[PC] ERRYDAY MINECRAFT

A panorama of a district of a large city me and my pals on our server have been working on:



The entire city looks like this from above:

Spoiler:

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Kaleb.G

Anyone have a preferred SMP server?

I co-administrate a fairly large Vanilla(ish) SMP server called Project Genesis. We run Craftbukkit and have all of the latest security and anti-grief plugins (Big Brother, LWC, WorldGuard, etc), a huge 10k x 10k map with larger biomes and biome-specific trees generated by TerrainTweaker. We also have several fun and gameplay-enhancing mods, such as Minecart Mania, BlockDrops (custom block drops), and Growbie (grow your own flowers for dyes or decoration). It's a damn fun and friendly place, if I do say so myself. We'd love to have you.

Project Genesis

Latest Isometric map rendering

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yeah, the other administrator turned mobs off. The server just isn't ready for it at the moment.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Project Genesis now has a new server! Far, far less lag than before. Join us at 67.160.164.109:50500

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Project Genesis' server address is now PGenesis.com

Also:

Project Genesis Current Map

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yes, we now allow full use of mine carts, and we have Minecart Mania installed to allow specialized blocks to act as boosters, launchers, and ejectors. There are also sign commands and station functions for mine carts included in the plugin.

We'd love to have you on Acer. Boo-Kun and scotty are on all the time, you should join in the fun!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I am sorry our server was too laggy/whatever it was for you. Setting up a local server is extremely easy though, I am sure I could help you with that.

All you have to do is download Minecraft_server.exe, run it, and then connect to "localhost" (or even your computer's name) and that's really it. That's the simplest possible MC server setup. A computer other than yours can either connect to your computer's name or its internal IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.2).

Project Genesis can get a little laggy if there is a lot of people on at a particular time. We'd be please if you'd give it one more try some time.

FELIPE NO

I am happy to announce that Project Genesis now has iConomy! Our first iConomy plugin is "Sign Trader". You can use a chest and some signs to make fully functional buying and selling shops!

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

It's always good to have constant backups running. I have 10 hours worth of backups at 30-minute increments. Plus WorldGuard, Anti-Grief, etc.

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I use an admin tool called "McMyAdmin". One of the best things I ever did for our server. You can set up a schedule to do things like automatic saving, auto-backup, auto-restart, server notices, etc. It also monitors the state of the server and will automatically restart if it stops responding or encounters a "[SEVERE]" error. A truly useful tool.

I also recommend installing either Permissions or GroupManager, along with either Anti-Build or Anti-Grief. Using this combination, you can create a guest group and set their build rights to "false". You can even make it so that they will be completely unable to interact with anything, period. Another useful plugin is WorldGuard. This will prevent things like TNT damage, fire spread, lava fire spread, and even the spread of lava itself. You can also blacklist certain items like lava buckets, TNT blocks, etc.

And of course, there is also Big Brother, which creates a MySQL database logging every action taken by every player. With a single command, you can easily undo hours of griefing in an instant.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yeah, we use a ton of plugins for Craftbukkit, and unfortunately, all of the most important and essential ones either haven't updated yet, or have been completely abandoned by their authors.

This is a very common occurrence, unfortunately. I am looking for alternatives and replacements at the moment.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

You can have as many backups as you want with McMyAdmin. Just change the setting in the config file. Personally, I have 20 backups. The oldest backup is deleted when the newest one is made, so it only uses a set amount of HD space once the maximum number of backups is reached.

Also, I did finally manage to upgrade to 1.4. The only thing that was holding me back was Big Brother, and they finally released a version stable enough to use.

And of course I know where to find the best plugins and CB builds. It's my job to know.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I have McMyAdmin set to backup the whole map once every half hour, always. With a maximum of 20 backups, that is 10 hours worth of backups. Each backup is about 2.3GB, but I have an almost completely unused 1TB hard disk drive in my PC, so the space taken up by the backups is a non-issue.

Since I run my server off of a RAM disk, restoring backups is also a non-issue. It takes less than a minute to shut down the server, delete the current world, restore a backup, and bring the server back online.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Project Genesis has now enabled hostile mobs for a more challenging and varied style of play! Come join us today at PGenesis.com!



What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Heh, I highly doubt Notch's API would be even half as good or full-featured as Bukkit's, honestly.

And yes, there is a recommended build out for 1.5. Just have to wait until all of the plugins are either updated or verified as still functioning.

FELIPE NO

I just finished updating to 1.5 and already have a weather control plugin installed. But thank you for your concern.

Also, WorldGuard already protects me from all possible fire spread, so no need for a separate plugin to perform the same function.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Actually, I ended up reverting to my previous 1.4 setup. Even though everything technically worked perfectly, the server was beset by mysterious and unbearable lag, and apparently I am not the only one, as there are threads all over the Minecraft forums and Bukkit forums about it. Yay Notch!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Good news, we finally found a stable 1.5 setup, and have managed to use the Nethrar plugin to enable nether for our server. We also upgraded our CPU to a Core i7-990x 6-core. Performance is better than ever and the fun continues to increase!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

It works exactly like single player nether, only without the loading time. Each gate has its own sister gate in the nether and the distance compression applies as well.

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Bird's-eye view of spawn (day and night):





This project started as a simple compass with a rules board, but over time I kept adding more and more to it until it grew into what we see here today. A beautiful and shining example of an epic spawn area.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Project Genesis is still going strong. We have an awesome new map with huge, deep oceans, beautiful, expansive continents, with several cities and many large-scale projects already in development. Here are some screenshots of what's going on right now:

City of Oceanside by me:


Cathedral by scotty:


Among many other things. You can see a full isometric map rendering here:

Project Genesis

Click the plus sign on the right to switch between day and night versions!

In addition to our awesome main map, we also have working nether and working skylands, all connected together using The Voxel Box's awesome VoxelPort system.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well, we're updated to 1.7.2 now, so feel free to come in any time.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I am pleased to announce that our server now has its own dynmap!

http://pgenesis.com:8123/

Updated in real-time with current constructions and players online. Check it out, and come visit us sometime!

FELIPE NO

If I may ask, how did you get the shadows working? I am positive I have my settings correct, but it just isn't happening.

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Ah, that was it. Forgot to uncomment the line. My map now has shadows and a day/night cycle.

Jam it back in, in the dark.