Saturday, December 31, 2011

Mod Information

Updated to 1.0!!!

Lots of changes.

New client : <see above>

About the mods :

The Primary 4 Mods 
Industrial Craft 2 : Wiki
Buildcraft : Recipes
Redstone Power : Recipes
RailCraft : Wiki

Accessory Mods 
Power Converters : Forums
Nether Ores : Forums
Industrial Craft 2 Advanced Machines : Forums

Fun Mods 
WW2 Guns : Forums
Whole Tree Axe : Forums.  NOTE : You can substitute gems from Redstone power in place of diamonds!
Hot Air Ballons : Forums
Baby Animals : Forums


Monday, December 5, 2011

New Update

Changes :  Force Fields Added.  I'd suggest you learn to use these, because eventually this server is going to have no rules against anything but hacking or lagging.  That is, griefing will eventually be allowed...so PROTECT your base!

Mod Added - Advanced Machines.  These machines will get your Macerating/Extracting/Compressing done in a jiffy...better have a huge power supply!

Mod Added - Railcraft 1.6.4

Power Converters Updated - you can now fuel your jetpack with buildcraft fuel



<link removed>

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The nerfbat

The nerfbat gives, and the nerfbat taketh away.

Solar : 1/2 the energy output per tick.  Solar needed a bigtime nerf.   Before the moaning starts...consider this.  If solar weren't overpowered, why do you have 50 solar panels?

Water Generator : only flowing water blocks count for the water generator's output calculation

Wind Generator : half the energy output per tick.  This means that wind is still twice as good as solar.

Nuclear Reactor : Nuclear Fuel lasts 4 times longer.


And before you complain too much, go try out the geothermal Mark II.  That baby hasn't been nerfed, and it has some serious energy output.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Update Rollback

This update was far too ambitious.  <link outdated> my fixed version of the client that should be stable.

NOTE : Buildcraft 2.2.5 will have trouble loading some chunks with old piping from previous versions.  The entire chunk will be erased.

I can't do anything about this.  It's just 1 chunk most of the time, unless you built your entire base in one chunk.  (Gazer29 I'm looking at you).

Thursday, November 3, 2011

November 4th Update

I have updated the client.  You can get the new client that you need <link removed>

Changes :
   1.  As per popular request, Zan's minimap Added
   2.  Recipe Book Removed.  Craftguide by  Uristqwerty added instead.  Hit G in game to bring up the guide, see the forum post Here.
  3.  Industrial Efficiency Mod installed.  It may improve server peroformance.
  4.  Buildcraft Updated to 2.2.5.  Duping bug patched, crash bugs that have brought server down about 8 times recently also patched.
   5.  Power Converters Mod Updated.  Check your craftguide for the new recipes.
   6.  Railcraft updated.
   7.  Wireless Redstone Replaced with Wireless Redstone Chickenbone Edition.  This version is MUCH more complex, see here : http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/758794-181chicken-bones-mods/
   8.  HD Textures for Buildcraft and IndustrialCraft and Railcraft are forced on everyone by default.  This should have a negligible effect on performance, but it makes the machines all look much more interesting.  I'd suggest enabling one of the THREE HD texture packs I have included until you find one you like.
   9.  Optifine was updated, and I've probably made other tweaks I am too tired to remember.

This version should be very stable - report any crashes to me immediately.

Mod Reenabled

Portal Gun Mod re-enabled.  Portals can only be placed on a very limited number of blocks, now.  (there are 3 blocks in the list...)

Be aware that the moment the server crashes due to this mod again, I will be removing it without hesitation.  So don't spend resources on Portal Gun Mod stuff that you can't afford to lose.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Tweaks I have made

I have made several tweaks to the rules for the modded items on this server.  As I get more ambitious, I plan to add custom machinery and items, but for now I've just made tiny changes to what is already here.


WW2 Guns : All weapons do double damage.  I felt that the weaponry lacked power, especially since in SMP where latency means it is much harder to actually hit something.


Industrial Craft Recycler : 10x energy cost, half the chance of getting good loot from scrap boxes.  I felt the recycler was horrendously overpowered, and it is now only moderately overpowered with this nerf.


Geothermal Generator : I made it so that it can accept buckets from more sides.  This means that you can auto-refill the generator with lava using 3 mods togther : Buildcraft, Redstone Power, and IC2.


Tesla Coil : Tesla coils charge up with a total of 100,000 energy instead of 10,000.  They can accept up to 512 EU/tick instead of 128 EU/tick (the output from an MFS).  They do massively more damage : with a full charge, they do 50 times more damage than before.  This is enough to kill someone in fully charged quantum armor in 2-3 hits.  Also, tesla coils have a slightly larger range...


Mining Laser : the mining laser does enough damage to kill someone in quantum armor in ~3 hits and to 1 shot anything else.  Realistically, a laser beam that could break a line of blocks would instantly kill any animal or person that has ever lived.


Nano Saber : The nano saber has a similar damage buff to the mining laser.  It also loses energy when it hits someone in quantum armor (but it can kill them in 3 hits)

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Grief Protection

As an interim measure against griefing, I'm offering the following trade :

I will trade 1 adminium block for 2 reinforced cobblestone, under the following conditions :

        You must use the adminium within 1500 blocks of Spawn.
        The final structure must have no adminium visible, inside or out.

How can you use this to protect against griefing?  You can line the walls of the structure protecting your important stuff (cover the adminium with covers so the walls are only slightly thicker than normal if you want), leaving only 1 or 2 entrances.  Put a corridor through the entrances lined with tesla coils on the other side of the adminium.  (tesla coils fire through walls)

No one will be able to enter your base who has not invested a considerable amount of time on the server.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Client Updated and Server Move

This server should be state of the art, the best that can be rented with the fastest hardware money can buy today.  I'm sure you'll let me know if it lacks in any way :)

<link obsolete> the new client : there's a new creeper or two, a less buggy power converter mod, bug fixes to Red Power, and bug fixes to Additional Pipes.

The dynamic dyns IP addresses have not updated yet.  It IS online.  Direct Server IP is 199.167.135.109

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Rules for the server

No random destruction.  It's permissible to change someone's base, but only if the changes are an improvement or an addition.

Allowed : blow up the wilderness, use TNT in the wilderness or your own structure, etc.

Banned : set TNT traps in someone's base, blow someone's base up, steal machines

Grey Area : use someone's renewable energy to recharge, borrow a machine.  Set a trap in their base that does NOT destroy anything (aka like a piston lava trap or a tesla trap).  Improve someone's base by adding artwork, etc.

Basically, no griefing, but most of the time if you do something in the grey area you will not be banned permanently.

WarDave and I have ban and kick powers.

The Map

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16656673/october%2027%20night%20isometric.png

What has gone wrong, and what has been done to fix it :

1.  There have been periodic lag-spikes, where everything done in game reverses itself.  I'm purchasing a new host today that will be much more powerful.  The new host will have an SSD, a top of the line processor, and most importantly will be on a host that has more available bandwidth.

2.  The Portal Gun mod started throwing exceptions every time a certain player logged into his base, causing the server to restart.  I'm looking at you, Shablo5.  The mod has been removed at the server level : this means that all portal gun stuff has disappeared.  Since the client still has the mod, you won't crash when opening chests that used to contain Portal mod stuff.  I know some of that stuff was expensive, and I'm sorry that I had to remove the mod.  

I'm really sorry I wasn't awake when all this happened : it took me less than 30 seconds to disable the mod in a config file.  As the server grows, it appears I need to deputize more people with authority to handle issues like this.

On the bright side, that's the ONLY mod that's been crashing the server, and for teleports we have other good solutions.  Can't afford 2 million energy a teleport?  We also have a mod that adds high speed rail.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Another hotfix

Client has been updated AGAIN.  If you are crashing, download the whole client again and see if that helps.  If not, don't worry about it.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Update 2.0

Hotfix : Client has been updated with new version of Portal Gun Mod.  Or, you can pick up the files here if you know what you are doing : 


New client is <link obsolete>


Changes :
      1.  Eloraam's Redstone Power has been Updated!  
                  a.  Pneumatic Tubes have been bugfixed.  They were already better than buildcraft, now they are even better.  Please use tubes whenever you can, it is buildcraft that is the primary reason your client crashes.
                  b.  Copper is now Copper, Tin is now Tin, Big Tree rubber is now same as Industrialcraft rubber!  Totally interchangable!  You can now get rubber from the big trees and use all that ore you couldn't put in the macerator.
                  c.  There's a new form of electricity, blutricity.  This is just an early version of that part of the mod.
      2.  I changed Optifine to Optifine classic.  Supposedly, this one is more compatible. I also made sure that qo.class , an updated forge file, overwrote the one that comes with Optifine.  I also made sure the default graphics settings were as fast as possible without shortening the view distance or turning off animations.  Weather is now OFF by default as well.


Instructions:
1. Extract the folder anywhere
2. Double click the executable (it's minecraft portable)
3. When the launcher comes up, choose "try again" and enter your username and password

You can add your username and password to the config file as well and it'll log in automatically.

Advantages : you don't need to even touch your .minecraft folder. No installation required. Also, I have included several client mods preinstalled such as Optifine and a texture pack and Minecraft Atmosphere and inventory sorting.

If you want the .minecraft folder, look in "mcp_data". It's in there.

Server Updated!

New Client is <link removed because client obsolete>

Note this client does not include the stand alone version of Java. You need to install Java 7 on your computer properly for this to work.  I found that the included version of java caused too many problems.

I have tested it as best I can.  Everything seems to work, but this is still a temporary release.  I fully expect to do another update Tuesday or Wednesday.

Changes :

  Mod added : Power Converters! http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/554413-181smp-power-crystals-mods-minefactory-reloaded-130-and-more-now-with-bcic-power-converters/page__st__360
        Convert IndustrialCraft electricity to Buildcraft Electricity and vice versa!  Convert CO2 in the air to oil!
  Mod added : Wireless Redstone vs. 1.4 by ali4z! http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/328725-181wireless-redstone-v14/
           this mod adds wireless redstone radios.  Very helpful if you want a remote switch.
  Mod added : Rail-Craft by CovertJaguar http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/701990-181-railcraft-131-forge-smp/
          this mod adds various new kinds of track.  Also makes possible automated cargo trains
  Mod added : Inventory Tweaks by jimeowan.  http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/323444-181spsmp-inventory-tweaks-132-oct-2-stable-version/
         this mod allows auto sorting of inventory
  Mod Updated : Teleport pipes by Zeldo.  Hopefully they will be less buggy now.
  Mod Updated : Industrialcraft : quantum armor makes you completely invulnerable until the power runs out.  Many, many things are fixed.
  Mod Updated : Minecraft Forge : The sub blocks work now without flickering.
  Mod Updated : Buildcraft : most crash bugs are fixed.
  Mod Updated : Portalgun.  I don't know if this fixed anything of note.
  Mod added : Optifine by Sp614x http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/249637-181-optifine-hd-c1-fps-boost-hd-textures/  
        This mod improves FPS.  It also has a setting so that chunks will load faster in multiplayer.  Enable that setting if you have the framerate to spare.
    
Texture pack updated.  I spent all evening upgrading the texturepack for IndustrialCraft 2. In high definition (don't switch back to default) it looks pretty good.  Eventually, all mods will have high definition textures, but I was not able to make that happen this evening.  


This is a lot of mods.  Very few servers have this many client side mods.  There's a real chance one of these mods will not play well with the others and cause serious problems.  Please don't get too attached to any one mod, at any time I might be forced to remove the mod, which will erase everything you built with that mod.  


I will say that it is highly unlikely I will ever remove anything made with the core 3 mods : Buildcraft, IndustrialCraft 2, and Redstone Power 2.  Those mods all have a lot of support and I expect them to be around for a long time.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

A much better cartograph

Here's a much better cartograph, taken in isometric mode.  Note that cartograph doesn't understand modded blocks so there is some weirdness in this image.

Our World So Far

Here's a cartograph of the world.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Some Tips

I found a crashing bug that persisted until I installed Java 7.

Here's what you can do to try this fix (success is not guaranteed, these are beta mods to a beta game) :

go to "October 14 Portable Client for Bricks", the folder I had you download as a zip file.

enter the folder, enter the folder mcp_data, and delete the folder named "java".

Now, go to this address : http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre-7u1-download-513652.html

and download the file named  jre-7u1-windows-i586.exe .  It is labeled as "windows x86 offline installer"

Run the installer, etc, etc.

It worked for me, and it also fixed framerate issues that I was having.  I haven't crashed since.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Some helpful links

The wiki for Industrial Craft 2 :
http://wiki.industrial-craft.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

The Recipes for Redpower 2 (some new stuff here that is handy : the tubes are better than buildcraft, the circuitry is excellent, and you can create sub-blocks to expand stuff)
http://nemesis.evalq.net/RedPower2/recipes.html


The Recipes for buildcraft
http://www.mod-buildcraft.com/documentation/recipes/
Buildcraft offers the quarries, the piping to connect everything, and the auto-crafting tables.

Flan's Guns mod : handy to have a machine gun on hand in case you see a creeper in time.  Note, though, that while I have the best server host I could find, there will be brief moments of lag.  The best defenses against a creeper are automatic, server side defenses. A pit they can't jump, a high voltage electrical cable, a tesla coil, or even a basic fence are all much better than running around at night hoping you see the creeper before it is too late.
Flan's Gun Recipes

Portal Gun Mod Recipes :
   Portal Gun, Sentry guns
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/199391-v181-portal-gun-v2-audiomod-now-optional/

Friday, October 14, 2011

Server Online : Here's the mods and Rules

Advantages of playing here :
      1.  The very best and latest client mods for Minecraft are in use.  All mods are tested for stability, and as of today the stability is excellent.  There are bugs, but the mods are quite playable and rarely crash.
    2.  The world is fairly harsh and unforgiving.  Good gameplay and clever use of the machinery available to you will allow you to survive.
    3.  You have the freedom to use the most powerful and dangerous technologies.  Feel free to detonate nuclear reactors, set up traps with a portal gun, mass produce weaponry with buildcraft, or go snipe everything that moves with WW2 guns. 


Requirements : A real video card and a real computer.  Also, a legit copy of Minecraft. If you try to play here on a laptop with integrated video, it is not going to perform well.  I use a 6950 and an i7 overclocked to 4 ghz and in some places my framerate drops to 80 fps.  


Whitelist - NO.  Just download the mods and play.

Hardware Specs : XEON Sandy Bridge E3 1230.  2 Gigabytes Memory.  10 megabit upload.  This is enough to support approximately 20 people with these mods.

Mods in use :

 Industrial Craft 2 1.15 by Alblaka and team IC 2 Forums
 Redstone Power prerelease 2b by Eloraam http://www.eloraam.com/?page_id=130
 Buildcraft Beta 2.2.2 by SpaceToad http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/682920-181-buildcraft-222-pipes-quarry-auto-crafting-building-engines/
 Portal Gun 1.8v1 by iChun http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/199391-v181-portal-gun-v1-coop-guns-bacon-gun-and-smp/
 Elemental Creepers by http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/498342-181-elemental-creepers-v15-updated-to-minecraft-181/
 WW2 Guns by Flan http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/182918-181smp-flans-mods-planes-ww2-guns-vehicles-playerapi-moods-mputils-teams/
Buildcraft Teleport Pipes by Zeldo http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/653775-181bc222-buildcraft-teleport-pipes-now-called-additionalpipes-17-bug-fixes/
Risugami's Recipe book http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/75440-v181-risugamis-mods-everything-updated/
Modloader by Risugami http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/75440-v181-risugamis-mods-everything-updated/
Modloader MP by Flan http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/182918-181smp-flans-mods-planes-ww2-guns-vehicles-playerapi-moods-mputils-teams/
Minecraft Atmosphere by Hurricaane http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/379925-181-matmos-r6-environmental-sound-atmosphere-simulator/
Minecraft Portable by NotTarts http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/37311-minecraft-portable-26-java-portable-b18-compat/

Rules : Server Difficulty is on hard.  The elemental creepers make the game significantly harder, as well.  Absolutely no Item spawning, teleports, or other use of Op powers will be used or tolerated.

Banning Policy : the first ban is 12 hours, the second ban is double that, and so on.  Permanent bans will only be given if you deliberately cause the server to crash or refuse to remove hack mods.

Installing the mods : 

Option 1 : Manual Install 
  Go to each of those linked pages above and install all of the mods.  The process should take between 2 and 6 hours.


Option 2 : Download a single pack
  Download this zip file and extract it anywhere.  Double click "launch minecraft and connect to bricks.exe".  If Minecraft prompts you to update to a newer version, click NO.  See the readme for how to configure auto-logins.

<link obsolete>


Server address : brickonkeyboard.dyndns.org