Server Down

We noticed earlier today that the server was crashing when a particular player logged in, we've now discovered that this seems to be because of a serious chunk loading issue in or near the players region. We are investigating now but the server could be down for some time, I'll update when we know more.

UPDATE: 16:30 - We've found the problem but I couldn't get close enough to remove the offending items, unfortunately I've had to remove a 150 x 60 area from a distance using worldedit and will now have to manually regenerate the missing chunks manually.The server should be back up in no more than 20-30 minutes.

UPDATE: 17:00 - The server is back up and whitelist is removed!

July Fountain Challenge

Just a quick reminder that entries for the July Fountain challenge need to be submitted by midnight (UK time) this Friday!

For more details see... http://tinyurl.com/julyfountain

Down For Upgrade / Maintenace

The server is now down for the upgrade / maintenance and should be back up within 2-3 hours, regular updates will be posted here.

UPDATE: 11:10 - Full backup is complete and we're uploading the new files now.
UPDATE: 12:00 - All the changes have been made, we're probably half way through testing now.
UPDATE: 13:00 - We're just fixing a minor glitch, it shouldn't take long!
UPDATE: 13:20 - Upgrades complete, you can now connect to the server!

Summary of main changes (from a player perspective):

Tank Cart - Unbanned, available to all ranks.
Project Table - Unbanned, but restricted to Member+.
Fire Rod - Enabled, available to all ranks.

Fire Rods have also replaced gold knives in the village chest in Marble End.

The plugin has also nerfed Blaze Rod / Bone Meal EMC generation, so these setups will generate a tiny percentage of the EMC they used to (less than 1% for Blaze Rod).

EDIT: I just realised that Timers are now resetting to 1.6 instead of 1.5 seconds, this is not deliberate on my part but does seem to be the minimum the plugin will allow now, I'll mention it to the dev and see if this was deliberate or will be fixed in the next version.

Downtime & Changes Tomorrow

The poll for the future of DM & RM tool was very split (I'll leave the results on here for a few days) but the majority of you, just under 51%, voted to keep them as they are with 28% wanting all the tools right-click enabled but restricted by rank and 21% wanting just RM tools right-click enabled and restricted by rank.

So for now at least they will be staying as they are, I'll run the poll again at some point in the future when another plugin upgrade etc needs to be done.

Changes that are definitely happening tomorrow;

Tank Cart: will be unbanned for all ranks.*
Project Table: will be unbanned for Member+ or above.

*If the dupe is attempted you will still see some 'ghost' items but these are client side artifacts only visible to you and will disappear when you relog, doing this too much may well make you lag or even crash your client.

Several other tweaks will be made but for the most part these are performance and logging related, both the EE2 & IC2 mods will be replaced with modified versions that include a number of bug fixes and a couple of performance enhancements which have been tried and tested on other servers.

The upgrade will go ahead tomorrow, Wednesday 24th July as planned. 

The server will go down at around 10 am (UK) for a full backup and will be whitelisted while we test the changes, we expect the server to reopen by 1 pm if all goes to plan (famous last words!).

As usual updates will be posted on here.

VIP Donations Closed

All 12 VIP slots are now taken so donations are closed for the current quarter, thanks again to everyone who has donated!

General donations will reopen on 19th October, with renewals for existing VIPs opening one week earlier on 12th October.

Poll Added - The Future Of DM & RM Tools

Ok so I've been given some replacement files for EE2 which fix a few things including logging and interaction with protected regions for all the DM & RM tools except hoe's and the katar (because it has hoe functionality), but it means we face a difficult decision as enabling right-click would make them far too powerful to risk griefers logging in and getting hold of them within minutes / hours.

I've added a poll so you guys can help me decide but I need to reach a decision by Tuesday night ready for the downtime on Wednesday, so here's a bit more detail on the options;

1) Apply the fix but keep right-click disabled so that players of all ranks can continue to use them.

2) Apply the fix, enable right-click for RM tools only & unban Red Morning Star but restrict RM tools to Member+ rank or above. Keep DM tools as they are now.

3)  Apply the fix, enable right-click for DM + RM tools & unban Red Morning Star but restrict DM tools to Member rank or above and RM tools to Member+ rank or above.

If the tools become restricted by rank they will be confiscated unless you store them in chests until you rank up, all confiscations are logged and I will replace any confiscated tools that are accidentally left in inventories etc due to the potentially short notice of the changes.