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 Lotet wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:
The problem with having the main building ruined is that rain will come through, and that mobs could spawn.

Rain is a bad thing? I thought it would add to the atmosphere to have the rain making it's way in. You could have a hole in the roof with a cauldron beneath to catch the water, making it look more dodgy but looking like someone is trying to live there. Or that room with the skeleton head might have water source blocks above the roof, maybe a pool or flooded room so droplets of water seep through at places, explaining the overgrown plants and giving it a more dank feel. But that probably has nothing to do with what you're going for.

For some reason I was thinking that rain put out torches,Yeah, that does sound good. Having random pools of water and exposed soil would do good for the effect.

Oh and Darkinnit what are the new stone types? If they don't generate perhaps you could set up a trader at spawn who'll swap some stone bricks for them on a one to one basis?

Edit. And I tried having a go wandering about the old server, but I kept losing connection. Damn, and here's me making up a load of signs to write silly messages and everything... =(

The new stone types can be found on the wiki:
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/1.8#Blocks_and_Items
They will generate in new chunks and have a crafting recipe. However, they're more plentiful than the gravel and dirt pockets you get underground, so there's really no need to set up a villager for them.


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Finished marking locations for repopulation. But I'm going to take a break for dinner and some TV before final testing and uploading the world back to the server.

Oh wow! I can't believe I'll be able to go back to where I used to live! ALSO OH MY GAWD! I CAN SEE DISEMBOWELER THE BLUE SHEEP AGAIN!

I'm going to going throw myself off a cliff in the game I found new terrain gen and its hilariously awesome.

I can't remember where my house is! D:

Has this affected the FtB server at all? Or am I just in an odd time?

Anvildude wrote:
Has this affected the FtB server at all? Or am I just in an odd time?

The FtB server had crashed as it occaisionally does. I've restarted it.


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The Dakka server has now been restored and updated to 1.8

I also found that the new stone types have generated in the ground beneath the underwater monuments that I had to restore. Some monuments did generate on their own and so won't have the new stone types underneath them, I guess you'll just have to see if you're lucky when exploring.

I can't connect. It says something like Java exception, connection refused no further information! Help!

Has the Java update crash been fixed?

What;s this about a java update crash? First I've heard of anything like this.

Yeah I can't get on the server.

I know at least on the FTB packs theres an issue between it and Java 8. I had to get rid of 8 and go back to 7.

unsure if thats you guys' issue, but its an idea!

 Ramos Asura wrote:
I know at least on the FTB packs theres an issue between it and Java 8. I had to get rid of 8 and go back to 7.

unsure if thats you guys' issue, but its an idea!

No the server is down. I can't get on.

Has anyone tried Pixelmon? the Pokemon mod?
It is really fun

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Has anyone tried Pixelmon? the Pokemon mod?
It is really fun

Its hard to find someone who hasn't played the game XD

Thanks Dark for managing the update, I appreciate you giving up your Saturday for us!

Unfortunately the Vanilla server crashed late last night (didn't come out of a regular server restart) so I was only able to indulge in the 1.8 world briefly.

I discovered that some (though not all) of my rose bushes and lilacs had spontaneously uprooted. So if you're a keen flower arranger, be aware that you might have to do a bit of repair work to restore your displays to their former beauty.

If you cause a creeper to detonate in a constructed area it's good manners to fix the damage as best you can and, if you can't make the whole thing good, to let the owner/builder know about the damage. The base of one of the mesa staircases and half of the attached bridge was wrecked when I checked on the (unexpectedly flooded) decorative cave for uprooted flowers last night. Accidents happen but it would have saved me a (long) journey had I known that I needed to bring building materials.

I have never played Pixelmon, seen some LPs of it but wasn't inspired.

It seems that the server doesn't crash, it just sometimes doesn't completely stop after it has shutdown for a restart. Then it can't start again because it's already running. I've brought back my old crash detection script to handle this for now as I need to go out.

If the server doesn't restart properly, after 10 minutes the crash detection should kick in and force a restart. When I get back I'll look for a cleaner solution.

The server is up.

Okay.... So now Dakkadakka server is working for me. But most others don't. From the ones I've checked, I can still get on mineplex. But I don't play on any others.

Thanks for all your hard work on this, Dark, and on sorting out my villager problem a week or two back.

This is probably a vain hope, but if anyone happens to have an enchanted book with the Depth Strider enchantment on and is willing to trade for it can you let me know? I'd like to take on the Ocean Dungeon I found, but currently the Guardians are running (swimming?) rings around me

By all accounts Depth Strider is a fairly common Boot enchant, you might be better off just making and enchanting boots till you get it ... chances of getting it on a book are slimmer.

Took me a long time and spending levels on lesser enchantments due to how the system works now, but I finally found it. So thanks for the heads up about the boots thing

Hrm. It says "Pinging" and yet there's the red 'x' over the bars... And now it changed... I think the new UI is a bit whacked.

Anvildude wrote:
Hrm. It says "Pinging" and yet there's the red 'x' over the bars... And now it changed... I think the new UI is a bit whacked.

Wow I thought it was my internet XD

So now I know I am not the only one.

I'm looking into the issue with the server and will update when I have more information.

Server went down (or, more properly, didn't come back up) after the 22:35 restart today (Sunday).

The server is up, but my hosting provider is having major network issues unfortunately. Will just have to wait till they fix it.

For all you having problems with the server chance would be a fine thing I've also got issues on my end so the client wont connect so i have to play offline... Much rage was poured into that wireless mouse when after 6hrs I couldnt fix it... Now I need a new mouse... and I'm still not online.

Looks like they've fixed the problem and the server is back.

So I yolo'd an Elder Guardian and won... You don't need good gear, you don't need potions, all you need is a bucket and a decent sword. Now I have two more to go!