Scheduled Maintenance

The server will be down for maintenance tomorrow as follows:

1. Full backup/clone.
2. Clean out old logs and data.

Scheduled Downtime:

Date: 27/04/15

Est Start:  09:30 am (UK)

Est Finish:  10:30 am (UK)

Rank Changes - Architect

The Architect rank has been retired.

Instead players assisting with building projects in Diggybrines realm will simply have [A] in front of their name similar to how staff players who are also VIPs have [V]. This will allow players to keep all their rank specific perks whilst also having additional permissions in their designated areas of the adventure world.

Enjoy!

Player Feedback - Passive Mobs & Advertising

I've received a lot of feedback asking for more passive mobs to be added  to my DiggysMobs mod so I just wanted to let everyone know that the next version (which I've been working on for a while already) will be mainly adding passive mobs, in fact I only have plans to add two more aggressive mobs in total before focussing entirely on passive ones.

Mobs with custom models and animations take a lot of work and so progress is slow, I'm also revising for my final university exam and working on a massive project for my final paper which means that I won't have a lot of time to spend on things from now until mid-June, I hope to get at least a couple of the new mobs in the game before then though!

A few players have asked when I intend to start properly advertising the server so that player numbers increase. I know it's frustrating that we only have a small number of players at the moment which makes trade etc very limited but we think it's best that we only start advertising once I can put more time into being active on the server and helping new players that join. As soon as my exam is behind me I promise I will start advertising and do everything I can to increase player numbers, in the mean time please do encourage any friends you have that also play Minecraft to give the server a go and help out any new players you see online, thanks!

Bug Fixed - Parachute + Flight

The following bug has been removed from the 'Bugs' page as it is no longer an issue:

• Parachute mod + /fly or flight - Opening a parachute whilst flying can cause the player to glitch and 'get stuck', this is a client side glitch and can be fixed by disconnecting and reconnecting.

Due to the way flying now works (using a potion effect) this is no longer an issue, you can switch between flying using a Flight Stone and using a parachute without problems.

Players In Vanish

I've had messages from a couple of people regarding vanish, specifically to let me know that other players are assuming it is me online when they see that a player is online but vanished.

As many of you already know several other people have vanish, not just myself, this includes Moderators (currently just freaksdesign), Admins (Tatankore & DigginChickin) and a couple of fellow developers that prefer to play vanished so they can go unnoticed (these players are also not tracked by Ontime etc). 

Myself and Tatankore also carry out some maintenance which spams chat so even if we are one of the vanished players online we may not be able to see questions etc in chat.

I just wanted to clear this up as from what I've seen in the logs a couple of players have got quite frustrated thinking I'm just not answering them when in fact it's not me online! 

If you need help etc and a vanished player is online then just open a support ticket as usual, if the vanished person can deal with it then they will as soon as possible.