[Server] VanessaE's Creative Server [git/dev]

[Michael Eh?]

okay I had 0.4.11 temporarily up and running in singleplayer mode... using Compatibility mode set to XP sp3 but it eventually crashed and wouldn't connect to Creative nor load Big Sight map. So much for that. Now onto trying previous versions to see where it gone wrong. Funny 0.4.10 didn't need to run compatibility mode at all under Win 7.1 Enterprise.

[Michael Eh?]

I tried 0.4.11 on my old XP sp3 netbook. It loaded the server which showed me where I was but couldn't do anything including F3,F5, inv to use home function nor 't' to talk. Maybe 0.4.12 will correct the problem but I'm out of luck for now.

[VanessaE]

That is just so strange, I don't understand why it isn't working for you.

[Michael Eh?]

This happened before with forced to update to your servers. Ended up for another version number change before I was able to log on again. Annoying. I don't find the .mtl to be worth it but faster load times are good that is when it works at all.

[Tmanyo]

For some reason when I get on your server I can only stay on for 5 minutes at the most before my application stops working or it stops responding. It is only with this server too. Is there an explanation? I put the thing into the conf. file but that allowed me to get on but not to stay on.

[EdShouldBeInBed]

Oh great admin who dwells in Waynesville, might the humble EdShdBInBed have interact?

[VanessaE]

Heh.. interact already granted :)

[ExeterDad]

Oh great admin who dwells in Waynesville, might the humble EdShdBInBed have interact?

LOL!

[EdShouldBeInBed]

Heh.. interact already granted :)

Yes, the great and good cheepie kindly did so. Thank you for not smiting me, great one.

[doyousketch2]

Hiya!

Your map has too many megapixels! so I split it with ImageMagick.

convert -crop 4500x4500 Creative_World.png tile%d.png

Easier to view that way :)

[VanessaE]

Glad to see you're still around :D

[12Me21]

How long do backups usually take? It's 3:21 and the server isn't showing up on the list.

[VanessaE]

I took the servers down as a precaution, due to what appears to be a hardware problem on the new machine I moved everything to a few days ago. I've made off-site backups, so data has been lost (hopefully).

I have just gotten off the phone with my host about it, and they've agreed to schedule a repair immediately.

[VanessaE]

All Minetest servers are up and running again, and no data was lost. Feel free to log in and resume playing normally. :-)

IRC, webchat, and all other services on the machine have also been restored.

Sorry for the downtime folks.

Note: this particular world is still experiencing an engine bug that causes timeouts and/or flat player skins. This is not related to the cause of the downtime.

[doyousketch2]

Cool. Had you ever thought of adding voice-chat to your server?

I believe I read that your server runs on Debian?
If so, there's an easy package called: mumble-server

Then everyone could log in with a client from - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mumble
'prolly most Linux users could do something like this: sudo apt-get install mumble
Debian users can simply add the 'mumble' package from Synaptic.

Or if on Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... mbleclient

I use it all the time while playing Tanki with my kid. It's great.

[VanessaE]

Oh G*d no, definitely NOT. I hate voice chat programs. Besides, people can just use skype if they need to.

[12Me21]

umm... why did I get banned??

[VanessaE]

I've sent you a forum PM about it.

[12Me21]

Can you un-rollback the stuff I built?

[VanessaE]

Unfortunately no, the engine's rollback feature only goes backward. There is no "rollforward". :-(

[12Me21]

I wish there was a faster pickaxe, iron blocks take a long time to break even with a titanium pick.
There should be a tool that can break all types of blocks really fast, but is only available in creative.

[VanessaE]

Use an "Evil" pick on steel blocks, bricks, stone and most anything else that's hard. On soft stuff, use an "evil" shovel.

[12Me21]

Thanks!

I found an unknown block connected to some technic cables, have you removed any blocks from technic? It was in the underground city, so it's pretty old. I mined it to see what it was, but it turned into an unknown ITEM. Is there a way to find the "modname:itemname" of an unknown item or block?

There was a sign next to the tunnel that led to it, saying "random power radiator"

[twoelk]

Thanks!

I found an unknown block connected to some technic cables, have you removed any blocks from technic? It was in the underground city, so it's pretty old. I mined it to see what it was, but it turned into an unknown ITEM. Is there a way to find the "modname:itemname" of an unknown item or block?

There was a sign next to the tunnel that led to it, saying "random power radiator"

doesn't F5 help to identify nodes simply by pointing?

[12Me21]

Thanks!

I found an unknown block connected to some technic cables, have you removed any blocks from technic? It was in the underground city, so it's pretty old. I mined it to see what it was, but it turned into an unknown ITEM. Is there a way to find the "modname:itemname" of an unknown item or block?

There was a sign next to the tunnel that led to it, saying "random power radiator"

doesn't F5 help to identify nodes simply by pointing?

I had already mined it and it turned into an item, so now I can't do that. (the game has no way of knowing whether it's a block or an item...)

[VanessaE]

It's likely that the sign is accurate -- I seem to recall that there was a power radiator node in technic at one time, but it was removed or disabled a long time ago (I don't remember why).

[twoelk]

yep, on VanessaE's survival map in my castle in the crafting cellar, I keep an old node that now sits on a teleport booth displaying the texture of an unnkown node. When I point at it with F5 activated it identifies as technic:power_radiator.

[12Me21]

Why was the radiator removed/disabled? It seems like a very useful thing, to be able to power stuff without tons of wires.

[VanessaE]

I don't remember now why that object was removed. Maybe overpowered?

[12Me21]

Whenever I go on the server, I die for no reason, and I can't break some blocks.