1.10 / 1.11 Update
Alright friends, so since there has been a lot of talk around the water cooler... cauldron, I figure I will dispel some rumors.
Now, our general policy is to update as soon as we have a stable version that doesn't sacrifice any of our functionality. Sometimes this can take a while as the plugin authors are not the most diligent at updating plugins. We have spent a lot of time looking into the current plugin situation, and the jump from 1.8 to 1.9 or 1.10 is substantial. A lot of plugins that we have been using for years are simply dead. There is no more support, or if there is it is spotty at best.
Based on this, we have been considering a new path.
We are thinking of opening a new chapter in SentinelCraft history, but we want to know how everyone feels about it.
One of the biggest hold-ups, is towny. It has been buggy for the last two builds and it has yet to be updated past 1.9. To put it plainly it is a dying plugin. Unfortunately getting rid of it with our current situation is impossible. So we have tried to come up with the best possible alternative. Here is what we have come up with:
First we would remove towny, but in order to do that, we would need a system to protect things that had already been built, since there isn't a way to integrate any of the more modern protection plugins, that was our first hurdle. So we thought, what about a new world? One without chunk errors, without depreciated regions and fewer and fewer new areas to explore. So we settled on a new world, but to get rid of Pern would pain me greatly, as I have spent innumerable hours building there. So I want to keep Pern, but as something different. I want to turn it into a mausoleum of sorts. A place to explore and visit, where we can create landmarks for people to visit, see what others before us have built.
With this idea of a new world, it seemed best to clean things out entirely. Start a clean slate, McMMO, Inventory, Money, Economy, Everything. This would set a clean slate for everyone, I know that for some of us that have been around for a long time that sounds terrible, but after thinking about it for a while, it has started to grow on me. Its kind of exciting to think of the new challenges that come with starting over. For those players that are starting currently, catching up to the powerhouse players in McMMo is basically impossible, same with the economy. With a fresh start, we all have the same opportunity to be the number one player. This would also give the opportunity to allow people to reinvent themselves. Everyone would be allowed to change their names during this transition (cracked and premium alike)
We haven't yet hashed out all the details, we have just looked into which plugins are dead, and worked to find plugins to replace things. This gives us an opportunity to add new plugins, features, and ideals to the server that we previously wouldn't have been able to. We can choose a new name for the world(s) you can suggest new plugins and features, we will revise the rules based on your feedback.
This is your server, and as a community, we can make it whatever we decide.
Here is a list of the proposed changes:
- Preserve Pern as a mausoleum world. (No editing, just visiting)
- Remove towny
- Add Protection plugin
- Revise rules accordingly
- Reset Economy and rebuild with new features (Global Market, new shops plugin possibly)
- Add Quest/adventure aspects (Something we have wanted to do for a while)
- Add new McMMO features
- Re-enable stats tracking (highscores and such, for bragging rights)
- Find new plugin for clans/tribes/groups/parties (possibly)
- Your suggestions here _____
