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.

Scheduled Downtime Next Week

The testing of the new TekkitRestrict is going well, so far everything works as it should apart from a couple of small bugs I found which wont affect any functionality for players, the developer is aiming to fix these in another new version which will be released in the near future.

What fixes / changes I can confirm so far is the following;

Tank Cart glitch / dupe: working as expected, item will be unbanned for all ranks.

Project Table glitch / dupe: working as expected, item will be unbanned for Member+ or above.

There's likely to be some other changes as well, but I won't give any details until we've fully tested them on the live server just in case they don't work as expected.

We'll be updating the server to the new version on Wednesday 24th July, 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.

August Challenge - You Have Spoken!

We decided to let you choose the August Challenge from a selection of player submitted ideas, the voting has now closed and we have a clear winner!

So the August Challenge will be... Water Slides

I'll start working on the details and will post them here in the near future, thanks to everyone who voted, this sounds like it's going to be fun to judge!

The other ideas submitted will be reused for the poll next month along with any additional ideas submitted, if you'd like to make a suggestion just drop me an email, skype message or in game /mail if you're a high enough rank.

VIP Donations Open!

If you wish to become a VIP for this quarter then please head over to the VIP Benefits page where you'll find the PayPal links!

If you wish to pay for more than one player at once or wish to donate more than the standard amount then you can use the 'Larger Donation' button. 

Please remember that VIP places are limited to 12 and are first come first served, please be patient when it comes to setting up your VIP regions etc, I will get around to everyone as soon as I can. VIP Island will open later on today.

Update: As of 21:00 21st July - 11 / 12 VIP slots are taken.

Update: 18:00 - All existing VIP regions have now been renamed to the new naming system, so for example if your region was previously called 'diggywig-home' it is now 'home-diggywig', this won't affect any other aspect of your region.

Update: 19:00 - VIP Island has been opened, whether you are a new or renewing VIP your free items are waiting for you in your chalet!