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    PMC/Discussion Such a thing as Ban Appeal?
    ShelLuser
    • 03/28/2019 3:09 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    First of all: you don't appear banned. I mean: you can still post this message, right? So: are you sure this is a PMC issue?

    Anyway, the best thing to do if you need PMC staff is to open a ticket (follow link). Explain the problem and they'll sort it out for you.
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    Minecraft/Discussion VPS Hosting Solution?
    ShelLuser
    • 03/23/2019 12:08 pm
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    TransIP ftw! :)

    I also have a VPS there, and it's amazing because you get full control over the critter (console access). I'm a believer :)
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    Communities/Redstone Command Block Help [1.13.2]
    ShelLuser
    • 03/23/2019 12:06 pm
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    Depending on where you're going to place this I'd definitely recommend to consider functions ('datapacks'). The problem here is: what's going to happen if your area unloads?
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    Minecraft/Discussion Who likes the new update better that the old Minecraft?
    ShelLuser
    • 03/23/2019 12:03 pm
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    I'm missing an option: "Never experienced the old updates as much" :)

    More seriously, I dunno to be honest... Now, there is the possibility that I'm growing tired of Minecraft. I don't think so but it is fair to say that I don't play it as much as I used to. But then again... the same can be said for more games.

    I really enjoyed the Aquatic update, my gf really enjoyed discovering all the new stuff and I kinda enjoyed her enjoying it. Hard to explain I guess but she's not too keen on using "beta stuff" because she doesn't want to risk corruption and other nasty things (which, theoretically at least, can happen). So that's where my idea for "snapworld" came in: every snapshot period I set up a (private) snapshot server for us to enjoy. The main advantage is that none of us have to worry about anything, because we're not using local files, but connect to a remote server.

    But for some reason this update seems a bit lackluster to us. It's a cool update in itself; I think several changes make sense from a gameplay point of view. But on the other hand they also break existing setups. Got yourself an iron farm? You can most likely forget about that after this update...

    And I think that also touches a serious problem... in the past updates were set out to make Minecraft better than it was before. New stuff was added which would open up new possibilities and new stuff to explore and 'do'.

    But these days... I get the strong impression that we get updates because of the updates. Sounds weird? What I mean by this is that the update process itself has become the main event; the thing to attract (more?) attention to the game and work out ideas. The focus is not so much to make Minecraft better, but to apply changes in order to make sure that players continue to be invested in Minecraft. Change because of the change.

    That's not saying that changes are bad, they definitely don't have to be, but it can become awkward if you apply changes which plain out break existing constructs (such as iron farms) just because... yeah, why actually? What did us players get in return? In a sense village trading became harder, setting up villager farms even more so....

    And that's even ignoring the massive impact all of this has on servers. One big server I know off stil runs on 1.12, the other server recently updated to 1.13 but here we are: 1.14 is already on the horizon.

    I'm reaching a point where I honestly wonder if the updates as they are now aren't also hurting Minecraft in some way. Servers which have problems upgrading, veteran players who might get ticked off because their constructions stop working, stuff like that.

    I need to stress this out: this isn't a "good" or "bad" kind of scenario I think, because there's also plenty of good stuff which got added. Crossbows for example, new machinery to help make crafting easier...

    But sometimes change because of change can have its own effects...

    Alas, sorry for a rant ;) just my 2 cents as usual.
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    Discussions/General Minecraft has come to a point where you can't be safe.
    ShelLuser
    • 03/21/2019 12:58 pm
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    It was, in my opinion anyway. You literally wrote: "Please help me", which I did :)

    Consider installing WorldGuard and using that to protect buildings you value. Or be more careful with the players who allow access to your server.

    Anything beyond that is, once again in my opinion, a waste of time. Don't bother exploring the "why", sometimes even the offenders themselves can't answer that, instead you should be exploring the "how"; how to prevent this from happening. In my opinion your users deserve no less.

    No offense but... I think you should straighten our your priorities here.
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    Discussions/General Minecraft has come to a point where you can't be safe.
    ShelLuser
    • 03/21/2019 12:17 pm
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    So there's something I don't understand...

    You added them to the whitelist and moments later they destroyed spawn? That makes me wonder why you're not running WorldGuard or maybe GriefPrevention while adding admin sections?

    But yeah, some people are simply jerks, plain and simple. Which is why I would never run a server without WorldGuard and/or GriefPrevention.
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    Help/JavaEdition How To Get Modded World To Work ON LAN (1.12.2)
    ShelLuser
    • 03/19/2019 2:55 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    First try to rule out what's causing the problems.

    So: start by disabling all the mods (just rename the directory for example or dump them into a new sub folder) and then start the client again. Check if you can connect to each other that way. Because I can't help wonder if this isn't caused by some mod going haywire.

    btw: LAN connection tab? What's that supposed to be anyway? Because the only options you have are single player and multiplayer. The option "Open to LAN" isn't a tab but a button, which should always be there no matter what. So if it isn't then I'm guessing some mod is acting up.
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    Communities/Mapping Crossing language barriers in Minecraft
    ShelLuser
    • 03/19/2019 2:51 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    I'm not too sure to be honest. The problem I see is that although translation options have come a very long way (I'm still impressed with having this feature within Word) they're still not perfect. When people use a translator then it's not uncommon, even today, for the end result to become a little bit messed up. Sometimes even hard or impossible to fully understand.

    The other problem I'm wondering about is the effect it'll have on the server. Because if it needs to translate every single sentence and sometimes even to multiple languages then I can't help wonder if all that traffic (and the software itself) won't have any negative effects on the server (depending on its size I suppose). Because one way or the other it's going to take some resources.

    One way to find out I guess ;)
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    Minecraft/Discussion Which platform do you like mostly play on?
    ShelLuser
    • 03/18/2019 8:09 pm
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    One of the first things I wanted to try ever since I got my new PC was finally taking a look at the Windows 10 edition for which I had a licence. Well, it's definitely an impressive project and I also enjoy the enhanced graphics. IMO it's fair to say that the bedrock edition has better looking graphics although I really dislike how areas simply appear out of nowhere when you first enter an area.

    The controls otoh... I don't like them. For example I can't even use the alt key to sneak/crouch, which I think is pretty silly. I'm also not a fan of all the commercial activities around the game, sometimes the info is plain out misleading and trying to persuade you into buying extra useless stuff. On the positive side I can use my Steam controller with the bedrock edition, which is nice but...

    So yeah, Java all the way for me. It has so many advantages; such as running your own server, datapacks which help you tweak your stuff, and speaking of tweaking: you can mess around in your worlds without having to 'worry' about xbox achievements (enabling cheats disables achievements on bedrock...) and you can easily play together without too much hassle.

    If my gf is over and the Internet would be down for whatever reason then we can still play together. Either using "Open to LAN" or my private LAN server. So many advantages...
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    Minecraft/Discussion Are servers ignoring new players?
    ShelLuser
    • 03/18/2019 2:15 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    Shell vent incoming...

    First: thank YOU for all your votes and comments so far, I honestly love it!

    And pardon me for jumping on the PMC fanboy bandwagon but I also think it's awesome how staff allowed players to give me suggestions for servers. Trust me: I have been on forums where I wouldn't even have noticed. See my point here? Staff isn't only about taking your stuff away, they're also protecting our fun. I see this, I need to respond, I say thank you!

    (yes, I do consider myself a PMC fanboy but.. nothing too serious) :)

    <3 all of you commentators <3 :)
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    Minecraft/Discussion Are servers ignoring new players?
    ShelLuser
    • 03/18/2019 2:09 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    That is no way to talk about AyanamiKun! :P

    wait.. who is the 'she' you're talking about? errr, oopsie? ;P

    <lol>
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    Minecraft/Discussion Are servers ignoring new players?
    ShelLuser
    • 03/18/2019 2:05 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    Nah, I also have my private server which Aya & me enjoy. But I do appreciate the idea and I can promise that we're going to visit. Can't promise when (because then there's a risk you'd be ready) :)

    Seriously: I appreciate this post because you're genuine. One up from me :)
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    Minecraft/Discussion What kind of player are you?
    ShelLuser
    • 02/22/2019 10:56 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    A bit of everything.
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    Communities/Mapping LOOKING FOR A SEVER TO BETA TEST A DATAPACK
    ShelLuser
    • 02/22/2019 10:55 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    Good luck, I sincerely doubt that a server admin would add a strange datapack "just like that" without knowing what exactly it is doing. Don't forget that you're basically asking for admin-like privileges on their server, which not too many people will hand out to a stranger.

    Also: you don't need any of this.

    Just use the "Open to LAN" option and you're instantly running a server, ready for testing to see if your pack is useful for multiple players.
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    Minecraft/Discussion Weird Minecraft Commands Stuff...
    ShelLuser
    • 02/20/2019 8:40 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    Easy: if you muck around your player settings with /data then the chances are high that you might use wrong values for certain settings and that could cause major problems with the game (might even crash it).

    With using dedicated commands (such as /xp) it is a lot easier to apply restrictions (and checks) to ensure that you don't do anything strange, and if you do use a value which could crash the game it can be rejected. Because the system knows up front that the player will use /xp to change the XP values; so it can immediately tell which would be valid and which not.

    But what someone is going to do with /data remains everyones guess ;)
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    Help/JavaEdition Minecraft Forge 1.12.2 Keeps Crashing
    ShelLuser
    • 02/19/2019 3:49 pm
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    Start by removing all mods and then trying to start Forge again. If that works you know it's probably a mod going rogue.
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    PMC/Discussion We Need To DO Something
    ShelLuser
    • 02/19/2019 11:53 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    Yes, shouting is really going to help get your point across.

    Thing is: if you look at your history books you'll see that climate change really isn't a modern thing. Most continents and most areas have seen major extremes over the centuries, from tropical climates to Arctic conditions.

    But those are topics which some people don't like to hear, even if you can proof this based on facts, and insist that it's the humans who are responsible.

    In the end the major problem is that most people think in absolutes and extremist measures, which obviously will result in resistance from people disagreeing. And then you'll get heated arguments which I personally refer to as "pissing contents" (I hope this expression is allowed, if not I won't repeat it) because in the end it's all about "who is right" instead of "how can we come to a mutual acceptable solution".

    And the key to that is to listen to every opinion, even if you don't agree with them, without trying to ridicule or ignore it up front. And that's a courtesy more and more people seem to lack these days, with the obvious results.
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    PMC/Discussion are Minecraft mob sound effects Copyrighted?
    ShelLuser
    • 02/19/2019 6:27 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    If you want to avoid risks then don't monetize on that video. The main thing that can tick Mojang off is people trying to make money from the Minecraft brand.
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    Communities/Redstone PE/PC differences?
    ShelLuser
    • 02/18/2019 3:08 pm
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
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    Actually... the changes are more reflected on the user interface than the actual inner workings of the game. Crafting and such is definitely way different, but in other areas the game really isn't that much different from the Java edition where functionality is concerned.

    You can see this yourself by checking up with the Windows 10 edition; that version uses the same engine. What used to be PE is now referred to as Bedrock or simply Minecraft.

    This might be a good read: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Pocket_Edition

    Even so, I definitely agree that if you really want to dive into "Minecraft tweaking" (which would include scripting, things like datapacks and such) then you're better off with the Java edition.
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    Help/JavaEdition Minecraft "runs out of memory" whenever i look at a multiplayer player list.
    ShelLuser
    • 02/18/2019 8:08 am
    • Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
    The problem is that you probably don't have 3Gb.

    While you can have up to 4Gb of memory in a 32bit PC the problem is that the system can't address ("use") the full load. My last PC had 4Gb as well, but could only physically use 2,7 Gb of that.

    So my guess is that your 3Gb assignment is the cause of the problem. Lower that amount to 1Gb or 1500Mb and see if that helps.
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