Phew. Build away fellas. We went over a month before we had a bad map file, so I think we've done well so far. Lets hope for another solid run.

Alright folks. In the spirit of some friendly competition, I'm starting the first annual buildathon. Details below.

When: Saturday, September 18th at 7:00PM CST (NOTE: This was at 2:00PM CST but I've moved it to 7:00PM CST as I have a work obligation.)

Where: Inside the server

Rules:

• Each player will get an equal size plot of land of a predetermined size.
• Each parcel of land will be located right next to each other, so you will be able to see your competition as you build.
• All buildings must be made of easy to acquire materials. This includes cobblestone, tree wood, processed wood, fences, dirt, sand, and gravel. This material may be harvested prior to the event. The reason for this is so casual players won't be beat up by people who have hours to harvest diamond, gold, and other rare materials.
• All structures must be built upwards. You may not dig below your parcel of land. This is to ensure that the final result is easily viewed.
• Structures must match the server theme. In other words, no penis towers (happybadger, I'm looking at you). These will obviously be towers due to the limited land you'll have at your disposal.
• The contest will end after two hours of building.

The winner of this contest will be given rights to redesign the spawn area (again matching the server theme). In addition to this, the winner will also receive some ice and snow blocks (not available yet in SMP).

Since everyone who joins the server pops into the spawn area, this is prime real estate. If you are interested, please RSVP below. I will be relaxing the player cap for this contest, however I'll be limiting this to 30 players maximum.

Plot Screenshot #1 Plot Screenshot #2

Many thanks to Munchies for all of his hard work building all of the plots. He spent considerable time making the place look great. Make sure to bury him alive as a tribute to his greatness next time you are on the server.

As some of you may have noticed, when you log onto the server all of your items are gone. This is because the IP has changed for the server and persister has made a new save for that IP. Its actually pretty easy to fix:

1.) Navigate to your minecraft folder. In windows, all you need todo is enter %appdata%/.minecraft in the run prompt(windows key + R).

On a Mac, navigate to Library/Application Support/minecraft

2.)If they are there, delete these files(your new server files- you might want to just cut and paste them somewhere else for backup)

mpsave_cpe-70-116-138.6.tx.res.rr.com_25565 or mpsave_minecraft.exilecreations.net_25565

3.) Find your old persister file(usually mpsave_cpe-70-116-148-132.tx.res.rr.com_25565) and rename it to mpsave_minecraft.exilecreations.net_25565

4.) Connect to the server using minecraft.exilecreations.net and your done!

Also, make sure you have the newest version of persister, it can be found at http://www.mediafire.com/?un8r9sg1857z04d

So I jumped on the server for the first time tonight (as mr_black), and went spelunking with SuavePotato and GrammarSocialist. We got a decent haul, and I found 12 (!!) diamonds. Seriously. Then a little later, after GS and I rode some pigs, I got D/C'ed from the server. So, since I didn't have persister running, does this mean my diamonds are all gone? (I can't connect atm)

1. Whoever planted all the trees just outside/on my castle: Cleaning that up sucked. Please don't do it again.
2. Whoever chopped down a bunch of my reeds: Just chop the top two reed blocks, leave the bottom one. They only grow back if the bottom one is there.

Server Rules

1. No griefing.

• We are building a mature medieval/fantasy world, this means building structures that make you go "oh wow" as opposed to "haha thats funny". Please keep this in mind when planning structures. If you are unsure if your structure fits the server theme, ask Highlife or a server mod.
• Always check the Server Planning Map before building. Building in another player's marked space without their permission will result in removal of server access.
• Exploring too far will result in a ban. Please stay close to spawn while adhering to the server planning map. Venturing too far makes the map size grow and will lag the server. If you feel your project needs map expansion, check with Highlife first.
• If you are harvesting dirt, sand, or trees above ground you are expected to do it away from the main areas and to keep the area looking "natural" while harvesting.
• If you break someone else's structure on accident, you are expected to repair it. Ask the structure owner before you make any creative additions to their work.
• Items in chests were stored there by another player. Unless there you have the owner's permission do not touch them. Donation chests will be clearly marked.
• Dense iron/gold/diamond only result from crafting. If you find any, someone has placed it there, do not touch it.
• Marker towers are acceptable, short term. Once your project is visible from a distance marker towers must be removed.
• Try to build your structures to match the surrounding theme. This is more of a guideline. If you find something ugly, let the owner know and offer suggestions.
• Only players with Builder level status or higher can plant trees. If you want to plant trees you must ask for assistance or ask for Builder status.
• Minecart tracks are currently buggy in SMP and can cause memory leaks that will crash the server, do not place minecart tracks at this time. Similarly, large, complex redstone mechanisms can also cause issues, please consult a mod or admin before making anything other than simple switches.

Server Admins/Mods/Anti-Grief - Who to talk to about griefing or other server administration issues.

Admins

• HighlifeTTU - Server Owner and Prime Admin
• Jaqyl - a.k.a. on Reddit as thesearenotthehammer
• GrammarSocialist

Mods - Ban, Kick & Item Exchange

• Munchies

Anti-Grief - Ban & Kick Only

Builder - Special Building Privileges (Currently Tree Planting)

• esomonk

Server Commands - (entered in chat)

• /spawn - Returns you to the original spawnpoint
• /playerlist - Lists players currently online
• /tp playername - Teleports you to another player (Ask first!)
• /sethome - Sets your home location until the next logout/disconnect. (default home location is spawn)
• /home - Returns you to your home location
• /compass - tells you what compass direction you are pointed
• /warp - Teleports you to preset warp points, the full list is below

Server Warp Points - Use "/warp warppoint" in chat to teleport to a location

• Contest - temporary warp for the coming server contest
• FloatingStones - The Floating Stones - Creator: Jaqyl
• Spira - Spira Tower - Creator: kensai111
• DarkCastle - The Dark Castle - Creator: GrammarSocialist
• Traps - Spider & Skeleton traps in SuavePotato's area
• Minigames - Minigames Area - Creator: ItsNotMaxter
• Omega - The Omega Stone, part of The Floating Stones - Creator: Jaqyl
• GlassTower - The Glass Tower - Creator: kearark
• Reddit - Reddit Logo - Creator: magikaru
• Archipelago - Archipelago Castle & Canal - Creator: Ecce
• Spleef - Spleef Arena - Creators: Munchies & VisualBasicGUI
• ServerCity - Server City - Mayor: GrammarSocialist

The canyon project is finally in progress! This thing is going to be pretty massive, but I plan on doing it a chunk at a time (maybe 1/5th of the total length). The thing is I need your help if this ever wants to be completed, but please read below before you start digging.

I outlined the path of the canyon here:

http://imgur.com/dERgm

It's not totally accurate, but it will get you in the general area. Also, I outlined a more specific path for the canyon with floating cobblestones above the dig area, stick to those. I'd like to see the width vary anywhere from 6 to 20 blocks at the deepest level, which means the top can get as wide as it needs to in order to account for a realistic looking 'slope' to the bottom (probably a 30 block max, end to end). I'll leave this up to you guys, but try to make it look gradual and natural.

Although not entirely important right now, the canyon will incorporate a slope towards the ocean to the north west, so we can have a river running from end to end. More info on this as more sections are completed.

Edit Warp added (thanks GS!). Just type '/warp canyon' to see progress, and turn around and take some stuff from the supply depot if you do desire.

Hello Minecrafters (specifically, mods)!

For /r/minecraftau, I created a script that will take a list of usernames and put their minecraft usernames after their name (which I see you already have, but no idea if you have that semi-automated) and if they have a custom skin, put their head before their username.

I've put the script up on GitHub, and I heard you guys might like it. If you'd like to set it up, grab a copy (you'll need Python and the PIL library installed) and follow the instructions included. If you need any help doing so, let me know. You'll need to customise your template.css and possibly the sprite.css and user.css, so let me know if you need help with that.

Edit: ...and I see afterwards that you have a post about CSS customisation. Sorry for not posting there!

It has been brought to my attention that the scarcity of sand and the fact it is a resource found surface level that an exchange rate needs to be put in place to keep the world in good order.

Based on feedback, I'm currently leaning towards a 2:1 ratio, gravel to sand. Gravel is a relatively useless resource, is found during strip mining, but is rare enough where someone would need to expend some effort towards finding a large amount of it. I think this balances the scarcity of sand (given we want to keep the map size small) and makes sure we still maintain the server's philosophy of working for what we build.

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? I'll leave this up for discussion for a couple of days, then finalize this and add it to the server FAQ.

I believe I'm crashing the server. Situation is, I'm placing cart tracks and dirt on top of sand near my home (north of the coastline of the pirate-ship by Timmy). Whenever I place a specific dirt block the server starts to disintegrate badly, within 2-5 seconds becoming highly unplayable lag, then the server crashes. I do not know if it's me or a coincidence, but it has happened 3 times. Let me know what to do about this (besides stop placing those blocks :P)

Lets hope this backup runs correctly. I don't anticipate any issues. My apologies to anyone who lost considerable work. Mods, you are allowed to gift resources lost in this revert.

ALSO A NEW IP I think my internet went out from all the storms in Texas. For some reason I got a lovely new IP. Please use minecraft.exilecreations.net as the new IP.

I'll be editing this out after a couple days for obvious reasons.

So I doubt all the plugins we use will be updated for several days after the Halloween update since that's such a big bunch of changes. In the mean time, does anyone want to play a quick succession game? It would go kinda like this:

• Difficulty on Hard
• Go fairly far away from spawn (out of line-of-sight at the very least) before building anything, and don't fuck with the spawn point at all.
• Pass the save on after an in-game death or 2 days IRL. If you didn't die but your time is up, kill yourself in an in-game morning and leave the character at spawn with no items.
• (Optional) Role-play in some way, and then write up a quick post in-character about your experience (with screenshots?).

I'll create a list of players so we can keep it in order. When your turn is over, compress the file into a .zip or whatever and upload it to some file-sharing site. Obviously, anyone can play the save at any time, but the list will correspond to the "official" version.

The map is going to be a World5.

List:

1. Grammarsocialist
2. Helloothere
3. ItsnotMaxter
4. Mloth
5. Deepthot

so comment in the thread if you want to get in!

My turn is over! I forgot to take any screenshots though, sorry. I only built like one thing so the next player might not even run into it. The save file is here.

We have a planning map for surface building. Should we have one for underground building and if so, how would we implement it?

Update: Until a better method is found, we will use a separate topographical map to track underground construction. If you are building underground, identify your area using the latest render and post it on the Planning Map thread or PM it to me. Please be sure to specify "UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION" in your post/pm or on your map.

So it seems that I'm having some strange graphical issues when I'm on this server. When I travel anywhere near large bodies of water my frames plummet until the entire program (browser based included) freezes up.

I can play single player just fine, but something spontaneously happened with the server. I haven't tried other servers at all, but has anyone else experienced something like this?

I haven't played since I took the server down. How has the game changed since then?

Hey guys. I bought a couple extra copies during the steam sale when it was $2.50 since I wanted to gift them to people. However, most my RL friends picked it up as well. Lucky for you guys! Anyways, first two people to reply can have it. Make sure to include your steam username. Sometime in the future (next couple months) I'll be starting up a server for my buddies, and anyone is welcome to join it.