Minecraft OCuK Forum Members Server Thread

mistercrabb · 21 Dec 2010 at 21:51

I like Vincent's idea for a town spawn point, however rather than having a fixed layout for the buildings, a few rules should be set and players are allowed to build their own houses.

The main road(s) would be already laid down to give a basic template.

I'm sure a lot of you remember the City server we had back in sandbox mode, that worked great and we could do the same with a more olden-style theme.
Would be a lot more organic and fun in my opinion.

vincent1989 · 21 Dec 2010 at 21:54

mistercrabb said:
I like Vincent's idea for a town spawn point, however rather than having a fixed layout for the buildings, a few rules should be set and players are allowed to build their own houses.

The main road(s) would be already laid down to give a basic template.

ta.

this was my idea, the main roads would be used to mark out plots and any building that could be built in that plot would be designed and built by the person whose plot it was, all it needs to do is fit inside the plot and be well lit to prevent mob spawns. think of the plots as allotments.

there would be nothing to stop you using your plot as a wheat farm, or having a cobble machine on the ground floor with an apartment above, what ever you can get to fit in the box, say 16x16x40 (ball park figure).

Windle · 21 Dec 2010 at 21:59

Guys we still don't know if there's going to be a reset!

vincent1989 · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:00

Windle said:
Guys we still don't know if there's going to be a reset!

sorry, that could possibly be seen as a bit short. what i mean to say is that there is no harm in planning for the future, there is a high likelihood that at some point the server will have a restart, why not prepare for that?

Windle · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:09

vincent1989 said:
sorry, that could possibly be seen as a bit short. what i mean to say is that there is no harm in planning for the future, there is a high likelihood that at some point the server will have a restart, why not prepare for that?

I know, just pointing out that a reset may not happen in the short term

vincent1989 · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:11

Windle said:
I know, just pointing out that a reset may not happen in the short term

how short is short though? there have been 2 (am i right?) since this thread started in october that's only 5 months, not a long time.

i think from what gars has said (and he's more than welcome to correct me if i'm wrong) it seems that if there is enough support for a reset and if there are plans to use the server after a reset then he will be more likely to consider one. i'm merely helping to promote the idea of a reset and drum up support for one by helping provide community aspects that people can be involved in as well as a clear and organised spawn with the infrastructure built in for future community projects and sites of interest.

Greg0986 · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:35

Why can't I join the server?

I know it has gone into beta but I am bored of single player

vincent1989 · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:36

Greg0986 said:
Why can't I join the server?

I know it has gone into beta but I am bored of single player

because the server has not yet been updated, there is a work around if you look a few posts back

Windle · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:42

vincent1989 said:
how short is short though? there have been 2 (am i right?) since this thread started in october that's only 5 months, not a long time.

i think from what gars has said (and he's more than welcome to correct me if i'm wrong) it seems that if there is enough support for a reset and if there are plans to use the server after a reset then he will be more likely to consider one. i'm merely helping to promote the idea of a reset and drum up support for one by helping provide community aspects that people can be involved in as well as a clear and organised spawn with the infrastructure built in for future community projects and sites of interest.

I'm all for a reset myself and an organized spawn. We had a new world earlier for a bit and I had great fun getting setup. Now back to the original server file and I just have no motivation to build anything like I did in the new world.

james.miller · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:07

they found the super rare secret lol

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1020&t=112209

what a load of rubbish !

toString · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:45

Windle said:
Who the hell is tostring?

Me, why?

Windle · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:50

KingAdora said:
Me, why?

You messed about with my track and removed a bit of it to link into your house :confused:

toString · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:54

I can't get on to see what its like now, but when I left it it worked normally in both directions as it was before.
The intention was to add a switch that could be activated to change the track so that i could be redirected to my house, but I haven't made any progress in making the track change yet.

As I say the 'main line' was all working as before when I last left, is that not the case now?

Windle · 22 Dec 2010 at 00:16

KingAdora said:
I can't get on to see what its like now, but when I left it it worked normally in both directions as it was before.
The intention was to add a switch that could be activated to change the track so that i could be redirected to my house, but I haven't made any progress in making the track change yet.

As I say the 'main line' was all working as before when I last left, is that not the case now?

There was track missing just after the bend, I assumed you'd taken it to use for your link. Thinking back it looked like a creeper may have blown up, did you set any off?

NickSlash · 22 Dec 2010 at 00:22

that might have been me, I was ambushed by a couple of creepers near toStrings house. I wasn't ready for a sea based attack

toString · 22 Dec 2010 at 00:26

Certainly sounds like nick, he usually destroys things I make "accidentally" with creepers..

But seriously, it was all working when I last saw it. I used my own bits of track didn't take yours.

toString · 22 Dec 2010 at 00:29

Oh thinking back myself... are you talking about up that hill after my 'bend'? I noticed there was a lot of track missing up/on that hill, and that was gone before I even started working on my 'bend'. I don't believe that was nick though..

Windle · 22 Dec 2010 at 00:30

KingAdora said:
Oh thinking back myself... are you talking about up that hill after my 'bend'? I noticed there was a lot of track missing up/on that hill, and that was gone before I even started working on my 'bend'. I don't believe that was nick though..

Ah no worries, i borrowed a bit of your track to repair it as I had none on me and no iron to make any. Will hook you up with some more.

toString · 22 Dec 2010 at 00:53

Thanks. I dunno what happened to the hill section. I went up there before i started my 'bend' and there was a load of cobble stone drops on the floor whcih was weird, and also a load of glass drops on the floor, which is even more strange as if you break glass there is no 'drop' from it..

vincent1989 · 22 Dec 2010 at 00:57

having taken on board criticism but also with the intent of keeping the clean layout i've made some significant alterations to my proposed 'spawn town', it is now much less symmetrical (one line of symmetry as opposed to essentially 4) and is now in 1:1 scale

i've deliberately left areas undeveloped as it allows for community work inside the walls as well as outside. i've added business buildings for those entrepreneurs among us who feel they can set up a trade that the shop can't provide. on top of this i've redesigned the bank and station to make them more interesting shapes to break up the blocky nature of the spawn area. in terms of transport the only way to leave spawn after completion will be via the rail network, internally the roads will be lit by 'lamp posts' on either side of the road.

and here it is;