I Am a Witherd, Hear Me Roar

Were you, like me, disappointed in the vast, flat snow biomes of 1.9?  Are you sick of these gentle, rolling hills, and just yearn for some wintery mountain goodness?  Then you're in luck!

"Fear my power, for it is great.  You need only see for yourself..."

Using all my powers as a Witherd - and they are plentiful - I have managed to splice a decent-sized mountain range into the heart of our large, boring snow biome.  Now, my skills are honed, and I take great pride in the result, however there may be the odd seam or two that looks unnatural.  But I have had a look around and everything to my eyes looks great.

What's that?  "But wait!" you cry, "There's no snow on these 'so-called' mountains!"  Ah, well, the terrain is still technically a snow biome, and therefore the first spell of weather should cover them with a fresh dusting of snow.  If for some reason I have made a terrible error and this is not the case (weather is so darn rare in single-player that I haven't yet had the opportunity to test it), then I shall be able to use my almighty Witherd powers to cover them with artificial snow, and freshen it up from time to time.

Well, I'm quite chuffed.  Can't wait to get amongst it!

New World Ready and Waiting for Update

Alright, so we've chosen a seed (it's "Bubbles", if you're interested) and I've generated most of the world in singleplayer, ready to be uploaded.  The world is twice as big as the last one, with a boundary at radius 1000.

What I've explored so far, showing the sizeable snow biome in the north-west.

I've also set up the portal network, so travel shouldn't be a huge hassle and you can find somewhere cool pretty quickly.

As soon as the server updates to 1.9 with Bukkit plugins, i'll upload the world and everything will be ready to go!

Still looking for a good name for the world.  If we don't find one, it'll more than likely end up being "Equestria", so if you want to avoid that fate, suggest one below in the comments!

MitchCraft 1.9 Flying Off Shelves!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1897632/MitchCraft1.9.zip
For glowstone and glass that won't make you want to tear your eyes out!

So I got lazy...

Yeah, with 1.9 only a week or so away, I think I'll just wait on updating the server til then.

Fresh new world, should be good times!

I'll keep a copy of the old world, so if anyone wants their old house (read: items) I can put it in at a later date.

Still looking for a good seed, with some snow, maybe a mushroom biome.
If you know of one, flick it this way!

1.8.1 Will Be Ready Tomorrow

Bukkit is updated, but the server isn't yet.

Tomorrow I'll set everything up and post when it's ready for action.  If anyone's free for a romp through new terrain tomorrow night, leave a comment.

Do remember though that we aren't doing a whole world restart until 1.9, which may actually hit within the week.

1.8 Is Being a Hussy

Sorry guys, but there's still a number of issues with 1.8.  Craftbukkit still isn't updated (to run our basic plugins) and 1.8 is a lot more intensive on the machine than ever before (as you'll have noticed if you've been playing ssp).

One of the issues is related to the amount of squid spawning, so when Bukkit is out i'll be able to disable them, but 1.8 is just all around beefier, so we may still get some lag.

Still no news when Bukkit or 1.8.2 will be out, but I'll post here when they are.

Plan for 1.8 and the Server World

1.8 is nice and all, but the terrain generator still has some problems (ie. no snow), and it turns out it's going to be completely rewritten for 1.9 anyways, including new biomes.

I had planned on starting the world afresh for 1.8, but unless we want to start over twice, perhaps we should wait.  However, in order to get some of that 1.8 goodness, what I could do is expand the boundary out to twice its current size.  All the new land will be yummy 1.8 terrain.

The only problem is that old terrain doesn't play nicely with new terrain, and there'll be an awful slice-off between the two.

If anyone else has any thoughts/alternatives, leave a comment.

1.8 Is Here, Kids!

(Well, half of it...)

And it's glooooorius! Well, it's...nice.  The server's still not updated, so if you still want to connect to it, stay with 1.7 or use that Switcher I posted about down there.

Probably won't update the server until the couple of core plugins are compatible.  But if anyone wants to look for a good seed for the new world, that'd be awesometastic!  Snow, plx. :)

MitchCraft 1.8 Released

Be ready when 1.8 (officially) rolls around!

 http://db.tt/W7k4M25

Isn't Mitch generous!  Get yours today!

Please Wait for 1.8

Unless you are using a version switcher like I am, do NOT update to 1.8 until i give the all clear that the server's been updated. That is, unless you're happy to stay offline til it is. Because you won't be able to connect, plain and simple.

Matt, i expect you to pass this along to your people.

For those interested, the Switcher I use lives here: http://digiex.net/minecraft/mcvtool/
It is awesome.

Also, to anyone using MitchCraft, i'll have a 1.8 version out in a few days, seeing as some of us are already playing it. Gotta get rid of custom cobble and add glass panes.

First Post Test

Only 10 moar days!