Dedicated IP Address!

Wondering why you can't access your FAVORITE Minecraft server?

Funny thing... when I first ordered the service I said that we wanted a static IP address.

They said, "We're out."

I said "Oh, okay, let me know when you get one."

They said, "Okay."

They didn't.

I'm looking at the account today and I noticed that we're still getting charged for it even though our server is STILL having to connect on port 25640 (that's the 25640 at the end of minecraft.notnats.com:25640).

I sent them a note saying, "Hey, how come I'm getting charged for this when we don't have a static IP?"

I was expecting them to be changing my billing amount.

Instead, they changed the IP address of the server.  Doh!

By the time you read this the address will be: minecraft.notnats.com (nothing else).

The new IP address is actually 70.34.195.43.

See you there!

Now with 1.2.4 goodness!

Multicraft (our server host) has finally updated the server versions for the server so now we're running 1.2.4 with the latest development build of Bukkit. It's automatic! No longer do I have to watch the Bukkit servers/forums for the latest versions... we automagically get them!

Wow, that's pretty awesome.

There's another pretty awesome I can't wait to use:

FOUR kinds of wood planks!

Anyone using Misa's will of course have to patch and download Misa 412 texture pack.

Downgrading to 1.2.3

Here is the file for 1.2.3.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18074635/minecraft-1.2.3.jar

Place this is your c:\users\<name>\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin directory and rename it minecraft.jar in order to return to version 1.2.3.

Beautiful Sunsets

Village in progress

Dat's a lotta golems

Latest Builds

One of the things I want to do with this blog is highlight builds that people are doing, so if you have a build that you want on this blog let me know.  We'll get some good screenshots of them and post them up here.

This is a Tudor-inspired street next to the theater.  It is about 95% legit, mostly from lumber and such harvested by Wickie and Gofastmikex in abandoned mines.

Sometimes I had to fly around and place blocks for the gabling and roofs, which is why I say 95%.

There is still a lot of work to be done inside the houses and around back, but come take a look!

Theater Street

Theater Street

StantonCraft is now running 1.2.3!

MultiCraft released the 1.2 server binary this weekend, so we upgraded to a temporary map while waiting on a Bukkit release.  We uploaded the Beta release to the server but didn't see an immediate way to run it.

This morning while doing the usual checks the Beta release was selectable, so we're now running Minecraft 1.2 server along with Bukkit!  We reverted back to our developed map, too.

Current issues:

• Creeper damage is back.. :(  We're looking for ways to go back to the AntiCreeper days of no damage... while afk a creeper snuck in and blew me up in my /home, so believe me it is a priority.
• Groups were lost... so we're recreating the group permissions (ProBuilder, to be specific).  This will take some testing, so if you have any issues let us know.  

Fixed both issues.

Temporary World for 1.2 Loaded

We're still waiting on all the mods and plugins to come out with their official versions.  I tried loading the current Beta versions, but our server provider doesn't let me do that.  They must only add it to their system once it is a recommended build (a recommended build is an 'official' version by the developers).

So in the meantime I went ahead and created a temporary world on the server, and have it running 1.2.  I don't want our normal world to run unprotected.

Enjoy!

Server 1.2 is out, but....

But Bukkit does not have a recommended build for 1.2 yet so we can't upgrade the server.

They are submitting a lot of builds so it is obvious they are working very hard on getting a new Bukkit and Essentials out as soon as possible.

Some of the plugins may not be available right away.  Some of the plugins that I'm going to wait for updates to install back on the server are:

• ChopTree - Some folks won't mind if that never makes it back onto the server, but it sure was nice for harvesting wood.
• AntiCreeper - this is a hard one, because I really like the idea of creepers not blowing up our hard work.  There are other, similar plugins and I'll find one with similar capabilities that is updated.
• FireLord - I'm not sure if this is going to be updated or not.  I really hope it is because I like the extra benefits for gold items.

We can count on Essentials being updated, and LWC should be updated as well.  Not all of you can see it but VoxelSniper has also been installed on the server and I expect that will be updated, too.

By the way, Bukkit has become part of Mojang.  This means that they are going to be able to work very closely together and hopefully this lag between the Minecraft server update and the Bukkit updates will get smaller and smaller.

Stay tuned!

Misa's Textures

Looks like Misa updated her texture pack in time for 1.2.  Information can be found here:

http://www.planetminecraft.com/texture_pack/misas-realistic-texture-pack/

But you have to download the new MCPatcher first, which is here:

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/232701-11-12update-223-mcpatcher-hd-fix-233-02/

Try to use the ad.fly links, since they get paid for those downloads, and we all appreciate their work.

1.2 is out!!

Awesome!  Minecraft version 1.2 is out!

What this means for StantonCraft is .... if you upgrade you won't be able to connect to the server until all of our plugins and Bukkit is updated.  This is Boo.

So don't update if you still want to play on the server.  If you've already updated and you really want to play online you'll have to revert back to 1.1 to play.

1. Find your minecraft.jar file.  It's usually in c:\users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin.  Replace <your username> with whatever Windows says on your login screen.
2. Copy it to a new name, like 'minecraft-1.2.jar'
3. Download the 1.1 jar here. Be sure that if you are asked for a location to download it to, you choose the path in #1.  If it automatically goes to your Downloads folder, just copy it into the folder above.
4. Before you run minecraft, copy this new minecraft.jar file to the name minecraft-1.1.jar.

And you're set!  If you want to play 1.2, just go into that directory, delete minecraft.jar and copy minecraft-1.2.jar as minecraft.jar.  Whatever version you want to play you have to copy that version to minecraft.jar.