Minecraft - An update on the current situation.
Jan 15 2011 17:12:35 by CraftyBadger
More information on the current minecraft situation can be found on the forums, but here is the latest update from our lead developer and Technical Director (CTO) K.
"Just wanted to update people so you know what's going on.
We've been making good progress on tools to help maintain a version of hMod for you guys as long as its needed. These tools once complete should enable us to rollout updates in a matter of hours, but obviously this is a significant undertaking so is taking some time to create.
Notch has stated that he was going to make upgrades optional but clearly this hasn't happened yet which is a shame.
We hope to have something for you to play with by the end of the weekend, even if this is very basic version with no plugin support, but as any developer will tell you it all depends on how quickly we can get the tools completed.
Its a real shame that the server code is obfuscated and hence takes so much effort for all the cool 3rd party tools and projects to maintain when updates are released, it could be so simple and hence updates would usually be relatively quick. Not as quick as when there is a core API in the server itself of course. Looking forward to that day
Anyway 6 nights on the trot with post 4am finishes, so gonna have to grab an early one, if you can call 01:30 early "
Back to it tomorrow."