Minecraft 1.7

If you haven't played, or didn't read the last post, we're running 1.7.2!

Now, this comes with it's own set of issues that we're still working on. The experiment (a few posts ago) was a huge success, with 1.6.2 running much more stable than 1.6.4. With the new box, we're able to increase the RAM for the server, allowing us to run 1.7.2!
(As a small aside, 1.6.2 was running with 1G of RAM, max allowed. When I moved it over and upgraded just bukkit, we needed about 4G of RAM for just the worlds. Without the upgrade, we would still be stuck at 1.6.2.)
Because of the bukkit update process (and the devs), very few of the plugins we use are listed to work with 1.7.2. Only two plugins were plainly broken by this update: the VillageMarker mod, which didn't really work to begin with, and mcMMO, which is very disappointing. In good news, mcMMO is still releasing dev builds and will be updated. Meanwhile, I'll work out whatever other issues there are with the server (lag spikes and what have you).
We have new worlds for you to play in! Adventure+ is a fresh world with the normal Adventure rules and it comes equipped with its own nether and end. The old War was erased to make way for a fresh 1.7 No Rules world, also with unique nether and end worlds.
So, no more going into War and coming out in Adventure!
You will notice 'chunk errors' along the border of 1.6 loaded and 1.7 loaded chunks (yet unexplored regions). If you see these, and they look pretty cool, let us know. So far the best I've seen is Extreme Hills straight into an ocean.

The Upgrade

Thank you to everyone that donated to the new server! If you haven't jump on to try it out, we are up an running 1.7.2. I'll make another post in a few minutes discussing the plans and the problems with the server at the moment. But for now, bask in all of those wires!

That's all the pictures I took of the building process. I didn't want to record it because the webcam audio isn't very good and, well, it was midnight. I had to install the motherboard 3 times, too! (You'll notice that I left the backplate off in pictures 2 and 3). All the expected components arrived without harm and look and run as expected.

One thing not in the picture is the new modem, but it's there waiting to be used!

Thanks guys!

Last few days!

We're at the last week of the fundraising campaign and we're doing swimmingly! And by week, I mean calendar week because the drive ends in:


So please get your donation in soon and thank you to everyone who has donated thus far.