecraft overviewer folder
5. Type in: gmap [path to your world] [path to output folder]

For example: gmap E:\users\xxxx\appdata\roaming\.minecraft\saves\wor ld2 D:\maptestThat's it, the first render takes time as it renders the whole map (d'uh), the following renders only update chunks that have changed.

Also, type gmap help for a list of all the commands.

[Lionclaw]

Internet connection is too unreliable at the moment, won't be on at 2300CET. :nope: :damn:

[Krauter]

Hopefully I'll be able to join this server once I actually buy MC.
Just to be clear, this server is now close to Single Player version (baddies, having to mine your own materials?). Also, what is the 'etiquette' for finding,setting up and building up your own territory/house?

[Dowly]

Just to be clear, this server is now close to Single Player version (baddies, having to mine your own materials?).

New patch is being released at some point during the next week which adds the ability to die in MP so we will enable baddies then. And yes, you have to mine your own stuff.

Also, what is the 'etiquette' for finding,setting up and building up your own territory/house?

We try to keep out of the immediate area of other players as some have large projects they are doing. Check the maps we have posted to see where there is a "clean" spot for you. My old place, west of spawn, is unused atm so you can have that area if it's still available when you join in.

[Arclight]

I'd say just communicate. If you find a spot close to someone else, ask if it's alright.

The site now hosts a map, kinda, so you can check locations.

[Spike88]

After an hours worth of trial and error, the front bumper(bulbus) of Valkyrie is complete. :D

[Arclight]

Alrighty, map is properly rendered. Probably takes a bit to load, but i must admit it is pretty awesome. :)

I'll just spam it a little: http://77.166.66.44/Map/index.html

* ah right; first render was on this pc, second was done on server. Server had different textures, so you see a mix at some points. Game on server is now updated, so when it renders chunks with changes again, they should be done with normal textures.

[Krauter]

As I'll hopefully be getting the game tomorrow, I was wondering if I could post a 'bid'(?) for the plot of land in the south due west of the sand pyramids (the generally forested/green area?

If I can figure out how to draw on the map and post a screeny I will

[ASWnut101]

Hey, mind if I join you guys on the server? I've got to say, this game is really addicting.

[Spike88]

Hey, mind if I join you guys on the server? I've got to say, this game is really addicting.

We accept all subsim members. :up:

[ASWnut101]

Great! Now I just need to figure out how to connect to the server. Every time I put in the IP address, it just times out... :(

[Spike88]

Great! Now I just need to figure out how to connect to the server. Every time I put in the IP address, it just times out... :(

You putting the correct IP along with the Port?
77.166.66.44:26656

[ASWnut101]

that did it, thanks!

[Arclight]

We accept all subsim members. :up:
We've collected a few strays as well. :haha:

[Lionclaw]

Map looks great! :yeah:

[Dowly]

As I'll hopefully be getting the game tomorrow, I was wondering if I could post a 'bid'(?) for the plot of land in the south due west of the sand pyramids (the generally forested/green area?

If I can figure out how to draw on the map and post a screeny I will

Take screenshot (print screen), open up paint, paste and draw. :03:

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:haha:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gKmxCm-W20s/TOG4f-3xmiI/AAAAAAAAAE8/vbcMzVtZ6NI/s1600/jMS1v.jpg

[Mud]

I might give it a try today, I got Minecraft just because I´ve read this topic.
Game looks like **** but it´s funny as hell lol :rotfl2:

cheers

Edit: My ingame name is Mud61, i´m still very close to newbie fort and got no idea where to settle with nothing hehe.
Guess I´m gonna prepare for a long journey and see where it takes me :)

[Dowly]

Don't wander too far, I did one of those journeys to the south and Bigdaddy continued almost 3 times farther, bitch for Arclight to render the map if there's lots of unused areas to render. :O:

Better get settled up somewhere fast, no telling when the health update comes for MP which means we turn the baddies on. :DL

[Spike88]

Just a note on Forest Fires in the server. Try not to start massive forest fires. We know that on occasion a small controlled fire can end up burning down half the server. :haha: But try controlling your fires, and not starting huge ones on purpose.


If you do start a fire, take out an Axe and chop it down/put it out; as massive fires seem to lag the server. If you are one of the individuals whose computer crashes upon seeing large fires(Keab and Keab2) just inform someone so they can do it.

[Spike88]

I’m definitely going to add hardcore mode to the game where dying will destroy the world. I’m not sure how it would work in multiplayer, though.. Perhaps you could get “banned” from the server until the world resets if you die on a server running hardcore mode.


You die, the server implodes.

[Dowly]

And the 'house that inefficiency built' keeps getting better. :haha:


http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/412/hosuecraft01.gif (http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/412/hosuecraft01.gif)
Literally, it eats other staircases to cook my breakfast.

Aaand better. :har:

Finally, I'd like to draw your attention to the doorframe made of TNT in the earlier pic. This is not for decoration. This is to prevent the simple work-around to any combination lock (other than punching the damn door down): placing your own power source next to the door and bypassing the lock and opening the door directly. Try that, and the TNT is going to explode.

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3543/smatasskaboom.png (http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3543/smatasskaboom.png)

This house will NOT put up with your smart ass ****.

[Oberon]

I accidentally give Lava instead of glass to Joker who then sets his forest on fire, I then dump water on the forest and nearly put it out and then the server crashes...an omen, perhaps?

Apologies for giving Lava instead of glass...I honestly thought glass was 10...it's not, it's 20...that's what I get for not checking.

[Lionclaw]

Exactly at 00:00 CET as well. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Nomen est omen. :03:

Ok, well maybe not in this case. :hmmm:

[JokerOfFate]

I accidentally give Lava instead of glass to Joker who then sets his forest on fire, I then dump water on the forest and nearly put it out and then the server crashes...an omen, perhaps?

I guess... You should of let me deal with it I know how to deal with fires :har:


I dropped aload of it because I didn't know what it was :haha:

Do the math
Joker + Lava = Server implodes

[Oberon]

I guess... You should of let me deal with it I know how to deal with fires :har:


I dropped aload of it because I didn't know what it was :haha:

Well, when it gets back up can you give the lava to Dowly or Spike? I've got to head to bed in a mo so won't be back.

[Dowly]

Arc's router apparently has stopped forwarding ports, that's what he told me. So you killed his router too. Bastard. :stare:

[JokerOfFate]

Well, when it gets back up can you give the lava to Dowly or Spike? I've got to head to bed in a mo so won't be back.

Don't worry I dumpped the stuff (By that I mean I dug a hole and threw it all in there :DL)

Arc's router apparently has stopped forwarding ports, that's what he told me. So you killed his router too. Bastard. :stare:
Don't look at me I only burned my tree farm down :har:

[Oberon]

Don't worry I dumpped the stuff (By that I mean I dug a hole and threw it all in there :DL)


Don't look at me I only burned my tree farm down :har:

And I flooded it:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09_02/BulgFirePlaneAP_650x436.jpg

[Arclight]

Back in business, the lil' thing got all confused.

[Mud]

Thanks Arc :up:

[Arclight]

Np. :salute:

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/javaw2010-11-2123-48-46-08.jpg

[Spike88]

Np. :salute:


Funny how Gordon Freeman(Keab1) is off to himself and looks depressed. Keab2 seems to be peering at Dowly. And Oberon appears to be looking at my TNT with a worried look. :haha:

[Arclight]

Or the bit of track in his hand. :yep:


Took a few screens, this had the most... je ne sais quoi. :|\\

[SgtPotato]

Operation Das Boot is completed! :rock:

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m136/Solo_Wing_Pixy/Game%20Screenshots/2010-11-22_193252.png?t=1290472741
Behold! The Boat! :o

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m136/Solo_Wing_Pixy/Game%20Screenshots/2010-11-22_193308.png?t=1290472843

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m136/Solo_Wing_Pixy/Game%20Screenshots/2010-11-22_193351.png?t=1290472863
You can see the diving planes.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m136/Solo_Wing_Pixy/Game%20Screenshots/2010-11-22_193408.png?t=1290472905

It's kind of shame that the iron blocks are waste of time. I still need to work on the touch ups, like a wood floor and a gun mount.

[Spike88]

http://i.imgur.com/NNaFt.jpg
Found this on Jeb_'s Twitter. Looks like a tile base strat game.

[Arclight]

Sorry I can't really welcome you now Krauter, kinda busy setting up FTP. Spike would be glad to accomodate you though. :)

[Spike88]

Operation Das Boot is completed! :rock:






http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m136/Solo_Wing_Pixy/Game%20Screenshots/2010-11-22_193351.png?t=1290472863



I believe I carved that cross into the ice. :hmmm:

[Krauter]

Its all good Arc :)

Just finding my way around.. keeps crashing on me though.. single player and multiplayer..:hmmm:

Anyways, Im off for tonight and Ill be back tomorrow :)

Cheers!

[Spike88]

Its all good Arc :)

Just finding my way around.. keeps crashing on me though.. single player and multiplayer..:hmmm:

Anyways, Im off for tonight and Ill be back tomorrow :)

Cheers!

Maybe something is wrong with your Java.

[Arclight]

FTP is in operation, so you can transfer files now.

That means you'll be able to upload your own .html (web) page. Making one is not that difficult, you'll grasp the basics of a HTML editor (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=freeware+html+editor&meta=#q=freeware+html+editor&hl=en&prmd=iv&ei=_WzrTNxk0aA6yNaYhAE&start=10&sa=N&fp=e58ef3674261fa2b) quickly enough. It's much like a text editor, kinda like this thingy I'm typing in now, on the forum. Just an area where you can type, insert images and define links, and buttons to add color and styling to it.

If you can do that, you can make a basic web page. :)

I also suggest a FTP client (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=freeware+html+editor&meta=#hl=en&expIds=17259,26473,27690,27698,27744,27746&xhr=t&q=freeware+ftp+client&cp=13&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=0&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=e58ef3674261fa2b) to send and retrieve files with.


There's 2 ways to log in to the FTP server: anonymously, or with your own credentials. Logging in anonymously gives you acces to the public folder, which can be used to exchange files. For example, you could upload a 'world' folder to share with others.

Logging in with credentials opens up your personal folder, containing the .html file for your page and any resources for it (images, for example).

Note that the accepted types of files is limited. For example, .bmp images are not very webfriendly and are therefore refused, but .gif, .jpg and .png are available. Try to "optimize" files though: .png files can be quite large.


Everyone has an account; PM me for your credentials. I'll follow this up with little explanation on using the FTP bit of the HTML editors and FTP clients.

[Arclight]

Here's a picture from Kompozer (http://kompozer.net/), the HTML editor I'm currently using (not the most stable program, but it works for now):
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/Kompozer.jpg
I think you need to start by clicking "new site" there on the left, but you might just fill out the form and it will create it on the fly, not sure.

Site name, on the top there, can be anything. It's just a tag to help you identify it, so name this anything you want.

The HTTP address of your page will be similar to what you see in there, under "web site information". The only difference is that my username in that string would be replaced by yours, exactly as you have it in Minecraft. If you want to make sure it's right, go to your page on the site and copy-paste the address from the browser to the program.

The publishing server address will be the same for everyone. The user name and password is unique to each player, provided by PM to anyone who's interested.

Saving a password is never wise, but far from a mortal sin. ;)

With that set up, you can click the "publish" button in Kompozer and it will upload your prepared page to the server. Make sure you never change the filename of the page, or the link from the main page will break.


This next bit is related to FTP clients. Personally I use Total Commander (http://www.ghisler.com/) as a file manager anyway, and luckily for me it comes with a FTP client build in. Your webbrowser can likely connect to the ftp site as well; follow the link on the bottom of the main page to try. I'm not sure, but I don't think browsers can upload files. At the very least IE is a bit of a pain to use with FTP.

I'd really recommend a FTP client, such Total Commander (below) or the much more popular FileZilla (http://filezilla-project.org/).
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/Tcommander.jpg
"Session" is like "site name" in the previous bit on HTML editors: nothing but a label to help you. Put anything you want.

Hostname is the address of the site. In this case the IP is enough, but other programs might require the full address (ftp://77.166.66.44 (ftp://77.166.66.44)). Adding the ":21" at the end is just a courtesy. Default port for FTP is 21, but it never hurts to put a complete address.

Under "anonymous login" you can fill in an e-mail.address as password for anonymous login: the program will use "Anonymous" as user name. The e-mail is more of courtesy here: it can be bogus, as long as it looks right (name@something.another). I think most clients fill in a bogus one automatically. Leave user name and password blank to log in anonimously, to access the public folder.

Otherwise, fill out the form with your personal user name and password to log in to your own folder.

Click "OK", hit "connect" et voila, profit. :DL

[Krauter]

I don't think its Java spike.. I'm running the latest version.. It only really happens when I'm climbing mountains (lots to render) or if I mine and suddenly break into a cave system or hit water/lava is when I get slow framerate issues and sometimes ctds :(

[Dowly]

Update coming tomorrow. :yeah:

Gah, the update is coming tomorrow because I’m silly

I tried to do a Minecraft update today, and it turns out I didn’t bring the keystore with the private certificate key to the office.. I set a reminder alarm on my cellphone to remind me tonight to bring it.
So.. Update tomorrow, with working SMP health, including fighting monsters and other players.

[Spike88]

I don't think its Java spike.. I'm running the latest version.. It only really happens when I'm climbing mountains (lots to render) or if I mine and suddenly break into a cave system or hit water/lava is when I get slow framerate issues and sometimes ctds :(

Try lowering your fog, and graphics level.


Edit: Here's what I made last night while being the FTP guinea pig:
http://77.166.66.44/LocalUser/Spike88/spike88_page.html

[Spike88]

The noob kit:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-2313-00-46-97.jpg
Newbs are entitled to one Row from top to bottom. That is 32 coal, 16 wood, 32 stone, and 1 piece of pork. Use these to not get slaughtered

[Krauter]

I think it was just my rig acting up last night; playing single player today I've had no problems at all :).

Hopefully I can find a place to settle before monsters are implemented tonight :D

[Nagy]

Update coming tomorrow. :yeah:

Damn. I was hoping to at least have my dome finished before then. Just half the final two rows to go. Going to have to forge myself a sword and make sure it's well lit.

[Spike88]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TP-ZzKbXJk

[Spike88]

Work in Progress:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-2319-04-45-23.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-2319-04-05-15.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-2319-03-22-43.jpg:salute:

[SgtPotato]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TP-ZzKbXJk

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m136/Solo_Wing_Pixy/Reaction%20faces/1286113946158.jpg?t=1290559294
Uhh...

[Oberon]

http://www.freefoto.com/images/1007/15/1007_15_7---The-Royal-Albert-Bridge--Saltash--Cornwall_web.jpg?&amp%3Bk=The+Royal+Albert+Bridge%2C+Saltash%2C+Corn wall

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/5383/royalalbert.jpg

:hmmm:

[SgtPotato]

http://www.freefoto.com/images/1007/15/1007_15_7---The-Royal-Albert-Bridge--Saltash--Cornwall_web.jpg?&amp%3Bk=The+Royal+Albert+Bridge%2C+Saltash%2C+Corn wall

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/5383/royalalbert.jpg

:hmmm:

It's **** ugly. :O:

[Spike88]

Pretty good for what you can do in MC.

[ReFaN]

gave in today and bought it, cant get it to work. Only getting the Could not create the Java virtual machine, tried everything i have found on forums etc, but no dice. Guess i have to call quits.

[danlisa]

http://www.freefoto.com/images/1007/15/1007_15_7---The-Royal-Albert-Bridge--Saltash--Cornwall_web.jpg?&amp%3Bk=The+Royal+Albert+Bridge%2C+Saltash%2C+Corn wall

:o What are you doing with the Brunel Tamar Bridge? Don't live too far from that.:cool:

As far as MC projects go, has anyone created Minas Tirith or Helms Deep? MC seems an awesome platform for LoTR locations.

I might attempt something on this scale, if this certain Racing Game that's sat on my desk doesn't occupy me for rest of eternity.;)

[Crécy]

Update has arrived!

[Arclight]

On it. Ready your shovels. :DL

*

[edit:]
Wow, that broke the game. Hold on while I try to fix stuff.
http://notch.tumblr.com/

:roll:

**

[edit:]
I’ve uploaded a new server and a new client, fixing the two major bugs I heard about.
I had to disable leaves decaying again (sorry!) because it caused infinite loops in certain situations.
Keep me posted, and I’ll keep fixing!


Alrighty then.

[Arclight]

Rules:


NO griefing (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Griefing)
NO cheating - even if you are a moderator, it doesn't mean you can abuse the /give command. It is unfair to the rest of the players. Public structures such as minecart stations and tracks are another thing as they benefit everyone.
Be polite
Once the game is updated to the point where mobs can kill players, use of /home and /tp commands as means to escape mobs will be considered cheating. Note: Arclight sees the use of /home from his logs.
Let's try to minimize the accidental forest fires, floodings and lava rivers as well.


In other news: we have our first death. :lol:

[Mud]

Lost all my stuff aswell, i fell in a hole that wasn´t there a sec before and drowned.
Went back to the hole, all my items were vanished :wah:

btw Arc, good job on server :up:

Edit,dunno if the /commands are only working for admins but they aren´t working for me like /list for example

[Dowly]

As far as MC projects go, has anyone created Minas Tirith or Helms Deep? MC seems an awesome platform for LoTR locations.

I'm building something loosely based on Minas Tirith:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/MC_Castle_Final_V1.jpg


Still thinking whether I go full circle or cut it in half and build an artificial mountain to the back much like in Minas Tirith, anyway, both ways take tons of work. :doh:

Edit,dunno if the /commands are only working for admins but they aren´t working for me like /list for example

Admin/moderator only, even the /list command.


EDIT: Seems the update is a bugfest: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1013&t=91511 :doh:

[Oberon]

Huh, I thought we were having a days grace before unleashing the mobs.

Railway construction has had to be postponed, I spawned in and lost most of my health, got set to start building a station and got ambushed by skeletons and spiders so had to /home.

Sorry, but I was kinda surprised by the mobs.

[Dowly]

Huh, I thought we were having a days grace before unleashing the mobs.

Railway construction has had to be postponed, I spawned in and lost most of my health, got set to start building a station and got ambushed by skeletons and spiders so had to /home.

Sorry, but I was kinda surprised by the mobs.

Arc said 1 free day from mobs on new world start.

[Oberon]

Arc said 1 free day from mobs on new world start.


Aaah, my bad, I misunderstood. :damn: Sorry about the /home use.

Skeletons are broken, sheep give wool but don't lose it visually, however minecarts do seem to be working right now. :yeah:

EDIT: Joker seems to have encountered an invisible Creeper as well...and Mud was killed by nothing.

[Dowly]

Everyone set your difficulty to easy or above, according to some posts on the MC forums, the difficulty is atm client side, so if you have it on peaceful, your client will make mobs invisible as it thinks there shouldn't be any while server keeps sending info about there being mobs.

But think of the bright side, atleast you're alive, me and Lion are "living dead", can't die, can't pick anything up, invisible to other players, crashing when using minecarts as server thinks we shouldn't even exist. :doh:

[Oberon]

But think of the bright side, atleast you're alive, me and Lion are "living dead", can't die, can't pick anything up, invisible to other players, crashing when using minecarts as server thinks we shouldn't even exist. :doh:

:o:doh::doh:

Well...that's incredibly random.

[Dowly]

Guess I could go around spooking people, opening doors and shutting down their furnaces and stuff. :O:

[Spike88]

EDIT: Joker seems to have encountered an invisible Creeper as well...and Mud was killed by nothing.

The problem is that creepers no longer go SSSSSSSoviet before exploding, and the explosion doesn't make a sound.

So if a creeper walks up behind you and explodes you won't know until you see the death screen.


@Dowly: Off-topic, But who is the boobs, I mean lady in your sig? :hmmm:

[danlisa]

@Dowly: Off-topic, But who is the boobs, I mean lady in your sig? :hmmm:

Right Click > Image Properties > Google > 'paste' Denise Milani > Image Search = Profit.

Do it with every Dowly sig.:D

BTW, Spike are you a proud owner of GT5 yet?

[Dowly]

Right Click > Image Properties > Google > 'paste' Denise Milani > Image Search = Profit.

Do it with every Dowly sig.:D


Guess I have to start adding hidden messages to the image names from now on. :O:

[Spike88]

Right Click > Image Properties > Google > 'paste' Denise Milani > Image Search = Profit.

Do it with every Dowly sig.:D

BTW, Spike are you a proud owner of GT5 yet?


Nien, about to go pick it up. Going to have to cancel my collectors edition and get the regular one due to lack of funds though :(.





TNT sometimes disappears when you hit it. It will still explode after the fuse burns out. So don't stand around thinking the game ate your TNT. Or your TNT will eat your face.

[Dowly]

@TteFAboB

It so happened that I was taking shelter in your tower for the night before starting the long walk to South back to my place. I went up the staircase and I stumbled upon a creeper. I backed away few levels, but somewhere another creeper appeared and blew next to me.

There was some damage to the floor in question, I patched some of it, but as I didn't have enough resources (empty inventory) I had to leave it slightly broken.

Sorry about that. :-?

PS. It's not as bad as you think, the creeper was gentle. :O:

[TteFAboB]

Yeah, it was supposed to be a minimally lit place. I don't have any experience in Singleplayer, so I really don't know how much light is necessary to keep mobs away. As long as it didn't catch fire (yet), it's all right.

And of course I expected something of this kind sooner or later, being sort-of-your-neighbor. :D

SgtPotato is pretty boring, so it's good having a ferret around to blow things up every once in a while.
:woot:

[Dowly]

Haha :DL

It seemed like the baddies were coming from the top floors, had a spider fall from there as I was preparing to jump off from the tower to the lake (creeper was blocking the door to staircase).

[SgtPotato]

What the hell do you mean I'm boring? :stare:

[Oberon]

Haha :DL

It seemed like the baddies were coming from the top floors, had a spider fall from there as I was preparing to jump off from the tower to the lake (creeper was blocking the door to staircase).

I still think the skeleton passing by down the ladder sounded the best.

"Evening!"
"Evening..." :doh:

[Dowly]

I still think the skeleton passing by down the ladder sounded the best.

"Evening!"
"Evening..." :doh:

Has to be the funniest thing I've seen in Minecraft. :haha:

Looked pretty much like this:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Ladder_Skeleton.gif

[Mud]

Seems I can´t connect, I hope it have nothing to do with my lava accident in my base :-?

Dunno if it´s on fire .......

[Dowly]

Think we have to disable the google map thing, I had HUGE lag. As in, I went from one room to another, went afk, came back 5min later and I was back in the other room and I had died yet was alive. And now I'm back being "undead". :shifty:

[Mud]

ah that sucks mate :down:

My base was ok btw :oops: :DL

[Dowly]

Ah well, atleast Notch learned something from this fiasco and in future the game will ask if you wan't to update.

[Oberon]

Has to be the funniest thing I've seen in Minecraft. :haha:

Looked pretty much like this:


:har::har::har::har::har::yeah::salute:

That's getting saved. :yep:

[Dowly]

Just a FYI, the locomotives DO work, although they are laggy and have issues (such as carts getting stuck to it). Boosters don't work in that they make the cart go too fast for the server to keep up, making the cart disappear and you probably end up being stuck.

[Arclight]

We are up to date and in operation.

[Dowly]

Troubleshooting & known issues page for current SMP is up on Arc's site:
http://77.166.66.44/LocalUser/Dowly/Help.html

If you got something to add, post to the thread or say it on the server. We try to keep it as up to date as possible.

:salute:

[Arclight]

Also, I just realised that perhaps people browsing the forum without an account might want to join. I can't say I have anything against this, but do make sure you explain how you found the server. It's not a public server, so the only way to know how to log in is through SubSim or by "hacking". As a result, I'm very wary of new arrivals.

It's not to scare someone off, but expect to be questioned if no one is familiar with your username when you log in the first time.

[Oberon]

A new bugtastic bug:

Was bouncing arrows off an armoured Ninja sheep, they were bouncing off and landing on the ground in front of me. So far so good.
Then, with no warning, one of them got stuck and began producing infinite arrows which swiftly filled up my entire inventory (so if anyone wants arrows when they do start working again, come and see me).
I tried firing another arrow at the sky, it came back down next to the first and then also began producing infinite arrows...
I brought Arc over for a look but sadly they're client side so he couldn't see... :cry:

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3971/infinitearrowbug.jpg

[Dowly]

A new bugtastic bug:

Was bouncing arrows off an armoured Ninja sheep, they were bouncing off and landing on the ground in front of me. So far so good.
Then, with no warning, one of them got stuck and began producing infinite arrows which swiftly filled up my entire inventory (so if anyone wants arrows when they do start working again, come and see me).
I tried firing another arrow at the sky, it came back down next to the first and then also began producing infinite arrows...
I brought Arc over for a look but sadly they're client side so he couldn't see... :cry:




Right, I might by pretty horribly drunk, but I dont get it. Are those your are arrows? or Skeleton ones? Why can't you stay away from them? BACK AWAY! Run to th other directionion. And blame arc for the rest of it as I just had pretty distressinh picture of Arc in lingerie. NO, dont, ask, it was like .5 seconds, but fark me

PS. what I am replying to anywho, lost track...

[Oberon]

Right, I might by pretty horribly drunk, but I dont get it. Are those your are arrows? or Skeleton ones? Why can't you stay away from them? BACK AWAY! Run to th other directionion. And blame arc for the rest of it as I just had pretty distressinh picture of Arc in lingerie. NO, dont, ask, it was like .5 seconds, but fark me

PS. what I am replying to anywho, lost track...

My arrows

And yes, you are drunk. :yeah:

[Dowly]

Didn't make mych sense right?

EDIT: Ow, bit I got boobies, here have a sneakly om my nrs t sug:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Lucy_Pinder_Sig.jpg
om nioom nom

Edi2t; the cainda 9ok th same

[Oberon]

...

Well, so long as you have boobies then I guess it's ok. :yep:

[Dowly]

Hmm.. that wasn't really appropriate was it. :hmmm:

I get carried awat when I be drunk, I apologize. :salute:

[Dowly]

umm.. is not my intention, alles klar?! SORRY!

Ja, get to your positions you idiots! :stare:

-Jawohl Herr kaleun! :salute:

-Sorry, really. :oops:

[Oberon]

JA WOHL HERR OBERST! :salute:

[Dowly]

Someone stop me! :nope:

[Mud]

looks like I can´t connect to server anymore .... timed out :hmmm:

[Arclight]

Still showed you logged in, with a [severe!] error showing on the console. :-?

Gave it a restart.

[Mud]

Still showed you logged in, with a [severe!] error showing on the console. :-?

Gave it a restart.

severe error, yep that´s me :O:

:up: all´s well thanks

[Spike88]

A new bugtastic bug:

Was bouncing arrows off an armoured Ninja sheep, they were bouncing off and landing on the ground in front of me. So far so good.
Then, with no warning, one of them got stuck and began producing infinite arrows which swiftly filled up my entire inventory (so if anyone wants arrows when they do start working again, come and see me).
I tried firing another arrow at the sky, it came back down next to the first and then also began producing infinite arrows...
I brought Arc over for a look but sadly they're client side so he couldn't see... :cry:


Just tried this myself shot a chicken with two arrows, stood on the arrows and I hear the sound of something getting picked up. Check my inventory and I'm now full on arrows.

[Krauter]

Needing help with a few things:

1: Bloody island is infested with Creepers :shifty: not much I can do..

2: Needing a name for this island fort thingy I'm building. If anyone wants to swing by to take a look and see if anything comes to mind you're welcome to come by..

3: Map updates; I've posted some signs at the causeway, but they haven't shown up on the map (on the website). Edit: Point invalid as it is now updated..

Cheers!

Krauter

[Spike88]

Needing help with a few things:

2: Needing a name for this island fort thingy I'm building. If anyone wants to swing by to take a look and see if anything comes to mind you're welcome to come by..


Krauter

Try a name generator:
http://donjon.bin.sh/scifi/name/#cyberpunk_corporation

[Krauter]

Few bugs so far...

Cannot travel very far in a boat.. used up two boats just getting to the bridge south of my island..

Also, saplings cannot be used/planted to make more trees.. thus, until this gets fixed our wood is a finite resource :o

*After talking with Joker this may be a direct result of my own fail :(

[Crécy]

I've died maybe four times since the mobs were activated (actually haven't done anything but dying since). I always get to my fort from the spawn in the night and my castle is not secure. Mobs swarming on my courtyard. I've lost diamond pickaxe, diamond spade and all my stuff.

:damn:

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac231/Schiavona/nimetn-2.png

Aaand the java socket error is ruining the rest...

EDIT: Well it seems I can't play minecraft until Notch fixes this java problem. Quite many is having this problem.

[Nagy]

Is it just me or does there seem to be a greater number of mobs in multiplayer?

[Oberon]

It certainly does seem that way...

Just had my Dowly skeleton moment:

Was investigating the track at night, I've fenced it all off now so it should be mob proof. Anyway, I'm looking at the Jubilee line tunnel by Admin mountain when I suddenly hear zombie noises, I look around and there, coming down the track, sitting in a cart jumping up and down and moving it along by himself, is a zombie.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2641/zombietrain.jpg

He seems quite happy with it all. Well, they compare commuters to zombie hordes, so I guess my quest to strive for realism in my railway constructions has paid off! :yeah:

Also, beware of sheep on the line:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2528/sheepcart.jpg

[Spike88]

So here I am, working on Valkyrie at night, It's illuminated enough that nothing can spawn, and high enough that skeletons usually cant hit me. I've only had one or two spiders spawn on the two skeleton lines(marking for where the ship will go) where the ship will go, and they were easily dealt with.

After measuring something out for work, I dandy on down to the Ballast Tank. Halfway down the ladder(it's a good 15-20 Meters long, this ladder) and I see a creeper in my ballast tank. :o

Bastard must have spawned on one of the skeleton lines and walked into my completed ballast tank.

I see him and my heart skips a beat, start backing up the way I came and almost fall off. I've yet to die, and do not wish to do so with a giant hole in Valkyrie.


So I back up to the above level. And wait. I decide to go halfway down the ladder to snap a picture of him for this topic. I stand at the top of the ladder steeling myself to do the task at hand, when I swear to god, the creeper runs to the ladder(fastest I've seen a creeper move) And stands there at the base. As if knowing what I'm about to do.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-2712-17-54-77.jpg So I take the picture from there.

Now there are only two ways off the ship. Down the access ladder, in which I would need to pass him. Or over board into the water. Which can be risky if the water is shallow.

I opt for the second approach and dive headfirst into the water, and swim over the the maintenance line made out of dirt. I then snap this picture:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-2712-26-24-84.jpg
He stood there for nearly a minute. Before I worked up the courage to make a dirt tower and get to the skeleton line on his level. He walks towards me and falls into the water never to be seen again. :salute:

5 seconds later I take half a hearts worth of damage form nowhere. Odd I think. But at least I survived the ordeal.

[Oberon]

Odd you should say that...I had a Creeper spawn inside the fully lit entry room to Alexandria castle. So...something is buggy I think. He should definitely not have spawned there or anywhere near the castle since I've surrounded the whole place with torches. :damn:

[JokerOfFate]

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac231/Schiavona/nimetn-2.png



Ah! Thats your fort...Yeah I was over there it looks cool :DL... Also while I was over there a Creeper blew out the back wall :oops:... Sorry bout that.


On another note, Will people stop putting landmines in my base... this is the second one to blow my floor (and my socks) off... I guess I'll just Upgrade the base and try and stop this from happening again :nope:

[Nagy]

On another note, Will people stop putting landmines in my base... this is the second one to blow my floor (and my socks) off... I guess I'll just Upgrade the base and try and stop this from happening again :nope:

We assumed you'd made the land mines. We tripped one by accident the other day when looking for a good place to take the group photo.

[Krauter]

It seems to me it's not all the mobs that are more frequent but just creepers. While I play in SP on Hard I generally only see 4-6 Creepers at night with a lot more skellies and spiders.

Last night while building my Tower, I look out on the causeway past my wall and theres 11 :o Creepers..AND its lined by torches..

[JokerOfFate]

We assumed you'd made the land mines. We tripped one by accident the other day when looking for a good place to take the group photo.

Nope, At the minute it like this:

Walk out "sssss" *Boom*- Walk in "Click" *Boom*
:rotfl2:

[Nagy]

My place is off limits. I'm getting too many creepers and the place is quite fragile.

If you need anything from the spoil heap let me know and I'll move it to Fort Newby for you.

As for me, this is my 3rd time undead now, so I think I'll leave it alone until Notch fixes a few things. It's just making the game unplayable for me at the moment.

[JokerOfFate]

My place is Shut down as well... I'm building a new tower so you may use it as an entry point if you need to get into my base :yep:

[Krauter]

For anyone with access to lava and water, or an obsidian farm, would you be willing to get me 12 cubes of it?

I would do it myself, but I currently have access to neither diamond materials or lava and buckets to carry water to it.

[Spike88]

For anyone with access to lava and water, or an obsidian farm, would you be willing to get me 12 cubes of it?

I would do it myself, but I currently have access to neither diamond materials or lava and buckets to carry water to it.


I can give you buckets for water, and diamond picks from my stash. Lava is easy to find.

[Spike88]

The top of the pyramid is missing. And there are torches up there that weren't there before. I wonder who is responsible. :hmmm:

Will have to check further on the damages when the sun comes up again. Too risky to go up there now.


Edit: Nevermind. Joker just announced that it was him and a creeper.

[Arclight]

More accurately:

[INFO] <Jokeroffate> Whoops
[INFO] <Jokeroffate> I spawned there and a creeper got me sorry mate


Care to explain how you spawn on top of that pyramid while spawn is a mile away? :06:

* actually, nevermind. Seems the matter is settled. :)

[Spike88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-2722-17-12-30.jpg

Picture of Valkyrie at night. Just because I think she's sexy. :haha:
From the tip of the bow to completion she is exactly 50 meters.
6 decks(7 if you include the top one). The lowest deck, originally the Yamato's ballast tank is used for storage.

And low grade hydroponics to farm wheat, and reed may be installed later on.

[Krauter]

Perfect, I just managed to craft my first bucket :D.. If you could do that that'd be great Spike btw :)

Might I ask, what is Valkyrie? Seems to be a giant ship.. but.. you mentioned Yamato's ballast tanks :)

[Spike88]

Perfect, I just managed to craft my first bucket :D.. If you could do that that'd be great Spike btw :)

Might I ask, what is Valkyrie? Seems to be a giant ship.. but.. you mentioned Yamato's ballast tanks :)


It's based off Space Battleship Yamato:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2543409965_6b6cc8ebf3.jpg?v=0

Which is a ship from an anime(which I've never seen, just like the ship) about the remains of IJN Yamato being turned into a Space Battleship to fight off an alien invasion.

I'm taking the idea, but designing the ship slightly different.

[Krauter]

Aaah excellent :) I'm sure it will be something spectacular to see when it's finished

[Oberon]

Joker...you do seem to be a Creeper magnet, you've already put one hole in Keabs place and nearly another. :hmmm:

[Lord_magerius]

It's his free hugs t-shirt, if he would just take it off the problem would be solved.

[Krauter]

That or it's I think it's the Creeper Mother Tree he's growing in his backyard :haha:

[JokerOfFate]

It's his free hugs t-shirt, if he would just take it off the problem would be solved.

No silly I'm wearing my "Not the face!" T-shirt
*Turns T-shirt around*
oooh... That explains a lot :oops:

Odd... I put 2 holes in keabs place (They just look like one big one :DL), 1 at spikes place, 5-6 at my base, 3 in my tree farm, 1 in my face and one big one in the universe....Wonder if the Creeper Mafia is after me :hmmm:

Also what do you mean nearly another?

[CodyLang]

Hmm Im really considering getting this game...how much is it again?

[Spike88]

Hmm Im really considering getting this game...how much is it again?
9 Euro, 13 dollars.

[Oberon]

No silly I'm wearing my "Not the face!" T-shirt
*Turns T-shirt around*
oooh... That explains a lot :oops:

Odd... I put 2 holes in keabs place (They just look like one big one :DL), 1 at spikes place, 5-6 at my base, 3 in my tree farm, 1 in my face and one big one in the universe....Wonder if the Creeper Mafia is after me :hmmm:

Also what do you mean nearly another?

I believe Keab managed to take two off your hands whilst he was in undead mode the other day.

[Oberon]

Server having a hissy fit at the moment, hopefully quite a few of the bugs will be fixed tomorrow with Notches update...but we will see.

In the meantime I present...the Spiders from Mars:

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/5622/spidersfrommars.jpg

[Spike88]

Server having a hissy fit at the moment, hopefully quite a few of the bugs will be fixed tomorrow with Notches update...but we will see.

In the meantime I present...the Spiders from Mars:

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/5622/spidersfrommars.jpg

So it wasn't just my end. Noticed the world was spawning really slow, so I decided to play X3.

[Arclight]

Server having a hissy fit at the moment, ...
More like a nervous breakdown. Should be fixed. For now.

[Krauter]

Servers got the sh!ts again..

[Dowly]

Update released, prolly hammering the MC.net. ;)

[Krauter]

When was the update released? I just cut down the same tree 5 times lol,

I'm going to wait until some people have good experiences before I come back.. Either that or the IP in this coffee shop is crap.

[Dowly]

When was the update released?

Just now.

[Krauter]

Got the message I cannot connect to server, Outdated client.

???

[Dowly]

Got the message I cannot connect to server, Outdated client.

???

Either you haven't updated, or the server's not updated.

[Krauter]

Thanks my bad :)

[Arclight]

Up to date, list looks good. Sneaking has a purpose now!. :D

[Spike88]

It's nighttime. And the only mob I see is... Creepers... and lots of them.

[Arclight]

Onwards to version 0.2.6_2 it is then. Should be fixed.

[NeonSamurai]

I have to admit I am somewhat tempted to get this game and come play with you all. Then I remember I have no time, and can't think of much to bother building other then yet another castle and mining area.

That plus the lack of time I have to bother building a castle and leveling a mountain.

[Spike88]

It's was a bright Tuesday morning outside of Andromeda. After dealing with the 3 creepers out front, I was ready to fire the Orbital Defense Cannon. Which will also double as a launcher to deliver supplies to Valkyrie.

The cannon was loaded and countdown began

10
9
8
7
6
5-Fuse is lit
4
3
2-Warhead is armed
1
Ze......KABBBBOOOOOOOOOM

I'm knocked on my ass, and blinded by a huge explosion.

I feel blood dripping from what used to be the left side of my face. Blinking I finally see the outcome...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-3014-15-42-10.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-3014-15-54-28.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-3014-16-31-08.jpg


It's a bloody Miracle I survived. Although it was not a total failure the cannon did succeed in launching the warhead. Although not that far. :haha:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-3014-16-40-27.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-11-3014-16-42-57.jpg

[Oberon]

Upton Park is now open. Alight here for ASW's Helix, Refans house, Elcos and what remains of Jokeroffates first tree farm after the lava incident. Next stop...East Ham. :rock:

Meanwhile:

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9294/bridge0.jpg
I found a minecart locomotive and cart chugging its way along the landscape, so I commendered it and set off to the site for East Ham (Spikes place)

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1014/newglitch.jpg
And found a new glitch on the way (fell out of bottom of minecart). Although I suspect that Arcs server may have just had another nervous breakdown as blocks seem to be nearly invulnerable again.

Still, on the upside, Creepers now hiss and the damage models seem a bit more reasonable, and arrows do damage. :rock: Oh, and Keab hasn't become an undead...despite accidentally logging in on top of a creeper that I missed when I told him it was safe to log on... :damn:

*Keab42 logs on*
*BOOM!!*

[Spike88]

Did you find the cart and loco on the track away from my place?

I had set one up to to go to spawn, put the coal in and then Krauter showed up to collect his stuff. I let the cart go and never saw it again.

[JokerOfFate]

I dropped off that wood you wanted Keab :salute:

First chest to the left if I remember right.

[Krauter]

Sorry Spike :oops:

[Oberon]

Did you find the cart and loco on the track away from my place?

I had set one up to to go to spawn, put the coal in and then Krauter showed up to collect his stuff. I let the cart go and never saw it again.

That must have been it... :yep:

EDIT: I think the server is KIA at the moment... :S

EDIT EDIT: Scrub that...the server works, I don't.

[Spike88]

Sorry Spike :oops:


At least it got put to good use. :O:

[Oberon]

New random bug, minecarts being pushed by a locomotive will sometimes fall through the floor, leaving you stuck in the floor until you jump out (like in my earlier picture) however the minecart itself has then disappeared. :doh:

[Krauter]

Bug with boats, you can only travel a short distance in them until they suddenly disappear

[Spike88]

Bug with boats, you can only travel a short distance in them until they suddenly disappear

Sounds like the same bug as the carts.

[Spike88]

FUUUUUUUUUUU-----

I encountered a Skeleton riding a spider outside Noob fort(which by the way, people seem to spawn on top of). Hit F10 to take the pictures, but as my computer had restarted itself at some point(damn windows updates) and I hadn't turned on FRAPS again, I don't have the pictures. :cry: Samething happened the other day when I wanted to take an awesome X3 picture and ended up recording video instead.

Anyways I digress, it was a Skeleton riding a spider! the models were a bit iffy when in motion, but when they were stationary it looked perfect.

Also in other news while trying to get this picture, a creeper blew a hole in the train bridge right next to the newb area(don't know it's name). I patched it up with stone, but one of the railings was removed, and I didn't have any on me.


And I digress more, but I think I'm explosive proof. Thinking about it, I've had 3 creepers and my cannon with 8 TNT all explode near me, and besides minor damage and the fact that I'm standing right next to the crater, I have yet to die.

[SgtPotato]

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/3928/funny2.gif
:D

[Spike88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Twocreepers.png
It all makes sense. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Anyways I digress, it was a Skeleton riding a spider! the models were a bit iffy when in motion, but when they were stationary it looked perfect.


Aye, that happens at times, it's a feature AFAIK. :DL

[Oberon]

FUUUUUUUUUUU-----

I encountered a Skeleton riding a spider outside Noob fort(which by the way, people seem to spawn on top of). Hit F10 to take the pictures, but as my computer had restarted itself at some point(damn windows updates) and I hadn't turned on FRAPS again, I don't have the pictures. :cry: Samething happened the other day when I wanted to take an awesome X3 picture and ended up recording video instead.

Anyways I digress, it was a Skeleton riding a spider! the models were a bit iffy when in motion, but when they were stationary it looked perfect.

Also in other news while trying to get this picture, a creeper blew a hole in the train bridge right next to the newb area(don't know it's name). I patched it up with stone, but one of the railings was removed, and I didn't have any on me.


And I digress more, but I think I'm explosive proof. Thinking about it, I've had 3 creepers and my cannon with 8 TNT all explode near me, and besides minor damage and the fact that I'm standing right next to the crater, I have yet to die.

You got Diamond armour? That stuff is fantastic.

I'll fix up the bridge. West Ham caught it early on, fixed it yesterday and East Ham (your place) got blown up three times during its construction. :damn: I'll be working on Keabs place today but when I'm done there I have plans to extend the District from East Ham on to Barking next to the Space Port, and from Bromley By Bow at the Parthenon to Bow Road at Lionclaws new epic. :up: The railways shall extend, never fear. :yeah:

It's like 1846 all over again...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_Mania

:haha:

[Spike88]

You got Diamond armour? That stuff is fantastic.



I do. The only parts that aren't diamond are the shoes, which got blown off in the cannon explosion. And the helmet which I lost somewhere afterwords.

[Oberon]

http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/083/964/original/1290335112376.png?1290348345

[Dowly]

He does have a point. :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Interesting side effects of lag upon ones mortality.

Walking down to head over to Keabs spoil heap I came across some spiders, so I hit it with my sword, and it looked at me...so I hit it again, and then I just pushed it off the ledge. Found another spider on the way along and hit it a couple of times, it just looked at me and scurried off.

Made my way up to the surface and then WHAM I was hit for a HP, and then in quick succession I was hit for nearly all of the rest of my HP, each hit pushing me up and to the right, until I found myself about twenty or thirty blocks up in the air, thankfully I was over water so when I landed I didn't die. So I climbed back out of the water, walked along the beach and then died.

:dead:

[Arclight]

For the ones not keeping track, server is up to 0.2.8, which incorporates the following fixes:

* Added /kill command. Does 1000 points damage to the player
* Did some patching client side to prevent duplicated entities
* The join server page now remembers the port as well as the ip
* Fixed a bug where joining a server on a specific port caused the client to forget all keybindings
* Added lakes and rare lava pools, both on the surface and randomly in caves.
* Fixed a crash bug when destroying the vehicle from under a player
* Players connecting to a server or respawning are invulnerable for three seconds
This was in the previous patch:

* Fixed a rather bad memory leak bug in the server (entity position updates accumulated in orphaned player objects)
* Riding carts and boats now works properly when you travel long distances.
* Harvesting crops no longer yields fake seeds
* Removed /home (sorry!)
* Snowballs again!
Pretty sure that's the memory leak we had over here a few times. Server would just choke itself to death by hogging all the memory without actually doing anything usefull with it. :doh:

[Nagy]

Server seems a lot more stable and playable now. Though that could be because I seem to be the only one on it most of the time.

I still think mobs are spawning in far too great a number but at least you can fight them off now.

I'll take some sceenshots of the dome tomorrow, it's finally hollowed out and I'm in the process of working out what to put in it.

[Spike88]

Server seems a lot more stable and playable now. Though that could be because I seem to be the only one on it most of the time.

I still think mobs are spawning in far too great a number but at least you can fight them off now.

I'll take some sceenshots of the dome tomorrow, it's finally hollowed out and I'm in the process of working out what to put in it.


I've been meaning to work on Valkyrie, just been either busy, playing ARMA 2, or playing X3.

[Oberon]

I had four creepers staring at me from the other side of the fence the other day, and two spiders. :hmmm: Still, if you wall yourself in and light the place up enough then they're not a problem. I wasn't in much today because I made the mistake of trying to update my graphics card drivers and install Catalyst Center...now about to do a system restore. Took ages to get it working and doesn't seem to have done much anyway. :damn:

If I'm not on much over the next couple of days it's because now I've got the joystick settings right in IL2, I'm finally able to enjoy it, as opposed to twitching all over the place and stalling into a tree. :yep:

[Arclight]

Server is taking the night off, starting 21:00GMT. Won't be more than a few hours.

[Nagy]

This is why I think mobs are spawning in too great a number. How many can you spot?

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/Issssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssspy.png

[Arclight]

None, too bloody dark. :O:

Yeah, seems a bit excessive.

[Krauter]

And they're almost all creepers too :o

[SgtPotato]

More creepers + traps = more gunpowders + sand = TNTS! :arrgh!:

[Krauter]

How do you create traps :s

[Spike88]

How do you create traps :s

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=minecraft+traps
and or
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Traps :yeah:

[Deamon]

Now this guy hasn't even finished the game yet and he is already multimillionaire. Oh boy, i must be doing something wrong. :D

[Arclight]

Considering the decline in popularity, I want to ask if people are having any unreported issues, something I or we can fix.


Also, I would like to ask if there's a desire to start a new map. It seems to me that the sudden change from what was essentially a "creative" server to a true SMP server left a lot of people in the dust, so to say. Homes were insecure, creepers ran wild and caused havoc all around. Combined with some rather nasty bugs, mainly related to (re-)spawning, it was pretty disheartening.

Personally, even though I took measures to prepare for the mob invasion, I find it difficult to get back to a world that seems a little... overwhelmed by the sudden changes. Perhaps a fresh start is what we need to get back into the game.

I've also noticed that players often just seem to miss each other by a hair. For example, I know Oberon and Nagy have been working on the railroad together. On several occasions, one would come on, linger a bit and then quit, only to have the other log in shortly after, going through the same process. Sometimes this even occurs several times.

I'd like to point out players can coordinate on the forums, to work on projects together or just have someone there to chat with. Especially when we regularly had a sizable group, it was a rather social endeavor. It honestly made the term "social game" like that Farmville stuff on Facebook a truly laughable notion.


I'm considering setting up a basic message board on the server, to promote such efforts, but that may be whole unnecessary or even beyond the capabilities of me or the machine.

And again, it ain't going anywhere. Not gonna pull the plug just because people are currently occupied in other ventures. I think Minecraft is one of those things you can keep coming back to, thanks to it's relative simplicity and sheer freedom.


Feel free to express any thoughts on any of this. :)

[Oberon]

I'm glad to hear that you're not going to drop the server, myself and Nagy were a little concerned that you might do so given the massive drop in players logging on.

I'd ask that you keep the current map for a little longer, so that Nagy can finish the H2O arena. mkeab1812 should be back soon, because her computer had gone kaput but should be fixed soon hopefully.

[Lionclaw]

For how long will the current world be in use?

My huge temple under construction will take long time to complete, just wondering if it's any use continuing its construction. :hmmm:

[Crécy]

My computer has been as well kaput for a very long period. I get it back by christmas and I will definitely come back to server if that java problem does not exist.

[Arclight]

At most, I might schedule a little more downtime to run something different for a bit. Host something for SSC, maybe make STAB into something more substantial by running RO or OA/A2 server.

I mean, I don't mind having the second machine running, but I do want to make use of it. Otherwise it's just money down the drain on my end. That doesn't mean I'll just put up Minecraft every now and then when I'm bored: it's first function is hosting that. But as it stands now, it makes more sense for me to shut it down a few hours 2 or 3 times a week and do something different.

To be honest, I quite like that notion. Minecraft 24/7 is too much of a good thing, just like that dedicated ArmA server a while ago just ran out of steam after a while. I'm quite willing to host just about anything if there's a desire for it.


As for the map, I figured January 1st at the earliest, but that's just a suggestion. Forcing people to move on while they're not willing is going to do more harm than good.

And it's not a democracy either: if 90% wants to move on while the others want another month, it's gonna take another month. ;)

(just saying I'll sooner negotiate a compromise than just go with the majority vote)

[Oberon]

For how long will the current world be in use?

My huge temple under construction will take long time to complete, just wondering if it's any use continuing its construction. :hmmm:

That IS going to be huge, I took a walk over there the other day and had a look around, and if and when it's done, it's going to be very spectacular. I hope to extend the District line to the outskirts, from Bromley-By-Bow to Bow Road, but at the moment I'm extending the Jubilee from North Greenwich over to mkeabs Wyrmberg, or Canary Wharf (Canary Wyrm?).

[NeonSamurai]

Just to note that I have also started playing (decided to get the game). As usual I am late in joining in and hardly anyone is around. :DL

I'm set up south of that temple ATM, and may make an island fortress somewhere in the vicinity at some point if we are not server resetting any time soon.

[Krauter]

Ja, myself also enjoy this game.

The only problem is I'm in the middle of finals so gaming isn't much of an option atm.

I also find (maybe it's just me) that whenever I'm on it's deserted. No ones fault, but I might as well just play SMP for that lol.

Anyways, glad to hear your keeping the servers up.

Cheers,

Krauter

[Arclight]

Almost forgot: scheduled downtime for tomorrow 12:00(pm)GMT. Swapping out a PSU, shouldn't take more than 30mins.

Also, I'd like to host SSC ArmA game in the evening, 21:00GMT is the usual time. Should last for a few hours, provided people show up (some prefer to get drunk on a Friday :D) and I don't pass ou-, I mean, get drugged by the evil gnome again.

[Krauter]

Servers on the fritz -.-.. just died and came back to pick my stuff up and all of its gone.. diamond, ressources, iron.. crap

[Arclight]

That sucks. :-?


Right, so "swapping out a PSU" turned into "do maintenance on 3 machines and rewire the whole network".

Back in business. Removed a switch from the setup, so now the server has direct line to router. Might make a difference, prolly not.

[Krauter]

Is the Minecraft server currently down? Or is my connection just terrible.

[Arclight]

Down as per schedule. Lees-than-succesfull tactical game night.

[Arclight]

Moving into beta the 20th:

With Beta comes a larger focus on polish and content, and we’ll start early on with adding proper modding support with a stable API, and we’d love all input we can get on this from the modders out there. We’ll also add some kind of non-intrusive narrative to the game to help drive the game experience early on, and to provide some kind of late game goal. There will be a bigger focus on testing and stability as well, with more time between updates.

When the game enters beta, the price will rise to 14.95 Euro.


http://notch.tumblr.com/

Minecraft Transforms, Beta And Changes Kick In Soon (http://kotaku.com/5712115/minecraft-transforms-beta-and-changes-kick-in-soon)

[Oberon]

*looks at pic in news....jaw drops*

[Arclight]

I had the same response. Unbelievable. :o


Right, lagging for the next 30-40 mins, actually using my connection to download something.

*I swear to god, you lot are bloody psychic. Nobody on for hours so I figure I might get away with a download, and not 5 mins after I start 2 people log on. Every single time. :lol:

[Krauter]

This is amazing.

http://kotaku.com/5650027/man-builds-computer-inside-computer-game

[Lionclaw]

Current status of my project.

Screenshot taken on 11/23.

Floorplan laid out in cobblestone.
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/7104/minecraftonline01.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/i/minecraftonline01.jpg/)

Screenshot taken on 12/12

Current state of construction.
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1234/minecraftonline02.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/i/minecraftonline02.jpg/)

[ASWnut101]

For whoever made the first tunnel from the Noob area to West Ham: Sorry about the big hole in the ceiling. A creeper got the best of me.

[Lionclaw]

Repaired the damage. :)

Creepers have a nasty habit of blowing up where they shouldn't. :O: :03:


I've damaged the Parthenon at least two times due to this. :lol:

[Arclight]

Top of my little hill looked like someone took a stroll through a minefield at one point. :lol:

[NeonSamurai]

That's the way mine looks too, craters all over the place. Anyhow my monster drowning trap works well, and I may build a surface one as well at some point.

[Oberon]

Oh, don't worry, I've just had to apologise to Keab2 over MSN because half her dirt hut and supply crates were vaporised by an errant SSSSSSSSSSSS. :damn:

Still, I've begun work on bringing the railway up towards your new construct Lionclaw, will get some more done later this afternoon hopefully.

[NeonSamurai]

Nice, if you could come up along the western side of my construction area that would work well for me. Best spot to run it might be due south of the newbie station past the Parthenon & lion's construction zone (his entrance is on the northwest corner), and through the valley west of "mine 16", and to mud's base camp if you wanted.

Please though, do not build east of mine 16, as I will be running rail links there for my own base. You could though, bore through the cliff face west of '16' if you like, I have no construction 8 squares beyond the double falls (well unless you go deep underground).

[TteFAboB]

I've been away, initially due to the bugs that came with the mobs: I knew my place was a helpless disaster since it was planned to be dimly lit. Better to wait for the bugs to go before dealing with the monsters.

But then the Dragon Queen commanded me to paint the room the PC I play Minecraft with is in. You see, I have the same problem as Crécy: my onboard network adapter on my main PC craps out at Minecraft, so I have to use an older secondary PC albeit with a proper network card to play it.

And now the room this PC is in is being painted, and so everything is unplugged and covered in plastic.

I'll be back once this is done, though, with a hunger and a vengeance.

First order of business: burn the tower down. :arrgh!:

[TteFAboB]

This is amazing.

http://kotaku.com/5650027/man-builds-computer-inside-computer-game

If you press down a special key does it play a little melody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD9e6us6ISI)?

Some people have bugs in their machines. This guy's has pigs and chickens.

Error: Windows tried laying an egg and crashed.

[Arclight]

You might get around the troubles by just getting a basice NIC expansion card. My bet is that any desktop PC has a spare PCI slot to plug it into.



http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/whereisit.cgi?t=minecraft

Tempting...

[Oberon]

Nagy sent me the URL of the Creeper T-shirt earlier...yes...very tempting. :yeah:

[Spike88]

Wish I had more time for myself so I could:
A. Finish Valkyrie.
B. Play ARMA II with SSC
C. Start and finish my Operation Arrowhead Campaign
D. Play X3


It's sad, I finally get some time to play tonight, and I'm thinking of going to sleep instead. :haha:

[Krauter]

Elco has just finished the north loop, which begins at Upton Park, makes a stop at his new, and old!, place and then continues on to branch off towards my fort or back towards some rail stop I can't remember (before the bridge leading to Spike's place). Very nice walk if you want to make a visit to any of the North Western settlements.

Also, because travelling from my place to "home" takes about 1 day and 1 night, and the North loop isnt well lit, I built a Travel Home on the floating island. It's well lit, has some nice views and has a stove and work bench if you need to make food or tools. Please do not store things there or mine/dig it out, I quite like it and hope that you guys do too.

Cheers!

Krauter

[Nagy]

Unfortunately I don't have any shots of the intermediate steps with the dome finally hollowed out without any water on top, but here is the almost finished product:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/dome2.png

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/dome3.png

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/dome4.png

It needs a bit more internal light I think.

[Lionclaw]

Wow! :o

Awesome work! :yeah:

[Spike88]

That looks awesome Keab. Although it slightly disturbs me. :haha:

[Nagy]

That looks awesome Keab. Although it slightly disturbs me. :haha:

How does it disturb you?

[Oberon]

It's epic beyond all epicness. :yeah:

[Oberon]

So is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULA8PvW750U

:har::har::har::har::har::har:

[Arclight]

That's brilliant. :haha:

[Spike88]

How does it disturb you?

I'm not sure. It just bothers me. :-?

[NeonSamurai]

Well I'm unhappy, i just lost a full 64 stack of iron ore. Was about to smelt it, lagged out and gone when I came back. :nope:

[Oberon]

Yah, we've all had the server eat something.

Anyway...

SERVER OP ANNOUNCEMENT:

Fires are bad, m'kay? Even our great god Arclight does think so. Forest fires create clouds of server lag as they burn merrily away.
Therefore, a fire moat which contains as many burning logs as the average forest fire will also lag the server.

Said fires are currently being extinguished.

Suggestions for moat materials include water and lava, these do not lag the server (unless you do a lot with water or lava physics suddenly as Nagy found out).

Y'all have a good day now. :shucks:

[Arclight]

On that note: this world is too far "gone" to bring the hammer down, but let it be known that starting a forest fire or such once we do start a new map results in consequences of the negative kind.

Either use it responsibly or not at all. I'll have none of that "it was an accident" stuff, since I can't determine whether it was or not.

[NeonSamurai]

If you want to burn leaves safely I suggest a gap of 4 blocks all the way around horizontally (and an infinite number vertically) as fire can jump 2 or so blocks. I just hope the leaves problem gets fixed soon.

Cactus also make great mob barriers too.

[Nagy]

I'm British and as such I drive on the Left.

This is relevant because I've just started fitting small minecart boosters to some of the railways. Due the need to use a simple, compact design (as well as one that won't break the server because it's a perpetual motion machine) they only operate in one direction.

Therefore, when travelling using a minecart please always travel on the left hand track as it appears for your direction of travel. Otherwise you'll find yourself bouncing off a booster and being propelled back to your station of origin.

I'm going to implement a stopping system for each station so that speed and momentum doesn't build to server-stopping levels.

This means you'll need to get out at every station. Destroy your cart and re-position it just in front of the onward booster (usually just outside the station) to continue your journey.

It's inconvenient, but our station designs and the desire to minimise lag means I'm cautious about building fully-wired automatic stations at the moment.

I'm currently working on the Jubilee Line and will then switch to the District when I'm done there (though there are test boosters on the District and DLR). Please feel free to test and let me know your experiences, especially if a booster fails to get you all the way to a station.

The DLR is currently unsuitable for Booster usage due to the aforementioned ability to bounce off a booster if you approach it from the wrong direction. It will need to be widened to accept 2 tracks before it can be converted (sorry Crécy).

Oberon is working on making sure that animals don't spawn on the lines so you should have no obstructions.

One last note, I found 4 spare minecarts on the West Ham -> Stratford stretch. They are currently in a chest on the Stratford end of New Providence Bridge, if they are not claimed I will put them to use in the boosters.

-Edit-

The Jubilee Line now has most of its boosters in place. However the efficiency of the boosters seems to depend on your lag when entering them, so YMMV. If you find yourself stopping short please mark the spot so I can build a new booster to keep you travelling.

[Arclight]

http://www.fortressofbaileytude.com/Pictures/Smokey_the_Bear_2.jpg
:O:

[Jankowski]

WOOT!!

GETTING MINECRAFT FOR CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSsssss!!!!11one11!!eins1!11uno

I will want to play on this server!

but the sad thing is, my friend who is getting it for me dosent realise that on the 20th the price goes up :(

well anyway, I hope to see all this great stuff, like creeper invasions and superstructures.

this being subsim, has anyone thought of making a submarine yet??

[Spike88]

WOOT!!

GETTING MINECRAFT FOR CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSsssss!!!!11one11!!eins1!11uno

I will want to play on this server!

but the sad thing is, my friend who is getting it for me dosent realise that on the 20th the price goes up :(

well anyway, I hope to see all this great stuff, like creeper invasions and superstructures.

this being subsim, has anyone thought of making a submarine yet??


SgtPotato has made 2 U-boats that I know of.

[Nagy]

Well Minecraft is officially in Beta

* Working server-side inventory! Finally! (And as a result of that, a whole pile of bugs and issues got fixed)
* Made SMP servers save chunks way less often in most cases. Chunks don’t resave if they got saved in the last 30 seconds
* Moving too far away from a container, or having it blow up, closes the inventory screen
* Fixed /kill
* Introduced leaf decay again. It acts differently from before
* You can now throw eggs
* On a whim, added super exclusive clan cloaks for Mojang Employees
* .. and something else, which is even more rare

server-side inventory should mean that storage minecarts work, and might reduce problems such as furnaces eating stuff and weapon duping...

Leaf decay should mean less forest fires. Not a lot of changes but I expect we'll see a faster pace of development now he's got some of teh bigger bugs fixed.

Now to wait until Arc updates...

[Oberon]

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/4603/sssaw.jpg

Dowly, Keab/Nagy has made your place a bit more accessible again. Oh, and I found the stuff you dropped when you died and put it in one of your chests.
Awesome underground place btw.

I'll let Nagy/Keab explain how to get there in just over a game daylight cycle when he posts. :rock:

EDIT: Oh, and sorry for the use of the TP command Arc, but it was necessary to avoid having to walk back everytime the cart lost momentum or I ran into a mob. It's for science!! And Ferrets

[Nagy]

As you know, Dowly built his castle a ludicrous distance from the spawn. But he also laid a railway track leading all the way there.

So I present you with Space Mountain.

Side View:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/spacemountain1.png

Top View looking toward tracks:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/spacemountain2.png

View from entrance (launcher is just the other side of the sign):

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/spacemountain3.png

Oberon and I have been testing and tweaking this all day and barring things that will stop the cart like pick-ups or creepers on the track, we can confidently say that this one booster will get you all the way to Dowly's base.

Now it is a one-way trip, and it does take 1 full day and half a night to do, but it's a lot quicker than walking.

We recommend starting your journey at Dawn to minimise creeper contact, as the track is largely unlit.

If you want to try it, bring a minecart and head West from Stratford. The mountain itself is a bit South of Dowly's wall on the tracks he built. You can see the tracks on the map, but it hasn't updated to show the mountain yet. There is a path leading from Newcastle Lighthouse, and if there is demand we'll look at running a boosted railway line from Stratford.

[Dowly]

@Oberon, thanks for picking up the items, just tried today to get back there to get them, but got into a fist fight with an Zombie and was promptly swung back to spawn. :shifty:

And thanks to the both of you for the booster, that's gonna come in handy. :up:

[Nagy]

I'll try and put a stock of minecarts in Fort Newby, I can't get on right now because the client has updated, so I'll do it once Arc has gotten round to updating.

[Arclight]

I'm inclined to wait for today's bugfix to be honest. Seems there's a rather horrid issue with performance currently. :hmmm:

[Arclight]

... which is taking too long, so it's up to date as of now.

You can prolly expect some serious lag though, untill the next fix later today.

[Kapitän Schneider]

... which is taking too long, so it's up to date as of now.

You can prolly expect some serious lag though, untill the next fix later today.

Noticed a few things playing on the server just now. Apart from the lag which comes and goes, I can't access any chests in Newbie Fort and I can't use the Workbench and Furnace. Also I can see into Blue Hell and see all the dungeons and some man made objects.

[Arclight]

Yeah, it's right on track with Notch's usual cycle: release update, quick hotfix to make it kinda work and then a decent patch to make it playable again. :lol:

We're at beta+1 (the hotfix) right now; I would really wait for the next patch later today... which will prolly turn off leaf-decay again.

[Arclight]

No patch till tomorrow, and considering the state of the game right now (completely borked), there's no point in running it. Server is down untill the patch is released.

[Arclight]

There we go, let's see if this works. Up to version 1.1_02 now.

[Task Force]

Whatever notch did worked, performance for me is very good.

[Dowly]

You guys remember the black cubes some of us had in the horizon? Well, apparently, Notch thought they weren't distracting enough so he changed them... :doh:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/right.jpg

EDIT: Actually, it seems to take random chunks from the world and repeating them. Just had some stone+glass thingy fill my horizon.

[Nagy]

I'm not getting the blocks or that.

It seems a little laggy to me, and the texture for leaf blocks seems to be slightly transparent now which looks a little odd. But other than that we're stable for now.

I'm sure Notch will "improve" things again, although he seems to be contemplating giving people a way to playtest releases so he can find bugs, which would be a nice change to his development cycle.

[Kapitän Schneider]

Yeah i'm experiencing the same things as you guys. Except I still can't access anything at Fort Newbie. Tried placing a workbench to work on in the fort and it wouldn't let me place it, could place it elsewhere though.

[Dowly]

I had a big chunk just completely missing near Lion's Panwhatsamacallit, I tried dropping in but just got stuck. :-?

[Lionclaw]

Awfully close to the temple, good that it didn't swallow a part of it. :dead:

Edit. And those dark blocks in the horizon were not as annoying as the current form of the bug is.

[NeonSamurai]

Hmm I didn't see any missing chunks in the area, not on the map either.

Have to say I haven't felt like playing for the last while. Loosing all my iron kinda did it for me. That and having no time for that matter.

[Lionclaw]

The missing chunks at the moment seems just to be some kind of bug. Disconnecting and reconnecting solves it, and the hole is gone.

[Dowly]

Loosing all my iron kinda did it for me.

If the game loses something, ask a op and he'll give you what you lost.

[Nagy]

Hmm I didn't see any missing chunks in the area, not on the map either.

Have to say I haven't felt like playing for the last while. Loosing all my iron kinda did it for me. That and having no time for that matter.

If you do come back, the railway is getting very near to you now, we've laid down a scouting path from Lionclaw's temple so you can see where it's currently going to end up. If you'd like it close to you let us know and shove a marker somewhere for us.

[Krauter]

Nooooo...

Bug of throwing.. erm.. dropping tools and picking them back up and no "tool decay" is gone :wah:

[Arclight]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRdcjkrOCfchdQfFY4NjVboYsMV2Cy1Z mtyNm8nz2vvw6GidB1W-g

[Krauter]

:wah: :wah: :wah:

Now I actually have to conserve my diamond tools :(

[Task Force]

Oah well, good think im never gonna have to set foot in my mine again with my stock pile.:D