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by **Zeniea** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 06:01

KatieKitten wrote:so what if i miss spell things dont like it get off. we dont judge people on how they spell on this server.

Spelling and punctuation are a pretty good judge of character...

by **mauvebic** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 09:29

You people still got problems with griefing even w/ node protection?

sounds like you could use some sort of special priv to place water/lava and use buckets. (or disable liquid spreading)

edit:
Buckoff ingame bucket disabler might solve some of your problems.

by **RandomBot** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 09:56

im going to say it and it will attract the sharks, but griefing is very rare on this server. since things dont burn, lava is just an annoyance.

ok, menche doesnt seem to post on his own forum...which is weird menche. but he would like the following rules to be added until he makes an official post.
1. no new cities past +/-550 on any cord, building in an existing one is fine.
2. actually number one is all that was talked about.

i have a question for all members of the server.

What are you feelings about a possible wall going up, and players caught building outside of a designated zone will have their privs revoked.
1st time 12 hours.
2nd time 24 hours.
3rd time and beyond 3 days.

by **mauvebic** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:02

RandomBot wrote:
What are you feelings about a possible wall going up, and players caught building outside of a designated zone will have their privs revoked.
1st time 12 hours.
2nd time 24 hours.
3rd time and beyond 3 days.

Bad idea. Imposing arbitrary rules is what attracts griefers and keeps them coming back. (just to show you that they can). You cant really tell people what to do / not do in game,... well you can try. But your always better off making the system enforce the rules, otherwise it ends up being personal for the griefer. (IMO)

Why not node_protect all the areas you don't want people building in???

by **RandomBot** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:10

the wall would be to keep people closer to spawn, to reduce any lag on the server from the ABM.

by **mauvebic** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:12

why not write a mod that teleports people back to the specified area?

If you have ABM lag convert some of the mods to punchnode actions

by **RandomBot** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:49

i dont think ivy and conifers would work well with punchnode.

but the point being, menche wants people to build closer together.

by **Neuromancer** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:05

Zeniea wrote:
KatieKitten wrote:so what if i miss spell things dont like it get off. we dont judge people on how they spell on this server.

Spelling and punctuation are a pretty good judge of character...

I'd have to say this statement is false, generally. Also, I know Katie to be a person of good character.

by **mauvebic** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:15

RandomBot wrote:i dont think ivy and conifers would work well with punchnode.

but the point being, menche wants people to build closer together.

the only thing you can do for those is slow down their growth.

by **Menche** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 16:24

The reason I have been thinking about building a wall (i don't think that was originally my idea) is to limit new buildings to a reasonable distance, to make the area closer to spawn more interesting, and to make interesting structures more visible. It doesn't have anything to do with abm lag. IMHO, if you build out at +2000 to avoid griefers, you may as well play singleplayer. Summary: I want to make more of the server activity visible, and the wall is one idea that was brought up. I have several other ideas, including an official teleport room (almost done), a reward system for building at spawn, and building an actuall spawn city.

by **mauvebic** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 16:42

Thats all fine, but an actual wall would probably look bad. What you need is a mod that confines all building to a specific area.

Like a sortof inverted node protection, where nobody can build anywhere until they're granted an area. Server admins could define and limit development, like municipalities do by granting lots.

by **ChEeZzEnIpS** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 21:03

or you can just get the admin tools mod they have invisible blocks that players cant break without an admin pick

by **mauvebic** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 21:51

until people pass right through them using 'k' or a modified client like landmines' :-P

by **VanessaE** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 22:02

Is it possible to write a mod that, every so often, checks a player's position and, if they're out of bounds, snaps them back into the allowed area? Seems like you'd want something of a buffer to that, say out of bounds + 10 blocks or so. Snapping them back should put them no less than, oh, twice as far from the border as the distance there were outside it.

by **mauvebic** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 22:07

two ways:

either you declare the player to be untrustworthy to the server, and you setup a timer to check on playernames:getpos() and teleport them back when theyre out of bounds

or

you setup a special node protection area at the citys' edge that teleports the digger/placer back to the center

by **bryanfrost** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 23:14

menche can i plez be aboul to go onto ur server my username is bryanfrost plez

by **Menche** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 00:46

bryanfrost wrote:menche can i plez be aboul to go onto ur server my username is bryanfrost plez

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by **InfinityProject** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 04:18

Cyro: http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1974

by **RandomBot** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 04:34

so, in short.

STAY NEAR SPAWN...or dont.

by **Menche** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 04:53

Just added kotolegokot's Money mod. You can now transfer money with a command, and make vending-machine-like shops that don't require supervision. Everyone should start out with 2000. More information here.

To clarify about the shop configuration: players buy/sell to/from the shop. So, to make a shop to sell something, configure it to buy; players buy from it. Check the mod's topic for the syntax and setup.

by **ChEeZzEnIpS** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 05:30

the minetoon texture pack is interesting but to me this is just weird

the glowglass texture was left over from another pack i was converting from minecraft

by **RandomBot** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 05:33

plz dont molest us T-T

by **ChEeZzEnIpS** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 05:34

XD shhh sh its all gonna be ok

by **RandomBot** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 15:21

my eyes!!! they bleed from low pixel count!!!

by **InfinityProject** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 16:50

what is this?
[img=what]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/82668184/screenshot_49442410.png[/img]

Also New Supiria is coming along. We still need more people to build in it.
[img=supiria progress]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/82668184/screenshot_4428659.png[/img]

by **KatieKitten** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 17:37

dont worry i will be building my 2nd house there soon

by **InfinityProject** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 21:45

[img=mithril]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/82668184/screenshot_13326887.png[/img]

by **aggie** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 21:51

that isn't as hard as wat i did one time is i had to build across lava and it was on the mithril was on the ceiling

by **reapers321** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 21:55

can i get an account on this server reapers321 please and thank you :) <3

by **Keegan** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 22:01

reapers321 wrote:can i get an account on this server reapers321 please and thank you :) <3

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