Gaming Hielor's Minecraft Server

[Hielor]

Map finished uploading: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2437888/minecraft/map.zip

Download it, unzip it to a folder somewhere, and run map.html.

Where's the map going to be, Heilor?

See above It was taking a long time to upload so I let it run overnight.

What format are you uploading this map in Hielor?

.zip, I already said that :lol:

No, this is in the format exported by Minetographer/Tectonicus: a zoomable bing-maps style of map, so you just open the html file. I really have no idea what they're storing it in that makes it so darn huge on disk, but that's that.

That's excatly what I'm talking about. What can I expect as payment? ;-D

Uhhh...wood, leaves, and saplings? :thumbup:

 

[mojoey]

hmmmmmm looks awesome!

No, i cant play minecraft due to school concerns (i went from 3.4 to a 2.1 due to this damn game, so no minecraft till the end of the semester )

 

[jangofett287]

Its soo big because it was never meant to be shared like this, it was meant to be viewed over the web, embedded in a servers website for example.

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Earlier (just before my last post) I had the opportunity to play a bit on the server. Alot has happened in my absence. I agree, the pyramid is a huge feat of engineering. I'm gonna post some high-fov screenshots on my flickr, along with some annotated map peices (and maybe a big stitched screenshot of the entire map...)

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Ok, heres the link to the pics, I'm working on stitching the map into one large pic, rather than the interactive map thing that helior posted, so we can annotate etc easier.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65910988@N02/sets/72157627873760447/

 

[Lucy]

The girlfriend (who recently moved in) set off the water detector in the kitchen and had no idea what it was, so she ended up calling the apartment office, and the maintenance guy also had no idea what it was, so he tried flipping the circuit breakers to see if it was something electrical, which naturally shut off the server. For what it's worth, she says she's so sorry

I've never heard of one of those. What's that for? I'd like to get a UPS, but Sib sadly won't let me.

My minecraft server handles backups and shunting the world into and out of a RAMdisk through the use of an init script. I'm not sure if anything similar exists in the Windows side of things, but it might be worth looking into - the RAMdisk idea shortens chunk loads a lot.

 

[mojoey]

can you post the map on here, because firefox wont let me look at it.

 

[n122vu]

I really need to take the time to finish my tower. Then I want to branch out and look at everyone else's accomplishments. I feel so out of touch from what everyone else is doing.

 

[Hielor]

I've never heard of one of those. What's that for? I'd like to get a UPS, but Sib sadly won't let me.

Detects standing water on the ground--my mom got them for me after each of us had incidents of things leaking (her, the washer losing a pipe; me, the lady in the apartment above me taking a shower without a curtain and leaving large amounts of standing water on the bathroom floor). In both cases, had we noticed sooner some damage (or at least hassle) could've been prevented.

My guess would be that my girlfriend spilled a ton of water on the floor in the kitchen (the one there is to detect leaks from the dishwasher) and managed to set it off.

My minecraft server handles backups and shunting the world into and out of a RAMdisk through the use of an init script. I'm not sure if anything similar exists in the Windows side of things, but it might be worth looking into - the RAMdisk idea shortens chunk loads a lot.

I have a couple relatively simple scripts--one which restarts the server automatically if it crashes, and another that makes a backup of the world folder. I've set up ramdisks in the past--I'll see if that's worth it.

On a related note, do you do anything to shut off saving while the backup is running? I'm worried I'll end up with a bad backup if the server is trying to write while the backup runs... I know how to do this from within Minecraft, but couldn't figure out how to do it from an outside script.

Its soo big because it was never meant to be shared like this, it was meant to be viewed over the web, embedded in a servers website for example.

Seems to me like transferring 400mb of images from a server isn't a particularly efficient way to distribute something.

I'm working on stitching the map into one large pic, rather than the interactive map thing that helior posted, so we can annotate etc easier.

Thanks

can you post the map on here, because firefox wont let me look at it.

Works fine for me in IE9.

 

[jangofett287]

there has been a 'small' setback...

The map will be delayed for some time, while I work up the patience to do it all again.

 

[mojoey]

oh dear...............

 

[jangofett287]

Examination of the log file shows it crashed because it ran out of memory when I told it to fill that black bit in the corner with white...

 

[Quick_Nick]

Map finished uploading: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2437888/minecraft/map.zip

Nice map! I see at least 7 villages I've never visited. o.o

 

[Hielor]

Nice map! I see at least 7 villages I've never visited. o.o

And a second pyramid, nearly as big as the main one...I had no idea there were two...

 

[jangofett287]

One annoying thing is that 2 people have explored so far to the north and south, which makes the map an odd shape...

Also, Tl8's village seems to be slowly transitioning into a fortress, there is a probe image made of sand and the area around the spawn is getting really built up!

Finally: open the map in your browser, and add this to the end of the url: #layerId=LayerA&worldX=-38&worldY=0&worldZ=335&zoom=3
to see my current area. Note that since the map was made, I've added a roof to the front area, squared out the back area, and added a glass ceiling to one of my underground areas.

 

[Chub777]

Is it just me or I can't find any friendly mobs (sheep, cow, etc). My hunger bar is slowly depleting...

 

[Lucy]

Detects standing water on the ground--my mom got them for me after each of us had incidents of things leaking (her, the washer losing a pipe; me, the lady in the apartment above me taking a shower without a curtain and leaving large amounts of standing water on the bathroom floor). In both cases, had we noticed sooner some damage (or at least hassle) could've been prevented.

My guess would be that my girlfriend spilled a ton of water on the floor in the kitchen (the one there is to detect leaks from the dishwasher) and managed to set it off.

Makes good sense. Disaster happens when you let women move in with you. In my case she got pregnant.

I have a couple relatively simple scripts--one which restarts the server automatically if it crashes, and another that makes a backup of the world folder. I've set up ramdisks in the past--I'll see if that's worth it.

On a related note, do you do anything to shut off saving while the backup is running? I'm worried I'll end up with a bad backup if the server is trying to write while the backup runs... I know how to do this from within Minecraft, but couldn't figure out how to do it from an outside script.

My init script calls the GNU Screen program (In which Minecraft is running) and causes it to pass "save-off" and "save-on" to it on either side of the backup, and save-all before the backup to ensure that the world's most recent changes are in the RAMdisk. How you'd accomplish that for Windows I'm not sure.

mc_saveoff() {
if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v -i SCREEN | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null
then
echo "$SERVICE running... pausing save..."
[COLOR="Red"]as_user "screen -p 0 -S $SCREEN -X eval 'stuff \"save-off\"\015'"[/COLOR]
as_user "screen -p 0 -S $SCREEN -X eval 'stuff \"save-all\"\015'"
sync
sleep 10
else
echo "$SERVICE wasn't running, so there are no saves to suspend."
fi
}

mc_saveon() {
if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v -i SCREEN | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null
then
echo "$SERVICE is running... re-enabling saves..."
[COLOR="red"]as_user "screen -p 0 -S $SCREEN -X eval 'stuff \"save-on\"\015'"[/COLOR]
else
echo "$SERVICE was not running, so there are no saves to resume."
fi
}

 

[Hielor]

My init script calls the GNU Screen program (In which Minecraft is running) and causes it to pass "save-off" and "save-on" to it on either side of the backup, and save-all before the backup to ensure that the world's most recent changes are in the RAMdisk. How you'd accomplish that for Windows I'm not sure.

Powershell has a sendkeys command, I think, so if I switch to using a powershell script I should be able to do something similar. Thanks for the idea.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

That other pyramid has a nice tomb in it.

Could i ask that people making new tunnels in nether try and keep them and where they connect with the rest of network mob free, it was quite disconcerting coming out of my pyramids portal and facing 6 pigmen between it and the commune portal.

Some Screen shots.

 

[jangofett287]

I've found some sheep!!! I've built a massive dirt pillar with torches on top where they are. DON'T kill the sheep, I will put a chest at the bottom of the pillar with some shears in it for those who don't have their own. there's cows as well, and since breeding is a 1.9 feature, I don't know what we can do. Haven't seen any pigs though...

 

[Quick_Nick]

That other pyramid has a nice tomb in it.

Could i ask that people making new tunnels in nether try and keep them and where they connect with the rest of network mob free, it was quite disconcerting coming out of my pyramids portal and facing 6 pigmen between it and the commune portal.

Some Screen shots.

Zombie pigmen can spawn anywhere, and won't hurt anyone. You can't mob proof against them.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

Zombie pigmen can spawn anywhere, and won't hurt anyone. You can't mob proof against them.

In this case they had come trough a hold some one had made in one of the walls, there was a bridge on the other side of the hole that was not there when i made the tunnel.