Deano

I will be bringing the server offline tomorrow between 17:00 and 23:00 GMT.

This time is an estimation. It could be less or it could be slightly more. (like an hour or so).

I will be updating several plugins and doing some work on towny.

The website should be online for the duration of this maintenance apart from around 5-10 minutes where i will be rebooting the whole box.

If you would like live updates and information about the work i will be doing along with when the server will be back online then please follow KoolSource on Facebook and Twitter.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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Mojang have just released an update to Minecraft, bringing us to 1.2.4.

As usual do not update your clients as Minecraft has bumped the protocol version and you will not be able to play on our server until we can update to a stable build.

This update is primarily a bug fix release but does include some nice improvements as well:

Fixed:

• Made placing half blocks on existing half blocks (to make a full block) easier
  
• Limit framerate on menu screens, no longer uses 100% cpu and make my computer melt
  
• Fixed fatal crash for converted worlds to anvil, when there’s blocks at max height
  
• Fixed an old bug with signs clearing text while you’re editing them in SMP
  
• Fixed crash when logging in while there are blocks at maxheight at spawn
  
• Fixed TNT ghosts in multiplayer
  
• Fixed storage minecarts dropping enchanted items
  
• Fixed crashes on invalid server addresses when joining a server
  
• Fixed entities being uninteractable if they existed at login (Multiplayer)
  
• Fixed dupe exploit with paintings
  
• Fixed furnaces and dispensers dropping enchanted items
  
• Fixed the “flickering” of chat as it vanishes off the screen
  
• Fixed text rendering over items in the container screens
  
• Fixed exploit with jungle saplings (turns other saplings into jungle ones)
  
• Fixed launcher opening minecraft dir if the path contains a space
  
• Fixed an off-by-one lighting bug
  
• Fixed block transmuting (turning one block into another via pistons)
  
• Fixed placing mushrooms in daylight, where they can’t survive
  
• Fixed redstone lamps dropping powered block items when destroyed while on
  
• “save-all” (server) now works even when you have toggled “save-off”
  
• Fixed turning half-blocks into full-blocks while you’re standing on them
  
• Fixed seed displaying in F3 debug when the seed is unknown (multiplayer)
  
• Fixed villager texture changing clientside per profession
  
• Fixed falling off ledge corners while holding shift
  
• Fixed players falling when reconnecting to servers where they were previously flying

Added:

• Chat history and much better chat editing
  
• A few new decoration blocks
  
• “Back” and “Quit” buttons to OutOfMemoryScreen
  
• Made cats more realistic (read: probably annoying). I hope it’s enough to cancel out any joy you may receive from the previous feature!
  
• Added a “minimal” debug menu for testing with. Shift+F3 to hide the graphs.

Although this update is good for us in the long run it is as annoying for us as it is for you. We we're just getting close to being fully updated and they throw another patch at us. This means it is going to take even longer for us to get our current plugins fully working which also means we have to wait longer to implement new features.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

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Ok, here it is, i have been awake for over 2 days now and i have spent all night trying to work out why towny isn't working as it should be and it's come down to the point where i now need some sleep.

What i have done is open the server for the night but i have disabled several towny commands.

Disabled commands are:

• /town new
  
• /town claim outpost
  
• /town name name
  
• /plot
  
• /nation new
  
• /nation name name

I have also disabled the ability to purchase bonus blocks. Please also note that taxes can't be collected as town banks are disabled.

The reason i have had to take this action is to prevent abuse. There is a part of towny called Register which needs to be updated by a developer and until that is updated its not looking like towny will be stable. Register handles all the interactions of currency in and around towny so you will not be able to access your town banks at the moment. I have spent all night trying to find a fix but its just not available yet. I have also tried several work arounds and made no progress without breaking several other plugins.

These sort of problems were to be expected due to us being on 1.2 using a beta version of bukkit without a dedicated team of developers.

Anyway, i will get back on it tomorrow and see if i can make any progress i hope to have this problem fixed ASAP.

Thank you for your patience.

It's time KoolSource added another amazing feature so today we bring you WebAuction.

What is WebAuction?

We have set up 3 auction terminals inside the Zagora Market. Players can then go there and deposit items, when they do this the items disappear from the world and gets logged into the players online account. Once this is done and they have set a password, they can log into the website and see all the auctions that are going on.

Using in-game kredits they can buy items, and they will be sent to the mailbox in game (a sign). They can also set up their own auctions for the items they have stored online.

One of the main features is that the WebAuction looks at all the sales and calculates a moving average for the market price of that item. Which should help players when setting a price, or buyers to see if they are getting a good deal.

How do i use WebAuction?

For detailed instructions on how to use WebAuction then please visit the wiki page that i have set up here.

I have also added a link to the WebAuction under the mincraft drop down navigation at the top for convenience but make sure you read the wiki first or you will not know how to log in.

We may give the WebAuction page a face list in the near future and maybe make it look like the rest of the website.

What else is new?

• Town mayors can now rename their town by using /town set name.
  
• Added Town/Nation forum request forum to the member service center. Use this to request a town/nation forum or a town forum move/rename.
  
• Added 3 other forums to the member service center for better organisation.
  
• Congratulations to TheBadAssWoopa who has been promoted to a GM.
  
• Congratulations to Apollo661 who has been promoted to GM+.
  
• 1000 Kredits will be added to the lottery prize on the first friday of every month.
  
• The ban list on the website is now working again although the dates are wrong. These will be fixed soon.

Coming Soon:

• Prized competitions and tournaments.
  
• Paid mob arenas with different levels of difficulty giving XP rewards.
  
• Different types of spleef arenas.
  
• In-Game classes to allow different game paths.
  
• Updated stats page with top 10 lists.
  
• Organised drop parties and other events.

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Minecraft 1.2

The conversion took a lot longer than anticipated but KoolSource has finally upgraded to 1.2, if you haven't updated your clients please do so before joining the server. Report any bugs here: http://koolsource.co...necraft-server/

Whats New?

• The chat system has changed slightly. You may or may not notice.
  
• Automatically hidden on Dynamic Map - use "/dynmap show" ( /ds ) and "/dynmap hide" ( /ds ).
  
• Map has been expanded from a 5000 block radius to a 6000 block radius to accomodate the new jungle biomes.
  
• Cleaned up the MOTD upon login.
  
• Global announcements when people vote. This reminds others to vote and informs new people that they can get kredits for voting.

Whats Broken?

• /tc and /nc - Towny chat is currently broken.
  
• /stats and /played - Stats are still being tracked, they are just not currently viewable in-game.
  
• Ban-List on the website.
  
• Colored signs no longer work, any signs that are already colored will stay unless you break them.
  
• DOORS - most double doors and many single doors are out of place - this is a minecraft/bukkit problem most other servers out there are having the same problem, you will have to replace your own doors.
  
• /bounty - HeroBounty is currently broken

We expect to fix any broken plugins / features plugins within short amount of time, hopefully within the week. This update caused many changes to the way Minecraft deals with the world and we are still awaiting some updates.

Over the next week not only will we be fixing the features that are broken but we plan to introduce some more. We will announce these as and when they come along. Due to the amount of bugs that need fixing and incoming new features there will be some unscheduled downtime but we will try and keep this to a minimum and away from peak times of the day.

Please have fun and enjoy the new 1.2 features.

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