Down For Maintenance

The server is now down for scheduled maintenance;

1. Full backup / clone - Done
2. Removal of the multiple inventory plugin and all related data - Done 
3. Removal of Halloween Challenge Map - Done 
4. Apply a couple of glitch prevention patches to mod files -  Done
5. Upgrade of TekkitRestrict - Done
6. Removal of banned item plugin and all related data -  Done
7. Switch to TekkitRestrict's new banned / restricted item system -  Done

I'll update here as I go, the server should be open again by 10:30-11:00am (UK time).

Update: 10:45 - Just investigating a glitching in-world item, shouldn't take long!
Update: 11:00 - All done, whitelist has been removed!

The New Minigame World

As a lot of you already know the plan is to move the Spleef, PvP Arena & PvP Village into a new Minigame world, with the same inventory as the normal world but certain commands disabled to help ensure fair play (like in Marble End and The Halloween Map).

To clarify, the casino will be staying at spawn and is not being moved with the minigames.

The plan is for the world to have 6 minigames set up, slight variations the three existing ones, a team deathmatch we've nicknamed 'Mini MarbleEnd', a single player parkour type game, and a two player 'race'.

The games are pretty much set up, although the world still needs some tidying up and decorating so we'll be doing some testing next week, this will mean temporarily disabling the games at spawn and getting as many volunteers as possible to stress test by having multiple games running at the same time. Then I can look at resource use and make any necessary changes before it officially opens, which should hopefully be a few days to a week later.

If you're interested in getting a preview of the world and helping to test the new games then watch this space, I'll post more details once we've decided on a date!

Yogscast On The Server!

Not the real ones of course, just a build on the server that DiggityDuck wanted to share...

Downtime On Monday

As mentioned before there will be a scheduled downtime on Monday that will involve some major changes, including:

1. Full backup / clone.
2. Removal of the multiple inventory plugin and all related data.
3. Removal of Halloween Challenge Map.
4. Apply a couple of glitch prevention patches to mod files.
5. Upgrade of TekkitRestrict.
6. Removal of banned item plugin and all related data.
7. Switch to TekkitRestrict's new banned / restricted item system.

The new banned item system will return ingredients to you when you try to craft a banned item, however the customizable messages will not be working straight away so you'll be told the item has been removed as it's banned but you won't be given a reason why it's banned, this will be sorted out in another update very soon. If a banned or restricted item that you don't have permission for is given to you it will change into a water bottle rather than just vanishing.

This could be quite a long downtime as there are lots of changes to test so I'll post regular updates here as thing progress, I hope to have the server back up in under 90 mins, but it's hard to say as things rarely go to plan with Tekkit Classic!

Downtime Monday;

Start:    9:00am (UK) 

Finish:  10:30-11:00am? (UK)

Halloween Challenge Map Pics!

Here's a selection of some our favorite screenshots submitted by 

the various people who played DiggyBrine on the day...

Halloween Challenge Map Winners!

The top 3 scores for the Halloween Challenge Map are...

Name	Score
sam_the_chicken:	1013
niki2008:	450
jabbawokkey:	396

Jack-O-Lanterns have been added to the winners chest...

1st Prize - Jack-O-Lantern x 64

2nd Prize - Jack-O-Lantern x 32

3rd Prize - Jack-O-Lantern x 16

Congratulations!

Whether you were in the top three or not you can now trade your pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns for prizes to be transferred to the normal world a bit later! You have until midnight tonight to claim your prizes before the chest is moved to your home!

A special thanks to DigginChickin, Tatankore & freaksdesign for their huge contributions to the map, it wouldn't have stood a chance of being finished on time without them!