Opticraft Community
Discussion forum => Legacy => Archives => Server News => Topic started by: optical on April 21, 2012, 12:49:40 pm
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Server Ip: smp.opticraft.net
Hi again,
We have been working hard on updating the server of late, and there have been a few changes made recently. The most notable perhaps is the migration to Hero Chat, however there have been others such as the new city protection, expanded borders, economy changes (melons, protection stones), etc.
The addition of hero chat brings in a few significant changes. Firstly, chat is now broken down into channels. By default, there are three auto-joined channels: Local, Global and Trade. Local is chat which is only sent to your surroundings, and this is the default channel you are in when you join. Global is as the name implies, global chat. Trade is meant for trading, and is also global.
By default you will be joined to all three, and your primary channel will be local. This means that when you speak, it will be sent to local players. You can change your primary channel, as well as leave channels entirely. Below are some useful commands.
Commands
- /ch <channel> - Change primary channel
- /ch join <channel> - Join a channel
- /ch list - List all channels
- /ch help - Display all channel commands
- /ch ignore <player> - Ignore a player
We hope that the addition of channels will make chatting more enjoyable for everyone, and we will be open to suggestions on how we can improve the system :).
In other smaller news, world borders have been expanded yet again, so get exploring.
Work on the new member+ world is continuing and we hope to release it soon.
We have decided to half the price of melons in the market and remove selling back of protection stones in an effort to regulate the economy by reducing injections and creating sinks for the cash.
Cheers - Opti
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Great addition to the server! This will make the chat a lot more cleaner. Thanks Opti :)
Suggestion: Maybe have the chat titles abbreviated to (G) for Global, (L) for Local, and (T) for trade?
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Yeah it's really nice. It should help so much in the fight for the chat box!
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YAY a member only world bad thing is less $ well ill just sell iron and gold cant wait for see the member world
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Not a big fan of the melon price drop :'(
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Not a big fan of the no sell back for the protection stones... I'm almost broke now >:(
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melons half suck and not selling ps stone suck to but melons r the worst who do we get money now!?!?
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melons half suck and not selling ps stone suck to but melons r the worst who do we get money now!?!?
You can still get PLENTY of money from melons.
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It is your own fault people that the melons are halfed now. If so many people are getting so much money with it. There are many other ways to get money. And that you cannot sell PS is only that some people have the Silk-Touch Enchanment.
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Hey Opti,
Thanks for everything :D
I would like to know how the /lwc magnets are going...Are the fixed yet?? ???
I'm a bit dissapointed at the Price Drop but theres no point in me arguing...
Thanks in advance :)
Bahraindude_2497
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melons half suck and not selling ps stone suck to but melons r the worst who do we get money now!?!?
You can still get PLENTY of money from melons.
I agree totally with awesomealicia and i dont even have automated farm just normal one where u actually work to get melons :D
As for economy....well think of this like game has become little harder to play and with more fun while digging,hunting,farming ;D
Cant wait for new world to come...i got really nice idea for city on brand new land/sea ;D
Real minecrafter use his hands to create and only thing he need to buy is protection ;)
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Hey Opti,
Thanks for everything :D
I would like to know how the /lwc magnets are going...Are the fixed yet?? ???
I'm a bit dissapointed at the Price Drop but theres no point in me arguing...
Thanks in advance :)
Bahraindude_2497
About LWC: you're going to have to ask the LWC creators. it is not in opticals power to fix the LWC bug.
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About LWC: you're going to have to ask the LWC creators. it is not in opticals power to fix the LWC bug.
I havent see the bug mentioned but if u can describe problem i can look in LWC and try to find fix for it and report solution here.I'm not professional coder but i know stuff about it or i can find what i dont know.Problem solution is my hobi so to say ;)
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About LWC: you're going to have to ask the LWC creators. it is not in opticals power to fix the LWC bug.
I havent see the bug mentioned but if u can describe problem i can look in LWC and try to find fix for it and report solution here.I'm not professional coder but i know stuff about it or i can find what i dont know.Problem solution is my hobi so to say ;)
Trust me, optical can fix it. But he isn't the creator of the plugin so he has no right to.
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The chat channels are a relief Opti, thanks for the time you spend on these things, it's appreciated.
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Trust me, optical can fix it. But he isn't the creator of the plugin so he has no right to.
We wont tell anyone ::) ......just kidding,there is only two posible and legal solutions
1.contact LWC creator and ask him to fix or get his approval and we fix
2.create new plugin similiar to LWC or any other similiar plugin (just not lockette....man that is weird one)
or just leave it this way,we got used to use it as it is ;)
P.S:I know how busy u all are running server like this and if u need any help u can pm anytime....i'm not asking to be mod,op or anything like that cos i already got a job that takes me lot of time and what i got free time i want to spend in game or resting,but some small things i can do if u really need help.
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Any kind of coding help would be much appreciated, such as performance enhancements, small plugins that might make the server a little more interesting-- things like that. Just don't go too crazy with whatever you end up doing ;)
And I am glad to hear that the chat is now more organized this time around. The re-introduction of HeroChat is a benefit.
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This is a great addition!
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love the concept but keep getting msgs that i cant type in global only in local
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That is true,chat now looks normal and it's easy to use..as for performance enhancment...well any plugin u put will create some amount of lagg,maybe restrictions on some plugin option that are not in use too much could help reduce lagg...like thunder removal or even snow/rain but that will kill world reallity appearance so that's like bad idea but can help.I dont got time to search every plugin but u be sure that if i find something worthy i will post it or just message u from here with link.From time to time i help kids from my country on stuff related with computers and internet with problem solutions and on how to use which program etc.SO helping u guys when i got time isnt any problem ;)
And small thing i notice in game is that i saw npc villages with npc's are spawning arround the world which can create some lag when there is lot of npc's running arround so u maybe can disable them to be created on first place,cos they are not doing anything important in world so u actually dont need them.
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love the concept but keep getting msgs that i cant type in global only in local
Try to type /ch join global -then u will be joined in global and then u type just /ch global -so every time u type u will be telling in global.
Hope that helps ;)
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love the concept but keep getting msgs that i cant type in global only in local
Try to type /ch join global -then u will be joined in global and then u type just /ch global -so every time u type u will be telling in global.
Hope that helps ;)
thank you
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Hey Guys. I'm just wondering whether the removal of selling back protection stones is permanent or temporary. I've hear both so I'm confused :P
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It is your own fault people that the melons are halfed now. If so many people are getting so much money with it. There are many other ways to get money. And that you cannot sell PS is only that some people have the Silk-Touch Enchanment.
But I thought using silk touch on a ore block only get's you the normal drops ???
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It is your own fault people that the melons are halfed now. If so many people are getting so much money with it. There are many other ways to get money. And that you cannot sell PS is only that some people have the Silk-Touch Enchanment.
But I thought using silk touch on a ore block only get's you the normal drops ???
thats true because we have a special plugin to keep that in check, Boshi its because of a different exploit.
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Wait, will the member+ be a copy? Because if not I'm gonna be pissed
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Woot Generator join the misa texture pack club!!!
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Woot Generator join the misa texture pack club!!!
imp and someone else also have it and my friend from school i converted to misas too
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Wait, will the member+ be a copy? Because if not I'm gonna be pissed
Do not fret over the new world. Optical has made it so you can switch to each world using a /warp, if you want you can even stay in the old map. Just to answer your question, yes it will be a fresh map.
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Wait, will the member+ be a copy? Because if not I'm gonna be pissed
Prepared to be pissed.
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Lol Nick :D
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the member world is only for them? or is it like in classic where any one above that rank can build there just not below?
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Woot Generator join the misa texture pack club!!!
imp and someone else also have it and my friend from school i converted to misas too
Ha ha ha guys Misa's tex pack i use since it was first published and so far convinced couple of friends....since i post movie here even more are switching to it ;D
http://youtu.be/SeB7hV5UMn4 (http://youtu.be/SeB7hV5UMn4)
Btw this is converted one to 32x so i can use far render option ;) 64x i use with normal distance
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Maybe you should add a channel for every language that is being spoken in this server, so we won't have to kick everyone that doesn't speak English? (we can just tell them to join the channel that speaks that language)
IE - if you want to talk in Spanish, you can type /ch Spanish
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Yea that would be great idea for those who dont understand word we say but there should be someone on that channel who can reply/help them out on their own language.....english isnt my native but i do understand it perfectly and can write it ok (nobody is perfect) so i could be on croatian chanel if that idea goes into practical use :D
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Actually, I think people should start on default in /ch global , because once I got on I had no idea why I wasn't talking until deekay told me.
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I'm staying in the old world most likely.
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I'm staying in the old world most likely.
LOL we were talking about chat but nevermind ;D ...i will probably go to new one if will have less griefers there,and when i finish city here :)
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I have one suggestion, don't know if it has been said yet but anyway.
What if we are to do a buddy list, so that players can add their in-game friends and have a black-list for people they can't stand and don't like or they could just do the /ignore cmd. Example: /ch join friends (server) The following friends are in channel. Himynameisbob, hammy, bill....and so on. /addfriend (XpLoZzIv). /block (XpLoZzIv).
Or something similar to that.
Thanks.
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Less spam and flame in the chat bars works for me ;)
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Will there be another live map for this because when I start my new city I want to make sue there is no one else near me so I have plenty of room to expand.
-Dshock336
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Wait, will the member+ be a copy? Because if not I'm gonna be pissed
Prepared to be pissed.
Lol:D
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If you need any builders for the member+ world I'd be happy to help. Considering that I'm switching over anyways, I might as well help in the new world since nothings getting switched over from the old world. :P
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What is wrong with living in both worlds?
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Since there is no new End or Nether (I think) can't we take our stuff there and then go to the new world :P ?
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so the server is down...
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What is wrong with living in both worlds?
I just don't feel like switching between two worlds. It may sound lazy, but I'd rather just stay on one world, which is kinda the reason I only play on opticraft instead of a couple different servers.
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Since there is no new End or Nether (I think) can't we take our stuff there and then go to the new world :P ?
New world, new Nether and New The End. Now I can finnaly make a blaze spawn room! And people can battle the Enderdragon too!
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Since there is no new End or Nether (I think) can't we take our stuff there and then go to the new world :P ?
New world, new Nether and New The End. Now I can finnaly make a blaze spawn room! And people can battle the Enderdragon too!
There's still unexplored nether, and they spawn enderdragons about one night a week
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Since there is no new End or Nether (I think) can't we take our stuff there and then go to the new world :P ?
New world, new Nether and New The End. Now I can finnaly make a blaze spawn room! And people can battle the Enderdragon too!
There's still unexplored nether, and they spawn enderdragons about one night a week
That is right, but it is hard to find path that you can walk on in the Nether. I have tryd this and I nearly died. And making path is not always a good idea. Lava is a big problem with that.
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I have some questions about the new mmember world:
When is it going to be released?
Can you take recources and money between the two?
And how will you go from world to world?
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Since there is no new End or Nether (I think) can't we take our stuff there and then go to the new world :P ?
New world, new Nether and New The End. Now I can finnaly make a blaze spawn room! And people can battle the Enderdragon too!
There's still unexplored nether, and they spawn enderdragons about one night a week
That is right, but it is hard to find path that you can walk on in the Nether. I have tryd this and I nearly died. And making path is not always a good idea. Lava is a big problem with that.
It was quite a challenge for me but I managed to get one Ghast Tear and One and a half stacks of Glowstone
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This information is just me guessing(but logical)
I went to a nether border once and its coordinates were x:1480 z:something and i guess the nether border go until 1480 from -1480 in the x and the z axis. And i agree that there is plenty of space still undiscovered in the nether.
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This information is just me guessing(but logical)
I went to a nether border once and its coordinates were x:1480 z:something and i guess the nether border go until 1480 from -1480 in the x and the z axis. And i agree that there is plenty of space still undiscovered in the nether.
what are you talking about?
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melons half suck and not selling ps stone suck to but melons r the worst who do we get money now!?!?
You should be happy with $480 for 64 with sell-back with melons. The sellback price was MUCH lower when the server first started, and as alicia said, you can still get a lot of money from melons. I get around 2K every harvest for me
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Full of off-topic posts here? Or it is just my thoughts?
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This information is just me guessing(but logical)
I went to a nether border once and its coordinates were x:1480 z:something and i guess the nether border go until 1480 from -1480 in the x and the z axis. And i agree that there is plenty of space still undiscovered in the nether.
what are you talking about?
I'm saying that nether is a 3960x3960 world basically
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With the money I have will it be with me in the new world?
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lowering the price of the melon was my idea. i told nick in the mumble and i am not lying. you can check it in the mumble history if you can. i am just so happy my idea was added into the server
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lowering the price of the melon was my idea. i told nick in the mumble and i am not lying. you can check it in the mumble history if you can. i am just so happy my idea was added into the server
Well lots of people hate you now dude...
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oh. well it was just my opinion and the next day, it was changed.
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animedude88, it was not your idea -.- The Admins had been talking about it a while before you had even joined the server.
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lowering the price of the melon was my idea. i told nick in the mumble and i am not lying. you can check it in the mumble history if you can. i am just so happy my idea was added into the server
I honestly dont remember talking to you about this at all. I had planned to lower weeks before but was too lazy.
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Today, anime thinks that he has built the server.
Even for the event he said it was his suggested idea.
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Thats good that you cant sell back P Stones because people could "rent" a P Stone for free. Now they will have to sell it on the trade channel.
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Today, anime thinks that he has built the server.
Even for the event he said it was his suggested idea.
Oh yea I saw that, he thinks people use his ideas...-_-
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but i really thought it was my idea. But you said no so i guess its no.
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;D I'm newish but I wanna move somewhere with other people for free any suggestions?
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Just a tip to anime. What you might want to say is something like, "I had the same idea! This is a great addition!" instead of saying that you directly enforced the idea in which your words were, "lowering the price of the melon was my idea." Just a friendly tip.
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thx. I thought too fast. Sorry everyone.
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Im exited for the new member+world because we will not get as many grifers and also there will be better builds and moe space i hope
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me too
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Im exited for the new member+world because we will not get as many grifers and also there will be better builds and moe space i hope
I dotn want to dissapoint you, but what I have understood,heard is that we will not be allowed to build in the new world.
Or probably close to spawn.
I need someone to clarify this.
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The new Member+ world will have the same concept as the current one, Building, Exploring, and Adventuring. Sure you wont be able to build too close to spawn but you'll definitely be allow to build away from the spawn.
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Ok. Thank you Wratkie..
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Im exited for the new member+world because we will not get as many grifers and also there will be better builds and moe space i hope
I dotn want to dissapoint you, but what I have understood,heard is that we will not be allowed to build in the new world.
Or probably close to spawn.
I need someone to clarify this.
Wait what we cant build why not >:(
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Wait what we cant build why not >:(
Why dont you read better?
Just because you wanna make a post?
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Wait what we cant build why not >:(
Why dont you read better?
Just because you wanna make a post?
he might have just missed my post, i miss posts some times. :p
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Why do people still post here when it was added like 2 weeks ago
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They're necroposters... They come out at night and resurrect dead topics with their evil ways and powers of forum necromancy just to drive people like you and me completely insane. ;D
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They're necroposters... They come out at night and resurrect dead topics with their evil ways and powers of forum necromancy just to drive people like you and me completely insane. ;D
Lol nice wordplay ;D
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Thanks! ;D Years of Roleplaying comes in good once in a while. ;)
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And you get on me for making arrow to the knee jokes...