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For the past couple of days it seems batches of people are getting randomly disconnected from the server. Connecting through other servers and then transferring to C is fine. Apparently whatever is bound to the port is being unresponsive while the server itself is fine.

The planned route looks too ring-y for me. I don't know, maybe rotate it 45 degrees? Or maybe make it more organic, i.e. build the rails as needed, but keep them relatively organized. (Sorry if that doesn't make sense. At this time my brain is not completely operational.) P.S. I've developed a slight obsession with my local transit system's train lines. I think I have some ideas for stations. (I've wanted to build a replica of South Campus for a while. http://www.seevirtual360.com/themes/52/VirtualTour.aspx?listingID=15475 ) I think at least stations should have access to numerous buildings around, rather than just for one or two builds. Maybe having people stick closer together could be something that should be considered for the whole of C. Also, it'd be nice if stations were more integrated into their surrounding builds, rather than being purely standalone. Having pedways connecting buildings would be nice.

Oops, I didn't realize the link didn't update when I put a new URL in the post. It should work now. Since 1.7 is out now, I'll postpone making new builds until the servers are updated so I can get the new plugins list. If anyone needs an updated copy sooner, yell at me in-game.

I can only Minecraft (and hence Mumble) on some weekdays, during the day (i.e. between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.), so this meeting is just outside the time I can be present at. Apparently I forgot that I am no longer in EST. I was present for about the first hour of the meeting.

Other information: - I attempted to put both "RNTFI" and "jbFnra4" into Imgur and reddit, but neither yielded anything meaningful. Neither are actual regions. What system are "GPS coords"?

Todo: 1. Discover more about Viodus Corperation and those named. 2. Find out who made the signs in the helicopter, and find out why he was dispatched somewhere else. 3. Decode GPS coordinates.

I'm making this thread so we can make progress on figuring out Rev 25's storyline. Here are the facts: 1. At spawn, there is a crime scene with Dumbo52's head on the ground. In this room is a button, which opens a hatch under the block of lava. The room it leads to is made of bedrock and obsidian, with various signs around saying "the end", "the end is near", "the end is soon", "we are watching", "i'm watching", and "the final page". Also present in the room is an odd creature, composed of a coal block, two trapdoors on the sides, a lever on the bottom, and a comparator with its switch up and facing the back on top of the block. 2. In the rule book (/rulebook), on page 76 ("the final page"), is a two part code, the top being ASCII characters described in hexadecimal digits and the bottom a set of codes marked with "P", "L", and "W". The bottom codes were interpreted as page, line, and word from the book. The top code is revealed to be "October 1st c: -39(0) c: -121(9)", and the bottom "you cannot stop the End". 3. Interpreting the top code from the last page of the rule book, it indicates X chunk -39, block 0, and Z chunk -121, block 9. This translates to the location x: -624, z: -1926. It was reported that this was the bottom point of a stony valley, and nothing unusual was found at this point. Using a wooden sword on this area shows that it is region protected, and the region is named "theendisnear". Output from WorldGuard when running command "/rg info theendisnear": Notice the region has a parent region named "hq_transport_point". Running the command "/rg info hq_transport_point" displays the following output: 4. On October 1, 2013, the following scene can be found at the region "theendisnear": Presumably, a meteor with a composition of Netherrack, red stained clay, and obsidian crashed to the ground from the southwest direction. Further up the mountain and towards the east, a hallway can be found blown out from the side of the mountain. Signs on the right say The hallway is made of obsidian, stained clay (purple and blue), random wool blocks (that are similar in color as the clay), and quartz. There is fire everywhere, and a lot of lava. At the left of the entrance is a security checkpoint, with two alternating on and off redstone torches inside, labelled as "emergency broadcast system". Immediately to the right of the checkpoint is two signs that say "Testing Facility Alpha", and "Please present ID Cards." Straight ahead is a door that says "to Research Lab 057". Turn to the left and there is a hallway that leads to three rooms, each preceded by glass mechanical doors. The left room shows some sort of machinery made of iron blocks, diamonds, and some type of slab. Multiple comparators can be seen on top of the machine. A terminal on the left side of the room says "[LOCKED] TARGET HAS REACHED 0", and another terminal on the right says "BEAM FAILURE [=WARNING=]". Beside that terminal on the right is a wall lined with redstone torches. The door for the center room is locked, saying "EMERGENCY DOOR Sector 3 Sealed". The wing leads to a bunch of offices. Office 01 belongs to Dr. Michael Mobin. Signs inside say Office 02 is locked, and belongs to Prof. Brendon Bentley. Office 03 is also locked, belonging to Dr. James Rollins. Office 04 is open, belonging to Dr. Ferry Corsten. Inside are these signs: Further down the hall is another sealed glass door, stating "EMERGENCY DOOR Sector 8 Sealed". 5. Visiting the location indicated by region "hq_transport_point" ("Parent Regional area"), one finds a helicopter pad and a dock. There is a boat at the dock, and in a corner is a block that says "Life Ring". Checking the regions in this area indicates another region with the same area named "creative_story_01". 6. On October 9, 2013, a helicopter can be found at the transport point. The boat has departed. Inside the helicopter is a sign that says Inside the helicopter cockpit are two signs: "NEW DESTINATION PROGRAMMED" and "GPS COORDS. DESTINATION RNTFI jbFnra4". An album of the location can be found at http://imgur.com/a/3cfBQ

Sending all chunks at the same time seems overkill. I was thinking either the ones that are updated after an initial load or maybe if the mapping client as a player can fly to locations a carto user wants to see and load those chunks only.

I forgot about the build server. I'll use that build instead the next time I update.

Ah. I thought it was VanishNoPacket handling /vanish, not ModMode. No wonder I couldn't get it working. The wool/clay kits are bugged for me, only giving the main block types and not the variations. Maybe there was some new code not checked in? Edit: I also seem to be under the impression that there is a sign content notification system whenever a sign is created or destroyed. Is that correct, and if so how do I enable it?

I spent the entire day today, finally making a good build of NerdBukkit and all plugins (exact versions) as running on the C server. It's been configured similarly to what you'd expect on the real C server. I would have liked an identical configuration, but of course they aren't available, so I approximated. Please point out which of my configurations are incorrect if you know something I don't. Download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29365870/nerdbukkit-1.6.2_build_080313.zip How to use Unzip the file linked. Then unzip the rev you want to play as a folder named "world". The folder must be named "world" if you want the default configs to work right. Then open up a command prompt in the folder with the CraftBukkit JAR and type java -jar craftbukkit-1.6.2-R1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar to launch. Then join the server in your client (localhost). Making yourself a moderator In the server console, type the following: w world u <username_here> u setgroup moderators Then relog. Make the world read-only Type into the console the following: lolno blocks This will disable block creation/destruction, so you don't accidentally break stuff. It will be in effect until you run the command again. But you've got LogBlock, so what are you worried about? What doesn't work Default CraftBukkit commands have been disabled. That means no /version, /pl, /ban/kick/unban, etc. I was too lazy to disable individual commands, and the main permission node for CraftBukkit commands don't seem to work as expected. No banning features, since MCBouncer requires an API key (so is disabled), and the default CraftBukkit commands don't work. FishChecker does work, though. LogBlock works, but you have to set up your own SQL server first. Check configs for username, password, and database name. Clay and wool kits are present, but malfunctioning, along with various CommandHelper commands being missing, since they aren't in the NerdCH repository. You can't log in properly as an admin. That is a feature. Which also means you will need to set options for NerdSpawn manually. The current one is set for rev. 24. So yeah, you could say it's a bit overkill, but I enjoy having the same environment to work locally as on the server. Version History October 3, 2013: Various fixes Vanish works Stick is bound Rulebook placeholder text added and exported LogBlock custom events enabled Fixed some WorldGuard blacklist ignore-group problems Clanchat and EasySigns added October 2, 2013: Initial release

At least $175, or $10-$30 per month. https://www.invisionpower.com/pricing

Don't forget, all builds are also archived for posterity, as each rev is uploaded to mcp-dl.com for retrieval by players later. If you destroy someone's build, they won't be able to find it in the archives either. I sort of want to look back on my builds at a later date, even if I tend not to build as much anymore (waiting for new rev, that is).

Relevant: http://nerd.nu/archives/index.php?p=/discussion/18541/creative-removing-eyesores

What's with your habit of dribbling?

Who's in your workforce?

I dunno. At least on P XP levels are almost free. Maybe give people a cookie? I suppose I personally could make it a habit to vote before I join, but that gets tiring. I'm not sure if the voting should have a consistent volume each day. Can someone remind me what we hope to accomplish with Votifier?

I thought it would be funny to make a program to pipe in-game-chat output through text to speech. If you've heard of Moonbase Alpha, you'll know how funny/annoying the chat in that game is. So here's one that uses Microsoft Speech API to speak the in-game chat. The server you're playing on must use '<' and '>' to delimit player names (e.g. in vanilla Minecraft and MCPublic). Download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29365870/MinecraftChatSpeaker.zip Source: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29365870/MinecraftChatSpeaker_src.zip Requires Windows and .NET Framework 3.5. Usage: Click "Select..." and browse to your .minecraft folder. Then choose output-client.log. Click OK, then click Start. Play on nerd.nu. Each player will be assigned a random voice, if you have multiple installed. And only English voices are used. And you can't use "VW Paul", since the computer I wrote this on doesn't have a valid license for it (not my computer) and I excluded it from the list. Text box on the bottom is for testing purposes. Type a message that is in the same format as would be in game (i.e. "<playername> I'm saying crap."). Source code is messy and otherwise sucks. I'll work on it. What do you expect, it was whipped up in a couple of hours. Alpha version, don't expect customization.

Run as far away from spawn as possible, I'd say. Try to pick up a lot of food. Also make sure to get basic supplies (like wood, workbenches, etc.). Maybe mine if you have time.

I'm still looking to do my spawn clock. See this reddit post and this sketch.

It was there this rev. I and a couple other people thought it was funny to lead a melon rail up to 8bit. That little shack at the edge of 8bit is mine.

That works great. Thank you.