Daisy 9735 Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2021 Hello, the server is now officially on Minecraft 1.16.5. With this brings the removal of Vortex, as well as the introduction of the many building blocks available with this update. Patchnotes Vortex [-] Removed Vortex, with all items being converted to either Vanilla, SurgePVP items, or Terra botany resources. Various crafting restrictions have been removed with this. Terra/Hubs [+] Added Terra, an improved node management plugin. [+] Fast travel hubs have been entirely redesigned, nation mines have been improved. [+] Vanilla resource nodes can be gathered with vanilla tools, which are craftable in the Crafting Table. [+] Nation mines feature various vanilla resources such as iron, coal, redstone, gold, lapis, and obsidan. [+] Hubs feature most building blocks, including many new ones added in 1.16. Some of these nodes drop multiple resource blocks. [+] Alchemist Shears and the Hammer and Chisel can be crafted at the Crating Table, to gather botany resources and 'Lore Materials' (such as lightstone) respectively. [!] The World Team is still working on setting up the nodes at the hubs, they will be populated over the rest of the week. SurgePVP [+] Added SurgeCrafting, an easy to use crafting plugin for SurgePVP gear, accessible with any Smithing Table. [+] Shields are now craftable. [+] Pikes (as tridents) have been added. [+] Non-combat swords for item-editing can now be made using vanilla recipes in the Crafting Table (search up 'Training Sword'). [~] Various gear stats have been adjusted. [~] For the moment, SurgePVP gear can not be edited with /edit, though vanilla tools and swords are craftable (see above). [-] All armor tiers except ferrum platemail, ferrum chainmail, and leather gambeson have been removed. [-] All weapon tiers except ferrum and aurum have been removed. Notes [+] Notes is a basic plugin that allows everyone to write in paper. [+] Up to 6 personas may write on the same piece of paper with different handwritings for each one.[+] One or more personas may also sign the paper, this will not stop someone else from writing under the signature. The signatures do not have to come from writers, anyone can sign a note, there are no limits.[+] If the note isn't signed (or only signed by you), it can also be copied to other papers. Remember you can't copy someone else's handwriting, it will have your own.[+] Bedrock VIPs and higher have access to colored writing. [+] Type /notes help to get started. Other [+] Yong Ping's new capital and two settlements have had their builds pasted in with 1.16 building blocks, make sure to check them out! [-] The Snow Elf mechanical race has been removed. [!] Curios and Nations are both almost ready to launch, though the techs working on them want a little more polish, so they will not be included in this update. These plugins should be seen on the server in the next few weeks! Tech Team Update Thank you to everyone for your patience with this update. These kind of large updates are challenging on their own to coordinate, but this one posed special challenges. The removal of Vortex, mainly the conversion of defunct items to Vanilla was not an easy task, and took far longer than expected. In total, 22,747 personas, 132,280 storage containers, and 115,153 entities in the world had to be scanned for Vortex items and properly updated. A grand total of 192,388 item-stacks were converted. This was accomplished using the Noteworthy Equipment Xtreme Updated and Scanner (N.E.X.U.S.). We had tested much of this code beforehand on Beta Server, though converting the main server showed some issues with the code that could not have been tested on the beta server. All in all, the rest of the code-base for this update (everything unrelated to the conversion) worked very well on the first try. The other major issues with this update, is that the team has very few people who have the knowledge on how to do such a large transition, and the expertise of LotC's setup. Basically it's just myself and Telanir who have ever done this before, and it's not something that can be easily trained either. It is a very manual task requiring several hours of one person's time, and not everything can be properly tested on beta with our current setup, and of course is prone to human error. I don't intend to ever do this again. I'm looking into various automation tools that would allow most of this work to be done and tested in a parallel environment beforehand, and am hoping our 1.18 update will be much easier the day-of. As previously mentioned, we will not be transitioning to 1.17, but instead going right to 1.18 when it is available and stable. Shoutouts Thank you to @The60th @CommissarVoop @Telanir @Jistuma and @aiden0023 for their contributions to this update. Thank you to @6xdestroyer @Laeonathan @Minth_11 @Disheartened @Witchlore @WestCarolina @BathRugMan @Lionbileti @AgentOfChaos@FloralHedgehog and @lawnmowerman for their work on the hub rebuilds. Thanks to @SquakHawk @Heero @HogoBojo @Space and @FloralHedgehog for help with Terra node setup. 71 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heero 4092 Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 11:46 PM, Llir said: Terra/Hubs [!] The World Team is still working on setting up the nodes at the hubs, they will be populated over the rest of the week. Other [+] Yong Ping's new capital and two settlements have had their builds pasted in with 1.16 building blocks, make sure to check them out! [!] Curios and Nations are both almost ready to launch, though the techs working on them want a little more polish, so they will not be included in this update. These plugins should be seen on the server in the next few weeks! I'd like give a shout out to the techs for their tireless contribution. It's been a daunting transition and I'm relieved we managed to get to the other side unscathed (relatively). Apologies for the lack of formalities. In tangent with the Tech's updates, the WT will be pushing the quality of life changes we hoped to implement during the transition. Thank you all for your patience and understanding during the downtime. Edit: Aug 21st - All nodes have been disabled with the exception of mines while we investigate the abrupt lag spikes we have been experiencing. Apologies for any inconvenience. For those curious, included are some tid-bits of the things that gave us conniptions. Spoiler P.S. Fun thing to put into perspective, Llir had to resort to reviving Nexus to deal with Vortex. Quite literally, that relic of a bygone era is what struck down Vortex and switched our items over to a non-Vortex format. Nexus truly is the apex predator. Ave Nexus God I never want to do this again. Give me a transition anyday 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryloth 4321 Share Posted August 19, 2021 the vortex killing team is based i hate vortex edit: add a tech team patreon 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicidium 1295 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Thank you @Llirand the rest of the team for their work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase 3793 Share Posted August 19, 2021 (edited) Edited August 19, 2021 by Bhased it wasnt getting rep because heero edited his post 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjikhei 698 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Thanks for all the hard work, can't wait to check it all out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetho 140 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Tech teams need to rest, they deserve it. They the heroes. Also, Nation and Curios? Mhm, curious to find out about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werew0lf 24181 Share Posted August 19, 2021 forgot to add the update where lotcers touched grass for the first time Here [+] due to lotc being down, some lotcers touched grass and left their house after 5 years of being in the basement 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayRndz 1830 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Happy to have the server back. Thank you to all the staff who put in work these past 2 days to get this update done! Rest is well deserved and I appreciate you all for the work you've done. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon 5186 Share Posted August 19, 2021 very nice. now please never bring a system like vortex back ever again 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeteorDragon 3441 Share Posted August 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Werew0lf said: forgot to add the update where lotcers touched grass for the first time Here [+] due to lotc being down, some lotcers touched grass and left their house after 5 years of being in the basement they also forgot to add one other bit, let me help you out [+] due to lotc being down, quite a few lotcers have started to regain the braincells they lost after being on the server 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aengoth 2890 Share Posted August 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, Bhased said: A story in three parts hmm, nodes may need to be nerfed a bit seems a bit op ngl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightOfTheWind 3226 Share Posted August 19, 2021 fr thanks a lot for the hard work u guys put into this 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypoacher 8055 Share Posted August 19, 2021 we accept your settlement. thank you for saving countless children from boar-related injuries. with gratitude, monkeypoacher & monkeypoacher legal partners 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypher_nicus 64 Share Posted August 19, 2021 32 minutes ago, MeteorDragon said: they also forgot to add one other bit, let me help you out [+] due to lotc being down, quite a few lotcers have started to regain the braincells they lost after being on the server ... Highly improbable... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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