Official Plugin Thread

[Pri]

Seems like we have a new update every day lately huh?! - Due to this I've decided to make this thread which will detail each plugin change we have so that everyone can keep up and learn how to use them all.

Precious Stones (Survival Only)
This is a plugin that lets you easily create protected zoned by just putting down diamond blocks. To increase your zone you simply place more diamond blocks. All blocks within 20 blocks of the Diamond are protected. You can read more about it here: http://www.mxpulse.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=696

Logblock
Well today I decided it was getting a bit annoying not having logblock around on all our servers so I decided to finally do something about it. We now have full logging on our Survival, Creative and Architect servers including in-depth chest logging where by it tells you not only who accessed your chest but what items they placed inside / took out and the quantities of each.

The logging is on all of our game worlds including not only the "nether" and "the end" but also the Flat Lands, Sky World, Old Ren, Godcraft and Towercraft worlds on our Creative server.

So in short, we now have full total logging. When the Guardian plugin finally releases we will move to that but who knows how long that could take? The developers behind it have not given a release date because they don't even know when it will be finished. Until then I'll make sure Logblock keeps working as I know it has been a real pain in the butt not having it on our Creative server the past month or so.

Craftbook
We now have craftbook installed again so all your drawbridges, large wooden gates and elevators will work once again!

In non-plugin related news. Who likes the new self-whitelist survey signup page?

[Pri]

Today I have added two new plugins to our servers

NoLagg
As the name suggests it tries to eliminate lag. When you drop blocks it combines them in to stacks on the ground so your clients have less lag rendering blocks and our server has less lag updating your clients about blocks laying on the ground. It also keeps chunks in cache longer so that less disk access is needed for highly trafficked areas. It also makes warping feel faster by loading in chunks in the direction you are facing when you warp to an area (or use a stargate)

Coloured Signs
Yes I've added coloured signs. You can now place a sign on any of our three servers and use colour in them. It uses the standard Minecraft colour code system which you can view here: http://i.imgur.com/LdgZM.png

To use the codes you would type for example &4 Hello that would make the text Hello appear as Red.

Have fun

[Pri]

Today we have two new plugin updates:

BukkitInventoryTools (Survival only)
Adds a backpack for all our players on our Survival server. To access press B on your keyboard if you are using Spoutcraft or type /backpack if you're not. It also adds a portable Workbench which you can access by pressing N on your keyboard if you have Spoutcraft. It also adds some chest and door locking features but I recommend not using those features and instead stick to Lockette as those locking features only really work for Spout.

Backpack sizes are dependant on your rank.
User - 36 Slot Backpack
Apprentice - 45 Slot Backpack
Contest Winner - 45 Slot Backpack
Architect - 54 Slot Backpack
City Planner - 54 Slot Backpack
Moderator - 54 Slot Backpack
Administrator - 54 Slot Backpack

PermissionsEX
Up until today we've been using Permissions 2.74 which is a very old Permissions plugin for Bukkit. It's buggy, difficult to use, does not support multiple-world permissions and requires the server to be reloaded to make any permission changes. PermissionsEX is the successor to that plugin and we have now upgraded. For Mods/Admins you can type /pex reload in any of our servers to reload permissions after you've upgraded users from our Control Panel on our website.

[Pri]

Todays changes:

TeleportSuite (Creative & Architect Only)
This is a teleportation plugin. Until now you could type /tp <name> to teleport to someone. We've had a lot of requests to remove this and instead use a plugin that allows people to either accept or deny an incoming teleport from a player. Some of you want to build in private and I can respect that. So now when you want to teleport to someone use /tpa <username> - Mods and Admins are exempt from this for obvious reasons.

VoxelAir
I've had to remove the VoxelAir plugin as it is not compatible with our NoLagg plugin and we need that plugin so VoxelAir was sacrificed.

Those are the changes for today. Enjoy

[Pri]

Some general updates today:

Precious Stones (Survival only)
This plugin is now enabled again and I've switched it from using a flat file for its database to using MySQL. This means things you've protected using Precious Stones before today are now unprotected and you'll need to destroy and then re-place your precious stone blocks. For example if you placed a cobweb to repel monsters you will need to destroy and then re-place that cobweb.

General list of plugins that were updated for 1.1 today
Dynmap, Craftbook, Text Censor, Precious Stones.

[Pri]

Todays Updates:

Lockette
This plugin has been updated to fix the exploit that enabled players to place a fence underneath a chest to break the chest and it now works for all players again after not working since we updated to 1.1

Craftbukkit-1.1-R3
We've now updated to the latest Craftbukkit which fixes some serious bugs with API events.

Falsebook
This has been updated to the 1.1 Compatible version and we've also enabled the Detector IC's on the Survival server (We previously had them deactivated)

[Pri]

Quite a few updates today. The following plugin changes & additions are for our Survival server only.

iConomy
That's right we have iConomy again. But this time there is no interest. Every player starts with $30 in their account. To make more money you will need to buy/sell with other players or find gold. That brings me to the next plugin.

Ore Economy
This plugin allows you to convert gold ingots, Iron Ingots and Diamonds you find in to money that goes in to your iConomy account. Specifically you type /gi gold /gi iron or /gi diamond followed by an amount you want to sell and it will take the ore you specified from your inventory and give you dollars. The exchange rate is 1 Gold Ingot for $10.00, 1 Diamond for $5 and 1 Iron Ingot for $2.50

Towny
Obviously the reason we have an economy plugin is now we have Towny installed which means you can build your own towns and nations. Currently the price for setting up a town is $20 and you will need to farm gold to be able to increase your towns size.

TownyChat
This displays to people in game what towns/nations we are affiliated with

Factions
Allows players to create guilds, bound together as groups and have faction battles with rivals.

Dynmap-Towny
This allows your towns to be viewable on the DynMap available at http://map.renmx.com players can see your towns boundaries and view information about the town including its spawn area.

Censor Plugin
This has been removed from the Survival server and it will also be removed from the Creative and Architect servers soon.

Precious Stones
This has been removed due to Towny being installed. We no longer need Precious Stones for anti-grief when you can setup a town to do the same thing.

iChat
iChat has been removed as we are now using TownyChat

In the wild areas of the server (outside of towns) stealing from chests and killing other players is now completely allowed. That means if you see another player and you want to fight them you are free to go up and hit them. The only safe harbour on our servers is now inside player created towns. Any unlocked chests are fair game so make sure you use lockette.

So yes quite a lot of changes today. There may be some permissions issues that need to be sorted but I did get around to cleaning up all the permissions today so everything should be a lot easier to manage for me resulting in a better experience for you guys. I hope you all have fun playing with the new Towny stuff.

[skoch26]

I always had a good feeling about Towny. I knew it would shape up eventually

[tomisafish]

This is interesting

[bmjerk]

I found a cool plugin that will help enchanting on teh survival server. Here is the link: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/753 ... zens-mods/