CreeperCraft 24/7 SMP server!

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27-10-2010, 05:06 PM
FlyingJesus

CreeperCraft 24/7 SMP server!

Alright homeslices as many of you are probably aware us crackaz and Niamh at CreeperCraft.co.uk have been planning on getting a Minecraft community set up and a big part of that is having our own SMP (Survival MultiPlayer) servers set up. It was decided right from the start that we weren't going to do this until we could guarantee full 24/7 uptime, and this is now looking to be the case at last.

Ladies, gentlemen, and Graham who's watching from his reinforced steel support chair somewhere, we are now quite proud to announce that saturday is going to mark the opening of our first VPS server!

You will need to be registered on the forum and provide your Minecraft login name on your profile there so that we can match people up and give you build access, this is a precautionary measure to make sure we have some way of knowing who's who rather than giving out total power to everyone and putting all of your creations at risk. There's currently no posting requirement for being on the server but it'd be nice if folks who want to be a part of it do join in so that the whole project can grow as a community - and of course you'll be more clued in to what's going on around the place that way :)
On behalf of CC management we hope to see you all there, tools in hand ready to start ~~fires~~ building!
27-10-2010, 07:03 PM
Nemo

Also, if you have any suggestions that you'd like to have on the server then feel free to suggest them here :)
28-10-2010, 04:00 AM
Verrou

http://www.mynecraft.com/ Has good hosting and prices btw.

https://www.mynecraft.com/features/google_maps.aspx pretty cool features too.
28-10-2010, 01:52 PM
jackass

Thanks Verrou. :)

We think we have found our host though!
28-10-2010, 03:35 PM
Ardemax

So are you making like a replica survival server like otaku or something? Or will it be based via minecraft itself?

i'm very interested btw and will be making an account on the forum promptly.
28-10-2010, 03:48 PM
FlyingJesus

It is Minecraft :P it's the full game hosted on a server that we rent, like playing the normal version but online with a community starting afresh and with 24/7 uptime :) forum is currently down while we upgrade it and make it not such a dark and chunky place (as any current members may remember it to be :P) but we'll make sure that the forum's back up with public access before the VPS launch, I'm hoping some time tonight or tomorrow but it depends how quickly we can have it functioning and looking how we want it. As Niamh said, any suggestions anyone has for features and such on the server are most welcome if there's something extra you feel would be good to have!
28-10-2010, 03:49 PM
Nemo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ardemax

So are you making like a replica survival server like otaku or something? Or will it be based via minecraft itself?

i'm very interested btw and will be making an account on the forum promptly.

It'll be a standard SMP server that'll be up all the time.

yeah what tom said
28-10-2010, 07:28 PM
Nemo

We're on track to open it on Saturday, in time for the update! Of course we'll have all the new biomes and such!
28-10-2010, 07:52 PM
Ardemax

sounds good, I don't think I've bought the game, only the alpha client.

It's annoying because I don't have a PayPal so I won't be able to play :/
28-10-2010, 07:57 PM
Stephen

you shouldn't join their server anyway. Stuto's server is where it's at
28-10-2010, 11:00 PM
Verrou

I'll join as long as you get my Liberty chunk off stuto and put it on your world ;D I want to make it my haus.
28-10-2010, 11:05 PM
Nemo

Quote:

Originally Posted by stephenHi

you shouldn't join their server anyway. Stuto's server is where it's at

Get out you! Ours is gonna be awesum. We're hopefully gonna be partnering aswell with another large VPS. CreeperCraft EXPANSION!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verrou

I'll join as long as you get my Liberty chunk off stuto and put it on your world ;D I want to make it my haus.

Aha dunno if we're gonna quite be able to do that :P
28-10-2010, 11:18 PM
Fez

I'll be building something quite special on this server.
28-10-2010, 11:22 PM
Verrou

If only SMP had a build bot so I could copy and paste :(
28-10-2010, 11:24 PM
jackass

There probably is some sort of mod somewhere that does something along those lines! :)
28-10-2010, 11:24 PM
Chippiewill

Quote:

I'll be building something quite special on this server.

Hmm..
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:o...urpleP.jpg&t=1
28-10-2010, 11:26 PM
Nemo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biohazard

There probably is some sort of mod somewhere that does something along those lines! :)

There is, but its only copy and paste on the server. I very much doubt its possible to copy and paste between servers :P
28-10-2010, 11:30 PM
jackass

Quote:

Originally Posted by NaughtyNemo

There is, but its only copy and paste on the server. I very much doubt its possible to copy and paste between servers :P

Why ever not? Chunks and blocks positions and whatnot are loaded upon joining the server/moving to a location, so why can't they just be saved, then added to a different server?

I reckon it's possible!
28-10-2010, 11:45 PM
Fez

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chippiewill

Hmm..
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:o...urpleP.jpg&t=1

Think bigger...

Actually that...
29-10-2010, 12:59 AM
FlyingJesus

Giant phallic buildings will not only be tolerated but actively encouraged by me, especially if they're nicely decorated on the inside

Also Verrou I posted in the Stuto thread about how you could make that statue even bigger if you wanted, could make quite a project for a new world ;)
29-10-2010, 01:53 AM
Stephen

who gave me -rep for my post lolz

Edited by HotelUser (Forum Moderator): Please don't post pointlessly, thanks.
29-10-2010, 01:58 AM
Verrou

Quote:

Originally Posted by NaughtyNemo

There is, but its only copy and paste on the server. I very much doubt its possible to copy and paste between servers :P

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biohazard

Why ever not? Chunks and blocks positions and whatnot are loaded upon joining the server/moving to a location, so why can't they just be saved, then added to a different server?

I reckon it's possible!

I think if you select an area, you should be able to save the blocks and their postions...if you've used Minebot for classic it can save selections like so:
http://images.andrehamon.com/s/2010-10-29_145829.png
It's pixel art of megaman.
29-10-2010, 02:43 PM
Robbie

Just an update for you all, our server seems to be working fine (initial testing) and our custom web-based administration panel is also working :D Look forward to seeing you all on the server soon!
29-10-2010, 02:52 PM
jackass

Robbie is the CreeperCraft Techie, just in case you guys didn't know. :P

And yeah, when the server is fully open, it will be filled with all the new Halloween updates, so yeah, we're excited. :D
30-10-2010, 02:14 PM
Middlesbrough

Woo maybe the site will be u... nevermind
30-10-2010, 02:34 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbie

Just an update for you all, our server seems to be working fine (initial testing) and our custom web-based administration panel is also working :D Look forward to seeing you all on the server soon!

Are you using a custom wrapper or multiplexer for the interface to the server? Was just wondering.
30-10-2010, 03:00 PM
Robbie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recursion

Are you using a custom wrapper or multiplexer for the interface to the server? Was just wondering.

At the moment it's sending data to the server basically by just SSHing into the server from PHP using the SSH2 modules and sending data (shell_exec kills the process)
30-10-2010, 06:45 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbie

At the moment it's sending data to the server basically by just SSHing into the server from PHP using the SSH2 modules and sending data (shell_exec kills the process)

Wait, how are you killing the MC server then? Are you actually passing "stop" to the MC console? If not you're going to lose the latest map work and cause map corruption.
30-10-2010, 07:45 PM
Robbie

Yeah it's being stopped correctly. When I said shell_exec kills the process, I didn't mean we kill the process, I meant that we use SSH2 for some things rather than shell_exec because shell_exec simply kills the minecraft process as soon as it is started.