A Few Things To Make The Server Better

Kian1354 · March 12, 2012, 03:55:58 AM

Hi Everyone,

I just have a few suggestions to make the server better:

1. /afk doesn't work, but I understand why...however I enjoyed this addition so if there is a way to implement it with all the new people it would be great

2. /online doesn't work well because I can't see half the people online because there are too many people online...

3. A way to /msg somebody where it won't be swamped out by other people chatting

Thanks,
Kian1354

SoulKnightGT · March 12, 2012, 04:01:36 AM

1) Afk doesn't work because it was tookin out

2) Thats true...and i thought it was /who

3) We had /tell, but was outdated?

cschurz · March 12, 2012, 06:08:16 AM

/tell used to give PM's in a nice pink color. must have broken in the 1.2 update and nobody noticed.

if you're looking for a specific person online, just use /tell <name> and if they aren't online, the server will tell you :p

Xeadin · March 12, 2012, 06:31:01 AM

Both /afk and /tell were taken out when a specific plugin was removed. We are making lots of modifications, revisions and changes to the list of plugins to better protect and increase the server's performance.

Yomo · March 12, 2012, 04:07:25 PM

Well that plugin known as herochat was disabled because it had stopped updating long ago and bukkits new code would not allow it to be used.

clawstrider · March 12, 2012, 11:33:43 PM

I think pms need to be a different colour, whether this is from another plugin, or coded by Optical. As a member, I often find people just don't hear my messages, as they are swamped out in grey, but trusted is much easier to see).

I don't think afk should return, as it is very easily spammable.

Your_Mine · March 12, 2012, 11:42:37 PM

Quote from: clawstrider on March 12, 2012, 11:33:43 PM
I don't think afk should return, as it is very easily spammable.

This, plus it serves no purpose. It would be nice if you could make yourself invincible (but unable to do anything) with /afk, but it's really not a big deal. You can usually just log off for that purpose.

clawstrider · March 12, 2012, 11:45:29 PM

Quote from: Your_Mine on March 12, 2012, 11:42:37 PM
Quote from: clawstrider on March 12, 2012, 11:33:43 PM
I don't think afk should return, as it is very easily spammable.
This, plus it serves no purpose. It would be nice if you could make yourself invincible (but unable to do anything) with /afk, but it's really not a big deal. You can usually just log off for that purpose.

The one thing I will state is crops. Growing crops is a pain, and it is often easier to go AFK. It would be nice for the peace of mind that nobody will come along and push you into the nearest water source etc.

Your_Mine · March 13, 2012, 12:31:43 AM

Quote from: clawstrider on March 12, 2012, 11:45:29 PM
Quote from: Your_Mine on March 12, 2012, 11:42:37 PM
Quote from: clawstrider on March 12, 2012, 11:33:43 PM
I don't think afk should return, as it is very easily spammable.
This, plus it serves no purpose. It would be nice if you could make yourself invincible (but unable to do anything) with /afk, but it's really not a big deal. You can usually just log off for that purpose.

The one thing I will state is crops. Growing crops is a pain, and it is often easier to go AFK. It would be nice for the peace of mind that nobody will come along and push you into the nearest water source etc.

Good point. I'm already noticing that about crops.
Even still, it's a very minor thing compared to the other things the server needs.

Xeadin · March 13, 2012, 12:46:04 AM

If anything, we have better things to worry about. /tell and /afk would be the least on the list of priorities at this moment.

Kian1354 · March 13, 2012, 01:32:28 AM

Yeah I realize it is low priority...but if you guys have any time just mention it to optical or an admin

SirGravatt · March 13, 2012, 05:42:28 PM

QuoteIf anything, we have better things to worry about. /tell and /afk would be the least on the list of priorities at this moment.

Maybe i'm missing something here, but is there some large problem with the server that needs attending to?
Only that suggest that there is a immediate threat to the life of the server...

Rezathin (Logan5353) · March 13, 2012, 05:53:50 PM

There are other larger things we must attend to first.

Mr_Mr_Mr · March 13, 2012, 06:19:27 PM

/tell sucked, you couldn't use /r and the colour was irritating me. Thank god it is broken, /msg is a ton better, no irritating colours, and you can use /r to reply

For the second number, it's /who not /online.

Xeadin · March 13, 2012, 11:44:18 PM

Quote from: SirGravatt on March 13, 2012, 05:42:28 PM
QuoteIf anything, we have better things to worry about. /tell and /afk would be the least on the list of priorities at this moment.

Maybe i'm missing something here, but is there some large problem with the server that needs attending to?
Only that suggest that there is a immediate threat to the life of the server...

Actually, yes. The most current issue we have is that of the spambots and hackers that have been attacking our server as of late. We are working on an array of methods to keep this from happening again. We are also working on boosting the performance of the server.

As I have said before, /tell and /afk are the least of our worries, since the specific plugin (Herochat) has been removed because it is no longer being kept up to date by its developers.