Clavus

Limiting crafting options has never gone down well with the players. Minecraft is by design, not very PvP Factions friendly. We need to mod a complete overhaul if we want to move it somewhere meaningful.

Ah hahah, hahahahahaha Topic of the week.

If you build smart people can't do shit anyway, whether you're alone or with a 100 people. Minecraft with Factions has its limits in what is possible right now. PvP will remain shitty until someone mods in something better.

Aren't enderpearls already enabled, Someone was using them to get in our base the other day. You can use enderpearls everywhere except when standing on enemy territory. This is because of enderpearl exploits, and the fact people keep being forced to build watercubes as base because of those annoying things.

We're just trying to reach a donation goal. This system is to make sure there's a stable budget for paying the server costs.

More screenies on the Tumblr http://dayzdev.tumblr.com/ Too lazy to embed all of them.

If you are willing to donate (and if you can), go to the subscription page and select what option you wish to subscribe to. Otherwise I don't know how much people are willing to send.

I've dusted off our subscription system to once again move the community to help out financially with a gameserver. What's this about? I want to move the Minecraft server to an external host. Specifically, to minecraftserver.net (which seems to receive a lot of positive feedback). The server would be located in the Netherlands, so no change there. The reason to move to an external host is quite simple: the Minecraft server performance on our current dedicated box is lacking. The tickrate starts dropping after we have just a few dozen people. Moving to an external host should resolve this problem, but of course, there's a price. The external hosting costs would add to what I already pay for our dedi, so I'm going to need some help. What do I need people to do? If you log in on your Green-Coins page you'll see the Minecraft external hosting subscription listed. The subscription system works as follows: we start with a preliminary stage, which is basically a head count of people that want to subscribe. You can choose from several different subscription options, ranging from 5 to 25 euros a month, depending on what you're willing to give. What happens then? If enough people show that they're willing to subscribe (by collectively reaching the target total), I can activate the actual subscription. I notify everyone who pledged to subscribe via email to come back and make it official. Every subscriber will receive a permanent reserved slot on the Minecraft server. Also you'll receive Green-Coins for every euro you send our way, just like normal donations. Note that you need a verified Paypal account with sufficient balance. If you don't have your stuff in order, but still participate, it means I have to deal with the holes in the budget. That's about it. Let's see how much people care UPDATE: Even though nobody really seemed to warm up to the idea, I've started renting a 40 slot server anyway. The server has already moved to this new location. The subscription will remain running; if we can get enough subscribers, we can upgrade to a larger slot server.

Inactive faction members are kicked from a faction after about two weeks.

My sense of adventure is tingling again. Can't wait to get back into this game when the standalone is released.

Maybe we should do a long distance LAN. Force everyone with decent internet and a webcam in a tinychat the entire night and connect the network through Hamachi.

My room's too small, sadly.

There are some WIP building interior shots on the DayZ tumblr: http://dayzdev.tumblr.com/

Nope. Ywa has forsaken us. Instead he went on a futile quest for pussy.

That's about right. 1.4 should bring the modding API so maybe I can finally pull off some real tricks with custom mods.

Lots of talk and info about the DayZ standalone. I can recommend listening to the whole thing.

The collected data tells a different story. Xray bans stick, at least till the next map switch.

Matthijs raises some good points, so I will take those into account for next map. We'll probably restart again with the next Minecraft release, which shouldn't be too far off according to Jeb.

They made a making-of documentary.

Forgot to fix Sourcemod after it broke a while ago. Should be active again.

Post a proper topic next time.

I got invited for the Hawken closed-alpha test, so I've been playing this game for a few days now. What is Hawken? It's probably amongst the best looking indie games ever, and it's also the most fun mech warfare game I've played yet. It'll be free to play and apparently launch on the 12th of December. The stuff you can buy using microtransactions are mostly cosmetics. Everything else (weapons, weapon upgrades, mech upgrades) can all be gained through playing the game. Trailer Gameplay Somehow it captures both the feeling of playing in a hulking war machine, as well as having that freedom of movement you need to avoid attacks. You can enlist for the open beta at http://www.playhawken.com/

The Nether and The End are both wild wests. Complaining about getting killed in there isn't going anywhere. Just keep an eye on the live map to check if there are people there before jumping into a portal. Or try getting some gear to begin with.