If and when we get health in multiplayer, what do you think will happen to the items when you die? Can someone else just run up and pick them all up (because you drop them when you die) before you are able to run back to the spot? I also wonder if he will change the ability to push people, because that could result in a lot of cliff griefing.

Serejai

6007 Posts

October 30 2010 20:09 GMT

#942

According to Twitter, here is the rundown on SMP

NO Minecarts
NO Boats
NO Health
NO Hell world

Additionally, he now claims that SMP Health won't be added until Beta, which is quite a ways off.

Such a letdown

Puosu

7007 Posts

October 30 2010 20:36 GMT

#943

Moments before server reset, a griefer has set the whole starting area on fire.

edit: also fuck you Notch for not implementing half the stuff you promised.

JeeJee

Canada5652 Posts

October 30 2010 20:38 GMT

#944

started off #1 when currency is introduced
and after a little hustlin' i went from 257 this morning to..

p.s. spawnville is on fucking fire

Serejai

6007 Posts

October 30 2010 21:31 GMT

#945

OP updated.

iNdEMAND

130 Posts

October 30 2010 21:37 GMT

#946

Hopefully he does focus on the SMP now that the halloween update is over with and that his business is getting settled.

threehundred

Canada911 Posts

October 30 2010 22:43 GMT

#947

hi minecraft players. my name is KimTaeyeon (minecraft account name lol), a former sc2 high ranked diamond player (lol like that has anything to do with this), and i would like to share my minecraft experience with the rest of the server.

also this post will help me cherish the lost blocks of work in-case of a reset (in the process of one right now lol)

below in spoilers are over 50 screenshots of things i've created and ideas i have developed. for those that are new to minecraft, think of it as a game where you are only truly limited by your imagination and 1x1 meter high cubes (and TONS of HALF steps for details).

mind you, i'm fairly new to the server (barely over 2 weeks in building), but i am a construction addict at heart and decided to play minecraft in a 'roleplay like manner'.

many thanks to the various /warp areas with free mats eg. natex1/moria/jump that helped me.

i decided to build a resort and residence that people could use as a vacation spot (more like an adventure / look around spot) to get away from mining/construction from time to time.

it is known on the server as KTOWN ISLES.

lol at first there was just suppose to be a mini developer center with a few beach cottages near by. but then i realized that by constructing the visitor center (2 stories at the time) on relatively huge part of the beach, the proportions were just ugly, if i added a few houses nearby. thus i realized to make this one building look better i had to build around it.

the general layout
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the visitor center (first building up from the harbor walkway)

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the middle building is the visitor center, branches out over the bay to the lounge/offices/restaurant area

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here is the visitor center with the residences/beach in focus. the boat was last to be made, it's called the soshi boat.

each residence had a unique feel to them, albeit using 1x1 blocks felt obviously chunky upclose

the back part of the area is the hotel/pool/lagoon area. various bars and stuff around

here is a pic of the overpass from the visitor center to the lounge/offices/restaurant. the walkway was one of the first major steps in the designing the layout. it helped me manage how proportionate the other parts of the complex had to be.

more pics, KTOWN ISLES fly-by. many thanks to transitive for keeping it night time for about an hour while i was building 1x1 towers to get good screenshots
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ok now the question is, how do you attract attention to your isles without spamming server chat every 5minutes? easy. I BUILT SIGNS/OFFICES at every /warp that would allow me to do it. It's not like I would be building crap stuff in their area, it would be interesting enough to draw attention etc... I like this concept to be honest. build it and they will come. at each office i had directions to get to the closest /warp to ktown isles (which was luckily right off /warp spleef ^^v)

each 'KTOWN Inc.' building would be like a minioffice/storage/workbench/forge away from home too that would also serve as an advertisement. i gave each office a little attitude.

how to advertise in capitalistic minecraft rp fashion
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alright so there is this spleef arena, apparently KTOWN ISLES was just off the coast and you could see the lights just in the close distance

this lead to me creating 'offices' at various places to attract attention. it's a cool concept, i also think it's highly constructive, as 1. we couldn't really 3d render the map for people to look and say 'hey i want to go to that place' and 2. i felt like many of the cities were sorta defunct in a sense and needed a bit of RP jazz to make things seem more lively.

here is the first KTOWN Inc. office in moria. hering hates me. i have an artistic license QQ ^^

herings house is to the left. quaint and simple <3

then transitive allowed me to build in maimer ^^. only within building/lot specifications though. ummm i can't live with 3 block high walls sorry, 4 is the way to go imo

then minomino had his casino... awesome place to build an office! lol. he was pissed it was right across i think =( also he's the one that cleared the plot that he said he was gona use for future expansions. i'll remember mino sorry ._.

then i asked kickthemoney if i could build within the vicinity of the skytown of columbia. oh my. this is one of my favorite places. really nice ambience at night above the clouds, pretty chill hangout lol.

hey transitive/hering created this gladiator (racing) arena that was simply amazing. add a giant skull care of southrawrea and the KTOWN Inc. Brown Eyed Bar and Grill. best seats in the house. all done in one sitting, just takes a spark to get the block building juices flowing. simply amazing area made even cooler lol (imo for haters)

annnd sadly, i made a simple signpost + mini desert oasis and umbrella at crazytown, didn't screenshot it, didn't want to walk a billion miles. no offices there but just a simple ad, hehe

I hope to see you all and many new faces on the next reset or whatever. If anyone was interested in my playstyle and wants to tag along / create post medieval building stuff, let me know. but i will be building a fort to start off the next reset before venturing into rp minecraft capitalism.

oh for those that want to build with me, don't use cobblestone till they change the texture for it or we will never get along ^^

Armstrong

United States50 Posts

October 30 2010 23:53 GMT

#948

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet:

Yep, redstone appears to be working better in SMP now

I guess we'll find out exactly what 'better' means.

Theres also this:

Minecarts and boats still won't work well in SMP after this update. But the tracks will.

So I guess we could start building a rail system with our roads but we wont be able to use it yet.

Serejai

6007 Posts

October 31 2010 00:15 GMT

#949

I'm expecting a week before the server can come back up. This update completely ruined SMP... it's unplayable until Notch releases another update to address all these gamebreaking bugs and massive memory leaks he added with the patch.

JonsaBoy

Denmark457 Posts

October 31 2010 00:45 GMT

#950

Im pretty disappointed, as far as SMP goes. No minecarts, no health, no duping fix.
And no portals. I really hope that atleast portals and duping will get fixed soon, since minecarts and health was said to be for beta.

With that said, singleplayer is awesome. So many new interesting things.

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

October 31 2010 01:18 GMT

#951

i dont want health

can't go lava swimming after that

JeeJee

Canada5652 Posts

October 31 2010 01:34 GMT

#952

so just to clarify, this is the SMP update?

nice one notch

edit: ffuu that post reeked of entitlement
just to clarify, i'm perfectly happy with the game as-is.. i would just prefer he not make announcements of stuff he's going to implement and then not.

threehundred

Canada911 Posts

October 31 2010 01:47 GMT

#953

On October 31 2010 09:15 Serejai wrote:
I'm expecting a week before the server can come back up. This update completely ruined SMP... it's unplayable until Notch releases another update to address all these gamebreaking bugs and massive memory leaks he added with the patch.

looks like im back to sc

SleepSheep

Canada344 Posts

October 31 2010 09:49 GMT

#954

damn T_T

mr notch, what have u dooooone?

SCC-Faust

United States3736 Posts

October 31 2010 09:52 GMT

#955

Can someone update me on why it is unplayable? I'm so confused.

Psiven

United States148 Posts

October 31 2010 10:13 GMT

#956

I've been playing today on a relatively new server that seems to be working fine, but I have to imagine that any bugs/leaks present in the patch will show up in full force on a map the size this server is looking at.

Simiard

United States55 Posts

October 31 2010 11:13 GMT

#957

On October 31 2010 18:52 SCC-Faust wrote:
Can someone update me on why it is unplayable? I'm so confused.

Serejai is having similar problems to these folks
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1013&t=69988
Memory leaks are even worse now.

If more people than a select few are on the server it bogs down severely. No fixes discovered yet, probably have to wait for Notch to fix it himself.

Serejai

6007 Posts

October 31 2010 14:10 GMT

#958

Basically, what Simiard said. The memory leaks and CPU usages have increased tenfold with the update. Some people are able to run small servers on their home PCs, because generally your home PC is more powerful than a rented server unless you're paying like $400+/month for it.

I haven't found a single public server yet that works. When I join the TL server, it's using up 94% CPU and 2.7GB of RAM, with me being the only person online. As a comparion, before the patch it took about 30 players to get those same results. More than 3 people currently sends the sever into endless lag.

And of course Notch, being the professional he is, decided to take a 13 hour power nap immediately after releasing the update, so nobody has a clue when he will fix it. I'm honestly expecting a "I'll fix it with beta" response at this point.

Idle in IRC for updates. I'll post them as soon as I get any.