I think it’s because folks are often more worried about their own personal projects than anything else. Difficult to have co-operative efforts when everyone’s off doing their own thing.

Personally I love exploring underground more than I do building, and if anyone else wants to I’d be more than happy to go spelunking in a group.

Why don't we simply have PvP turned on? We're civilised enough to be trusted with it aren't we?

As for the server being quiet, when I've been on it's often been with other people. It's about normal to me - But then maybe I've been lucky despite me not being on for more than 2 hours a day.

I can turn it back on if you want.

Oh no.... That means I'll have to kill my habit of carelessly flailing my sword at everyone!

Hey guys, I’ve noticed that every time I surface from the mines below Exoddus the town is mobbed with... well, mobs.

Now obviously one the wall is finished this won’t be as big a problem, but I’d like if folks could spend some time making sure everything is lit up properly. I’ve made a metric fuckton of torches that I’ll put in a chest in Town Hall if you need any.

People who have op powers need to help out, too—there’s some dark patches right around the spawn area that I couldn’t fix on my own.

e: just as soon as the server is up again.

Maybe its just my Minecraft Client but I can't log onto the server. The simple problem is that it says it is taking too long to log on?

How odd.

I've restarted the server, log showed some errors when you tried to log in Crash. Try again.

i was wanting to come on the server, did anyone get around to asking if i can?

You can't. Try again when you're a little more known around here.

surely you have stuff setup so i wouldn't be able to ruin anything. that's the reason for not letting me in, just not knowing me yet.

We just don't want to let just anyone on our server. It's a privilege that has to be earned. You and your 37 posts haven't earned that privilege yet.

sounds sexy to me. i'll wait around then!


I like how you show'd all the working at the end. did you do that by just backing up the world file then digging it all out?

Havoc, I seem to have the same problem as Wario. It's giving me the same message.

Yeah, Java freezes up and Minecraft then comes up with an error for me too.

I've updated Bucket to the latest version (#1337), maybe that fixes the problem. Otherwise I have no idea where this is coming from all of the sudden. Nothing has changed server side.

Edit: Working fine for me right now (as it was yesterday).

Edit2: Mr.Spandexpants has been allowed on the server. Show him around when you see him.

According to the Yogscast Facebook page, minecraft.net and the authentication servers are down right now, so that may be the issue.

The Server is working for me now :)

Back up for me as well.

Also:

http://i.imgur.com/vw9K4.png

Chest has a bunch of torches in it. See this post for details.

Could they be spawning on roofs?

A lot of rooftops are built out of stairs, so torches can’t be placed on them. I’m not sure if mobs can spawn on stair blocks, but I’m guessing they can’t.

I already put a sign on the notice wall a while ago that people should light up their roofs if possible. Guess noone saw that.

I'm going to assume Phylum lit my roof adequately.

I've been playing around with MC edit for the first time today - As I've said before, when Minecraft 1.0 gets released, I'm thinking we should start a new map but import our structures (or rather, the entire chunks that they're on - meaning we can keep what's under them too) across to it. That way we get to keep what we've built, but we'll be able to find mushroom biomes, snow biomes (which don't exist in 1.8) and hopefully strongholds out in the wilderness - Although it'll be at the cost of our existing wilderness.

MC edit is a little tricky to use but it is quite possible to transfer our stuff across to a new map - With a little extra work, it's also possible to carefully blend out the seams between old and new chunks too.

EDIT: However there is the small problem of 1.7 sea level being 1 square higher than 1.8 sea level. Also underground - You'll find 1.8 ravines being suddenly blocked off with a huge wall where it meets an old chunk - Sometimes with a 1.7 cave system making holes throughout that wall. I think that's a small price to pay for being able to have the new features in the wilderness, though.

The nether is editable as well, BTW - So we'll also be able to keep parts of that. Oh, and any chests that get imported from an old world will keep their contents. Same goes for signs. Player inventories can't be kept though - So people would have to deposit their stuff into chests before the new map is made.

Havoc will have to do it since he has the level.dat file. Does he know how to use MC Edit? I know it can get really frustrating at times.

Files can be transferred between people and I think the level files are only 200 or 300 MB or so - The file I'd send back would be a bit smaller, probably 50 MBs or so. Since I have a high attention to detail and lots of time on my hands, I'd be quite happy to do it if we went through with this, and it shouldn't take more than a day or so to put together. (nor would I leave it like I've left the OWF tour vids - I have bandwidth issues this month, I'll upload the rest in November)

Still, gotta wait for 1.0 to come out next month first. :P And of course people may not agree with this idea.

I’d be happy with putting the current structures into a new map if it means being able to see the new terrain without a day’s hike.

Are you planning on just cutting and pasting the entire map as-is, or are you going to blend Genesis and Exoddus into a single mega-town?

I was thinking of keeping the majority of the Genesis area as it is, minus the large areas of wilderness where we've only built temp exploratory structures - And same with Exodduss. Then I'd situate the two areas near (2-3 minutes sprint away connected via a road or minecart rail), but not right next to each other.

Maybe I'd keep some wilderness - For example the view from Rob and Nikki's little hut that they made.

Sounds good to me. I have no objections if you're up to the task.

Sounds like a good plan to me; seeing mushroom biomes and having access to Nether Ruins seems worth it. It'd be good if we could get a desert biome for Exoddus again.

Also, glad my misfortune at the gate didn't cause you too much sorrow.


Oh, and Crash, do you want me to do the rest of the walls/windows in the temple or do you want to do them? Is there anything else you'd particularly like to build or add to it (yourself, or just generally)?

Crash, I accidently blew up the ground floor of your house when a creeper followed me into it while I was exploring the town (disadvantage of your piston doors). I put everything back but you may want to check that I've done it correctly.

But yeah, we really need to light up the town a bit more...