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Server upgraded!

I upgraded the server to Bukkit version 1000 – in case you care about that level of detial.

The Upshot is that there are no real new features, but there are lots of bugfixes and performance improvements. So if something got lost in transition please tell me and I will try to fix it. Currently, the only 2 things that are not working as expected are:

  • Building in the city for VIPs does not work
  • the /who list is not sorted by user level anymore
  • adding other people to your lot

I am trying to fix both of those issues, please stand by.

A new Kindom!

I have created a new world, with a new permissions system, to be alive parallel to the other worlds that exist. Please take a look at the first version of the page. More contents, instructions etc are coming. Please stand by.

User level Changes incoming!

There will be a change in user levels. Why? Since we are doing more and more contests that advance people to a higher level, we see people advancing very quickly and well deserved to higher levels. However, there should be a difference between people being at a high level because they are building cool stuff and people who have been at the server for a long time AND at the same time show great social skills, maturity and deep involvement with the server and its development. So what will change?

All VIPs will receive a different name. Most likely Master Builder or something similar. We can fiddle with the naming, important thing is that it reflects that the user has proven to be a better builder than Architect. User rights / commands will not change.

There will be a new user level called “Elder”. Same here for the level name, we can change that later. This new userlevel will be more restrictive. This means that all members of this group will have to propose new members to the group and any vote against it will disable that person from joining. Wait for new commands to be given to Elder levels. The initial group of members will be announced later.

Donators will also change. There will be a + as usual for people who donated but only if they donated more than 12USD. For those who donated less there will be a different sign. Wait for new commands to be given to the 12USD+ donators. Since there I am having some difficulties to know who donated what (some people used realnames or  parents emails instead of their actual data for example), please tell me if you think you got the wrong donator level.

Noble House contest status

I copied over all the houses from the noble house contest. Please go and check your building. Please note that there are sometimes bugs when copying stuff. Namely the following items sometimes break:

  • doors
  • beds
  • pistons
  • pictures

I already did my best to fix the stuff except for the pictures. If you see that something is broken or missing, please ask a VIP to fix it for you. I will start the judging probably tomorrow and finish within this week. Due to the amount of entries this might take a while. Missing paintings won’t affect the outcome though. Please also make sure that there is a sign somewhere near the door that has your name on it.

New contest: Boat!

Ok, here is the new contest! This summer we are going on a cruise! So build a boat of any kind! Think about the different types there are:

  • Ferries
  • Warships
  • Sailboats
  • Fishing boats
  • Cruise Ships w. Casinos
  • etc

Limits:

  • No identical entries. If stuff looks to similar only one can win. Please be creative in the type of boat. I do not want to see 10 battle cruisers.
  • 100 length and 30 width max. Smaller is often better. Also if we have too many large boats, we will be limited which to place in the city waters
  • Lowest block has to be at the same height as the water
  • Make a frame at the water level around it that includes all the ship width and length so I can copy it.

Add a comment with your user level and coordinates of the build here. Picture not mandatory but would be nice. Contest deadline is 31st of August.

Citizen Level Reset!

Since there was a technical glitch with the Citizen levels, some people got promoted to citizen too early. In order to fix this, I have removed citizen status form ALL users. But no reason to panic. To get your citizen level back, please simply log on to the website. You should be upgraded instantly. If you have applied for a skylands lot and are not citizen anymore, please tell me so I can reset the lot. You will not be able to build on it anymore anyhow.

Uncovery Minecraft is NOT on Google+ anymore! :-)

I just deleted the Google+ account for uncovery minecraft. I got the news that some organizations that opened a + account have had their complete Google Account deleted, including YouTube, Gmail etc, because only “real people” are allowed to have a Google+ account. Since I do not want to risk that, I removed + from the Google Account. The google docs and the Youtube account remain therefore.

I will open it again once Google allows to have organizations have a + account, similar to pages in Facebook.

WARNING: Do not use shops as storage

I want to send out a very clear warning. Do NOT use the shops as storage. I have seen a massive amount of goods in the shops with a VERY high price, so only put there for storage. This has two bad effects:

  • There is a higher chance that the store becomes broken. All of the plugins are under permanent development, mostly in Alpha or Beta stage and likely to have bugs. If you overload it, the chance is even higher that something breaks.
  • If the shop plugin ever breaks – and so far EVERY SINGLE plugin has been broken for some time or even abandoned permanently since this server started, ALL that stuff is gone. And then I do not want to hear anybody complaining about their stuff missing. I cannot restore it.

I am in talks with the plugin author to put some sort of limit on how many different items you can sell. I strongly recommend you to take those things out of there ASAP. The next update (1.8) is around the corner and no one knows if the shops system survives that upgrade.

New Bukkit updates

Bukkit, the software which allows to install plugins on a server, has been updated to a new version. The new version includes a completely new permissions system that will be the new defacto-standard for all plugins. I am currently working on understanding how this new system works and how to move all users from the current system to the new system.

At one point I will upgrade the server. During this time, there will not everything be working as expected. I will be adding plugins as they come and installing them. The minimum will be the lot protection to be working in order to switch to the new system.

So currently this is just an announcement of what I am working on already and what will come. Nothing will change on the server for the coming couple of days.

Spleef League

I have started a spleef league. Please see the spleef page for details (on the bottom). Since this is the first time, we have to see how it plays out. This is an indefinite challenge. We will see after some time how many people participate from the start or join late and give awards to the first people reaching the round X.

Pyramid Schemes

AS you know there has been a pyramid built by me and decorated by amazing works of the Uncovery community in the Central Area. I want to finish this work but ran a bit out of ideas. So please go there (take the train north form the city) and tell me what else should be built there. I am also looking for volunteers to help making this a feature-packed, fun building to explore.

VIP lounge relocated! [Udpate]

There is a new VIP lounge now at an undisclosed location! Please keep it secret! Do not /tp non-VIPs there! You get there with /spawn as a VIP and you get out of it with the portals. Updates regarding interior and thrones will follow!

[Update] I now created spaces for thrones along the wall and copied the existing thrones over. Feel free to build your new thrones on the empty spaces.[/Update]

I am also open to suggestions for additional features on the top floor for example. Only in-game please!

Chat channels reviewed

I have changed a part of the chat channels. They are now setup according to the User levels and have the same color:

  • Citizen (‘z’): Can be joined/read by Citizens and above; color: Light blue
  • Architect (‘a’): Can be joined/read by Architects and above; color: Light Green
  • VIP (‘v’): Can be joined/read only by VIPs; color: Rose

Make sure you type /join z etc to join them once! Have fun!

VIP Lounge has two floors now!

I expanded the VIP lounge to have two floors now. The prison floor is not needed anymore since we have a dedicated prison building and the cells in the hospital. If a VIP wants to take the time to build a special building for the VIP’s, please go ahead. It has to be something special though! And it has to be secret!

Citizen upgrade re-enabled & Poll

I have re-enabled the citizen level upgrade. The whole system of upgrades etc will be reworked in the coming days however. Currently too much is happening every time the website is loaded and I rather want to make this stuff happen only every 5-10 minutes or so.

Also, if you scroll down a bit you will see a poll on the sidebars asking for your opinion on possible improvements on the website.

Spleef Arena!

We now have a fully working spleef arena in the north-western part of the city thanks to plutomaster and hardcorepuding. There is also a spleef plugin installed now that teleports you into the arena once you use the proper commands. To find out more, please see the Spleef Game page in the menu!