MC: Applenova 1.6: With a Vengeance! [Archive]

Brad

2013-07-05, 15:48

Thanks for kicking off the new thread, turtle. :) I'll update the sticky thread and other "readme" pages later tonight with the correct server information.

Now that we're back on the "vanilla" Minecraft, I'm able to use Bukkit as the back-end server. This means that we once again have access to a bunch of neat commands that are offered by various Bukkit plugins.

The next time you're online, check out /help to see a list of some commands. Most notably, I've installed the Essentials plugin (see command reference (http://wiki.ess3.net/wiki/Command_Reference)) that provides some interesting commands like:

/back takes you back to where you died so you can try to fetch your loot
/afk toggles the AFK display (but it doesn't act like you're asleep like the other AFK we used to have)
/getpos tells you where you or another player is
/time tells you the in-world time; handy so you don't have to keep a watch/clock around while mining
/mail allows you to send messages to players even if they're offline
/sethome and /home allow you to set a home for warping and go to it (note: I haven't tested this)

There are a lot more cheat commands that Essentials offers that I'll be turning off once I get proper permissions set up on the server. We're running a pretty basic setup right now just so I could get things started. Please be a good citizen and try to resist the temptation to cheat until I get them locked down. :)

Essentials also includes a basic set of economy commands that creates an in-game currency. For any item, you can try /worth to see how much the server thinks it's worth. You can use /balance to see how much your bank account has. When you /sell an item, the server takes it from you and deposits the appropriate amount of money into your bank account. Your bank account stays around even when you die and respawn. Once you have money in your account, you can /pay another player for goods, services, etc. Another use of the economy that I haven't yet tinkered with is paid server services. For instance, maybe we enable arbitrary warping, but you have to pay something like a $10 toll each time you warp? Or maybe enable a command to repair your current tool and charge $50 per use? I'll think about ways to enable the economy commands that might make things interesting.

Bryson

2013-07-05, 16:09

Lava + /back = hilarity.

Brad

2013-07-05, 16:22

Lava + /back = hilarity.
:lol:

"Just one more time! I think I can jump out fast enough! This time with more armor!"

turtle

2013-07-05, 22:34

So guess what?

It's back! (http://mcmaps.applenova.com)

Brad

2013-07-06, 10:52

Lava + /back = hilarity.

So, I tried this out last night on my local test server, and it's not as bad as you might guess! When I used /back after stepping into a lava pool, it put me back *outside* of the pool just before where I stepped in. My stuff was gone, of course, but I was able to continue wandering around.

turtle

2013-07-06, 18:15

I found a swamp shack while I was out adventuring earlier today. I did post coordinates on a sign so we can all find it again after the map updates later this evening.

http://turtle2472.com/an/swampshack.png

Brad

2013-07-07, 12:43

Now that I've had some time to experiment and configure, lets talk Bukkit commands!

I've installed a few plugins to keep things interesting. Just as before, I may add more if I find some that I think we'd enjoy. Maybe we'll add warping or multiple worlds. We'll see. Here's a summary of what we have today:

Essentials (Core) (http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/essentials/) is a mixed bag of utility commands.

/hat lets you wear a fancy hat.
/time gives you the in-game world time so you don't have to carry a watch.
/afk toggles your AFK display. Unfortunately, this does not simulate being in bed like it used to.
/compass tells you which way you're facing.
/depth tells you how deep you are in the world.
/getpos tells you where you are in the world.
/help lists the commands available to you.
/mail lets you send and read mail. You can send messages to people offline using mail.
/msg <player> <message> (or /tell, /m, /t, or /whisper) sends a private message to another player.
/r <message> (or /reply) replies to the last person who sent you a private message.
/nick <name> lets you give yourself a nickname. Nicknames are always preceded by ~ when displayed.
/realname <nickname> lets you see the real name of someone from their nickname.
/suicide kills you.
/back warps you back to where you last died. Good for fetching your loot or exacting vengeance on your killer.

Essentials (Economy) (http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/essentials/) provides a basic economy if we want to have one. We can also set up ways to *buy* items from the server (think rarities like glowstone or quartz), but we'll deal with that later.

/balance or /bal shows your server-wide bank account balance.
/worth shows how much the item in your hand is worth if you were to sell it to the server.
/sell <item> <amount> sells items from your inventory back to the server for a cash deposit into your account.
/repair repairs the item in your hand in exchange for a flat $100 (regardless of item type or damage amount) from your bank account.

LWC (http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/lwc/) lets you protect your things so no one else can go through them. Protected chests and doors have the added benefit of being indestructible by anyone but you.

/cprivate locks a chest or door so only you can open it.
/cpassword <password> sets a password lock on a chest or door that must be entered to open it.
/cpublic sets a permission on a chest or door so anyone can open it and no one can use /cprivate or /cpassword on it, effectively identifying it as a shared/community resource
/cremove removes one of the above protection types if you have access to it.
/climits shows you how many protections you have left.

WorldEdit (http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/worldedit/) has a bunch of creative-style commands, but I'm only exposing these two to repair damage.

/fixwater <radius> fixes water flows in the radius around you. Good for patching surface currents over deep water.
/fixlava <radius> fixes lava flows the same way.

billybobsky

2013-07-07, 13:55

Note: the fixlava and fixwater commands are also very useful in making pools of the liquids from a single source... (which in a way is infinite fuel)...

Brad

2013-07-07, 22:57

Hooo boy. Much fun was had (ab)using the /nick command tonight. Here's a brief snippet from the logs...

<~KyleReese> nice!
<Atariboy> what the heck?
<SpecMode> . . .

OwenReese issued server command: /nick Brad

<~Brad> wooooo
sassyreese tried to swim in lava to escape Creeper
<SpecMode> uh oh
<~Brad> my nick name is brad brad
<SpecMode> uh oh....
<sassyreese> kill me atariboy
<Atariboy> you sure?
<~BadBrad> :p
<sassyreese> yes
<~GoodBrad> lol
<sassyreese> thanks
<~RainbowDash> oo
<sassyreese> ok kids, gotta go. it's been fun
<~PiecesReese> later!
<turtle2472> Night!
<~GoodBrad> LOL!
<SpecMode> later!
<~GoodBrad> night!
sassyreese left the game.
<~RainbowDash> did someone call me rainbow dash who
<SpecMode> bwahaha
<Atariboy> what th e heck?
<Atariboy> DASHIE!
<~Applejack> mean
<Atariboy> oh wow
<Atariboy> this is awesome LOL
<~Fluttershy> no its not you mean
<Atariboy> Owen? is that you?
<~PinkiePie> why
<Atariboy> oh gawd
<OwenReese> what
<~GReese> back to the mineshat to look for melon seeds
<SpecMode> ?
<BradSmith> lol
<BradSmith> greese? LOL
<~GReese> :D
<Atariboy> bathtime for you, kiddo. let's go
<BradSmith> awww man
<BradSmith> do I have to?
<OwenReese> at 10 10
<SpecMode> lol
<turtle2472> Night!
<SpecMode> g'night!
<BradSmith> night!
<OwenReese> night
<Atariboy> gnight y'all
<~GReese> night!
<Atariboy> owen says good night everybody. LOL
<~ReeseLightning> night Owen!

The lesson learned tonight is that if you try to impersonate an admin, you may turn into a brony. :lol:

(Also, Atariboy and sassyreese are OwenReese's dad and mom respectively.)

Atariboy

2013-07-08, 14:08

Owen said you're a big meanie, brad, and if he could, he'd lead a hundred creepers to your house. :) He kids, of course. He knows what happens when he breaks stuff.

So- what' the consensus? I've kinda let him do his own thing- I know he's shading Spec pretty closely, but is he behaving himself and being a "fine guy" and not a "mad guy"?

Brad

2013-07-08, 15:07

He's kinda needy, but otherwise he's behaving and being a "fine guy". :) He certainly doesn't appear to be breaking anything, at least not deliberately! (cue creeper hiss)

OwenReese

2013-07-08, 18:03

can you download the 1.6.2 version please and i want to play on the new world and can you let me in there!

OwenReese

2013-07-08, 18:04

please

OwenReese

2013-07-08, 18:23

when are you going to download the 1.6.2 map description and Brad you be nice and not call me girls and stop calling me girls and you can call me boys that i like!

Brad

2013-07-08, 18:52

He's kinda needy,
wat

drewprops

2013-07-08, 18:56

when are you going to update the 1.6.2a map metadata and Brad you be a prince and not talk about poop anymore and stop calling 709 a doodyhead and call Rowdy a leatherbar owner, he likes that.

Elysium

2013-07-08, 18:56

Oh yeah, as an FYI the default profile on the new launcher auto updates.

If you go to "edit profile" you can select from a pull down menu to release 1.6.1.

OwenReese

2013-07-08, 19:26

oi Hi guys can you join the game please now and i want Brad to make something brad would you please!

Brad

2013-07-08, 19:46

Oh yeah, as an FYI the default profile on the new launcher auto updates.

If you go to "edit profile" you can select from a pull down menu to release 1.6.1.

Yep, this is going to be required for a few days until Bukkit updates. No real loss. AFAICT, 1.6.2 is mostly minor bug fixes.

I'll post when we're ready to go to 1.6.2.

Brad

2013-07-08, 23:57

Well, it looks like a 1.6.2 dev build landed an hour ago. I'll check it out tomorrow night.

Bryson

2013-07-08, 23:58

But..but...I need hay bales.

Brad

2013-07-09, 06:02

You should already be able to make hay bales. You'll just be stuck with them and unable to break them back into wheat.

turtle

2013-07-09, 07:40

For some reason I wasn't able to get on this morning. The server is up, but it won't let me connect for some reason. I'm off to work now but did notice this. I tried a MC restart too, but it did nothing other than add some log entries. :p

billybobsky

2013-07-09, 12:58

Owen, you have a remarkably eccentric vocabulary.

I think I might just try to build everything out of Obsidian...

Atariboy

2013-07-10, 13:39

Owen, you have a remarkably eccentric vocabulary.

I think I might just try to build everything out of Obsidian...

I'll try to keep him off the forums- sorry for the interruption ;)

Brad

2013-07-10, 14:28

Might want to tell him to stop building tard towers noob towers everywhere. If he logs out on top of one of those, he may fall to his death because I'm nuking them on sight.

Atariboy

2013-07-10, 14:35

Might want to tell him to stop building tard towers noob towers everywhere. If he logs out on top of one of those, he may fall to his death because I'm nuking them on sight.

Yep- his mom was yelling at him about that last night. I'll give him a pick and send him off to do the right thing. :) I sent him on a wood harvesting errand last night to keep him busy.

Brad

2013-07-10, 20:35

Just updated to 1.6.2 for anyone keeping track!

turtle

2013-07-13, 12:21

Daywalker!
http://turtle2472.com/an/daywalker.png

This little guy didn't die in the sun. It did however die because of my sword. :D

Brad

2013-07-13, 12:29

I heard that they make the cutest sounds! ;)

I can't wait to be able to include custom sounds.

Bryson

2013-07-13, 12:41

Custom sounds...

How about:

When a Zombie dies it says "Hello, the"

drewprops

2013-07-13, 14:28

How about Arthur, from The Tick, saying "Not in the face! Not in the face!"

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Brad

2013-07-13, 17:57

How about Arthur, from The Tick, saying "Not in the face! Not in the face!"

...

Then the death sound would have to be from The Hangover: "In the face! IN THE FAAACE."

turtle

2013-07-14, 20:37

I'm getting an error on startup that I think might be why I occationally drop to 1fps! Yes, I even thought to do a video of it. Anyway, anyone else see this in your launcher log and/or know a fix for it?

Client> 2013-07-14 21:34:37 [CLIENT] [SEVERE] ########## GL ERROR ##########
Client> 2013-07-14 21:34:37 [CLIENT] [SEVERE] @ Post startup
Client> 2013-07-14 21:34:37 [CLIENT] [SEVERE] 1281: Invalid value
Client> 2013-07-14 21:34:37 [CLIENT] [SEVERE] ########## GL ERROR ##########
Client> 2013-07-14 21:34:37 [CLIENT] [SEVERE] @ Pre render
Client> 2013-07-14 21:34:37 [CLIENT] [SEVERE] 1281: Invalid value

turtle

2013-07-14, 22:05

So it seems Owen now has three houses! :lol:

I love the sign on this one near Spec's on the hill:
http://turtle2472.com/an/owenshouse.png

It's the one below in this image with no sign:
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130714_230515.png

Stevuh

2013-07-14, 22:33

turtle

2013-07-14, 22:39

Speaking of greifing owen's house, I logged on today and my floor is partially missing (come to think of it I think it was a grass floor not wood planks) and there is the start of a mineshaft in my hut... None of it is beyond repair, or badly damaged, but it's still annoying at the very least.

Where is your place? Mind putting a sign on it to make it easier for others to know?

Also, anyone know who's hut/mineshaft this is:
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130714_233727.png

709

2013-07-14, 22:46

Owen mistaked your house for his. I guess they kind've look the same. :D

He needs to get a clue wrt to space and where he is on the map. I think he'd be better close to town with all his neediness. We could keep a better eye on him that way.

I don't have too much of a problem with him on. He's pretty fucking annoying sometimes when he jumps up and down in front of your face while you're crafting or filling furnaces, but I guess I could pretend I'm hammering the table with my sword, and if he's in the way so be it. :D

Brad

2013-07-14, 22:49

Speaking of greifing owen's house, I logged on today and my floor is partially missing (come to think of it I think it was a grass floor not wood planks) and there is the start of a mineshaft in my hut... None of it is beyond repair, or badly damaged, but it's still annoying at the very least.

Is this your place?

http://i.imgur.com/YpkQ17s.png

My guess is you got Owen'd.

He claimed that house to be his, but the rest of us believed it to be yours. (I think) InvaderJak escorted him off to his real house.

edit: yep, 709 beat me to it.

Stevuh

2013-07-14, 22:52

there is a sign near the door now. Didn't think anyone would have that big an issue saying "ohh I didn't build this I shouldn't modify it."

709

2013-07-14, 22:53

Also, anyone know who's hut/mineshaft this is:
That's the entrance that went down to the mineshafts. I think they're cleared out, so you could level it if you want to.

Bryson

2013-07-14, 23:05

I'm getting "bad login" errors. What am I doing wrong?

drewprops

2013-07-14, 23:16

Bry, Dellphi had those on his machine (he's on a PC). He rebooted and was able to get back in. That's the only help I have :(

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Brad

2013-07-14, 23:20

there is a sign near the door now. Didn't think anyone would have that big an issue saying "ohh I didn't build this I shouldn't modify it."

FWIW, Owen is 6 years old and still figuring out the basic gaming social niceties like that.

Stevuh

2013-07-14, 23:25

FWIW, Owen is 6 years old and still figuring out the basic gaming social niceties like that.

I know he's young but at the same time I liked not having really young kids on the server before. I don't want to sound like I hate having him around on the server, but at the same time I feel like I have to limit somethings if he is...

delphi

2013-07-15, 01:51

I'm getting "bad login" errors. What am I doing wrong?

I fixed this problem by logging out of the Minecraft launcher.

billybobsky

2013-07-15, 07:46

You also have to remember that children that age are just beginning to build a mental map of their larger surroundings... he probably doesn't actually know what house is his. You could build pointers for him in game. Ie he follows the yellow brick road home...

drewprops

2013-07-15, 08:21

Yes, build concentric red wool rings into the ground around his hut, going out at least 50 blocks. A target, if you will.

turtle

2013-07-16, 23:23

So this was an interesting view.
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130716_223004.png

Notice the shadowing. 709 was right there looking just like I was wondering what I'm talking about. He couldn't see this lighting error even though I could. Makes me really wonder if the lighting bug issue isn't client side too.

drewprops

2013-07-17, 06:51

I popped in the game this morning for a few minutes of screwing around and it was night....

while moving around I looked up and noticed the AMAZINGLY detailed milkyway they've rendered in TINY little pixels.

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!

I need to dust my screen more often ::sigh::

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billybobsky

2013-07-17, 08:19

Internet-get is soon... I will able able to join the new world next week sometime...

drewprops

2013-07-17, 08:26

We've assigned you a roommate named "Owen", owin' to the fact that you haven't been in the game much.

billybobsky

2013-07-17, 13:42

He'll get his very own sealed obsidian room (several blocks thick, and surrounded by a curtain of lava), where his bed is located. I think that should take care of the problem child.

709

2013-07-17, 16:16

There's a Spawn Area Nether Portal below the (under construction) Space Needle now. It initially spawned 2 portals in mid-air next to each other (:confused:) but I moved the floating platform to the exact coords ( /8) it needed to be after some heavy ghast dodging. :|

I've started 2 paths off of opposing sides, and I ask that any other paths built to homes or outlier bases or whatever be built off of those paths. I'd like to keep the other 2 walls clear, as I may revamp the design in the future. :)

There's a chest with cobble and glass, but be sure to bring more. Ghasts seem like they spawn a bit more frequently and I drank lava a few times trying to get the little I have build up and ready. :D

Also, baby skeletons in the Nether.... :eek: :(

drewprops

2013-07-17, 16:40

Baby skellies??? Those baby zombies scare me. I saw one attack Spec or iJak or Brad during the trip through my giant caverns. Fast and scary. And bitey.

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709

2013-07-17, 16:51

Yeah. They didn't look like Nether skellies either, just small, white baby skellies moving like they had 6 espressos each. :|

I have to finish a project for the morning, but I'll see if I can't get back in there later and finish the 2 paths at least until they hit land. That way while I'm gone iJak can mine away all the glowstone that I'm trying to get to. :D :p

drewprops

2013-07-18, 00:02

Skellie Spawner Near Spawn!!

I found a skellie spawner and made a trap. It could probably be streamlined, but it works okay. There's a long ladder down to it just a few blocks west of my house - look for a jetty leading to a vertical shaft straight down to the spawner/trap.

X: 243
Z: -79

PLEASE respect mah authoritay over the mine you pass through, I plan on mining it, ta!!

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billybobsky

2013-07-18, 06:14

Guys! I get the internet hook up tomorrow... Will find time this weekend to log on... Hope this means there will be people on afternoon time EDT...

ThunderPoit

2013-07-18, 10:07

And by tomorrow night, every structure built so far will be dwarfed by whatever billybobsky comes up with next

709

2013-07-18, 21:31

I needed a bunch sand to turn into glass (as I always do ;)) and Brad offered to nuke a chunk of desert after some strip-mining. So, I have my handful of chests that I need, but mining it left a *lot* of sandstone blocks open to the air. I took a full chest or so, but there's still a ton left for anyone that wants some easily-mined sandstone blocks for later.

It's in the desert behind Turtle's new house, far West edge (http://mcmaps.applenova.com/#layerId=LayerA&worldX=-163&worldY=0&worldZ=559&zoom=4).

I'm set for sand for a while, so Brad, you can nuke at your leisure if no one is interested in the sandstone. Thanks! :)

* I was keeping to the West edge so it wouldn't be such a pain to nuke, so if anyone goes in for sand like I did (I didn't rape it, so there's still crazy amounts), try to keep to that side. I was using the natural arch as a reference point and just stayed West of it.

Brad

2013-07-18, 22:39

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll take a stab at regenerating the desert tomorrow night.

709

2013-07-18, 22:52

Now that the Space Needle and Nether Portal are finished, I think I may put in a beach-path running from my house to near Spawn. I'll stop well short of your place Brad so you can design it the way you like, but I'm going to run straight in front your place, RS. I hope that's OK.

I'll just go with the ANMC approved 3 wide cobble flanked by stone slabs, btw. I don't see the need to change something like that. It's tradition. :)

RowdyScot

2013-07-19, 01:21

Fine by me. :) I hope to have time to actually put something there this weekend. I'm about done terraforming, though. :D

ThunderPoit

2013-07-19, 06:16

Old MciJak had a farm....
http://i.imgur.com/Wh1tj8ol.png

:D :D :D

drewprops

2013-07-19, 09:27

Just a note about the smelliest hole.

Go all the way down, don't stop at the level looking into the cavern, that's just the entrance to my mineshaft. At!

Brad

2013-07-19, 15:25

I needed a bunch sand to turn into glass (as I always do ;)) and Brad offered to nuke a chunk of desert after some strip-mining.
Holy cow! I just looked at the map and saw the measure of devastation I committed myself to cleaning up tonight. :lol: I'm pretty sure I can handle that, but I hope you got enough to last for a while. ;)

Stevuh

2013-07-21, 17:29

So admittedly I havn't been on much lately, but bruce your house and current project is right over my mine, and I had to dig my way back into my mine shaft to get out of the ground today. I hate to ask you to do this because i know you've put alot of time into that shaft, but would you please move it?

billybobsky

2013-07-22, 02:02

Which shaft? My under water thing? I don't have a mineshaft as it were...

In any event, I was told that my locale was unclaimed, and none of it was lit, so I will not be moving the underwater thing, but my foot print will not extend beyond it much towards the shore -- besides its a tree farm for anyone's use... The house I will eventually build there will mostly be on that hill...

Edit: I have made a refined entrance to your mineshaft and the tree farm steveuh. Just go down the stairs, your new entrance is off the right side of the lower part...

Since you will likely find that the tree farm extends through some (but only a small fraction) of the cave system down there, might I recommend moving your mining towards your backyard? that way, you won't come in conflict with the under water bits. I will also try to keep my mining under my house and towards the wilderness...

Edit2: Since I am still recovering from a summer cold, I've gone through and walled off what caves I found crossing into the tree farm rectilinear prism. I might have missed some... but if you encounter a cobble wall don't go through it, it isn't worth your while, all mineral wealth will have been harvested...

turtle

2013-07-23, 18:31

I see we have found our first village finally!
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130723_192605.png (http://mcmaps.applenova.com/#layerId=LayerA&worldX=-853&worldY=0&worldZ=2055&zoom=6)

Who found it?

Bryson

2013-07-23, 19:23

turtle

2013-07-23, 19:52

I have a new love. Hoppers. :) Auto-egg collection for my chicken coop.
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130723_202931.png
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130723_204317.png
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130723_204608.png

drewprops

2013-07-23, 22:23

I don't need one of these... for some reason I always have enough ducks.

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:lol:

SpecMode

2013-07-24, 00:05

I see we have found our first village finally!

Who found it?

Are you kidding me? I must have just missed it when I was searching for one a couple days ago - I was in the middle of those plains, no idea how I didn't spot it.

ADDENDUM: The cobble tower with a torch on top near (256, 36) is near the entrance to a cave with a zombie spawner that I've set up as a rudimentary XP farm. I didn't get a chance to set up signs leading to it last time I was on; will do so when I get the chance, if nobody else gets around to it first.

Elysium

2013-07-24, 07:12

So, I'm building a road out to iJaks. I though I might take a spur off down past Stevuh, Bobsky and whoever the modern-looking one on the bay belongs to as well. How close to your buildings may I approach, guys? 10 blocks? More? I'm thinking it'll go directly south just east of the surface lava lake there.

I'm guessing you're referring to my house on the bay. 10 blocks should be fine as you don't have much room south of there before hitting the edge of the hill.

ThunderPoit

2013-07-24, 13:19

So, does anyone have the coords for the portal in the nether? im a bit lost...

billybobsky

2013-07-24, 13:26

So, I'm building a road out to iJaks. I though I might take a spur off down past Stevuh, Bobsky and whoever the modern-looking one on the bay belongs to as well. How close to your buildings may I approach, guys? 10 blocks? More? I'm thinking it'll go directly south just east of the surface lava lake there.
My shelter is only temporary... It will get bigger but I can adjust the road as needed.... Besides I don't think there is a good road building area directly near my hovel.

Brad

2013-07-24, 15:01

So, does anyone have the coords for the portal in the nether? im a bit lost...
Mark it with Rei's minimap! ;)

I'll post coords here when I get online later tonight if no one else gets to it first.

drewprops

2013-07-25, 01:19

Okay!!

I've done research and improved my skellie spawner into a great XP builder with the added benefit of all sorts of swag they skellies drop when you kill them. Have fun!

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turtle

2013-07-25, 19:02

http://turtle2472.com/s/20130725_195741.png

Old bag lady turned to skellie?

My first time seeing chain mail in this game. I got boots from it. :)
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130725_200531.png

Bryson

2013-07-25, 19:09

It kills me when the skellies have enchanted bows but don't drop them when they die. GRR.

My shelter is only temporary... It will get bigger but I can adjust the road as needed.... Besides I don't think there is a good road building area directly near my hovel.

Yeah, the terrain there is tough... I've made a start including a cut though one berm and a planned tunnel through the next.

drewprops

2013-07-25, 19:34

Bryson, keep playing!!

I had drops of Power 1 and Power 2 bows in less than 8 minutes last night. I just need to repair them somehow (with money?) and I'm good to go!

Edit: I now realize you may have meant that it's irritating that they don't ALWAYS drop the enchanted items when you kill them.

Edit #2: Turtle, I call that first one "Indiana Jones Skellie"

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Bryson

2013-07-25, 20:08

Brad! What did you do to /repair? I loved it so much...sob...

SpecMode

2013-07-25, 20:12

You may want to check the marketplace out, Bryson.

709

2013-07-25, 21:26

XP grinders for everyone! :D

The grinder near my place is now functioning as well. It's of the 'stand below the iron fence and kill them from below' variety and has both spiders and skellies. Follow the path past my house and over the bridge and you'll see it. :)

drewprops

2013-07-26, 01:45

I'm at level 42 for the first time of ever.

I've built the framework for a portal right there in my skellie grinder, but haven't yet lit it up because I need to gather more obsidian in order to build its nether analogue. If anybody is particularly anxious to add it as a node to the nether network feel free - I'm pretty close to spawn so it shouldn't be more than 30 blocks or so from spawn (rough guess).

Might add one of those enchanting chambers in there too.

PLEASE NOTE that I've put in a chest and a lava garbage chute. Please discard all the junk bows that you receive. Bones too, probably. Otherwise, perhaps we can cut in a storage chamber in the area behind the kill box.

ALSO: my own personal chests are over by the water trough, please respect my authoritay over there. M'kay?

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billybobsky

2013-07-26, 03:02

There is also a xp zombie grinder at the location of the new tree farm. It's roughly hewn into the wall for the moment as the farm is still under construction...

ThunderPoit

2013-07-26, 05:32

Last night I finished building my stable and horse corral. Bryson found himself a horse and is keeping it there too. So if anyone wants their own horse, all you need is a couple golden carrots and a visit to my place!

709

2013-07-26, 13:38

PLEASE NOTE that I've put in a chest and a lava garbage chute. Please discard all the junk bows that you receive. Bones too, probably. Otherwise, perhaps we can cut in a storage chamber in the area behind the kill box.I've been taking all my junk bows and repairing them (placing them side by side in your crafting box/table will add the leftover power together) to make a fixed bow that you can sell to the server. Usually it only takes 3 or 4, and while it only nets $15 a bow, it's a little something instead of tossing them. :)

billybobsky

2013-07-26, 13:49

wait. fireworks actually exist in game?!?

drewprops

2013-07-26, 15:00

Thanks for that informational tip, Grey!

turtle

2013-07-27, 20:25

Villager in Nether!
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130727_211859.png

Guess they can go through like pigmen now. He hit flowing lava and died a horrible death.

SpecMode

2013-07-28, 03:20

Stronghold entrance: found. Sign will show up on the map in the next refresh. It's in a forest biome to the southwest of spawn, on the far side of the tundra; look for a stone entryway, surrounded with torches. Entrance leads directly to the End Portal room, and a library is practically next door (though blocked off).

We should explore it as a group - anyone up to the challenge?

billybobsky

2013-07-28, 07:48

I took a lava bath and lost my precious Pickaxe... So sad... So very sad.... So very very sad....

Well this drove me to a fairly productive session in which i continued to chip away at the interior of the communal tree farm and built in the zombie xp farm that will be there. There is a slight (minor) issue with the xp farm in that not all zombie drops are accessible from the killing area... I might put a couple of pistons there that can be used to move the items forward... anyway, it works well enough...

billybobsky

2013-07-28, 15:19

As much as I appreciate a good ducking every now and then... The ducks spawned in my shack destroyed my potato farm. Its more than a slight inconvenience... please refrain from doing so ever again...

could the message be delivered to the smallest member of the server as well, incase he's the responsible party...

Brad

2013-07-28, 15:46

Also, uh, Drew.... allow me to apologize in advance if you, uh, find a ducken or twenty in your desert shack... for old time's sake. :p

drewprops

2013-07-28, 20:26

Yah, they trampled my wheat. The upside is I have chicken pot pie for a month.

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Brad

2013-07-29, 13:03

Villager in Nether!

Guess they can go through like pigmen now. He hit flowing lava and died a horrible death.

So, multiple zombie rushes combined with at least 5 more villagers wandering into the nether resulted in the village population dwindling to a mere one farmer.

I've moved the village portal into a basement behind an iron door so villagers can't go roast with the pigmen. I also cheat spawned in a few villagers to get the village back to a sustainable population.

Also, the nether side of that portal took a serious ghast beating. I had to patch it with cobble. It ain't pretty. :(

turtle

2013-07-30, 18:54

The Village compound is coming along nicely. Mr Noodle tried to get got out a few times. So did the unnamed and unsaddled horse. I had to push it back in the wall after breaking through it first. Then rebuild the wall behind him. Seems they are able to jump angles and one block with ease. So I had to remove a few "stepping" dirt blocks from the wall. Also had to remove a few from the points where the terrain level shifts.

If you put a block against the wall so you can climb up it, please remove it to keep in the locals.

ThunderPoit

2013-07-31, 12:59

Dammit Mr Noodle!
http://i.imgur.com/ltMt6.png

drewprops

2013-07-31, 23:24

I'm the chicken-est player of them all.

Tonight I built a vertical ladder up and away from my nether portal.

There's a stopover glass house along the way.

Another right under a netherdirt shelf.

Stairs from there upward to the roof of the underworld.

Part of the way up there are branches that lead in opposing directions to fortified shooting galleries from which to hide from and shoot at ghasts.

I found my first glowstone finally.

Success!

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Brad

2013-07-31, 23:51

My renovated community sheep/cow/pig farm is finished! There should be three of every color of sheep downstairs. You're all welcome to take wool as needed. Feel free to breed and slice up the pigs and cows too if you need meat and leather.

http://i.imgur.com/Zigvmuy.png

It's across from the market where my outdoor pens used to be.

turtle

2013-08-02, 00:37

I've finally found a saddle and even named my horse!
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130802_012933.png

Brad

2013-08-02, 00:38

Bobby Drop Tables!

drewprops

2013-08-02, 00:43

Damn, XKCD. I even got this joke!! :lol:

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Brad

2013-08-03, 14:19

Could we move the newly constructed gallows to... I don't know... somewhere not showcasing it in the downtown spawn area?

Just seems of poor taste. Yes, yes, I get that it's clever that we can hang animals now. Feel free to put it by your house if you like, just not in the common area where I was hoping some more creative or communal works might spring up.

billybobsky

2013-08-03, 14:56

oh man... I was expecting that to have been your addition....

drewprops

2013-08-03, 15:55

Grey and I were talking about how it bothered us last night. Agreed!

billybobsky

2013-08-03, 19:11

Piggy was released by yours truly... Unfortunately it died. I took the lead and fence post as payment for services rendered.

Now who is the sick fsck who strung it up?

Bryson

2013-08-04, 00:14

All gone now. I guess I missed the memo where this was revealed to actually be real, and not just a computer game.

Was only ever supposed to be a bit of ephemeral silliness, but I apologise if peoples jimmies were badly rustled.

drewprops

2013-08-04, 01:41

Please don't be miffed Bry - it was just wigging us out.

I honestly figured it was Brad or Bruce.

This could prompt a discussion about the perception of the line between reality and fantasy in computer games, but if it does turn into that I think it should have its own thread so that this can continue as a "squee" thread for MC stuff :)

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billybobsky

2013-08-04, 02:07

Actually, this makes sense...

Lynching doesn't quite have the same cultural cachet in Britain as it does in the US...

drewprops

2013-08-04, 09:21

Here's an escape route for the pig conversation (http://forums.applenova.com/showthread.php?p=773999#post773999), should anyone want it, just so this thread can stay on-topic.

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Bryson

2013-08-04, 10:46

Actually, this makes sense...

Lynching doesn't quite have the same cultural cachet in Britain as it does in the US...

Does all hanging = lynching for Americans? That's genuinely fascinating. Hanging in the UK was always something the government did. (Until 1965, of course.)

billybobsky

2013-08-04, 11:19

It will for most southern Americans...

Brad

2013-08-04, 11:45

Does all hanging = lynching for Americans? That's genuinely fascinating. Hanging in the UK was always something the government did. (Until 1965, of course.)
Yeah. It's one of those images that burned into our collective memories as part of the horrible centuries-long racial conflict in the US. Rarely was the government known for hangings. It's more associated with racial hate groups like the ku klux klan and backwoods xenophobic rednecks. The klan was still lynching people late into the 20th century.

I'm having a hard time coming up with a good analogy to convey the effect, but think of it as something like putting up a building with a swastika on it. Sure, it has a long history in Indian and east Asian religions and cultures, but to a lot of westerners, it's just the flag of the Nazi party. (wooo godwin's law!!)

709

2013-08-04, 12:45

I think it was more of the animal helplessness for me. If it was a creeper or zombie up there I wouldn't have had much of a reaction (except of course that it's taking up valuable real estate in town :p :D ) ... even though they look much more like humans and a possible lynch. But a dog or cat and I would've taken it down immediately. Go figure.

I made a comment to Drew in-game that it wasn't quite as bad as T's Animal Auschwitz, so I guess you see where my sympathy lies. ;)

It's just a game, of course, but that doesn't mean that seeing the animals doing something funny or unexpected hasn't endeared their little blocky selves to me somewhat.

709

2013-08-04, 19:52

I put a portal in a far-away desert past the village for sand mining pre-1.7. Not that we need to scramble or anything since it'll likely take a month or so, but it's there if anyone needs sand in the meantime without borking the deserts close to town.

Take the Nether path past the Village portal. Easy to find. Also, since I always seem to lose track of space when sand mining, there's a flaming n00b tower on top of the portal hut. It'll help find your way back. :)

billybobsky

2013-08-05, 09:59

Gery: download and install rei's minimap which will allow you to set waypoints...

ThunderPoit

2013-08-06, 10:48

Grey, is that a horse stable across from your house?
You'll need to make the gate wider to let a horse thru if it is, horses need a path two blocks wide.

Brad

2013-08-06, 12:58

You'll need to make the gate wider to let a horse thru if it is, horses need a path two blocks wide.
Oh man. He's going to have to make it three blocks wide or risk a serious smiting from the Gods of Symmetry.

ThunderPoit

2013-08-06, 13:25

actually, i found its nice and easy to jump it :)

turtle

2013-08-06, 15:08

Speaking of my meat farm; if you decide you need to cull my herds down, feel free to put all the meat and other drops you get into the chests at the gates. Otherwise just look in horror at my collection waiting for my slaughterhouse to be built.

I'm with Bryson, these are digital animals and aren't even a remote living being.

drewprops

2013-08-06, 15:23

It's hard not to think of them as such [see thread about this topic elsewhere].

Brad I forgot to feed your cows to make them horny again after I killed some.

I've never done that before and thought they'd romantic by themselves.

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709

2013-08-06, 16:17

Oh man. He's going to have to make it three blocks wide or risk a serious smiting from the Gods of Symmetry.:p

I had a mini panic attack when Jak said it needed to be 2, but 3 works just as well. :D

http://www.greychristian.com/AN/horsestable.jpg

turtle

2013-08-06, 18:47

I like your stable 709. I'm gonna have to make something better for mine now. I take it he won't jump over the gates on his own?

Everybody, feel free to kill and eat my animals. If you want them and are going to keep the drops then by all means do so. I do try to keep seeds, wheat and carrots in the chests near the pens so you can get them into the breeding mood.

709

2013-08-10, 14:07

@ Owen - I left you a in-game mail, but thought I'd put this here too. I found some chests in the South fortress (just past the fortress with the portal), one had a saddle in it and another had gold horse armor. If you'd like me to head out there with you I will. I can't be sure of where the chests were exactly, but I'm sure we could re-find them.

Also, I needed to start brewing some potions for my lengthy trips into the Nether looking for wither skellies, so I now have a brewing room underneath my place for anyone that needs it (it's on the pumpkin/melon level). There's a 32 plant Netherwart farm in there as well - have at them if they're fully grown, just replant, of course. :)

709

2013-08-10, 14:32

Eep! It appears that I'm not able to place a mushroom. Is this new or a glitch?

SpecMode

2013-08-10, 16:46

Are you trying to place it somewhere other than a mushroom biome, in a brightly lit area? If so, that's normal - mushrooms only grow (or, indeed, stay placed) in dimly-lit areas -- except for mushroom biomes.

709

2013-08-10, 17:48

Yeah, the light level was the problem. I'd like to build a small farm, but see painful testing in my future for that....

drewprops

2013-08-11, 00:41

Could you build something with pistons and glowstone so that you could quickly light it up so that you're not attacked by baddies?

709

2013-08-11, 12:23

After some torch removal and rearranging my tree farm area works just fine for growing large shrooms. Should've thought of that first. :o

drewprops

2013-08-11, 19:33

I'm curious: do baddies spawn there? If not, why not? Thx! :)

709

2013-08-11, 21:48

I get the occasional slime, but never any bad baddies. It's well lit when I'm growing trees, but since large mushrooms have to be so many blocks apart (5 for red, 7 for brown) I had to remove a bunch and stagger the light sources. If I were going to alternate between trees and shrooms all the time I might install redstone lamps with switches depending on what I'm growing, but for now torches are fine. :)

As long as the torches are placed 7 spaces or less from each other I don't seem to have a problem. That is, i-------i, but that's really only good for rows like plantings or skywalks. You couldn't light a field like that. It'd need one in the center of the 9x9 square.

OwenReese

2013-08-11, 21:51

grey can you show me where I could build the monster spawner?

709

2013-08-11, 22:19

Well, I told him to post in the land claim thread... :D

See here (http://forums.applenova.com/showthread.php?p=774234#post774234). :)

709

2013-08-12, 19:48

I finally have 3 wither skellie skulls. . . that means a Wither Boss Party!

Since they're so destructive, I'm going to make a pit in the far-off sand mining desert. I was considering adding a few Iron Golems to our party too for additional support, but that's up for debate.

How does Wednesday 08.14 at 7:00PM EDT sound? Good for everyone interested?

The Wither Star will be used for a beacon atop the Space Needle. Excited to see how that looks and how far away it's seen. :)

709

2013-08-14, 07:56

Wither Boss Party moved to Friday 08.16 at 7PM EDT. I haven't had a ton of time to get the pit dug out this week, but should have it done by Friday.

[edit]: Maybe Friday night is a bad time for those with SO dates and whatnot... I'd like to keep it somewhat early so bobsky can join if he's into it. Maybe Saturday day sometime before people head off to night festivities? Like 5 EDT?

Lemme know what works best for everyone.

drewprops

2013-08-14, 09:43

I noticed that somebody has created a Lost & Found over at the topside spawn portal and that it had one of those skulls Grey is talking about in it, along with some pretty high-end stuff that somebody must have lost in the nether?

709

2013-08-14, 09:50

A bunch of that stuff is Owen's that he unloaded before we went into the Nether to find him a saddle and horse armor. I've mentioned that he should probably move it over to his house, but he hasn't as yet.

709

2013-08-16, 13:10

drewprops

2013-08-16, 16:09

Well crap, I thought it was tonight!!

Tomorrow night may not work for me... we'll see.

Bryson

2013-08-16, 17:08

For me it depends on when the baby naps... 5pm EDt is 2pm Pacific. Might work. We'll see.

drewprops

2013-08-16, 18:37

I'm zeroing in on a zombie spawner (and probably a 2nd cave spider spawner) in my mineshaft and am trying to figure out a good strategy for not dying while trying to isolate them.

I think that I might drop granite or sand walls from above to restrict their lateral movement, then work on getting to the spawners themselves.

Any tips from you experienced miners?

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709

2013-08-16, 19:10

If there are enough people on later tonight that are game then we could do it. The pit's probably deep enough as it is, plus there's a mineshaft ~8-10 blocks beneath the floor that I really don't want to fall into while doing battle. ;)

Drew - if possible I try to come in from the sides 1 block below the spawner. That way it's easy to place torches on the spawner through a 1 block hole cut in the wall. More difficult with cave spiders, but if you can place a torch on top of the spawner from above beforehand it helps minimize the spawning a bit.

709

2013-08-17, 00:35

Great Success! The first Boss we dispatched handily, but the second ala Spec was a bit more resilient.

Two Bosses in one night! Loads of fun. We should do this more often. :)

turtle

2013-08-17, 00:37

Here is the link to the video of the fight: http://youtu.be/EegE1bPNx8c

SpecMode

2013-08-17, 00:50

Next round: we're taking on the Enderdragon! I've got almost enough Eyes of Ender to open up the End Portal (if anyone has an Ender Pearl or two to contribute, that should be enough), and the stronghold has already been located in a forest to the southwest of spawn.

If I may make a personal suggestion for this fight, given how pathetically easy the Wither bosses were to defeat with our super-enchanted armor and weapons: let's give the dragon a fighting chance and make this fight fun. No (or weak) enchantments on weapons and armor, especially if we get a lot of people in the group. It should be a battle, not a slaughter.

Oh, and I'll be recording the fight and posting it to YouTube afterward, so we should try to make it entertaining. :D

So, when are we doing this thing? Maybe tomorrow (Saturday), around when we were originally planning to do the Wither fight? Or maybe Sunday afternoon?

Also, since I'm going to be recording this thing, it'd be fun to have some live commentary from the participants...anyone willing to get together and help setup some kind of group Skype/Ventrilo/Teamspeak/whatever for a few (or a bunch) of us? If not, cool, but I think it would make things a bit more fun for those so inclined.

709

2013-08-17, 12:42

I'm up for some naked fighting - that would be loads of fun. :)

drewprops

2013-08-17, 15:45

It's a rainy day where I am, so I'm in for tonight.

Have you set a time?

What do we need to do with the audio login? Deets!!

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SpecMode

2013-08-17, 15:58

So, as regards timing: I have to run out this afternoon for a few errands, and I might not be back until around 4pm PDT (7pm EDT). So, if we're doing it today, it would probably be 8pm EDT or later, which might not work out for a bunch of us.

Alternatively, we can try for early afternoon (EDT) tomorrow, if that works out better. I'll check the forum and Twitter as soon as I get back, and we can decide on tonight or tomorrow at that point.

drewprops

2013-08-18, 13:29

This did not happen last night, and it's not going to happen today either, conflicting schedules and other chores. Stay tuned.

ThunderPoit

2013-08-18, 21:42

sorry guys, i was out fishing all weekend, but yes, a nekkid fight with the ender dragon should be fun

Brad

2013-08-23, 17:25

drewprops

2013-08-23, 17:32

Oh please let me know, I'm recovering from something and am in front of my machine quite a bit. This would be a lark.

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ThunderPoit

2013-08-23, 18:47

Im camping this weekend, no minecraft for me.
*contemplates hotspotting with laptop...*

Brad

2013-08-23, 19:26

On a mostly unrelated note, I've resurrected the plugin I wrote ages ago for making custom recipes (chiefly used for repairing tools before we had better repair functionality), and I've added one very important (to me!) recipe:

stone slab + stone slab = double slab

I wish I'd thought of this before I'd set down couple thousand odd half-blocks.... better late than never, I suppose. :)

SpecMode

2013-08-23, 23:53

So, by consensus (where by "consensus" I mean "only one person on the server suggested a time so I went with it"), we're starting off at about 4pm EDT. I suggest meeting up near a landmark (say, the Space Needle or the Marketplace) so we can all head off for the stronghold together without getting lost.

If anyone has any better ideas, let me know. Also, anyone who wants to get in on the group voice chat (I think we'll go with Skype unless anyone else has a preference), PM me and we'll get that set up as well. Remember, this is being recorded for posterity, so those who can't make it can enjoy the show on YouTube afterward.

SpecMode

2013-08-24, 16:14

Enderdragon battle: complete! I got the whole thing on video (including the trek to the stronghold, which was a bit of a journey in itself), including commentary by myself, Drew, and Bruce.

One thing I realized when viewing the video afterward was that I accidentally left the debug overlay on for almost the entire video after I turned it on to help find the stronghold entrance. Just...ignore it when you watch the video on YouTube later, OK? ;)

drewprops

2013-08-24, 18:50

Could we do it all over again? It was fun, and I'd like to do it with more people on the Skype call.

OR, alternately, just have everybody go out on an adventure somewhere with minimal tools and no armor.

Just a bareknuckles survival adventure.

Maybe even tonight??

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SpecMode

2013-08-24, 19:50

Tonight isn't likely to happen on my end; going out riding before long, at least if people stop setting things on fire... (http://twitter.com/RosevilleScan)

drewprops

2013-08-25, 00:24

Guess who went into the ding dang fortress and got a blaze rod so he could make a brewing stand for the first time ever?? Guess who now wants to know if anybody has some extra nether wart so he can plant his own batch, instead of going back into the scary fortress a second time??

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SpecMode

2013-08-27, 00:02

Alright...because I'm likely to be fairly busy for most of the next week, I just went ahead and snipped off a few minutes of the end of the video and (sorta) fixed the audio in Final Cut Pro, and am now in the process of transcoding the video so it can be posted to YouTube. Since it's likely to take at least a couple of hours and I'm disinclined to stay up very late tonight, it'll probably be up sometime tomorrow, either late morning or in the afternoon when I get back from work.

Brad

2013-08-27, 13:15

Whoops! Seems I forgot to post my answer to the question about a do-over.

Yes. :) If we schedule a time for a second assault on the end, I can wipe the world files for the end and we can start anew.

I look forward to checking out the first video anyway.

SpecMode

2013-08-28, 20:47

Alright, it took bloody long enough, but the video is being uploaded to YouTube right now.

EDIT: It's up! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LIC881Qo_Q) You can watch in glorious 360p, until YouTube finishes processing the higher-res versions.

(EDIT 2: finally done processing, you can now watch my debug overlay in fantastic 720p!)

Brad

2013-08-31, 00:34

So, we had a little party tonight. :D InvaderJak/ThunderPoit has a new grain silo by his barn, and what better way to celebrate than fireworks?

http://youtu.be/A0qs12jzv2Q
(remember to switch to 480p... nothing higher because I wasn't recording fullscreen)

That's 709 trying to stand and act all reverent while the zombie hordes approach. :lol:

Brad

2013-08-31, 14:42

So, we had a little party tonight. :D InvaderJak/ThunderPoit has a new grain silo by his barn, and what better way to celebrate than fireworks?

http://youtu.be/A0qs12jzv2Q

So, after awakening from my sleepy stupor, I made good on my original promise and resurrected the silo in proper brick form. Thanks for the entertainment!

ThunderPoit

2013-08-31, 15:08

Did anybody else get crazy lag during the fireworks? I rode mr noodle to the market to repair the rest of my armor, and it was almost impossible with the lag

Brad

2013-08-31, 17:26

Not here...

turtle

2013-09-01, 13:51

I've had that when riding my horse too. I'm guessing it's more an issue of our computers handling the load more than the network since I'm local. Sucks really.

Brad

2013-09-01, 14:26

Ahh, yes. Riding horses in general is laggy and jumpy as hell. I figured this was just a typical multiplayer performance issue that everyone had. I don't think I've ever had a smooth ride on any of my horses in multiplayer.

turtle

2013-09-07, 10:44

Looks like someone finally found a Mushroom Island. Who found it?
http://turtle2472.com/s/20130907_112503.png

709

2013-09-07, 11:25

'twas me. I need mycelium for the park, and the mart price was just a wee bit high. ;)

I'm going to get a bit rapey this weekend with the desert and the Nether, but before 1.7 drops I'm going to put a portal out there and bring some Mooshrooms back to town. Who knows if we'll ever find one again with all the new biomes coming up.

turtle

2013-09-07, 23:09

Cool, glad someone found it. I was thinking about loading the world up locally and then generating the chunks to find it. It's a pain, but it works.

709

2013-09-08, 01:04

It was mostly luck, with a bit of remembering roughly how far the damn things were from spawn in the other worlds.

I decided tonight to just get it over with and build the portal. It's not a direct path, but I needed to find an area in the Nether that looked like it went all the way to the top bedrock. That way I wouldn't be building walkways and spending tons of loot right before the wipe. I tunneled up to bedrock, and after that it was a pretty easy (albeit long) path to get out there just clearing out netherrack.

I trekked 4 Mooshrooms back from the island and built a Soup Farm next to the Meat Mart. Please, no shearing (they'll turn into normal cows) and no killing. But, if you want to breed some for your own or just to let some loose in the wild, have at it. :)

Brad

2013-09-08, 13:59

Cool, glad someone found it. I was thinking about loading the world up locally and then generating the chunks to find it. It's a pain, but it works.

I keep meaning and forgetting to ask: what software do you use to force generation of terrain like that? I'd like to try that out on some seeds locally some time.

turtle

2013-09-08, 20:10

I keep meaning and forgetting to ask: what software do you use to force generation of terrain like that? I'd like to try that out on some seeds locally some time.

I'm pretty sure it was just MCEdit but I don't recall. I haven't done it in a very long time. Last time was pre-tekkit so I'm not certain it will work here. I did it via CLI though. I'll figure it out and let you know. Maybe later tonight or tomorrow.

Foj

2013-09-19, 12:55

Won't be on the server for a bit, because it updated me to 1.6.4 today without any kind of prompt asking if I wanted to or not. I'm not quite sure how to go back like with the previous launcher. =/

Edit: Never mind! Figured it out =P

Brad

2013-09-19, 13:08

Oh! I guess I should look into updating us to 1.6.4 soonish. Thanks for the heads-up. :) I wouldn't have noticed quickly because I don't normally use the official launcher.

Brad

2013-09-19, 14:00

Looks like it might be a few days before we update. Bukkit doesn't even have development builds ready yet for 1.6.4.

We will probably also be waiting a while when 1.7 drops because Mojang is doing some significant code refactoring. Hopefully the Bukkit dev team is already hard at work with the snapshot releases.

Hmm... Now that I look at it that way, I wonder if the Bukkit team will just skip 1.6.4 and hold off until 1.7. I haven't seen any announcements either way.

drewprops

2013-09-19, 21:19

Screw that, will you be at PiratePalooza™ #9 on Saturday?
You can help out with the booth again! No creepers!

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Lynn Nexus

2013-09-20, 09:54

You don't wanna hold off on 1.6.4 cus it's a minor change but it will save our generated structures. If you were to migrate to 1.7 right now the nether fortress (and possibly villages and definitely witch huts) that you'd already visited would poof. course I'm not sure that there are any structures that we need to save : / BUT YEA.

Brad

2013-09-20, 10:29

Right... I just read about the details last night and it's a rather strange fix. Apparently the structures are retained today just fine. The specific problem is that the metadata that marks those structures as regions where certain mob types can spawn (such as blazes in nether fortresses) is not retained before 1.6.4, and Mojang was too lazy to write a migration into the 1.7 update (despite having done this several times before).

Brad

2013-09-20, 12:29

Good news! There are now Bukkit dev builds of 1.6.4. I'll review and probably update the server later tonight.

Brad

2013-09-24, 18:04

So, I haven't updated bukkit to 1.6.4 yet because a few things are still lingering on 1.6.2 updates. Fortunately, it's easy to keep using 1.6.2. :)

But I have good news: our world finally has a name! :D

After much pondering and debate, this world and the town therein are now officially named: Cashout Cove

709

2013-09-24, 18:13

http://www.greychristian.com/AN/angela.jpg

http://www.greychristian.com/AN/lansbury.jpg

The decision process leading to that name was utterly hilarious. :lol: :D

drewprops

2013-09-24, 19:30

And the only way to find out is to log in and ask Grey?

709

2013-09-26, 17:06

SpaceWalk ride is now functional, and almost finished:

http://www.greychristian.com/AN/spacewalk1.jpg

http://www.greychristian.com/AN/spacewalk2.jpg

I need to finesse the ground area and the captain's module, but the *ride* part of it is finished. There's a 20% chance you'll die – depending on how much you flail – but c'mon. We'd have it no other way, right? :D

drewprops

2013-10-01, 22:50

Stepped into nether portal and there was a ding dang nether version of a slime there - busted into a JILLION PIECES. Took me 5 hours to defeat them all, it was epic. I finally ended by claiming my prize, some Magnus Crepe!! Or whatever.

Epic.

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709

2013-10-02, 21:51

I never even thought about asking this before, but what are we playing wrt baddies? Hard? Normal? ExtraHard?

turtle

2013-10-03, 20:42

Settings are hardcore = false and difficulty = 1.

Brad

2013-10-04, 15:17

So, I haven't updated bukkit to 1.6.4 yet because a few things are still lingering on 1.6.2 updates. Fortunately, it's easy to keep using 1.6.2.
I'm finally updating the server to 1.6.4 now. Hold onto your butts...

edit: Done. Looks like all is well. Don't forget to update your clients now!

drewprops

2013-10-04, 15:47

How do I do that?

I tried renaming it, that doesn't work.

Is there a new extension I need to put on the end?

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delphi

2013-10-04, 15:53

Change your profile, hit the edit profile button and select use version 1.6.4

drewprops

2013-10-04, 16:12

Oh SNAP!! :lol:

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709

2013-10-15, 19:23

Phase 1 of the RC started!

http://www.greychristian.com/AN/RCphase1.jpg

Brad was having a laugh a few days ago about how many blocks of sod I had to lay for the park, and I said "pheh! wait until I start laying fences for the rollercoaster!" :D Um. That was meant to be somewhat of a joke, but now that I'm doing it it's serious fucking business. :\ :|

3 stacks of raw wood make 8 stacks of fence. Raw. Wood. 8 stacks! Gah. Imma going to be spending all my bal on trees (and glowstone) apparently. :)

*edit: that curve above cost ~22 raw wood, if you were ever thinking about using fences for anything big.
*edit2: even as expensive as glowstone is, I think it's worth it for the night view. Just look at that light blend. So nice.

709

2013-10-20, 18:36

The Twizzler:

http://www.greychristian.com/AN/twizzler.jpg

It's attached to the rollercoaster, obviously, but I almost consider it a ride of its own. Bring your vomit bags guys and gals, this will make you entirely uncomfortable. ;)

Brad

2013-10-20, 23:37

Looking good! :D

I only wish riding rails would automatically keep your eyes forward on the tracks. :( That would make the Twizzler an ever more awesome ride!

turtle

2013-10-21, 21:02

Looking good! :D

I only wish riding rails would automatically keep your eyes forward on the tracks. :( That would make the Twizzler an ever more awesome ride!

I never thought of that but you're right. It does seem odd that you don't turn your head with the direction of the minecart.

drewprops

2013-10-21, 21:13

But it also allows you to look around while you ride normal minecarts, which is kind of nice... so is it really such a bad thing?

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turtle

2013-10-21, 21:26

But it also allows you to look around while you ride normal minecarts, which is kind of nice... so is it really such a bad thing?

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...but when you ride a normal train your body stays place in the train other than you moving it. Your POV points the same in relation to the train around turns and hills and such. That would be more normal.

drewprops

2013-10-21, 22:13

In other news Turtle can't afford the First Class car on his train :lol: :lol: :lol:

:p

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709

2013-10-23, 22:22

Coal is priced obscenely. $25 for one piece? That's right up there with Mycelium at $1000000. :|

http://www.greychristian.com/AN/coaldamnhigh.jpg

$5 would be more like it, or better yet, 10 for $50. Still expensive, but more in line with the rest of the mart pricing.

709

2013-11-13, 20:41

So I was out donkey hunting in the NW plains area and found a few horses. For now, a have a wild horse sanctuary next to my place. Please, no taming. Leave that for the guy that had to drag their dumb asses through the Nether while avoiding blazes. ;) (sadly, not all of them returned intact :|). I'll go through and check for the best ones and thin the herd a bit later.

Speaking of horses, I was reading up on speed and stats for the beasts, and it popped that an even faster transit system than minecarts between old 1.6 spawn and new 1.7 spawn would be horses. Maybe we have a corral with 4-6 horses at each end of the tunnel and just use them for back and forth. Sounds like it would be loads quicker and we wouldn't have to worry about blocked tracks or potentially crashing into someone on the way there/back. Just a thought. :)

709

2013-11-14, 19:53

Quick question for you torch placers: which side do you put the torches on when going into a fortress/cave to find your way out? I do "left in" (for the next dude), "right out". Is that what everyone else does?

Reason I ask is that I put a portal out at the Far East in order to find some goddamn rare as hell donkeys, and when I got to the spot in the Nether that I guessed was about right, there was a fortress in the distance. When I made my way out there I found it had already been mostly explored (by who and how I dunno, it's way the hell out), but the torches seemed backwards from what I normally do.

Am I the backwards one? Given, if it's a cave beneath my home I'll just place them willy-nilly and just remember landmarks, but I was trying to be a good citizen this time and I may have got it backwards.

So, what's the standard that you guys/gals use?