Connection Issue Last Night

As many of you will know the server was unavailable for several hours last night due to a connectivity issue, the server was up but players we're unable to connect.

Connections to the server are now working again and the hosting company is looking into the cause, which appears to be connected to the other shorter network drop-outs we've experienced over the last few days.

Hopefully we won't be having these issues much longer!

EDIT: 11:25 - The hosting company has tweaked some network configurations which will hopefully resolve the issue, however only time will tell, fingers crossed!

PVP Arena

By popular demand we now have a PVP Arena just over the bridge from spawn!

PVP is still disabled everywhere else on the server so those players that are not interested in PVP don't need to worry, nothing changes for you as PVP can only take place within the main floor area of the arena.

I've also put some basic rules up in the arena, the main points being that it is used at a players own risk (we will not replace items lost in the arena) and that players should not interfere with other players battles (if done deliberately this may be considered griefing).

Finally, I have now partly enabled Balkon's Weapon Mod. Although it's throwing & shooting weapons are still disabled (they can bypass region level PVP settings) the following items can now be crafted and used:

Knives, Battleaxes, Halberds & Flails.

Thanks to DigginChickin, braycore & Go_Magic2 for their help in designing and building the arena!

Enjoy!

Changes This Morning

I have made several changes to the server configuration this morning including patching Lockette, below is a list detailing what has changed from a players perspective:

Lockette:

The following chests may now be protected:

Copper, Iron, Silver, Gold, Diamond, Crystal, Alchemical & Energy Condenser.

Teleport Suite:

Teleport timeout increased from 15 to 20 seconds.

New Features:

Pumpkin Scuba - Drowning damage is disabled if the
player wears a pumpkin helmet.

Players cannot be harmed by lightning.

Maximum Players:

The player capacity of the server has been increased from 24 to 26 without impacting performance by tweaking certain processes and reducing memory overheads.

Mumble Voice Server Now Available!

We now have a Mumble voice chat server at the following address:

IP: 178.239.166.19

Port: 64066

At present this server supports a maximum of 30 users.

These details have also been added to the Server Info page!

Enjoy!

Iron Shovel Bug Fixed!

After an inspired moment and digging around in various mod related files I finally managed to pin down the causes of the Iron Shovel bug!

Fixing it completely involved several configuration changes to two of the mods included with Tekkit, which have now been implemented and tested. The changes do not noticeably affect the functionality of any other items and should not create any additional problems. The nature of the fix means that this problem should not re-occur at all in future.

Enjoy!

Server repaired and back up!

The server is back up and the regenerated chunk is loading fine!