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Anyone else here come over this game?
If not I highly recommend having a look:
http://www.minecraft.net/
AGSCraft Server:
217.174.240.177:6668
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Suggested texture packs
Quandary (http://www.retributiongames.com/quandary/)
Official website
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Cartographies can be found here:
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Server administrators
Arnjeir - Peder Johnsen
A friend of mine set a sandbox server earlier this summer. We all got addicted for a whole month, visiting other people stuff everyday and building our own. It was pretty cool. I did not play the survival mode, and since I ran out of idea for things to build, I don't think I will.
Yeah, I've played it a bit. It gets quite boring after the first few hours pass by. Then ya start to wonder why you're even playing still.
Then for the next few days or weeks I thought about the game, start playing for an hour or so and then quit and delete the level. I've probably done this over a dozen times now.
I usually just find the first half hour to hour the funnest part of the game. Setting up where to have a house, building your weapons and armor, etc.
Then it becomes mighty boring for me.
Best thing about the game is that it gives me some pretty weird dreams.
It makes for some funny videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjSWPxJxNs
Ryan: Yeah, the game is different if you play it alone or with friends. Alone, when I was done building my house, I was ready to call it a day. With friends it changes entirely. You visit their creations, they visit yours, you inspire each others, you build stuff together, you hide secrets and search others' secrets...
By the end of the month we had houses, 5 castles, pirate ship, a corner of the map full of video games sprites and references, a downtown area, a graveyard, a giant tree and an entire menagerie of giant animals and dinosaurs, more stuff build underground and roads, bridges and tunnels linking all our stuff. Depending how creative you and your friends are, it can be really addictive.
I've been playing it recently, the classic version though. Would be nice If someone was to setup a server somewhere so AGSers could collaborate building a world. Sounds like fun (and a tad dangerous ;D).
I got it, and I really need to stop playing because I have a certain amount of assignments due this week.
Quote from: Wyz on Sat 25/09/2010 16:22:28
I've been playing it recently, the classic version though. Would be nice If someone was to setup a server somewhere so AGSers could collaborate building a world. Sounds like fun (and a tad dangerous ;D).
server infos now in first post....
Sadly its for the alpha version (as I can't play within a browser and the classic doesn't seem to allow any downloadable version?) and only allows
5 8 people atm. Also not sure how often I will have it online as it is on the same server as agsarchives.com and Ne)(us.
I really need a new computer because it can't handle the awesome GFX in this game... (REALLY lol).
Cool!
The server for classic can be downloaded here (http://www.minecraft.net/minecraft-server.zip). I've tried it, it produces an url and can be set to private so it does not show in the server list on the Minecraft site.
Btw for people with chrome if you notice slow downs let me know, I know a fix :D
Quote from: Wyz on Sat 25/09/2010 21:07:27
The server for classic can be downloaded here (http://www.minecraft.net/minecraft-server.zip). I've tried it, it produces an url and can be set to private so it does not show in the server list on the Minecraft site.
Yeah, I knew about that :).
I was talking about a downloadable client as the game just crashed my browser when trying to play it.
[edit]
Actually Classic one works ok in my browser, seems it was just the Alpha that kept messing it up :P.
To bad the classic don't have all the cool functions of the Alpha. I prefer making euqipment gathering materials etc myself to build stuff rather than have it all in my inventory allready..
Quote from: anian on Sat 25/09/2010 09:17:12
It makes for some funny videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjSWPxJxNs
I was laughing my ass off watching that. Thanks. :)
Quote from: anian on Sat 25/09/2010 09:17:12
It makes for some funny videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjSWPxJxNs
Haha, that is indeed funny!
Haha, this made me literally laugh out loud, not bad.
I tried the free classic version online and had fun building a house under the ground. However it was kind of anoing when I got back on the server and someone had dug a hole in the ground which flood my house. Anyway I'm thinking about buying the full version as it seems alot more fun.
btw, the rollercoaster mine cart video on the homepage sold it for me! ;D
I can't convince myself that it's worth paying for. The free builder was fun, but is there enough to do and enough inventory options that it's worth the $10?
I've played the free-form one for a bit ... it's oddly satisfying.
I am not going to devote this much time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94) playing it ... even though that's really freakin' cool.
Evil: I have the feeling that just like Dwarf Fortress, it's the kind of game that will keep getting updated and more stuff will be added. You can always wait until there is enough stuff to worth 10 bucks.
Quote from: blueskirt on Wed 29/09/2010 12:56:59
You can always wait until there is enough stuff to worth 10 bucks.
But then the game might allready cost its full price and not the 50% off it is now!
Best 10 bucks I spend this year, that's for sure.
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Tue 28/09/2010 19:53:46
I've played the free-form one for a bit ... it's oddly satisfying.
I am not going to devote this much time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94) playing it ... even though that's really freakin' cool.
HOLY SHIT!!!
Jesus, that thing is insane :D
Anyone wanting to play the classic version for a bit?
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Tue 28/09/2010 19:53:46
I've played the free-form one for a bit ... it's oddly satisfying.
I am not going to devote this much time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94) playing it ... even though that's really freakin' cool.
OMG. Really. And that's what he could salvage, cause he lost his work. Just speechless really. The top rated comments say it all. ;)
I have now bought this and I *demand* a perma AGSCraft Server.
Peder, make this happen. The server can take minecraft.
Holy balls this game is addictive. I have serious fears about it taking over most if not all of my free time if I don't resist.
Leafshade to the rescue!
Check the OP for 24/7 server details
Quote from: Arboris on Thu 30/09/2010 18:30:29
Jesus, that thing is insane :D
You know what else is insane?
The amount of money (http://texyt.com/minecraft+persson+notch+indie+game+success+00127) this guy made with just one day of sales! :o :o
Shite, that's rediculous! :o
I was playing on the multiplayer server and I... err... dug all the way to the bottom in a quest for priceless artifacts.
What I got instead was eternal damnation in a bottomless pit!
Unless I die (I'd rather not, all my precious belongings will be wasted, not that I can't gather them again) or my position is reset somehow, I won't be able to keep playing on the server. Is there anything that can be done? I go by the name Polybeef.
Also, beware of the hole near the water + lava falls.
I've been fooling around in there for a bit. I built myself a crappy house right behind leafshade's house. Even stole some stuff from his chest to aid in the making of my house.... Yes, I'm a thief.
I tried playing around with water, but it doesn't seem to work like it does in single player. Hmm..
Where is everyone?
Ok here is a noob question, how can I join the server? NVM
Impressive. I just found myself a dungeon. I didn't know they were even in the multiplayer. Cool. It's killing time!!!
Quite a few homes already. I'm late to the party :P
The server program has ALOT of bugs, and will probably not work perfectly untill maybe a couple of updates from the creator. Monsters are also disabled be default and I believe they might not be killable. Seems like the animals aint at least!
Also if anyone of you ever get stuck, shout for help from an admin!
All we can do though mind is transport you to one of the other players!
We can also give you stuff but we shoul try not to use those functions too much! (I enjoy going out collecting the material needed then to craft it! :P.
http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Known_bugs_in_Survival_Multiplayer
I am playing single player and just clearing a field, how the heck do you build something? I am clearing brush and trees with a stick.....Can I build on that land once it is clear?
For everyone who is starting out, I recommend you checking out this wiki page. Unless you want to learn how to craft everything on your own.
http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting
Also, if that still isn't helping, check out SeaNanners YouTube videos on Minecraft. He shows you from the beginning how to mine and craft.
So to anyone wanting water ask one of the users that are OP (see first thread!)
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Fri 01/10/2010 18:27:48
Even stole some stuff from his chest to aid in the making of my house.... Yes, I'm a thief.
I think you stole from ME!!
If you stole from the chests by the fireplace underground? :P
Not that it matters though...
ops.. double post :o
Can I join the AGS server in classic mode? If so... how?
http://twitpic.com/2txt23/full
To the skies and beyond! That is, until I hit the ceiling.
BTW: Who burned down the trees near my tower? :(
Your whole house caught on fire mate. D:
I heard, thanks for rebuilding it
Found a nice BIG alcove, turning it into a castle. I'm going to need a lot of wood and stone though.
Man, this sounds so awesome. I wish I had time to try this stuff, at least I'd want to check out the world you're building :(
Must... stop...
So... tired...
I'm ready for the server to be reset. Have some grand plans..
does anyone object to me resetting the server?
I was just getting started so I don't really mind.
No objections here. Go for it, says I.
Go for it. Also from next week on the server will generate a new world every sunday!
So 7 days of creating for each world. Anyone can offcourse ask to delay this action.
Oh ok, I'm game.
Quote from: Buckethead on Sat 02/10/2010 10:58:48
Can I join the AGS server in classic mode? If so... how?
Unfortnatly no.
Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Sat 02/10/2010 21:32:20
does anyone object to me resetting the server?
aw, but my tower is far from finished :(
Your tower has been saved so I can just revive the old world sometime.
Maybe it might be nice to rotate the worlds or something.
I just built a mud house...but when nighttime comes, damn zombies keep coming after me. I have stayed in the house and blocked all windows.
How do you refill your health meter?
I have to admit, the night can be quite scary!!!
Quote from: Domino on Sun 03/10/2010 03:00:36
I just built a mud house...but when nighttime comes, damn zombies keep coming after me. I have stayed in the house and blocked all windows.
How do you refill your health meter?
I have to admit, the night can be quite scary!!!
Kill a piggy, collect meat, cook meat in furnace, use meat.
There are also other ways to find food, but this is the easiest one.
@Domino
Monsters spawn in the dark, even in tunnels you have dug yourself. Make sure you you light everywhere and not venture outside at night early on in the game.
http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=arboris
Aw yeah, stylin'
This game is... strangely involving.
Here we stand / among the others / the living / among the dead (http://imgur.com/LArjT.png)
I still need to find that place
I just built my house next to Gradius' Watershack!
Spoiler
Remember: type /home to return to the spawn point
On the 31st of October we will be updating the server as the game will also be updated:
http://www.minecraft.net/boo/
Hopefully that means more things will work in the multiplayer mode including monsters :).
Only time will tell!
Can somebody make a cartographer pic of the world?
Quote from: Vince Twelve on Wed 06/10/2010 14:42:45
Can somebody make a cartographer pic of the world?
But then you will find all my secret projects... such as:
Welcome to Skull Island.
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2084/skullisland.png)
(http://nerfnow.com/comic/image/391)
Quote from: IndieBoy on Wed 06/10/2010 14:44:13
Welcome to Skull Island.
[image here]
I see your Skull Island and raise you... someone else's Skull Island.
(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w317/keithaerickson/mwhahahaha.jpg)
I'm working on installing cartographer and getting it to build a map of the server every night.
Once I can compile the damn thing ::)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/skeith2572/crappy.png
Here is the dump of a place I call home right now in single player.
:-[
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1627/javaw2010092515052831.png)
I'm the coal train.
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1539/javaw2010092517335706.png)
My spruced up house.
I'm swimming in ore, problem is I can't mine any of it because I keep getting near hopelessly lost in the two huge caves I have and running out of diamond picks since I went through two in two visits to this cave and still can see a huge amount of it all left.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5962/map1normalday.jpg
I made this map of my world after getting lost. You can see my base of operations at the bottom and a big expanse of torches from inside my cave.
note to self: in snow levels, do not build on ice. The torches will melt the ice
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/skeith2572/boooo.png
It is kind of hard to build when I have these fuckers attacking me all night long.
I built a small fort to keep me protected, but arrows are flying all over the place... >:(
Give me a year, and I might be able to build a house. :'(
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9311/minecrafttower.th.jpg) (http://img401.imageshack.us/i/minecrafttower.jpg/)
'twas fun building it
@Domino:
In the options you can set the difficulty to peachfull. That way you won't be attacked at all.
Quote from: Buckethead on Sun 10/10/2010 09:39:58
In the options you can set the difficulty to peachfull. That way you won't be attacked at all.
I like peaches. ;D
Is the server being reset today? Not that I mind, I would actually welcome it since I just discovered minecarts are buggy in multiplayer.. AFTER digging a looong tunnel through a mountain=S
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Sun 10/10/2010 14:07:06
Quote from: Buckethead on Sun 10/10/2010 09:39:58
In the options you can set the difficulty to peachfull. That way you won't be attacked at all.
I like peaches. ;D
oh right ...
But it would actually be great fun if you could have the world full of peaches! :=
Nah. I'll probably reset the server when the new patch is released on halloween
EDIT: Although actually I guess we could have a reset before the patch since the patch isnt due for like 3 weeks.
Anyone object to a reset? A chance to make something new?
For some reason it keeps crashing on me! I seem to need to reboot a lot to make it work peacefully with my computer :(
Has it worked okay for you before? I've read that adding minecarts can cause crashes so I hope it's not my two that are causing problems, I still havent managed to remove them=S No one seemed to have any problems yesterday however.
When I first joined the server it kept crashing after a few minutes with Java null pointer errors. Fixed that by setting my draw distance to normal (it was far). Since then it's been perfectly stable apart from freezing on me once, which was fixed by restarting the program.
Do you always get the same error?
I'm afraid that Minecraft Multiplayer is very buggy at the moment but as 1$ said if you set the view distance to normal (press the f key to cycle) it seems to solve 99% of the problems.
I'm hoping that the halloween patch will fix alot of those issues.
At least a cartographer pic before reset?
I can't seem to be able to connect to the server. Is it down or is it just my end?
Haven't been able to connect myself for a few hours, I get a timeout when logging in. I assumed it was just me and took it as an excuse to be more productive elsewhere, heh, but must be a bigger problem then=S
Sorry about that. The server had a fit and died.
Should be back up now.
joy!
Tremble before the might of stick figure statue!!
(http://www.davelgil.com/minecraft_statue.png)
Just a few more blocks...
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Lucasarts_logo.svg/200px-Lucasarts_logo.svg.png)
Carto map of the world:
http://nexus.agsarchives.com/minecraft/AGSCraft-map-12-10-2010-00h47.png
Server reset in T-Minus Soon
I just had to get a quick look before the reset....good God. There's some impressive stuff going on in there.
Wow that's huge, no wonder I couldn't find my humble little castle! I've managed to find it on the map though: smack bang in the centre of all the rivers and lakes on the main landmass with an almost visible giant 'S' that I built nearby to help me find it. It's actually not quite as out in the wilderness as I thought it was. Amazing how a change of perspective alters things=)
So the map is constantly generated while we play? So if someone walks in a straight line for ages we would have a very long map if we use the cartographer? If that isn't the case then I thought we could do a before and after kind of thing.
That does seem to be the case yea.
I carto'd the new map a couple of times and it does seem to be dynamic in that sense.
There is a setting in the server setup where you can limit the over-all range of the map to prevent those with wanderlust from making the map HUGE like that!
My brother plays on a server where they all decided to concentrate on a certain area (to begin with) and some guy got lost and didn't know the "/home" function so he wandered for hours and their carto-map ended up being 90mb and had this insane peninsula branching off of their main area. None of them want to reset their server as they've spent weeks building their stuff so they're stuck with it.
But exploring and getting lost is half the fun!
That's why one of the mods should make a chest by the spawn point with tons of compasses in it. :P
Great carto! Yes, it was me who took the unnecessarily long walk up there. I thought it was all going in one direction, but apparently I took a 90 degree turn in there. You can see the island up there where I built the Shrine of XII and later where I ran out of torches so started lighting trees on fire so I could see. :) Sorry if that caused strain on the server!
Cool to see all the sweet buildings. I see some structures that I wish I had checked out like the big docks.
Fun!
Yikes, I had no idea that the AGScraft world so so huge! Amazing stuff, guys. I wish I had seen half of those buildings.
It's interesting how involving the game is when you're on a server. I tried doing the single-player and there didn't seem much point. I really like being able to see what other people are making, and having them see the buildings I make (crappy though they might be!)
ohh, thanks for the isometric cartograph render! :D it's huge
This is far too addicting...
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9132/rogerminecraft.png)
Bow down to your master.
Haha, nice Roger, Indie.
INDIE THAT'S JUST GREAT. It made my day. :D
Woo! Land of the Giants=)
Seems i'm late to the party again - the server's been reset - time to find me a nice beachfront property..
Damn, that is Awesome!!! How long did it take you to make?
I am now getting the hang of things, but keep resetting the landscape until I find one I like.
:)
I did the same thing on a freebuild server with Guybrush, Mario, the Contra guy and Pikachu haha :D
Whole server is being rebooted RIGHT NOW!
Not sure if Calin has set the minecraft server to start automatically again after reboot but I will make sure to check when it is back up :)
Server is currently down.. I'll have it back up shortly ^_^
EDIT: Back up!
Hey cool, I might drop join in this spasm of pointless creativity- I like those!
This is the reason why there aren't cows!
(http://www.bryvis.com/entertainment/other/agsf/minecraft_ufo.png)
Damn abductions.
Darn you people and your talent. You make my attempts at a tower look like a big pile of poo.
In other words, that saucer is amazing! I'll have to hop in and find this stuff. My computer can only run Minecraft at smaller rendering distances so it's harder for me to find everything.
Soooo I heard you do minecraft here... ;D
Here's something to dwarf everyone's cart ride, I hope you're not epileptic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asImTDkPWKA).
Quote from: blueskirt on Sat 16/10/2010 08:06:32
Here's something to dwarf everyone's cart ride, I hope you're not epileptic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asImTDkPWKA).
Oh, Dual will love this, since it looks like that cart ride from Hitchhiker movie. ;D
Quote from: anian on Sat 16/10/2010 13:20:27
Quote from: blueskirt on Sat 16/10/2010 08:06:32
Here's something to dwarf everyone's cart ride, I hope you're not epileptic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asImTDkPWKA).
Oh, Dual will love this, since it looks like that cart ride from Hitchhiker movie. ;D
;D Yes, at points its very giving that vibe. But I wish it would go to space. And have those cool planets and shit.
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Fri 15/10/2010 20:02:00
This is the reason why there aren't cows!
It's a picture of a UFO!
Damn abductions.
awesome saucer Ryan. I'm currently trying to create a bit of infra structure between peoples building sites.
An OD skin:
http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=DrGeiger (http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=DrGeiger)
And a ship:
(http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/4783/newirfanviewbmpfile3.jpg)
Quote from: Damien on Sun 17/10/2010 16:41:48
An OD skin:
http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=DrGeiger (http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=DrGeiger)
And a ship:
It's a picture of a ship!
Yarr!
(http://www.bryvis.com/entertainment/other/agsf/minecraft_kk.png)
Alright. I was bored. ;D
Too bad the colored cloth wasn't allowed in this alpha version. :( I'd have proper looking color, AA and everything.
He's 64 blocks high, which works out to be the maximum blocks allowed above water.
haha, oh wow. that things HUGE
heres the carto directory:
http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/
you'll be able to access all the cartos of the worlds in there all nicely datestamped
I didn't buy the game, just played it for a couple of hours one time, but by the look of that map, I think it's time for somebody to build an underground castle/world/kingdom/land of the lost/rollercoaster.
What's with the sporadic choppiness of the lower left side of the map? Did the world have the shits for a moment?
Edit:
The server seems to have lagged out on me. I can't seem to properly connect anymore. I end up in a rock and can't even move back to spawn.
And before I had to leave, it was glitching out, which is why I left in the first place.
I could delete your player file but that will make you loose everything in your inventory I believe..
But you will start at the spawn point.
Give a shout, could also connect at the same time as me or Calin and see if we are able to move you.
What does a man exactly need to join the great server?
Could I also request a nighttime isometric render calin?
Pretty please?
Quote from: Dualnames on Mon 18/10/2010 17:00:46
What does a man exactly need to join the great server?
A copy of Minecraft http://www.minecraft.net/prepurchase.jsp
Then you just need to connect ;)
Are we down? I haven't been able to login for some time ... I need me my [minecraft] fix dammit!! ;)
Back up, server fell over.
Something went very wrong :( Everything is fubar ... did we get sabotaged somehow? 1/2 of what I built is still there, but then 1/2 looks like there was a file corruption (or something). Some things I dug out days ago are back (including torches I had used while "Digging")
It's like the current file mated with an older file or something....
Looks like some chunks have reverted to an older state. One (I think 16x16xprobably 128) area we were building last night has completely gone, yet part of a tunnel I dug is still there. Not got my hopes up of you being able to restore it though :(
hmm everything looks as i remember it.
Sorry if you've lost stuff. I would guess that when the server fell over it stopped recording your changes to disk and only made the changes in memory.
I'm guessing this is an issue w/ the program (minecraft) itself rather than the server. Because things were ... reverted?... to a previous state. I had made tunnel w/ a large road leading out of my walls. The wall where the tunnel had been carved was solid but when I climbed over the wall and headed to where the tunnel came out of the hill the road/tunnel were still there. So I just had to do a little blastin... er ... digging to reconnect the two.
Either way I was able to get back most of what I had lost so it's not too big a deal but it was annoying that it was necessary. I think this is probably just one of the joys of using [paying for] alpha software.
12 Hours ago the creator of Minecraft noted that "Minecraft.net is suffering a major DDOS attack".
Which seems to be the reason why AGSCraft currently has no active players and we can't seem to login!
Appearantly his ISP is looking at it now so hopefully this will be sorted!
Go here to keep updated:
http://twitter.com/notch
Also does anyone know how to snatch twitter status updates from a user onto a website? (Was thinking of adding 5 last status updates from notch on the agscraft site).
(I could probably find out quickly but I am currently heavy in work with other stuff so thought I'd ask here first :))
Also for those of you who enjoy playing on the AGSCraft server there is now possible to help keep the server online by donating on our page:
http://minecraft.agsarchives.com
Peder.
Haven't tried it myself yet and I use Wordpress so there's probably a WP widget around anyway, but a quick Google gave me this:
http://mashable.com/2010/06/09/twitter-update-display-resources/
After some examples, the resources section has links to some tools/tutorials. The first is the official Twitter widget. Just put in the username, fiddle with the settings, test it, and grab the code:
http://twitter.com/goodies/widget_profile
Yay for donations!
Thanks :).
Added a quickly made one with Minecraft tweets.
Will be sorting out something better later on :P.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/10/22/minecraft-halloween-update-preview-meet-the-ghasts/
a bit more info about the upcomming update
I have created Darthville ... There is some HOT real-estate available for those who can find it and stake their claim! Property is available for the price of FREE and is on a first come, first serve basis! Create your own domicile in this unique community!
There are some rules/guidelines for Darthville (duh, it's me!)
1) Do not build outside the defined plots (Plots A-L)
2) Do not build higher than two levels (attics are okay but the roof cannot be higher than the surrounding walls)
3) ONLY build on the "lettered" plots. All other areas are zoned for city planning!
4) Sorry about this one but no basements :( (I am planning a HUGE subterranean subway type thing eventually)
5) Pretty please don't alter the walls or other pre-built areas (add on/to, remove, digout, etc) just stick to the plots!
6) Super pretty-please don't build w/ obsidian ... if you build something I must take down I'd rather not have to spend 5 hours doing so :)
Location: AGSCraft Server, from the spawn-point just head N/E and look for the sign:
(http://www.twin-design.com/ags/graphics/darthville.png)
Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Stake your claim in Darthville today!!
There are community chests FULL of materials you can use for your building endeavors. They are located on the elevated area by the aqueduct! Just don't take the last of any one element or the community will hunt you down like Freddy Kreuger!!! Also, don't build up there, just in the plots!! ;)
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/8339/darthvillesummerhouse.jpg)
First lot taken :P
Ha, that's brilliant Darth!=)
I had planned to start a city of my own after the Halloween update (since presumably the server will have to be reset) but you beat me to it.
Chances are I won't be able to find Darthville before all the plots are gone since my orientation goes to hell as soon as I enter Minecraft, but i'll come and have a look. If you need to shift any dirt i'm happy to oblige.
This all looks like a very funny thing; but can someone give me a briefing about how this works? Sorry if I was too lazy to seek around for explanations.
My three main questions are:
- what should I download/register/buy to "play" this? (well, almost got this one myself)
- what is the point of the game (along with building fancy structures)?
- are you editing same "world" here? I saw some maps on http://minecraft.agsarchives.com. Can I participate somehow?
You must also post 2 in game screenshots of your house, once built.
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Sat 23/10/2010 21:19:31
This all looks like a very funny thing; but can someone give me a briefing about how this works? Sorry if I was too lazy to seek around for explanations.
My three main questions are:
- what should I download/register/buy to "play" this? (well, almost got this one myself)
- what is the point of the game (along with building fancy structures)?
- are you editing same "world" here? I saw some maps on http://minecraft.agsarchives.com. Can I participate somehow?
1. go to http://minecraft.net/ , make an account here, and then you can buy the game
2. There is no point in this game other then do what you want. Single play has monsters to slay, multiplay doesnt (yet)
3. Yes, we're editing the same world. The server is posted on the first page.
Had you guys seen the Minecraft space program (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeV0XB-w_yM)?
Quote from: blueskirt on Sat 23/10/2010 23:29:36
Had you guys seen the Minecraft space program (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeV0XB-w_yM)?
Ha! That was great.
Quote from: blueskirt on Sat 23/10/2010 23:29:36
Had you guys seen the Minecraft space program (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeV0XB-w_yM)?
EPIC!!!! :D :D
Umm, Darth, I was walking around your village with some other guys and occasionally got into the moat and couldn't get out because the fence, so I had to put few wooden steps.... hope you'll find a way to remove them while not getting stuck in the moat... I don't know how to make fence myself yet, so I did not destroy a section.
Plot F claimed, although i'm still deciding on a style. Also wood flooring and an open fire = not a good idea=S
Any plans to open up the other exits?
I expect there are 2 special plots reserved for the administrators there? ::)
I got a really small hut now, to the east from Darth's palace with golden roof. It is barely seen on map behind the trees :)
most stuff is connected by roads, Darthville however, isn't (yet)
I will be connecting Darthville to the main road very soon!
I noticed some builds like DDQ's wall had holes punched in them (fixed now). Did the map get corrupted or was it someone having fun?
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Sun 24/10/2010 15:17:50
I will be connecting Darthville to the main road very soon!
There are roads?
Oh. I see them now. I also see that they run nowhere near me=(
That's my next project I think!
Game acts terribly unstable lately: every couple mins or so it drops framerate till zero, then crashes :/
Looks like an issue with the main site, minecraft.net is also down.
Yeah, my client won't even log in now saying minecraft.net is down=(
seems to be back now .... maybe
Yeah, it playes, no more issues so far, and site is accessible once again.
Still empty lots in Darthville!
Dire news: since 30th october patch all torches will die over time (could be ignited again by the use of the lighter though); which means one should replace all the torches on important positions by lamps (new light source intoduced in the same patch).
http://minecraft.net/boo
Quote from: Arboris on Tue 26/10/2010 12:44:18Still empty lots in Darthville!
I think the real-estate wasn't quite as "hot" as I anticipated :P
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Tue 26/10/2010 17:50:19Dire news: since 30th october patch all torches will die over time (could be ignited again by the use of the lighter though); which means one should replace all the torches on important positions by lamps (new light source intoduced in the same patch).
I think this doesn't matter much though 'cause the new patch, as I understand it, would require resetting the server anyway. So all the work we've done would be lost with the patch.
On a minecraft note here... I took a walk around AGS land last night. It's really cool what we've created there. Very neat stuff.
By the way, who is/was building that submarine I found out in the middle of nowhere?
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Tue 26/10/2010 18:58:03
I think this doesn't matter much though 'cause the new patch, as I understand it, would require resetting the server anyway. So all the work we've done would be lost with the patch.
Oh no :( isn't there a way to save this? It would be a shame if we'll have to start all over with every new patch.
We were supposed to generate a new world every sunday anyway :P. It is not untill everything works good there will be any point NOT generating new worlds often imo.
Quote from: Peder Johnsen on Tue 26/10/2010 20:27:26
We were supposed to generate a new world every sunday anyway :P. It is not untill everything works good there will be any point NOT generating new worlds often imo.
Yeah I thought that was the plan but it didn't seem to happen. I like what we've got so far - Darthville is full of brilliant ideas - but I don't see that we can't make it even better next time around=)
And now for the news:
Cowboy Builders Provoke Town Council's WrathDarthvillians awoke to a most disturbing sight this morning when it transpired that a band of rogue builders had snuck in during the night and added their own 'improvements' to the town. Seemingly keen to see Darthville connected to the main thoroughfare, the group have extended the existing North Entrance bridge and tunnelled out the Western entrance to put Darthville's name firmly on the map.
The new addition certainly makes life easier for visitors to Darthville who, until now, had to cross fields and rivers to reach the Town, however the group clearly avoided filing the appropriate planning documentation. This reporter can't help but wonder what the Mayor's reaction will be?
Surprisingly, given the amount of earth moved, there were no witnesses to the event, however we managed to track down one member of the group - a rather scruffy looking mutt - who when questioned, said: "..me and the Wizard, you know, we just came together at the right time." And when asked if there were there any problems, he added: "Well, we had some plumbing trouble, yeah, getting round that castle, but luckily the Doctor helped us out. Always handy to have a doctor around, y'know?"
There was barely time to catch another word as he set off again, diamond shovel in hand, for the green hills beyond Darthville. Will we see the trio return or will our beloved Mayor bring the righteous power of the Sith down upon them? More news, as it happens.
A. Nonymous
(Un)Official Darthville News Correspondent
;-)
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4557/mc1u.png)
this is why you dont give Dave Gilbert nice things... or dynamite.
ahah, nice shot, me with my half-destroyed house; damn :=
When you play in a small window at the lowest resolution because the game overheats your computer, dynamite looks surprisingly like brick! It was only later when I saw the pixels written on the side were actually letters spelling TNT.
I found a whole bunch of it in the Darthville community chest, so I built the whole second level of my house with it. I placed one block out of place, then used another block of the same type to remove it. Then it started smoking. Five seconds later... BOOM.
Um. Sorry?
That's just too funny!
Has the situation been remedied? I can't login for some reason...
Ha that's brilliant!
I also play in lo-res which, looking at Calin's screenie, is a decidedly less than spectacular way to see Minecraft. Still, I like the retro feel=)
P.S. I logged in just fine now. Try again maybe?
First mechanical addition to AGS minecraft?
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7607/waterlift.png)
Water lift.
The other night when I was playing, I started working on a decent, but small house on the beach. (Single Player)
I decided to go off and chop down some trees and unfortunately got completely lost. I must have walked the shoreline in search of my house for over an hour and still never found it.
Maybe, someday, I will be reunited with my house. :'(
I find it very easy to know where I'm going in Minecraft. The clouds are always moving in the same direction. There are 4 directions to a block, and I usually travel in a straight-ish line with the blocks. So I never have much of a hard time finding my house. I also usually build near the spawn.
And as a bonus you can build yourself a compass with redrock and iron ingots which point to the spawn.
I reset the game world. It will give me a fresh start anyways. Happy Crafting. :)
Okay ... Dave blowing up a bit of Darthville was funny. But this:
(http://www.twin-design.com/ags/graphics/wtf.png)
is not. WTF? In case you can't tell ... somebody put TNT everywhere all throughout the place.
Tell me we got griefed and it wasn't one of our users that did this?
I'm going through and putting water around them one-at-a-time (if you put water around TNT the blast destroys nothing).
It wasn't me!
Darn.
How does TNT explode by the way? is there a safe way to remove it? asking just in case.
After checking the logs and seeing that there was only one person on long enough to have laid all that TNT (you know who you are and shame on you) I spent some time removing the TNT ... then we decided to lay down our own TNT and just blow the whole thing up since we're resetting the server this weekend anyway!
Darthville is no more!
(http://www.twin-design.com/ags/graphics/solongdv.jpg)
Leaf and I survey the destruction we wrought from on high!!
I planted about 400 TNT in my castle (which the griefer didn't touch) and with one flick destroyed the entire thing (it was awesome!)
@Crimson Wizard - if you use water around the tnt the blast hurts nothing.
Damn, that's some nasty stuff. Out the griefer! Who was it?
I blew a significant area of Arboris' garden up with some accidental TNT. (And learned that blowing up TNT turns nearby TNT into exploding projectiles) and realized that I needed to stay way further away from other people's stuff when experimenting with the stuff. Which is why the rest of my experiments are across a body of water from everybody else's stuff.
I erected the Garden Memorial Garden to replace Arboris' decor, so I would hope that anybody on our servers would have the same response to an accident and not do it on purpose.
I did meet one other guy on the server once who was not an AGSer and had just googled randomly for a server to go play on. I figured as long as he wasn't a dick, he could do that. But maybe it's time to set up a large obsidian box around the spawn point and have people teleported out by admins when they want to join. Keep this to ourselves.
I'll miss you Darthville, even though I could never find you.
:'(
edit: I have played on the AGS server a few times, but not much.
You can "whitelist" a server ... so it's only available to people on the list.
About the griefer; we checked the logs for after I was off last night and there was only one person on long enough. However ... we can't be 100% sure it was this person so I hesitate to out them until they speak up and take ownership of this.
There were two signs in the middle of Darthville (by a HUGE stack of tnt) that said "We want 64,000 diamonds or your town gets it!" and "Love XXX - The Terrorists"
This suggests [at least] two people ... but there was only one person on for an extended period of time. While this is funny it's still pathetic. ** shrugs ** It's just a game. It's just sad that some people think it's okay to do things like this.
I still didn't get my 64,000 diamonds... :(
Nah, I kid. It wasn't me.
Haha. Speaking of my further experiments with TNT... I built a dirt shack across the water from DDQ's pirate ship and made the walls three layers thick, with the middle layer TNT and tons of extra tnt under the shack. The inside of the shack had some pressure switches on the ground, which, if you stepped on them, would blow the whole thing. Outside was a sign warning everyone not to enter.
Looking at the latest cartograph... someone entered!
(http://www.xiigames.com/misc/mine/TNTshack.png) -> (http://www.xiigames.com/misc/mine/TNTshack2.png)
(The other structure just to the north wasn't there when I built my bomb shack, glad they didn't seem to take any damage)
Holy shit, who was it? Name and shame my man, name and shame. I knew the server was reset but I was trying to squeeze in more road building=(
Ah Domino, I went looking for your shack a few times but it was no more. I thought we'd scared you away! It was just to the right of the spawn point beyond the pirate ship but before the cacti garden.
straydogstrut, I had fun with you and Crimson that Night. About my shack that I built in Multi-Player. I dismantled it and went roaming aimlessly to find Darthville, but gave up, because I could not find it. You and Crimson had logged off, so I had no body to steer me in the right direction. :)
As usual, Domino got lost. ;D
I decided to have some fun w/ TNT on my [old] castle ...
(http://www.twin-design.com/ags/graphics/castle_before.jpg)
Before
(http://www.twin-design.com/ags/graphics/castle_after.jpg)
After
I just want to say I don't know who built that awesome ship, but it wasn't me. He/she just chose to place it next to my aquatic signature. I'm probably going to get on for the first and last time in a while (taking a break from lego-crack) to blow my shit up. I might need to borrow some TNT since I don't have any.
Quote from: ddq on Thu 28/10/2010 20:07:22
I just want to say I don't know who built that awesome ship, but it wasn't me.
It was Damien (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=41885.msg556806#msg556806) who built it.
Ah, oh yes. After seeing it next to your name, I always thought it was you, ddq. But now I vaguely remember running into him while he was in the process of building it.
With everyone now leveling their creations with TNT in preparation for this weekends reboot, I think my subterranean humble dirt shack may be the last structure left standing!
Since destroying your builds become a fun new thing to do, the pirate ship and a very dense forest became firewood today:
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6686/newirfanviewbmpfile2.jpg)
Probably taking a break untill next version...
D'aw, another reset? Oh well.
I just logged in and saw the damage :(
FALLOUT: NEW DARTHVILLE
;)
edit: skeith2572 is me for those who see me on and wonder who the heck that person is.
Darn it, Darth. You should have recorded it while it was happening!
Oh well, a lot of things have gotten destroyed over the last few weeks of this map. I don't think I've got anything left that I've made apart from the Roger. I can't wait for the update, 'cause with the mobs and the health working it will make multiplayer a whole new game.
Since I occasionally burnt my wooden mansion in the woods twice, I have nothing to destroy :P
I don't think I'm going to deconstruct a few kilometers of road tbh :P
Feel free to set light to my garden tho, V12. You have my blessing (if it's still there)
I'm away for the weekend so will be late to the update party, but i'll be looking to build Darthville bigger and better than before when I return. I thought about suggesting making the centre of town at the spawn point, although that might be asking for trouble if we can't deal with the griefers. Have fun everyone. I'm looking forward to seeing the new map=)
The new update will drastically change people's playstyles.
remember... monsters, death, creepers.
Shit is gonna go down and people are going to have to cooperate.
Also pray you dont enter the map for the first time in the middle of the night.
I'd just like some moon boots or something. Taking falling damage is really going to change my build-style.
It would be nice to see Darthville become a nice fortress to keep out evil. It should be nice seeing what you guys do with it.
Quote from: ddq on Fri 29/10/2010 19:10:20
It would be nice to see Darthville become a nice fortress to keep out evil. It should be nice seeing what you guys do with it.
My wishes exactly! A fortified city of light standing against the darkness. We could send out raiding parties and build other towns. Have people making weapons and others mining etc..Yeah, like that's going to happen..rather it will be every wo/man for themselves=S
Have a great weekend folks!
Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Fri 29/10/2010 18:55:24
Also pray you dont enter the map for the first time in the middle of the night.
My first suggestion would be building a small fortified area right around the spawn point, surrounded by walls and lit bright by lamps. We could also put chests there with supplies for the newcomers (or in case someone dies and respawns there).
Doesn't the server have to be reset in order to apply the update anyway?
Yeesh I started a trend of terrorism.
Well, far be it from me not to hop on the bandwagon! I blew up my tower yesterday. All that's left is the waterfall that was inside...
(http://www.davelgil.com/boom.png)
I've never seen it confirmed that Notch would have monsters and damage fixed for MP in the Halloween update. Is that somewhere? I hope he does. If so, having everyone work together to build a sweet fort and fighting off the hordes (in both dimensions!) would be tons of fun. But yeah... fall damage... :P
I just took a nice stroll through our beloved AGS Land. It sucks seeing everything destroyed and on fire. I set up a small base last night and could not find it.
Whoever made that giant PONG sculpture rules!!! :)
Quote from: Domino on Sat 30/10/2010 00:17:28
I set up a small base last night and could not find it.
Aw, man, you should use some reference points to remember your way. First of all, use global map screenshots, available on server (http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/cartography.php); then try to find most memorable places and, if there no ones, build simple ones, like columns of 3-4 blocks with torches on them.
might be nice to have a snow world for the next one
No, not snow and mobs!
but snow is awesome! :(
I think it might be best to alternate the worlds.. 2 weeks with mobs and then 2 weeks on wimp mode.
I believe, in the new version, there are multi-type environments. They are called "BIOMES" or something like that. So you can go from desert to tropical to snow all in the same world. Should be very cool I think.
Personally I am not a fan of the snow worlds but that's just me :)
In author's TODO list there's "Seasons" entry, which means he thinks about seasons changing over time, I guess.
And yes, while snow world looks nice, it may become a little annoying because of snowflakes falling all the time.
Ummm... I am afraid I played a role of demon of destruction or something, and now our old world has a number of active volcanos :P
Looks like Cataclysm came to Minecraft earlier than to Warcraft. ;D
Something like this:
(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6254/agsworldinlava.png)
The new version is out.
Hmm, well yeah, after updating my client, I cannot log into AGS server anymore.
:)
Now waiting for server admins to make an update and reset the world.
Server is taken offline, will be back up as soon as we have updated to the new version.
And the update is live :=
I just saw a skeleton hitching a ride on a spider. Not a clipping bug, sitting. Was that present in earlier versions?
AGSCraft should now be online with our 3 world.
Portals does not work in multi, neither do damage nor carts!
So where does that leave us?
Basically at where we allready was.....
oh poopy :( coop survival sounded like fun
I was able to play a little [single player] earlier ... but now it won't connect to the minecraft servers.
That guy seriously needs to upgrade his server(s). If he's going to take people's money he needs to provide more reliable servers. And I read today the profit is now 6 figures so the dude can afford to (and should) update them.
I 100% agree with Darth...
he already did, its running on a large cloud network these days.
Personally, this isn't any different from what im used to in WoW when a big patch hits. Everybody connecting at the same time.
I can connect now.
I think biodome tech is working? I can see snowy planes connecting to large grassy areas. Or is it simply a type of winter terrain?
no theyre working, its not snowing in my snowlevel anymore tho
I also cannot access multi-player either.
Darthville 2.0 needs to straddle biomes, so the low-rent neighborhood can be constantly covered in snow, while the upscale kids bask in the sun.
I haven't been able to log in yet. Got my update, though and the biomes look cool. Haven't seen the nether yet. Too bad multiplayer didn't get all fixed up yet.
Edit: Ok, started up a new world and hacked in a bunch of obsidian. Started experimenting with gates. Wound up making a gate in the Nether that popped me out right into a spider dungeon and died before I could get my bearings! Awesome!
This new world on ags server has some very interesting terrain features. For instance, there's huge natural cave system right under the starting valley, which has several levels and leads almost to the bedrock.
So, if anybody is wondering: I'm in too, but my nick isn't Matti, it's MudTea (which is roughly how my name should be pronounced in English).
Unfortunately, my laptop is acting up a bit, so I won't be around too often. I'll check out what you guys build from time to time though.
Darth has to get his construction team back together to rebuild Darthville.
I have a small house in the middle of the map. I put a huge ass tower with torches on top, because this time; Domino (skeith2572) doesn't want to get lost again.
:)
we need that whitelist set up. There was some obsidian-related vandalism going on today. tnitl is the suspect. Boo.
Okay, we've got hooligan again.
Now he puts obsidian blocks everywhere, blocking passages (obsidian is very difficult to remove).
There was a word "TNiTL" written with obsidian blocks, and there's "tnitl" user in the server list. Could be him (unless someone wanted to set him up).
I suggest this investigated.
EDIT: posted almost same moment as Vince ;)
I'm currently at work but i'll set up a whitelist at the next possible opportunity.
I'm coming across a glitch, and wondered if anyone else has experienced this.
When placing a block in a specific region the block is placed as normal. In about 2-3 seconds, though, it disappears. As far as I can tell it's completely gone from the game world. It's not added back to my inventory, and there are no blocks to pick up.
I've also noticed there's a sandy area near the spawning point, that doesn't allow you to grab sand.
Obviously the game is still buggy, which is why it's an alpha release, but I'm hoping someone at least has come across this before (even if they don't know a solution).
-MillsJROSS
You can't build or destroy anything in a certain radius of the spawn unless you're an admin, otherwise it will just reset back to normal.
If this disappearing block thing is happening far enough away from the spawn, it's an issue with the lag. I've experienced this before and I usually just moved over to a different chunk, like 16 or so blocks away, and you can start building again. Sometimes.
I experience that all the time ... I think it's an issue with latency from playing over the 'net because it doesn't happen to me when playing single-player mode.
Why it happens more closer to the spawn point (another thing I've also noticed) I have no idea?! (edit: Ryan answered that one)
Ryan hit the nail on the head. I was building on top of the spawn location. I simply diverted my skyway. Thanks!
-MillsJROSS
I just started getting the blocks disappearing issue - nowhere near the spawn point - then I fell through my house..upwards..and day suddenly became night. I quit and now I can't reconnect. Think the server might be having a strop, unless it just doesn't want to play with me anymore=(
I suddenly fell off the edge of the world and after that it kicked me out.. and can't get back on either :)
I can't get on either
I am in the same boat....Guess I will have to stick to Single Player tonight.
:'(
Sorry about long down time, it is back up now, but no whitelist YET.
Oh man.
If Def is playing then I am coming back to Minecraft!
I'll definitely start playing once damage, monsters and minecarts are working in muliplayer. And definitely if the nether is added for multiplayer.
Quote from: Al_Ninio on Thu 04/11/2010 04:40:46
Oh man.
If Def is playing then I am coming back to Minecraft!
Hai Al ._.
So how long are we keeping this version up? Two weeks till a reset or something?
I was thinking maybe restart once we got the whitelist up?
How long until then? I've kind of started a big project that I know I'll be a bit sketchy in finishing too soon.
I was out collecting a lot of wood and the server went down. ???
edit: okay I am back on again.
Works fine for me, maybe the minecraft.net server went down for a short time or something?
A lot of you guys are great with pixels. Some computer company has a challenge to make the best texture packs for Minecraft.
http://www.webhallen.com/minecraft/
Check it out. You can win a free, signed by Notch, solid state drive and first place also gets a painting of some sort.
Minecraft Alpha 1.2.1, Minecraft Server 0.2.3
The server update is not mandatory, but you might want to update just to make sure.
This is a bugfixes only update:
* Signs on the sides of cacti no longer crash the game
* The player won’t get stuck on the top of the world in multiplayer
* Reverted mob spawning back to the old code, it was far to annoying. I have plans on what to do with this.
* Fixed the leaf particle colors
* Reduced CPU usage for monster spawning, but there’s still a lot of work to be done to reduce lag on SMP servers.
* Attempted to fix the portal dupe bug where you could exit through a different (new) one than the one you entered through.
Hurrah!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/skeith2572/domhouse.png
Stop by and visit me in my nice home. :)
I'm waiting until the whitelist is in place before the ground-breaking of the new and improved Darthville. That little incident put a bad taste in my mouth and it sort of makes spending that much time on something seem pointless. So hurry up and whitelist the server! I'm aching to make it again!!
Granted, if it was who I think it was the whitelist won't make any difference...
alright alright geez...
whitelisting implemented!
I have only whitelisted the people who's username i recognise so if someone here has a weird username that i havent encountered let me know.
The authentication server seems to be down at the moment though so you wont be able to log in ^_^
Disconnected by server
Kicked by admin
Nick: drgeiger
Could you add me to the list please?
ah it seems to be case sensitive.
should be fine now Doctor
Thank you.
Me too pls :P it's CrimsonWizard.
BTW, was the world reset?
Done
And no the world wasnt reset
I am being kicked out by the admin.
skeith2572 is me. Thanks.
Shawn
Me too. I'm not sure if I'm VinceTwelve or vincetwelve, but probably the opposite of what you've got.
Quote from: Vince Twelve on Sat 06/11/2010 14:43:23
Me too. I'm not sure if I'm VinceTwelve or vincetwelve, but probably the opposite of what you've got.
You are VinceTwelve.
Domino (skeith2572) and DarthMandarb are still being kicked out.
Seems to be anyone with capital letters in their name is likely to fall foul of the case-sensitive whitelist=S
I, too, have joined the illustrious ranks of those being given the boot!
DarthMandarb (no space) is my username.
Edit - well that (above) explains that!
@Darth Yeah, and i'm assuming Domino's being kicked because the admins didn't recognise the name.
I notice all the names on the Official AGSCraft Website (woo!) are in lowercase - I thought those were pulled straight off the server, or did you manually type them out? It would be helpful if you could just use that list to populate the whitelist, but I guess not if they're not actually lowercase.
ok, fixed.
Quote from: straydogstrut on Sat 06/11/2010 15:48:32
I notice all the names on the Official AGSCraft Website (woo!) are in lowercase - I thought those were pulled straight off the server, or did you manually type them out? It would be helpful if you could just use that list to populate the whitelist, but I guess not if they're not actually lowercase.
They are indeed taken from the server BUT to have PHP sort them properly I had to lowercase them, added a tiny bit more code and they are now still sorted and in their original state ;).
Someone add OneDollar to the list. He tried to get on just now and got kicked :(
Can't you just make it so that the white list only allows you to build and destroy? That way the server is still inviting.
Also, I'm black listed as well. Name: RyanTimothy
done
Access would be nice. Name is "Wersus".
Thanks.
done.
Ehem...'MillsJROSS'
-MillsJROSS
[mutters]stupid agsers and their stupid polycase languages.[/mutters]
Done!
please add me too:
abstauber
I've only logged in once and still don't get what I'm doing (besides my mac mini is at its limits), but maybe I catch up :)
it's like playing with lego. It really isnt that hard to get :D
Is it possible for this thread to be moved to Popular Threads? I just don't want this to be forgotten and disappear from General Discussion.
Also, sorry about my flower obsession in the game, I quite adore them. :)
Thanks, Shawn
Quote from: Domino on Wed 10/11/2010 00:34:18
Is it possible for this thread to be moved to Popular Threads? I just don't want this to be forgotten and disappear from General Discussion.
I think the thread gets bumped plenty with all the posts, but I agree it would be good to have it in Popular Threads incase we all get sucked into MC and forget to post;-)
I haven't been on today but Notch mentioned on his blog that there's an update tomorrow:
Quote from: Notch
Here’s what’s already done for the update:
General fixes:
* players and mobs in lava or fire no longer spam sound effects
* getting hit with a higher damage while recovering from a smaller one now works as intended
* lava flows further in the Nether
* zombie pigs eventually forgives
* added support for custom texture packs
* fixed duplicate buttons when resizing screens
* zombie pigs and ghasts no longer get hurt by fire or lava
* fixed volume sliders now saving properly
Multiplayer fixes:
* hellworld=true no longer overwrites old save chunks. Player positions will still break if you switch it on a running server, though
* boats are now visible to other players
* minecarts move nicer
* fishing kinda sorta works, but needs more work
* sheep and cows look like sheep and cows now
* buckets work now
* fixed stairs being really difficult to destroy
* increased the timeout before “Took too long to log inâ€
* made it possible to ride carts and boats (pigs should work too..)
There are a couple of bugs left, like it not being possible to steer the boats yet, and other players not having the riding animation when riding. Fishing also works horribly poorly. Once I’ve fixed that tomorrow, I’ll release an update for both the server and the client.
"minecarts move nicer" and "made it possible to ride carts" have got my attention. If this means minecarts work in multiplayer now that would be awersome. My railroad empire is just aching to be built;-)
Not sure if the update means we have to reset the server mind, though I would welcome another fresh start tbh.
Hmm yea a reset might be on the cards. I dont particularly like the layout of this world.
I can't connect to the server: I get disconnected with an error saying "outdated client". Not sure if i'm meant to download something - MC usually updates itself if there's an update available - but I got a fresh copy off the website just incase but still can't log in. Anyone else have any problems since the update?
Quote from: straydogstrut on Wed 10/11/2010 18:28:46
I can't connect to the server: I get disconnected with an error saying "outdated client". Not sure if i'm meant to download something - MC usually updates itself if there's an update available - but I got a fresh copy off the website just incase but still can't log in. Anyone else have any problems since the update?
"Outdated client" = "Outdated server" ;D
Admins must update server app.
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Wed 10/11/2010 18:49:33
"Outdated client" = "Outdated server" ;D
Admins must update server app.
Ah right, thanks.
Hmmph! That's
so not fair, I had a whole unproductive evening planned=P
Server updated.
Hmm, are portals supposed to work in this update?
I found out I can actually create a portal, but it does not seem to teleport me anywhere.
i'll try switching hellworld=true
you will be disconnected when i bring the server down
EDIT: Unfortunately hellworld doesnt seem to work in SMP yet. sorry kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl36SsszqpY&feature=player_embedded#!
You can now easily see if the server is online or offline by checking the AGSCraft website (http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/).
The status is checked and updated every 15 minutes.
Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Wed 10/11/2010 07:19:40
Hmm yea a reset might be on the cards. I dont particularly like the layout of this world.
I am with you on that one Calin. I really wouldn't mind a reset of the world, not too fond of my flower palace right now anyways.
:)
Can't seem to login on the AGS server atm, is it offline ?
yup server crash. The minecraft server software is less than I would call 'stable'
Should be back up now
Server's having a bad day. Bit more laggy than usual and blocks 'pop' back in before being destroyed. Also I managed to sail off the edge of the world and then had an out of body experience as I sank to my watery grave. I need counselling=S
(http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/2382/outofbody.png)
@straydogstrut lol, amazing image!
I am sure counselling will be offered within AGSCraft soon ;) :P.
Arboris and I were just walking around and suddenly came upon the same thing: a ghostly image of Arboris sitting in a boat motionless underwater!
I think the recent addition of "working" boats and mine carts has increased the instability. I have, several times, suddenly found myself falling through the world or stuck in an endless grey while building my roller coaster. (Which is super awesome, btw, and every one should go ride it!)
Quote from: Vince Twelve on Sun 14/11/2010 22:25:36
I have, several times, suddenly found myself falling through the world or stuck in an endless grey while building my roller coaster. (Which is super awesome, btw, and every one should go ride it!)
I got to ride that coaster, I might have been the first because you asked me to come and try it out. Too bad I couldn't get up the first hill. ha ha. :)
alot of the latency issues are due to the verification communication with the main minecraft server. Notch is working on it.
Quote from: Vince Twelve on Sun 14/11/2010 22:25:36
Arboris and I were just walking around and suddenly came upon the same thing: a ghostly image of Arboris sitting in a boat motionless underwater!
Pod people!
There, I said it first.
Quote from: Domino on Sun 14/11/2010 22:37:23
I got to ride that coaster, I might have been the first because you asked me to come and try it out. Too bad I couldn't get up the first hill. ha ha. :)
You did better than me: the thing took off without me when Vince gave me a shot!=)
I'm over the moon that minecarts are 'workable' now. I get kicks just popping a lump of coal in the engine and seeing it power round the track=D I'm undecided whether I'll make boosters, though just the different variations are hugely appealing=)
Before:
(http://www.xiigames.com/misc/mine/thespire.png)
Fill entire spire full of TNT (around 2500 blocks), wire up redstone detonator, flip the switch...
(http://www.xiigames.com/misc/mine/thespire2.png)
The remains of my roller coaster:
(http://www.xiigames.com/misc/mine/thespire3.png)
(http://www.xiigames.com/misc/mine/thespire4.png) (http://www.xiigames.com/misc/mine/thespire5.png)
It's seemed pretty dead lately. And we're probably due for a reset, yeah? We really need some kind of unified project for the next round. A darthville, or a mountain fortress, or a sci-fi dome habitat, or something.
Nice Architecture Vince!
I don't play minecraft, but I always enjoy peeking at your creations guys.
Keep posting pics!
I agree with Vince.
Quotesci-fi dome habitat
Something like in the movie Logan's Run?
That would be friggin amazing if we could build something like that. Let's reset this world and get the construction going ASAP. :)
Shawn
Wah! I was almost finished connecting the central area with the desert by railroad=S Oh well, no worries, I knew a reset was coming. I too hope we can have an organised effort next time around=D
Alright then, I'll reset THE WORRRRRLLLLDDDDD tonight when i get home from work.
Unless Peder beats me to it.
reset time
Also fixed the cartographies so they show in the right order.
Hopefully I edited the carto script right too to use the new date format.
Carto links dont work anymore Ninja Peder :p
You sure?
They work for me....
They are server generated out of the names of the images so I don't see why they woulden't work...
Quote
Not Found
The requested URL /AGSCraft2-map-28-10-2010-05h00.png was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.12 (Ubuntu) Server at minecraft.agsarchives.com Port 80
Well then you have some cache you would want to get rid off ;) because that is the OLD links.
If I understood that right, there will be health in multiplayer on next week; I wonder will this make monster work in MP?
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1619400201/status-of-smp-health
This new world is the weirdest minecraft world I ever seen... lots of floating patches... and scenic places. Like this:
(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3463/agsworldweirdmountainsu.png)
(using some texture pack here, forgot the title)
That exclamation was me falling off the cliff we were standing on. Kinda killed the romantic moment Crimson and I were sharing=P
I really want to start Darthville 2.0 ... My life has been a tad hectic lately and I haven't had a lot of free-time to play but I'm hoping to change that soon!
I'm cheating on you guys with another server at the moment :=
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Sat 20/11/2010 03:24:43
I really want to start Darthville 2.0 ... My life has been a tad hectic lately and I haven't had a lot of free-time to play but I'm hoping to change that soon!
I started building little Venice last night but changed my mind and started flattening out the foundations of "Strayville" (or some better name I haven't thought of yet): twin town of Darthville. Purely as a ruse to kick you into action;-)
Apparently tomorrow he'll have the SMP damage/health working properly and updates sent out. Perhaps I'll start playing this for a bit again once that happens, I would love to battle some zombies with you all.
I think one of the Admins should build a small protective house around the spawn in case it is night time.
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Tue 23/11/2010 17:39:08
Apparently tomorrow he'll have the SMP damage/health working properly and updates sent out. Perhaps I'll start playing this for a bit again once that happens, I would love to battle some zombies with you all.
I would love that too - battling zombies and seeing you back in the game - although it does mean I won't be able to throw myself off cliffs with abandon and go swimming in lava anymore=(
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Tue 23/11/2010 17:39:08
I think one of the Admins should build a small protective house around the spawn in case it is night time.
Or better yet a dark, Obsidian-lined pit that we can all look into and laugh as the next person spawns. Assuming, i'm not the one arriving late, of course;-)
Right the time I finished practicing building railroads :)
So the update is here. Seemly it is very buggy, but I can't wait for the server client to be updated.
done... lets see how weird this is...
Edit: Terrifying.
Well that's um.. funky.
Turns out i'm a ghost.
I can kill mobs and craft weapons, but I can't pick up anything I drop.
Oh and i'm completely invisible (or at least that's what everyone tells me!).
Maybe those spiders killed me.
that happened to me. I need to delete your player profile and then let you log in again.
It's something to do with the server not syncing after the update.
Game is barely playable at the moment.
There are certainly monsters around, but I dont see them and dont hear their voices. A creeper nearly blown me up, and I could see arrows falling on ground right from the air (skeleton shooting??).
Thanks Calin, no rush though, I don't think i'll be logging in again tonight.
yea the whole server software is busted
I'm going to reset the world and see if that helps.
What texture packs do you guys use if your using one?
I am thinking of adding a small section in the first post with links to some good textures :).
Yeah so the problems I've noticed with update are:
- You can now place blocks at your feet and therefore trapping yourself in walls
- Arrows sometimes deflect off of mobs.
- Doors don't work very. Especially the ones at the spawn point hut.
- Ghost problem when people die.
I decided to give the new server damage a try, even though you're all reporting huge issues. But the server is offline at the moment.
If you're going to have a server status on the first post, why not have a php script within the IMG tags, which echo's an Offline or Online text depending on the server status. That way you don't have to manually update the text to green or red.
I know you have the server page, just figured I'd mention it for the first post as well. :P
Well ive reset the world and everything seems to be ok now.
It looks like you become ghost when die, but this is fixed by re-logging to server. :/
I've just updated the server, shoud fix some of the respawning bugs youve been mentioning.
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 25/11/2010 07:22:31
If you're going to have a server status on the first post, why not have a php script within the IMG tags, which echo's an Offline or Online text depending on the server status. That way you don't have to manually update the text to green or red.
Got no idea why I never thought of this before :).
It now shows (http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/images/online.gif) when it is online and (http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/images/offline.gif) when it is offline :).
Looks good, Peder. (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/Themes/converted/images/post/thumbup.gif)
Just applied another server update that should fix the ghost spawning problem
I actually wonder, what the game difficulty is supposed to be?
Last time i created full diamond armor and diamond sword for myself, yet my health was nearly lost after fighting 2 skeletons... :-\
Any mobs I've faced have appeared in groups of threes. There must be some way to limit this as it isn't this bad on a single player game.
I gave it a try today, and holy crap. I have groups of at least a dozen mobs at once. You pretty much just have to turn around in a dark area and they'll spawn behind you.
I'm definitely going to have to make some armour! :P
Edit: And apparently I've glitched out and now you have to reset me.. or something. Can't pick up anything now or get hurt.
I'm like Batman - slaughtering all those mobs and they can't do anything about it!
Confirm if you want to be reset Ryan!
Doesn't bother me. I've already said you need to reset me above. :P Reset away! :=
With all these new commands you guys have made, perhaps a -reset command for yourself should be added? Or is that not possible?
Done!
And I don't think so.. it requires deleting a file..
Mind you we could probably make a php script do it but then you would have to do it via the website..
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Fri 26/11/2010 20:19:40
With all these new commands you guys have made, perhaps a -reset command for yourself should be added? Or is that not possible?
I believe you mean "-create" etc commands?
These commands are Minecraft commands, not server commands :P
Probably just my sucky internet connection, but I can't connect to the server today. It says i'm taking too long to log in. Well excuuuuse me! I am getting on a bit you know.
Also, I notice on the AGSCraft website that the list of registered players has drastically reduced - what's happened there? Are Calin et al the real terrorists like I always suspected? =P
EDIT: Logged in this time, I think. Oh crap it's night time..
you couldn't reset yourself from within the game but its possible that peder could add something to the agscraft page to allow people to reset themselves (basically just delete their profile)
Quote from: straydogstrut on Fri 26/11/2010 21:04:06
Also, I notice on the AGSCraft website that the list of registered players has drastically reduced - what's happened there?
That is because whenever a new world is generated the list is emptied (because the list of players is collected within the world folder) so to get back on the list the player has to join the server once after a new world is generated.
Luckely the white list doesn't have to be created over and over again each time we generate a new world :).
Ah I see. Hurrah! That means i'm early to the party for once=)
Quote from: Peder Johnsen on Fri 26/11/2010 20:36:33
And I don't think so.. it requires deleting a file..
Mind you we could probably make a php script do it but then you would have to do it via the website..
Yeah, I pretty much assumed it wasn't a ingame feature for admins. Oh well. The php thing would work as long as you assign a password to everyone.
Oh well, I can't see this glitch lasting any longer than a few weeks. Although he should never have released an update with as many issues as it has. What's the rush?
Nice little safehouse you've build. too bad I'm unable to leave it. it just keeps resetting me back behind the door with the door closed shut in my face.
Heh. First post in a looooong time, and only to ask for a reset :P
(enjoying the server a lot, though!)
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Fri 26/11/2010 20:45:00
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Fri 26/11/2010 20:19:40
With all these new commands you guys have made, perhaps a -reset command for yourself should be added? Or is that not possible?
I believe you mean "-create" etc commands?
These commands are Minecraft commands, not server commands :P
These commands are actually done by a custom perl script.
The script monitors the chat for those commands and issues the corresponding admin commands when it finds them.
That script is also responsible for kicking non whitelisted players.
Anyway. I need a reset. I turned into the invisible batman again. :P
Ditto. I'm wondering if the server shouldn't hold out a bit longer until survival multiplayer is less buggy and failtastic?
Ditto, again... Was unglitched, now glitched again due to creeper activity.
Does anyone else notice that it's nearly impossible to kill anything with the sword? I know the arrows bounce off the mobs, and then the arrows usually duplicate themselves to an insane degree.
I think I hit a spider about 20 times with a diamond sword and it didn't stop it one bit. I guess that counts?
Yea things are still a little shitty.
I'm considering turning the monsters off until they actually work properly because right now the balance is *heavily* tipped in their favour.
Notch has promised an update this week tho.. so we'll see.
Not too sound ungrateful or anything, but currently I can't do much on the server and that's a shame :P
What's the best way of getting a reset done?
And with the glitches, maybe turning the beasties off at least until the next patch is in would be worth it?
edit: Whoooo: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/invisible_and_cant_do_crap
edit: Pleeeeeaaaase unglitch me? :P
Unglitched you,
Just done a server update which should fix all the problems. I'll quote notch's blog post
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Bug fix list:
* Swords and other weapons now deal damage properly
* Added proper hurt animations and sounds to mobs and players
* Fixed dead players logging in as invisible ghosts
* Made arrows visible and deal damage
* Hoes now produce proper seeds
* Creepers make noises and animate before exploding
* Explosions animate properly
* No more infinite free arrows
* Server logging now appends to server.log rather than overwriting it
* Buttons and levers (and a few other blocks probably, it’s a general solution) animate properly
* Fixed minecarts (and pigs!) moving twice as fast as they should when ridden.
* The join server screen now remembers the last entered ip
* Increased chunk saving frequency on the server
* Leaving sneak mode no longer triggers a million sounds
* You can now see sneaking players
* Names of sneaking players aren’t visible through walls, and are visible a much shorter distance
* Snowballs!!
I noticed the unglitching, thanks! Then I couldn't log in due to the version disparity. Looking forward to continuing my build :p
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* The join server screen now remembers the last entered ip
Great! The number of times I forgot to press Ctrl-V instead of Cmd-V was becoming frustrating;-)
I'm thinking of building a glass house and then throwing things at people, just to rebel against the proverb.
Hey, Crafters, is somebody using Ventrilo while playing Minecraft? When I press on the game window (even on full screen), Vent stops detecting key pressing. Vent works in other games and programs, just not MC. Wasn't able to find a solution on the net.
Aaaaaand the new release doesn't quite fix the respawn "I'm Batman" problem.
I'm invisible and invincible once more :')
Well at least he fixed the arrows and the visibility of them. But it's still pretty shoddy and you can only see it flash every few moments the server sends an update on its new location.
You'd think the guy would only send you where, and the trajectory of the arrow that was just fired, and have it seamlessly flow on our end until the server tells us where it hit something or if our end thinks it should've. That's how I'd do it anyway, but I've never played around with networking and the big ol' latency issue.
There's been a new update once again. One for server side as well.
The duplicate entities bug has apparently been fixed. I'm going to give it a whirl once I know the server has been updated and see how well he fixed it. :P
The server is confirmed updated to the latest build ;).
Am I crazy, or is cartographer mapping a totally different world?
Yep, you're right. That's AGSCraft4 with my "Little Venice" (the brown smudge) we should be on AGSCraft5 now I think.
Yup, forgot to change the script.
Will do it now and run a carto
Well spotted Vince :)
Yesterday was the first time I had logged on in a while, but I had been peeking in at the cartos regularly. I kept thinking, "man, nobody's making anything!" :=
Hehe :P. Well looking at the one calin made people definatly have!
Alot of the things looks pretty cool :)
Missed a week or so. What has changed in general? Is it possible to fight monsters normally now?
Yeah, you can fight them normally now. It's a little hard to fight them properly with the sword.. mostly due to latency issues, and secondly due to the mobs not having attack animations. So it's hard to dodge an attack that just 'happens' when you're within a certain range.
ok its new world time!
Monsters have been disabled this time round so we can have a nice creative time
however, the -create commands has also been disabled so youll have to work for your spoils!
happy crafting.
My huge castle :'(
Gotta admit it's a little frustrating that out of nowhere, all my (our) stuff is gone... There was some real progress in the past week or so, and now it's gone :(
it's not gone. Just sleeping
I can put the old world back if you'd like.
It just that i hadnt seen that much activity recently.
Initial shock gone - I'm okay with a new world - do kind of like not having the ability to cheat.
Still, though, my castle was fairly awesome, greenskintau was building a huge (and confusing) labyrinth beneath it, and Peder even made a kitchen for it. It was going to be so awesome :P
Well I wont be resetting the world again for at least a month so make something awesome :D
I do feel bad for VinceTwelve, though, as he was halfway done with his sphere :P
Unless your Minecraft page is wrong I don't actually appear to be on the whitelist but I've still been able to join the current and previous worlds just fine.
The site says the server is online, but I can't log in... Wth? :(
The server has died..
I cant even log in at the terminal.
Have to wait for peder to reset it.
Quote from: voh on Mon 13/12/2010 16:15:20
The site says the server is online, but I can't log in... Wth? :(
The server status on the site is only updated every hour. So if the server goes offline before the check is run it will still say it is online :).
should be back up now peeps
Still can't log in... I'll try again in a couple of hours :)
I am looking into it now!
Yeah, I'm getting a "Connection refused: connect" error. :(
Quote from: voh on Mon 13/12/2010 13:11:15
I do feel bad for VinceTwelve, though, as he was halfway done with his sphere :P
D'oh! I was working on it, getting in a couple levels every couple of days. Though, at the rate I was going, it would have been another 2 weeks before it was done. Is there a way to zip up multiplayer worlds and use them as single player worlds? That seems like it would work. Wouldn't it? Could we have downloads of abandoned worlds?
It was such an epic sphere... don't know what I would have done with it if it was finished, but it was still cool to look at.
And I kind of liked the challenge of having the monsters there while building (though I was always safe up in my sphere!)
Edit: For the record, I had laid somewhere around 13,000 cubes of glass so far! (The full sphere would have been made up of over 27,000 and I was hovering close to half way)
Server is back up, I managed to crash it even more so took me some time to figure out how to fix it.
Vince, I will look into the world thingie and if it DOES work I will set up a function to download previous worlds :).
I'd like to propose some kind of coordinated effort to make a coherent city this time. Something like:
(http://i.imgur.com/5PuSX.png)
Just as a starting point. But maybe it would be worth exploring a bit to find a better location for a settlement first.
Like, lets collaborate with sketches and planning in this thread or in chat and then work together to make something cool, rather than everybody jumping on their own projects?
Or we can just all jump on our own projects... :P
I'm game for a community build project ;D
I am sad to announce that my addiction to Minecraft has come to an end. Maybe someday, I will crave to play it again.
I feel bad not being online helping you guys build. :'(
Some sort of a community project sounds good!
Also all previous worlds still hosted on the server can be downloaded from here:
http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/worlds/
(I am sorry but the zip files do not have the worlds subfolders in the root of the file so make sure you dont create another folder when extracting ;))
I will update this as we generate new worlds :)
To make them work you gotta extract them into the saves folder and rename the folder to "World1" (or any other number)
Quote from: Vince Twelve on Mon 13/12/2010 20:09:29
It was such an epic sphere... don't know what I would have done with it if it was finished, but it was still cool to look at.
Durr, build a castle in it! Or a ship! Or anything, really :D
Well Galendale now has room for buildings if you guys want to get to work :p
Ok dammit I have been playing single player for way too long now and it's killing me, I need multiplayer! Problem is I don't have a Paypal account and even if I did I don't own a credit card...
So here's the question: Is there anyone out there currently not using their account and would be willing to loan it to me for a while? I'll give it straight back as soon as you want it again, I just really want a sweet taste of this multiplayer minecraft :D
I'm actually in a similar position, I have watched about 100 ~15 minute Let's Play episodes on Youtube (from different authors, X's whole series for example) and I'm ITCHING to play it myself (have toyed around with the free World Builder version for quite a while) but I just don't have a Paypal or Internet-compatible credit card, nor do I want to get one just for this.
Well thanks to a certain 18-sided polygon, we got to experience one of the most epic forest fires in the history of Minecraft. It tore through an entire forest biome, and it all started with just one tree. Fortunately, we got it contained and protected the people and their wooden houses.
Thank you firefighters DDQ and VinceXII. I'm not going to cut corners now and just remove leaves from trees one by one
or you deleaf a 6 block gap around your trees so the fire cant propagate, its what I do.
NEW! Guest accounts!
Check out the first post for more info! ;).
Phemar: It's also possible to purchase an account as gift. I'm sure you'll find a cool dude or dudette to buy you one.
Also, Minecraft will enter beta on December 20. At this point it will cost 15 bucks instead of 10 and it is also unknown if the promise that everyone who bought the game during alpha will receive updates for free will still apply to the people who purchases it during beta, so if you've been interested in this game but haven't purchased it yet (or if you want to buy accounts for your friends) now is your last chance to get the complete package for cheap.
What has happened to the carto taking today's picture? I want to see the damage that the fire has done :-X
Not sure what has happend here..
If it havent taken one around 5ish (GMT) today there is something wrong with it.
[edit]
Just checked the logs and the server did run the script:
2010-12-15 05:00:07 [INFO] [CONSOLE] Map cartography has begun.
Got no idea why it never worked.. Will have to investigate!
The server isn't saving anymore, I think... I log in, walk a bit, grab some things, log out, back where I started the first time.
Log in, walk a bit, log out, back in, back where I started. Weird :P
Oh no! This is awful! I spent two hours last night digging, got a ton of gold, diamonds, and red stone and it didn't save any of it!!!
I had just finished smelting my sand, then putting in the remaining 500+ blocks into my massive roof :')
Little disappointed, but I'll survive :P
I've set up a castle in faaaar northwest and have been slowly digging a tunnel back to my spawn point. Ugh, all that work...
It seems that someone went for one hell of a walk and made the map *huge* which was too much for the server to take and it folded.
I'm building a carto map now to see what the problem is.
If i can fix it i will, if not i'll wipe the map and start fresh.
That would suck :/
How huge are we talking about? Biggest save games I've seen so far are just over 100 megs...
edit: PatientRock - how far exactly did you go, hmmm? *points finger* ;D
Glad to see your on this Calin. Got emails saying the server was offline. But since your dealing with the problems atm I will go back to becoming a skinnhead ;P
the map is over a gig in size.
Okay, that's retarded :o
Yikes. Sorry, that's definitely my fault. Was just trying to stay out of people's way.
A gig? Wowsers! :o
I need to get in and get screenshots of my sphere before the reset.
Edit: And ooh, ooh! Can we have enemies next round?
Server's offline... I wanted to run Fraps and get my 'stadium' to safety :/
@PatientRock - next time, don't be so afraid of us, we'd've loved to have you as a neighbour :D
I'll try and bring the server back up once i've carto'd it so you can immortalised your stuff
Thanks! :)
Oh yeah, I welcome a server reset. Will give me a chance to actually try again and make a proper home, so far both my attempts ended up being horrible abominations from another dimension.
The server is back up for a while but cartos take too long to be practical so i'm going to reset the world.
heres the final carto of the world: http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/deadworld.png
its too big for firefox to display but windows seems to display it fine if you want to download it.
No wonder then why scheduled cartos failed :).
...
WOW thats MASSIVE lol :P.
Even my computer is having problem displaying this for me (when trying to zoom)
Haha, Vince's sphere looks awesome! Firefox displayed the map fine here BTW!
Wow, that was a hell of a walk! Never seen such a big carto. Cool. :o
I've got my screenshots, so I'm good to go! See you in the next world.
Frapsed my thing :)
Don't know if you're still running a whitelist for this server, but any chance I can be added to it if you are? I got burnt out on single player Minecraft a little while back, but really fancy some communal building. :)
Quote from: DuncanFx on Fri 17/12/2010 16:04:29
Don't know if you're still running a whitelist for this server, but any chance I can be added to it if you are? I got burnt out on single player Minecraft a little while back, but really fancy some communal building. :)
Done,
Ok people a new world has begun!
I'm giving you a head start of 48 hours.. then come the monsters!
Happy building
Well that's a shame. However my original server is back up.
That's way bigger than this one though, there's a tunnel in it that's over half an hour of walking long (and I'm not joking, big five minute stretchs of utter darkness, multiple dungeons, etc).
Please put a sign near the spawn telling people not to explore all the way to Timbuktu. I'm not mad or anything, but keep in mind, I just finished my epic tower and my epic wall and my epic underground railway and I had found and explored no less than 5 epic caverns, one of which was an amazing natural... never mind. It's behind me now.
But, hey! Maybe this time with monsters will suck less than last! I think not being able to summon items with admin magic makes the game a lot better, plus, I think if we build up a nice, central fortress with a city inside, it'll be lots of fun.
Is there any kind of editor that will let you fill in chunks manually? If so then we could just have a big bedrock barrier around an the map while allowing everything inside to be randomly generated still.
I actually felt compelled to play again today ... and my connection gets refused! Won't let me connect (tried several times).
ERROR MSG:
Failed to connect to the server
Connection refused: connect
server crashed..
back up again.
I have no idea why the server is being so strange recently
might need a reboot
I think a reboot might be wise :P
yea, on it.
Will take a few minutes for it to come back up.. then i'll check disk space and stuff
Ok, server is back up.
Unfortunately, I have to abstain from Minecraft until tomorrow. My laptop's power supply quit on me and in the meantime, my netbook can't keep up with the INTENSE POWER needed to run Minecraft.
For those who missed it when I dropped by earlier:
http://www.minecraftskins.com/skin/20015
Feel free to use it!
Who's spiralling? That's great!
http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=barricus (http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=barricus) ;D
Quote from: bicilotti on Sun 19/12/2010 08:04:52
Who's spiralling? That's great!
If you mean the spiralling staircase, then that's mine.
Also known as The Suicide Helixâ,,¢ ;)
edit: I've been getting timeouts when trying to log in all day... Is that just me? :/
works fine for me.
Monsters are now enabled!
LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR!
Are the monsters actually harmful already or just in the way still?
Also, keeps timing out on join.
Monsters! Eek!
Server continues to be "questionably stable".
Moria is now complete although the tunnel needs sealing properly (I might just be lazy and use cobble instead of smooth stone considering the length. There are a few air holes that I'll turn into proper entrances once I can be bothered and an entrance by Voh's spiral. Also no one go deleting those lines of cobble through the water unless you want to flood my tunnel :O
Quote from: Galen on Sun 19/12/2010 21:28:49
Monsters! Eek!
Server continues to be "questionably stable".
Moria is now complete although the tunnel needs sealing properly (I might just be lazy and use cobble instead of smooth stone considering the length. There are a few air holes that I'll turn into proper entrances once I can be bothered and an entrance by Voh's spiral. Also no one go deleting those lines of cobble through the water unless you want to flood my tunnel :O
Wait, what? An entrance by my spiral? When were you going to discuss tunneling into my place? :o
Well, the building that contains your spiral. Not the spiral itself.
Ohhhhh, heh :)
Isn't there already an entrance near my building?
Quote from: voh on Sun 19/12/2010 21:40:25
Ohhhhh, heh :)
Isn't there already an entrance near my building?
Yes, that's the one I'm talking about. =p
Quote from: Ishmael on Sun 19/12/2010 21:22:46Also, keeps timing out on join.
Same here ... I still can't seem to login/play (tried again a few moments ago).
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Mon 20/12/2010 02:13:37
Quote from: Ishmael on Sun 19/12/2010 21:22:46Also, keeps timing out on join.
Same here ... I still can't seem to login/play (tried again a few moments ago).
I'm timing out, also.
Peder, can you restart the server?
I'm at work and cant do it.
TIme off, so really wanting to play MineCraft.. But the server's been out for nearly a day now :/
What's up?
I just want to know how much stuff and work I've lost.
Also the new server update apparently fixes the bug where you could drop weapons and tools to repair them back to full health. Any chance of modding the server to allow infinite durability or adding a command to spawn tools? Certainly seems like it will be pretty annoying to be constantly losing diamond tools on larger projects.
Sorry if you're not happy with the service gentlemen.
Server is back up.
No it's not :')
Can I ask who has the login "Jeesus", because everytime they join, my connection to the server times out a few seconds later. I thought I was just being paranoid/stupid, but its happened six times now - the last two times, I've even been able to predict it before it happens. (Okay, I realise this does indeed sound both paranoia AND stupid - especially because I can't think of a reason why it'd happen, but its a theory I'm sticking with until I can think of something else. :P)
What Did Jeesus Do?
Beta=no more item duping? :(
Also unable to login last 24 hours.
I have also noticed that Jeesus seems to kill the server
Does anyone have a changelog of whats changed/new in the Beta version? I can't seem to find one.
* 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
from http://notch.tumblr.com/
Servers back up. Seems that Ishmaels (Jeesus) character was killing the server.
I deleted him and it seems ok now.
Someone is not happy that someone is using Jeesus as a character name.... :P.
Sorry I werent here to restart the server peeps.
Been a busy day today.
But it seems Calin saved the day AGAIN ;).
Was this Jeesus person a complete random that asked to be white listed on the server or is he from the AGS forums?
He is our Lord and Saviour. Stupid question.
Quote from: Calin Elephantsittingonface on Mon 20/12/2010 22:45:20
He is our Lord and Saviour. Stupid question.
Oh. So he doesn't exist?
Very confused.
I can't seem to stay online longer than a minute before I gte a fatal java exception and I'm kicked... I am getting withdrawal symptoms!
Wow...They get to beta finally and my game crashes twice, the first times since playing.
Yes I'm a complete random and it was a character corruption issue that was rather hard to tell on the non-server end from the same ping timeout everyone else was getting.
Ok I can barely stay connected to the server for 30 seconds before I get kicked.
Quote from: IndieBoy on Tue 21/12/2010 12:04:22
Ok I can barely stay connected to the server for 30 seconds before I get kicked.
Same. I get, "java.net.SocketException: Connection Lost."
And it's not computer specific as I tried on the other pc's in my house and I get the same error.
It seems really sensitive to connection issues. It's been a bit better for me since the beta but in alpha at times it was hopeless, because I get a small percentage of packet loss on my connection, probably due to the odd wireless setup I have to be on for now.
Some have reported lowering view distance below the max helps with the disconnects. And I think it actually did for me too. Not ridding me of them completely but reduced the frequency at least.
Thanks for the tip Ishmael, but it doesn't seem to work :/ Oddly enought this never happened in Alpha and only seems to happen since the Beta update.
I know everybody likes to polish this guy's (Notch) knob but I don't think this is an issue with a crappy server, I think it's an issue with crappy software.
It's a fun little project but I think it got away from him.
I don't know ... after the griefing of Darthville I got seriously put-off of Minecraft. Even when the server is up (green light in first post) it was still not letting me in and when it did it would drop me out constantly. The guy needs to take some of the millions he's made and hire a team to fix the game. Just my opinion.
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Tue 21/12/2010 15:33:06
I don't think this is an issue with a crappy server, I think it's an issue with crappy software.
Pretty much. No matter which server I've tried it's been the same, and I know my connection has a small loss percentage. It's very sensitive to those. I think the server is fine, but the game's alp-- well, in beta, so this sort of stuff is what should be on the workbench and getting fixed in the near future.
He's got a team now, and an office and stuff. He's not going it alone anymore.
And it has improved a lot since I started playing. It's in constant flux, and sometimes things get broke. Remember, it was alpha until yesterday. Now it's beta, and it's still going to be buggy.
I got faith.
Nah, i'm with darth.
Who writes server software in java?
Quote from: voh on Tue 21/12/2010 16:09:30He's got a team now, and an office and stuff. He's not going it alone anymore.
That's good to know. I realize it's in Beta, which is the only reason I'm not all "it suxxors!!", and I do hope he/them pull it together and fix the issues.
I had [way too many] hours of fun with it in the past and wouldn't mind finding that again!
Quote from: Calin Elephantsittingonface on Tue 21/12/2010 16:40:04Who writes server software in java?
Haha I like Java! I don't know a lot about it yet (but I'm learning ... my girlfriend is a java programmer and is teaching me).
Has the server been reset/updated since the beta release? That might be part of the problem with the instability. I know I've been falling though the landscape too much to chalk this up to just server problems, though...
I as pretty surprised in checking today's map:a marine platform, a medieval brige, water in the helix and more... Nice stuff folks!
The only thing that bothers a lurker like me is that I am unable to see what happens below ground. Is there any way to map that too?
All you'll find is lots and lots of corridors :P
And new version, so no logging in until the server's been updated :)
(which is also a reply to Barricus - newer version clients won't connect to an older version server, most of the time)
Quote from: Barricus on Wed 22/12/2010 06:30:22
Has the server been reset/updated since the beta release?
Looks like there's a new mandatory server update out this morning. I get the "Outdated Server" error when trying to connect now. Hopefully it improves a lot of the bugs that have been going on.
Hopefully it means I'll be able to log in again! Apparently the intense server lag is casued by the recent implementation of leaf decay :P
Server updated.
How about some pics of the stuff you create, guys? My computer overheats when I play Minecraft these days and I'd love to see what's in there.
It's still absolutely unstable, not the server but the game. It just shut down for me without error or anything.
For bici and Dave, the glorious Suicide Helix :D
(http://www.woodworcks.org/stuff/suicidehelix.png)
Quote from: bicilotti on Wed 22/12/2010 10:54:52
I as pretty surprised in checking today's map:a marine platform, a medieval brige, water in the helix and more... Nice stuff folks!
The only thing that bothers a lurker like me is that I am unable to see what happens below ground. Is there any way to map that too?
Well I've made myself a little underground bunker which you might like. It has its own farm and trees growing. I'll add some pictures for you Bicilotti when it is finished.
Awesome, voh!
Ok I've seen plans for the most efficient tree farm you can make so here is a little before and after:
(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5116/beforeminecrafttreefarm.png)
One hour later
(http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6900/afterminecrafttreefarm.png)
12 trees and counting
Ahhh the underworld is as interesting as the over-one! AGS diggers, bring more pics!
:o Hanging gardens! With ketchup and mayonnaise! And a big freaturless concrete cube in the middle of a river!
calls Greenpeace
Anyone seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIhs8_m5qPc
I'm in love with it right now.
Hah, that was fairly wicked :D
Here's the coolest thing I've ever made (or ever will make) in minecraft. The MiniMineCraft BioSphere:
(http://i.imgur.com/T80fN.jpg)
A sphere filled with a miniature version of a Minecraft world!
A mountain, waterfall, beach, and ocean:
(http://i.imgur.com/bWdw5.jpg)
My two story house, with basement store room:
(http://i.imgur.com/0Tulf.jpg)
Waterfall and bridge over the river:
(http://i.imgur.com/b88j3.jpg)
There are also catacombs leading deep into the lower half of the sphere:
(http://i.imgur.com/fQCLk.jpg)
Including the underground pool (waterfall leading down from ocean above):
(http://i.imgur.com/8IdFB.jpg)
And lava room at the base:
(http://i.imgur.com/ELloj.jpg)
Night shot:
(http://i.imgur.com/DABUZ.jpg)
Full gallery:
http://imgur.com/a/X24r9/1
Oh Galendale, you were so young!
*sheds a single tear*
There is a girl that plays minecraft! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHYezU8PBdA
omg a gurl
my wee wee feels strange now :(
My wish actually came true in the beta. I like how when looking through your inventory, it now shows what the item is, instead of always guessing what the hell i was carrying.
I am really pleased that was added.
In the girl video, I had a good laugh when the creepers blew up a part of her house.
Take Care,
Domino
Quote from: IndieBoy on Sun 26/12/2010 23:00:08
There is a girl that plays minecraft! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHYezU8PBdA
That girl is so incredibly terrible at Minecraft :D
I'm running minecraft beta 1.1_02 and using the IP posted on the first page of this thread, any reason why it keeps timing out?
My username is Twistedtape.
That's what happens when the server stops responding :)
Yesterday, all the blocks I placed disappeared after a short interval. Server wasn't taking updates no mo. So it's not you :)
I've stopped playing multiplayer after I died 3 times in a row and lost everything. Mobs are just evil near the spawn point.
If Calin wasn't such a willy he'd build a safe zone around the spawn.
Additionally, I don't know who dug the trenches around the spawn zone but it's become really difficult to get home quickly...
Can't find anything related to connection problems on the Minecraft website, are there issues with mac connections?
They were intended to keep monsters off the spawn chunk and be complimented with some doored bridges on each side, but some creepers (who apparently can destroy spawn blocks and I can't rebuild them!) hindered my progress and made it possible for monsters to climb up there. Bastards.
Quote from: Chicky on Wed 29/12/2010 14:43:46
Can't find anything related to connection problems on the Minecraft website, are there issues with mac connections?
Like I said before, the server's down. It's not a minecraft problem, it's not a client problem, the actual server isn't responding.
So relax, one of the admins'll reboot the server soon enough ;)
Really needs to be done by someone with admin though. So we can have something that A. Can't be blown up by creepers (either obsidian or bedrock) and B. Can have lighting (torches, lightstone, jack-o-lanterns, etc).
Quote from: voh on Wed 29/12/2010 15:09:01
Quote from: Chicky on Wed 29/12/2010 14:43:46
Can't find anything related to connection problems on the Minecraft website, are there issues with mac connections?
Like I said before, the server's down. It's not a minecraft problem, it's not a client problem, the actual server isn't responding.
So relax, one of the admins'll reboot the server soon enough ;)
My bad, i figured it was back online as the thread was somewhat active.
I was going to get to fix up a safe zone at the spawn as soon as I got my current constructions somewhat done... First thing to do being setting up torches in a large enough radius around the spawn zone to stop monsters from being right on top of you own spawn most of the time, then thinking of something of a wall or such. But then the server died and everything.
It seems like Ishmaels profile killed the server again :p
Ish, i have deleted your profile so everything should be fine now.
At least until your client fucks upagain :p
I had a feeling.
Ishmael, stop walking on water!
Quote2010-12-30 02:24:17 [WARNING] Jeesus had an illegal stance: 254.0799999833107
2010-12-30 02:24:17 [WARNING] Jeesus moved wrongly!
Hey, stop deleting my character if it still works, which it did last I logged off!
It werent working earlier ;).
But seems it might not of been your fault this time so sorry about that!
(Even though there were loads of warning messages etc generated from your character last night :o)
It keeps disconnecting me every now and then with random errors, and probably logs those. No idea what is an illegal stance tho, if I'm walking forward on a level surface and suddenly just fly out with an "Illegal stance" message...
Face it man, you twist and corrupt all you touch.
Never try to play Minecraft with an Xbox360 controller. I have an extra (wired) controller that works on my computer and I found a program that let's you play MC with it.
It was horrible. Went back to using the mouse and keyboard. I thought it would be awesome to play that way, I sure was wrong. ???
Domino
Was that me? D:
That pyramid for sure is big! :P Someone grab a screenshot of the landscape from the top of it!
The pyramnid as viewed from afar
(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6945/pyramidm.jpg)
I'm in a bit of trouble, might someone lend a hand? I suppose I am sunken into the sand near the big apartment building, there used to be a hill, and now there were a couple of small holes with water in them right next to the road in construction through there... Not sure what it ended up as, becuase the sand collapsed around me, I got an illegal stance error and disconnect, and now every time I reconnect I get the same message. So if anyone has a clue of where I might mean, could you dig a nice couple of layers off around there, might get me out of there?
Ishmael can you even play for five minutes without breaking the server? O_o
Since Galen here refuses to stop being an idiot can anyone else give me a hand? Wouldn't want to break the server again.
I cleared the area which sounds like the one you're talking about, try reconnecting.
If it didn't work, try using the generated map (http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/cartography.php) to show us the spot.
Thanks for the effort, but nothing's changed. And I don't feel like fooling with this anymore, so no need to dig further.
Quote from: Ishmael on Sun 02/01/2011 16:35:23
Since Galen here refuses to stop being an idiot can anyone else give me a hand?
It was a joke, obviously its not your fault. If you're ever buried in the earth you just lose health so I can't see being buried causing it. Can you not just teleport out or is it not letting you spawn or what?
Maybe Calin could modify your profile with a editor and reset you to the spawn (without deleting all your items).
/kill will kill you, reseting you to the spawn point.
EDIT: Just reread Galen's post and realized that this isn't relevant to the problem. Disregard this post.
I think we should start a minecraft photography competition. I call this death at dusk.
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6426/minecraftdeathcraft.png)
Is Minecraft dying? Server seems rather inactive these days. :/
Could just be a busy period for people?
I am for sure stuffed with things to sort out :P.
Also Minecraft runs poorly on my laptop :( so that kinda kills the fun for me..
Server/Game has been so unstable for such a long time that I gave up for a while. Plus I've been kinda busy. But I definitely want to join again some time soon.
I visit now and then, although I have been playing a lot of single player these days. I do have plans to make some massive fields of wheat at some point on the server.
Quote from: IndieBoy on Tue 11/01/2011 13:16:23
I visit now and then, although I have been playing a lot of single player these days. I do have plans to make some massive fields of wheat at some point on the server.
I tried, but the damn cows and sheep spawn all over it and kill the crops. I think you'd have to build a wall of glass above it.
I thought I remembered seeing that Notch prevented the animals from spawning within a certain block distance from any crops.
I've read reviews of Minecraft amd it seems to be a really "cool" game, to say the least.
Does one have to pay for it?
If so, I'd rather not try it, otherwise I'll be addicted AND paying for it :-D
Well unfortunately, Notch put the game into Beta and is now charging â,¬14.95. He also decided to make it so that any update that occurs during Beta, you will receive, but once the game is considered "complete" you'll have to pay the full â,¬20 just to get a few extra features the Beta didn't have.
It's definitely not a good business practice considering everyone who bought the game while it was in Alpha will receive ALL updates even once it reaches a completed status.
He's just being greedy and knowing that he has built quite a large fan base when it was in an Alpha state, that people will more than likely pay both fees twice. I on the other hand would not and would avoid buying the game while it's in the Beta state until it's complete.
That's like Vince asking for pre-purchase donations for Resonance and then not giving the game to those who pre-purchased, making them pay again. Obviously this isn't what Vince is doing (I hope.. hehe), but it's pretty much what Notch is doing. Only difference is that you get to play the game before it reaches a completed status.
As far as I understood if you buy the game now you get the game and you own it through release and everything, but you no longer get any expansions or the like for free, unlike people who bought it during alpha.
Which basically means if you want to connect to a server that has the completed release server package, you won't be able to connect because you'd still be running the beta game. Forcing you to buy the completed game.
Big money grab.
Does anyone know when the carto picture is taken? As in time wise. I was clearing an area of trees and I cant seem to find it again, and I can't spot it on today's carto map.
I usually see that updated around 6 o'clock in the morning CET, which is 5 BST
When possible, could we get this updated with the most recently expired world. I never took any screenies of my creature. ;D
Damn, someone went on one hell of an exploratory mission in the new world. That carto is huge already!
Edit: I can't seem to logon... I keep timing out, since I woke up this morning.
Edit Edit: @#!* YOU MINECRAFT!!! LET ME LOG ON!!!
I am sure we can sort something out there Vince, or I could zip it for you so you can go on it in single player? :)
just needed to update the server.
server is back up now
Vince:
Previous worlds can be found here:
http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/worlds/ (http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/worlds/)
To make them work you gotta extract them into the saves folder and rename the folder to "World1" (or any other number not in use)
And in more AGSland news, a giant forest fire spread rapidly through the hills last night, destroying everything in it's way. Indieboy, Damien and I worked to destroy the burning stumps after it stopped spreading and many new saplings were planted.
Also, a budding new community has popped up near spawn. Bring your family and make it your new home! We have a convenience store, docks, mines down to bedrock and lots of housing space! (Just clear a few trees first ;) )
Edit: Timing out again :(
Server fixed.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone put me back on the whitelist. Nick: paapeli
Thank you.
I'm playing again, yay!
Well, I would. Can't connect at the moment, keep timing out. I'm sure it's not the fault of our server, Minecraft has been ridiculously unstable lately. It takes me hours until I can get to play and then I only stay connected for ~20 minutes usually. Apparently Notch has been shifting some things around or something.
Minecraft.net is down 99% of the time as well. I constantly have to remind myself that this is (still a semi-) indie amateur project because otherwise I'd be PISSED. :D
EDIT: And now I was able to join but all the blocks respawn immediately, is this a server bug or a game bug?
Quote from: dkh on Wed 19/01/2011 18:46:51
EDIT: And now I was able to join but all the blocks respawn immediately, is this a server bug or a game bug?
That's intense lag :/ Just wait a while... sometimes a long while. It happens to me when I'm downloading at the same time as I'm playing Minecraft.
I am having trouble actually connecting. A lot of time the login times out, although once I am connected there are no issues. I think it might be my end rather than the server, but I don't understand what could be the cause of this. I've tried playing with my firewall settings etc, but it just seems like I can join the server if I am lucky. Possibly could be the client as I haven't experienced any such issue before the update, but I dunno.
When are the mobs getting turned on?
I'm having trouble just connecting to minecraft.net :/ Damn.
This is all due to problems authenticating against minecraft.net. It's not related to the server.
Notch is in the process of fixing it
Yep, a little frustrating at the moment but it should all be fixed soon!
Dudes, I totally bought minecraft today. I'm digging big holes in someone's fortress. I don't feel guilty for stealing torches, either
Quote from: LGM on Fri 21/01/2011 00:00:25
Dudes, I totally bought minecraft today. I'm digging big holes in someone's fortress. I don't feel guilty for stealing torches, either
Why not just make them? It's not like it's hard. One block of wood gives 4 planks, 2 planks give 4 sticks, 1 stick and 1 coal give 4 torches.
So they're quite cheap.
I gave LGM a little crash course in Minecraft last night, so he should be fine.
Did you guys know that you can make charcoal now? Just burn a tree log in a furnace and use it the same way as coal.
Server appears to be down and has been that way all day here. :P
EDIT: Nevermind, working fine again!
Does the server need to be updated? I haven't been able to log in for ages...
Yeah I have been able to connect to other servers without issue, so I don't think this is a minecraft error.
Yep, new server version.. Ive update the server and brought it up.
Server seems to be broken again :P I think it happens everytime Jeesus connects.
Jeesus, the destroyer of worlds.
I said you couldnt trust that guy...
I've deleted J's profile and brought the server back up.
Tommi should probably contact Notch and crew to report his repeated issues. Chances are it's either a Minecraft bug or a corruption of his profile. It's really too bad that bad stuff happens to the server whenone particular person gets on, but reporting problems helps the beta development.
Quote from: ddq on Sun 23/01/2011 17:00:46
Tommi should probably contact Notch and crew to report his repeated issues. Chances are it's either a Minecraft bug or a corruption of his profile. It's really too bad that bad stuff happens to the server whenone particular person gets on, but reporting problems helps the beta development.
Clearly the problem lies with Ishmael's connection or system but the fact that the server outright CRASHES when it is sent incomplete profile information is plain unacceptable.
Monsters are re-enabled now, bring your swords and a spare pair of underpants.
Quote from: Galen on Sat 29/01/2011 14:47:39
Clearly the problem lies with Ishmael's connection or system but the fact that the server outright CRASHES when it is sent incomplete profile information is plain unacceptable.
The profile files are on the
server, and when I connect and the
server loads up the profile file it crashes. Deleting the profile file from the
server fixes it. So how exactly is this at my end?
Are you proposing that the server just hates you?
I'm not blaming you but if it were the server entirely it would not make any sense for it to just be affecting one person repeatedly.
I am suggesting the server is coded somewhat badly, because it seems with even the slightest packet loss in the connection I get disconnected a lot, and sometimes it just corrupts the thing without warning. Pick any multiplayer out there, I can play it fine, connection wise. Then why not Minecraft? Because the netcode is bad. But, as said, it's beta, and there's a flaw right there that needs fixing. If it's still there in the retail release I'll start setting up a barricade to climb onto, but for now I'd just try to deal with it. I'm losing quite a heap of stuff too, mind you. I don't magically get to keep, say, a deleted character's inventory.
Quote from: Galen on Sun 30/01/2011 00:55:44
Monsters are re-enabled now, bring your swords and a spare pair of underpants.
Aww, I hate monsters. They prevent any work from actually getting done. Oh well.
AGSCraft seems to be acting funny alot, it has basically crashed the last 2 nights. Don't see anything strange happening in the log so dunno what it is. Not sure if it is caused by the map being a bit large again.. Hopefully either me or Calin will figure out what is wrong and have the server back running as normal without interruptions.
Perhaps there should be limitations on how large the maps should be on width and length? Or is that even possible.
Not that I play that often, it just seems stupid to have the map become almost a gig in memory.
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Mon 31/01/2011 18:45:03
Perhaps there should be limitations on how large the maps should be on width and length? Or is that even possible.
Not that I play that often, it just seems stupid to have the map become almost a gig in memory.
Might be possible to use a map editor to add some chunks of pure bedrock around the max boundry of the map.
Failing that you could definitely find a chunk editor and just delete those annoying map off-shoots completely.
Wahey, I can see my house now on Cartographer!
Also, I would like to publicly thank Peder for graciously offering me one of the guest accounts. I'll be playing for quite a bit since I'm now on vacation for a couple of weeks and I hope I can build something neat. (I'm AGSguest1)
Also, awesome creations everyone! :D
OMG, it's you!
I have to say, the monsters have killed all the fun for me. I know a lot of people asked for them to be turned on but even when I sneak into the server from time to time now, there's really never anybody else on anymore. Maybe turning them off again would be an option? Is there anybody else who would like them off as well?
I don't go on much anymore because I was getting tired of the lag and poor programming. The monsters were supposed to be cool, but they come in gigantic waves and were nearly impossible to kill in multiplayer. Whether this has been fixed since I've last been on, I don't know.
Quote from: Icey Timothy on Tue 08/02/2011 02:14:33
I don't go on much anymore because I was getting tired of the lag and poor programming. The monsters were supposed to be cool, but they come in gigantic waves and were nearly impossible to kill in multiplayer. Whether this has been fixed since I've last been on, I don't know.
They don't come in waves, but there are a shitload of them and they do so much damage. The spiders are way too fast and nearly impossible to kill or run away from with even the slightest amount of lag. That and spiders and creepers don't despawn until like midday, which gives you like 3 minutes of building time every 10 minutes.
I don't know, I just find mobs really annoying.
dkh, I'm totally with you on the monsters thing.
Ok I listen to the users. The only person in favour of the mobs seems to be IndieBoy.. but he's scottish so we dont listen to him anyway.
I'll disable mobs
Awesome, great job with the up-keeping of the server BTW. It seems to have been running smoothly lately (even though the actual game was probably the cause for most crashes I presume).
I've never played Minecraft, and probably can't be arsed to get involved now, but I have just spent the past couple of hours wacthing these brilliant videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gi9-UZKYo4&list=SL
Quote from: dkh on Tue 08/02/2011 10:49:18
Awesome, great job with the up-keeping of the server BTW. It seems to have been running smoothly lately (even though the actual game was probably the cause for most crashes I presume).
There was a server update the other day, might of helped a bit... Also the server has been going offline quite often actually lately (for strange unexplainable reasons). But I've tried to keep an eye on it to quickly get it back up if it has gone down.
Quote from: Calin Elephantsittingonface on Tue 08/02/2011 09:00:55
Ok I listen to the users. The only person in favour of the mobs seems to be IndieBoy.. but he's scottish so we dont listen to him anyway.
I'll disable mobs
I started to play again recently and, in fact, found monsters interesting. Well, I can hardly remember any other game I played in last few years that would give me such an adrenaline rush ;D (knowing you will loose all your precious items in current inventory if you die).
But then again, I would agree that the way how monsters spawn make them quite annoying; I'd prefer they come from limited number of locations rather than spawn from every dark corner.
Regarding killing them, I guess some people know this already, I found almost every monster may be easily killed with a bow. Even spiders. Useability of melee weapons is still a question though.
When I wasn't interested in playing on the server anymore, it always worked fine, of course now that I am motivated again it won't let me connect. :p
My problem with the monsters wasn't that I didn't like the thrill and danger of dying, it's just that they were bugging out - especially creepers would hardly ever die even in broad daylight meaning it was impossible for me to move out of my home without risking ruining other people's hard work in the village by having one of them explode on me.
EDIT: working again.
Yeah, the creepers are definitely not good for multiplayer. I wrecked a few people's stuff and tons of my own work by inadvertently having a creeper blow it up.
If there is an option to have only zombies and maybe skeletons, I'd vote for that.. but like I said, I haven't played this in quite a while not sure if I would start again because of that.
I only wanted mobs for the bonemeal to be honest.
Yeah, I really didn't mind back when a nice diamond sword and some moderate kiting would take down creepers and the sort pretty easily so long as you werent anywhere stupid. But since a bit before Beta they've just become near impossible to kill. Don't know if its because the values were lowered too much or because the net code got broken but they're really not fun to fight. Even if having adversaries does make things more interesting.
2 weeks ago, a friend of mine invited me on his server and before I knew it I was addicted. I build houses, farm, mines, subway stations linking the spawn point to all our constructions, I managed to survive more than 12 days in a row away from the comfort of our castle, collecting exotic resources during the day and hiding in my makeshift camp at night, and I can't wait for the next updates and for the Nether to be added in multiplayer.
Quote from: dkh on Tue 08/02/2011 20:44:33My problem with the monsters wasn't that I didn't like the thrill and danger of dying, it's just that they were bugging out - especially creepers would hardly ever die even in broad daylight meaning it was impossible for me to move out of my home without risking ruining other people's hard work in the village by having one of them explode on me.
It's not a bug, it's a feature. Creepers and spiders don't die in daylight. Skeletons and zombies burns, spiders become peaceful during day (unless if you provoke them, or unless they enter a shadowy area, or unless they set their sights on you during the night, in which case they'll still be hostile), creepers are always hostile and won't die with sunlight. If there is a creeper blocking your front door, it's time you build a back door, or a tower where you can shoot arrows at them.
If there are dark areas in a 70 blocks radius around you, monsters will appears in them, if they see you, they will give chase. I suggest you unite your forces and put torches in the streets, on your rooftops, in your dark alleys, in your houses, and every 8 blocks in a 70 blocks radius around your town.
It's also a good idea to have a huge cactus farm (more than 64) and trim them daily to build a huge cactus rampart around your precious stuff, so monsters that try to reach you will just stings themselves to death (watch out, spiders can climb and do high and long jumps, it's possible for them to jump above the fence). Until then, you should only go out during the day and stay in your home at night, find a Let's Play you can watch while you wait for the morning to come, or find something you can build in the safety of your house (like a communal basement) lest you provoke spiders and creepers and lure them into town.
Yeah that's all nice and good in theory :p The problem is, you are almost always alone on the server and there is a pretty huge and complex city building up. If you went through there at all during any time of the day you would CONSTANTLY make creepers explode with absolutely no way to avoid it. Again, I'd hate to ruin somebody else's hard work.
With an active server that is prepared that monsters will be turned on in X days and can put up defenses and all it's a different story.
Quote from: dkh on Tue 08/02/2011 23:37:04
With an active server that is prepared that monsters will be turned on in X days and can put up defenses and all it's a different story.
Maybe it should be just that: like a regular, looming armageddon that everyone has to prepare for. Is the monsters on/off tied to the creation of a new world though? ie. only set when creating a new world. Or can it be toggled at any point for an existing world? Maybe switch it on for a weekend once every couple of weeks or once a month or something..
I haven't logged in since they were first introduced and were all buggy. I survived just fine in a little hut on stilts and a corridor made of glass, but it sounds like they've grown meaner since then. I'll log in again soon, if only to see what everyone's been up to.
Hmm, can't connect again.
Failed to connect to the server
Connection refused: connect
This error pops up very quickly, unlike the other errors we all got a couple of times before it would work and log us in. Did I drop off the whitelist maybe? I'm NihiLSC.
Fixed.
You know what would be a fun challenge? Survival Island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsN3d7eKgY)
Where you start off with one tree and an island. You must be careful with your resources. Grow trees. etc.
It might not be good with this server since there's normally lots of people playing, but it would be great on a small scale, 2 to 4 people.
I'd rather try moleman mode. Where you have but a single day above ground to gather resources then under you go... forever.
That sounds horrible. haha I would totally cheat. :P
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 10/02/2011 18:13:28
You know what would be a fun challenge? Survival Island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsN3d7eKgY)
+1 for Survival Island; those vids were great=)
I'm in for survival island. Just got past episode 7, and man I'd kick those guy's asses at minecraft. I'm talking huge tree farm, wheat farm, mob killing tactics NINJA style!
Haha looks like fun though :D
Quote from: Iceymar on Fri 11/02/2011 01:24:40
I'm in for survival island. Just got past episode 7, and man I'd kick those guy's asses at minecraft. I'm talking huge tree farm, wheat farm, mob killing tactics NINJA style!
I think them playing horribly adds to the excitement of it all. Hell, I haven't played Minecraft in months and I want to start playing it just from watching those videos.
But yea, I'd have an insane tree, wheat and reed farm. They weren't even sneaking when they walked on their own farm land, that's how noobish they were. Then they run off the moment they see a zombie.
Also the Planetoids (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmVNMOW5pWc) one they played looked pretty fun too for a short while. It would mostly be fun because of all the cool bridges you could make between each sphere mass and the challenge of finding the right elements that you need.
Internet was down for me yesterday, so I decided to give moleman mode (aka 'fallout mode' :D) a try.
Gathered as much wood as I could, saplings, lots of sand (because I want to have the option of using glass, and you don't find much of that underground), dirt and a bit of meat. I was lucky to find a cave with coal in it, so I focused on gathering everything I wouldn't find underground. The cave also had water, so in all honesty, this was a massively lucky find. I could come up to get water when I'd need to.
Luckiest was that the entrance of the cave was grassy dirt! So I could actually build a friendly mob farm :D (as well as till the grass for seeds).
I built a staircase down some 25 blocks, and decided to build my base there. First I did was make a dirt staircase out of it, so the grass'd come down to base level.
First I built a tree farm, because I was relatively low on wood and was a little nervous about that. I started out with 6 saplings. I now have a tree farm which is ridiculously high-yield. It's twice 9x9, and the chest in the Arboreum has 5 stacks of saplings and 12 stacks of wood. It's insane.
Just building the Arboreum cost me 13 stone pickaxes. It's 11 blocks high, so large trees can (and do) grow. For the large trees with wood blocks placed weirdly, there's a ledge to stand on near the ceiling, with a bridge crossing the room.
Next I set out to build myself a nice wheat farm. Started out with 1 seed, but thankfully the return was, on average, 2:1. With those extra seeds, I now have 6 rows of 7 wheat blocks, producing nicely.
Of course, the friendly mob farm needed to be made, too.
20x20 room, 6 high, with a tree, all grass, except for a small pond. I intend to make this room even larger, and I'm also considering making it more of a natural landscape, rather than just flat grassland. I want to raise the roof of this room a lot. Hey, maybe wool dyed blue will make a nice 'sky'-y ceiling? it'd get me out of my underground blues..
After I'd completed the friendly mob farm, I filled up the stairwell to the cave entrance. I'd already made a water pool downstairs, so there was nothing up there I still needed.
When I closed off the entrance, I went to chop down some trees.
I came back into the central square of my base, looked at where the entrance used to be and I actually got a bit queasy.
I'm stuck here :(
Next up: enlarge the animal farm, then dig down and branch mine!
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Fri 11/02/2011 04:19:26
Also the Planetoids (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmVNMOW5pWc) one they played looked pretty fun too for a short while. It would mostly be fun because of all the cool bridges you could make between each sphere mass and the challenge of finding the right elements that you need.
Haven't seen the vid as it won't open on this Apple thing, but that sounds cool. When Crimson and I found those floating islands I thought about something like that.
Also, that sounds awesome Voh. I think I would go insane without the sky though!
To be honest, it's not that bad. The problem is, however, that while expanding my Garden, I tunneled a little too high (this is one wicked high room) and suddenly the sun shone in. Frickin' sand.
SO BRIGHT.
It was actually a little uncomfortable and I plugged the holes as quickly as I could. I haven't actually set foot outside, I've just been burnt badly by the sun :')
Also, I may have been a little too enthusiastic in expanding the Garden (it's 45x40, and 20 high).
If I want to make the ceiling blue with dyed wool, I'm going to need about, oh, 28 stacks of Lapis Lazuli.
Yeah. I doubt it :P
(my alternative of using glass and water won't help much, either, since I've got 3 stacks of glass and besides the additional sand from the cave-ins, that's all I'm likely to get :')
edit: Also, clearing out a 40x45x20 room with stone pickaxes takes a LOT of work. Haharrrrr long term project.
I actually started playing again, mostly because of those Yogscast videos. I found this gigantic cave vein and I totally burnt up 2 iron picks and have almost used up 128 torches (or more). I have no wood in my inventory. So I can't make another pick. I've been aimlessly wondering around trying to find my way home. :(
I need sunlight....
Edit: OMG, I'm out! That took me forever.. And oddly enough, once I got outside, I knew the direction of my house even though I was in the middle of a lake.
Survival island is pretty awesome so far, but the server went down last night and now I can't connect. Help me!
Seems both servers went down.. The original one has actually been pretty unstable lately so I don't think it has anything to do with having 2 running at the same time..
Both should be back up and running (though atm I can't even log in too minecraft.net so)
Quote from: Phemar on Sat 12/02/2011 11:37:25
Survival island is pretty awesome so far
Damn you've guys did a lot. It's too bad I had to work yesterday and today. :P
It was funny when we started it. I was the one who chopped the tree down and carelessly made picks instead of any torches. Didn't even think of how we'd see underground. We had to wait for the trees to grow again. haha
Quote from: dkh on Thu 10/02/2011 14:27:33
Hmm, can't connect again.
Failed to connect to the server
Connection refused: connect
This error pops up very quickly, unlike the other errors we all got a couple of times before it would work and log us in. Did I drop off the whitelist maybe? I'm NihiLSC.
Getting that same error again. :(
Okay update on "Survivalia":
1. Cactus farm no longer necessary, feel free to recycle the materials.
2. I converted the skeleton dungeon into a trap. Used the resulting 80 bonemeal to boost the farm up to full strength and then made a double chest full of bread.
3. Posted a sign board of rules. Make of it what you will.
4. Creeper spawned on Phemar's house... tnt was the ONLY WAY. I rebuilt it as best I could.
Haha thanks Galen :D
Well I found the treasure of the Lost Curator and I've lit up most of the caves and tunnels.
The underground should be pretty safe for wandering now!
Still wondering what it said on that sign next to the lava pit. Thanks to my destroying creepers the old-fashioned "Lure and explode" way, we may never know, though. Even so, it was jolly-good fun to explore.
Quote from: dkh on Sun 13/02/2011 01:51:57
Quote from: dkh on Thu 10/02/2011 14:27:33
Hmm, can't connect again.
Failed to connect to the server
Connection refused: connect
This error pops up very quickly, unlike the other errors we all got a couple of times before it would work and log us in. Did I drop off the whitelist maybe? I'm NihiLSC.
Getting that same error again. :(
Strange, your whitelisted on both servers with the nick "NihiLSC".
I just tried it again and it's back to working, dunno what the issue is/was or if anybody changed anything or it just fixed itself.
EDIT: and now it's back to that error again.
I noticed my nick is actually "NihilSC" with a non-capital L. Unlikely that this is the cause as I never got this error before like two days ago.
I have now then added "NihilSC" to the whitelist and it DOES matter.. it seems some people manage to log on sometimes without being whitelisted... I'd go about explaining why then the website shows you as whitelisted but I am to tired to do that right now ;P
Any chance of checking mine? I've not been able to log into the normal server for a couple of days now.
Also surely DuncanFx and Junc should never have been able to join since neither or whitelisted according to the site. What's the deal with that?
Did the trick for me. Thanks!!
I get the same error logging in as DrGeiger even though I appear to be whitelisted.
Not that anybody cares :P but I'm pretty sure I'm done with Minecraft.
It has way too many problems, runs like shit on my machine (which it shouldn't), and if you post even the slightest bit of negativity on the minecraft forums (asking about the problem(s) or in ANY form of criticism) they just delete your post and ban your account/IP. That's not how you run a "business".
I also can't stand the hero-worship of this Notch guy. He doesn't deserve it.
I'd ask for my money back but I'm sure I'd never hear back from them on the request so I'm not even going to bother.
Shame really. It's an incredible format/idea. I'd like to see a competent developer re-create it (using a different name) so it actually works. S/He'd make a fortune that's for sure.
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Mon 14/02/2011 18:58:40
It has way too many problems, runs like shit on my machine (which it shouldn't), and if you post even the slightest bit of negativity on the minecraft forums (asking about the problem(s) or in ANY form of criticism) they just delete your post and ban your account/IP. That's not how you run a "business".
That's because you didn't post two in-game screenshots, Darth! :=
Anyway, joking aside, yes. The guy is a complete business fluke. The game does run like rubish, but it is also getting better.. Of course he prioritizes himself differently than most businesses would by adding more features rather than fixing the already broken ones. I'm not sure I'm ready to completely drop Minecraft because of it.
You should definitely check it out once it reaches the 'completed' state.
I really doubt it will be completed. Once the sales die, he will eventually lose interest and make it open source. Hopefully by then someone out there would have created a solid structured and stable game out of it. I really enjoy the free and openness of the game, but it will reach a limit if there isn't some form formal planning on the production of the game. He may be a business fluke, but if he hires the right people to run it then I think it will be a different story. It is pretty much an independent "WOW". Some people take it very seriously, some people are just 10 year olds and some people were expecting more from the game. I can't say for sure what the future is for the game, but right now it keeps me entertained. Maybe it is the players of the game that make the game exciting and not actually the "well thought out" design of the game, either way it isn't going to disappear for a long time.
Notch and company have announced a timetable suggesting a "final" version of the game by the end of this year. Final, of course, being what they call done before they continue adding a whole mess of stuff to it.
They also have a second project in the works. I don't think they'll forget Minecraft for quite a while yet. It was the game that made Notch a multi-millionaire, and allowed them to start Mojang Specifications in a very official way.
Quote from: dkh on Sun 13/02/2011 18:25:08
I just tried it again and it's back to working, dunno what the issue is/was or if anybody changed anything or it just fixed itself.
EDIT: and now it's back to that error again.
I noticed my nick is actually "NihilSC" with a non-capital L. Unlikely that this is the cause as I never got this error before like two days ago.
Got that error AGAIN. Really annoying. Any ideas what could be causing it this time?
EDIT: and it's working again :p
I'd like some feedback on AGSCraft Survival Island.
How many days should the server be online each time?
And what days of the week is most prefferable?
I am currently working on making it start, stop the server and reset the map automatically, so I will need to know your answers to the questions above!
5-7 days per session sounds good with a reset on thursday. Haven't played survival island that much but it seems it turns into regular minecraft after that period.
Thanks for whitelisting/fixing my account btw.
Quote from: dkh on Tue 15/02/2011 17:42:19
Quote from: dkh on Sun 13/02/2011 18:25:08
I just tried it again and it's back to working, dunno what the issue is/was or if anybody changed anything or it just fixed itself.
EDIT: and now it's back to that error again.
I noticed my nick is actually "NihilSC" with a non-capital L. Unlikely that this is the cause as I never got this error before like two days ago.
Got that error AGAIN. Really annoying. Any ideas what could be causing it this time?
EDIT: and it's working again :p
I was playing just fine, all of the sudden it drops me and I'm back to the error. Sigh.
Strange, I really got no idea why it is happening.. Will have to ask Calin to check the whitelist script that it works the way it should...
It's not the whitelist. Its when the server goes down and isnt running.
We need to set up a script that checks if the server is running and boots it if its not.
Did it crash around when dkh posted his post though?
yea, and i brought it back up.
It was working a couple of minutes ago. Then I left, restarted Minecraft and now I am getting a "Bad login" error once, and then "End of stream" every time I re-try. When I restart Minecraft it gives me "Bad login" again only once, then "End of stream". All these errors pop up as quickly as that previous error. Is this the same issue with the server just being down?
EDIT: And, of course, 20 minutes later its all back to working fine again. :D
Did the server collapse again? I can't connect.
back up now
Quote from: Peder Johnsen on Tue 15/02/2011 19:22:36
I'd like some feedback on AGSCraft Survival Island.
I was okay with the weekend rule, but.. but.. is it not running this weekend? :P
Well the weekend is allready over now :P oh well..
I had a PC free weekend.
Still kinda waiting for more feedback about it to decide on how long it should stay online per island..
If everyone is ok with:
Thursday 8AM GMT - Monday 8AM GMT
I shall work out a script to automate it..
The weekend isn't over yet! It's Family Day today. A completely retarded stat holiday that started in 2008 here in Ontario.
Doing a wiki search shows 2 American states, South Africa, 5 Canadian provinces and an island called Vanuatu in Vietnam, that all celebrate this odd 'Family Day'.
:P
So I want to play some good ol' survival island right now!
haha I'm only kidding. I've got tons of programming to catch up on and I honestly don't have that much of a burning desire to play Minecraft.
Family Day? Damn, I'm in South Africa and we didn't get the privilege of a holiday :/
Then again, I don't really care since every day is a holiday when you're unemployed :D
Peder, why don't you have the survival island server online 24/7 and have it reset the world at 8am GMT every thursday? I think that could work.
Argh. Sorry Phemar, looks like I won't be logging back in for a bit. I had a missing chunk and tried reconnecting to the server to remedy it, but Minecraft.net is down so it won't allow me to connect without verifying my username/password.
Quote from: Phemar on Mon 21/02/2011 17:32:36
Peder, why don't you have the survival island server online 24/7 and have it reset the world at 8am GMT every thursday? I think that could work.
The reason is simple, to try and avoid to much workload on the server by running to servers at the same time (not sure if it actually matters or not but the original idea was to only have survival on for a few days every week to give people a break from the other server. and also it seems after some days it ends up pretty much like the normal server anyway. the last survival it did not take many days untill someone found land elsewhere, which kinda ruins the whole point of the survival island... :S :P)
Haha ok. (I think that was me :P )
Maybe we can rotate between the different versions as well? There's a version (1.1, I think?) that is a bit bigger than this one and has quite a lot of grass.
That is fully possible yes, I believe I have both of them ready on the server.
Yay, 1.3 is here.
We have BEDS!
And Delay blocks!
Naturally occuring Sandstone!
Optional Smooth Lighting mode!
Oh yes and a new world creations system thingy...
Oh my. The smooth lighting looks gorgeous. No wonder why he makes it the default lighting setting now.
He actually fixed the fence walking glitch. Now you can actually walk on a fence without glitching everything out. 'Bout freakin time.
Oh YES! Just the thing that was needed to get me back and motivated! Sweet and thanks for letting us know!
It seems to run faster, but also glitches out more often. It's crashed twice in the last hour :/
Other than that, exploring a new world I generated and it seems there's a few funny glitches - nothing major, just stuff like dirt and trees appearing in mid-air, big walls of leaves appearing without trunks (I thought they might be bushes, but they weren't connected to the ground...)
At least it runs smoother :D
Oh yea, and for anyone who's interested, the new crafting recipes are as follows:
<empty> <empty> <empty>
<wool> <wool> <wool>
<planks> <planks> <planks>
= Bed
<empty> <empty> <empty>
<redstone torch> <redstone dust> <redstone torch>
<smoothstone> <smoothstone> <smoothstone>
= Delay thingy
Edit: Also, pressure plates now only require 2 blocks next to each other, meaning they can be crafted without a table.
There's also half-slabs for sandstone and wood now, crafted with three blocks next to each other.
Edit edit: Apparently there's also some new obsidian looking block, and no-one seems to quite know what it is...
The delay switch is awesome. I was hoping he'd give you control for timing and he did. Right on.
Only 4 different settings, but it definitely reduces the amount of room you need to make a music track.
Phemar's post prompted me to log in again after too long. Even on my low res settings, the graphics are much improved.
More impressive is what you've all been up to - this world is disturbingly coherent and some of the structures (AGS coliseum, AGS Forum) are really clever. Also, I loved the 'corporate takeover' of the hotel I started yonks ago;-)
I need to make more time to play MC again=)
Ryan and I totally just slept together.
I told you not to tell anyone!
So who tunneled though my island, stole a bunch of torches, tore down the trees I planted and then smashed my windows? If I find you you'll meet my friend 4-Stacks-of-Arrows.
SURVIVAL ISLAND!!!
Lol, I am having problems getting the server up and running again (survival island).. So it is delayed...
Ok no worries :D
By the way, does anyone else think it might be time to try out a new world?
Quote from: Phemar on Thu 24/02/2011 23:31:24
By the way, does anyone else think it might be time to try out a new world?
I wouldn't mind a reset of the main world soon. There's some amazing stuff on there, but the landscape needs a refresh.
Btw, if you're thinking about reseting the world, try out the seed 9152786191808694786.
It creates an AMAZING world! Go to the section around x=-99, y=77 and z=176. It's honestly breathtaking!
Please don't just kill the current world, give us a deadline of a couple days at least please (like 3), I'd like to take a look at it one more time and maybe make a youtube walkthrough so it's saved forever because there it's just so developed right now, so big too.
Quote from: Phemar on Sat 26/02/2011 00:30:54
Btw, if you're thinking about reseting the world, try out the seed 9152786191808694786.
It creates an AMAZING world! Go to the section around x=-99, y=77 and z=176. It's honestly breathtaking!
"gargamel" makes something interesting too.
I'll miss my house though, never got a chance to finish it ;_;
Maybe a reset is due.
Consider the warning of the apocalypse issued.
You have 3 days.. or until i remember that i said this.
Can you back up the world, then spawn some TNT into chests? That way we could have a little fun before it goes bye bye :D
P.S. Calin, there's a little thing in your signature that looks strangely like a penis lol.
All previous worlds gets zipped and put available for download for use in the singleplayer part of Minecraft:
http://minecraft.agsarchives.com/worlds/ (Link available in first post too).
Revisiting the first world with the new lightning engine makes the stuff look even more awesome then before
(http://arboris.hell-on-earth.net/stuff/minecraft%20revisited.png)
Sweet!=D
Is the (normal) server down again? I tried logging in over the last 6-8 hours and I keep getting the "connection failed" error I posted about before.
Seems to be, yea :(
Sorry about the downtime, the normal server is now back up!
I shall try and sort out the Survival Island server for this week..
Shit. It looks like AGSCraft has been the victim of some serious griefing... Basically everything made out wood is gone, there's cactii and saplings planted everywhere, windows punched out and lava flowing all around.
Pity, it was such a nice world :/
Calin did say he was resetting it in three days, three days ago. ¬_¬
I asked for 3 days of notice because I knew that I could only at this point in time make that screen recording of the beautiful world we all spend so much time in and on.
Now some asshole, excuse the language, destroyed it all. Can we find out who was online and then ban them from the server as well as the forum (in case it is a forum member) - unless they apologize and/or explain themselves? That would probably satisfy my anger. :p
=| Yeah... I thought it would be reset that afternoon anyway... err... my bad.
You can always take a video from the backup though?
You did it? Sorry for being a little... direct... there, I just loaded up the world and got a little raged seeing everything gone that I worked hard for. In the future I think it should be etiquette to let people destroy their own stuff and only that, unless you get permission.
I also didn't realize we had backups so no harm done there after all. Sorry again for the namecalling!
No it's my bad. I was just going off the deadline and assumed the server was going to be reset in a few hours so I figured I'd take a few screenshots of it all crumbling down before the new map.
I'm uploading an album of what I had screenshotted pre-mapchangepocolypse.
Oh, awesome, can't wait to see the pictures then haha!
http://imgur.com/a/ff3Uo#TvYLI
Galen you evil bastard :P I spent half an hour repairing your house before I realized everything had been destroyed lol.
Expect revenge on the next map when you least expect it... bwahaha.
(just kidding ;) )
(...or am I?)
You may revenge me, I accept all punishment for being twat (though I really did think it would be reset shortly :|).
Not sure how recent any backups that might of been taken are... There is a AGSCraft9 world zip in the worlds part of the website, but that one is way old... Destroying a world should allways only happen when a "day before" backup is confirmed!!!!!
Usually I have only zipped the old world folders once a new world is generated....
Hey peeps.
I've said previously that I have no intention of buying Minecraft... but I'm kind of starting to cave.
So, I was wondering if someone could give me a brief few words about what you guys are actually doing and what this AGScraft business is all about and what I'd have to do to get involved (if you want me that is).
Thanks :)
I'd say if you really wanted to know what it's about you should have a look at those survival island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsN3d7eKgY) videos posted earlier.
Or else just look around youtube. I like playing on peaceful though when I play online (lag makes it hard to kill monsters) so for me it's more like three dimensional pixel art!
Oh yeh, I've been watching those Yogscast vids. That's basically what got me thinking about MC in the first place, haha. those guys are hilarious.
World is reset, can't seem to find any backups of AGSCraft9 so unfortnatly there is only the one allready in the worlds folder on the website, which is way old. I'll upload the "destroyed" one too if anyone wants....
Quote from: Phemar on Tue 01/03/2011 08:34:03
I like playing on peaceful though when I play online (lag makes it hard to kill monsters) so for me it's more like three dimensional pixel art!
I was told that the monsters on MP were fixed. Their attacking distance was decreased or something.
I'm tempted to try it.
that would explain why i can beat spiders so easily now. Still getting ambushed by creepers tho :(
AGSCraft Survival Island is now ONLINE.
Umm... I was playing a bit of Survival now when I woke up, and I er... may have screwed things up a bit. I was fighting that skelly spawner, and for some reason there was a creeper in the dungeon, which then proceeded to self-destruct, thereby killing the skelly spawner.
I know how important bonemeal is to Survival Island, so maybe you'd like to reset the map?
Sorry :(
No reason to be sorry, that is Survival Island for you ;).
I have decided NOT to reset the world.
I've been unsurvialisted.
Server seems to be off :(
and where is everyone? I feel like I'm playing singleplayer!
I've been online the last couple of days, also always on my own. Can't connect right now either. Earlier minecraft.net went down again so the server probably needs another kickstart as it always seems to need that after the whole Minecraft goes down.
It is up and running again now!
What do you mean Galen? You been unable to join the Surival Island???
Now minecraft.net is down again... :( Server will probably need another kickstart once minecraft.net goes back online I assume.
Ah, just my luck :D Server goes up and mc.net goes down! Haha, thanks for all the effort with the server, Peder :D
Server is running normally now ;)
Server just went down, I was playing, got kicked and now I can't connect anymore.
And too bad I weren't paying attention!!!!
It is back up now, sorry for the long downtime ;).
I've put Survival Island offline, feel free to protest, start a riot or whatever comes to your mind. I only reset those worlds rigth before I put it back online for the new session so if whoever played on it want to play on it more let me know ;).
Please delete this post
Server's refusing connection :/
Has everyone seen the new 'woflies' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Lp9p5yjuo) that Notch and his gang are working on?
It looks as though you can tame them with a bone or meat and they'll become your pets. They'll kill your enemies and such. They even shake the water off themselves just like a real dog.
Once they become tame, they won't despawn. I wonder what would happen in multiplayer. Would they sit and wait for you to log back on?
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Sat 19/03/2011 02:01:36
Would they sit and wait for you to log back on?
(http://www.thearchnemesis.com/images/Futurama%20dog.jpg)
OneDollar you absolute bastard, why would you remind me of that episode? :'(
I feel the exact same way. Damn you 1$! you've ruined my Saturday night :P
Crazy. I was wandering around the map, a somewhat far distance from the spawn, and I found this:
(http://www.bryvis.com/entertainment/other/agsf/minecraft-lucas.png)
I literally think that Notch is either a lucasarts fan (it sorta looks like it), or it was some crazy random happenstance. I promise you I didn't make it. Or did one of you guys do it?
Also apparently the cartography died somewhere around February 23rd and has been creating blank images since.
YAY for blank images!
I think the server is down again
So, guys... is ags minecraft dead?
It's been ages, but I wouldn't mind some MC action again. Haven't seen this thread come up in a while though=S
I think so, yes. Only Phemar has been a consistant builder on the server as far as I can see. And without monsters or any kind of village/city structures it feels a bit like "Hey build a house? Built it? Okay you're done!"
Infact that's something a lot of our maps have suffered from. If the server is restarted would any of you be up for a community-built walled city next map?
I'll definitely mosey on down for a look, yes, though I recall the original Darthville was a similar idea so not sure how popular it will be this time around. Worth a shot tho!
Well we went from one extreme to another. One stage being able to spawn blocks and have a creative server. Then to no spawning but with mobs on, making it a survival server. However, right now the mobs are off and the spawning of blocks are off so it is all very mundane.
Anybody here try FortressCraft for the Xbox360? It is similar to Minecraft, but not as good.
I purchased it today on the Indie Marketplace games. It is neat, but nowhere near as rich as Minecraft. But with enough support, the game will be added to.
I spent a little bit of time building a small house and such. Hopefully it will get better over time just like MC did.
http://fortresscraft.com/
edit: TOTAL MINER is better than FC.
Woot! Server is reborn! Got no idea what settings are on and not etc.. Will check it out later, time for bed!
Check first post for IP etc!
Yay!
Now I have a server to play on that isn't retarded and only lags badly!
Is there any chance we could get some hostiles around?
Really, really? It's not April already surely?!
This one seemed to die a pitiful death quietly in the corner. I was sad to see it go :'( I've been looking for some AGS MC action again lately but thought this was the elephant in the room..
I fly off to Barcelona on sunday but will definitely try to fit in some MC before I go ;D
Yay something to waste time on again!! Unfortunately my guest account (AGSCraftGuest2) doesn't seem to be working... :(
Phemar, one of them are given away, I don't remember which. But once I know I'll let you have the other one ;). (4life).
Quote from: Peder Johnsen+ on Sun 16/10/2011 02:39:51
Phemar, one of them are given away, I don't remember which. But once I know I'll let you have the other one ;). (4life).
My hero! I wouldn't mind sharing one with somebody. I probably won't be able to play 24/7 anymore now that I have a 9 to 5 and a few other commitments.
Having finally moved out of Arj's place, I now need some redstone.
Anyone seen any deposits around?
Quote from: Wonkyth on Sun 16/10/2011 09:45:48
Having finally moved out of Arj's place, I now need some redstone.
Anyone seen any deposits around?
Have you checked underground? :D
Oh, so That's where it's found!
I've been looking in the sky!
Speaking of looking in the sky, the spawn-zone is making it very hard to make my sky-house D:
EDIT: Peder, could you find some no-xp mod and install it? Currently, every time I die, the amount of xp I give off lags the whole server until the mess is cleaned up, which usually takes about 5 minutes. D:
EDIT2: something like this (http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/689778-181-no-more-xp-orbs/) plox.
We all know the standard textures are absolutely horrible, so if you want to spice up your game a little bit you should give this texture pack a try:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/376784-16x-32x-64x-128x-256x-512x19pre3-sphax-purebdcraft-aetherzipline-v093-101011/
Using the 128x version of this pack, and it suits minecraft really well. If you want the 512x version, be sure to have the 64bit java running. It uses alot of memory
I'm also using a water refelction mod, which causes Oblivion like water.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/542215-181-water-shader-alpha-v4d/
This one requires a little bit of manual installation, but its really simple to do (I got it to work :D).
Mod added.
Haven't been here for a while (and haven't played Minecraft for a while). I tried single player, liked the food bar addition. I took some time to learn how to farm (crops, wood etc) properly and found it actually may be fun.
Connected to the server just to check... and made creeper blow someone's work just near the spawn point :( sorry for that.
Is there any way to disable creepers or reduce amount of damage they do? :-\
What do you think about monsters in multiplayer? Is it possible to deal with them without much ache? I remember arrows are great when dealing with mobs, but you need plenty. Melee weapons were pretty useless though.
I guess people should team up to protect the settlements from mobs. It may be pretty dangerous to fight alone.
Anyway, are there any plans for the game, like building the town or something like we had in the past on this server? I finally got some free time IRL so I may as well join.
As much as monsters can be annoying, and the creepers are slowly ravaging the landscape, I did ask for it, and I think the need to sleep gives a small feeling of cooperation. :P
It seems health regeneration (with full food bar) increases chances when fighting vs monsters, at least when they are in small groups. I found it is possible to kill spiders and zombies without much problem even with an axe (or similar tool) :)
Iron sword is great for monsters CW.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZQ3O2.png)
What... in... the...
(http://i.imgur.com/uxT2j.png)
Underground living done right.
A portal? Does The Nether work in multiplayer now?
Quote from: Phemar on Mon 17/10/2011 06:54:14
A portal? Does The Nether work in multiplayer now?
Yes, it has for quite some time :P
Man, I wish I had more time right now. But I think I'll try and join you guys in a week or so, assuming you're still playing then :)
I demand cartogrphy
Quote from: Phemar on Mon 17/10/2011 06:54:14
A portal? Does The Nether work in multiplayer now?
Since May at least. I don't know if Peder did something evil or not but half the mobs seem to be creepers and it's wrecking me.
Reinstalled server and I am now using Multicraft (a web based control panel).
Please feel free to sign up on the site http://multicraft.agsarchives.com/index.php?r=site/register
To check server status and player list just visit this page: http://multicraft.agsarchives.com/index.php?r=server/view&id=1
OH mannn. Now you're going to get me into Minecraft again.
No cartography? :'(
As soon as you pay me the amount of £500 000 into my bank account I shall add the cartography!
Hate to be the local greenpeace but I'd like to bring attention to the fact that if you decide to cut down an entire forest right next to a growing settlement would be very nice if you could bother replanting it instead of leaving an open plain for monsters to spawn on aplently. And the birch trees too k plox?
Quote from: Ishmael on Sun 23/10/2011 10:08:26
Hate to be the local greenpeace but I'd like to bring attention to the fact that if you decide to cut down an entire forest right next to a growing settlement would be very nice if you could bother replanting it instead of leaving an open plain for monsters to spawn on aplently. And the birch trees too k plox?
Umm... I guess I am the one responsible... :P
Anyway, are you sure monsters will spawn less in woods? I thought tree shadows increase chances for them to be spawned.
The can't spawn under small trees, there's no physical room for it.
I am sorry to say this, but I experience problems when playing on this server... or maybe it is minecraft.net which is responsible?
My game client has troubles connecting even if my connection speed everywhere else is excellent. Sometimes it shows some error message, like HTTP 500 error (which, as I found, means "general server error"), "end of stream", "unexpected end of file" etc. Sometimes my client freezes completely when connecting.
Even when I am in game it drops me every 3-5 minutes even though I experience no considerable lag.
What can be done about that? Should I fix anything?
I'm also having troubles connecting but not only to the ags server so I don't think the problem is with the server Crimson.
Either is says it takes too long to connect or I get some error. It suddenly started happening today though so I hope it won't last. :/
Hmm can it be something to do with logging into minecraft itself?
I managed to log on to server after 100 attempts and played without any! glitch for about 2 hrs.
After I disconnected for few minutes and tried to connect back it did not let me again :/
Ack, what to do without minecraft :(
Sleep? :D
I can connect to other servers just fine, it's the AGS one that seems to not like being connected to. Same issues Crimson listed. Although when I do get connected it works fine.
Although this might well be issues with the main minecraft authentication server, seeing the last point here...
Is the AGS server still alive? Or is it only available at certain times?
It crashed hard when I rebooted the whole server the other day, and I just haven't had any time to properly check out what is wrong. Trying to sort it out now though :).
I suggest to check where spawn point is set in the current world. There were issues when new people (including myself) were spawned on some distant island having no protection from monsters.
The server is back online!
AGSCraft Server:
217.174.240.177:6668
(http://agscraft.agsarchives.com/index.php?r=status/1.png)
Is it possible to toggle Creepers off? :tongue:
No :P (I honestly don't really know if it's possible with the buckit(?) mod I use. But I'll take a look once I get back to the UK at the beginning of February ;).
According to this site you can have a "safe creeper" with Bukkit. I vote for that.
http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/safe-creeper/
My reasoning is not that they kill players (other mobs do too, for instance I found skeleton archers more dangerous under some circumstances), but that they destroy structures.
The only value of creeper, AFAIK, is gunpowder they leave on death. Gunpowder is used for some funny stuff, like TNT and fireworks (from latest update). Don't know if that's worth it though.
Wiki also states some other mobs drop gunpowder, like Ghasts and Whitches.
I'll probably sort it out when I get home or if I find some time to do it while I'm here.
A strange thing happened. I tried to make a new, zoomed out, map (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Map_(item)#Zoom_out) using one of the existing maps #0 (the ones, precreated by Peder), and the original map 0 stopped working :-/. It shows nothing but blank paper now. I could make more maps, though, and they are working.
E: I found this in bugs section:
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Duplicating a map and zooming one out will make the other map unload and appear empty. This can be fixed by reloading the world.
What does this mean: "reloading the world"?
EE: well, copying maps (from active to blank one) seem working, but zooming out a map breaks another if it displayed same area in smaller scale. At least thats what my tests show.
EEE: Not completely sure, but it appears that when all player disconnect from server, the next time map fixes. Still need to check this out more times.
Since cartography is not working, I made those screenshots of two maps. They have same center, but different zoom.
medium map:
Spoiler
(http://imageshack.us/a/img525/7976/mcworld201301mapmedium0.png)
big map:
Spoiler
(http://imageshack.us/a/img339/6770/mcworld201301mapbig01.png)
A. NPC Village
B. Someone's house... probably, BrutalSlakt's, but not sure.
C. Desert Temple.
D. Wyz's house.
E. Crimson Wizard's small farm.
F. Starting point and safe house.
G. Atelier's house.
H. Voh's island.
I. Ryan Timothy's house.
J. Atelier's castle.
K. Crimson Wizard's plantation.
L. Ryan's and Crimson's cattle farm.
M. Witch's Hut (appoximately)
N. Jungle Temple (approximately).
Spoiler
(http://imageshack.us/a/img152/647/mcworld201201landbridge.png)
Did she blow up?
RElatively close to the spawn spot, where the large stairway leads to the water... that's technically where I am building.
Due to my shitty net I drop out every few minutes, so it's going slow. :P
Quote from: Ghost on Tue 22/01/2013 07:11:25
RElatively close to the spawn spot, where the large stairway leads to the water... that's technically where I am building.
Wait... you dont mean my older farm, do you? I was just wondering who took all the stuff there and also placed a new wooden sword in nearby chest :P
BTW, does the server work? http://agscraft.agsarchives.com/ tells AGSCraft is offline...
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Tue 22/01/2013 07:23:38
BTW, does the server work? http://agscraft.agsarchives.com/ tells AGSCraft is offline...
Yeah, that's what I was getting at with the "Did she blow up?" lol
It's been down for a couple days for me.
I had to restart the server the other day due to being unable to reach it via ssh, forgot to check the status on the AGSCraft server, will look into it now and get it up and running if not.
[EDIT]
The server should now work again!
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Tue 22/01/2013 07:23:38
Wait... you dont mean my older farm, do you? I was just wondering who took all the stuff there and also placed a new wooden sword in nearby chest :P
I took quite a few things from the "safe house", but not from any other houses I found (pretty sure about that...). I take it chests aren't "common goods"? :)
I was mostly worried about missing maps, there was whole stack of free maps depicting an area surrounding spawn point, and its no longer in safe house :-/. I just hope that was taken by occasional mistake rather than malicious purpose.
As for the small farm at the end of high staircase, I moved from there long ago (mostly because it lacked plain land around), so I think its public property now :).
There was not so much stuff in the safe house, and even less now. IDK if anything needed there? Not many people join this game, and those who did already seem to settle down well.
The
Two Towers mining operation was established on the joint of three biomes, just above vast cave complex. Three open ravines, and at least two undeground ones are located in the vicinity. Unfathomed depths hold countless dangers and treasures.
Spoiler
(http://imageshack.us/a/img841/3725/mcworld201201twotowers0.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img15/3725/mcworld201201twotowers0.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img5/3725/mcworld201201twotowers0.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img835/3725/mcworld201201twotowers0.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img801/3725/mcworld201201twotowers0.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img715/3725/mcworld201201twotowers0.png)
... Now waiting for Atelier to finish his castle :)
3 posts in a row... :/
Nether coordinates:
Spoiler
Ryan Timothy's portal: -109, 49, 58
Swamp portal: -115, 51, -15
Nether Fortresses (approximate coords, to give general direction):
(Notice that x & y are about the same, as fortresses are "aligned" generally along Z axis, as noted in the minecraft wiki: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Nether_fortress#Trivia)
* 550, 60, 200
* 550, 60, 0
* 550, 60, -200
That's one strip I found, probably there are more, maybe even closer to portals.
E: Regarding the Nether... I haven't visited it much before, so this long travel was a completely new experience.
Unfortunately I found Nether mostly boring, and pretty annoying. Not much to look at, not much valuable things, and a lot of repeating terrain, which may be quite difficult to pass and provides little landmarks.
By the way, I think minecraftwiki overestimates the danger of Blazes (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Blaze) (ones who drop valuable Blaze Rods). It is possible to kill lots of them near spawners by just ambushing them, as they appear, and keep slashing with sword. Or just run & strafe, if they are at a distance, until their are close enough for melee.
I thought the same of the Nether (the only really worthwhile stuff there seemed to be Blazes to get an alchemy station). The beta Redstone Update introduces a couple of new materials exclusive to the Nether, and some of them are already in the current snapshots- Quartz which can be crafted into several cool new circuit items, and also a very stylish "marble" block are the most noteable. Surely makes the place a bit more important.
Unfortunately upgrading to the snapshots madethe AGS server "outdated" for me- is it planned to update it after the official Redstone Update?
It was nice meeting Crimson Wizard and BrutalSlakt on the server today :D
......And meanwhile, wandering aimlessly alone around the world, in my free time, I gathered over 1000 iron. I think that's my personal record in Minecraft :).
Quote from: Ghost
Unfortunately upgrading to the snapshots madethe AGS server "outdated" for me- is it planned to update it after the official Redstone Update?
I guess this will require to create a new world. Which makes my 1k iron stack totally worthless :).
Not sure if a new world is required; I was able to update my (personal) worlds without any problems.
1k of iron is pretty impressive!
I'll upgrade the server as soon as I'm able to with the bukkit mod I'm using.. The server is run by the software Multicraft, but I believe it collects new jar files from official sources and not something internal of Multicraft so I should probably have access to the latest updates when they get done..
Quote from: Ghost on Sun 10/03/2013 21:49:52
Not sure if a new world is required; I was able to update my (personal) worlds without any problems.
I was wondering, how the new block types (like quartz ores) will be incorporated to the existing world. Will they only present on newly generated areas?
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Fri 15/03/2013 17:42:17
Quote from: Ghost on Sun 10/03/2013 21:49:52
Not sure if a new world is required; I was able to update my (personal) worlds without any problems.
I was wondering, how the new block types (like quartz ores) will be incorporated to the existing world. Will they only present on newly generated areas?
Yeah. Hi, new guy here. Still looking for a place to set up base
And yes, the only way to get the new ores is to generate new chunks.
Ok, I have my client updated. So waiting for server update now.
BTW, maybe we could, like, build a town, or a fortress somewhere? The server feels a bit lonely sometimes ;). I remember there were good times with Darthville and similar projects, where lots of people built different stuff nearby.
I could donate my 1k iron for railroads, also a lot of stone & coal was dug up.
Duh!
http://www.retributiongames.com/quandary/img/slide-5.jpg
I've always dreamed of a giant open quarry. That's what I'll make at some point. Probably early on to get resources. They also look cool.
Quote from: Haddas on Mon 18/03/2013 09:16:17
I've always dreamed of a giant open quarry.
That's easy with those Creepers roaming around (laugh)
WyZ suggested to use this program: http://mvc.craften.de/ to change client version. A bit confusing at start, but seems working, I could connect to server again.
Saw new Atelier's temple, its huge :).
Since more people are arriving, Atelier's coords: -1276 ,-225, my house: -1125, -130.
Maybe it's just me, but it would be nice if besides just a /home command, there was a /spawn command so we could esily meet up at spawn to do team building things.
Atelier, if you read this, book writing IS working. Maybe you used wrong schema to create a book & quill? You need ink sac too (from octopods)!
Just tested, wrote and signed a book.
This is what I see.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75746167@N06/6972861754/
According to the wiki it's caused by an outdated Java on Mac OSX.
hey guys,
Are there some connection restrictions to the server? I connect using the IP and port, abd it seems to work, but then I lose connection instantly.
There shouldn't be, what's your Minecraft username?
There's a "gamerule" operator command, and "mobGriefing" parameter, that defines if mobs (such as creepers) can destroy enviroment:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Cheats
If I understand this correctly, it should work without any mods. If this is right, may it be disabled? ;)
EDIT: more info:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1561239-turning-off-mob-greefing/#entry19101068
ALSO, might be interesting:
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/gamerule keepInventory [true:false]
Even if dead, you can enable/disable players keeping their inventory after dying.
^_^
I just tried performing the commands in the server console but only get "Unknown command" returned..
[EDIT]
I tried again and it seems it might have worked.. I can't test as I don't have the Minecraft version the server currently is running and can't be bothered to downgrade to test.
It works! Creepers don't blow things now.
Not sure about inventory thing...
UPD: inventory and exp stays if you are killed in Overworld (normal world). It drops if you are killed on Nether or End.
We just killed EnderDragon with Atelier.... :P
UPD: we now have an Ender Egg. If there will ever be a city, we should put it in the central temple :).
I will be rejoining you guys on the server under the name "PIneapple_Spike" (leave it to me to put a typo in my name :/ )
Let's do this thing.
Please, spend some time to visit The Grand Central Station!
Spoiler
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6906/mcworld201301centralsta.jpg)
Lookie what I found.. A double spawner
http://i.imgur.com/7eMT2Fy.png
X -1339
Y 6
Z -889
I travelled far to find DarkWater. Amazingly, he is so far, it's even beyond all the maps we made.
So, I built a new portal. Very far to the east.
Coordinates:
Overworld: x: 2750, z: -230
Nether: x: 334, y: 75, z: -18
Best way to get there through Nether is to go to old Ryan Timothy's portal, then climb one level up by the ladder, then follow signs. It's still takes some time to reach the other portal, but most of the path lies by one long straight tunnel.
Other Nether coords: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=41885.msg636446152#msg636446152
BTW, Ghasts still destroy blocks, which is strange, because Creepers and Ender Dragon do not.
Quote from: Peder Johnsen+ on Thu 21/03/2013 14:14:38
There shouldn't be, what's your Minecraft username?
It's 'jeancal'.
I think the reason is because I have a non-genuine copy of the game and you have 'online-mode=true' or something similar set in server.properties (thus refusing connections from non-genuine clients).
I've never played Minecraft and I wanted to try it out before I buy it. I heard the multiplayer is the most exciting mode. Nevermind, I'll play solo for a short time and then come back after I buy it. If it's as good as they say it should be very soon ;)
Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Mon 25/03/2013 12:26:46
It's 'jeancal'.
I think the reason is because I have a non-genuine copy of the game and you have 'online-mode=true' or something similar set in server.properties (thus refusing connections from non-genuine clients).
I've never played Minecraft and I wanted to try it out before I buy it. I heard the multiplayer is the most exciting mode. Nevermind, I'll play solo for a short time and then come back after I buy it. If it's as good as they say it should be very soon ;)
Oh it's very worth it. I had a pirated copy of it but I bought it soon after. Best buy ever. Based on the amount of time spent playing it's probably the cheapest game I've ever owned.
Server updated to 1.5.1 :)
I had the most amazing tour through the world today! 'twas a lot of fun to met Crimson, and man, some wicked stuff has already been build there. Amazing.
Post your screenshots here, Ghost :)
My pleasure (homebrew texture pack ahoy!)
Crimson's mansion:
(http://i.imgur.com/dbWG0YN.png)
And one by Atelier:
(http://i.imgur.com/j2zw8Fg.png)
Building citadel inside the mountain:
(Compare with previous shot by Ghost)
(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3541/mcworld201301citadelofs.jpg)
I found this program which allows to read charted maps from minecraft world and export them as bitmaps.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/661481-map-item-viewer-and-editor/
Following is global merged map of explored land (data from server kindly provided by Peder).
Clear terrain:
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[imgzoom]http://imageshack.us/a/img35/1381/knownmap20130411.png[/imgzoom]
Maps division:
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[imgzoom]http://imageshack.us/a/img7/1503/knownmap20130411div.png[/imgzoom]
Dwellings/cities:
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[imgzoom]http://imageshack.us/a/img189/1870/knownmap20130411loc.png[/imgzoom]
Also layered map in Paint.NET format:
http://www.mediafire.com/?fdw1704ix7wm6tb
I can't believe this world is still active.
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 11/04/2013 14:12:49
I can't believe this world is still active.
We just started building cool things :)
Anyone know how to get to the server's nether fortress? I'd like to get some blaze rods but half an hour of running through tunnels just took me in a big loop.
Quote from: Galen on Fri 31/05/2013 19:10:33
Anyone know how to get to the server's nether fortress? I'd like to get some blaze rods but half an hour of running through tunnels just took me in a big loop.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=41885.msg636446152#msg636446152