Weather is great.

4/19/2011 7:45:34 PM

I like the way the Achievements work....can't wait till they add a lot more

4/19/2011 8:29:11 PM

Well I investigated fortresscraft but doesn't look like it has monsters, which is what I enjoyed the most out of this game. Guess I'll hold off until it has those.

4/19/2011 8:30:37 PM

lonely, so lonely

4/21/2011 12:21:55 AM

So I discovered a consquence of weather last night.

If you are outside while the sun rises and it starts raining, none of the monsters will burn. You basically have to continue to run like hell to shelter or until you find a clearing from the rain to bring down the fire upon them.

4/21/2011 4:18:35 PM

Apparently creepers get supercharged if hit by lightning

4/21/2011 4:52:12 PM

K

Quote :

" Given the reports of showstopping bugs present in 1.5, there's a high chance a new bugfix update for Minecraft will be out tomorrow or even several times this week. As a result, it is unlikely we will be releasing a 1.5 compatible build and, instead, will be waiting for something stable to work with. "

So here's the deal. I see two options.

1) We continue waiting until a stable build is released, along with patches for the plugins.

Or

2) I backup the map and set the server up on 1.5 tonight. There would be no mods, no vault access, and no protections. Regular backups would continue daily. If the map has no issues when the mod gets it's shit together, then I'll install it.

[Edited on April 21, 2011 at 5:12 PM. Reason : .]

4/21/2011 5:12:29 PM

as long as the map gets backed up first, I vote for option 2.

Worst case, it's a test to see how everyone behaves in the absence of imposed rules. If everyone goes all lord of the flies, you can always restore the map and reinstitute the mod and plugins. If people act normally, then when the mod and plugins get updated we can all keep plugging away at our projects unabated.

4/21/2011 7:46:04 PM

I'm going to be a dick with TNT knowing that theres a backup in place

FULL RETARD TIME

4/21/2011 7:48:55 PM

^ I just wrote a new plugin just for you.

void onPlayerJoin(PlayerEvent event) {

Player player = event.getPlayer();

      If player.getName() = "BigMan157" {

              player.kickPlayer("Never go full retard.");
      }
}

4/21/2011 8:28:17 PM

I think, for the first time in the history of TWW, I just double LOL'ed.

Thank you BigMan and Saturnine for making my evening

4/21/2011 8:34:13 PM

#2 sounds good to me. Let's play with TNT.

4/22/2011 1:33:01 PM

is it up and what ip should we use?

4/22/2011 4:13:52 PM

I'm seriously getting twitchy here. I'll take whatever gets us back on the server fastest

4/22/2011 5:07:56 PM

^me too, feel like im coming down from a several month high

4/22/2011 6:17:43 PM

So can I play somehow online? As much fun as I'm having on my single player, I'd like to see other stuff and build some other stuff that people can enjoy.

4/22/2011 6:55:07 PM

oh man, plugin pwnt

[Edited on April 22, 2011 at 6:56 PM. Reason : ^you can once he updates the server - client and server versions need to match]

4/22/2011 6:56:02 PM

So what plugins are you guys using? I'm just using the default interface with no additional stuff.

What are some useful ones and why?

4/23/2011 4:33:59 AM

:o

4/23/2011 5:23:18 PM

Ok so I'm trying to create a mob trap. Got all the standard stuff going with the water into lava where once they are in they can't get out. Have the opening under the water so loot goes down instead of burning up in the lava. Have a huge spawning pad for mobs to spawn on yet none of them spawn. Collection point is like 32 blocks away so it meets the 24 block rule. Anyone have any idea what would prevent mobs from spawning in the room?

There are caves beneath my collection point but all of them are nice and bright, and mobs can't spawn anywhere in them

[Edited on April 24, 2011 at 6:27 AM. Reason : .]

4/24/2011 6:26:02 AM

Previous question no longer applies as my comp just crashed and deleted the world I'd been working on since this game came out YAY....

4/24/2011 12:55:00 PM

Previous question no longer applies as my comp just crashed and deleted the world I'd been working on since this game came out YAY....

4/24/2011 12:56:03 PM

Unless you lost a drive completely, it's still there, it saves constantly. And Dropbox ftw.

4/24/2011 1:42:43 PM

Soooo about those addons.

What do they even do?

4/24/2011 2:14:40 PM

So I have some bad news.



We were checking out the server, and a rain storm started. As we were walking by; lightning struck Pirate's ship.

4/24/2011 11:55:53 PM

So I see two options:

1) Supercharged Lightning Killdozer Pirateship

2) Aw damn it burned to the ground.


Taking bets. Two is in favor at 3000:1 odds.

4/25/2011 12:09:05 AM

Quote :

"We were checking out the server, and a rain storm started. As we were walking by; lightning struck Pirate's ship."

omg

4/25/2011 8:17:04 AM

ahhh hahahahahahaha. SICK

4/25/2011 8:20:13 AM

does anyone know if lightning rods are possible or if some materials attract lightning more than others? I might try to test this with some iron blocks.

4/25/2011 8:34:08 AM

maybe you got lucky and there was a pig on your boat that took the strike for it, and now its crewed by zombie pigmen!

4/25/2011 8:34:31 AM

My first post to TWW. I guess I have a lot of ground to cover. Some of you may recognize me from the minecrafting, I been in and out of the server for about a month as a 'guest' of Pirate's I guess you'd say. Just wanted to share a few things I've learned through some research on MC over the past few weeks, even if some of it seems moot now.

As for mob grinders - mobs can only spawn anywhere between 25 and 144 blocks away from you. There is some debate whether this is a circle, or a square. To be safe, assume square. Getting 25 away is easy enough, but are you sure you've eliminated all possible places for spawning up to 144 blocks away? It's a time consuming enterprise, to be sure. You can increase the output by adding more area to your spawning floor for the mobs. Best way to do that short of starting over is to add more spawning floors. I don't know what kind of trap you have, but if you have only one floor where they spawn, add another and make the mobs fall to the same spot. If you have more than one already, then add more. Also, you can cover the ground around or above your trap in (wood, stone) half-blocks or fence. Mobs can't spawn on those type squares, but again, covering 144 square blocks is rough. In multiplayer, this includes trees. Mobs can spawn on the leaves in SMP, but it's a hidden option in SSP that is off by default I believe.

Re: addons - I've tried out a few different ones, and I have to tell you that they are a double edged sword. They can help you get around and do stuff more efficiently, yes, but its hard to go back to vanilla if you get used to any of them. Some good ones I've used, if you are prepared to thoroughly spoil yourself... "Zombe's mod pack" is famous for the flying mod, but has a bunch of other things in it... Flying is so good, honestly I've never even used any of the other mods in that pack. Another one of the sort that will 'ruin' you: TooManyItems. This adds a menu to your inventory screen that lets you spawn any item in the game to your inventory. Yeah... There are numerous other less controversial mods out there that do anything from changing what mobs drop to giving you a mini-map HUD. I guess the most basic thing you could mod is the game's textures. The vanilla ones give me a headache, so I'm always running some texture pack.

I've also been working on a private server of my own that I will someday finish and welcome you all to visit. This has introduced me to a whole new world of mods. Most are pointless in singleplayer because they focus on economy or security, but check out WorldEdit for singleplayer. If you do, and you get into using the brush, you will soon realize why flying is so valuable. I wouldn't use WorldEdit to build your house, or other detail oriented projects. It's for more macro type things like filling in an offensive ocean or leveling a mountain range that looked at you the wrong way.


Sorry for the long post, but it's my first...I gotta lotta catching up to do.

4/25/2011 12:17:02 PM

^ Just an FYI, item duping is a ban hammer offense on saturnines server. Don't dupe materials.

4/25/2011 2:47:34 PM

Word. In SMP you're talking about ruining more people's experience than just your own with 'cheats'. Luckily I don't think a client mod is going to let you spawn in your own items in SMP (say by accident because you forgot the mod was installed) because they work on the OP command /give. Duping via exploits in the engine itself...safest bet is to just not even be curious how they are performed.


sorry about the ship, man.

[Edited on April 25, 2011 at 3:00 PM. Reason : sympathy]

4/25/2011 2:59:08 PM

Sorry about the ship - saw it today and damn, nature really did a number on it... however, I'd say at least 30-40% is still there, so I imagine with some helping hands it could come back to it's former glory with a little bit of time.

Seems pretty lonely on the server again.

4/25/2011 7:46:15 PM

you need to keep the danger in there

the wuss in my says take it out... but it needs to stay in

hurt by lava, falling, whatever

don't listen to the whiners

4/25/2011 9:15:10 PM

Coming this April.

Saturnine presents,

PIMP M,Y PIRATE SHIP.

4/25/2011 9:16:28 PM

wow.. almost thought you guys were kidding...

..fuck

and yeah man, 30% is generous... that's maybe 10%... tops.... considering the sails, how many blocks it took to make the sides, and all 3 floors... yeahhh.... that thing is FUCKED... at least pirate rape jail was safe?

4/26/2011 12:28:23 AM

4/26/2011 8:19:16 AM

So wait, the server is back up?

How can I log on?

4/26/2011 11:10:09 AM

Well, if you're planning on repairing it Pirate, let me know and I'll help out where I can.

Good luck!

4/26/2011 12:09:05 PM

64.94.238.157 is the address of the map, for those of you that keep asking

[Edited on April 26, 2011 at 1:17 PM. Reason : also without the warps it takes forever to get to my islands now ]

4/26/2011 1:16:38 PM

So I was wondering...

if no one has done any sort of serious work on the map since it got up...

Any chance we have a save from a week ago that we could reload to allow me to put a glass roof over my ship?


Edit addition: If that's a possibility and people are interested. I say we reload the save, set a time, everyone meet up and we all watch the thing get struck by lightning again.

[Edited on April 26, 2011 at 5:18 PM. Reason : ]

4/26/2011 5:12:21 PM

If you rebuild it, you should do it covered in iron.

Space Pirate Ship is go.

4/26/2011 5:17:08 PM

haaa, damn, that would take so much iron

4/26/2011 5:18:36 PM

Yeah, thats' fine with me to reset it. I just fiddled around a bit seeing how the new 1.5 stuff works. No big projects starting until I figure out the new minecart accelerator stuff

4/26/2011 6:38:59 PM

Whitelist please. I asked earlier, but it's saying I'm not whitelisted when I try to connect.

Sprocket0 <----it's a zero

4/26/2011 6:48:56 PM

I have a backup. ;p

The mod was just updated. I'm going to get it running with at least the protection plugin as soon as that's ready. I'll load the backup when I do.

4/26/2011 6:56:37 PM

Woooo. Nice. Protection plugin makes things lightning proof?

Or should I prepare myself for some serious sand farming?

4/26/2011 7:23:15 PM

FFUUUUU I just scored some major diamond/iron goodies! Any chance you can restore just the chunks around the pirate ship? Or could I have the important additions to my inventory carried over? i.e. diamond, gold, and iron I've been mining over the past two days?

I'd love to see that thing burn close up - no offense Pirate

4/26/2011 9:20:33 PM

i built a sweet treehouse since the server came back

ah well, no biggie

4/27/2011 8:34:35 AM