Plugin Tweaks

I made a couple of plugin tweaks as follows:

Lockette:

Block ID 137 is now lockable!

This includes:

Alloy Furnace, Blulectric Furnace, Buffer, Project Table & Blulectric Alloy Furnace.

Command costs:

The cost of using the commands /spawnmob and /nick has been reduced from $2000 to $1500!

Enjoy!

Player Data & Regions

As of today player data (including protected regions) will be kept for 2 calender months if a player becomes inactive, rather than 30 days.

This is possible due to some tweaks which make data storage more efficient and reduce the number of files created per player, the only drawback is that transmutation tables/tablets, maps and ender chests will also now reset if not used for 2 months. We think this is a trade-off that most players will be happy with.

Enjoy!

New Spawn Coming 12th June

We will be switching to the new spawn on 12th June, this will involve a downtime of around 90 minutes, I'll announce the exact time this will happen nearer the time.

Just a reminder... the world is NOT resetting, spawn is just being relocated to a world of it's own and being given a new look!

Existing Shops:

Shops in the current malls are now being closed and made non-rentable as they become empty, please notify staff via /modreq when you are ready for your shop to be removed, you will still be able to retrieve items from shops in the current spawn until 19th June so there is no hurry to vacate shops. 

Casino:

The casino will be closed from 10th June and I can announce that slot prizes and odds will be changing, including the $1 Million Super Slot Jackpot being reduced to $200,000 (new cost $150), this is still a huge prize and means that the slot will pay out far more often, the other slots will also be adjusted and rebalanced based on player feedback and statistics from the existing slots.

Will anyone else manage to win $1 Million before the switch? It's due to payout soon but who knows!

Down For Maintenance

The server is down for scheduled maintenance as follows:

1. Full backup/clone - Done.
2. Test some aspects of the new spawn - Done.
3. Make a few small config changes - Done.
4. Test config changes  - Done.
5. Clear out some old logs and data - Done.

This is expected to take no longer than two hours.

Scheduled Downtime:
Date: 2nd June 2014
Started: 11:15 (UK)
Finished: 12:20 (UK)

Update: Estimated finish time has been reduced by 45 minutes!
Update: Estimated finish time has been reduced by another 10 minutes!
Update: All done, the server is up and the whitelist has been removed!

Ad Revenue / Modpack

Just a quick thanks to those who have bought hosting services via the FragNet ad-link on the right hand side of this page, the commission has covered almost the entire modpack hosting costs for next quarter, enabling us to carry on live testing without having to find any extra funds!

Thanks again!

Sphax BDCraft Tekkit Classic Addon Pack

I've updated the link on the Server Info page to go directly to the MediaFire folder where these are shared by their creator as the original links at the top of the BDCraft forum page have been down for a couple of weeks and some people were missing the temporary link he provided in the discussion underneath, I'll revert back to the original link once he has fixed the original post etc.

Enjoy!