I've moved the websites over from the old server tonight. What this means is now the maps are updating again and the player list works. I've also added an icon next to your name if you've donated to support the server. If you think you should have an icon, let me know.
2012-04-29@01:25-EDTI've taken some time tonight to fix some of the TradeCraft (player-owned shops) issues that we've been having. The item descriptions are fixed now, so when you do /tcshops to list your inventory, it shows the correct item names. I've also lifted the max shops per player restriction that was added in the latest version, so you can now create more than 5 shops again.
2012-04-25@00:12-CDTServer is upgraded to 1.2.5, as well as moving to a new host. The temporary 1.2 map is available through the main portal station under the 1.7 world's store. For now the inventory isn't shared with that map, so if you have something on there you'd like to keep please log in and put it in a chest so you don't lose anything when I merge the inventories. If you see any problems with the maps of plugins, let me know.
2012-04-10@00:26-CDTHey guys, sorry about all this. I've been having a lot of problems with the server host while trying to get this fixed. I've finally got the server back up for now, but I've already ordered a new server on a different host. As soon as that's available I'm going to migrate over to them. There should be minimal downtime for the migration.
2012-03-16@22:34-CDTWe had a drive failure on the server some time Wednesday morning. There are 2 drives in a mirror configuration, but for some reason the bad drive didn't get kicked out of the array and the filesystem was remounted read-only. What this means is that anything you did after the crash wasn't saved. The 1.1 server started back up OK, but the 1.2 server map was corrupted and regenerated from scratch when I started up that server. So I deleted the map and changed the seed for the 1.2 server. So, all new map on the test server.
We have backups for all of the 1.1 server maps so if you get on and anything looks weird we can restore from the backup. If you've been playing on the 1.1 server recently, please get on and look at your latest work. I need to move quickly (before anyone does any new work) to restore from backup if it's necessary.
2012-03-15@22:11-CDTWe have a test 1.2 server going now at mc.spark5.com:25567. If you'd like to check it out, save your 1.1 minecraft.jar somewhere and update your client. Don't get too attached to the map on the 1.2 server though, because it will probably be deleted when we upgrade the main server to 1.2.
Due to news of increased hacking activity with minecraft accounts, and the fact that our server has always just been wide open for anyone to stumble across, I'm making the server whitelist-only. Everyone that's been on the server before today is on the whitelist and will be able to connect, but new players will have to come through me to get their names added. Send me an email or a message @RavenMinecraft, with your username and the name of the player that is vouching for you and I'll get you added. I will have something on this site eventually to get the process streamlined.
Also, I've had requests for a way for folks to help out with the server hosting fees, which total $700 per year. I've created a chipin event to raise the money. The goal is $600 since I've already received $100 towards this year's hosting. The deadline is set for May 1st, so that should be plenty of time to throw a little money this way. If you enjoy playing on the server, please consider becoming a sponsor by donating. Sponsors get access to Sign Portals and probably some other cool things in the future. Click on the widget in the right sidebar to donate via PayPal.
2012-03-05@07:45-CSTI just updated the Tradecraft plugin to the latest version to include the latest items definitions. You can view the list here. For more Tradecraft info including commands for viewing your stores' inventories go here.
2012-01-31@21:30-CSTServer is now up to 1.1. If you were relying on the durability bug switching between worlds, sorry, it's been fixed. I know I'll miss it. I've replaced world generation in the old 1.7 world with null terrain, so if you go to the edges no new terrain will be generated. If you notice anything wrong, let me know.
2012-01-22@10:56-CSTWe're on bukkit again now, with all the old worlds available again. You will spawn in the last world you were in before the upgrade, so make your way back to the portal station under the store to get to the 1.0 world. When you get there, you'll find the new town center. Pick out some lots and build a house or something.
2011-12-23@10:19-CSTThe testing is mostly completed. We're just waiting on a couple more plugins to update to a production version. Please put your inventory in a chest before you leave the server because the inventory sharing plugin we're using will overwrite your 1.0 world inventory when we finally upgrade.
2011-12-18@23:00-CSTI've started a test bukkit server with the recommended build of bukkit for Minecraft 1.0.1. I have a backup of all the maps from this point, so for now please just test things out and don't get too comfortable in case we have to restore from this point. The only problem I'm aware of at this point is the biome code on the default world being screwy, not sure if we'll be able to fix that or not, but if you notice the grass and trees being the wrong color, that's why :) Oh, before I forget, the address for the test server is mc.spark5.com:25566 (The :25566 port part is important, leave that off and you'll just connect to the vanilla 1.0 server)
2011-12-12@19:53-CSTBy popular demand, we have a render of the 1.0 map. Click here or click on the link in the top nav.
2011-12-05@15:23-CSTWe now have a ventrilo server at the same address as the minecraft server. Download ventrilo here. All the default settings should work for you and there is no password for the time being.
2011-12-02@15:58-CSTThe server is now running the release version of Minecraft, 1.0
When bukkit is updated all the old maps will return, as well as this temporary map. Play and enjoy all the new features!
2011-11-18@16:48-CSTThis morning I went around the edges of the 1.7 world and deleted all of the 1.8 chunks that had been generated. If you had something built in there, I am sorry ;) If there was something out there that you needed, let me know and I can export it from one of the backups. Map rendering is running again nightly, and there is now a render of the 1.8 world available as well, with more to come soon.
We finished Kaizo Caverns, so I'm taking requests on which new SuperHostile map to set up on the server. If you see me online let me know. I was thinking Legendary.
2011-10-22@16:28-CDTI added a new world today. It's part of the Super Hostile series by vechs. The map I added is Kaizo Caverns and you can access it via the portal station under the store.
2011-10-06@18:37-CDTwhitecloudboy graciously provided us with a world gen plugin to carry on with 1.7.3 style terrain in the original world. It's been installed and we're going to begin deleting and restoring 1.7.3 chunks at the edges where 1.8 terrain has been generated. If you've built anything there (after you were warned not to :p), then it will be removed when we get around to it. I'm going to begin in the north and work my way around the edges of the world clockwise. This will probably take a few weeks.
2011-10-02@19:13-CDTAdded a new world today called nordic, available through the portal station under the store. Here's more info on BananaNordic, the world gen plugin used.
2011-09-26@21:25-CDTServer is down for a bit for an upgrade
update: server is back up on the new host. you should be able to reach it at mc.spark5.com, minecraft.spark5.com or if neither of those work, creeper.spark5.com
It will take a couple days to get the map updating again. We'll have all the other maps rendered too, excluding nether.
2011-09-25@20:52-CDTI've been working the last couple nights parsing the server logs to pull login stats to list on here. I have some preliminary results and a leaderboard of sorts. Click on 'player stats' in the header. The number in parentheses is the number of logins each player has.
I'm also trying to capture the total play time, but it's proving difficult because there isn't always a log out event for every player in the server log, so some people's play time is way too high.
2011-09-22@22:30-CDTNotch tweeted today that a 1.9 prerelease is coming today, with a 1.9 release following shortly after. Our server will not be upgraded until CraftBukkit releases a somewhat stable 1.9 version. If you want to check out 1.9, be sure to save your .jar file.
2011-09-22@08:57-CDTSince there have been some questions and confusion regarding some of the recent changes, I'm going to explain what's been going on with maps and sharing inventory between worlds.
The inventory that was on the temporary 1.8.1 map has been wiped. The inventory that you had before the switch to that map (your 1.7 inventory) has overwritten whatever you were carrying on the temporary map. The 1.8.1 world is available from the portal station under the store in the 1.7 world so you can travel back and forth. Going forward, we'll probably create a new world for 1.9 and also for the final release and have warps to those as well. We can gauge interest in keeping those temporary maps around later, but with the new server performance should be ok with many maps loaded.
So in other words, you don't need to do anything now, and if there was something that you wanted from your inventory that was in the 1.8.1 world, get with me (m0jumb0) next time you see me on the server and I can get it to you.
2011-09-19@10:41-CDTWe will be moving to a new, faster server this week so we can hopefully hold more players without choking. I have a lot to set up before the move so it'll probably be mid week. In preparation, you can start using mc.spark5.com or minecraft.spark5.com to connect so that when the server moves you will be using the right address.
2011-09-18@20:14-CDTIt's upgraded. You can warp back and forth between the 1.7 and 1.8 worlds via the spawn area.
2011-09-18@01:22-CDTWe're currently running a temporary vanilla 1.8.1 server. We'll be updating to the latest CraftBukkit later tonight and bringing back the original 1.7 map as the default map. The current temporary 1.8 map will be available via a portal in the portal station under the store.
Please log in tonight and move your inventory (and armor if you have it) into a chest. The inventory from the 1.7 map will overwrite whatever you're carrying in the 1.8 map, so if you have anything you want to keep, stash it before the upgrade tonight. Otherwise, I'll save everyone's inventory and we can arrange to get back anything important.
2011-09-17@17:39-CDT