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Just thinking about the nature of the tekkit server at the moment. I think it would be prudent to NOT mine any resources 100 or so blocks from spawn, just keep spawn relatively pristine, apart from the surface.

Bit late for that, I'm sorry to say.
n0t_u, Mel and I have aready mined near the spawn

Also, if anyone walks by my garden and sees any weeds, feel free to destroy them!

FM Ninja 048 wrote:BTW, how do world anchors work in SMP?

are we aloud them, seems like it could cause alot of lag...

As I've mentioned, I'm not disabling/banning any items unless they become a major problem. Thanks for bringing them up though, I'll find a way to keep an eye on them. I'd advise people to just use common sense and use them sparingly only when really needed, and turn them off/remove them when not needed.

Avatar 720 wrote:

 darkinnit wrote:

 Avatar 720 wrote:
I can't currently use the map, because every few seconds it refreshes itself and defaults the camera.

Make sure you're using the plain url - http://www.darkinnit.com/tekkitmap/ and not someone's location link.

I've tried it several times already, still refreshes.

Which web browser? I've not had any problems with Google Chrome (PC and phone). But you could also try Firefox/Opera/Safari etc.

Melissia wrote:Amusingly, anything produced by handsaws appears as cobblestone stairs on the map.

That's a shame. I specifically chose this map plugin because it was the one that supported Tekkit the best (i.e. volcanoes, rubber trees, pipes, machines etc). It could be that the handsaw items have their metadata stored in a way that is difficult to extract by the map.

By the way, to those confused or just curious as to how the map updates, it updates a given tile whenever a chunk is generated or a block is changed within said tile. However, to prevent lagging the server, it queues up the updates and does them in groups. So if you place loads of blocks down in one tile, it doesn't refresh the same tile over and over, it just waits a bit till you're done. Also, rendering completely new chunks can take a bit longer as it has to do all zoom levels from scratch. So if you go off exploring, you'll see the map will not keep up (again it deliberately paces itself to prevent lagging the server). However it will eventually catch up.

Sometimes a tile can end up out of date (say a tree grows in one tile, but its leaves spread into a nearby tile). If you see a tile that's not up to date and doesn't seem to be updating after a while, you can just place any block and break it again within that tile to get the map to update that tile. However, bear in mind that if someone's exploring new chunks at the same time, it might be that the map is just busy catching up with them first. Hope that makes things clear.

Lastly, although there's nothing wrong with exploring new chunks to look for a village or find somewhere far out to live etc, I'd recommend against exploring new chunks "just to complete the map for completenessness", as the more chunks you generate now, then the further you'll have to go out to get new content (i.e. Pyramids/Temples etc) whenever there's a new Tekkit update out. Take only what you need etc.

I'd just like to let whoever built this: http://www.darkinnit.com/tekkitmap/?worldname=tekkit&mapname=surface&zoom=8&x=-85.93026650916227&y=64&z=434.23515940119177 know that my small underground house is underneath where you have been building.

 Oshunai wrote:
I'd just like to let whoever built this: http://www.darkinnit.com/tekkitmap/?worldname=tekkit&mapname=surface&zoom=8&x=-85.93026650916227&y=64&z=434.23515940119177 know that my small underground house is underneath where you have been building.

You should've explored a little more!

There are signs nearby indicating Schellan's Valley Corporation has claimed that territory!

Dr. What wrote:

 Oshunai wrote:
I'd just like to let whoever built this: http://www.darkinnit.com/tekkitmap/?worldname=tekkit&mapname=surface&zoom=8&x=-85.93026650916227&y=64&z=434.23515940119177 know that my small underground house is underneath where you have been building.

You should've explored a little more!

There are signs nearby indicating Schellan's Valley Corporation has claimed that territory!

I actually built my underground home before Schellan's Valley Corporation started building. Also just want to clarify the cross shaped house in the link isn't mine, but has been built on-top of where my underground home is.

For some reason it likes turning the machines I've built into other things. Like a solar panel I made, then picked up with a wrench only to have it become a generator. Placing a macerator to have it turn the extractor in my inventory into a machine block, then that macerator becomes a machine block by being picked up with the wrench.... All new stuff I built to try to get the hang of it, not the fancy stuff you built Mel.

 n0t_u wrote:
For some reason it likes turning the machines I've built into other things. Like a solar panel I made, then picked up with a wrench only to have it become a generator. Placing a macerator to have it turn the extractor in my inventory into a machine block, then that macerator becomes a machine block by being picked up with the wrench.... All new stuff I built to try to get the hang of it, not the fancy stuff you built Mel.

I think this is something to do with LogBlock throwing errors when certain Tekkit items are used. I will look into replacing LogBlock with CoreProtect as the latter claims it supports Tekkit whereas the former says they don't want to have the hassle of a Tekkit version.

i claim http://www.darkinnit.com/tekkitmap/?worldname=tekkit&mapname=surface&zoom=6&x=-1476.7209167554526&y=64&z=-1768.04891060431 in the name of Deffklok! For chicken and waffles, maybe beef because it is inhabited by many tastey cows.

But seriously from the snow biome north to the water is my claimed dirt.

Heh, I was just about to say, "Sorry, Defflok owns that place", then I noticed who you were.

Also, on generating new chunks. Uh, hmn, the large number of chunks loaded to the north of spawn was me. I was looking for a desert, but couldn't find one (bar the one filled with basalt). Sorry if that's going to cause any hassle with updates. =P

Darkinnit, what do the markers on the map signify?

And... I seem to have issues linking places on the map here. Pasting the location of my house doesn't take you to it when you click the link. Rather it seems to take you to the first (perhaps) link you've clicked to the map (Defflok's home's link in my case). Is there another way of linking to the map (bar just posting the coordinates)? It'd caused an issue over claims earlier. =/

http://www.darkinnit.com/tekkitmap/?worldname=tekkit&mapname=surface&zoom=6&x=-1476.7209167554526&y=64&z=-1768.04891060431

Okay, I am after obsidian, just 4 blocks of it for my transmutation tablet.

Argh, I'm watching the map and people are starting to expand from spawn, I may need to explore more and move further away

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Darkinnit, what do the markers on the map signify?

And... I seem to have issues linking places on the map here.

What markers? Although the map does support the addiition of markers, I only see the spawn one so far (not counting the players).

As for linking to locations on the map, try this:

Find the place you want to link to and zoom in if necessary

Look down in the bottom left for the hyperlink button

Right click it and choose "Copy Link Address" or "Copy Shortcut" or "Copy Link Location" (depending on browser)

Paste the link where-ever you like

 Oshunai wrote:

Dr. What wrote:

 Oshunai wrote:
I'd just like to let whoever built this: http://www.darkinnit.com/tekkitmap/?worldname=tekkit&mapname=surface&zoom=8&x=-85.93026650916227&y=64&z=434.23515940119177 know that my small underground house is underneath where you have been building.

You should've explored a little more!

There are signs nearby indicating Schellan's Valley Corporation has claimed that territory!

I actually built my underground home before Schellan's Valley Corporation started building. Also just want to clarify the cross shaped house in the link isn't mine, but has been built on-top of where my underground home is.

sorry thats me i didnt know anyone was underground :/ ill be on later around 9pm or 10pm tonight uk time so maybe we can work something

Watching this live map is funny. Seeing the chat between people on opposite ends of the map, I keep imagining you all yelling to each other over the mountains and oceans

You can't see my turtle zooming around though.

@Shrike I went exploring and got a load of minerals and stuff, put it into the chests in the house for ya

Cheers, I'll be on (or at least on dakka) for a few hours now.

I can automate!!

I find automating quite pointless unless you're able to have a really efficient set-up, which would require diamond pipes and many, many different machines of the same type, and would mean filtering different ores into seperate macerators so the pipes don't simply throw them out etc. etc.

To whoever made the hut to the bottom left of the screen, I laid a claim on that area quite early on, and intend on levelling that hill with a nuke.

just be forewarned, you may get semi-wrecked...

 darkinnit wrote:
Watching this live map is funny. Seeing the chat between people on opposite ends of the map, I keep imagining you all yelling to each other over the mountains and oceans

I was thinking the same thing when I pulled up the map to check it out

Hmm, just wondering, how are my crops doing? Can't see them on the map...

Every time SchellCo tries to get off the ground, something bad seems to keep happening...

Ok, I've decided that next time I'm on, I'm going to start to make my farms as high in the air as possible, for the best possible air!
I'm also going to set up a turtle quarry near it, too, I'm really low on resources

It won't let me log into the server.
It keeps telling me I need Minecraft Forge...
Help?

That happened to me when I first went to log on, you need to delete you Technic Launcher Cache (Should be in the Technic Launcher Options Menu) and reinstall Tekkit.

I can have a whack at that...

Oh, and if anyone finds some Netherwart anywhere, would I be able to have some? Just so we can grow better plants

And, remember, as long as you use IC2 Crops, you can grow Netherwart in the overworld!

X: 2652 Z:3150 is the Shroom biome I found if anyone wants to go there, i set up a small tree farm and some chests there.