Org Minecraft Server

[TinCow]

TC's old house has an obsidian generator. I go there very often.

EDIT: By the way, I only just realised the driver for my graphics card was set to Intel HD graphics, which is not my graphics card. I downloaded the driver, and Minecraft is beautiful. No lag. Highest settings. Before, when F3 was on, the wavy thing was always in the red zone and very high. Now, it's far from red, and ridiculously low. I can't believe it. It's brilliant.

LOL... well, that removes some of the point of this but...

The world has been cloned for testing purposes at 85.10.217.34. That server has a better connection than my home connection, and I'm hoping that it will improve the connection and reduce lag for some people. Please log on there and run around and let me know how it performs. The world it's using is a backup of the main world I made yesterday. Don't bother doing any work on the server though, as it's just a test on a backup and anything you create will be lost. Please just get on and test how it runs and post about it here. At some point I'd like to do a stress test with as many people as we can get on at once.

[Beskar]

273 from current server, 128ms from backup.

[TinCow]

FYI, I don't think I've ever mentioned this before, but first-person views of the map can be added by any player. These can be used to show off an in-game style view of a structure. Here is an example of what these views look like on the map:






To create a view, all you need to do is place a sign in-game on the spot you want the view to be oriented from. The sign text should be as follows:

#view
Your view description

The text #view must be the first thing on the first line of the sign. The rest of the text will be used as the title for the view.
Views are generated from the direction the sign is facing. You can also adjust the height and view angle like this:

#view h10 a135
Your view description

Here there are two values: 'h10' shifts the view up by 10 Minecraft blocks. This can be useful to get a birds eye view of a structure. It also lets you bury signs underground out of sight. Negative numbers also work here. The 'a135' sets the elevation angle (how much the view looks up or down) to 135 degrees. This can be any number from 0 (looking straight up) to 180 (looking straight down). The example picture above is made from '#view h10 a135', which puts the camera 10 blocks up from the ground and looking down slightly.

You can also change the view to be drawn at night time:

#view night
Description here

And if you run out of space on the first line for settings then continue with a # on the second line:

#view h10 a135
# night
Description here

I will post this information in the OP for future reference.

[TinCow]

@Vladimir

I really like the scoreboard display, but the amount of damage it has caused to the Arena is bugging the crap out of me. Would you mind if I rebuilt it with this much smaller version?



[edit] Rail network refit complete. The entire old network has been replaced with new lines and new stations. The line from the Pyramid to the Lighthouse has been rerouted through the Arena, which has also had an additional line added to the noob hotel. As such, the Arena now serves as the main rail hub in the central area. Every station on the network has the capacity to take additional lines though, so feel free to add new sections whenever you want. If you need help constructing the lines or stations, let me know and I'll be happy to help. Here's a map of the current network:

[TinCow]

The world has been cloned for testing purposes at 85.10.217.34. That server has a better connection than my home connection, and I'm hoping that it will improve the connection and reduce lag for some people. Please log on there and run around and let me know how it performs. The world it's using is a backup of the main world I made yesterday. Don't bother doing any work on the server though, as it's just a test on a backup and anything you create will be lost. Please just get on and test how it runs and post about it here. At some point I'd like to do a stress test with as many people as we can get on at once.

I would like to repost this, as most people seem to have missed it.

Please log on to 85.10.217.34, run around for a bit, and post here letting us know how the connection/lag/loading is for you.

Many thanks!

[spankythehippo]

I would like to repost this, as most people seem to have missed it.

Please log on to 85.10.217.34, run around for a bit, and post here letting us know how the connection/lag/loading is for you.

Many thanks!

I can't even get in. I get stuck on the Washing Spectacles screen. Then I get "Lost yer coordinates".

[TinCow]

I can't even get in. I get stuck on the Washing Spectacles screen. Then I get "Lost yer coordinates".

Washing Spectacles? I'm not sure what error messages you are referring to.

Map updated. I terraformed the area around the Arena. Smoothed over the vertical hills, replaced all stone with grass, and created a ring road around the Arena. I think we can begin building the road network for the city using that as a starting point.

[spankythehippo]

Washing Spectacles? I'm not sure what error messages you are referring to.

Map updated. I terraformed the area around the Arena. Smoothed over the vertical hills, replaced all stone with grass, and created a ring road around the Arena. I think we can begin building the road network for the city using that as a starting point.

Oh yeah, I forgot. I'm using the Pirate Speak language option. I think it's English equivalent is Downloading Terrain.

[TinCow]

Oh yeah, I forgot. I'm using the Pirate Speak language option. I think it's English equivalent is Downloading Terrain.

Give it another try, there's nothing in the settings that should be preventing anyone on the whitelist from connecting.

[edit] Is your java up-to-date?

[TinCow]

I've been staring at the map for a while, trying to work out exactly how to start building the city. Spanky and I have talked about it a bit, and it seems like a good place to start is with a broad central avenue with the Arena at one end and some kind of impressive town hall type building at the other end. For that reason, I landscaped the Arena and built a basic road around it. Spanky and I were in agreement that the town hall should go to the north of the Arena, out towards the wooded area, as it had a lot of area for expansion. However, on more careful examination, I think the town hall should be east of the arena, for a few reasons. First, this faces the entrance of the Arena, which makes a lot more sense than the side. Second, it incorporates the statue into the avenue, which would look nice. Third, it places the server spawn point more centrally to the city than it would be if the hall was north. Fourth, while there's not as much space to the east as there is to the north, there's still a ton of space; more than we'll use up in the near future. Plus, it's closer to the ocean, which would make a logical spot for a port at some point. Fifth, it would more readily incorporate the construction that is currently going on to the southeast of the Arena. That's one of the most active areas on the server right now, and it would be nice to get some infrastructure up that makes that area more easily accessible. Finally, running the avenue directly east from the Arena would turn the road that runs through Csargo's incredible gate into another main highway, which would almost bisect the main avenue. Considering how impressive that structure is, it would be nice to incorporate it into the central city design. As a result, I'd like to propose the following sketch of the main road and the placement of the town hall:



In that picture, the road is red, and the town hall site (very, very roughly approximated) is in yellow. Once those were completed, a grid could easily expand outwards from there. The area around the proposed hall site is a bit hilly, but it doesn't look too bad and we don't need to level it out to the elevation of the arena. Doing this would also place that random mountain right in the middle of the city, which would be a really interesting building site for some kind of Palatine Hill/Hollywood Hills project. The little square ocean chunk seed irregularlity to the east of the town hall site would also make a nice spot for a port. Opinions?

[Csargo]

I would like to repost this, as most people seem to have missed it.

Please log on to 85.10.217.34, run around for a bit, and post here letting us know how the connection/lag/loading is for you.

Many thanks!

I got on earlier and I didn't notice any lag did have a unloaded chunk, which I haven't seen in a while. Other than that it was fine.