Empire Minecraft 1.2 update status

Don't be naughty guys! and Justin what craftbukkit are you using? are you using the beta build, if so then there are some bugs I know about

Yes sorry, at first I thought an hour but then I remembered how big the Wilderness is, so two hours would have been a better original estimate. Usually upgrades don't take this long, it is just because of the converting everything to a new format

Yes there are bugs in the Beta build, but none that block us for releasing. Feel free to private message me anything you have concern about.

when you try to join it with a 1.1 client it says outdated client then once you try to join it with a 1.2.3 client it says " server is closed for upgrading to MC 1.2"

If I am correct, when you build a nether portal frame and then you like it the item 'portal' is only in one spot.. so it is like a broken portal

Correction, if you light it with the item 'fire' then it bugs. Using flint and steel works perfectly

Crazy1080's dirt house and bonemeal idea still works
http://imgur.com/a/sKew6

I have to go but it will probably be upgraded in a day or later today!

So justin, is it safe to say we CAN update our clients to 1.2.3 now? cause I keep switching from 1.1 to 1.2.3 like 3 times a day >_< xD

You will be able to play on smp1 soon with 1.2, it will be several hours before the others are upgraded.

soon as in like 1-2 minutes? and the wild is reset? :O

No the Wilderness is not reset, we are not the kind of server that would just do that

so will there be jungle biomes...? and new npc villages? :# also when we spawn the npc things at the villages will iron golems spawn in town if we cram them into a tiny home?

rough estimate as to when smp 4 will be converted? just wondering

Probably later today. smp1 is taking about 2 hours, and I want to let it run for about an hour or two to catch any additional bugs before we go all in with all of the servers. I want to make sure we do this in a controlled manner

why not just update them all at once and then have them all done within 5 hours?

smp1 has been upgraded and is now open as a 1.2 server Please report any bugs to me.

Building a bridge is going to require cooperation with your neighbor (unless you own both lots) so I'm not sure what the major problem would be if the 2 blocks were just increased to 3 or 4 (I don't know how wide a wide road is). I guess there could be disputes between neighbors that would add more stress to the already difficult task of being a moderator? But if you could build 3/4 way across a narrow road to build a bridge with an explicit rule that this feature is only to be used to build bridges in a joint venture, a penalty of having your whole lot reset would probably go a long way toward encouraging folks to get with the program.

Just some thoughts, though. I fully support whatever you do and trust your judgement (not that my support or trust count for much).

Yeah it is just the wide roads are like 12 blocks I think, so if I increased it to 6 you would be able to build into others lots over small roads. The only way I can see would be to write logic to detect the size of the road, and that gets very complex. Perhaps their is an easier way.

I started playing after 1.1 was released, and I have to say, you'd be surprised the great things that can can happen in that short amount of time. I build in the Wild because the Town is too Nerf and everything gets ghast of grief in the Nether. Allowing a reset seems to me like we're allowing admins to grief, which would mean we all find griefing acceptable?

Its not that we find griefing ok for admins, its that we all knew it was coming, so what are you going to do? When minecraft is updated to have an entirely new biome, we are probably going to get a chance to see it on EMC... So you can build in the wild if you want, but you should know that eventually you will have a clean slate to build on... Just re collect all the materials and wait for the reset, then build something even better. that is all we can do...

Do not fear, once all the servers are updated today I will kick off official discussion/poll about resets. Everyone will have a chance to discuss and be heard

Nice, time to start packing, ahaha I keed, I'll make sure I vote, and get my other peoples to vote.