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[Maxloader]

Im sorry to announce that really did a good job of fucking up the level generator so bad, it became quite horrifying to see.
Also its very laggy and people crash alot, thats why i decided not to run the server until matters have been resolved (by Notch).
If you see the oblique it might not seem that bad but on a previous test map it was all very horrible.

Also almost the whole 'halloween update list' seems to apply only to SP.
Nether(or hell) Portals also dont work in SMP (WTF?).

Ok maybe thats for the better cuz when running the server in hell mode produced insane amounts of lag (due to all the fire).

I suggest you people are gonna enjoy the changes made in singleplayer and keep checking this post for updates on my server.

Notch, you really screwed up this time.

[Airship]

ah, i guess I can stop trying to connect.

I didn't think the levelgen was that bad. It was full of awesome cliffs. In what way did you find it awful? If you prefer a hilly map like the last one we had (IMO a bit dull, but to each his own ), just recreate the world a few times.

Or are you talking about biomes? If that's the case then i wholeheartedly agree. I wasn't able to stay logged on for long enough to see much of the world, but my testmaps in SSP seem to confirm my fears regarding biomes: They are blotchy and ugly. They don't conform to the landscape at all, and are waaay too small. Even if larger ones exist, small ones like a 16 squared meter blotch of ice in the middle of the ocean shouldn't exist! Uuuuugly!

As it is now the SSSP and gaz' castle will sit on 5 or six different biomes alltogether...

...There are times when you'd wish for a rollback, ya?



Regards
-Airship

[Maxloader]

ah, i guess I can stop trying to connect.

I didn't think the levelgen was that bad. It was full of awesome cliffs. In what way did you find it awful? If you prefer a hilly map like the last one we had (IMO a bit dull, but to each his own ), just recreate the world a few times.

Or are you talking about biomes? If that's the case then i wholeheartedly agree. I wasn't able to stay logged on for long enough to see much of the world, but my testmaps in SSP seem to confirm my fears regarding biomes: They are blotchy and ugly. They don't conform to the landscape at all, and are waaay too small. Even if larger ones exist, small ones like a 16 squared meter blotch of ice in the middle of the ocean shouldn't exist! Uuuuugly!

As it is now the SSSP and gaz' castle will sit on 5 or six different biomes alltogether...

...There are times when you'd wish for a rollback, ya?



Regards
-Airship

Its mostly the biomes wich are just looking screwed up, and the only things i see it forest, a huge amount of beaches (no deserts), and snow landscapes.
Also, whacking a hole in the ice doesnt close it again in a while.
ALSO, chopping a tree doesnt wither the leaves (again).

[Airship]

Yep, lots of broken things with Biomes so far. Notch conveniently "forgot" to add snowy weather in snow and ice regions - that's why you don't see ice regrowing. Same for regular snow as well. Leaves broken as well? Fuuuuun. Also, grey particles when attacking leaves. lol.

The beaches though, were probably just a particular screwed archipelago type map

[Maxloader]

The whole problem is that those biomes aren't an 'active' environment. its just generated and thats it.

[Gazoid]

Doh!

Spent the weekend moving house, so so tired and achey. Had 5 hours sleep

I hope it all gets fixed, I knew it would be super buggy to start with, it always is! Notch relies on the players to find all the bugs, theres no QA
Anyway, I'll keep checking the forum, and hope to see you guys online soon once its all sorted out

[Gazoid]

After a few days of rest, I will start tackling SMP will full force

Woop!

[scope_ion]

How long do you think it's gonna be?

[Maxloader]

How long do you think it's gonna be?

Ask xD

[scope_ion]

How do I ask Notch?

[Maxloader]

How do I ask Notch?

You don't just keep checking http://notch.tumblr.com/ and pray to god for a post xD
I check this each hour at least xD sometimes 10 times a minute.

[Gazoid]

Today Notch starts to tackle bugs, with SMP a priority!

I hope this means we can see each other in game soon! I've missed you guys!

[Maxloader]

I just hope the update works with Hery0's mod, else we will have to wait longer still.

[asferot]

I hope the update will be soon with no problematic bugs...
And what more I hope I will be able to play... because now I am using mobile broadband modem and the ping is... REALLY HIGH.
For the better or worse, I hope to see you soon folks!

[Airship]

Take it from me - If your mobile broadband supports 3g or better, you can play Minecraft online. You will lag slightly, and spikes of lag once i a while are to be expected, but it's very playable. That is, if the game is ever patched to pre-Halloween standards!

It's now the 4th of November. That's four days after the update (Couple means two), and Notch is talking about texture contests. Such stuff makes me sad

[Gazoid]

So there's been a patch, is it enough to fix SMP?

[Maxloader]

Notch @ http://notch.tumblr.com/ Nov 5th:
* Reduced CPU usage for monster spawning, but there’s still a lot of work to be done to reduce lag on SMP servers.

Soooo... no

[Maxloader]

In the meanwhile in my singleplayer game....

[scope_ion]

Lol Did you blow up?

[Maxloader]

Yes i did but it was a copy of my other world to mess around.

[Airship]

Seems like I'm not the only one playing SSP while waiting for Notch to get his ass in gear

SSSSSsssss...

[scope_ion]

Do you have a screenshot of you blowing up? I'd like that :)

[scope_ion]

Anyway, when SMP works better, what are we gonna do with stuff? I'd like to make a ice town

[Gazoid]

SMP Minecarts?

BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS!!!

[Maxloader]

Yeah, well after the update i might want to try to get it running again.

I will turn (hostile) NPC's off, cuz maybe it spares some lag.

[Maxloader]

Notch updated minecraft

- Yes i will try to run the server again
- Monsters will be turned off
- If theres still major lag issues it will go down again

Once hey0's mod updates (now b124) i will install it and run the server, it cant run now because hey0's mod is incompatible with this version.
I expect hey0 to update later tonight or early tomorrow.

[Gazoid]

Hooray!

[Maxloader]

I see that Hey0 updated his mod, however im at work now and my server is off.
I also have a busy day at work and im also in the process of buying my own home, AND my birthday is tomorrow.
So IF i have the time to fix the server, i will certainly not be able to play.

And if i fix the server it would be around 16:30 (+1:00 GMT)

[scope_ion]

YAY!!! HUZZAH! I cant wait

[scope_ion]

Notch fixed stuff. Can I make a minecart track trading thing? I could go to towns faster, and have different materials from different biomes! It would be fun! 