Minimap Change - Important If You Use Waypoints

Anyone who played DiggyVerse 1.x will know that the minimap mod we use changed when we updated to DiggyVerse 2.x.

For 1.x we used the REI Minimap, as used in Tekkit Classic and many other modpacks, but unfortunately that mod is no longer in development and the author did not want to release the source code to allow someone else to take over.

When we were putting 2.x together we tried out every minimap mod we could find in search of a suitable replacement, and we ended up settling for MapWriter for a number of reasons.

A few Minimap mods have been updated over the past couple of months and as several players have noticed small but annoying glitches in MapWriter, which is no longer receiving updates for 1.7.10, we decided to try out the other maps again.

So, in the next update MapWriter will be replaced by another minimap mod (we are currently testing and comparing two possible options).

Whichever option we go with any waypoints you currently have will be lost, so we would suggest taking a copy of the coordinates etc if they're important to you.

The update will be released within the next few days.

OptiFine Update

A new OptiFine version was released today;

OptiFine_1.7.10_HD_U _D4

I have updated the download link on the 'About' page.

The update essentially only fixes a single issue, which did not affect this modpack anyway, so upgrading does not provide any benefits other than removing the "new version available" message that the mod posts to your chat.

Slenderman Summoning!

If you've read the post about the last update then you'll know that the Slenderman can now be summoned... if you're daring enough!

If you do decide to summon him, you'll need some supplies first in order to build and then activate the summoner, shown below...

As you can see the bottom layer consists of 4 Nether Brick and 4 Iron Bars, with a block of Redstone at the centre, on the top sits an Infused Ectoplasm Block. 

To activate it you must right-click the Infused Ectoplasm Block with a Nether Star. 

The summoner can only be activated at night and when it activates you will loose most of the materials used to build it (except for the Iron Bars). The Nether Star will also be shattered into Nether Star Fragments, one will remain in your hand and the others will drop to the floor. 

Sometimes one of the fragments will be destroyed and so only 2 will drop instead of 3.  

Enjoy!

Update: 2.0.1a Released!

This is a minor, but mandatory, update that makes several small changes as follows:

• DiggysMobs:
• Improved mob spawning in custom biomes.
• Sheep no longer spawn in Shrubland (replaced by Pigs).
• Goats now spawn slightly more often but in smaller groups.
• Massive Slenderman overhaul; slight spawn chance increase, improved AI, slightly increased aggression, health increased from 80 to 90.
• Added ability to summon Slenderman using a special structure (more info to come!).
• Thaumcraft: Added Stone Brick, Redstone Block & Quartz Blocks to Portable Hole blacklist.
• Various new recipes added related to using GrowthCraft Honey/Rice and Natura Barley in Diggys Mobs food recipes.

As always for full details you can check the Changelog on the Technic Platform.

Thanks to DigginChickin, dino_king & Jav0330 who gave feedback related to at least one of these changes.

Enjoy!

Server Down For Maintenance

I've taken the server down to take a quick world backup and apply a server side patch, this should take between 30 minutes and 1 hour.

Apologies for the short notice, an update will be be posted here when the server is back up and ready for players to connect.

Update 14:45 - The server is back up and players can now connect!