Opticraft Community
Discussion forum => Legacy => Archives => Server News => Topic started by: optical on January 07, 2012, 09:50:29 am
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Much overdue, our SMP server is now live on 1.0!
You can access it at smp.opticraft.net.
Existing member upgrade: http://www.opticraft.net/index.php/page,SMPUpgrade.html
This has been in the works for a decent period of time and numerous people have helped out in making it a reality. In particular, thanks to Relkeb, Nick3306, Ramkitty, Tobs74 and Exo615 for their time and efforts. Without them this would not have happened, so please take the time to thank them individually!
Now, for those who are interested, the details.
There have been a plethora of changes since 1.8. We have increased the map size from 1000x1000 to 3000x3000 - plenty of room to build!
There are 4 warp villages 1500 blocks north, south, east and west from the spawn, to help disperse the population. You are free to build where ever you like.
Economy - You now have a bank with money. You can use this to purchase a variety of blocks from the market, and at a later stage protection stones (more on this soon!). You earn money by trading resources into the market, or by trading with other players. The prices of blocks is not set in stone, and if there are any problems we reserve the right to make any changes, including resetting any players balances who attempt to exploit the system.
Protection stones - You will now be able to protect your property by placing these stones in your buildings. They create a zone where only you and those who you whitelist can build in. Preventing your structures from ever being griefed! The stones will be made available in the market very shortly. We are busy ironing out some details in their pricing, but it will come soon.
*Update*: Stones are now available for purchase in the market.
Rank changes - We have added two new ranks. Member, and Moderator. Member is the same rank as our classic server. You simply sign up to the forums, and you will be promoted to member. The upgrade process however is not retroactive. If you have already signed up, you will need to manually start the upgrade process. Click here (http://www.opticraft.net/index.php/page,SMPUpgrade.html) to upgrade to member. By becoming a member, you are given $500 and the ability to warp to other peoples houses.
The second rank is the moderator rank. This is the rank most of our staff will hold. Moderators are able to kick, ban and undo players actions. Their jobs is to maintain order on the server by removing troublesome users. The majority of our operators on 1.8 are now moderators. Operators remain the same as in 1.8.1 - more or less. In addition to maintaining order, they are able to spawn items, host events, etc. You cannot apply to become an operator, however the moderator position is open for applications on the forum!
Voting - We are now listed on three vote sites. Voting is a hugely important factor in the success and popularity of a SMP server. To encourage our users we are awarding 1 diamond a day per site - so 3 diamonds per day for voting for us. We are working on adding more incentives to vote, and there will be a few changes on the website and ingame to encourage and remind you to do so. Please vote - its really, really important!
Server upgrade & donations - I have upgraded the server from the cheap VPS we were using on 1.8, to a full blown dedicated machine. I will post the specs below for those of you interested. This upgrade should ensure a very smooth experience for everyone, and a much, much larger player cap. However, it also costs a fair bit more then previously - approximately 12X! This means we will need donations in the future, but thanks to your support we have enough money to operate for approximately two months. We will be working on donation incentives on SMP once everything else is fleshed out.
Server specs:
- Intel Xeon E3-1270 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz Quad-Core Server Processor
- Crucial 8GB DDR3 1333 Server Memory
- 500GB Sata Hard drive
- 9TB Monthly bandwidth @ 100mbps
Thank you to everyone for being so patient while we worked on the server. It has been greatly appreciated.
Please do post your feedback and suggestions, including constructive criticism. We are working hard on making opticrafts SMP server great, and your feedback is immensely helpful.
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yes! awesome!!!
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Awesome work.
Really awesome work.
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Gratz Optical! And thanks to Nick, ram, tobs, rel and exo! :) Will be getting online to the new server soon!
Edit: thanks for the upgrade regarding the host! :)
Edit edit: trusted players have to apply as members to get the $? :X
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Alrighty! Tip of the hat to all who made this possible! I look forward to play on this new and improved server!
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Yaay ! :D It's awesome!
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Question, can we use /home [name] still?
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So awesome! Thanks for everything you all did to get the server up and running!
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Awesome!
I love the spawn. Thanks to all the helpers there!
;D
- Nikita
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Question with the voting witch picture is opticraft?
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great server ;)
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The week of all nighters is over! :D Enjoy the server people.
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The week of all nighters is over! :D Enjoy the server people.
Oh I will enjoy it! :)
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Congrats!
I was expecting to see Opticraft's server. its finally here..!!
I haven't played onlien smp, so it will take me a while to learn whats going on there, rules, items, etc.. (You probably know better than me..)
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You know, I woke up, and my shoe was destroyed. I was pissed. -.-
Then I decided to get up, and look on the forum, and I saw this post.
Thanks for making my day so much better, it looks great! :D
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To be totally honest, I thought it would suck. Beta servers normally bore me.
But I have to congratulate you. You have made a server which I enjoy playing on a lot, and I will try to get on lots :P This is possibly due to the fact that I HAVE to be top of the money chart.
Thanks Optical, Relkeb, Nick, Tobs, Ram, Exox, Davioo, dedly and Raul for being a great team and making and running an awesome server.
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Fixed a bug causing people to not receive their member/diamond rewards. You will now receive the missing rewards when you login.
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very interesting, took a bit but still, interesting. lol
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Excuse me, but I face a problem.
The vote is active every 24H and 1 sec? Or at the end of each day? Because I voted 18-20 hours ago first time, and the day hadnt turn, and still I can't vote again.
I will really appreciate your reliable answer.
Theofanis
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Excuse me, but I face a problem.
The vote is active every 24H and 1 sec? Or at the end of each day? Because I voted 18-20 hours ago first time, and the day hadnt turn, and still I can't vote again.
I will really appreciate your reliable answer.
Theofanis
I'm quite confused?
Yes, you can vote every 24 hours, 0 minutes and 0 seconds. Not every 18 hours?
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I mean, that our vote is accepted every day turn according to server's clock? Or every 24H pass from our last?
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I mean, that our vote is accepted every day turn according to server's clock? Or every 24H pass from our last?
Your vote is accepted between 1-5 seconds after you vote (Max).
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I mean, that our vote is accepted every day turn according to server's clock? Or every 24H pass from our last?
Your vote is accepted between 1-5 seconds after you vote (Max).
(http://www.opticraft.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.ohinternet.com%2Fimages%2Fthumb%2F7%2F73%2FJeanLucPicardFacepalm.jpg%2F618px-JeanLucPicardFacepalm.jpg&hash=225c450402e228af99e1027a9db9fb03)
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You can only vote exactly 24 hours after your previous vote.
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This probably seems like a stupid question, but is it still premium only? And Alicia, about your shoe, how did it get destroyed, anyway?
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My dogs.
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This probably seems like a stupid question, but is it still premium only? And Alicia, about your shoe, how did it get destroyed, anyway?
Yes, it always will be - you need to buy the game.
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Thank u!
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I want to ask, does the server of SMP need a so great Upload for better running and no lag? I mean, that with a calculation, Singleplayer server will need up to 25Mbps ff upload to handle the traffic at 1024.
Is the same amount of upload needed on beta? No ah?
If not, is the 100Mbps required to run this server? Or with a lower speed of 60,70Mbps you Optical, you could run it without problems?
I am saying it in order to consider the demand and the offer you do, in quality, quantity, and of course money..
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Currently 21st and 18th on two minecraft websites!~ Woooo! ;)
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I want to ask, does the server of SMP need a so great Upload for better running and no lag? I mean, that with a calculation, Singleplayer server will need up to 25Mbps ff upload to handle the traffic at 1024.
Is the same amount of upload needed on beta? No ah?
If not, is the 100Mbps required to run this server? Or with a lower speed of 60,70Mbps you Optical, you could run it without problems?
I am saying it in order to consider the demand and the offer you do, in quality, quantity, and of course money..
I am not entirely sure what you are saying.
No, we don't need the 100mbps, but its the standard you get with a dedicated server,
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Ah.. So it is a packet offered by the company that hosts your server.
I mean, that 100Mbps are too much, and probably not required.
About the capacity of upload that the server needs, I just mentioned that a peak would be 60-70 Mbps for 300 players online, and no 100 that you offer.
Just a note to save money. but you finaly said to me that its a packet offered. So, you cant change it..
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What is the world hight limit?
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What is the world hight limit?
128
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FINALLY! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Yay! This is gonna be awesome!