Minecraft Server Thread

[Jimer Lins]

Restarted the server and rebuilt the main portal. Plugin seems a little tetchy.

Don't forget you can lock chests, doors and other containers!

While we're all a trustworthy bunch, you can still lock your containers with the /sc lock and /sc unlock commands. I suggest doing so for any chest that has valuables in it, and certainly for your vault. If you haven't made a vault yet, put down a chest and attach a sign to it with the text "[vault]" (no quotes), and it'll create a linked vault for you. You can keep your emeralds in that. Be sure to lock that too!

[Bulwark]

I added a teleport hub in the main city so we can link our teleporters from there. It is next to cyclometh's store (underground)

[Bulwark]

for dynmap, can you set:

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allowwebchat: true

so cube trolls can taunt Cuspar while he is on during the day?

[Blackferne]

for dynmap, can you set:

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allowwebchat: true

so cube trolls can taunt Cuspar while he is on during the day?

Second.

[Jimer Lins]

I have to install PHP for that. Let me see if I can make it work.

[Jimer Lins]

OK, it's enabled. You'll have to get on the server and run /dynmap webregister to get a code you can use to authenticate and create an account on the map page. After that you can chat.

[Blackferne]

Damn I hate villagers. I got one there. The second on my "take two" approach somehow had his minecart get off the track and my attempt to nudge it correct had it fall off my elevated approach. Which being night ended badly for both of us. Me like 4 times in less than a minute. Second take on villager 2 I got more track and made dirt holding cells. Got him all the way to the holding cell on the iron harvester only to have villager run out, get caught in the waterworks. I desperately try to save him by throwing dirt down to stop the water which at somepoint I manage, and I turn around for like 15 seconds to make sure all the water is off and he disappeared. I am guessing he stepped up on a dirt pile and walked over the top.

[Bulwark]

can Mobs use teleporters? I know they can go through a nether portal. Try pushing a villager into a teleporter and close the door on him. It may be an easy way to get them back to your house.

[Blackferne]

can Mobs use teleporters? I know they can go through a nether portal. Try pushing a villager into a teleporter and close the door on him. It may be an easy way to get them back to your house.

That....

That's a good idea.

[Jimer Lins]

Just tested it. didn't work. Sorry.

[Blackferne]

Ugh.

[Bulwark]

Well, you could do it with netherportals. It would take more setup, but be 8x shorter.

[Jimer Lins]

Found a bug with the shops plugin, where it doesn't work right with enchanted books. So I'll sell those directly to anyone who needs them.

[Jimer Lins]

I think Jounville's suffered with trying to push villagers around long enough. I'm going to populate his iron farm for him.

[Furiel]

I think Jounville's HASN'T suffered enoungh with trying to push villagers around long enough. I'm going to depopulate his iron farm for him.

[Jimer Lins]

Server Hosting and Space

Right now, the server is hosted on a "VPS", which means a Virtual Private Server. We've got plenty of disk space (at the moment) but CPU and memory are a bit more limited at 2 cores and 2 GB. The hosting provider charges 19EUR/month, which is about $25 (it's supposed to be $24.95 a month, but they do it in Euro, so it can vary a bit).

Right now, we're doing fine, but with Dynmap and some of our other plugins, we're pushing the CPU and memory a bit. As more players join we may want to look at increasing that, but to do that I'd look to you guys to help me offset costs for hosting. The next tier up is about $45 a month with our current hosting provider, but there's other options out there. I like having a VPS solution because it gives us much more control and flexibility to run the server as we want it with custom mods and things like Dynmap.

None of this is a "right now" thing, and there really isn't any need to make any decisions for at least a few months, but it's something we should give some thought to before we start seeing any problems.

[Maizan]

As a good and dutiful Lemming, I have purchased minecaft and would like to join the gang.
Display name is MaizanSpintik

Happy happy joy joy

[Jimer Lins]

As a good and dutiful Lemming, I have purchased minecaft and would like to join the gang.
Display name is MaizanSpintik

Happy happy joy joy

You're whitelisted, welcome aboard!

[Jimer Lins]

Also added a mailbox for you- You're #22, Maizan.

[Jimer Lins]

The server will go down for an hour or so starting at 2:30 PM Pacific time today.

[Jimer Lins]

Sorry, maintenance went long. I'll have the server back up within the next 15 minutes or so, knock wood.

[Jimer Lins]

Server's back up!

[Jimer Lins]

Map Markers!

OK, I've enabled the ability for you weirdos to put markers on the global map using signs.

Here's how it works: Put a sign down with the text "[dynmap]" (no quotes) as the first line.

The second line should be the label of the marker, which can be whatever, as long as it fits on a line.

The third line should be the "Marker Set" (layer) it will be on (See the list below). Format is set:(marker set name)

The last line should be the marker icon- see here for a set of icons you can use:

Spoiler:

Format is icon:(icon name)

Here's an example sign:

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[dynmap]
Post Office
set:serverPOIs
icon:comment

That will put a marker on the map where the sign is, with the name "Post Office", a chat bubble as the icon, and put it in the "serverPOIs" marker set.

Current marker sets/layers:

Markers (default/global)
serverPOIs (for general server-wide points of interest)
PlayerHomes (for your homes)
Villages (for NPC villages)

I'll be happy to add additional marker sets, just let me know your suggestions. Protip: The sign doesn't have to be visible, so you can put it under the ground or behind a wall if you don't want it cluttering up the joint.

[Whiteness]

My wife would like to play also, she got her own account today.

Indigopus

[Jimer Lins]

Done!