NPF Minecraft server

[Bob The Mercenary]

Nikose and I have one going if any of you would like to join us.

[Edit] Okay, having the black screen login error. Great.

Here's the direct browser link: http://www.minecraft.net/play.jsp?server=b1c2c98460fe9a3a7cf296ca8d725230

[Edit2] Other players can access the server, but neither me or Nikose can. The hell? I tried from the host computer with no success. It drops me to a black window and the console reads "You must log in!"

[Edit3] Restarted with name verification off so it stops kicking people. :P

Looks good for now, I think we just need to update our java software.

EMAIL ME AT WORLDOFBOBCRAFT@GMAIL.COM TO GET IP OF PAID SMP SERVER

VENTRILO SERVER ON npfminecraft.servegame.com

[EVILNess]

Oh yay! I've been trying to promote this game for two threads, glad to see some of you all have some taste and bought this wonderful, wonderful game.

EDIT: On closer inspection you guys are only rocking the creative. Man, the Survival is so much better. I was hoping I Had found some people to play with on the new server software who won't burn my house down and destroy anything I try to make cause they think it's funny.

[Nikose Tyris]

@EVILness

Noooooooo Bob and I bought the game. The SMP server should be up and running fine?

Did Bob do something stupid?

EDIT: Bob did something stupid and this explains everything that went wrong.

[synkr0nized]

EDIT: Bob did something stupid and this explains everything that went wrong.

When are you going to stop letting Bob manage servers?

[Nikose Tyris]

When are you going to stop letting Bob manage servers?

He works well under strict supervision.

Also, people should try this out- he put up the free multiplayer version, and not the paid version, so it's open to everyone.

[Loyal]

His servers work well under strict supervision, Bob is another story entirely!

[Nikose Tyris]

His servers work well under strict supervision, Bob is another story entirely!

Precisely!

I'm in the multiplayer server now, come join me. Still in freemode till tonight. :)

[shiney]

Sounds like Bob manages servers like me!!

You know, alcohol-fueled furybox.

[Bells]

Well that's better than those Fury-fueled Alcoholboxes ...

i've been meaning to try this one out, just so i have a notion here... this is on 24/7 for now? When are you guys in it?

[Nikose Tyris]

Karesh is the only one on atm; I'm about to reskin my character and log back in. Everyone's welcome to join and try it out!

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I've just added an undersea home for myself. It's nice.

EDIT; The Dark Tower is also mine. Melfice, your stairs are complete.

[Nikose Tyris]

...You guys purposely build as far away from my base as possible. :(

And what the hell, you guys, that water blocked the entrance for a reason.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I don't even know what your stuff is Nik, or anyone elses for that matter. I've just been building my tower. I think might add some more rooms to it and put a wall around.


At least if people are spread out a bit we can utilize the space around us properly and nobodies going to be encroaching on anyone elses stuff.

Really we should have built it like NPF City; a physical representation of the forums, complete with subforums and our own private domains where we can wage civil war on our neighbours.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Yeah, my servers tend to implode, but if I keep this thing backed up relatively frequently we won't have near as much of a problem. The...um...other server we had set up needed about 1.5GB for a full backup, Minecraft only needs about 5MB.

I'm in right now, though I might do a quick reload at night to create a couple admins.

[EVILNess]

I'll probably get on, don't forget to say something when you bring up a SMP server.

[Loyal]

I made a bridge. I wanted to make an awesomeface.jpg above the NPF sign, but I'm a very clumsy scaffolder and didn't plan it right.

[Bob The Mercenary]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/minewoo.jpg

On the left is my humble abode with the chimney, to the right of that in the distance is a triforce someone made and in the center is...a castle. Someone made. I know Loyal and Pyros both have dwellings around but I'm not sure if they're underground or not. (I'm pretty sure I built my house on the roof of someone else's by accident) Mac and I are now currently at work on a system of roads connecting our houses.

[Nikose Tyris]

I built alone, on the far far end of the stone skyway that I built- most of the skybridges were me.

My lonely, lonely hut is on the far shore. a bridge crosses a great expanse to reach my solo abode.

I am underground.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I made a hobbit home for me.

[Bob The Mercenary]

While the guys were making a gundam, I made a little augmentation while they weren't looking.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/minewoo2.jpg

[krogothwolf]

Goddamn it bob

[Bob The Mercenary]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/minewoo3.jpg

[krogothwolf]

My poor Gundam :(

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Krogo, Defending Boobs since 2010

[PyrosNine]

How to find Pyros' abode:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4241108/cap1.JPG
(Yeah, I'm big on subtlety.)

View from the farthest Corner (and on a floating isle)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4241108/cap5.JPG

Pyros' Creations
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4241108/cap4.JPG
A Gazebo, a Watchtower, and a two story public house (my actual house is in shot too.)

Pyros's Den:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4241108/cap3.JPG
Pyros does not mine without the essentials. (Couch, TV, Bookcase blocking secret passage to Bob's house)

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Loyal and I have decided that the Gundam is North! So it makes it easier

[mauve]

What on earth is this game and does it play well with Vista64?

[Krylo]

I'm on V64 and it worked fine for me when I logged into it for like 5 minutes the other night.

Then I dug a hole straight down, wound up in some sort of cavern system, and then destroyed everything and built walls around myself before logging out in boredom.

As for what it is... um... welp, you can dig holes and set blocks to build shit. Kinda lego-y I guess. I dunno.

[krogothwolf]

That Gundam does make a good landmark. Poor Gundam, it's an eye sore, an awesome eye sore, but an eye sore.

[Wigmund]

Castle Wigmund shall be marvelous once I build rooms behind the walls.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Updated pic from skyway facing north.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/minewoo4.jpg

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Updated pic from skyway facing north.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/minewoo4.jpg

I can see my House from here!

[akaSM]

Time to play one of those trendy online games ^_^

[Arcanum]

I think it's the lure of a server where anything I create won't be destroyed within minutes by griefers that's pulling me back to this game. Thanks NPF! Also I built my floating house/observatory in the north-east section of the map, above the forest that was to the east of the gundam. Just don't bother to connect any skybridges to it. Anyone who wished to visit must climb the giant vine/beanstalk (muwahahaha).

[Savage Thinking]

Updated pic from skyway facing north.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/minewoo4.jpg

Figured I'd add a small update to that shot:

My house!

http://i34.tinypic.com/2dsp8bm.png

I didn't add the flowers, but the exact location is like, right across from that mushroom house. Here's a glimpse of it inside:

http://i37.tinypic.com/jq4xl3.png

I also added a couple of other stuff elsewhere, namely a small undeground tunnel involving floating blocks leading to giant yellow letters. but I'm too lazy to screenshot it at the moment. For future reference though, I'm ZJ_Higgins on there.

[Marc v4.0]

I would ask we show a little restraint in messing around too much with other peoples things. I logged on to find some annoying additions and alterations to my structures that I didn't really want to begin with.

[Bells]

if i've done this right (and i'm not sure i did) if you stay in fron of the Gundam and head straight ahead, right after the black tower you should see a Warbot Shaped house.

I did that.

me proud. =3

I still need to learn my way around the tools though, so let me know if i mess with any of you guys stuff.

Also... there is a in game chat? how do i use it?

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Wow guys, you sure built a lot of stuff after I left last night. I'll have to do some exploring now.

Did somebody add a skybridge to my tower though? Cos if they did then that is coming down. I still need the space for more rooms.

[Melfice]

Also... there is a in game chat? how do i use it?

Type "t", then chat to your heart's content.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Who would be in favor of either a Skype or Ventrilo server for this thing?

Also if anyone messes with my garden I swear to god...

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

As a quick caveat; many of our esteemed builders have laid claim to land and constructed things already. Not only above ground, but below as well.
If you intend to build something of your own, please try to avoid building too close to someone else without their permission, and perhaps more importantly if you should break into their house and let loose lava or water all up in their shit, please attempt to fix it before you leave. or at least leave some marker for where the water came from so the builder can fix the problem properly.


That said I have two things that are open to renovation by anyone and everyone that wishes to. I'd ask that you not completely tear them down though as you can imagine quite a fair bit of work went into some of these things.
The first is of course Library Tower
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4406/clipboard03.png

The interior of the upper tower is rather large, and also rather empty. Feel free to add additional stairs, floors, rooms, whatever you think of. But try to avoid destroying what's already there without asking someone first.
Also the stack of books that reaches from the skybox to the sublevels of the basement should really be left alone.
The basement itself is rather expansive, lots of tunnels and exits me and Nik built out of there when we found ourselves trapped.
Try to avoid destroying the sponges for now, since the damn place seems to have a big flooding problem what with everyone digging to and fro.
The second is harder to find; http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8484/clipboard04r.png

This lake as seen from the Skyway contains an underground bunker I built, there's practically nothing inside save for the entrance, exit, and tiling.
Note that the floor tiles represent the boundary between you and a lava filled world. So I'd suggest not breaking them open.

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/2836/clipboard05a.png
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8727/clipboard02.png

You can't see the entrance very well from here, but they've been marked pretty clearly. Just follow the path to the side of the house toward the lake, and two holes will be right in front of you.
One is dry, that's the entrance.
One is flooded, that's the exit.

[Bob The Mercenary]

As an addendum to that, anyone in the server right now is free to destroy my BOOBS sign to make additional space, I meant to do that last night.

And the server is now being backed up every half hour.

[krogothwolf]

I would ask we show a little restraint in messing around too much with other peoples things. I logged on to find some annoying additions and alterations to my structures that I didn't really want to begin with.

At least they didn't add a penis to yours!

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Holy crap, I just spent a ridiculous amount of time on this today building a wall around my tower and giving it both and interior and exterior moat. Oh and I built a super-secret project somewhere.

But I'm not telling any of you where or what it is.

[Melfice]

Holy crap, I just spent a ridiculous amount of time on this today building a wall around my tower and giving it both and interior and exterior moat. Oh and I built a super-secret project somewhere.

But I'm not telling any of you where or what it is.

It's right beneath my house, isn't it? If it is, you'll be sorry, because that's where the scheduled dungeon is going to be. So, nyeh!

In any case, I would like to second the motion to keep your mitts off another's "property", unless that person gives permission to finish/expand/modify it.

Speaking of which: thank you, Hawk, for finishing that skywalk of mine.

[Nikose Tyris]

My original skyway has grown so much. I'm so happy. Marc, I believe I am the one who added the skyway to your construction, I'm sorry for not asking permission on that one.

[Bob The Mercenary]

I think we need a zoning board and property lines. And perhaps a mayor and other municipal positions.

By the way, have we even named this place yet?

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I call it NPF Island!

[Bells]

Also, just so we don't loose the train of thought here... if there is a ventrilo or skype for this, who would be in?

[Wigmund]

To all with basements on the western side of the island:

Overzealous mining by workers of Castle Wigmund may have unleashed unholy amounts minor flooding in your basements.

We apologize for the inconveniences and wish all a good day.

[krogothwolf]

Man, I keep getting Failed to connect to server.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

It's right beneath my house, isn't it? If it is, you'll be sorry, because that's where the scheduled dungeon is going to be. So, nyeh!

Nah, it's closer to my own territory. That's all I'll say on the matter.


Speaking of which: thank you, Hawk, for finishing that skywalk of mine.

No problem. Originally I was going to carry straight on and then turn right and join it to where that hillside is, where the skywalk is lower down, but I thought a nifty spiral just looked better and went with that.


I think we need a zoning board and property lines. And perhaps a mayor and other municipal positions.

By the way, have we even named this place yet?

What do you think those giant walls are for??! Though not all of my stuff is inside the walls, I also have a tunnel linking to my sea dome. I also claim at least 2 tiles of water outside the walls, so I can have both interior and exterior moats.

[Melfice]

I'm... not sure where my expansions are going to take me.
If there are going to be expansions.

So, uh... can I claim anything ABOVE ground, around the area of the skyway I built(and Hawk finished)?

[PyrosNine]

Pyros' Minecraft Pro-tip:

Whenever you build tunnels or caves, dig 2 blocks deep in the ceiling, floor, or walls, and place a spongeblock (looks like cheese to me) there, and then cover it up with a block that matches the rest of the wall. This hides the spongeblock, allowing your caves and tunnels to look cool without sponges, and keeps griefers from just waltzing through and deleting all your spongeblocks.

If you make a habit of doing this for every new tunnel made, for every few feet of tunnel, then unless someone just rips the underground a new one,fills the rest of the world with water, then your creations should be fine. Even if someone rips the underground a new one, your tunnels should still be water proof to the point that repair is just a matter of walking through and sealing one or two holes and draining the water out of a few portals of water between dry spots.

Minecraft Fun tip: Watervators:
For those of us without developers tools, moving upwards is a difficult proposition, unless we're in water, or less pleasantly, lava. Scaling heights, especially from the lower cave levels, proves tricky and somewhat tedious, especially if we accidentally fall back down again, or set our spawn underground.

However, due to sponge blocks making it quite possible for water to defy gravity, a vertical shaft of water can be created that exits out into your dry, secret underwater base, making exit and entry a matter of floating upwards to the surface. For kudos, you should make a nearby second tunnel of normal atmosphere (air!) for fast downwards movement, making essentially, turbolifts: one down, one up.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I could really use a water lift in the centre of my tower.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

You can't see the entrance very well from here, but they've been marked pretty clearly. Just follow the path to the side of the house toward the lake, and two holes will be right in front of you.
One is dry, that's the entrance.
One is flooded, that's the exit.

Minecraft Fun tip: Watervators:
For those of us without developers tools, moving upwards is a difficult proposition, unless we're in water, or less pleasantly, lava. Scaling heights, especially from the lower cave levels, proves tricky and somewhat tedious, especially if we accidentally fall back down again, or set our spawn underground.

However, due to sponge blocks making it quite possible for water to defy gravity, a vertical shaft of water can be created that exits out into your dry, secret underwater base, making exit and entry a matter of floating upwards to the surface. For kudos, you should make a nearby second tunnel of normal atmosphere (air!) for fast downwards movement, making essentially, turbolifts: one down, one up.

You can't hear it, but I'm growling lowly at you.
From rage.

[h4x.m4g3]

Hopefully I'll get a chance to try this out later today, how much space is still left on the island anyway?

[krogothwolf]

So yeah, all of today I've been getting "Failure to Connect to Server. Server Must be Down." It bites :(

[Bells]

quick tip for you explorers.

I have the Warbot house, that's the stuff i'm privately working on. However, i made a Public area.

Take the red tower and run to the giant Tree. Right after that you should see a small Ground fortification.

If you enter it, you will find underground:

to your left there is a quick tunnel towards open sea
to your left there is also a small gold room with a ventilation shaft
To your right you will find a underground house with 2 tunnels (long ones)
a underground tunnel that takes you right back to the red tower.
and a underground tunnel that leads to a lava bridge and a dead end.

back up and keeping to the right, you will go past a free room (pretty big and empty)
and a little further you will come out in the middle of forest, right next to a big red arrow.

This is all built right on the edge of the map, so it's like a Coastline fortress with Escape tunnels.

Now, i would like to ask you to not tear it down or close these paths (unless of course, the long tunnels get in the way of your own major buildings), but feel free to change it's look or add new areas. It's a free zone for y'all.

Also:

http://i34.tinypic.com/2q06r29.jpg

[Loyal]

I am 3/4s done with my Fuck Off Wall Of Rainbows And Happiness™. Screenshots to come later.

In other news, Wigmund knows nothing of waterproofing. This is at least the second time someone has flooded his place.

[Fifthfiend]

Once you've built up, how the fuck do you build out?

Basically what I'm saying is I want a fucking skycastle.

[Arcanum]

You stand right on the edge of a block, and create another block on the side of the block you're standing on. My floating house started as just a pillar, which I then turned into a floor with the previously mentioned technique.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I think I'm mostly done with my castle now. It has 5 towers, various rooms including a library and bathroom, multiple balconies, a 4 wide wall around the outside and 2 moats. It still only has 2 bedrooms though.

There may be room for expansion in the corner towers for extra rooms if anyone can suggest any use for them. I'm also considering a glass sky tunnel connecting 2 or maybe all of them.

I would post screenshots, but you can all see it anyway.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Just thought I'd mention a few things.

One; Hawk I know you love your towers and all but would you mind maybe shrinking down the one closest to me?

Second; http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5305/clipboard01xu.png

[krogothwolf]

I have created a Super Mushroom House with a Large Basement! A Buster Blade and a Gundam.

Need to find space for the next project.

And guys, guys. A purple penis doesn't float with a Gundam, just so ya know.

[Savage Thinking]

I added windows to my small tunnel (that show off randomly made holes in the wall [one of which got flooded accidentally]) and decorations and all that. Along with the tunnel upgrade, I added two random small facilities behind my giant yellow letters, more floating blocks, and a really, really big tree.

Oh, and a random staircase thing that leads to nowhere specifically. Probably a trail I haven't made yet leading to the tree. Also, I think I stumbled upon someone's underground area, because as I was digging I came across red blocks that appeared to represent an entrance and a large hole with mushrooms. I ended up covering whatever I hole I had just to be safe.

[Wigmund]

In other news, Wigmund knows nothing of waterproofing. This is at least the second time someone has flooded his place.

Intentional this time. Gonna make a huge deep pool with glass covered magma at the bottom.

[Loyal]

The FOWORAH from afar...
http://i33.tinypic.com/28k0mxh.png

...and up close.
http://i34.tinypic.com/2zowx92.png

A tank has been built to protect my underseas interests.
http://i33.tinypic.com/pni1f.png

Namely, the entrance to my house.
http://i37.tinypic.com/29azc75.png

Intentional this time. Gonna make a huge deep pool with glass covered magma at the bottom. The second ACCIDENTAL time. I flooded it earlier before you got on. And that time your ENTIRE place below sea level got flooded before I could clean it up and put in a little blocking to mitigate future issues.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Logged on and my basement, the tunnels, and their three passageways away from my house were all flooded. o_O I wonder who could have done that, Wigmund.

There was also a large orange structure outside my house which I promptly destroyed being as it was aesthetically, logistically, and logically insufficient. (aka why would anyone do that what the hell)

My house is the one with the chimney and glass veranda overlooking the ocean. You touch it, I touch you...with extreme prejudice.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Logged on and my basement, the tunnels, and their three passageways away from my house were all flooded. o_O I wonder who could have done that, Wigmund.

There was also a large orange structure outside my house which I promptly destroyed being as it was aesthetically, logistically, and logically insufficient. (aka why would anyone do that what the hell)

My house is the one with the chimney and glass veranda overlooking the ocean. You touch it, I touch you...with extreme prejudice.

Kinky prejudice? :D

yeah, maybe don't mess with people's structures and try not to flood the tunnels.

[Bells]

I must say that the lack of a 8 Bit Black mage statue in this world saddens me.

Also, i was considering the idea of a Collaboration... anyone would like to work on Making a Offshore Oil Rig in the ocean and a underwater Lab next to it?

[Nikose Tyris]

@Bells: Not possible at the moment due to server limitations. No such limitations exist on Paid version.

[Fifthfiend]

Hell was pretty sweet until I flooded it with lava.

Technically it's actually more hellish now, but :(

EDIT: HELL IS SAVED!

A glorious day for hell!

[Loyal]

Too bad it required the help of what amounts to God.

Yes I just compared Bob to God, no I will not apologize.

[h4x.m4g3]

So I spent all day working on creating a glass ceiling for the sky, currently it just circles the perimeter of the world, exactly one block down from the highest point you can build. Trying to keep a one block gap between the ceiling and any existing structures, if you need to build that high feel free to break through the part necessary but please no one go around just shattering the ceiling, it takes forever to construct.

[akaSM]

I'm really dissapointed that we don't have one of those yet:

http://cubicworlds.net/museum/gallery/sawrge-1.png

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

So I spent all day working on creating a glass ceiling for the sky, currently it just circles the perimeter of the world, exactly one block down from the highest point you can build. Trying to keep a one block gap between the ceiling and any existing structures, if you need to build that high feel free to break through the part necessary but please no one go around just shattering the ceiling, it takes forever to construct.

I was considering doing that (making a glass ceiling, not shattering yours), but the effort to create it would be immense. Also at least my main tower and the skyscraper next door are at the very limit of height. Should look impressive once it's done though.

[Borealis]

My cave was taken over by a dude with a giant arow and flooded.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Now we do. :)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/rm.jpg


That arrow is an entrance to the tunnels.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Now we do. :)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/rm.jpg


That arrow is an entrance to the tunnels.

Yah, I dug one from the far east end of the island to the far western end.

[Loyal]

I was considering doing that (making a glass ceiling, not shattering yours), but the effort to create it would be immense. Also at least my main tower and the skyscraper next door are at the very limit of height. Should look impressive once it's done though.Your deeds are freudian enough without being responsible for a roof on the whole damn world, too. :P

[krogothwolf]

I was considering doing that (making a glass ceiling, not shattering yours), but the effort to create it would be immense. Also at least my main tower and the skyscraper next door are at the very limit of height. Should look impressive once it's done though.

Giant Towers, Giant Castle, Roof the World. You want to leave space for the rest of us? :P

[Bob The Mercenary]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/both.jpg

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Giant Towers, Giant Castle, Roof the World. You want to leave space for the rest of us? :P


That's why I said I wasn't going to actually do it. I'm not that crazy!

[Nikose Tyris]

We're starting to run low on room. I'm going to suggest we get the SMP server up and running tonight- that means we'll keep BOTH servers up, if at all possible.

SMP is the paid version- "Survival Multi-player". Despite being called 'survival' there are no monsters in the paid multiplayer.

Another known issue: Inventory erases itself after server wipes.

Also, world is infinite- there's the distinct possibility that we could go to a place where you will never see each other again.

Hoooooooowever, health bars exist and lava kills your ass. be warned. also, fireplaces don't work until a GM spawns an already-burning furnace.

beyond that? We can run everything. Between Bob and I we can totally manage an SMP server with constant GM attention.


Edit: Also, contributed to the glass ceiling. We need that in place to keep everyone else down where they belong.

[Marc v4.0]

We're starting to run low on room. I'm going to suggest we get the SMP server up and running tonight- that means we'll keep BOTH servers up, if at all possible.

SMP is the paid version- "Survival Multi-player". Despite being called 'survival' there are no monsters in the paid multiplayer.

Another known issue: Inventory erases itself after server wipes.

Also, world is infinite- there's the distinct possibility that we could go to a place where you will never see each other again.

Hoooooooowever, health bars exist and lava kills your ass. be warned. also, fireplaces don't work until a GM spawns an already-burning furnace.

beyond that? We can run everything. Between Bob and I we can totally manage an SMP server with constant GM attention.


Edit: Also, contributed to the glass ceiling. We need that in place to keep everyone else down where they belong.

And once Notch works out the issues there will be monsters and everything just like regular paid-survival

You also missed a chance to make an obvious "Survive against each other" tag

[akaSM]

Finally, 8-bit theater stuff :D. I hope that inspires people to do more more 8-bit stuff (not necessarily 8-bit theater)

Edit: Also, contributed to the glass ceiling. We need that in place to keep everyone else down where they belong.

Exactly! :3

You also missed a chance to make an obvious "Survive against each other" tag

Oh dear, I hope Mac doesn't remember his accident at the sky ceiling :ohdear:.

Hey Bob, what can some other person who bought the game do to help?

[Fifthfiend]

Gonna wait until next time Bob's on until I switch on the lava for the next part of the hell ceiling, don't wanna take a chance that it sprang a leak.

Man digital Legos is the best game.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Oh dear, I hope Mac doesn't remember his accident at the sky ceiling :ohdear:.

Hey Bob, what can some other person who bought the game do to help?

I will get you askSM

Gonna attempt to make the Mac sprite this weekend

[krogothwolf]

I've gotten more ground floor roads built to allow for easier travel around. I connected everyones house in the villa area to each other. if you don't like it it's easy enough to fix.

There's also a TNT store house!

Is anyone else getting more anxious for LEGO's online thanks to this game.

[P-Sleazy]

I have a maze built relatively close to the starting spot. Its marked by a big "Maze" sign. Also, its all underground and surrounded by TNT.

[Bells]

i Haven't been on in a while, just wanted to check, anyone caught or changed my small tunnel system by the coast?

[krogothwolf]

Wigmund probably flooded it

[akaSM]

i Haven't been on in a while, just wanted to check, anyone caught or changed my small tunnel system by the coast?

It's right in front of my property, so I have :P. I haven't explored it that much though.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

I may have accidentally flooded the tunnel that stretched from the Eastern edge of the map to the western edge with lava.
My bad.

[Melfice]

Is anyone else getting more anxious for LEGO's online thanks to this game.

I am/was in the beta for that.
I "quit" the beta.

It was fun for a while, but Minecraft is far more extensive with the whole "build whatever you like" thing.
Also, I totally wasn't supposed to say anything like that, so if the LEGO police comes for me, you'll help me out and delete this message, right? My log-in info will be at a dead-drop somewhere in the UK.

EDIT: NIKOSE!? DID YOU MESS WITH THE FLAG ON TOP OF MY HOUSE!? WHAT DID YOU DO!

[Nikose Tyris]

I may or may not have made the 'white' in your flag, out of unbreakable adminium.

Ilu. <3

[Melfice]

I may or may not have made the 'white' in your flag, out of unbreakable adminium.

Ilu. <3

Having been exposed to that adminium, I have now developed admin powers myself?
This is totally a thing that happens, right? 'Cause if it isn't, it totally should be. Or the vandalismchange you made should be reverted.

I mean, I'm totally happy with either option happening.

Ilu. <3, indeed.

[Wigmund]

Wigmund probably flooded it

Only thing Wigmund's flooded is own basement with lava. Lots of it.

Now I have my own little corner of Hell.

Everyone should come visit, it's nice. :D

[Bob The Mercenary]

Hey everyone! I found a picture of Wigmund!


http://www.lowpings.net/images/Gaming-News/flood.jpg

[Wigmund]

:(

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

We need to move the spawn point. Right now I am blaming Wig!

[Bells]

Huh.... so... the Gundam has a Huge purple Penis..... and... it's "leaking"...

And Red mag has been de-pants'ed and Thief has a Purple hardon for him.

I'm all for a good prank and all... but what's wrong with your brains...?

[krogothwolf]

GODDAMNIT BOB! Won't you people ever leave my poor Gundam alone!

[Bob The Mercenary]

That de-pantsing was funny as a one time thing, but seriously, that's some tedious shit to get back to normal.

Also, I fixed the spawn point. I have no idea who's creation I had to drill through to get it back to the surface, but if anyone has a problem it's only one pillar of cement I made. No more spawning in lava a mile under the earth.

[Bob The Mercenary]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/all.jpg

[Arcanum]

Spawn point is most definitely not fixed. Still spawning at the very bottom in the middle of lava.

edit-- Krogoth I gave your gundam a cockpit. And no that's not some stupid penis joke. Just break three blue blocks in a vertical line in the middle of the chest piece, starting with the one directly below the yellow neckline. Now you just need to hire an army of people to break and rebuild parts of the gundam to make it move in real time.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Whoever it is that keeps desecrating my castle every morning by putting up random flags, destroying staircases, destroying balcony floors and covering the whole place in pink and green shit can you kindly fuck off and get a new hobby now? It's not funny. It wasn't funny the first 3 times you did it and it still isn't. I don't go around breaking other peoples stuff, I don't expect to find mine broken every time I log back in.

And no, it wasn't random douchbaggery, every other step on 3 seperate towers had been changed, and the entire top half of my main tower. Somebody went to a lot of effort to be a dick.


And can we please sort out the spawn point? Put it on a skywalk or something.

[Nikose Tyris]

I'll log in right now and fix the spawn point.

[edit] Done and confirmed to be fixed.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Changelog, morning of August 08th.

Added small stairway to south of Karesh Skyscraper, connects skyway and the roof of the world. It's rather close to where people spawn now, so it should help those that want to get up higher quickly.

Connected roof of Karesh Skyscraper (Glass section) to roof of world. Height difference meant I needed a set of stairs so that visitors could get up without jumping. Have placed stairs over the road of Hawk's castle so as to avoid killing grass below

Found hollowed out undeground section of the "Death trap" Target to had been filled in. And the lava reservoir replaced with water. Have redug center dot out and chaged it into a jumping puzzle. It is escapable as of now. But changes may be made later.

[P-Sleazy]

The maze now has both an entrance and an exit that are not the same. THe maze also has two seperate and distinct floors. I hope you all enjoy it.

[Bob The Mercenary]

SMP payed server now also running for those of you with the full downloaded versions. It's a tad buggy but most should be worked out by next month's update. In the full version the land is unlimited and lava/water act more accurately. We also can create items and stuff.

Just hit "multiplayer" in your client and under "ip address" type npfminecraft.servegame.com:25566

We still have plenty of room left on the free one though if you'd prefer.

[Nikose Tyris]

can't get in. to the full version yet.

I suspect you've made a setup error somewhere along the line, Bob.

[Bob The Mercenary]

There was no setup. :/

I set the port in the properties page and connected from the host comp. What error are you getting?

[Melfice]

can't get in. to the full version yet.

I suspect you've made a setup error somewhere along the line, Bob.

I'm wondering whether to go with "Goddammit, Bob." or "Did you expect anything else from Bob?".

EDIT: That was mean to Bob. Sorry, Bob! I still love you!

[Bob The Mercenary]

It works! Just use the ip I posted in the first post.

[Nikose Tyris]

Can't get in!

[Bob The Mercenary]

Magmarashi was just in there for like half an hour.

[Nikose Tyris]

Magmarashi is a dick.

[Fifthfiend]

So where do I download the version that lets me get into the new server? Is that the version I gotta pay for?

[Bob The Mercenary]

I'm stupid! I had the wrong ip address in the OP by one digit. 'tis the right one now.

And fifth, you would have to go to www.minecraft.net, register and purchase the full version through paypal. The program itself is a free download, but you can only log into it if you've paid.

[Marc v4.0]

A note on SMP stuff

Until he gets more work done your inventory doesn't save if you log out, including anything you put into chests, and furnaces are a bit buggy

[Fifthfiend]

Lol, someone flooded hell.

IDK if I can even really be upset given how inevitable it was, although man, people overall seem to be getting really douchey about flooding things.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I am buying it!

[Melfice]

Blargh!

Failed to connect to server.
Connection timed out: connect

Is this something I can fix, or what?

EDIT: NEVER MIND.
Instead of using the full IP address, I just used the link access code thingy (I'm so technical) in Bob's post on page 3. (40 posts per page setting.)

EDIT: server info edited out at Nikose's request to combat griefing issues with strangers. Hit him for it, not me! -Meister

EDIT ONCE MORE: It seems like the SMP likes to lock-up for me. Could be just the downloadable client though.

[Arcanum]

If the SMP server is limitless, how do spawnpoints work? I mean say you trek off into the distance for thousands of blocks and build some isolated city, would you be thousands of blocks away from it next time you log in to the server? Or can you set a spawn point for the next time you log in?

[Marc v4.0]

Once it is all finished, you should spawn where you logged off I would imagine

Right now, yeah, you would have to walk back i believe

[Bob The Mercenary]

Hey, know what I really enjoy most about this game? I can always look forward to new surprises when I log on! Like the lighthouse I spent an hour making having a hole drilled through it from top to bottom. I love making new scaffolding to complete tiny repairs!

This game kicks ass!

Seriously guys, have we not learned to watch where we're building and fix things we break? This shit's getting repetitive.

[akaSM]

I'm lucky no one messes with my stuff, maybe it's because it's in a corner of the world. Also, survival is great :D. But I won't do a lot of multiplayer until you can keep your stuff when you log off :/

[Nikose Tyris]

yeah, I'll just be doing building cleanup on the free server, and spending lots of time on the paid-server constructing wooden structures.

If people are interested in a co-op build, I'd like to suggest building a classical-style castle wall, to contain a city of small wooden houses.

by my numbers, we'd need about 25 wooden houses, each would need to be 6 squares x 6 squares to really 'matter'. Adding extra floors would be a personal choice.

That means we would need the castle itself to be... let's say 50 x 50 square. Gives us room for some roads.


We would essentially need:

- A woodcutters guild, for both gathering wood to bring back for use in tools and building, as well as replanting trees so we still get growth.

- A Miner's guild, for being underground with the pickaxes, digging away; and

- Builder's guild, for crafting mining picks / axes out of wood/stone, and sending us down on our merry way- as well as laying out the castle foundations and building upwards. (Walls should be 5 squares thick for castle, so that we can have interior walkways and corner towers.


who here likes this?

[krogothwolf]

I agree with Foreman Nikose's ideas!

[Bells]

Bob, you need to scare people. My stuff is smack middle of the map and nobody messes with it.... maybe it' because it's so small and unambitious... i dunno.

Either way, just an quick heads up... as a silly prank, i went to one of the higher skywalks we have and just when the stairs end i made a hole so people would fall back to earth. Silly prank, just 2 blocks to replace!

[Bob The Mercenary]

I'll also agree with Nikose.

Paid server will be turned back on before I go to bed. Needed to give the system a break. The software update should be released some time next month, it should clear away some of the bugs, and hopefully the memory leaks and bottlenecks as it is devouring my processor.

[Arcanum]

Alright that settles it. I'm buying the game tomorrow (or tonight if I get tired of watching Dr. Who), spending some quality time on the wiki to figure stuff out, then I'll help build the town because that sounds like it would be awesome. Although I would recommend a slightly larger space since while most houses will be 6x6, guild halls deserve more room than that. And if we aren't going to have guild halls then screw you we're having them even if I have to build them myself.

[Marc v4.0]

I would also suggest spending some hands on time in the single-played paid version in order to get some more hands-on practice

[Nikose Tyris]

I am now officially the foreman. *puts on foreman's hat*

I'll keep track in THIS POST for who's doing which job. Just post and say which job you'd like to do, so I don't stick you somewhere stupid! :D

[Nikose Tyris]

When I log in on my desktop next (I will be unavailable tomorrow, so people- practice in SINGLE PLAYER! first to figure out what you like!)

Construction will begin Tuesday afternoon, I think, 12 PM EST. I may have to take my new kitten to the vet, and that might interrupt. I'll be online clearing the groundwork for Castle BobCraft.

I'll do random jobs as I need to fill in spots.

ANY ITEMS BROUGHT TO SURFACE SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE GROUND IN A (SOMEWHAT NEAT) 3wx6lx2h PILES OF SAME MATERIAL. STONE WITH STONE, WOOD WITH WOOD, ETC.

Items can be thrown on ground with Q.

SUDDEN THOUGHTS:
Okay so if you didn't realize from the frontpage, this game is in EARLY ALPHA and Beta is a long way off- $10 is supposedly the half-off price he'll be charging later, and it's an open Alpha. If you don't want to spend $10 on that, he said that anyone who asks for a refund of their $10 within the first month will get it.


MINER'S GUILD: (Duties include digging up stone, all types of materials possible, bringing to surface for use)
Bob The Mercenary




WOODCUTTER'S GUILD: (Duties include tree cutting, planting, and bringing wood to town for use in construction)
Steel Shadow
Arcanum Darkfire



BUILDER'S GUILD: (duties include crafting items, laying castle framework out)



COMEDY GUILD: (Duties include pointing out he paid to make a game more difficult, get in more broken version of multiplayer)
Fifthfiend - no but seriously I found that both hilarious and accurate.





LOSER'S GUILD: (Duties include forgettin' to put up the server last night when he was expected to.)
Bob the Mercenary - Wheeeeelp.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Miner.

I live underground.

Also I constructed a coliseum in front of someone's castle on the western border today in the free version. It's only half done, but feel free to add on as you see fit. I'm thinking of putting a gate or two at each end and a gladiator entrance.

[Steel Shadow]

Hey, so I finally got around to playing this. Fun game! Built a house-tree-flying-library-Tower-thing (Ok, so most of the work building the place was done by everyone else while I ran around getting lost - Mac is apparently an awsome interior designer, who knew?)

Happy to help out in the survivor thing. Woodcutter sounds fun!

[Arcanum]

Right so I bought the game, been messing around in single player (night scares the shit out of me at this point) and I've been forced to use second-hand crafting guides since I can't get onto the minecraft wiki. Regardless, I'll join Steel in the Woodcutter guild since the first time I stepped near a cave I nearly got exploded by a suicidal zombie.

[Fifthfiend]

Converting drownedHell into the Hellmaze is tedious, yet rewarding work.

[Fifthfiend]

Tell your buttshit game that I paid for to let me play it Bob.

[Marc v4.0]

He didn't put the MP server back up before he went to bed like he said he would, the loser

[Fifthfiend]

So far from what I can figure this game will for free let you be basically a god creating and destroying the very world around you in accordance with nothing more than your passing whims but requires you to PAY for the priviledge of being able to do jack shit and having jack shit take ten times longer now and whoa where the fuck did the lights go.

[Marc v4.0]

you're doing it wrong

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Converting drownedHell into the Hellmaze is tedious, yet rewarding work.


Where is your hell place anyway? I've been searching through tunnels but no luck finding it so far.

Also we now have a Parthenon next to our gladiator arena.

[Bob The Mercenary]

He didn't put the MP server back up before he went to bed like he said he would, the loser

:wtf:

[Melfice]

So, uh.
I've been looking around (minecraftwiki is down, and the forums don't seem to hold any recipes either), but I can't figure out how to craft a mine cart.

I just want to build my train. :(

EDIT: I still keep freezing up when playing on the server, though. =/

EDIT: FUCK! Found iron ore in SMP. Was gonna make some picks and axes and whatnot. SMELTER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY ARGH! Lost all the ore and fuel.

[akaSM]

Maybe Bob can return it to a previous backup? I'm not sure if we'll get those things back.

[Arcanum]

I found a few blocks of gold and a few blocks of redstone in SMP. I didn't mine them because it would take too long with a stone pickaxe, and I didn't want to lose the things. However I'm not sure where my tunnel is in relation to the spawn point/the wood huts near the water, but it's at the base of a mountain, near a pool of water, and there are torches lighting the way down. If you find it, just follow it until you find the gold, and further down is the redstone.

[Marc v4.0]

you need iron picks for redstone and gold and diamond

minecarts are iron like this...

0 0
000

...roughly

edit: Seems to be working for me again http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting

[Fifthfiend]

Where is your hell place anyway? I've been searching through tunnels but no luck finding it so far.

Also we now have a Parthenon next to our gladiator arena.

Climb the big silver tower with the floating steps around it, then look down.

EDIT Actually you don't even gotta climb it since the spawn's set on the skyroad now. Just like, walk over.

EDIT You wouldn't have found it random-tunneling unless you're fond of tunnelling through lava (which SOME jerk apparently is, given the hole someone punched in it!) since it's basically a lava-encased bubble.

EDIT by the way don't like, set your spawn point in there, since (until the maze is finished) hell is presently unescapable (except by drowning it again).

[Marc v4.0]

:wtf:

and still not up :P

[Melfice]

minecarts are iron like this...

0 0
000

...roughly

edit: Seems to be working for me again http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting

It WAS crossed out for a reason. ;)
And the server appears to be working just fine for me.

[Marc v4.0]

weird, i could connect fine yesterday...

[Melfice]

weird, i could connect fine yesterday...

How are you trying to access the server?
Via this IP address: 68.36.60.70:25566
or via this thingy: npfminecraft.servegame.com:25566 ?

Because I can't access the server via the IP, but the second one loads just fine.
The IP address keeps timing out, for some reason.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Climb the big silver tower with the floating steps around it, then look down.

EDIT Actually you don't even gotta climb it since the spawn's set on the skyroad now. Just like, walk over.

EDIT You wouldn't have found it random-tunneling unless you're fond of tunnelling through lava (which SOME jerk apparently is, given the hole someone punched in it!) since it's basically a lava-encased bubble.

EDIT by the way don't like, set your spawn point in there, since (until the maze is finished) hell is presently unescapable (except by drowning it again).


I don't think you should put in an exit, that way then hell really would be unescapable. Just keep building and building until it covers the entire map and anyone who travels down there gets so lost and frustrated that they break down in despair.

Then you will have created a true hell.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Make the entrance in Hawk's Castle!

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

There's no room. And it already has an entrance.

[Fifthfiend]

That's a good idea but then some jerk would probably just bust out and flood the place again.

As it stands there is an exit, I'm just working out the most ridiculously circuitous path possible for linking them up.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Can always try a Labrynth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrynth) design. They're specifically designed to make you walk far to get somewhere close.

[Loyal]

Hey, Bob. Once your server is stable and all that you should see if you can set up something like this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5haSWXZ0aI&feature=related)

[Nikose Tyris]

Begun laying out the castle.

[Fifthfiend]

Can always try a Labrynth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrynth) design. They're specifically designed to make you walk far to get somewhere close.

I may go with something like this, especially since the whole insanity-architecture aesthetic I've got going on down there guarantees a high rate of becoming totally fucking disoriented and turned around.

EDIT The only downside is that a labyrinth really requires planning and not the largely ad-hoc, no-idea-what-the-fuck-i'm-honestly-doing approach I'm basically restricted to.

[Bob The Mercenary]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/npflow.png


For an ultra-super-high-def shot, go here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/npf.png

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/npflow.png


For an ultra-super-high-def shot, go here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/npf.png

I can see my house from here!:dance:

[Loyal]

Can we get a shot without the skyroof? Like, erase the roof, take the shot, then revert?

Also, hooray for getting the compass directions right.

[Viridis]

Heh, looks like a strange isometric world.

Can we got a shot of the hell-maze?

[Bob The Mercenary]

The batch file I used to do that can only get that exact shot, not go underground or anything. Also, like hell if you think I'm going to knock down the entire glass walkway just for a picture.

Though I am running a program right now that makes a timelapse video of the entire build process of our free server world from beginning to now. I'll put it up for download when it's finished.

[Wigmund]

Damn, didn't realize my compound was so large.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7637/clipboard014.png

A sneak peak at what awaits us beneath the rock and dirt and ash. Afforded by a momentary glitch.

[Wigmund]

Makes me sad that it will be late next week before I can buy the Alpha.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Had to shut down the free server for a little bit. I saw no one was in it and the SMP was acting up, forcing the cpu to 100%. I really can't wait for that update. I'll turn it on again later...if I remember.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

With a freak accident and a very large tree I ended up creating eternally flowing waters of life for a while there, and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in constructing an aqueduct or something from those to the new castle.

Of course over such a long distance I don't think it'd be entirely feasible, but I think we could make a new version somewhere closer. It might be a nice touch to add some plumbing of somesort.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Taking both servers down for the night to work on a surprise.

[Edit] Nevermind, won't work, servers are back up.

[Marc v4.0]

With a freak accident and a very large tree I ended up creating eternally flowing waters of life for a while there, and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in constructing an aqueduct or something from those to the new castle.

Of course over such a long distance I don't think it'd be entirely feasible, but I think we could make a new version somewhere closer. It might be a nice touch to add some plumbing of somesort.

The water will flow for 7 blocks distance down a channel, if you put a level drop of one or two blocks before it runs out, you can channel the water over almost any distance

[Arcanum]

Taking both servers down for the night to work on a surprise.

[Edit] Nevermind, won't work, servers are back up.

What was the surprise going to be?

Edit -- Right well you might as well promote me to Master of All Trades (or at least add my name to the Builders Guild list in addition to the woodcutter). Any remaining obstructions in the build site are no more than 3 blocks high, thanks to yours truly. Also there's a large deposit of stone on the build site measuring 8W x 3H x somethingL that is a result of my endeavors. I don't even know how many stone shovels and pickaxes I went through (it was a lot), but I made sure to use up every one that I crafted so that nothing was wasted. Oh and in the corner past the large deposit of stone there are 12 blocks of iron ore near a crafting table. I didn't want to try messing with the furnaces again since the last time I tried they didn't want to work. So yeah, off to bed now since I think I've been clearing crap away for the past two hours, and I didn't even realize it until I used up my last shovel and pick axe and was about to craft more.

[Melfice]

I've decided to stay out of the SMP server until the furnace (and personal inventory) works properly, as I want to create a railroad/subway system for when the castle is up and villages or estates have formed in the world.

Currently, this is not possible, since I can't set up a huge foundry to create the cart(s), nor the rails.
Let alone actually creating a motorized cart.

[Nikose Tyris]

Once we figure out a few more details on the server, Bob will adminify me so I can dole out iron+ equipment, and create already-on forges for crafting with.

[Melfice]

Once we figure out a few more details on the server, Bob will adminify me so I can dole out iron+ equipment, and create already-on forges for crafting with.

Well, that would be pretty sweet.
Put me up a 2x5 wall of furnaces, a big pile of iron ore (naw, not really. I'll mine for it, just like everybody else) and I'll be happy to connect all y'all's houses together with the S-Bahn.

See, it'll be called the S-Bahn, because it'll be made by me (Melfice Silesius), and because of the connection with the German fast-tram system.

Man, I'm so witty, I'm awesome! :dance:

[Nikose Tyris]

Okay, got the design done in PDF format. Gimme a second to upload it.

edit: http://parkercomics.com/uploads/Castle%20Layout.pdf

This is the construction I have in mind. It leaves relatively small houses inside, but many houses for our small server. We can mark off who lives where immediately by claiming houses, and setting up what services will be where - Foundry, Crafters shops, and storehouses.

Also once we're done with this construction I'm totally setting up 'seige mode' and god have mercy on you all.

Edit2: forgot to mention in original document but OUTER WALL of fortification should be 3 blocks thick, building outward. Entrance to Castle should be 9 blocks wide- Doors do not work yet, so we will have to wait on creating a block for the entrance till later.

[Melfice]

Where will the guilds reside?
Or is this simply the castle-town, and will the guilds be housed in the castle-proper?

EDIT: Got a feeling I'm going to laugh about the answer.

Also, really? Wall: 25 blocks high?
That seems quite extreme.

[Nikose Tyris]

Well that could work just fine if that's how you want it. :P This castle-town will be inside the walled city zone. We can add a full-On Castle behind it easily enough.

Edit: Also, Milil has a doctor's appointment at 1:30 today, so I'll be at that. Afterwards, I'll be back to continue construction.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Free server down for the day until I get home from work. Doesn't seem to want to accept connections for some reason.

[Melfice]

Free server down for the day until I get home from work. Doesn't seem to want to accept connections for some reason.

The entire minecraft.net website is down.
Don't know if that has anything to do with anything.

[Bob The Mercenary]

The entire minecraft.net website is down.
Don't know if that has anything to do with anything.

Actually yes, that has everything to do with everything. The client needs to log in to that website before connecting to a server.

Thanks for the info! :)

[Edit] It appears to be back up now. Turning on the server.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Somebody flooded Fifths maze. Reset required.

EDIT; Also, Melfice is probably right about the wall height, 25 is a bit much. Hell mine on the free server are only 9 by 4 and they're suitable large and imposing.

EDIT EDIT; Ok, just bought the full version, tried to log onto the npf server, wouldn't load up, went to single player to see how things are, no clue what I'm supposed to do.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6475/clipboard05n.png

Ramary
Is
A
Son
Of
A
Bitch.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Hawk, try both the direct ip address:port and npfminecraft.servegame.com. One should work.

Also what the hell happened why is the world ablaze?

[Loyal]

The world sure comes with a lot of flammable things. Is not-grassed dirt flammable? If not, a simple bit of shade would be a good deterrant.

[Melfice]

Was somebody being an asshole?
Or was this an accident?

[Nikose Tyris]

Related news:

THERE IS NO FIRE ALLOWED IN TOWN THAT IS NOT A TORCH.


THIS IS AN OFFICIAL DECREE.

[Melfice]

Related news:

THERE IS NO FIRE ALLOWED IN TOWN THAT IS NOT A TORCH.


THIS IS AN OFFICIAL DECREE.

Who made you king?
If I want a fire in my hearth, I'll bloody well have a fire. :crossarms:

Of course, I'm thinking of a small stone villa (NO FIRE HAZARD) a little bit out of town, or built against the wall, or something, but that's besides the point!

[krogothwolf]

Who made you king?
If I want a fire in my hearth, I'll bloody well have a fire. :crossarms:

Of course, I'm thinking of a small stone villa (NO FIRE HAZARD) a little bit out of town, or built against the wall, or something, but that's besides the point!

If you build it against the wall, that decreases the safety value of the wall itself!

[Melfice]

If you build it against the wall, that decreases the safety value of the wall itself!

If we stick to Nik's "blueprint", the wall will be 25 blocks high and 5 blocks thick.

Unless Notch suddenly introduces the mobs, and somebody is stupid enough to get themselves blown up by one or more Creepers standing taking a piss against the wall, it will be secure enough.

My villa would be 10 blocks high, if at all that. That leaves 15 blocks. You'll be safe behind your wall.

[Fifthfiend]

Somebody flooded Fifths maze.

What, again?

[Fifthfiend]

Ramary

Can you guys ban people? And by people, I mean this griefing dumbfuck?

[Bob The Mercenary]

I can when I get home.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Can you guys ban people? And by people, I mean this griefing dumbfuck?

I can when I get home.


What? No. It's part of a joke.

We built it back up with stone right afterward.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I don't know about anyone else but I think the steps/stairs are bugged as when I climb them I seem to be pushed back

[Wigmund]

So how large is the world in the SMP?

[EVILNess]

So how large is the world in the SMP?

it can get to be about 8 times the size of earth before it starts to do weird shit.

Also, stairs, furnaces, and minecarts are bugged and don't work in MP, in case anyone didn't know.

[PhoenixFlame]

My villa would be 10 blocks high, if at all that. That leaves 15 blocks. You'll be safe behind your wall.

Silly surfacers, hiding in your 'towns' behind your 'walls'.

Real dwarves build camoflauged fortresses deep in the bowels of the earth, where the forces of darkness cannot easily path.

[krogothwolf]

Real dwarves build camoflauged fortresses deep in the bowels of the earth, where the forces of darkness cannot easily path.

Tell that to the Dwarves of Dragon Age!

[EVILNess]

If you see a guy named Treble0096 then prostrate yourself before him because that is me.

[Melfice]

Is anybody else suffering from insanely frequent freezes?
'Cause I am. Highly annoying.

[Bob The Mercenary]

I'm not home yet, but sometimes when there are a lot of people logged on the server software starts choking itself. Another thing the patch will hopefully fix.

[Melfice]

Hopefully.
Right now, all I'm doing is eating resources. =/

I fiddled around with my router, though. Hopefully this'll do something for me. :ohdear:

EDIT: Yeah. Basically, every time the FPS matches the Chunk Update numbers exactly I freeze.
EDIT2: I give up. No, seriously. I really hope that next patch will help me play online, because this isn't funny any more. Back to my single-player game then!

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

How many towns will there be?

[krogothwolf]

However many you want?

[Arcanum]

I'm not home yet, but sometimes when there are a lot of people logged on the server software starts choking itself. Another thing the patch will hopefully fix.

That might be what's happening at this very moment. Everything is lagging insanely.

[Steel Shadow]

We fell through the world!

[EVILNess]

If you go up on the hill next to the BIG empty lot you will see where I dug a hole straight down to the center of the earth. Feel free to take a look there is a ladder down.

[Fifthfiend]

What? No. It's part of a joke.

We built it back up with stone right afterward.

He's previously been lollingly lava-flooding tunnels and your joke seemed to come right at the same time my thing evidently got lavaflooded again. Sorry for making assumptions. (I'm even making assumptions about my maze being re-flooded, I suspect Hawk might just have been referring to the existing lava damage that I'm working into my maze.)

People should f'real stop being dumb about flooding things though. Especially lava, it's amazing how not-hard it is to not do that if you have any interest in not doing that.

[Nikose Tyris]

On paid servers, it's SO much easier to avoid- water doesn't fill the same insanely unlikely way.

[EVILNess]

yeah water and lave works more like a gel

[Nikose Tyris]

Yeah for reference I accidentally sailed off the world, respawned and I COULD SEE INTO FOREVER. NOTHING EXISTED BUT THE LIGHT. I WAS REBORN OF THE NA'TARI AND I - oh wait no wrong game.

[Wigmund]

I am now Kamina

[EVILNess]

does anyone want some custom skins? I've made a few and can try my best to meet any requests.

[Bob The Mercenary]

How do you install skins? All I have are a couple image files I downloaded.

[EVILNess]

How do you install skins? All I have are a couple image files I downloaded.

Log into your account on the Minecraft Site.

Click the PREFERENCES link at the top.

Upload the avatar.

[Nikose Tyris]

Oh right, and Bob- Figure out how to adminify my from console. :P

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I'll be on later tonight.

[Bob The Mercenary]

I just stopped and restarted the paid server to stop the lagging. It looks like the thing builds up some sort of a buffer over time and eventually chokes the process into submission. Not sure I can fix that other than log in remotely from work and restart it whenever it gets laggy.

Looking into other options now.

[Edit]


I agree that it isn't very playable but it's not lag- it's the CPU cycles on the server. Somewhere deep in the guts of minecraft it does a little calculation for every block within X yards of the player- water flows, stone sits still, sand falls when there's nothing under it, and so on. It's doing this server side now and suddenly the load has jumped up 10-20x what it would normally be. When a player removes or places a block it does even more. He may even be calculating the dynamic lighting server side, which would explain why some blocks show up pitch black until the server catches up.

Imagine trying to run dwarf fortress with multiple forts all on the same computer. All that pathfinding, terrain generation... ouch. Minecraft is actually really bandwidth light, but until Notch optimizes the block stuff it's going to bring most servers to their knees.

For now the only solution is gigantic single-core CPUs for our servers, unless Notch is taking advantage of multi-cores (but I don't think he is).

Actually, my 3.0GB P4 CPU is about the most we can do until Notch patches the damn thing.

[Nikose Tyris]

I may have done something awesome. We are going to test this.

[EVILNess]

I may have done something awesome. We are going to test this.

Your testing is interrupting Everyone else's awesome.

[Nikose Tyris]

My testing has shown I have the power to combine maps. Sorry about that, game is back as normal now.

[EVILNess]

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY SERVER GOD

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

My testing has shown I have the power to combine maps. Sorry about that, game is back as normal now.

Yeah that's a thing you can do. Be sure to link them all with Stargates.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Ventrilo server set up!

To connect to it, try using npfminecraft.servegame.com. If that doesn't work, try the actual ip address I posted earlier. I'll try to be on tonight to see how it affects gameplay and bandwidth. It's the free version, but right now I doubt we'll see more than eight people in there.

[Nikose Tyris]

the layouts to your houses are formed in stone base.

by building as such:

XOO
XXO
XXX

You will create Stone stairs. use those to go to your 'front door' if you will, and build whatever house you want on your layout.

There's like 30 fuckin' houses you shouldn't fight over em.

[Bob The Mercenary]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/chat11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/chat22.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/BobtheMercenary/chat33.jpg


Hahaha, this is better than Barrens chat!

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

the layouts to your houses are formed in stone base.

by building as such:

XOO
XXO
XXX

You will create Stone stairs. use those to go to your 'front door' if you will, and build whatever house you want on your layout.

There's like 30 fuckin' houses you shouldn't fight over em.

Where are these houses located?

[Nikose Tyris]

If you can't find em then you have some serious issues. :P

The foundation of these houses are all in the giant cleared land we did together- there's many bases. Build a house there. use the supplies provided in the area. Feel free to tear down my wooden house off in the water too for supplies.

[Steel Shadow]

Oh god, you have records of everything we say?

[Bob The Mercenary]

Oh god, you have records of everything we say?

Only the stuff I screencap. :hush:

[EVILNess]

COMING SOON: Server God is a cruel Master - A Video Diary-

[Arcanum]

So my house may have deviated from the original plan. But it's all good because it's not like we needed all 30 houses anyway.

[PhoenixFlame]

I decided cobblestone looked ugly, and since we can't reliably make smooth stone, I went for a sci-fi look.

[EVILNess]

NPF Minecraft: The Movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGGVU3Xa108)

[Arcanum]

I am very disappointed in the lack of water mountains in that video, but otherwise pretty awesome. Oh and you make things the slowest way possible :P. Say you want 3 boats, just put 3 wood planks in each slot instead of just one. Much faster that way since you don't have to keep putting planks in.

[Melfice]

I saw mention that the furnace needs coal.
The furnace also burns on wood, just for your information. Unless the online one is so buggy that it does, in fact, require coal.

It'll be less efficient, since wood only smelts 1.5 blocks on a single piece of wood, where coal burns 8, but y'know.
Wood is cheaper.

EDIT: Also, what Arcanum says is, true. Except for when it comes to tools.

[EVILNess]

I have a system. LEAVE ME BE.

[Arcanum]

EDIT: Also, what Arcanum says is, true. Except for when it comes to tools.

It works for tools too, although with the whole "renew your tools by dropping them" bug I don't really see why you would want more than one of each tool.

[Melfice]

It works for tools too, although with the whole "renew your tools by dropping them" bug I don't really see why you would want more than one of each tool.

Okay. Yeah.
I misinterpreted.

Tools don't stack. Which is what I was thinking of. My bad!

Also, it seems my connection difficulties may have been related to the downloadable client, though when I played in the browser just now there was nobody on to test this.

However, the game ran much smoother and stable, compared to the downloadable client.

EDIT: While I suffered some minor lag, probably attributed to the close presence of Splash Mountain and a burning tree, the game NEVER froze up on me. BREAKTHRU! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEjU9KVABao&feature=channel)

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Me n' Ramary were digging out the mines underneath our mountain. We came up one short for a diamond block, and put the ore in a large chest for safekeeping while we teleported back to town.

Big mistake, The diamond ore vanished and we feel sad.
Also I killed the waters of life.
My bad.

[krogothwolf]

NPF Minecraft: The Movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGGVU3Xa108)

I'm glad that there was a lovely showing of the Temple of the Server Bob. It's in its Humble beginnings but we will bring it up to become a wondrous marvel of the NPF World!

[bydlo]

What is minecraft? Some kind of autism simulator?

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Is there a reason why the link in the first post to the free server is instead generating random levels instead?

[Naqel]

NPF free server was acting up and had to be temporarily taken down?