FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

Address: 0gb.us
Port: 32767

I would love for this world to stay up for years to come (and have actually made building plans that will last years into the future), but I make no guarantees that it will remain up for any length of time. I could take it down tomorrow, and there's nothing you can do about it. You have been warned.



This is a basic game, with a few things added, and a little removed.

Plugins:
Sorry, I don't feel like keeping an up to date list. However, the full set of plugins can be found in this game:
https://github.com/0gb-us/0gb.us_game/tree/master/0gb.us_game

And now, A word from Rarkenin on rules:

rarkenin wrote:I would like to make the rules clear. [...]

While there are currently no rules regarding vandalism of property (such as lava dumping), or chat spam, there is a rule regarding attempting to crash, hang, or otherwise impair the server.

Any users and/or IP addresses deemed to be attempting to crash, lag, impair, disable, or otherwise affect the server will be punished with a ban. First, there will be a cooldown period of anywhere from 30 seconds to 15 minutes, unless this is a repeat offense or there is obvious danger to the server's operation. In that case, a ban will be instated indefinitely.

Any unban requests shall be posted on this thread, and will be serviced as such.

Seems cool! I love the mysterious portal near spawn! But you should disable fire please.

Hmm.... alright. Any idea how to remove it from the world without removing it from minetest_game?

EDIT: I mean, I still use fire for other worlds, so I don't want to remove it from the default game, just from the one world.

Here are some ideas, nothing perfect though.

• You can make a copy of your minetest_game without
• You can remove it from minetest_game and include fire in worldmods for others ?
• Maybe it's possible to make a mod that removes all fire:basic_flame too, through an abm or something like that

• I hate to make a copy of it all, as it would be redundant and takes up extra space. But I guess it's just text files and and PNGs, so it's not a whole lot of space.
• No, as I said, I don't want to remove it from minetest_game.
• That sounds like the best option, but will take a while.

Okay, thanks! I guess I'll go with option one, until I have time for option three. But not now. Someone's on right now, and I don't like restarting the server when people are on, if I can help it.

0gb.us wrote:Hmm.... alright. Any idea how to remove it from the world without removing it from minetest_game?

EDIT: I mean, I still use fire for other worlds, so I don't want to remove it from the default game, just from the one world.

Ask glomie (globis). He knows how. When globis reset his main creative server fire was enabled, and wood houses were being burn to the ground from griefers.

Minor... erm... issus.. I can pick up the portal near the spawn place by hand, without any tools. Can you please rectify?

Rarkenin

Viron wrote:

0gb.us wrote:Hmm.... alright. Any idea how to remove it from the world without removing it from minetest_game?

EDIT: I mean, I still use fire for other worlds, so I don't want to remove it from the default game, just from the one world.

Ask glomie (globis). He knows how. When globis reset his main creative server fire was enabled, and wood houses were being burn to the ground from griefers.

Globis is so hard to get ahold of, at least on his server. Maybe he's on the forum? I don't know.

Someone's on right now, but when they leave, I'll reset the server removing fire from port 30000. I'm leaving it on port 30001 though, as the protection there blocks buckets. as long as people build the outside of their houses out of stone, the flammable stuff inside will be safe. Or, people can protect a wide enough area around their houses that lava placed outside their territory can't flow all the way to their house.

It's sad to remove it from port 30000 though. Celeron55's mobs plugin depends on it, so that had to be removed as well.

rarkenin wrote:Minor... erm... issus.. I can pick up the portal near the spawn place by hand, without any tools. Can you please rectify?

Rarkenin

Not sure what to do about that .... the nether plugin is buggy in so many ways. For example, it carved out a huge shaft in what used to be the spawn room .... I'll rebuild it and use one of Glomie's protect blocks. That should at least keep the portal usable.

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EDIT: Fire and mobs are gone, and the portals are fixed and protected. The world is now running with a game ID of "30000.0gb.us" instead of "minetest". I don't yet know if there will be any issues with this, so keep me posted if you see errors, and I'll keep an eye out myself. I logged in and walked around, and everything looks okay.

The first time, I transferred the plugins to the new game, but forgot to apply the new game ID. The server had less lag, but all the plugins were gone!

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EDIT: Lava dumping has become a problem very quickly. I just removed lava from port 30000, and have declared port 30001 to be a hostile area. I nice castle just got flooded, somehow abusing liquid mechanics to leave flowing lava without a lava source. I'm not sure yet how I'll clean that up, as the flowing lava is in someone else's protected area.

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EDIT: Fire no longer removes nodes from claimed property, hopefully restoring order. In addition, claimed land can be shared with others.

Why is no one on?
I dont think the Nether portal works. :(

More people visit the 30001 port than the 30000 port. Although there are at least two people on the 30000 port.

The nether plugin was removed, which is probably why the portal doesn't work.

Someone on my server has been pestering me to bump this topic and get more people to come, so here goes.

The server has been updated to run version 0.4.4 since, well, the first day the stable packages were released.

News:
Port 30000:

I'm no longer trying to avoid breaking the texture atlas. If you don't turn off your texture atlas, it will break, and you will have graphical errors. I've also put back fire and lava. Unfortunately, some people like to use these as tools for vandalism, but the game is less fun without them. If you don't want your house burnt down, use protect blocks and don't build out of wood. The spawn point was moves a quarter of the way across the map, so all the new ore should be generated near (or under) the spawn area. Shout and interact are available, as always, by default. Other privileges, within reason, are available by request.

Currently installed plugins include:
autoplant
bags
birthstones
bobblocks
bucket
chests_0gb_us (a prototype plugin I'm building)
craft_guide
creative (not in use)
default
diamonds
doors
doorsplus
dye
farming
fire
flowers
give_initial_stuff (not it use)
gloopores
homedecor
hydro
inventory_plus
inventorywarp_0gb_us
junglegrass
legacy
locked_furnace
locked_sign
mesecons (Not the full plugin pack, just the single plugin. It's a dependency of bobblocks, but the full pack causes too much lag on my low power server.)
mesecons_textures (Why are the textures put in a separate plugin?)
moreblocks
moreores
nether
nyanland
obsidian
pick_0gb_us (A wacky pick I built. Never breaks, and has three modes [fast, instant, and shovel], cycle-able with left click. Ask for one when I'm on if you want it.)
pipeworks
plants_lib
poisonivy
protector (Use it. You have been warned.)
radar_0gb_us (A custom poptart cat radar. Ask for a poptart cat location when I'm on, and I'll tell you where to find one.)
skins
snow
stairs
stairsplus
titanium
unlockhiddendefaults_0gb_us (Provides crafting recipes for things that exist in the default game, but cannot be normally obtained, such as wool and mossy cobblestone.)
vessels
villages
vines
walking_light
wool
worldedit

If you have any suggestions, let me know, I'm quite flexible in what I'll install on port 30000. Unfortunately, our move to a faster server didn't work out, so anything that requires a lot of power, such as full mesecons, is out of the question.

Port 30001:
This is the main server, and most of the cool people hang out here. This is meant to be a bare-bones world, so almost no plugins are installed, and suggestions on what to install here will likely be dismissed. However, our land claim blocks DO protect against fire, so anything in their range will not be burnt. Land claims have also been given several additions to make them user-friendly, so they are no longer a pain to use. Shout and interact are available by default on this port as well.

Installed plugins include:
0gb_us (Land claims. Use them, or someone will probably wreck your creations.)
bookmarks_0gb_us
bucket
creative (Used only in the test world, which uses the same game directory.)
default
doors
fire
fullinventory_0gb_us
give_initial_stuff
inventory_plus
inventorywarp_0gb_us
legacy (Because apparently legacy contains important aliases, required for tree and grass growth and grass death. When I initially removed it, all plant life quit functioning properly.)
rules_0gb_us (Adds a simple rules page it the inventory, which conveniently displays the land claim recipe.)
stairs
vessels (Why do we have this in the default game?)

I would like to take down my port 30000 world (and MAYBE put up something else in its place later). However, I don't know if anyone is still seriously building there. I know it still gets a little use, but it seems to mostly be people from port 30001 testing plugins and playing around with /giveme.

So here's the deal. I've taken down port 30000, but I'm keeping the files on disc. If there is anyone who still needs my port 30000 world, let me know in this thread, and I'll put it back up.

EDIT: Fixed grammatical error

Just as a note, there's been quite a bit of downtime on 1/14/2013, but I trust that it will be operational within a day or two.

Edit: It looks like my ISP did something wicked while switching over to IPv6, can someone please verify whether the server is up or down?

The server is down, due to our Internet connection being down.

Comcast says there isn't an outage in our area, and insist that the problem is on my end. However, none of my Comcast-using neighbors have Internet access right now either. The connection is most definitely NOT on my side.

The timing is awful as well. I have a lot of coursework due today, and wasn't able to work on it at all yesterday because of the outage. Now I've got to do my homework from Burger King. I hope my battery holds out ....

0gb.us wrote:The server is down, due to our Internet connection being down.

Comcast says there isn't an outage in our area, and insist that the problem is on my end. However, none of my Comcast-using neighbors have Internet access right now either. The connection is most definitely NOT on my side.

The timing is awful as well. I have a lot of coursework due today, and wasn't able to work on it at all yesterday because of the outage. Now I've got to do my homework from Burger King. I hope my battery holds out ....

As I read somewhere, that's... err... Comcastic. AKA awful. I hope your instructors understand the nature of your problem.

With that said, I'm really good at pressuring tech support, so if you want me to help, just drop me an email or PM.

It seems to be a concidence that my non-comcast ISP switched over to IPv6 that day.

If it's an emergency, I can try to get a dial-up modem to act as an access point, but you'll be charged long-distance.

Looks like you're back up!

Wait...So 3 days ago it was down?

Yes, on account of Comcast. Now, it is back up, as well as the webserver found there. However, it was 2 days. It started in 1/14, and today is 1/16.

rarkenin wrote:Yes, on account of Comcast. Now, it is back up, as well as the webserver found there. However, it was 2 days. It started in 1/14, and today is 1/16.

LOL i just know it was down. Time flies while your playing games.

rarkenin wrote:As I read somewhere, that's... err... Comcastic. AKA awful. I hope your instructors understand the nature of your problem.

With that said, I'm really good at pressuring tech support, so if you want me to help, just drop me an email or PM.

It seems to be a concidence that my non-comcast ISP switched over to IPv6 that day.

If it's an emergency, I can try to get a dial-up modem to act as an access point, but you'll be charged long-distance.

Yes, Quite Comcastic.

Thanks, it's nice to know I have options, should this happen again.

rarkenin wrote:Looks like you're back up!

Officially, no. Unofficially, yes.

Officially, I have some scripting to do before I get this set up again, but I'm close to finishing.

EDIT: World is up, and topic post amended.

love the giant pit with the four stair cases, i joined on. I think i might go into the middle of no where and just build a small base

Great! Welcome to the server. I saw your new base, and it looks great!

The stair pit is the beginning of what will hopefully be a massive tunnel, connecting somewhere from nine to twenty-five far apart locations. By my estimate, due to the girth and length of the tunnel (16*16*15472 nodes), it will take about a year to reach the first point. Definitely a long term project, so we'll see how my stamina holds out.

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While testing the new currency system I have in place, it dawned on me that it is actually more powerful than I designed it to be. It can be used to RETROACTIVELY change prices of goods and services. As a result, I've decided to do something crazy. Land claims are now free. Type "/claim", and the map chunk you are standing in will belong to you. Others will not be able to make changes there, preventing the destruction of you property.

In discussing with people on the server, we can't seem to agree on a price. Some people want a high price, to prevent land claim abuse, while others of us want a low price, to make them more accessible, so even newcomers and people who don't mine much can afford to protect their creations. The price of personal warp points has been another issue. They are now free as well.

PLEASE do not abuse these features. I would love to have them stay free if possible (although admittedly I was one to argue that we should have high prices).

If any new comers want a place to stay in a community go to my Islands the location is 197.9, 19.5, -326.0.

Adarqet wrote:If any new comers want a place to stay in a community go to my Islands the location is 197.9, 19.5, -326.0.

Speaking of services, there's a trading center by spawn where I'm leasing a booth, and you must pay 10% of your profits each month to keep the booth.

how do you use warp

i know that this isnt vanilla but could you add it. it is alot easier to craft stuff with this http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=2334

jojoa1997 wrote:how do you use warp

/setnewwarp Name--adds a new warp point.

/warp Name-- Warps you to there.

/setwarp Name--Moves the existing warp point named Name to your present location.

/renamewarp and /removewarp: I'll have to defer to 0gb.us on these.

jojoa1997 wrote:i know that this isnt vanilla but could you add it. it is alot easier to craft stuff with this http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=2334

I used to use that plugin on another of my worlds, but it has an error. You can pull stuff out of the guide, materializing new items. I'm told that only exists in an old version, but I was using the latest version, and the plugin is no longer maintained. So a new version did NOT sneak up on me!

Second, there is another glitch in craft_guide, that allows users to crash the server. Untill someone decides to adopt it and fix it up, I would recommend that no on use craft_guide on a public server.

rarkenin wrote:/renamewarp and /removewarp: I'll have to defer to 0gb.us on these.

/renamewarp <name> <newname>:
Not coded yet, but will change the name of the warp point to <newname>.

/removewarp <name>:
Deletes the warp point called <name>.

Is the server on?

shaunbrown1995 wrote:Is the server on?

It is 24/7, barring ISP or system failure, and has been on all day.