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The Future of Livecraft

Hello, given recent developments in the Minecraft multiplayer scene, the future of Livecraft and many other servers is in question. The Bukkit project is no longer providing downloads or source code, leaving servers and developers to find another project or move on from Minecraft. In light of this, there have been groups that have formed to create a replacement for Bukkit. One such project is called “Sponge“, which is a project which aims to continue where Bukkit left off, using a clean codebase and an improved API. As a result, I have decided that Livecraft will use the Sponge server software once it is stable enough for daily use. Consequently, the Minecraft 1.8 update has been delayed considerably, and may not even happen before the year is out. Here’s to a brighter, yellow, and more absorbent (ba dum tss) future for Livecraft.

tl;dr: Bukkit is dead, Spigot is on life support. A new project called Sponge has potential to succeed Bukkit. Livecraft will most likely not update to Minecraft 1.8 before the year ends.

Regards,
Jonathan Alfonso (alfonsojon)

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Long Live Minecraft

Some unfortunate news I have to report today. I discovered that the Bukkit project has been more or less discontinued as a result of a recent DMCA notice filed against them. As a result, all Bukkit downloads have been removed and are no longer available for download, and most Bukkit staff have formally resigned. Similarly, the Spigot project received a similar notice, and has also removed all downloads; however, the Spigot team has released a program which can update Spigot through binary patching, allowing the project to continue updating within legal boundaries. As a result of these recent developments, the future of Livecraft and the 1.8 update are in question. The server will continue to be online, but many difficulties, such as the lack of future updates may be encountered.

I would like to give a personal thank you to all of the talented people who have contributed to both Bukkit and Spigot, and I have appreciated being able to have used Bukkit and Spigot for the past four years. The software was useful to hundreds of thousands, and it will be missed. I do hope that the legal issues can be resolved, but for now, the futures of both Bukkit and Spigot are unknown.

Regarding my minecraft-init and mc*NIX projects, I will update them shortly to allow binary patching of Spigot and remove downloads to both the Bukkit and Spigot projects, considering it is no longer possible to download them directly.

Regards,
Jonathan Alfonso (alfonsojon)

For more information on the subject, visit the following links:
Bukkit Community Announcements & News
SpigotMC – High Performance Minecraft

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What’s New: Week 18

** Please do NOT change your username until all plugins support the new UUID system. See this post for more info.

What’s new:

  • Updated to Minecraft 1.7.10 **
  • Updated various plugins
  • PvP arena redesigned
  • Various permissions changed, see ranks page
  • Hidden bonus-room added
  • WorldEdit fixed

Version information:

  • Spigot updated to build 1546 **
  • Announcer not updated
  • ClickEdit installed (Disabled)
  • CompatNoCheatPlus updated to build 68
  • CraftBook updated to version 3.9 Beta 2
  • Essentials updated to version 2.13.1.7 Preview
  • EssentialsChat updated to version 2.13.1.7 Preview
  • EssentialsGeoIP updated to version 2.13.1.7 Preview
  • EssentialsGroupManager updated to version 2.13.1.7 Preview
  • EssentialsSpawn updated to version 2.13.1.7 Preview
  • Give Anything Listener not updated
  • Honeypot not updated (Scheduled for Deletion)
  • LWC updated to build 918
  • MCBans updated to version 4.3.4
  • mcMMO not updated
  • MotdManager not updated
  • Multiverse-Core updated to build 691
  • Multiverse-Inventories updated to build 376
  • Multiverse-Portals updated to build 712
  • NCore updated to version 0.6.6
  • NoCheatPlus not updated
  • NoOp not updated
  • NTheEndAgain updated to version 0.6.6
  • Poke not updated
  • Prism updated to version 2.0.2
  • ProtocolLib updated to version 3.4.0 (Disabled)
  • SignEditor not updated (Scheduled for Deletion)
  • TagAPI updated to version 3.0.5
  • VanishNoPacket not updated
  • Votifier not updated
  • WorldBorder not updated
  • WorldEdit updated to version 5.6.2
  • WorldGuard not updated
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Livecraft is back online

I’m glad to say that Livecraft is back online. The move to Wisconsin was a fairly smooth one, and nothing was damaged during the move. Hope to see you back on Livecraft soon!

Regards,
Jonathan Alfonso (alfonsojon)

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What’s New: Week 12

  • Updated some plugins (more 1.7.9/UUID friendly)
  • Prism update broke Prism (server will be on temp whitelist until fixed)

Regarding 1.7.9: Please see this.

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UUID Plugin Checklist

Livecraft is currently operating using Minecraft 1.7.5 server software that has been modified to support Minecraft versions 1.7.2 to 1.7.9. Although it works well, this is far from optimal as the new Minecraft versions (1.7.9 and 1.7.10) support name changing. Most plugins must be updated, meaning it is a very large update on the server side of things, resulting in many things that can prevent the update. A checklist will be provided here for what is currently working under 1.7.10 and what still needs to be updated.

At the current moment, name changing is NOT SUPPORTED. You WILL lose player data if you change your username, and the server WILL TREAT YOU AS A NEW PLAYER. In the event Mojang allows name changing in the near future, you accept this risk and the potential loss of data that goes along with it.


UUID-Ready:

  • Spigot for 1.7.10
  • CompatNoCheatPlus
  • [ # ] Craftbook
  • [ # ] LWC
  • MCBans
  • NoCheatPlus
  • Prism
  • ProtocolLib
  • Vanish
  • WorldEdit
  • [ # ] WorldGuard

[CLEAR] Not dependent upon UUID:

  • [ ? ] MotdManager
  • NCore
  • NTheEndAgain
  • Poke
  • [ ? ] SignEditor
  • WorldEdit

[BREAKING] Not UUID ready:

  • Essentials
  • mcMMO
  • [ x ] Multiverse

[NON-BREAKING] Not UUID ready:

  • GAListener
  • NoOp
  • TagAPI
  • Votifier

Status information:
[ ! ] = Unstable.
[ # ] = Version specific (1.7.8+ ONLY)
[ ? ] = Most likely to be replaced by an alternative
[ x ] = Most likely to be removed

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What’s New: Week 8

Web-only changes this time around.

  • Reset website (forums & users are still saved)
  • Fixed user registration
  • Added easy way to reset password
  • Slightly changed theme
  • Removed shop (may return later)
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What’s New: Week 7

What’s new:

  • Updated server to Spigot 1.7.5 (Supports 1.7.9 clients)
  • Updated plugins
  • Removed TrainCarts (useless)
  • Removed PurpleIRC because nobody uses IRC.
  • Removed PingTab because it did not work with the 1.7.5 update
  • Removed BKCommonLib because of the evil it causes
  • Fixed major lag caused by a large amount of mine carts near a house.

Current Issues:

  • Ping in player list is currently broken
  • alfonsojon still has not gone through rank applications. He seems to have a minor bug and he probably needs to be rebooted. Will be worked on. Until then, give him a break.
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What’s New: Week 5

  • Switched from My Worlds to Multiverse
  • Added Judge rank
  • Added Donator+ rank
  • Added Poke (right click a player to poke)
  • Redesigned PvP arena