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Norim Stumpfighter
Milkmaid
posted 01-31-2011 10:33:30 PM
Willias
Pancake
posted 02-01-2011 02:04:01 PM
I'm not sure if this should be called MineQuest or EverCraft:

Link

nem-x
posted 02-04-2011 07:57:14 PM
Ok I bought minecraft how do i get on your servers
nem-x
posted 02-04-2011 09:30:43 PM
Maradon!
posted 02-05-2011 11:33:12 AM
quote:
Peanut butter ass Shaq Willias booooze lime pole over bench lick:
I'm not sure if this should be called MineQuest or EverCraft:

Link


Remember when the EQ devs insisted that collision detection in an MMO could never be done? haha.

Skaw
posted 02-05-2011 03:41:36 PM
I have added a Sugar Cane Farm and an Egg Farm on to the lot of The Sandy Pick Inn.

Here's how the Egg Farm works:


Eggs take about 4-5 minutes to lay, but sticking around the Inn should keep the chickens from despawning and the farm going. Just take a break, make a sandwich or take a smoke, and hopefully you should have a good amount of eggs in no time. As far as I know, the yard is entirely safe from monsters, with adequate lighting inside and a cactus wall.

Skaw fucked around with this message on 02-05-2011 at 03:55 PM.

nem-x
posted 02-05-2011 05:16:21 PM
Is there a way to see who else is on the server
Skaw
posted 02-05-2011 08:25:46 PM
There are mods that put a whois command in, but I don't think the current server has one installed.
Maradon!
posted 02-06-2011 10:41:47 AM
Apparently, creepers were ripped off a game called Adventure Quest.

Who knew?

Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 02-06-2011 10:54:41 AM
Has anyone been experiencing any server lag?

The log keeps saying

code:
Can't keep up! Did the system time change, or is the server overloaded?

Both the service provider and I want to know if you experience any lag/slowdowns - if you do we'll work to resolve it.

Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 02-06-2011 at 10:54 AM.

nem-x
posted 02-06-2011 01:49:23 PM
Two days ago had some very bad lag in like 15-20 second burst where nothing went through
Willias
Pancake
posted 02-06-2011 03:38:55 PM
quote:
Everyone wondered WTF when Maradon! wrote:
Apparently, creepers were ripped off a game called Adventure Quest.

Who knew?


30 seconds of google searching says you got that backwards.

Matilda Jane
ph33r my MIRVs
posted 02-07-2011 03:35:17 PM
Is there any particular reason why dungeon chests have been empty?

Nem and I have uncovered two dungeons with three chests between them and all three were empty.

Mossy cobblestone isn't that valuable.

Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 02-07-2011 07:31:46 PM
quote:
Matilda Jane said this about your mom:
Is there any particular reason why dungeon chests have been empty?

Nem and I have uncovered two dungeons with three chests between them and all three were empty.

Mossy cobblestone isn't that valuable.


There are two dungeons -
The above ground dungeon has already been looted dry by other players.
The below ground dungeon marked by a pillar lost all its items when I merged the old and new world somehow.

I'll make more next maintenance day. I was going to put a few surprises with Nether items as a reward but Notch will be fixing portals shortly.

Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 02-07-2011 at 07:33 PM.

Matilda Jane
ph33r my MIRVs
posted 02-07-2011 07:57:07 PM
quote:
Ghost of Forums Past's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
There are two dungeons -
The above ground dungeon has already been looted dry by other players.
The below ground dungeon marked by a pillar lost all its items when I merged the old and new world somehow.

I'll make more next maintenance day. I was going to put a few surprises with Nether items as a reward but Notch will be fixing portals shortly.


I suppose the standard dungeons broke during the merging as well since I've never seen the mob spawners in the room actually spawn anything. They were both just empty rooms with an inactive mob spawner and empty chests.

Unless you never intended for those to appear in the map.

Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 02-07-2011 09:43:11 PM
quote:
Matilda Jane's fortune cookie read:
I suppose the standard dungeons broke during the merging as well since I've never seen the mob spawners in the room actually spawn anything. They were both just empty rooms with an inactive mob spawner and empty chests.

Unless you never intended for those to appear in the map.


Were there torches near the spawners? If the original pillagers were there first an effective tactic to stop a spawner would have been for them to place a light near it.

nem-x
posted 02-08-2011 12:26:57 AM
A crafting table just ate two 64 stacks of iron, I would like them back thanks
Matilda Jane
ph33r my MIRVs
posted 02-08-2011 12:34:08 AM
quote:
Ghost of Forums Past spewed forth this undeniable truth:
Were there torches near the spawners? If the original pillagers were there first an effective tactic to stop a spawner would have been for them to place a light near it.

They were walled in without torches deep inside unlit caves.

nem-x
posted 02-08-2011 12:42:36 AM
quote:
This insanity brought to you by nem-x:
A crafting table just ate two 64 stacks of iron, I would like them back thanks

nm skaw had em that thief

Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 02-08-2011 07:21:49 AM
quote:
Matilda Jane had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
They were walled in without torches deep inside unlit caves.

This is slightly concerning. Has anyone else experienced anything similar? How far was this cave from the triangle formed by the spawn ship and the two dungeons?

If the spawner broke during the merger that means items away from the triangle should be relatively unaffected because they would have been generated by the server directly. If the spawner is in the middle of nowhere and is still broken I may have to consult my service provider.

Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 02-08-2011 at 07:25 AM.

Matilda Jane
ph33r my MIRVs
posted 02-08-2011 02:36:16 PM
quote:
Ghost of Forums Past had this to say about Cuba:
This is slightly concerning. Has anyone else experienced anything similar? How far was this cave from the triangle formed by the spawn ship and the two dungeons?

If the spawner broke during the merger that means items away from the triangle should be relatively unaffected because they would have been generated by the server directly. If the spawner is in the middle of nowhere and is still broken I may have to consult my service provider.


I've marked the area where our excavations are taking place. We've hit a lot of open caverns with plenty of resources and infested with mobs, but the two dungeons only contained a lonely mob spawner and empty chests. We took the chests and moss stone as trophies however.

Last night is the first time we encountered lapis lazuli so we may now be heading north into new chunks, but we haven't encountered any dungeons in the new areas just yet.

Matilda Jane
ph33r my MIRVs
posted 02-08-2011 11:27:57 PM
quote:
Matilda Jane painfully thought these words up:
Last night is the first time we encountered lapis lazuli so we may now be heading north into new chunks, but we haven't encountered any dungeons in the new areas just yet.

Seems digging northward allowed us to uncover a functioning dungeon. Two chests with some mediocre loot, but the spawner was working and there was an actual reward for our efforts.

Vin~
Crack Dealer
First One's Free!
posted 02-10-2011 04:27:41 AM
Okay, so I figured out how teleporters work. I added one near the inn that goes to the dock and back. Just click the center with an empty hand to go to and fro.

I also accidentally discovered the teleporter signature to go to the old world, and promptly forgot it. If you are attempting teleporters, it's important to make the waypoint first. Otherwise you end up god knows where.

Vin~ fucked around with this message on 02-11-2011 at 03:21 PM.

Vin~
Crack Dealer
First One's Free!
posted 02-11-2011 08:10:13 PM
Nm.

Vin~ fucked around with this message on 02-11-2011 at 09:48 PM.

Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 02-14-2011 07:32:13 AM
Here's a 19 meg map. Pre-patch. I'm going to have to start hosting one of those google maps ripoff sites for this pretty soon.

http://dent.minecraft-servers.com/~server145/server145_world1_isometric_day_players.png

Skaw
posted 02-15-2011 12:27:51 AM
Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 02-15-2011 01:01:03 AM
Every non-emergency update will have a secret addition.

Here's a blatant hint about this most recent secret: Gold Block, an Iron Block, a Jukebox, and a Glass

Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 02-15-2011 02:53:59 PM
Tapas pointed out the old world teleporter didn't work. Woops.

There's a working teleporter to the old world across from the sandy pick teleporter.

Turns out the original teleporter was too close to spawn so nobody but an admin could touch it.

Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 02-15-2011 at 02:54 PM.

nem-x
posted 02-17-2011 01:17:22 AM
Teleporters to the jukebox land break randomly, saying entrance is barred

Also the server seems to only be able to handle one person on at a time now

nem-x
posted 02-17-2011 01:22:33 AM
Like it disassociates a waypoint with their respective teleporter
Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 02-17-2011 05:47:56 AM
quote:
nem-x got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Like it disassociates a waypoint with their respective teleporter

I'm looking into the forums - it doesn't seem to be that uncommon a problem. A few people suggested putting a high tier block in the center like a key. I can supply you with a diamond block if that helps.

If that doesn't work I'm guessing it may have something to do with the vast distance between the teleporter and the waypoint.

I'll keep looking


quote:
nem-x had this to say about Cuba:

Also the server seems to only be able to handle one person on at a time now

Is this anywhere or only in the desert wasteland? The host said he'd be looking into improving speed. He may have tweaked something to cause this. I'll tell him about this onec I get your answer.

edit: If it comes down to it I'll seek alternative hosting. I hope it won't.

Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 02-17-2011 at 05:50 AM.

nem-x
posted 02-17-2011 06:11:04 AM
All the problems seem to be because of the desert area; normal portals around the new world have worked just fine.

Also if Terena is in the desert and I login to the new world, she'll get disconnected while I get in and vice-versa.

Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 02-17-2011 06:39:10 AM
quote:
nem-x had this to say about Punky Brewster:
All the problems seem to be because of the desert area; normal portals around the new world have worked just fine.

Also if Terena is in the desert and I login to the new world, she'll get disconnected while I get in and vice-versa.


Humm.. I may have to move the wasteland closer to the new world. This is good news because it sounds like it may be Minecraft's fault and not the hosts.

Anyone have a problem with me performing some emergency maintenance on Friday?

nem-x
posted 02-17-2011 03:27:24 PM
nem-x
posted 02-18-2011 07:46:47 PM
The portals that had the barred message are suddenly working again. Did you do something?
Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 02-18-2011 08:43:51 PM
quote:
Nobody really understood why nem-x wrote:
The portals that had the barred message are suddenly working again. Did you do something?

Aside from restarting the server all I did was e-mail the host and ask him to help us out.

Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 03-03-2011 07:21:28 PM
While I had some grandiose plans with the server I simply don't have as much time as I'd like.

I gave Mara full access to the server account to perform upgrades and emergency maintenance when needed if I'm not around.

If the server starts to stagnate I may ask for a volunteer to follow some directions to keep it fresh and install new features onto the map. Unfortunately I'd ask the volunteer not to exploit those features for him/herself as to keep the game fair.

edit: The status says unpaid but that's not really true - I paid it it's just that paypal's sitting on the cash for a little while before they give it to the host.

Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 03-03-2011 at 07:36 PM.

Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 03-22-2011 04:06:36 PM
There were no logins since the 13th. If the server remains stagnant for 1 month I will terminate it and make the level publicly available for anyone who wants to resurrect the project in the future.

edit: For those of you trying to contact me over PM - please don't. The best way to reach me is [my original EC username]@gmail.com

Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 03-22-2011 at 04:07 PM.

Ghost of Forums Past
Pancake
posted 04-07-2011 10:05:05 PM
I decided to give the server one more month to see if interest peeks up when the new patches come (I'm guessing people will one to check out the piston mod once it gets included).

The server was suspended due to non-payment but I just threw some cash at it. It will be offline for a little while but it's my fault, not the host's.

I'm still looking for volunteers to take my admin spot. My free time is minuscule at the moment.

Also, if you were living in a cave, Notch did an AMA on reddit/

Gadani
U
posted 04-07-2011 10:20:49 PM
How do I log in to this server? I want to play
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