InsaneJ

Two days after the server went public I've done a tour of the server's villages. This is the result:

Thanks to all the players who set their town's spawn point so I could get around to all the villages quickly. If you ask me, I think things are looking pretty good already. There's progress from simple hidey holes to bigger villages, cute little houses and large farms. Good job guys

So far we've had more then 100 unique players on the server and it seems there's always someone on when I check the server. I'm happy to see people enjoying the server.

At a certain point they need the feathers to progress in the game.

During server testing players have been walking around for days (real life, not Minecraft days) without encountering a single chicken, let enough two for breeding.

Maybe it has to do with the world seed, maybe it's just TFC. Either way, players were unable to obtain feathers within a reasonable time span.

In the end the staff resorted to spawning in feathers in creative mode. That's not something other players can do, so I decided to facilitate them by dropping feathers at dawn.

If players are able to obtain chickens in the world, then dropping a few feathers at spawn won't affect them. You can consider it an optional server feature.

So far the server has been well populated. I haven't found a window so far where I could restart the server to apply some minor config changes

Tomorrow I'm going to do a little tour of the server and record a YouTube video. I'll try to visit as many towns as I can. Please be sure to set your town's spawn point with /mytown setspawn so I can find your builds.

Glad to hear it

To address the feather issue I've setup two droppers at the border of the spawn area near the end of the stairs. They each drop 1 feather at dawn. That should allow people to progress further into the game without players having to wait for staff members to be available to give them feathers.

Sorry about that :B

I've added the mytown.cmd.new.dim0 permission to the default group. Could you try again?

The HappyDiggers TFC server attempts to stay as close as possible to the TFC experience. Players joining only need to have the latest TFC installed. The Freebie TFC has no whitelist and is open to anyone as long as they are friendly to other players and the staff. Players who enjoy our little community and are willing to support us with donations get access to our huge donor servers. Please read through the information below and follow the rules.

Rules

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The server has a few basic rules which all boil down to: be nice.

While on the server, type /rules to read the latest server rules.

• Respect the staff and other players.
• No bad language.
• Please don't ask the staff for blocks, items, teleport, promotions, etc.
• Please don't grief or steal from other players.
• Don't turn your town spawn into a death trap. A small room with a door will keep unwanted visitors out.
• No chunk loaders allowed. Any kind of chunk loading without the player present must be avoided.
• Player builds server CPU usage are fair use. Staff will determine what is fair use. If one of your builds lags the server, you may be asked to change things.

To try to keep things running smoothly we are going to enforce some restrictions. These restrictions are on a per town basis. Meaning each town may have:

• 20 adult animals total. Not counting young animals.
• 4 plots of tilled soil farmland or berry bushes. This means 1024 blocks. They may be in more than three plots, but 1024 max.
• 16 fruit trees. (All kinds allowed: red apple, green apple, banana, peach, etc.)
• 1 of each kind of anvil. (copper, bronze, wrought iron, steel, etc.

People are free to record YouTube videos on our server. We would very much like to see those videos. So we kindly ask that you let us know about it or maybe post one or two here or on the HappyDiggers forum.

If you break the rules you may be banned. In some cases we issue a warning first. If you are banned and wish to be unbanned you may appeal your ban on the HappyDiggers forums. If you cannot resolve the issue there please feel free to start a dispute on the MCBans website. Keep in mind however that a dispute only means that you think we banned you for the wrong reasons. It will not get you unbanned from our servers.

HappyDiggers Warned players and banlist: http://happydiggers.net/showthread.php?1384-Warned-players-and-banlist

HappyDiggers TFC on MCBans: http://mcbans.com/server/50359/

 

Features

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• Huge 100.000 x 30.000 pre-generated TerraFirmaCraft world.
• Huge 100.000 x 30.000 pre-generated TechNode Firmacraft world.
• Lobby server with a lot of mini-games like: Spleef, MOB arena, PVP arena, Paintball arena and parcour.
• Jail server where we put people who break the rules to work to pay off their debt to out community.
• Protect your builds using Towny. Use the /t command. Towns get 32 plots per resident to use to protect their towns. More people in a town means more plots!
• With /tgui you can get a nice interface to making using the Towny commands easier.
• Each town starts with 16 plots and gains another 16 plots per resident making large builds possible.
• Donors get 32 plots for each resident in a town making huge builds possible.
• Absolutely no pay-to-win. Donors get an honorary title, but not game-changing perks (aka "free" stuff).
• All block and inventory interactions are logged. Griefing and stealing has become pointless because anyone can see who did it using /prism i (use /prism i off to turn off the inspector)
• Players can set personal warp points with /sethome name and then use them with /home name
• Towns may create 2 outposts. One for a freezer and one for a mine. You can teleport between these outposts and your town.
• Donor towns may create up to 10 outposts to help protect off-site farms, freezers or mining areas in the world.
• Need help and no staff around? Use /ticket-open YourQuestionHere
• Explore the map on Dynmap and plan your journey. You can chat on Dynmap if you register an account while you are on the server using /dynmap webregister
• Moderators have all the tools they need to solve any crime on the server. They can become invisible and investigate reported players, they can see who killed your animals, they can inspect player's inventories, they can kick and ban players and much more.
• The server can load and unload (new) plugins without the need for a server restart.
• Corrupted chunks can now easily be regenerated.
• Scheduled daily server restart after the backup is done. It's scheduled between 8AM and 11AM CET.
• Town mayors may claim a vanity (embassy) plot right outside of spawn to advertise their town with. Ask staff if you wish to claim one.
• Much, much more.

 

 

Server specs

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• AMD ThreadRipper 1920X 12-core CPU
• 128GB RAM
• 2x Samsung 850 PRO SSD 256GB in RAID-1
• 4x 10K RPM SAS 300GB drives RAID-5
• 2x 7200 RPM SAS 6TB drives in RAID-1
• 4x 5400 RPM SATA 3TB drives in RAID-5
• Areca 1680i dual core 1.2GHz PowerPC Raid controller with 4GB cache memory and battery backup module.
• 100mbit synchronous fiber Internet connection.
• The server is up 24/7

 

 

TerraFirmaCraft Server IP: tfc.happydiggers.net:4000

Technode FirmaCraft Server IP: tnfc.happydiggers.net:3000

 

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• Lobby
  • lobby.happydiggers.net:4000
  • /server lobby
  • The Lobby server gives access to all the TFC based server. It has a ton of mini games you can play like paintball, spleef arena, mob arena, PVP arena, etc.
• Freebie TFC
  • tfc.happydiggers.net:4000
  • /server freebietfc
  • Dynmap: http://freebietfc.happydiggers.net
  • Our public non-whitelisted TFC server. It has a lot of plugins to make life more convenient.
• TechnodeFirmaCraft (unofficial TFC)
  • tnfc.happydiggers.net:3000
  • Must connect to this server directly. This server runs an unofficial version of TFC, don't ask for support here.
  • Dynmap: http://tnfc.happydiggers.net
  • This server requires you to have the TechnodeFirmaCraft 3.6 mod pack which is available on the ATLauncher. This pack uses an unofficial version of TFC, don't ask for support here. Once you have the AT Launcher you can use the share code to get the exact mod pack you need to join our server. See our Servers page for the current version of TnFC that we're using and the correct share code. We strongly suggest you remove the Prattle and Weather 2 mods and that you update Fastcraft to 1.25 or later and also install OptiFine.
• Jail
  • jail.happydiggers.net:4000
  • /server jail
  • The jail server is where players are send who break the rules. Here they must serve their sentence and participate in menial labor. Non jailed players can come visit.

 

 

Discord:  https://discord.me/happydiggers

TeamSpeak: ts.happydiggers.net

Dynmap for Freebie TerraFirmaCraft world: http://tfc.happydiggers.net (Anyone can view the map. To chat it requires in-game registration using /dynmap webregister)

Dynmap for Freebie TechNode Firmacraft world: http://tnfc.happydiggers.net (Anyone can view the map. To chat it requires in-game registration using /dynmap webregister)

Twitter: http://twitter.com/HappyDiggers

YouTube: http://youtube.com/HappyDiggers

 

The TnFC server runs the TechnodeFirmaCraft mod pack which uses an unofficial copy of TFC. The mod pack is available on the AT Launcher. See our Servers page for the current version of TnFC that we're using and the correct share code.

The TerraFirmaCraft website and forums are not the place to ask for support for anything related to the TechnodeFirmaCraft mod pack.

 

 

Some useful commands and info

Read the signs at spawn, they are there for a reason.

 

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Server travel

• /server (gives a list of available servers
• /server freebietfc (go to the Freebie TFC server)
• /server donortfc (go to the Donor TFC server)
• /server donortfchc (go to the Donor TFC Hardcore server)
• /server jail (go to the jail server)
• /server lobby (go to the Lobby server)

Chat

You can use these channels to chat in:

• general
• nation
• town
• local

You can join those channels with the following commands respectively:

• /g
• /nc
• /tc
• /l

While you are in one of these channels, you won't pick up chat from other channels so keep that in mind. Being in the town channel for example should only give you chat from fellow town members. That should greatly reduce the "noise" in chat.

Towny

/tgui, /tgui town, /tgui plot, etc. (provides a GUI interface to use Towny commands)

/towny (Looku towny commands)

/town new TownName (create your very own town!)

/town add PlayerName (invite someone to join your town)

/plot forsale (Mayor can set plots for sale which town members can then claim as their own. Remember: we don't use currency so don't set a price.)

/plot notforsale (Cancel a plot being for sale)

/plot claim (Residents can claim a plot that has been put up for sale by the mayor.)

A full list of commands can be found here: https://code.google.com/a/eclipselabs.org/p/towny/wiki/Commands

Lockette

People who are not part of a town, can't switch inside that town. This means they can't open things like doors, chests, tool racks, barrels, etc. To further protect such items from fellow town members or outside of a town, you can use Lockette. Simply place a sign on anything you wish to make your own private property and type [private] on the first line.

Tickets

If you need help and there aren't any mods or admins on the server, you can open a ticket.

/ticket-open YourQuestionHere (this opens a new ticket with your question)

/ticket-list (View your tickets)

/ticket-check # (Check your ticket with number #)

/ticket (this prints the help, don't type "/ticket help" as that would create a ticket with "help" as it contents. We know that's stupid.)

Block and inventory logging

If you suspect someone griefed you or stole something, you can check to see what happened with Prism. You can turn on the inspection wand with:

/prism i

Now you can left click blocks, chests, tool racks, etc. and see who placed/destroyed/opened/picked them up.

If you right click a block with air above it, you'll see the history of the air block. Maybe it was broken, burned, etc.

To turn off the inspector use:

/prism i off

We can also do more complicated look-ups of events like killed animals, picked up items, etc. This requires a bit more knowledge of prism so if you need help with that ask a staff member or look up how to do it in the Prism documentation.

Personal warp points / home

You can set "home" using /sethome. You can set more then 1 home using:

/sethome name

You can teleport to your homes using

/home name

Dynmap chat

You can chat on Dynmap if you register an account while you are on the TFC server. Use

/dynmap webregister

You should get a code. On the Dynmap web page, if you click the button under chat labeled: "Chat Requires Login" you can use the code you got in game to register an account.

 

 

 

Mod-whitelist for TFC server

 

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The HappyDiggers TFC server now uses a mod-whitelist. This means that players may only have certain mods installed when they join our server. To be absolutely clear.

You only need TerraFirmaCraft installed to be able to join, nothing else.

We have taken this measure in an attempt to prevent server instability and mass disconnects that happen from time to time.

The following list are OPTIONAL mods. They are all client-side mods that enhance visuals or provide extra information like mini-maps, tool tips and damage indicators.

• MobiusCore
• Waila
• Opis (Use this instead of MapWriter, it's the same)
• ReiMinimap
• journeymap
• voxelmap
• NotEnoughItems
• TerraFirmaCraftNEIplugin
• CodeChickenCore
• DamageIndicatorsMod
• bspkrsCore
• wawla
• DynamicLights_dropItems
• DynamicLights_entityClasses
• DynamicLights_onFire
• DynamicLights_otherPlayers
• DynamicLights_mobEquipment
• DynamicLights_floodLights
• DynamicLights
• DynamicLights_flameArrows
• DynamicLights_creepers
• DynamicLights_thePlayer
• OpenEye
• Schematica and LunatriusCore
• BetterFoliage
• FastCraft

We have chosen not to include Fastcraft. This mod is obsolete since the chunk generating problem was fixed in the current Forge version and it doesn't run on Cauldron. In regard to chunk loading (not generating) you are better off using Optifine. It is known to not only increase performance significantly, it also prevents certain crashes due to bugs in TFC in regard to fruit trees in b78 and b79.

If you would like us to add any other mods to this list, please use the following form:

Mod name:

Mod website/forum post: (url)

Why do you want us to allow this mod?:

 

 

Server Tours

 

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I am recording server tours again. Server tours are short <10 minute YouTube videos recorded by me and posted on my channel here:

http://youtube.com/happydiggers

In these videos we visit towns and people get to show all the cool stuff they have made on our server. If you would like me, and maybe a few others, to join you on a grand tour of your village please let us know.

Post your town name and your in-game Minecraft name. Also a general indication of when you are available would help. I live in the CET time zone and am usually available between 19:00 and 23:00 however other times aren't excluded. Just let me know and I'll see what's possible or not. Use a timezone convertor to figure out what that means for you: http://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/

Please try to have a working microphone ready. We will ask you to join us on our TeamSpeak server so we can talk to each other. If you don't have a mic, or are really shy, you can type things in chat. Get TeamSpeak here: http://teamspeak.com/

Our TeamSpeak server IP is: teamspeak.happydiggers.net

I'll update this thread with a bunch of server tours after the first couple have gone up.

 

 

VIP server rank

 

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People in the V.I.P. group are considered trusted players of the HappyDiggers community. They gain access to our whitelisted Vanilla Minecraft server and our

Feed The Beast server which runs develpment builds of the HappyDiggers AMP mod pack. V.I.P. members also have access to the /mute command which they can use to help staff members with players who use abusive language or are bullying other players. The rules for using the /mute command are outlined here. (Accessible only for V.I.P. members.)

Access to the V.I.P. group is by invite only. The only way to get invited to the V.I.P. group is by being an outstanding member of the HappyDiggers community. You will have to make a positive contribution on our server and the other V.I.P.s have to like playing with you. The other V.I.P. members may nominate and vote on new V.I.P. members once a month. We try to add at least one new member each month.

Things you can do to help improve your chances of being nominated:

• Be a nice person to play with on our servers.
• Help out other players any way you can.
• Have a spotless record in regards to the server rules.
• Start or join community projects and take them to the next level.
• Report abusive players to the staff. Staff members also vote.
• Be active on the server and the HappyDiggers forum.
• Be patient. Don't ask to be nominated, it hurts your chances. It can take a couple of months before you are nominated. People just have to get to know you and notice you.

 

 

ARK: Survival Evolved

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We have also launched a new ARK: Survival Evolved server.

 

 

Server IP: happydiggers.net

This server is free to play and has simple rules. Respect the staff and other players. There is to be no player harassment. No wiping of people's bases unless they're in a cave or on top of a mountain. And each tribe may have no more than 3 bases.

 

Mods:

Metal with Glass - Metal structures with glass inlays for more visually appealing buildings and more functionality.

Better Beacons Lite - Updated Loot tables for air drops so all items added up to November 2015 are included.

Offline Raid Protection - Buffs dinos and structures considerably when a tribe is offline to strongly discourage offline raiding.

Settings:

Using the standard Ark map "The Island"

A PvEvP based server. Friendly community style playing with the opportunity to still engage in PvP.

3rd person disabled

Crosshairs disabled

Map player location enabled (Only shows yourself, helpful for finding friends)

No character/dino downloads

No base leveling/wiping. Bust in get what you want and leave.

No dino wiping.

Standard XP

Player max level 160

Wild dino max level 240

4x Tame rate

2x Less food consumption

2x Harvest rate

2x Structure integrity

Mating interval .5x (half the time between mating sessions)

Egg hatch speed 2x

Baby mature rate 10x

Global spoiling rate 2x (twice as long before it rots)

Global item decomposition 2x (Items on the ground last twice as long)

Global corpse decomposition 100x (Gives 24 hour real life time to retrieve your body.

 

 

 

As to answer your second question, Yes. Java is a greedy little bugger by nature and will always grab any and all memory that has been allocated to it. That's just the way this language unfortunately works.

It's a programmer issue, not a Java issue. It's because of programmers relying on Java's garbage collection to clear up memory after it's no longer being used by the application. If programmers would clean up after themselves, Java applications would use way less RAM and run a lot better. Garbage collection takes quite a lot of CPU time to do. However clearing stuff after use makes for more complex programming which is why so many Java devs don't do it. It's also one of the reasons why developing for Java is relatively easier then say C++. It's just one of those things you don't really have to worry about (let the program users worry about getting enough RAM/CPU) and instead you can focus on getting the job done easier/faster. Then again, CPU and RAM are relatively cheap. Even a low-end $400 PC has 8GB RAM and a quad-core CPU right nowadays. So it really shouldn't matter that much for most people. It's only an issue for people who can't (or won't) upgrade their old computers. And by old I mean anything older then the core i3/5/7 of which the first came out in November 2008 and with less then 2GB RAM. Even a 6 year old Core2Quad from 2007 will also run Minecraft quite well.

When on the server try doing /forge tps

That will show you how long the server needs to calculate one tick, and how many ticks per second it's doing. If the number is 20 then it's all good. If it's lower then the server can't keep up. If you see that message from time to time, that's not a big deal. If you see it all the time then something's wrong.

 

Like Kittychanley said, TFC isn't like regular Minecraft. There is a lot of stuff going on that you don't really see as a player but that the server has to do. A lot more so then with regular Minecraft. If you can't upgrade the amount of RAM for your server (you should), try adding the following to the startup script (if possible): -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods

Using TFC-0.77.22 I get the same problem.

 

When I use MCPC+ and Essentials (bukkit plugin), then the spawn point is handled through that and it always works. However MCPC+ for Minecraft 1.6.2 is pretty terrible and not suitable to run a public server on.

 

I don't know of any Forge mod that has the same functionality as the bukkit plugin Essentials. For me ForgeEssentials doesn't work on 1.6.2 and ServerTools can set spawn, you can teleport there using /spawn. But when a player joins the server, he gets teleported to the spawn set by TFC. When that player does /spawn he gets teleported to the desires spawn point. This is perhaps something the author of that mod can look into, but the problem is caused by TFC.

 

If anyone knows any other Forge mod that can handle spawn points on a server please share.

 

As for this TFC issue. Please don't change spawn each time the mod is loaded. Do it once and then leave it alone so we can change it ourselves. Thanks!

aeroc helped me out.

 

The biome ID ranges seem to be:

0-8

16

20-22

30-32

Is there a list of biome IDs for TerraFirmaCraft somewhere? I searched for it in the TFC config files, wiki and forum but couldn't find any. The wiki lists 8 biomes and 3 technical biomes, but not the default IDs they are configured with.