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so apparently zombie sieges are glitched out which is great, but they decided to bring them back? I don't know why, as villager raids accomplish the same crap.

I have a genuine question is anyone willing to restart the server from scratch, back this world up and start a new one but we get to keep whatever is in our enders chest and inventory?

Just curious as the server pop is so low.

I don't know how attached players (those still playing or those who have left) are to their projects but I'm a minecraft noob so a server wipe really wouldn't hurt me much.

As for keeping stuff, some inventories can to be quite extensive. I think if we were to start new, it should be from scratch.

The last time we did a full server restart we only removed players inventory, and kept ender chests.

If you do, give me a long warning so I can fill my entire inventory and ender chest with Shulker boxes.

I wouldnt be against this, and even though I am not on very often, myself an a few people I know are looking at moving back into the game so this may be a perfect time to do so (at least by a group of 5 idiots, only 2 of which exist on this server already)

For those in favor or not, I have a forum so we can get an accurate number even from the people who aren't posting.

So I just wrote up a quick survey (Really quick) to get a feeling of where everyone is.

Please fill this out!
https://forms.gle/qRP1fYJqGFACaKKA7

The Survey will be destroyed at the after we officially decide on what to do.

Results:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeebXpL37FCSLjcaTDUj6qO_54ko5SVC4DsM1qHbiG-XWgNlA/viewanalytics

Remember this is the admin's choice at the end of the day. But I felt we should at least have a good idea of where everyone stands on it.

 Lotet wrote:
If you do, give me a long warning so I can fill my entire inventory and ender chest with Shulker boxes.

Can I have an ender chest filled with Shulker boxes.

I've got a bunch of normal chests but they're all filled with cobblestone.

in short: no
in long: feth no

why should a vast minority of players dictate the server that has been going for years. if you want a server that resets frequently play on the modded server.

Minority? There are barely is anyone online at peak hours. Its been a long time since we've had a server reset, and even longer since we've been up to the server pop cap.

Of the nearly 400 whitelisted players only a small handful want a reset. it really isn't up to you anyway the server is for everyone.

Not everyone has the same amount of free time or interest.

If you want a fresh start, pick a direction and start walking. There is nothing stopping you from having multiple bases.

 Deathklaat wrote:
Of the nearly 400 whitelisted players only a small handful want a reset. it really isn't up to you anyway the server is for everyone.

Only a small handful appear to still be playing.

edit that, still a no. copying structures created too many issues that i have encountered which resulted in me having to start over. so still a firm no.

I'm not in favour of a server reset so soon after I already reset all the oceans. I don't think it would provide the change you are looking for. There's also the high chance that rather than invigorate people to play and start again, it will actually just drive them away.

 darkinnit wrote:
I'm not in favour of a server reset so soon after I already reset all the oceans. I don't think it would provide the change you are looking for. There's also the high chance that rather than invigorate people to play and start again, it will actually just drive them away.

Would you consider moving spawn then? so that players start further away from already built land? Right now players start in an already built areas. The entire continent that spawn inhabits is been claimed or has been built on. We could easily just move the main spawn location of the server? Is that possible at all?

If you want to make a new spawn area, I've already have a portal to a bamboo forest at around -24000ish west. -6k nether, I've been working on the west tunnel to run it out to that portal so it should have a rideable/flyable tunnel and track system in a few weeks. If you want to move spawn, that could be a good area to look around in, plus there's a zombie village nearish to it but it's missing the bell Or we could leave spawn where it is so the farms work there, then direct the new people to stock up and take the tunnel to the unspoiled area. At least until a proper spawn town can be set up.

What about the people who like to be near all the established areas?

We've only had three new joiners in the last year, we don't exactly have a housing crisis. Also to say the entire spawn continent spawn inhabits has been claimed or built on is false, just look at any forested area, savanna or desert.

You're more than welcome to go find somewhere and put some beds down and make that your own new spawn point, but it would be unfair to force that on others who may not want it or would find it very inconvenient for themselves.

Just a suggestion but would be possible to make a command block teleporter at spawn that would teleport players to "spawn 2"?

People could build near either spawn and just pop back and forth as they please.

There are a ton of giant projects that would be lost forever in a server wipe just because you're too lazy to wander out a suitable distance.

Yes I get it, walking out like eight thousand blocks is a lot of work. But if you put some effort in to where you want to build, I guarantee you you'll find some place for yourself.

See, the trick is to get some obsidian, walk out a thousand blocks in the Nether (which is safer than it sounds on this server) then build a portal and see where you end up.

Also, I had initially thought this was a Darkinnit-started poll, started for some sort of technical reason. I'm fine with the server NOT being reset as well.

Also-also, why ya'all want Mesas and Savannas as Spawn? They're old news. Bamboo Forests and giant trees is where it's at.

Anvildude wrote:
See, the trick is to get some obsidian, walk out a thousand blocks in the Nether (which is safer than it sounds on this server) then build a portal and see where you end up.

Also, I had initially thought this was a Darkinnit-started poll, started for some sort of technical reason. I'm fine with the server NOT being reset as well.

Also-also, why ya'all want Mesas and Savannas as Spawn? They're old news. Bamboo Forests and giant trees is where it's at.

Ah that is a good point! Most people have voted for a new spawn area to be a surprise to us and letting the admin / mod team decide where we go to next which would be nice for some people to start new journies. Helk I even abandoned my old keep and went 4k blocks away and found a village that I am now fortifying and doing crazy redstone experiments there. As they added some surprisingly interesting mechanics with villagers and raids.

I started it initially to see if people wanted to move as a reset or if there was a drive for a different main spawn area. I mean at this point I don't think people want a full reset, helk I only did it to humor the idea and play devils advocate. But overall I do like the idea of moving the main spawn location as it would allow us to have a 1. a new project for the server, and new drive to play minecraft as the areas are new and we could all build closer to one another as there really isn't much of a reason not to considering most of us really stopped caring about resources once we got infinite resources throughout the server. Even Diamond Items are kind of a joke now that we have disenchanting as a mechanism, as now we disenchant all villager items and get exp back in return and then can enchant those items. (it also helped drive some increased activity on the server which is great!)

The Grinder wheel is probably the best addition to this game and we now all have infinite resources with very little issue.

Plus we can make a new sururbia with the new resources and a new location for build projects with the new mechanics and also being able to use our megabuild resources for fun community projects.

But I think we have gotten to the point where we can bump up the new difficult in a week or two once more people have been on the server.


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 Deathklaat wrote:
Just a suggestion but would be possible to make a command block teleporter at spawn that would teleport players to "spawn 2"?

People could build near either spawn and just pop back and forth as they please.

That would be a good idea. We've done it before I thought? Plus we would have a nice teleportation system in place.

As someone who wouldn't mind if we kept the current map or started again, I think if you're going to reset, do a hard reset and let everyone start from nothing. It's a little bit broken otherwise.

I need to get playing again but I feel that the game is quite alien to me now that there has been so much added to the game.

Thats entirely my reasoning behind choosing blanket reset.

There's been so much done to this game recently that I have no idea how well anything I have done will work out.

I do have a fair amount of stuff, but it pales in comparison to some.

But I do agree a complete wipe would destroy many many things that should be kept, so maybe just a new world, if such a thing is plausible?

a "Dakka2" so to speak?

 IHateNids wrote:
a "Dakka2" so to speak?

This is something I feel could work.

Although we already have the modded server that is reset on a somewhat regular basis, it is often a few Minecraft versions behind just because mods have to take time to be compatible and get enough mods for a decent pack

I'd be ok with creating a "Dakka2" that has a complete world wipe with each new Minecraft major version. This would make the newer features more accessible without annoying long term builders with resets or moves. The original "Dakka" world would continue to be updated too of course, just without the destructive world resets (unless there's an extremely significant update).

The only downside to this is it would further fragment the already few players across three servers instead of two.


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...and I meant to finish that with "what do you all think?"

 darkinnit wrote:

 IHateNids wrote:
a "Dakka2" so to speak?

This is something I feel could work.

Although we already have the modded server that is reset on a somewhat regular basis, it is often a few Minecraft versions behind just because mods have to take time to be compatible and get enough mods for a decent pack

I'd be ok with creating a "Dakka2" that has a complete world wipe with each new Minecraft major version. This would make the newer features more accessible without annoying long term builders with resets or moves. The original "Dakka" world would continue to be updated too of course, just without the destructive world resets (unless there's an extremely significant update).

The only downside to this is it would further fragment the already few players across three servers instead of two.


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...and I meant to finish that with "what do you all think?"

well if the server can handle a new world, go for it. then you'd be able to tell who's still logging in to where and decide accordingly what to do with the server that never/rarely get's used. and you can always put the removed server up for downloading so nothing would really be gone.

ps, hehe, sorry that really sounds bad, I shouldn't be assigning work to you

 darkinnit wrote:
The only downside to this is it would further fragment the already few players across three servers instead of two.

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...and I meant to finish that with "what do you all think?"

As I stated earlier, I'm just starting out so having a fresh world that isn't already mined out/explored would be nice.

I don't think player fragmentation is really an issue at this point given how few people are currently active. We should be fine if you update the MC server thread so that everything is spelled out clearly. For example:

The Dakka servers can be reached at:

mc2.dakkadakka.com - v1.14.2 - Main server. Last reset: 7/3/19
mc.dakkadakka.com - v1.14.2 - Old server. Last reset: 4/2/16
ftb.darkinnit.com - v1.12.3 - Feed the Beast server. Last reset: 4/2/14 - Instructions

Or something like that.

I'm unclear as to what qualifies as a "major" update so can someone ballpark a timeframe for server wiping?

I like the idea of the command block warp system a bit better. Instead of a "dakka 2", a "spawn 2" sounds alright. It's kind of like a new world but without fragmenting further.

I've noticed that the Dakka map isn't showing me or my current spawn location. Is there something I need to do?

 n0t_u wrote:
I like the idea of the command block warp system a bit better. Instead of a "dakka 2", a "spawn 2" sounds alright. It's kind of like a new world but without fragmenting further.

Yeppo!

Plus we could do crazier stuff and be closer together considering we really don't need to be farther apart considering we did that in prep for our mega builds.

FYI the tunnel out west is capable of horse travel, it will take you out 6k to a jungle biome surrounded by bamboo & pandas. there should be a good 8-10k around the jungle of newness.



It's still a treacherous trip don't fall off the side into the many lava oceans


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 Breotan wrote:
reset: 4/2/14 - Instructions

Or something like that.

I'm unclear as to what qualifies as a "major" update so can someone ballpark a timeframe for server wiping?