Modpack Preview - Look Up!

Planning on venturing out at night?

Remember to look up every so often!

This is another custom mob from my DiggysMobs mod,

they only come out at night as ectoplasm is highly flammable!

They spend most of their time flying around 20-40 blocks 

above the surface... but... if they see you they will 

swoop down to get you! If you see one you might

want to consider hiding under a tree until it passes!

Sorry it's been a while since the last preview, I had assignments totalling 12500 words to submit by last week, previews will be more regular again now and I'm able to spend more time on the modpack so things are moving much faster!

Down For Maintenance

The server is down for maintenance as follows:

1. Full backup/clone - Done.
2. Clear out old data - Done.
3. Management interface update - Done.

Scheduled Downtime:

Date: 24/10/14

Started:  9:00 am (UK)

Finished:  9:35 am (UK)

Update - 9:20: My internet connection is definitely back to full speed now, the backup should be done at least 20 minutes earlier than planned!

Scheduled Maintenance

There will be a scheduled maintenance tomorrow as follows:

1. Full backup/clone.
2. Clear out old data.
3. Management interface update.

Scheduled Downtime:

Date: 06/10/14

Est Start:  9:00 am (UK)

Est Finish:  10:00 am (UK)

Update 06/09/14: Delayed until 9:00 am.

Player Mall Changes

I've made some changes to the player mall this morning based on feedback;

Shop rent has been reduced to $750.

The number of stalls has been reduced from 20 to 10 and the regions have been expanded to give more space, kind of like mini shops, they can also now be walked through to the shops behind.

Existing stall renters have been removed, your items are in your inventory and you can re-rent a stall by contacting myself, Tatankore or DigginChickin in game.

Enjoy!

Survey + Modpack Update

Survey

Just a quick message to thank everyone who has taken the survey so far, if you haven't already you can still have your say using the link below...

Click here to complete the survey.

The feedback has been very positive and interestingly the majority of mods that people have said they would like to see in the pack are definitely going to be in it!

One of the mods requested via the survey wasn't planned to be in the pack but after looking at it in depth we've decided it fits very well with other mods that we had already included and have now got permission to include it, so your feedback really can make a difference!

I'll be closing the survey and posting some statistics in around a week.

Modpack

Unfortunately we still haven't heard back regarding the two mods we don't have permission for yet.

I've sent the modders a follow up request but if we haven't heard back by 7th October we will have to assume we can't get permission and unfortunately will have to remove them from the pack.

On a good note though we have got permission for 59 out of 61 mods, or 60 out of 62 including the one mentioned above, and had some great feedback from some of the modders who have had a sneak preview of the modpack.

More news to come soon, and we are now getting very close to starting final testing!

~Hell Hits The Jackpot!

basebildhelper / ~Hell won the $200,000 jackpot!

What's more he only came on to try it the once,

it was clearly his lucky day!

Remember we pay $500 for every screenshot we use,

it's always fun to see what you guys/gals are up to!