Tried all I could to do the upgrade this morning. Failed on the essentials plugin which does stuff like /home and /spawn. I think I was able to fix that now, will have to do further testing but have no time anymore now. Please stand by for further info.
Other stuff that has been mentioned below should be fixed now. Please continue checking if everything works.
While the 1.6 server will continue running on port 25564, I copied a current map to the 1.7 server and started it for testing. Please all get on the 1.7 server at port 25565 and check if everything works as expected. If this is the case, I will upgrade the server finally to 1.7 within the next 10 hours, provided I get positive feedback.
So please test and comment here if anything does not work properly! Things to check for among others:
Currently known bugs:
1.6 is on the brink of extinction and 1.7 is about to see the day of light on Uncovery minecraft. So we will be doing it like all the times before:
Since I am on holiday now (business trip is over since 6 hours, now traveling through China) I will most probably have the time to install the temp server within the next 24 hours (in case it is released then) but I will most probably not have the time (and fast enough internet connection) to upgrade the current server to 1.7 within the next 10 days.
[Update] 1.7 is out and running on a temp server & temp map as announced above on port 25565 (the standard port). ATTENTION: Whitelisting and bannlists work, but registering here on the server will NOT instantly allow you to enter the temp server since the whitelist there wirks different. I first have to logon and restart the server. Do not expect that to happen too often. So if you are new to this server, you better use the 1.6 version [/Update]
[Update 2] The environment which allows plugins (bukkit) was updated already for the current version 1.7.01. I installed it and along some 1.6 version plugins for testing. Chat-channels, user levels, IRC, minecarts and common commands like /home should work already. Please test them. I will be updating those plugins and testing additional plugins as I have time to when they hit the shelves. Please not that if there is another client update beyond 1.7.01 that requires an updated server and I do not have time to move with it, you might be locked out of BOTH servers. In that case, please wait until I upgrade the temp server or revert to the 1.6 version.[/Update]
I have upgraded the forum to the latest release. It is now integrated much better into the website. Please check it out.
From the logs:
12:28:40 [SEVERE] NC: Moving summary of last ~5 seconds: airglider6 total Violations: (2,18,0)
12:28:45 [SEVERE] NC: Moving summary of last ~5 seconds: airglider6 total Violations: (7,23,0)
12:28:51 [SEVERE] NC: Moving summary of last ~5 seconds: airglider6 total Violations: (1,9,1)
12:28:57 [SEVERE] NC: Moving summary of last ~5 seconds: airglider6 total Violations: (4,20,0)
12:29:02 [SEVERE] NC: Moving summary of last ~5 seconds: airglider6 total Violations: (6,15,0)
12:29:08 [SEVERE] NC: Moving summary of last ~5 seconds: airglider6 total Violations: (1,9,0)
12:29:14 [SEVERE] NC: Moving summary of last ~5 seconds: airglider6 total Violations: (11,14,0)
12:29:20 [SEVERE] NC: Moving summary of last ~5 seconds: airglider6 total Violations: (8,24,0)
12:29:22 [INFO] §9[PLAYER_COMMAND] uncovery: /tp airglider
12:29:25 [SEVERE] NC: Moving summary of last ~5 seconds: airglider6 total Violations: (8,13,1)
12:29:30 [SEVERE] NC: Moving summary of last ~5 seconds: airglider6 total Violations: (3,7,1)
12:29:35 [INFO] g| airglider6 [Settler] (world): hi
12:29:38 [INFO] g| uncovery [I R 0nr] (world): hey
12:29:42 [INFO] g| uncovery [I R 0nr] (world): you are using a speedhack
12:30:09 [INFO] g| airglider6 [Settler] (world): so i cant use that?
12:30:17 [INFO] §9[PLAYER_COMMAND] uncovery: /ban airglider
For reference from the rules:
Do not cheat to get achievements or to mine blocks. This includes client-side scripts, mods, transparency texture packs or any other way that gives you an advantage over the standard and intended game play. I know its hardly possible to check on most of the things, so claiming that you are using such is already worth being banned.
I want to give 2 warnings regarding the skylands railways. Please take those seriously.
I will be leaving for holidays in 12 hours. I will be gone until July 10th. During this time I will have only very limited internet access.
Since there was a repeated bug where during an upgrade to citizen, the permissions file would not be written properly and all users would become guests, I will be suspending further citizen promotions until I am back. Current citizen will stay citizen of course.
So please be patient until I am back. I will try to find out where this bug comes from or how to fix it. Most probably I will convert the system from a “check when the website is loaded” to a scheduled check to avoid too many checks that might interfere with each other. I do not know when I have time for that though.
I wanted to inform you that the forum (not the comments on the blog however) allow <img > tags. You can therefore post your pictures there and show them immediately.
Please be aware however what you are doing there. If you post dozens of high-res images you won’t make any friends on the server. So please use this feature with care.
Anyhow, all images that exceed 600px width are shrunken to that size in display.
I just finished all western rails in the skylands. They should be free of lava, water, gravel, holes and have working rail stations every 200 blocks. They also should be in the right location to make sure both lots north and south of them are accesible. If you see some problems on other’s lots, please tell me. If you see stuff broken on your lot, please fix it.
The skylands central rail station seems to be 100% functional now. Please report if there are any issues.
The tracks however are flawed still. I am not sure what it is but there are no stations on the copy-pasted tracks and some holes. I will have to try again but I might be running into the limits of the system by trying to paste a 3200 x 5 x 3 large block into unloaded chunks and hoping that it works as expected.
Since I will be leaving Monday afternoon for a business trip, then for a 10 day Holiday, then another couple of days for another Business trip. So I will not have the time to work on the contest. Therefore I postpone it for 2 weeks until the 10th of July. Sorry about announcing this so late but some stuff has changed on my schedule recently that makes that an option just now.
I also will try to move the lot application to an fully automated process. It has been running 90% smooth so far with me only controlling the process, but there are still some smaller hickups that I have to check on before having it run unattended.
I have just now finished to build the skylands railway. This is how this works:
Upgrade
I have just upgraded the server. The only changed plugin is the one that makes the gates. Since the old one was abandoned, I switched to a new one. You should not feel any change. This plugin also defines the different worlds and now also the border for the normal world. If you live on the outer border of the world and it has changed for you, please tell me.
Anyhow if anything changed or does not work, please tell me!
New world! Skylands!
We have a new world, the skylands!
This is an early announcement. Not everything is 100% setup yet. Please be patient.
You will be able to reach it from a portal on the roof of the central administration building. This world consists of islands floating in the air. This world is also split into lots, but 200 x 200 sized to accommodate the fact that there is not that much surface per lot. Also only citizens, architects and VIPs are allowed to reserve a lot or build in this world. Otherwise the settings and commands are identical with the normal world.
Since the islands are not connected, it is currently impossible to reach lots since they are protected: You cannot build yourself a bridge to cross lots. I am about to build a transit railway in that world. I also still have to write the reservation mechanic for that world. In the meantime, you can ask me to reserve lots for you manually. [Update] There is a form now in the Server access menu where you can reserve a lot![/Update] Please have patience though while I am exploring the whole map and building the railway. There is 2D map and a 3D map available.
Since the city is getting larger and larger and therefore also more confusing, I followed the advice from Riedi to install street names. We decided to name all the north-south leading streets “1st Street West”, “2nd Street East” etc. with the center at the eiffel tower (and east-west coordinate 0). The street signs are already installed at every corner of the city.
The East-West facing streets will be named preferably after VIPs where a building from them is located. So as a start, the street between the cathedral and the Conservatory (both built by Plutomaster) is called “Pluto Lane”. More streets will be named and signs attached in the coming days!
I created a new rail line which goes through a couple of occupied lots. It affects all lots with the number 18. I chose this place because it affects the least users but is still reasonably in the center of the map. The affected users are:
Currently I only built the actual railway in empty lots. It goes on sea level (63-66 height) on the north edge of the lots (200-204). I already protected the area so you know exactly which blocks will be affected. As an affected user, please check if this crosses any of your important constructions. The please reply here with one of the following answers:
Sadly, despite there being some people really got at this stuff (at least according to their own words), not many people had really time to come up with anything at all. While there have been some entries to the contest, there have not been nearly enough to call it a competition worth a stack of diamonds and more so comparable to the buildings we see standing around. Guess it’s a minecraft server and not a banner design server after all.
So how to proceed? I will work together with the best entry (rthurber) to improve on it and make a final banner. Of course he will get the diamonds, too.
Since the Railway in the city is getting more and more stations, and the connectivity is getting better, I now created a new page for the Uncovery MTR together with a map that shows the stations and locations of the public railways. The map will be updated regularly.
Please take a look. I am always open for suggestions on station and railway names.
I had to cut out some pieces to fit the video within the 15 minutes timeframe. Hope you like it.