Concerning Mining, Crafting, Serving, Fifthfiending

[Nikose Tyris]

Fire spreading is disabled on the server.

[Aerozord]

Giants.


where?


And I got trees that are immune to lava.

http://sadpanda.us/images/484190-ITUJELG.pngsure its not just a space in the flow? lava and water sometimes have weird gaps like that

[Flarecobra]

Fire spreading is disabled on the server.

Way to be a killjoy.

[BitVyper]

Fire spreading is disabled on the server.

That said, everyone ought to be careful about putting flammable things near fire or lava anyway, since all that shit ends up being reset if we run on the standard server software between a Minecraft update and a Bukkit update.

[Fifthfiend]

By the way, what was Fifths "big surprise" cause I never noticed anything

Giants.

Literal fucking giants, and this is the reaction I get

FFFFFFFFFFFUCK ALLA YALLS

Fire spreading is disabled on the server.

I keep trying to think of reasons to re-enable it and not coming up with anything at all.

[Aldurin]

I keep trying to think of reasons to re-enable it and not coming up with anything at all.

Controlled deforestation for build sites.

[Fifthfiend]

PS THEY DROP FIRE TILES SO YOU CAN CRAFT CHAINMAIL

YOU KNOW

IF YOU GUYS CARE ABOUT THAT KIND OF THING

WHICH I GUESS YOU DON'T

(dicks!)

Controlled deforestation for build sites.

It's called an axe!

[Doc ock rokc]

also helping me tear down my sprites! I make them out of wool for a reason!

[BitVyper]

Earl, did you dump water over your artificial nether or something? One side of it is all cobble now.

[Aldurin]

Earl, did you dump water over your artificial nether or something? One side of it is all cobble now.

VANDALISM!!!

[Fifthfiend]

I haven't seen it yet but if it's gonna be a huge cleanup job let me know, assuming you haven't done any recent work on it I can restore it from backup.

[Flarecobra]

VANDALISM!!!

If you want some help, I'll lend a hand.

http://sadpanda.us/images/485014-JNQRCRJ.png

I went over to see the damage... and well...

[Aldurin]

I'll probably just slap more lava over it, since it's a low priority project should I ever break my multi-week absence.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Does rain cause surface lava to convert to cobble or obsidian?

[Flarecobra]

No, it doens't. Besides, it was covered anyway.

Anyway, I went and tried to fix it. Seemed to have worked.

[Aerozord]

Literal fucking giants

never saw any

[Flarecobra]

They were on Necro.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Note to self: find way to work giants into Kre'pher schtick.

[Fifthfiend]

Note to self: find way to work giants into Kre'pher schtick.

This is pretty much the whole reason I implemented them, no lie.

[Aerozord]

ok now I want a rail to the giant underground room I'm making, now I'm not sure how the central station works, but if its possible could I get some help connecting it?

Note: I haven't even started it because if I dont get any help I will need to make my own independent line which means a different start point by the spawn

[Fifthfiend]

ok now I want a rail to the giant underground room I'm making, now I'm not sure how the central station works, but if its possible could I get some help connecting it?

Note: I haven't even started it because if I dont get any help I will need to make my own independent line which means a different start point by the spawn

I'll help you out on building a connection station of some sort next I'm on.

[Aerozord]

thanks, clouds flow to the north right? then it would be northeast, room is at x -145, y 18, z -99

since I'm not sure details of how it connects or if it can branch off somewhere else.

By the way, did you know that if a pig dies from fire damage you get a cooked porkchop?

[Fifthfiend]

Either we can set up a switching arrangement the way the system switches off between vridis and bit on the bit line, or we can just expand the station and set you up as a separate line.

INCIDENTALLY, SINCE WE'RE TALKING MINECRAFT

If you've noticed a lack of me being around lately it's because work has gotten turbo busy. Direct all issues ingame to Bit, if there's anything I personally need to deal with then you will probably want to remind me about it sometime this weekend or after when the massive storm of proposal work finally lets up.

[Aerozord]

Either we can set up a switching arrangement the way the system switches off between vridis and bit on the bit line, or we can just expand the station and set you up as a separate line.


whatever would be simpler for you, as I said I really have no clue how you even got it to switch between tracks, is it a plug-in or something

[Fifthfiend]

haha nah just BLAKK SKIENCE and long long lines of under-underground redstone

[BitVyper]

Direct all issues ingame to Bit

I guess I'll start checking the thread more often then. I guess.

[Aerozord]

there, one 10,000 square meter room

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/aerozord/javaw2011-05-1902-58-56-01.jpg

[Melfice]

What would you ever need a 10.000² meter room for?

[Flarecobra]

He just wanted a big room.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Deep within the bowels of the earth lies the labyrinth known as the Sanctum of Secrets Lost. Designed by a lunatic architect and erected within a cavern large enough to swallow a small kingdom, this byzantine system of tunnels and chambers guards the final legacy of a race long since devoured by the sands of time. Many have sought to unravel the maze's secrets, from lone vagabonds exploring with scavenged tools to emperors whose holdings span this world and the next. All have entered; none have left...

But you know, it's your bigass room, your choice on what to do it with.

[Arhra]

Raise the roof!

[Aerozord]

But you know, it's your bigass room, your choice on what to do it with.

is that a suggestion Shy or you saying someone has dont that? Cause I was considering a labyrinth for my "bigass room"

Raise the roof!

technically lower the floor, but yes

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Just a suggestion.

[Aerozord]

honestly kind of sad I did it in terra now. Having a monster filled maze would have been awesome

[Revising Ocelot]

honestly kind of sad I did it in terra now. Having a monster filled maze would have been awesome

You'd have to build it out of Obsidian then, Creepers would wreck it.

[Melfice]

You'd have to build it out of Obsidian then, Creepers would wreck it.

It's a feature. 3 dimensions and the maze is always changing.

[Aerozord]

oh yea THAT was why I didn't, thing was a nightmare to hollow out when all I had to watch for was lava pits.

By the way, my exterior wall runs right along a dungeon. can anyone think of a way to make use of it?

[Kim]

It's been a while since I've done some Minecraft, so I might this up in a bit. My only concern would be accidentally doing shit where I shouldn't.

[Revising Ocelot]

If in doubt, you could help hollow out my canyon. Only requirement is TNT.

[BitVyper]

It's been a while since I've done some Minecraft, so I might this up in a bit. My only concern would be accidentally doing shit where I shouldn't.

Just find a clear spot. The land close to spawn is largely spoken for, but just take a walk and you'll find somewhere in not too long. If you're unsure of an area, I can help you out.

[Nikose Tyris]

If you're interested, if you take the skyroad to my tower [On Terra] you're absolutely welcome to take any land to the... North of it. North should be free.

[Arhra]

Plenty of room out behind my tower. Fairly close to spawn too.

My place is the largish building with the black and white swirls on it.

Just look around anywhere behind the community center at spawn in fact. Not a huge ammount of building out there.

[Fifthfiend]

If there's one thing fiendcraft doesn't have it's a shortage of space for doing things!

[Marc v4.0]

Just stay the hell off my lawn ya damn kids!

[Fifthfiend]

Your lawn is like a million miles from nowhere.

[Aerozord]

isn't it all technically Fifth's lawn and we are just squatting there and digging up his rose bushes?

[Flarecobra]

Especally if you build things out far enough that it takes 20 minutes to get there. :P

[Marc v4.0]

isn't it all technically Fifth's lawn and we are just squatting there and digging up his rose bushes?

I've been digging here and squatting in his rose bushes

[Viridis]

When it snows, snow is replaced but water doesn't seem to refreeze to ice. What's up with that?

Edit: Well, fuck (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Known_bugs#Ice). There goes my plan to have an ice tower.

[Flarecobra]

There's always Ely. ^_^

[Viridis]

There's always Ely. ^_^I don't seem to be allowed to spawn ice, no.

[Revising Ocelot]

I don't seem to be allowed to spawn ice, no.

/i ice 1 works for me on Ely.

[Flarecobra]

So, 1.6 is coming out next week.

List of changes/additions. (http://notch.tumblr.com/post/5775170768/the-changelist-for-1-6)

[Viridis]

* Fixed ice so it regenerates regardless of whether it’s snowing or not
Woo, I think.

What are 'hatches', by the way? Sound like trap doors. Shame pistons are delayed.

[Flarecobra]

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Hatch

[Fifthfiend]

Maps should be cool, hatches might be all right, glad to hear he nerfed fire (maybe I can turn it back on now! MAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY BE). Nothing that makes up for breaking carts but oh wellz.

When I first heard "hatches" I thought "some kind of water control" which would have been awesome, but trap doors might be useful in some places, maybe. (also depends whether you can climb out of them using ladders? given the way ladders work now I am not 100% sure this will be the case)

Looks like he fixed the rail bugs that 1.5 introduced so that's a plus.

EDIT: REGARDING CLIENT/SERVER UPDATING:

Def. not gonna be updating the server this time until a compatible Bukkit update goes up so if you wanna play Fiendcraft in the interim do not update your client.

[Aerozord]

yay hatches, maybe I can add traps to my labyrinth after all

[Aerozord]

oh yes, and this update came with a trailer trailer (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/110336-Mojang-Gets-Silly-With-Minecraft-Map-Trailer)

[EVILNess]

No. Goddammit. I am not mad at Fifth for starting a server. He is paying for actual server space and bandwidth as opposed to me just doing it off my shitty home connection.

Stop thinking there was some kind of thing between us, and so help me if I get asked one more time I will probably have to murder Shyria. You know, cause me and Fifth are totally cool in all respects** and Shyria was the first name I pulled out of a hat.

**Except for the time he Nega-repped me for saying I was interested in the Spirit movie and then goes around and said he thought it was fantastic. That injustice will never be forgiven.

[Melfice]

What brought this on?
People pestering you with PMs, or something?

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Stop thinking there was some kind of thing between us, and so help me if I get asked one more time I will probably have to murder Shyria. You know, cause me and Fifth are totally cool in all respects** and Shyria was the first name I pulled out of a hat.

:mad:

[EVILNess]

I love you too Shyria.

[Flarecobra]

So I keep running into lava in Terra.

So if you need it, come get some.

Seriously, I got like, 4 shafts that end in lava. Come and get it. Hell, you can even turn it into Obsidian if you want.

[Doc ock rokc]

I am remaking my Castle a bit so I apologize a head of time flare if my lava catches your fence I'm trying to build that area first to avoid complications.

[Flarecobra]

Wait, what?

[Fifthfiend]

No. Goddammit. I am not mad at Fifth for starting a server. He is paying for actual server space and bandwidth as opposed to me just doing it off my shitty home connection.

Stop thinking there was some kind of thing between us, and so help me if I get asked one more time I will probably have to murder Shyria. You know, cause me and Fifth are totally cool in all respects** and Shyria was the first name I pulled out of a hat.

No matter how many times I painstakingly address this meme it just refuses to die.

Except for the time he Nega-repped me for saying I was interested in the Spirit movie and then goes around and said he thought it was fantastic. That injustice will never be forgiven.

If I could have I would have negarepped myself for enjoying it.

[EVILNess]

You know what, I have an idea for your logo, just don't expect me to make it for you.

Big round blocky letters spelling out FIEND-CRAFT, except the I is a middle finger, and you can dot it with a black and white scowling unhappy face.

[Fifthfiend]

The Fiendcraft logo is the Spirit making out with Eva Mendes in front of his girlfriend.

[EVILNess]

The Fiendcraft logo is the Spirit making out with Eva Mendes in front of his girlfriend.

GENIUS!

EDIT: It just occurred to me that that would confuse a great number of people in a deliciously evil way. I think you should actually do this.

[Revising Ocelot]

1.6 is out.

[Nikose Tyris]

Out and according to fifth, not updating for a while~

[Melfice]

Right now, we're up to 1.6.4.
And unless he was just messing about, expect more tomorrow.

This truly IS the bug-fix update.

[Fifthfiend]

Yup, no 1.6 for Fiendcraft until there's a bukkit-compatible version.

Right now, we're up to 1.6.4.
And unless he was just messing about, expect more tomorrow.

fucking lol

see this is why I'm not updating yet, fuck this nonsense.

edit: poking around the interbuttz, seeing reports of extreme server lag, some kind of massive cpu error

"BUG IS A BUG IS A BUG, GOTTA FIX DEM fffffffffffartz oh what making sure the server CPU doesn't melt down EH I'M SURE IT'LL BE FINE" -Notchberry T. Goodprogrammer

[Melfice]

Mind you, these are things why 1.6.3 and .4 were released.
Apparently, those didn't fix it yet.

[Fifthfiend]

Mind you, these are things why 1.6.3 and .4 were released.
Apparently, those didn't fix it yet.

I'm just stunned by the lack of internal testing prior to the update.

I realize I'm being kind of harsh about it, it's just that somewhere in the multiverse of all possible universes there's a Fifth who thought it would be a totally rad idea to update right away to 1.6, and I can feel his headache from here.

[Melfice]

Then you find a black hole, travel to that universe*, and kill that son of a bitch. ;)

But no, I can totally see why you'd be annoyed.
On the other hand, there are games out there where such a thing might never be properly fixed. With Notch, I'm fairly confident it WILL get fixed. It might take a while (remember where leaves would not despawn? That took a while to get fixed), but it'll get fixed.

* Because that's how black holes work.

[Fifthfiend]

I'd probably find a black hole, travel to that universe, meet that fifthfiend, and be like

"man, fuck notch amirite?" and he'd be like "yeah" and then I'd be like "got any weed" and he'd be like "yo this is the universe where they legalized weed twenty years ago" and I'd be like FUCK YES NEVER GOING HOME EVER.

[Aerozord]

I'm just stunned by the lack of internal testing prior to the update.

well this is an open beta, and the point of an open beta is tossing things into the wild and fixing bugs as people report them.

[Fifthfiend]

well this is an open beta, and the point of an open beta is tossing things into the wild and fixing bugs as people report them.

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/fifthfiend/reactions/hvnoue.gif

There's a difference between "this item is working in an incorrect way under this odd circumstance" and "the update you just put out renders online play completely nonfunctional".

edit: especially for an "open beta" everyone's paid money to play.

[Flarecobra]

Not the best business plan there.

[Nikose Tyris]

I'm playing 1.6 on another vanilla server atm on my shitbox laptop and playing youtube music in the background without too much trouble.

[Aerozord]

There's a difference between "this item is working in an incorrect way under this odd circumstance" and "the update you just put out renders online play completely nonfunctional"

but dont you use a third party system for the multiplayer, or are you saying this hurts even normal multiplayer servers?

edit: especially for an "open beta" everyone's paid money to play.
you paid for the complete game, just as a promotion for pre-ordering it you can play the beta. They didn't hide the fact you are playing an incomplete bug filled version of the game.

Not saying they couldn't do more internal testing. Just that you are basically complaining that your still incomplete mid-debugging game isn't fully functional and full of bugs

[Flarecobra]

It makes Bukkit not work, and requires Bukkit to be updated.

[rpgdemon]

well this is an open beta, and the point of an open beta is tossing things into the wild and fixing bugs as people report them.

Actually, no, this isn't technically a beta. A beta's supposed to be feature complete, which Minecraft is not.

[Fifthfiend]

Not saying they couldn't do more internal testing. Just that you are basically complaining that your still incomplete mid-debugging game isn't fully functional and full of bugs

lol, that really isn't at all what I'm complaining about, but thanks for your opinion.

edit: I can't wait until this game makes the completely arbitrary switch between beta and not-beta so people have to come up with a new excuse for Mojang's ridiculously unprofessional update process.

Actually, no, this isn't technically a beta. A beta's supposed to be feature complete, which Minecraft is not.

In fairness I guess Minecraft has been more or less is "feature complete" as far as the core single-player feature set. I mean it's not like wolves / lightning etc were things that needed to be added for the gameplay experience to be complete.

[Aerozord]

edit: I can't wait until this game makes the completely arbitrary switch between beta and not-beta so people have to come up with a new excuse for Mojang's ridiculously unprofessional update process.

Valve

[Melfice]

It makes Bukkit not work, and requires Bukkit to be updated.

Yes, but Bukkit is third-party.

There's currently a bug in 1.6.4 that basically puts an immense load on the CPU, and that hurts even vanilla multiplayer*, but I don't see how Bukkit comes into it here.

*Except for, apparantly, the server Nikose's currently playing on.

[Nikose Tyris]

One interesting bug right now is a lighting issue, where it doesn't update correctly when you're breaking blocks as time passes. you'll get these big incorrect spots of utter darkness.

[Ryong]

I found the reverse: I was exploring with the map out in the night and I found a tree which seemed to be glowing. Its leaves would "break" but still be there ( I got like 3 sapling from the same leaf block ) until I hit another leaf block on a nearby tree...Which made it all go back to normal.

Also, maps 1) Don't show my buildings and 2) have no way of selecting a zoom level that I know of.

They're not very useful this way.

Edit: Okay, yeah, apparently you can't select zoom. Still the first problem, though.

[Fifthfiend]

UPDATE FROM BUKKIT.ORG

As I'm sure we're all aware, Mojang released Minecraft 1.6 today (Thursday, May 26, 2011) around 5AM EST and we've been hard at work getting a build out that is compatible with Minecraft 1.6 out. Since the release, Minecraft has seen quite a few small bugfix updates addressing some unnoticed bugs and we've pretty easily kept up with them. Unfortunately, there appear to be some issues with the update that is making the game unplayable for SMP players, so we've decided to wait for a bugfix update.

Will there be a CraftBukkit for Minecraft 1.6?
Given the reports of showstopping bugs present in 1.6, 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 Recommended Build for 1.6 until we have something stable to work with.

As a result, we recommend everyone stay on 1.5 for a while until the showstopping issues are fixed and we can get a new, stable, compatible build out.

You can already get CraftBukkit for Minecraft 1.6.4, but it is unsupported and not recommended.

I'll be scouring the internet for further reports on how Minecraft 1.6 is performing, but preliminary research and our own testing has revealed it as unplayable due to chunks sporadically loading or not loading.

So we'll see what happens with MC over the next couple days, then if things stabilize then the bukkit team will go to work on their thing, then once that's done Fiendcraft updates.

From what I understand the preliminary Bukkit builds mentioned above are super-broken, like, portaling crashes the server, so not even trying to fiddlesticks with that.

edit: SINCe this looks to be a prolonged period of non-updatement, contact me if you've upgraded and would like a FULLY LEGAL, 100% NON-PIRATEY downgrade option.

edit: Which I guess will also come with all my hd texture packs installed, lol

[Melfice]

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/224048-creation-the-earth-updated-final/

Fifth.

Do this. You know you want to.
Just another world, what do you care? Name it Eorthe.

Do iiiiiiit.

[BitVyper]

edit: SINCe this looks to be a prolonged period of non-updatement, contact me if you've upgraded and would like a FULLY LEGAL, 100% NON-PIRATEY downgrade option.

Bluh, yes. I accidentally ran the old exe which autoupdated.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/224048-creation-the-earth-updated-final/

Fifth.

Do this. You know you want to.
Just another world, what do you care? Name it Eorthe.

Do iiiiiiit.

Dibs on Florida.

[akaSM]

I'll have Mexico as the only NPFer who seems to live there. Also, I might get to play more minecraft (i.e. at all) one my exam are over, in about 3 weeks.

[Arhra]

Hey guys, 1.6.6 and glowstone's easier to get now!

Only takes 4 dust to make a block and it drops more. But you need pickaxes!

Get your hellish portals and your lighters ready, it's Nether time!

... Once stable server software, bukkit, etc, available.

EDIT: Ooooh, oooh! If you try to use a bed in the Nether now, it EXPLODES. Suddenly my life has new meaning.

[Flarecobra]

Dibs on Florida.

So you'd take my hometown?

And from what I'm reading, this is the last update until 1.7...

[Fifthfiend]

Update on bukkit

Update 3:
New development build b817 with Minecraft 1.6.6 support is now available.

Multiworld is STILL DISABLED (this does not include built-in nether portals). We are working on fixing it.

This is a non-recommended development and test build. You will not receive support outside of bug reporting. Backing up your server and completely understanding the risks of running this build is highly recommended before you run it.

Once again, we cannot guarantee that this build will not completely corrupt your world or cause a disturbance in the force.

Basically waiting for a stable/"recommended" build, or at minimum a build that actually supports multiworld play, before updating.

[Marc v4.0]

Let us hope it is soon

[Aerozord]

so with multiplayer nether, is our own current hell still gonna exist, cause I did but alot of work into my castle there

[Flarecobra]

I think Fifth will do everything he can do to keep it.

[Fifthfiend]

Yeah I mean I can't say anything for certain about how exactly it'll work until I see how Bukkit hashes out the multiworld/netherworld distinction but as far as I'm concerned Infernum as currently constituted will stay around one way or another unless this is somehow absolutely technically impossible.

[EVILNess]

I was bored recently so I made something for you Fifth. Don't feel you have to use it though.


http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd508/treble0096/fiendcraft.jpg

I went with more of a simple and clean looking approach than I first though of since I kind of have this image of you in my head of you being a no frills/nonsense kind of guy. Plus I was having trouble adding anything without making it look too busy.

I still have a couple of ideas of things to add, but like I said, having trouble not making it look busy. If I could get this damn unhappy face to look how I want it to look I am going to put it kinda centered on the AF. I was also thinking of putting some flowery fancy cursive writing under the CRAFT in that blank area to offset the simple lines of the text and bird. Not sure what to write though. Maybe a slogan of some kind?

If you can think of anything that might need to be added to it let me know.

EDIT: Thoughts on a background as well?

[Aerozord]

think you should add in a tag line, like, cant spell fun without F U

[akaSM]

For some reason, I picture that logo with a rainbow and a nice (simple) landscape behind it :/

[Fifthfiend]

http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd508/treble0096/fiendcraft.jpg

Yessssssssss, OP'd.

[EVILNess]

Well, here is a signature sized logo for you. I tried leaving room for a slogan of some kind, if you can think of one.

[Fifthfiend]

NEW RECOMMENDED BUKKIT BUILD AVAILABLE

Soon as time permits - not tonight - gonna check for compatibility with the core plugins then, allowing that, switch over fully to the new version.

Then pour out a 40 for cart boosters.

[Flarecobra]

How soon that it's done?

[Nikose Tyris]

I want the slogan to be "the fucking nether. Man, fuck the nether." so badly

please let that be the slogan

[Fifthfiend]

I looked up the critical plugins and they all seem to be updated to work with the new server version, but then I was a lazy bitch and didn't run the actual update, it'll go up tonight or tomorrow.

Expect a full server outage for a couple of hours while I'm doing the switchover, I'll wanna make sure all the particulars are particulared.

[Grimpond]

"Hey Minecraft, we heard you liked youtube videos in your youtube videos, so we put youtube videos in your youtube videos so you can Minecraft while you youtube...what?" (http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/713119/minecraft-youtube-player-nugget-from-the-net/)

[akaSM]

I herd you liek nyan cats in your Minecraft... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdtTYiV9CIg&feature=related)

[Doc ock rokc]

Hey fifth when you get the chance I need some moderator support, want to delete one of my creations as doing it normally will take to much time. it;s by the giant katamari ball. its both in the wrong place and the wrong shape.

[CitizenZ]

My name is CitizenS (Not CitizenZ, I mistyped when I registered for the forum), and I would like to be on your awesome-looking server please.

[CitizenZ]

And it said that your server is outdated.

[Doc ock rokc]

yeah man fifth will update tonight

[CitizenZ]

Cool, thanks.

[Fifthfiend]

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE SERVER BEING DOWN

basickally got halfway through updating things and SHIT GOT WEIRD so I'll finish it tonight.

[Fifthfiend]

TANGENTALLY

The server being down underscored that it would really be preferable to have a web page of some kind set up for the server for like, status and info and suchlike. Talked to my hosting company and worked out how to do this.

For now you can get at the web site via the server IP address, http://67.222.156.70/. I'm gonna get a domain name registered, once I do you'll be able to use that for the website and also in minecraft to get on the server.

Right now the web site is an extremely simple affair indicating our current server status but I'm def. gonna come up with something less ugly once I chisel open the part of my brain where the CSS lives.

[Kim]

once I chisel open the part of my brain where the CSS lives.

This is the worst idea you'll have all year.

CSS is the devils code.

[Fifthfiend]

Hahahahahaha

yeah

edit: BANNER

[Nikose Tyris]

best motto ever

[CitizenZ]

Nice banner. And the Nether isn't bad! Unless for some reason you like to keep your stuff and your life.

[Thadius]

Man I built a base there with amenities. The nether is about as threatening as your neighbor's doberman. Sure, it'll bark and growl at you, but you stay behind the invisible fence, and the nether can't hurt you.

[Aerozord]

pfft real men build castles suspended over lava oceans surrounded by ghasts

[Thadius]

BRB terraforming the nether to show up Aerozard.

[Flarecobra]

Good thing it's not up yet. >_>

[Bob The Mercenary]

If you want, I have slots open in my 1and1 account for domain names if you need.

[Mr.Bookworm]

Question. What is the Nether, and why am I fucking it? Is it Hidden Fun Stuff? Please don't let it be Hidden Fun Stuff.

[Marc v4.0]

It isn't hidden.

[Mr.Bookworm]

Then why isn't everyone dead?

[Flarecobra]

Any ETA as to when the server'll be back?

[Fifthfiend]

Oh Danny boy, the carts, the carts are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The update's gone, and all the boosters dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when carts boost in the meadow
Or when the creeper's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in Ely or in Munda
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

[Doc ock rokc]

*PSST* If you want the old Double cart thing to work do the double stack on the MAIN LINE and ride it then. Be careful IT WILL NOT STOP unless its made to stop

edit:WTF!!! the server time is wrong.

[Fifthfiend]

Okay, finally got things working well enough that i'm reasonably confident that it won't be a total catastrophe putting the server back up. So, server's back up.

Still gonna be bugs hither and thither, please post any reports of aberrant game behavior here in the thread.

[TDK]

Oh gods.

I just logged in the midst of my circle of flaming netherrack and it was snowing and dark and there was fire everywhere and my draw distance was on tiny, so there was all kinds of fog.

I just logged in and OH GOD ITS HELL ON TERRA

Also when I tried to go through my portal to Niffleheim it did all that swirly bullshit but I stayed on terra. :I

[CitizenZ]

Sorry my first visit lasted about 60 seconds. I'll log on later and get to know the server a little better.

[Flarecobra]

Time's borked on Ely and I assume Necro.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Sorry, I've been away from the 'craft for a while. What's all this about portals and the nether and somesuch?

[Fifthfiend]

Yeah there's no custom time settings for right now.

Bob, remind me what your minecraft name is so I can add you to the permissions list.

[Doc ock rokc]

Maps don't work on ely (i don't think we could fix that)
booster rails are about equal to one boost (but without the endurance of a single boost)

[Fifthfiend]

Basically the way powered rails are set up right now under MinecartMania is that using them as launchers (IE from a dead start) will start you off kind of slowly but using them as boosters (IE you run over one with a bit of momentum already) should get you pretty much up to full speed, although as Doc said the boost may be less durable than traditional double-stacked cart boosters. SO you'll still have to lay down additional powered rail segments but it shouldn't be that often or anything.

And yeah I don't know anything about how maps interact with multiworld stuff. :(

[Fifthfiend]

http://www.fiendcraft.net/

[EVILNess]

You know what would be awesome? Some actual content on your shitty little website!

Nah, I'm just kidding. I come bearing actual useful ideas!

Ideas for Fifth's website!
1. An email account specifically for Fiendcraft would be a good idea. It would allow you to add a centralized place for white-list requests and general fuck-upery reports that wouldn't go down when they migrate servers on NPF. It at the very least would make a good back up system.

2. Setting up something simple like maybe a blog (?) where you can announce planned downs and upgrades and such and maybe have it to where people can comment. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS tend to get lost in the everyday discussion on a forum.

3. Stay on NPF for the general discussion. I can't really think of a better way to weed out potential griefers than making them have an NPF account.

I can't think of anything else.

I am not, no where near as helpful as I thought I was going to be.

EDIT: Oh yeah, the font I used for the logo was narkisim in case you want to be anal about matching fonts.

[Fifthfiend]

EDIT: Oh yeah, the font I used for the logo was narkisim in case you want to be anal about matching fonts.

I was actually totally gonna ask this cause I'm fiddling around with recoloring it. Although as it turns out it matches up real close to Albertus so that worked out.

My major design plans for the site as of right now are pretty much "shamelessly rip off npf color scheme" because... it's the best color scheme, da-doy.

IDK if I'm gonna set up email for it or not, maybe. A blog will happen if/when I implement any kind of actual blogging software, like Wordpress or whatever, which is beyond the scope of my ambitions right now (IDK if my server even has php set up).

Content will probably be mostly the stuff covered in the OP. I'm thinking like, a page for the rules - gonna expand the rules a bit when I get the chance, I have enough of an idea of the particulars of minecraft to specify things beyond "don't be a dick".

Be nice to have some kind of gallery / galleries where I can put up like, screenshots of cool shit people have done. And maybe like... a "claimed areas" section so like if people have an area they don't want nobody else building in I can put it up there.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... a calendar or something would be good, something to mark when updates / tinkering is gonna happen. Maybe a list for like upgrades under consideration.

[Fifthfiend]

Webbin' me up a SITE

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Arhra]

Hi everyone,

I've decided to try building something in Elysium but I'm having trouble telling what places are unoccupied.

Plan is to build a huge sun-blocking disc* so that I might swathe a vast section of land in eternal night and build a temple unto forbidden powers there.

So suggestions for somewhere nearish to spawn where it won't ruin anyone's view would be good.

*Which should turn out a little classier than just a flat disc, if my design ends up looking alright.

[Revising Ocelot]

Hi everyone,

I've decided to try building something in Elysium but I'm having trouble telling what places are unoccupied.

Plan is to build a huge sun-blocking disc* so that I might swathe a vast section of land in eternal night and build a temple unto forbidden powers there.

So suggestions for somewhere nearish to spawn where it won't ruin anyone's view would be good.

*Which should turn out a little classier than just a flat disc, if my design ends up looking alright.

Aldurin's already got one of those above one of his volcanoes. It's an eyesore.

[Doc ock rokc]

Try across the water near the big tower at spawn. There is huge clumps of unclaimed land.

you could also try past the katamari (there is some interesting cliffs there.)

[Flarecobra]

I've seen some buildings out past there. A couple of towers, and way past there is my Volcano hideaway.

[TDK]

Aren't we supposed to be able to give ourselves items in Elysium? I am being told I don't have permission.

[Aerozord]

were you trying to give yourself more then 64? cause only admins can do that

[Pip Boy]

Main reason being "/give zaggalon 64 9999999"

[Flarecobra]

And why you can't just gen up a ton of TNT.

You can craft it though.

[BitVyper]

Aren't we supposed to be able to give ourselves items in Elysium? I am being told I don't have permission.

Don't use /give. Use /i or /item.

[TDK]

I did. And I wasn't trying to give myself more than 64.

[BitVyper]

I did. And I wasn't trying to give myself more than 64.

Huh, weird. I'll have a look at your permissions.

[BitVyper]

As far as I can see, you're in there as a regular user, so you SHOULD be able to use /item. I'll ask Fifth to take a look at it when I see him. Sorry I can't fix it for you right now.

Or, I guess, when he sees this post...

[ShadowAngemon]

Add me to white list please? SN is RiptorRagnarok

[Flarecobra]

My computer's power supply died. Need to replace it, so I don't know how soon I'll be back on.

[CitizenZ]

It said I don't have permission for /item in Elysium either.

[Aerozord]

My computer's power supply died. Need to replace it, so I don't know how soon I'll be back on.

ouch, hope it didn't take anything with it

[Flarecobra]

I don't know. It won't turn on.

So I'm resorting to this laptop I had from when I was in Iraq.

*Stabs Vista* I want my 7 back.

[Arhra]

Aldurin's already got one of those above one of his volcanoes. It's an eyesore.

And so begins a heroic plan to deface the sky!

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f362/Arhra/sundisc_core.png

[Melfice]

Bonus points if you incorporate some Glowstone.
Make it shine, even d- oh, wait. You were going for a sort of "eternal night" thing, weren't you?

Carry on as you were!

[Fifthfiend]

And so begins a heroic plan to deface the sky!

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f362/Arhra/sundisc_core.png

oh wow, nice.

[Fifthfiend]

That reminds me that photos of cool shit are totally something I want to incorporate into the website at some point when I'm not at the office until four in the morning and then back there at nine the next same day.

[Arhra]

Bonus points if you incorporate some Glowstone.
Make it shine, even d- oh, wait. You were going for a sort of "eternal night" thing, weren't you?

Carry on as you were!

You say that as if it wasn't already the plan.

Aren't Minecraft light physics wonderful?

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

Basically the way powered rails are set up right now under MinecartMania is that using them as launchers (IE from a dead start) will start you off kind of slowly but using them as boosters (IE you run over one with a bit of momentum already) should get you pretty much up to full speed, although as Doc said the boost may be less durable than traditional double-stacked cart boosters. SO you'll still have to lay down additional powered rail segments but it shouldn't be that often or anything.

Approximately 42 blocks of propulsion. If the power rail is every 44 blocks there'll be roughly a 1% drop off in overall speed. A triviality, really. Oddly enough when zig-zagged the max distance before dropoff is 52 rails. boggle.

[CitizenZ]

Any idea when Necromunda will be back to eternal night?

[Fifthfiend]

Approximately 42 blocks of propulsion. If the power rail is every 44 blocks there'll be roughly a 1% drop off in overall speed. A triviality, really. Oddly enough when zig-zagged the max distance before dropoff is 52 rails. boggle.

I'm pretty comfortable with this.

Like you shouldn't NEVER have to throw down a powered rail to keep you moving but having to put one every 12 blocks or whatever the current baseline is, or having to put down one every three blocks to get uphill, is ridic.

[Flarecobra]

Hey Fifth, what all mods do you have put on Fiendcraft?

[Fifthfiend]

Among the many things i need to put on the website: that information.

As a rough list:

Permissions - the thing that lets me set who has access to what
Commandbook - the thing that enables /spawn and /i
Multiverse - the multiworld portals plugin
Multiinv - controls interworld inventories so when you go terra > ely, your inventory gets saves so you'll still have it when you come back to terra (not perfect, still better to chest your stuff before going to ely)
Blocksonglass - allows torches to be placed on glass
Firecontrol - switches off fire spreading/damage
Minecartmania - increases power of booster rails
(not currently active) timeshift - permaset time for given worlds
(not currently active) epiczones - allows zone-based build protection, blast protection, health regeneration, some other odds and ends
Naturalgiants - spawns giants on monsterworlds
Wolfspawn - if your wolf dies it respawns at the world spawn

[Melfice]

So, how about them pistons? (http://youtu.be/uZJr86d2IUo)

[Viridis]

That door near the end (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZJr86d2IUo&t=2m31s) is a sight to behold

[CitizenZ]

Too bad slimes are so rare. Because two rows of those sticky pistons can make a drawbridge.

[Melfice]

That door near the end (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZJr86d2IUo&t=2m31s) is a sight to behold

Yes, but then you realize that some people have been doing that much longer with the mod.
Behold. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbaqlxorpDY&feature=player_embedded#at=42)

EDIT: I mean, granted, it's not practical. But if you were thinking of a giant vault door...

[Fifthfiend]

So, how about them pistons? (http://youtu.be/uZJr86d2IUo)

Sticky pistons in particular could be interesting, presumably this means slime will finally have a use.

edit: and oh man, watergates.

[Doc ock rokc]

Too bad slimes are so rare. Because two rows of those sticky pistons can make a drawbridge.

I have a feeling that they are not going to be rare for long.

[Melfice]

watergates.

What, you were thinking of introducing politics? *rimshot*

[Aerozord]

slimes aren't that rare, unless they scaled them back again, I ran into tons of them in my single player game

[Flarecobra]

Yeah, they're fairly common on monsterworlds.

[Fifthfiend]

Yes, but then you realize that some people have been doing that much longer with the mod.
Behold. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbaqlxorpDY&feature=player_embedded#at=42)

EDIT: I mean, granted, it's not practical. But if you were thinking of a giant vault door...

Obsidian vaults with hidden triggers, or just secret rooms that are totally indistinguishable from any other wall, oh man people are going to mn wild with these

...also, I'm betting you can do some amazing elevators with these.

[Doc ock rokc]

Obsidian vaults with hidden triggers, or just secret rooms that are totally indistinguishable from any other wall, oh man people are going to mn wild with these

Wait till you see what I have been thinking up.

[Melfice]

Elevators might work, but imagine wanting to go up... just ten blocks.
You'd first need to dig down ten blocks (actually, just 5 blocks? Regardless.) to fit the pistons, which you first need to make (and they'd need to be sticky pistons too!) and then there's the logistics of fitting all the redstone in the shaft to actually power the pistons.

I'm not saying it can't be done, but probably only on small scale. No grand, 40 level elevators.

[Aerozord]

I am gonna fill my maze with so many traps

[Fifthfiend]

Elevators might work, but imagine wanting to go up... just ten blocks.
You'd first need to dig down ten blocks (actually, just 5 blocks? Regardless.) to fit the pistons, which you first need to make (and they'd need to be sticky pistons too!) and then there's the logistics of fitting all the redstone in the shaft to actually power the pistons.

I'm not saying it can't be done, but probably only on small scale. No grand, 40 level elevators.

IDK, I feel like with stickies, nonstickies, and watergating, with some experimenting on how exactly the physics of how these things work, and maybe employing the tiniest bit of adminhax, there's got to be a way to make something pretty fantastic.

[Flarecobra]

Hey, possable new thing for Awaking though, no?

[Aerozord]

know what they should add, blocks that float in water

[Flarecobra]

In other words, boats? :P

[Aerozord]

In other words, boats? :P

tried them, they are a pain to work with especially for elevators. I mean just floating things I can stand on

[akaSM]

IDK, I feel like with stickies, nonstickies, and watergating, with some experimenting on how exactly the physics of how these things work, and maybe employing the tiniest bit of adminhax, there's got to be a way to make something pretty fantastic.

Hey Mr Admin, do the pistons work with adminium/bedrock/those blocks? if so, you could make an awesome fort O_O

[Fifthfiend]

tried them, they are a pain to work with especially for elevators. I mean just floating things I can stand on

It sounds like what you're after is blocks that can be built on spring blocks with no adjacent solid blocks.

Hey Mr Admin, do the pistons work with adminium/bedrock/those blocks?

Good question! (my guess is probably not :( )

if so, you could make an awesome fort O_O

IDK, it'd be pretty ugly probably (because bedrock is ugly).

[akaSM]

Still, it would be pretty much impenetrable, unless you know where is the switch. You can always all an external layer of a prettier block to make it look better :P

[Flarecobra]

I just realized a potental lethal trap. Have them fall into a pit, at the bottom of which is a pressure plate that causes a piston from above to drop onto them.

Really, the only real way to escape is to carve an escape hole.

[akaSM]

How about a death maze made of bedrock and piston based traps?

That sounds fun and hey, Fifth would get the chance to murder the poor souls that inhabit his various worlds, then again, someone would have to make the maze :/

If bedrock isn't that attractive, make the maze with whatever blocks you like but, make them indestructible :3

Think of this maze as one of those ancient tombs where there are hidden doors, adventurer squishing traps, trapdoors, and arrows coming out of the walls (dispensers could to that)

[Flarecobra]

Or just obsidian.

[akaSM]

A single block maze would look kinda confusing, while one with several blocks would look nice and could get a wider variety of traps (dispensers, trapdoors, etc)

EDIT: I just remembered another possible trap, one way doors using metal doors and pressure plates :D

[Aerozord]

It sounds like what you're after is blocks that can be built on spring blocks with no adjacent solid blocks.

did they add spring blocks or do you mean vertical pistons?
How about a death maze made of bedrock and piston based traps?

That sounds fun and hey, Fifth would get the chance to murder the poor souls that inhabit his various worlds, then again, someone would have to make the maze :/

actually I was working on one, I even carved out a giant 100x100 block underground room for it

my plan was to just use the honor system with the maze, or ask fifth if he can spawn protect it

[Doc ock rokc]

Hey Mr Admin, do the pistons work with adminium/bedrock/those blocks? if so, you could make an awesome fort O_O

No pistons work on all blocks except 3 Adminium Obsidian and air

[akaSM]

Then, I think a brick fort would work for all of us mortals trying to make a strong building (I think that's the hardest to break block I've seen).

Still, spawn protecting would work for a DOOMY maze of DOOMED DOOMNESS...DOOM

[Fifthfiend]

I should make a huge deadly maze out of the killbox and if you survive it you get to actually run around in awakening

[Viridis]

You also can't move blocks with stuff in them. Chests, dispensers, forges...

Which is a shame, because a dispenser popping out of nowhere to shoot arrows is a fun idea.

[Arhra]

Silly Viridis!

All you need is a moving wall with a dispenser behind it!

Alternatively, lavagates.

Oh god, I want that update so much.

[Melfice]

know what they should add, blocks that float in water

I once had a thread bookmarked that suggested being able to create entities out of structures you've built. Somehow.

Basically, you'd build the block that would make all attached blocks into entity blocks.
These blocks would have physics attached to them, allowing them to sink or float depending on their density, buoyancy and weight. It also specified things like drag, and whatnot.
It would, essentially, allow you to make actual (sailing) ships.

But damned if I can find that thread again. As well, it's obviously only a thread for suggesting things...

EDIT: FOUND IT!
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/17547-updatedcustomizable-ships-a-how-to/page__view__findpost__p__344185

That's a link to the first post, which contains all the info. It sounds absolutely wonderful.

[Aerozord]

nifty melfice

there is one thing that really limits traps though, redstone wire needs air above it. This makes it hard to hide mechanisms

[BitVyper]

Okay, who all is having problems with /i ? I know TDK and CitizenS were...

Speaking of which, CitizenS, try it again when you get a chance. I can't find any new permissions file in the current bukkit folder, so I updated an old one with you in it. Not sure which one the server is current running out of.

SPEAKING OF WHICH: Fifth, should I be messing with stuff in "bukkit766" or in "bukkit818?" 'Cause I can't find permissions files in 818. If I don't hear back from you, I'll just try adding one later.

[Locke cole]

So, I got a newbie's question about redstone circuits.

OK, backstory time. See, I decided to make some close-to-base defenses to kill off Creepers that are hanging around the exit to my personal mine in the early morning. So, without any bows or string with which to make Arrow Dispensers, I decided to make a Redstone-triggered punji pit , except with cacti instead of the sharpened bamboo that doesn't exist in Minecraft.

So I built me a 2 X 10-odd pit, filled in at the top layer with trapdoors, with Cacti beneath that level. A ring of Redstone dust around the perimeter opens all the trapdoors when I hit a pressure plate inside my base.

Now, my question is: can I make the pit any wider (say... 3 X 10) and still have Redstone circuits attached to each trapdoor?

If not, is there a good way to funnel monsters into a wider pit which does not have trapdoors going for it?

[CitizenZ]

Okay, who all is having problems with /i ? I know TDK and CitizenS were...

Speaking of which, CitizenS, try it again when you get a chance. I can't find any new permissions file in the current bukkit folder, so I updated an old one with you in it. Not sure which one the server is current running out of.


Tried again about 30 min ago, didn't work. And also, is there any way to get out of the snow awakening world between Ely and Terra? I wanna see the rest of it!

Thanks!

[Fifthfiend]

Okay, who all is having problems with /i ? I know TDK and CitizenS were...

Speaking of which, CitizenS, try it again when you get a chance. I can't find any new permissions file in the current bukkit folder, so I updated an old one with you in it. Not sure which one the server is current running out of.

SPEAKING OF WHICH: Fifth, should I be messing with stuff in "bukkit766" or in "bukkit818?" 'Cause I can't find permissions files in 818. If I don't hear back from you, I'll just try adding one later.

They changed the way permissions works, instead of a file for each world, there's a folder with separate user/group files inside it.

[Flarecobra]

Tried again about 30 min ago, didn't work. And also, is there any way to get out of the snow awakening world between Ely and Terra? I wanna see the rest of it!

Thanks!

Nope. It's like that for a reason. It's just a gateway.

[CitizenZ]

Nope. It's like that for a reason. It's just a gateway.

Ah. I thought so, I just wanted to be sure. Thanks.

[Revising Ocelot]

Problem is that you can see trees beyond the wall there. It's tantalising!

[CitizenZ]

Problem is that you can see trees beyond the wall there. It's tantalising!

And I thought I saw some gold or something.

[Nikose Tyris]

There's always been secret ways, but we're only allowed to look, not touch.

[Fifthfiend]

Problem is that you can see trees beyond the wall there. It's tantalising!

Haha excellent, so it IS working.

[Fifthfiend]

Side note: I invited two of my young cousins to play on the server. Well I say cousins, that's just like, what people in Pakistani families call everyone who's a friend of the family, we're not actually related, fuck I don't even know them that well. ANYWAY, their names are uh, Ultimatesomething and Killersomethingelse, I guess, be nice to them, let me know if they're being dumb.

If anyone meets anyone who is like OH WE ARE DAN'S COUSINS or WE KNOW DAN or DAN TOLD US ABOUT THE SERVER, that is me, I am the Dan they are speaking of

[Fifthfiend]

Dan

SECRET MYSTERIES REVEALED?!?!?!?!?!

[Marc v4.0]

are you, in fact, THE MAN

[CitizenZ]

I have a mine in arcanos covered with a glass roof. If I log out standing on the floor of the mine under the glass roof then I sometimes log back in standing on top of the roof.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

SECRET MYSTERIES REVEALED?!?!?!?!?!

My dossier is complete! The last info I needed.
Prepare to be haxxxed.

[CitizenZ]

Also in the same mine there is a lighting glitch. It renders as sunlight (which it should due to the glass roof) most of the time, but sometimes it renders as pitch black. As far as mobs are concerned, unless i put torches up there it is always pitch black, day or night.

[akaSM]

I found an explosive bed in Thadius' room in the Nether. Sorry Thad >_>

[Flarecobra]

Was it this? (http://www.etsy.com/listing/76303967/minecraft-creeper-plush)

[Thadius]

...akaSM, if you don't FIX the damage you've done, I may have to introduce you to the ghasts as their newest friend.

[CitizenZ]

Was it this? (http://www.etsy.com/listing/76303967/minecraft-creeper-plush)

I almost want to get one with the sound and use it to scare people.

[Nikose Tyris]

Just linked an IRL friend to the server. I'll post his minecraft username as soon as he emails me with it.

[Nikose Tyris]

Whitelist:
Shell 5hock

[EVILNess]

Fifth. You must get this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2yYyBGm_U)mod to somehow work on the server.

It is your duty.

[Flarecobra]

I imagine with some texture packs, it will not work.

[Aerozord]

Fifth. You must get this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2yYyBGm_U)mod to somehow work on the server.

It is your duty.

small scale it might work but I'm betting a bunch of those would be a real strain on the server

[Fifthfiend]

Fifth. You must get this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2yYyBGm_U)mod to somehow work on the server.

It is your duty.

Unfortunately mods that involve like, custom blocks and things don't really translate to multiplayer since like, to work, you'd have to have some kind of mod to the server AND THEN some mod that everyone playing on your server is required to install client-side, at least as far as I can gather. And people don't seem to be interested in all the hassle of setting all that up!

If they were I totally would have added tons of shit like that by now, pistons, the Aether, those derpy as fuck lookin' dragons, all kinds of crazy things.

[Melfice]

And let's not forget that that mod shouldn't be multi-player enabled... maybe somebody made a bukkit compatible version, but I'm not sure of that.
As well, the original has been abandoned, but has recently been picked up by another modder (Kaevator (you may know him by his SuperSlopes mod)).

[BitVyper]

New server IP: 209.236.113.182

[Aldurin]

Oh I'll be playing on the server again now that I stopped playing Steam for long enough to remember that Minecraft can be played in-browser. The game didn't crash on me so I call it a successful test.

[Fifthfiend]

Interesting stuff on the notchblog about 1.7/1.8.

Basically 1.7 is going to be pistons only, all the "adventuring update" stuff is gonna get offloaded to 1.8.

1.7 should be coming "soon", going by experience presumably that means end of this week / sometime next week, but that's just my personal guess.

1.8 sounds... interesting, stuff to be included looks like

new complex terrain features, at least one new mob, some interesting new combat mechanics, a new lighting engine, and some experimental new gameplay ideas. To come is more interesting farming, bigger incentives to explore, and npc villages.

I'm kinda pumped for NPC villages, especially if there's mechanisms for creating your own as the server admin.

[Revising Ocelot]

I'm kinda pumped for NPC villages, especially if there's mechanisms for creating your own as the server admin.

Maybe they'll wander around randomly opening doors and forgetting to shut them if you try to shelter there.

[Aldurin]

That stuff will be cool because you can randomly spawn them in our current worlds so we don't have to further stretch the total file size to get more.

[Aerozord]

odd, I cant get on... says connection timed out

[Fifthfiend]

Are you using the new ip address?

EDIT: that reminds me, i need to re-forward fiendcraft.net

[Aerozord]

assuming the first post on this thread is accurate yes

[BitVyper]

It's not. I posted the new IP on the previous page.

New server IP: 209.236.113.182

Anyway, for anyone bringing friends on, I put a chest full of local maps by the spawn so everyone can find a place to build.

[Fifthfiend]

EDIT: that reminds me, i need to re-forward fiendcraft.net

Did this, should be working again within an hour or so.

Also updated the thread OP.

[CitizenZ]

Yay, piston update!!! But now the server is outdated...

[Aerozord]

ok if there was ever a mod I think is worth forcing everyone to download, it would be this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndVVrZqHqA8)

unless you are in PETA

[Melfice]

Hrng...
I really hate that name.

"Better than wolves"

And admittedly, it's got some pretty neat stuff in there, but it's so pretentious. Especially when you reckon it's got wolf dung in it. As a mod.
It just makes me go "Well, that's some awesome stuff that, let's downl-Better than wolves NEVER MIND."

Like the wolves are some affront to an ancient vengeful god, or something. (Okay, they can be pretty annoying, but STILL.)

[Aerozord]

if that video is any indication this mod was when wolves were first introduced and the mod creator found it to be rather lacking update and just to prove it he showed all the things Notch could have developed for the game instead.

And I do admit ways to mass cook and netherack recipes alone would get alot more mileage then a single friendly mob that kills itself half the time

[Melfice]

I'm not saying it's not got some great stuff that quite possibly (okay, actually) outranks the wolves in usefulness, but it's just... I don't know...

It's just... who are you to decide it's better?
I don't know, I'm probably saying wrong what I mean to say.

[Aerozord]

It's just... who are you to decide it's better?


well, objectively it IS better. More content with alot more utility.

I don't know, I'm probably saying wrong what I mean to say.
you mean to say wolves are awesome, and thats fair enough to say. Like when humans first domesticated we love the idea of taking a wild animal and making it our friend. But minus the emotional aspect of the game wolves didn't add much. They are mobs that will help defend you but even ignoring the issues of maintaining them that is absolutely all they do.

Do not be blinded by their cuteness, thats how Gremlins started

[Aldurin]

Meh, so there's some punches at wolves. But dammit I want concrete (and that companion cube).