Patch 3.5

[Telanir 6975]

Good day LotC!

 

Latest Technical News:

Once again, Technical Team here with the latest update! You may have noticed that a few of the plugins listed have been present on the server for a bit already, but feel free to read up  on them below in more detail!

 

As an update from our previous Patch 3.4, our lag situation seems to have improved considerably, albeit there are a few crashes here and there, they appear to be a result of poorly used operator commands as opposed to lag buildup from badly optimized plugins.

 

Sporadic has also been promoted to Senior Technician. Feel free to check out his profile and give him a congratulations, he is dedicating much of his personal time to your entertainment, so don’t feel afraid to appreciate his work for a moment!

 

The server is no longer undergoing maintenance as of this post, you may log on and test these features now!

 

Warning: Soulstone data was wiped with the most recent change, GM's will  be working to correct this meanwhile.

 

 

Nexus-Calendar

Author: Telanir

This long awaited plugin finally rolled out onto the live server a few days ago after brief maintenance, and provides for a way to streamline the time process. We have begun on year 1442 which was calculated by rittsy, and now recording the time of significant roleplay events becomes easier than ever before.

 

Commands:

/date - gives you quick access to the date message.

/calendar toggle - this toggles on/off the global message sent throughout the server every 15 minutes.

 

Changes:

+Implemented date system → with a plugin handling the calendar system and time of LotC, we can finally have a time that we all agree upon, and it makes recording dates and events easier and faster than ever before.

+Moderator powers → this plugin comes with a very configurable interface, which means that if we ever decide we want to change at which pace the days pass it is but a few commands away!

 

 

Soulstone Plugin Overhaul

Author: Sporadic

Soulstones have been a buggy concept for the past few months, suffocating and terrifying the poor citizens of Anthos. Luckily, the great Aengul’s have devised a strategy for uh, ehm, better soulstones. The new soulstones work about the same, but there are quite a few neat feature additions, as well as the system working quicker in general.

Utilize Gold Pillars (3 gold blocks, Gold VIP and above) to your advantage, block the enemy from soulstoning away and keep them in your decisive grasp. Next, create the great Redsoul Pillars designed to give players the ability to create their own pillars. Beware though, your VIP rank influences the amount of players that can bind their soulstones to that pillar.

As usual, normal Soul Pillars remain the same emerald-green wonders they always were, these will be situated in capitals.

 

Commands:

/ss - the main command of the soulstone plugin. Use this in-game and check out the rest of the features!

 

Changes:

+Gold Pillars → Gold Pillars can be imbued by Gold VIP+ and revoked by everyone. You must guard them from enemies if you wish for them to do their job. Their job being the blockade of nearby Soulstones. Excellent for having in your prisons, these 3 blocks of Gold can be empowered to prevent anyone from escaping. Of course, they do not block other soul pillars from existing nearby.

+Redsoul Pillars → Built by Diamond VIP’s and above, Redsoul Pillars give access to players for binding their soulstones to any remote location. The higher your VIP rank, the more people can bind to your Redsoul Pillar, but users beware, owners of Redsoul pillars can ban you from their use!

1. Diamond VIP pillars can bind 4 people.
2. Bedrock VIP pillars can bind 9 people.
3. Ender VIP pillars can bind 15 people.
4. Aether VIP pillars can bind 22 people.

+Stability → Noticeable speed increase from the previous soulstone plugin, you can also expect to no longer encounter suffocation albeit we won’t bet on it just yet. ^-^

+Plugin Compatibility → The new soulstone re-write creates a few new ways for external plugins to interact with it. You can expect more complicated designs r

Revolving around soulstones in the future, and less stability issues.

 

 

 

Crafting Blacklist

Author: Sporadic

A crafting blacklist! No longer do you craft that diamond sword unaware that it is banned… you are stopped preemptively. You will no longer have to cry when you lose those precious diamonds you spent your cash on, huzzah! (because you won’t be losing your precious diamonds in the first place :o)

 

Commands:

N/A

 

Changes:

+Blacklist recipes → Gm’s are given the ability to blacklist certain recipes from use.

 

 

Portable Tents Plugin

Author: Sporadic

Gm’s now have the ability to give out tent blocks that you can use to set up a massive variety of tents even in regioned areas! Your roleplay will no longer be restricted by those pesky region borders, now your creativity can know no bounds and limits!

Visit this youtube link to see it in action:

 

Commands:

N/A

 

Changes:

+Tents → Gm’s will be given a briefing on how to use this system, so please be patient whilst moderation takes a few days to figure out how it works.

 

 

BetterTeams

Author: Sporadic

Have you ever walked by someone roleplaying, greeted them, and then realized they were both fighting to the death? Well, no longer must you face these issues! With the new status symbol you can denote your characters status, such as combat, blinded, and a few more that you can use the command to find out.

Included in this plugin package comes colored VIP names above players, this feature described below!

 

Commands:

/showhealth → show’s the health below player name-tags. Useful feature for battle!

/status → allows you to update your status icon, which appears below your name.

/tagcolor → use this feature to update the color on your IG nametag if you are a VIP!

/tagmessage → this feature allows you to set a message below your name so that those around you can be aware of what you are doing.

 

Changes:

+Health Bars → with the command listed above, players are able to see the health of other players.

+Status → status icons and messages that display below you mc-name have been implemented to further assist you in roleplay. Players will be able to get an idea of what you are doing-- all at first glance!

+VIP Perk → depending on your VIP rank, your nametag will display in a different color to those around you.

 

 

HorseKeep 0.2.1

Author: http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/horsekeep/

With this plugin we are planning to minimize horse deaths as much as possible, and just simply streamline the process as best we can. This may end up being a temporary plugin, but if it works out well then we may keep it for good.

 

Commands:

Visit link provided.

 

Changes:

+Plugin added.

 

 

Miscellaneous Changes

*Lag Optimizations → I have performed a few configuration changes on the server, hopefully this will help reduce lag slightly in the meantime.

*Mob Nerfs → Mobs have seen a significant nerf in the past little while to accomodate for the changes regarding combat in Patch 3.4. Hopefully this makes combat with them much more manageable!

*Few more miscellaneous changes → I forgot to keep track this time, but there were a few extra changes performed on the server these past two weeks. Oopsies! :o

 

Sneak-Peeks:

This is information that you cannot rely on. There is a 50% chance of things noted here to be released or not, so don’t bet on it. These things are also not promised to be released in the next patch, but Soon™.

 

Magic (Telanir) → I have been hesitant to announce myself working on this plugin the past month or so, because I was afraid it’d get your hopes up really high for a proximate release. This plugin will provide a way for mages to use their magic in PvP situations, and scales combat appropriately to make sure it is fair between magi and common folk.

Instance and Dungeons Plugin (Sporadic) → A plugin we can’t guarantee, but can guarantee that if it is released, will revolutionize the way dungeons are handled in LotC. It provides an excellent new source of roleplay, making sure that participants are having adequate fun while giving them enough time for roleplay.

Composting (Katherine1) → A composting plugin for all you halflings and druids. Useless goods → bonemeal and etc.

Spices and Tea (Dranday) → A new plugin, will utilize mugs from the Brewery plugin to implement a wide assortment of alchemical goods.

 

 

 

Freya Global Moderator's Comment

VIP permissions for the new plugins are fixed - tagmessages are now Aether for the time being. VIP name colours are also updated to be correctly matching to each VIP rank and also for E-team and such.

[SortedJarhead 817]

Yay! Go Tech Team!

[Didag 4]

Genius, as always Technical Team!

[Aelu / Rel (Combustionary) 1540]

Question about the gold pillars.

 

If they block soulstone usage, how will this affect the imprisonment rule of 'Thirty Minutes without rp, and you can leave'?. 

[Telanir 6975]

Question about the gold pillars.

 

If they block soulstone usage, how will this affect the imprisonment rule of 'Thirty Minutes without rp, and you can leave'?. 

 

It will not! Simply file a modreq if you are stuck or /d20, and that is your ticket out. :)

[Valon (Yokey) 168]

Very very veryveryveryveryveryveryvery nice

[Wretched 2075]

That tent idea is golden. Nice work.

[brotherpig123 38]

Question about the gold pillars.

 

If they block soulstone usage, how will this affect the imprisonment rule of 'Thirty Minutes without rp, and you can leave'?. 

I think the guy who's locked you up has to be a nice guy and let you leave! :D

[Ever 2648]

Calendar YES

 

Soulstones YES

 

Horses YES

 

Result: Ever happy.

[bickando 3967]

This is amazing.

[Old-Rattlesnake 1534]

Can tents be given to anyone? I, for example, have been living in a tent prior to this.

[domainoft 191]

Sporatic is the Ever of Coders? +4 awesome plugins....Also...I missed the calendar so much so Thank you to Telanir as well....And Freya for suggesting that we use the old dates...as that saves me a load of headache.

[shiftnative 3103]

Wow, that's a lot of awesome additions

[hex37 737]

I checked with urasept, the 30 min rule on imprisonment without RP doesn't exist.

[ski_king3 0]

I can dig it :)