MineCraft South Africa - RPG Server

LazyLion

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MineOS: the ultimate MC server setup

http://minecraft.codeemo.com/

MineOS: the ultimate MC server setup

a ten minute guide to a completely managed, self-contained minecraft server
Foreword:

There are numerous guides out there to setting up a minecraft server, dozens of linux (and windows) scripts to automate this task, and to the best of my knowledge, nothing that combines these together in an idiot-proof quick-start setup, managing memory use, mod/plugin interfaces, and server moderation.
Goals:

This is a Linux distribution forking off the tinycorelinux.com project 'microcore', aimed at creating the smallest possible minecraft server retaining all minecraft customizability and functionality while increasing usability.
How does this improve existing minecraft guides, setups & scripts?

This distribution provides everything necessary for hosting Minecraft:

Web-based server admin page
Improved, incremental world backups
Single-click updating of server files/bukkit mod
c10t mapping at the touch of a button
Safer, more secure implementation/OS
Only Minecraft setup with chunk validation and restoration.
And it's straight up-faster.

[video=youtube;QDQGj8zCCWI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDQGj8zCCWI&feature=player_embedded[/video]
 

ruknroller

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Sweet! I once spent about a week building an underground city. Had tunnels (with windows mind you) running through the water to other people's buildings.
 

mass09

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http://notch.tumblr.com/

The changelist for 1.6
Minecraft Beta 1.6 is getting release later this week.

Here’s the changelist so far:

1.6:

+ Added Nether support to multiplayer
+ Added craftable maps
+ Added hatches
+ Added tall grass in some biomes
+ Mushrooms now spreads (very) slowly
+ Added server property view-distance. Sets the radius of terrain updates (in chunks) to send to the players. Range 3-15, default 10.

* It’s no longer possible to build solid blocks on the top layer of the maps (sorry!)
* Players stuck in walls will slide towards the nearest gap if there is one
* Made booster tracks speedier
* Severely nerfed fire so it spread slower, and doesn’t spread infinitely
* Seeds are now found in tall grass, using a hoe on the ground no longer works
* Blocks destroyed by other players in multiplayer now shows the breaking block particle effect
* Activated dispensers make sounds and trigger particles in multiplayer
* Doors make sound for other players in multiplayer
* The record player now supports more than 15 different songs

* Fixed running out of memory corrupting the current level
* Fixed the side textures of grass getting extra dark when mining them
* Fixed anaglyph 3d rendering mode having severe visual bugs
* Fixed the crash screen vanishing immediately
* Fixed not being able to target blocks when at x or z pos 1000
* Fixed the achievements screen messing up the sky color
* Fixed saving while sneaking dropping the player through the ground
* Fixed a system clock change messing up the game speed
* Fixed rain sounds not playing with fast graphics enabled
* Fixed hair and cloaks being rendered in the wrong locations on sneaking players
* Fixed the attack/swing animation not being applied to the armor layer
* Fixed player rotation not being loaded correctly when loading a saved game
* Fixed arrow physics, making them not get stuck midair when you open a door
* Fixed arrows hitting reeds, portals, and other non-solid blocks
* Fixed keybindings not getting saved properly under certain conditions
* Fixed the player not being able to sneak off lowered blocks like cacti
* Fixed a bug where the player could mine without swinging their arm
* Fixed boats placed on snow being placed too far up
* Fixed submerged boats rising very very fast
* Fixed sand dropping onto boats getting stuck in a falling animation
* Fixed a game crash when riding a vehicle or animal into the nether
* Fixed falling while riding not dealing damage to the rider
* Fixed buttons and levers too close to the player being impossible to use
* Fixed dispensers shooting through walls
* Fixed fire hurting through wall corners
* Fixed entities reaching water through wall corners
* Fixed placing doors next to cacti creating half-doors
* Fixed buttons and levers being placeable on leaves in “fast graphics” mode
* Fixed furnaces and dispensers not dropping their contents when destroyed
* Fixed dispensers biasing later slots
* Fixed farmland taking too long to dig
* Fixed tilling below some blocks being possible
* Fixed tilling the underside of blocks somehow working
* Fixed fences and stairs sometimes becoming invisible
* Fixed walking on top of fences not producing step sounds
* Fixed fire sometimes existing mid-air as an invisible block of pain
* Fixed fences and wooden stairs not being flammable
* Fixed fire effect on burning entities sometimes getting rendered in the wrong location
* Fixed fishing rod rendering being a bit lacking
* Fixed fishing rods being stackable
* Fixed mining glass hiding the clouds behind the glass
* Fixed rain falling through liquids
* Fixed items in glass blocks not getting ejected properly
* Fixed water interacting strangely with glass
* Fixed glass not blocking rain sound
* Fixed fences and signs preventing grass from growing
* Fixed rain and snow being incorrectly lit
* Fixed grass staying alive below stair blocks
* Fixed the achievement screen not pausing the game
* Fixed some screens breaking the sky tint color
* Fixed fullscreen mode switching causing mouse issues and screen closes
* Fixed chat messages surviving through game switches
* Fixed ice so it regenerates regardless of whether it’s snowing or not
* Fixed rain falling too slowly
* Fixed levers being placeable on weird locations
* Fixed floor levers sometimes not delivering a signal downwards
* Fixed floor levers sometimes not being removed when the floor is removed
* Fixed rail tiles sometimes not properly connecting to a new neighbor
* Fixed minecarts next to each other causing extreme velocities (sorry!)
* Fixed wolves not following their owner if the name has different caps
* Fixed creepers retaining charge level when they can’t see their target
* Fixed dying in the nether spawning new portals
* “Fixed” beds in the nether
* Fixed inventory acting weird when portaling by making the portal close all screens
* Fixed wooden pressure plates being mined with pickaxes
* Fixed redstone repeaters having the wrong particles
* Fixed saplings being plantable through snow onto non-grass blocks
* Fixed ore density varying per quadrant from the center of the world
* Fixed dispenser graphics being one pixel off. ONE PIXEL!!!
* Fixed mushrooms spawning everywhere during nights
* Fixed animals only spawning near light during the night
* Fixed the multiplayer join screen input field being too short
* Fixed IPv6 addresses being parsed wrongly. To connect to a specific port in IPv6, use the format [1234:567::1]:25565
* Fixed network packets being sent unbuffered, causing huge amounts of packets being sent
* Fixed entity positions going out of synch sometimes. They get re-synched every 20 seconds now.
* Fixed inventory icons not animating after being picked up in multiplayer
* Fixed mushroom soup not leaving a bowl in multiplayer
* Fixed entities above the map height limit becoming invisible
* Fixed healing not flashing the health bar in multiplayer
* Fixed arrows being animated really strangely in multiplayer
* Fixed arrows triggering too many entity move updates in multiplayer
* Fixed the compass not pointing at the spawn location in multiplayer
* Fixed fires being impossible to put out in multiplayer
* Fixed record players spawning client-side fake records in multiplayer
* Fixed records not playing for other players in multiplayer
* Fixed players spawning in the wrong location and quickly lerping to the correct location
* Fixed monsters not being visible for players with their difficulty set to peaceful
* Fixed pigs getting hit by lightning in multiplayer spawning client-side zombie pigmen
* Fixed loads of exploding tnt generating way too many particles, possibly crashing the client
* Fixed bonemeal use in multiplayer sometimes spawning fake client-side trees
* Fixed saplings sometimes spawning trees client-side in multiplayer
* Fixed weather sometimes changing client-side in multiplayer
* Fixed grasscolor.png and foliagecolor.png not being read from texture packs
* Fixed stats getting saved to different files in offline mode if the caps in the player name differ from the true spelling

Quite a big one!
 

Schitzo

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I'd love to play, but I'm not sure where to start...

In order to play online with you guys, do I need just the Demo, or do I have to buy the game?

If I buy the game, do I buy it from the Minecraft site or from a 3rd party website like Ebay etc.?
 

Tpex

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I'd love to play, but I'm not sure where to start...

In order to play online with you guys, do I need just the Demo, or do I have to buy the game?

If I buy the game, do I buy it from the Minecraft site or from a 3rd party website like Ebay etc.?

the full game, and its only available from minecraft.net AFAIK
 

Vegeta

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I'd love to play, but I'm not sure where to start...

In order to play online with you guys, do I need just the Demo, or do I have to buy the game?

If I buy the game, do I buy it from the Minecraft site or from a 3rd party website like Ebay etc.?
Buy the game support the developers... its something nice to do.
I bought mine from www.minecraft.net
I haven't tried online play yet but i will in the next couple of weeks.
 

Schitzo

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Thanks for the info guys! Just bought the game and I'm hooked! I feel like a kid again, surrounded by infinite Lego options!
 

fonoi

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I have tried for the past two nights to connect to the RIG minecraft server and it is not up. Is this server down alot?
 

Vulcanit3

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SA Server

I think this is an awesome idea
Overseas servers are just too laggy
Me and about 2-3 other friends will definitely join is one is created!
 

gumpie

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May 1, 2007
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OK.... so i am tired of this "yes i will do a server".....
i cannot play on the international servers cause the lag is really bad.
doesnt anyone have a 4mb line that we can test on????
 

Krylik

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I have tried for the past two nights to connect to the RIG minecraft server and it is not up. Is this server down alot?

It was in the process of being moved at that point. It is now up 24/7 on a dedicated server on the mweb backbone... usually 10-20 people on in the evenings, few less during the day.
 

fonoi

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It was in the process of being moved at that point. It is now up 24/7 on a dedicated server on the mweb backbone... usually 10-20 people on in the evenings, few less during the day.

Thanks , good to know I will try agiain tonight.
 

Shebam

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Thanks , good to know I will try agiain tonight.

As Krylik said, the server is now up 24/7 with just a small 10min downtime at 10pm while we take the server down to make a backup and to install any MC updates we deem necessary.

Its been fast growing now with new people everyday and we now have the economy plugin going strong so you can open shops and sell stuff and the like.. its radness. :)

To All: If you wanna play click on the link in my sig, register with RIG and come play :)

Griefing is a thing of the past on our server too. We have a large range of mods running to improve on the original gameplay and server performance. Average latency is around the 30ms mark with no lag and the admins are always available to help you out.

The server is located on the MWEB Backbone on a dedicated machine with 6GB Ram and QuadCore X5500's.. We have around 40 players a day, playing a total time of 8 days every 24 hours with lots going on. There is also a dedicated TeamSpeak channel if you feel like talking to your cube headed friends :p
 
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Benjameen

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South African Minecraft server

South African Minecraft server, go to http://chromius.org register and apply for whitelist, its south african and awesome!

my ping to the server is 32ms :D
 
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