Org Minecraft Server

[Nigel]

As usual, we cannot upgrade until Bukkit upgrades, and it will take Bukkit a few days to catch up.

Also, we may want to take a few days to check and see that we have visited and uploaded all "important areas" with 1.6.4 before making the transition to 1.7.2.



On a somewhat different note:
It finally happened yesterday and I had my first really "bad day at the office" on MineCraft.

I went into the Nether to mine some Quarz at a nether road that BSmith had recently shown me. It was my first real mining run in the nether and I was very happy to have a good yield in Quarz and a few handful of Glowstone dust, too. Eventually I decided to call it a day and make my way back home. A Ghast appearing in the distance helped that decision, but did not really worry me. Happily I ran along, back the path that I knew - or at least thought I knew.

Suddenly I turnd a wrong corner and the next thing I see is myself diving into a lava lake. I had known it was there, but just had not considered that I would so easily fall into it. The walls were steep and before I could really think again, the respawn button was my only option.

It would not have been so bad about the quarz, but I had worn some quite expensive armour. Most of all, my iron chestplate. That was a piece of garnment I have gotten really attached to. It was old and stitched, but it had been my first ever chestplate I made on this server. Made at a time when iron was extremely precious to me and spending 8 ingots on it had been a real decision. Also the enchantments had been made at a time before I discovered XP farms. So the magic in it had been really hard manual work.

Once I realized my loss, I felt absolutely gutted. I had wanted to keep the old piece as a memorabila and give it a special place at my house when it was eventually time to retire.

Oh, well, I guess something like this has happened to most of you, too.
It is not the material loss. I have enough iron now to make 10 chestplates; and with better enchantments, too. So I should not complain. I guess it is just another interesting side of this game and certainly a lesson to teach me not to get overconfident. I shall know how to take better care next time.

[TinCow]

Also, we may want to take a few days to check and see that we have visited and uploaded all "important areas" with 1.6.4 before making the transition to 1.7.2.

Bukkit has actually released a tool to make sure all structures get properly updated. I will run that before we upgrade:
http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/psa...ctures.186617/

[Tamur]

Sorry to hear about that Nigel. It is breathtaking how hours and days of careful work and treasured longtime possessions can disappear in an instant in this game. I say "game", but it's enough of a simulation that you really do feel the losses keenly.

[Papewaio]

I feel you. My seven year old son took my character lava swimming. I was very upset and couldn't play the game for a couple of days. That is when I realized that the game has much better depth then most others and that I really need to give my son clear instructions.

Hardcore is a good way to inflict that pain on yourself.

[TinCow]

Can we get a yes or no vote on this land regeneration thing? The proposal is to delete the areas outside these orange lines:


Developed areas outside those lines will be moved inside the lines. If the owners of those areas want their structures moved to a specific spot, I will do so. If no preference is stated by the owner, I will move them where I think best. Be aware that the red circles listed above are not entirely accurate or complete. For example, the top middle circle is an undeveloped village and will not be moved at all, while the circle to the bottom right of it is also an undeveloped village, but marked structure. In addition, this map does not include all structures outside the orange lines. For example, there is an underwater building (that has no surface lighting) at approx -4000, -1850. I will move everything I can identify outside the orange lines that was intended to be permanent. I will retain a backup of the old world so that I can open it up and copy any structure I missed back into the world even after I delete it.

This process will be complex and will likely require the server to be offline for several days after the 1.7 version of Bukkit is released. Since doing this would add more 'new' terrain to the world than Mineworld could hold total, I would delete Mineworld and not replace it. Mineworld would return whenever a future update adds blocks that could not be found in the main world.

[Ishmael]

I'm all for it. The new biomes look great, it will be nice to have them in our main world.

[Papewaio]

Playing offline single player. I've found lots of deserts and savanah in the new biomes.

Got to say stained glass makes for better buildings. Green glass does blend in with nature better but it is hard to see creepers through it.

[BSmith]

It goes without saying, but I am all for it too.

[newO_ajniN]

Yes - sounds good

Can we get a yes or no vote on this land regeneration thing? The proposal is to delete the areas outside these orange