Posts by Mensrea

Server is now updated to 1.0. Make sure to go here: http://industrialwar.weebly.com/ for all information and what you need to play.

Thanks to the hard work of brickedkeyboard we will actually be switching to 1.0 tonight. He single handedly made WW2 guns a desirable mod and nerfed quantum. Not only will we be switching but we wont be losing the map either (also thank bricked for the map converter he made). My statement regarding MMW being wiped also does not stand - most things will disapeer but they will have no effect on chests or safes if they are already in there.

Yesterday red conquered blues first town (still no names for towns, really?) and is now in control of it.

I also decided against banning enchantments and potions cause apparantly they really arent all that valuable or op anyway. However, I still hate them and plan to say MANY derogatory things about them AND their creators (*hack*NOTCH*hack*), mostly out of spite and contempt and to rile up the fan boys. One thing I will NOT tolerate though is frosty the snowman - I'm seriously wondering whether or not notch was eating some special sugar cubes when he got that bright idea. Anyway, placing snow blocks will be banned, mostly to prevent this ridiculus fantasy mechanic from supplying people with unlimited ice to cool their reactors. Sorry folks, TEP Co. didnt have a frosty to save them and neither will you.

I eagerly await multi-threading, bug fixes, the new optifine, and energy shields. We will also be getting hot air balloons, advanced machines and some new plugins.

Finally, we will be linking with brickedkeyboards server via a portal in broville. Teams will be able to crossover and raid and fight with each other. THIS DOES NOT MEAN SERVER VS SERVER. This means team vs. team vs. team. So stop trying to have secret boycotts or peace treaties or whatever wild schemes you dreamers think of and face facts: kill or be killed.

War has been declared. Frontline towns will open up at 6 PM EST tomorrow.

We will also be dropping MMW soon so that we may use a modified WW2 guns and upgrade to 1.0. The switch is scheduled to happen on monday so use up all your MMW stuff or remove it from chests by then. If there is any MMW stuff left in chests you could lose whats in the chest!

Turns out comcast was having problems with the entire area. They said it should be fixed by 1 PM but according to laserbeam the server is fine now.

Yeah its a problem with the cable companies equipment and I am not with the server so I cant really even troubleshoot right now. The cable company is sending someone out tomorrow morning but hopefully I can fix this when I get home tonight. Until then the connection might be fucked up and slow or not present at all. If anyone has ever had a cable modem that just keeps reseting over and over let me know how you fixed it.

Starting January 7, 2012, the quantum chestplate will be banned. Anyone caught wearing it will recieve 1 free ban (your free ban is NOT redeemable for a un-ban). I have announced this on the website, in the game (both typing it and in the MOTD), now in the forums, and will remind people many more times up until saturday. If you see someone wearing it take a screencap and send it to me at: mensreamc@gmail.com so I can ban them.

If you want to know why I'm banning it then you probably don't play on the server, cause its obvious to anyone who has played "THE QUANTUM GAME" that the armor takes balance outside its house, puts it up against a wall, and shoots it in the head. Worse yet, it then bills balance's family for the cost of the bullet.

Metaphors aside, the armor makes PVP with anything other then nano-sabers completely useless - and to be frank 10 minute long swordfights totally went out with the 1600's (though pantaloons are still pretty bitchin). Its all about the John Woo shit now, so get your M1A1's, P90's and XM25's locked and loaded and turn on the gun & munition factories.

Quote from malonkey1

Okay, just because you don't like it doesn't mean you have to verbally trash it. You don't like it? Don't use it! And don't call Notch a man-child for simply adding things to his game. No matter what your opinions are, it is Notch's game. NOT Eloraam's. NOT Alblaka's. NOT Spacetoad's. They'rew great modders, and I love their work, but until 70 years after Notch dies, Minecraft is his intelectual property. So stop whining about features you don't like, and just leave them alone if you think they're so terrible. They don't affect you one bit if you just ignore them.

Crap guys, notch is on to us! Quick, throw some Cornish game hens stuffed with butter at him, it will distract him while we make our escape!

[EDIT: capitalized "Cornish", sorry to any Cornish people, no disrespect!]

There will be a war between blue and red tomorrow at 8 PM EST.

We will update - but I'm not in any hurry. There is nothing about 1.0.0 that I find any more appealing then 1.8.1. Aside from multi-threaded servers, I could really care less about 1.0.0. Enchanting benches and potion shit will be banned and unplacable anyway. Villagers are absolutely retarded looking and will only be turned on so that they can be promptly slaughtered. Maybe animal breeding? But I'm not sure how that is even relevant in a PVP server. Kind of silly actually. Either way vanilla minecraft is garbage, and the IC port contains no new features, so whats the hurry?

The only major changes will be the Red Power 4 release, and us dropping buildcraft (redundant, glitchy & laggy). I'm also waiting for another MMW or some other gun mod. And please don't even suggest flan's - its so terrible its practically useless. SDK has been "updating" since early november. So unless one of you wants to make a kick ass gun mod we will be with 1.8.1 well into the forseeable future.

On another note, I will from this point on completely disregard any questions about mods, modding, other servers, etc..if you want to know why x mod isnt on "yet" go and read over the forums and find out for yourself. Do your own research and find the answers to your questions on your own. I will simply ignore anyone who asks and mute you if you harass me. I am a server admin, not a paid research assistant or a help desk employee. Everything I do I do so for damn good reasons. Reasons whose explanations I dont owe to anybody. If your having technical issues or theres a griefer problem let me know. I will even help you figure out why your connection is slow (turn off the streaming porn, joon!). If you want to know why SDK's guns mod isnt on the server go read SDK's thread and figure it out on your own.

If I knew what the commands were supposed to be could I just copy and paste them into the config?

Could someone post the 1.337 server config with the values for wind, nuclear and solar displayed? For some reason my config is generating with just the normal generator value but none of the others.

So I have been looking into some ways to nerf quantum armor. I'm sure all of you who play on the server understand why - PVP fights no longer involve skill or fun - just slugfests between two guys frantically clicking in each others general directions. No skill involved really, ecspecially compared to long range sniper showdowns or mid air jetpack fights. I already made nano-sabers cheap enough for the whole family. I wish I could somehow disable that quick-run thing as well (what the heck is the quantum toggle option for in the config anyway?). However, I may have found something that can fix our problem.

http://forums.bukkit.org/threa…1060-0-9-6-rc-1337.18043/

This bukkit plugin supposedly lets you change damage mechanics. I could potentially configure it so nano-sabers do a ton of extra damage to guys in quantum suits. The only catch is that the wiki is incomplete and I'm a little technically challanged. So, until I figure this out (not a lot of time in between work, home & normal hosting duties) we will be stuck with uber OP quantum...unless of course someone else can help me [this means you]. The sooner I can figure this out the sooner quantum can be fixed. Also, I will give the person who successfully helps me a substantial prize. Well worth it.

Updated IC2 to 1.337b (most recent IC2).

Also completed the transition to bukkit so no more of me being a short-tempered ass, chronic restarts, rollbacks etc, stuff not working right, etc.

JUST MAKE SURE YOU DONT PLACE A HOE IN A DEPLOYER!

I'm also looking into some other ways to encourage PVP. Since the server is "boring" for some people (notably due to the lack of war...) I'm going to be pushing for war more and I'm going to try to add some interesting capture the point / or CTF mechanics.

Don't forget: I took off mobs and added spawn mines to shift the focus from survival to combat. This is not supposed to be a free build/survival/peaceful co-existance server or else you WOULD NOT have those benefits. They are strictly there to stream-line and promote PVP combat.

I also want to clarify something about leadership and reps. I want to make it as clear as possible.

THERE IS NO RULE STATING THAT YOU CANNT DEFY LEADERS/REPS OR ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THEM.

"Leader" is just an informal title. Literally all they do is declare war/surrender/recruit & appoint reps if there are less then 3. They CANNOT kick you off the team without a good reason (NOTE: violating an informal peace treaty on a war server is NOT a good reason. Think griefing/stealing from your own team).They can encourage, threaten or imply but unless your stealing or griefing your own team they cant just throw you out and confiscate your stuff.

If you are unhappy about your leader or reps challange their authority. If there is a dispute over leadership it will be settled by vote among your team. The leader/rep/challanger with the most votes will be granted the position. The voting period will be a few days to make sure all the players on your team have a chance to cast their vote.

I now have a website for the server:

http://industrialwar.weebly.com/

Server info, announcements and a forum. From now on that will be the official place of business.

We have planes again and we have switched from simpleserver to bukkit so we have some new abilities. For now I want to use the essentials economy system and xauth. In the future I want to get a capture the flag plugin so we can mix things up once and a while.

I imported most of broville into the map. Its about 8 times bigger then it was before.

I am also making the switch from simpleserver wrapper to bukkit, so some unusual things will be going on during the day. Just don't badger me while I'm testing cause I likely won't respond.

Now that we have bukkit we can do much more then link worlds or servers. I'm looking into some things that might help me make things much more interesting. I will keep you updated as I add them.

While converting to bukkit blues base had a chunk generate as solid stone..luckily we had thousands of backups. Everythings is good now and only that area was rolled back. Everyone else will find their areas to be current.

Quote from Frantic Fanatic

I am rather intrigued, on the other hand, with the rather dim outlook on the enchanting feature expressed in this thread. Do people here hate Notch for modifying his game?

I can't speak for anyone but myself but yes, I have nothing but contempt for notch.

I think the basic concepts of minecraft are very cool, but I despise the fantasy/medeval theme. On the other hand, I love the sci-fi theme. But either way I dont see how those two genres mix.

Im obviously biased though. If not for the mods I would not play minecraft at all.

If its only in a specific area there may be something in that area lagging you out (quarry or block breakers filling up a chest too much and it starts spilling out stuff onto the ground).

If it happens randomly across all servers then I would have to ask: is it a crash to destop or are you getting an error and basically being taken back to the join server screen?

If its a string error and your not ctd then I'm lost and would appreciate some help myself - it seems that happens to many people.