Thanks for the patience everyone. I am still working on the server update. I am still going – as I have time for it – through plugins and update them. There are some that are a bit more tricky and we might need to see if we can drop them or not, but so far nothing critical. Sorry that it’s a slow progress, there are a lot of plugins and I do not have that much time & energy to work on it. We are however definetely closing in on the target, either before or after the easter break. Let’s see.
Some important clarifications:
- The temp server is whitelisted. Only past active users can join. Even if people would whitelist on the server right now (which is not even possible), they could not join the temp server. So there should be no need to build a base millions of block outside of spawn to feel “safe”. I think we have a quite solid community right now where we can trust that people won’t start griefing. Anyhow, even if it happened, we can trace it.
- The 1.21.6 upcoming update (this summer someday) will include an update to the nether, specifically the soulsand biome. I am not sure yet how to deal with it. We can either reset the nether then again or we can just make the items available in the shop. Let’s discuss when it comes to that.
- The temp server is supposed to be permanently online. In case it crashes, please let me know, either via a direct message in Discord or via a comment here. I will try to make a crash-check in the coming days.
- If someone in-game has important questions about the server (like the ones answered above), please ask them to comment there so I can answer them for everyone.
- Depending on the progress of the various plugins, we might be able to go live with 1.21.5 already. I will for sure try.
Update
I heard last night that the main reason for update in 1.21.6 would not require a reset of the nether since the main feature would be even craftable. So we either skip that one – or at least update without resetting the nether.
Hello Unc
Tanks for all the work :) and reading about progress makes fun.
– yes griefing I think is no option
– in a way it would be nice if you could bring back is the rank colors back of the players soon
– making new items available in the shop might be very good – that could activate voting for the server more
– plus didn’t you work pretty enough to have it run stable on 1.21.5 possibly?
– we could be happy with that for a while – hahahaha
– I also will let you know via WhatsApp when it crashes or peeps have questions about just in-game – that’s efficient I think – I for sure don’t await an all of a sudden answer :)
And Again, Thanks So Much! Uncovery.Me Is Really Cool!
Regarding the 1.21.6, there is a chance that this can be done really quickly. The main issue with the current update is that there were a LOT of changes from 1.19 to 1.20, including upgrading Java. For some reason I do not know, all Minecraft development was stuck in Java 8 for a decade while there were new versions around and then suddenly everyone switched to version 17 (!) and now we are at 21… So combined with the changes in Minecraft as well as plugins that were already abandoned 3 years before the release of 1.19 and the changes in minecraft itself, the mountain to update to 1.20 was huge. If I can manage this one now, the changes between 1.21.4, 1.21.5 and 1.21.6 should not be so big anymore. It’s still come work but not having to learn new Java stuff and re-writing whole functions.
Hello Unc,
Good news, and thanks. I agree that the double-minor versions change shouldn’t be actually a problem. As Nether is resources world (too many hazards to use it for something different from Blaze farming), I see no problem in either options – resetting the Nether or putting items to the shop.
So, basically, I support riedi’s points.
Thanks and good luck!