Attention All Minecraft Whores 2: The Beta-ing

[Aerozord]

tried to install a mod... and it didn't go well.... anyone know how to uninstall and re-install the game?

[Aldurin]

First I'd recommend pulling any map files you want to keep. Then probably try to delete the Minecraft data folders (both root and local) and relaunch the minecraft launcher. It should then re-update with the current unmodified version. Copy map files back in and you should be good to go.

On second thought, what kind of mod is it? If it modifies the map it may have caused broken coding and ruined the map.

If your map file is messed with I might be able to play amateur code-monkey and fix it.

[Fifthfiend]

NESS, JACKIN UR THREAD

In the absence of anyone else doing it, setting up some minecraft serving.

Don't take it too seriously for the time being, for now it's just to see how this all runs and such.

98.234.196.50:22565

I think my upload speed / machine specs will handle a decent number of players but WE WILL SEE I GUESS

Monsters currently switched to OFF, I'll see about that once I see how well this runs with, uh, at least more than one other person on it.

Anyone interested, give it a go and see how it works for you, let me know if you're able/unable to log in, whether you can play/are crushed with lag, etc.

[Aerozord]

not able to log on fifth

[Marc v4.0]

First I'd recommend pulling any map files you want to keep. Then probably try to delete the Minecraft data folders (both root and local) and relaunch the minecraft launcher. It should then re-update with the current unmodified version. Copy map files back in and you should be good to go.

On second thought, what kind of mod is it? If it modifies the map it may have caused broken coding and ruined the map.

If your map file is messed with I might be able to play amateur code-monkey and fix it.

delete the bin folder in the .minecraft folder then run the game

That is all it takes.

[Aldurin]

delete the bin folder in the .minecraft folder then run the game

That is all it takes.

Sure, do the easy way instead. I just do it the way I know would work.

[Marc v4.0]

If you knew about this method, then you know that it will work too

[Aldurin]

If you knew about this method, then you know that it will work too

Exactly.

[Viridis]

Anyone interested, give it a go and see how it works for you, let me know if you're able/unable to log in, whether you can play/are crushed with lag, etc.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2383368/screen_20110208_12-04-56001sm.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2383368/screen_20110208_12-04-56001.png)

:(

[Fifthfiend]

WHO WOULD EXPECT this simple process

would meet with UNFORSEEN COMPLICATIONS

EDIT: bitvyper is currently connected so it looks like this shits is working for someone.

EDIT: IF possible post like where-ish you guys are connecting from?

I am hosting this thing from the San Francisco area so if people are trying to get on from like... Luxembourg, then shit might be expected to time out?

[Aerozord]

connecting from ohio so same country atleast.

tried again twice, got nothing

[Flarecobra]

No dice here. And I'm in the same state as you Fifth.

[Marc v4.0]

Minecraft.net is experiencing problems, which can cause errors with connecting to servers

brush up on your troubleshooting, ya scrubs

[Flarecobra]

Minecraft.net is experiencing problems, which can cause errors with connecting to servers

brush up on your troubleshooting, ya scrubs

Then we wouldn't be able to load minecraft at all. Minecraft itself is works fine here.

[Marc v4.0]

Well, the website won't load at all, and my minecraft client is throwing the "can't connect to website, play in offline mode?" error

[Fifthfiend]

What error message are people getting, the same timeout error as vridis?

edit: hmmmmmm minecraft.net IS totes down

[Fifthfiend]

WELL minecraft.net is currently up.

So far the record is like, 2 successful connections (me and bitvyper) out of like 6 or 7? WHICH IS QUITE AWFUL. I'm gonna work on figuring out whether it's something I'm fucking up or what. If anyone's got any more ideas than I do hit me up on like, AIM or such. As far as I can tell my ports are forwarded and testing my down/up speed was averaging like... 7Mb/3Mb so that shouldn't be a problem. I SUSPECT I FUCKED UP THE PORTS, if there were anything I were going to fuck up it would certainly be that.

It's possible that Marc is right though that there are just general Minecraft problems right now.

Gonna leave it running overnight/tomorrow so if anyone else is actually able to get on this shit then let me know. Not sure what the long-term plan is for any of this, especially if Ness gets his game back up and running in which case there is a near-infinite chance of me saying FUCK THIS HASSLE but barring that I'm just playing it by ear.

[akaSM]

I can't get in either, I get timed out too :/

[Fifthfiend]

I think maybe Windows Firewall might be what's been blocking people out since it never asked me to unblock minecraft_server when I first ran it like it usually should when I run a new network-based program. I added m_s to the exceptions manually soooooo maybe that'll work.

[Arhra]

I can log in fine and I'm on another continent.

Being the only person there may have something to do with it.

'tis a lovely map.

EDIT: Alright, it booted me and I can't get back in. Probably site trouble I guess?

[Fifthfiend]

HEY THUR okay you were in and then i kicked you the fukk out cause I was resetting my router and didn't notice someone was actually in.

Anyway whatever is up it looks like it isn't geographical so that's good to know. I'm willing to guess that unblocking this in WF fixed it.

[Marc v4.0]

attempting connection, no dice

[Viridis]

I'm willing to guess that unblocking this in WF fixed it.Nope.

[Flarecobra]

That's a big negative there.

[Fifthfiend]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm well at least Arhra's in.

I guess if you've been getting fartzed out so far give it like, one more try and see what happens. If it still shows you no love then that probably ain't gonna get any better tonight at least.

[EVILNess]

The server should be up at the very latest Saturday. If my internet isn't back on by then I will probably go and kill an AT&T Rep.

[Aldurin]

Kill one anyway.

EDIT: Fifth, that ain't working for me either.

[Fifthfiend]

All right well at least Ness is gettin' his shit back up and running soon. In the meantime I will continue this ridiculous experiment.

I switched off my windows firewall (PLZ DONT HACK ME) so we'll see if that improves anything.

The one other thing I can think to ask people who are getting connect errors is try logging onto another minecraft smp server somewhere, at least then I'll know if it's something on my end that's fucked up or just a general minecraft problem. Failing that I guess tonight I'll just try deleting/reinstalling everything.

[Melfice]

Try deleting your system32 folder.
I hear that's causing a lot of problems for people who host minecraft servers. =3
(Oh, gods... I know everybody here is smart enough, but just for safety: DON'T FUCKING DO THAT! And if you DO, I didn't tell you to.)

Also, I second killing an AT&T rep.

[Aldurin]

Fuck this, I'm gonna keep building on my single player map (two awesome mountain ranges within sight of my spawn point, total keeper).

And that tunnel I dug underground is now deemed pointless, given how I've mastered a technique for making a suspended mine track. So I'll be making that instead.

I'll leave the tunnel for people who might want to use it for some reason or another.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

I'm on at the moment, been on since around 3:45. Building a lake castle.

[Fifthfiend]

YES success/failure record now at 3/6

Just 3 away from being able to tell everyone who can't log on that it's their fault!!

[Aldurin]

Oh yeah, does someone know a good tutorial for creating minecart boosters for a looping track? I've discovered that it's harder than it looks.

[Doc ock rokc]

Oh yeah, does someone know a good tutorial for creating minecart boosters for a looping track? I've discovered that it's harder than it looks.

Its quite easy actually Here is a good tutorial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPls6LXlkGI&feature=related)

If you ever get into my minecart station you can see what I call a loopback booster

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Can't connect to minecraft.net at the moment. The site itself must be down.

[Aldurin]

Its quite easy actually Here is a good tutorial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPls6LXlkGI&feature=related)

That is exactly what I need to know to do this shit right. I'll probably post a screencap of my skyrail system and skybase construction site tomorrow or Thursday.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Alright, it appears to be back up now.

[Fifthfiend]

Okay, let's try this:

209.236.113.178:25565

SEE IF THAT DOES ANYTHING FOR YOU

[Viridis]

It works. Somehow. Found a nice huge cave by spawn. Long initial drop, though.

Edit: I think I wanna call dibs on Mt. Chunk Error (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2383368/screen_20110209_05-11-05001.png) here.

[Aldurin]

Apparently I'm the fifth unique player to play on fifth's server.

EDIT: Some chunks aren't loading, saw a brief lag in lighting calculation while mining and your map is in general boring. I'll probably build a skybase there once I perfect my single-player one.

[Fifthfiend]

your map is in general boring.
http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/fifthfiend/reactions/qn0g8n.gif

EDIT the chunks not loading was probably the result of a memory leak which occurred some time last night.

Things seem to be running smoothly now! If this state of affairs continues I may try turning monsters on, see what happens lag-wise and such.

[Pip Boy]

I can't connect to your server, Fifth.

Fix eet.

[Fifthfiend]

Man if you can't connect to this server at this point there is honestly nothing I can do to help you on my end.

Are you getting a "javascript something something forced close error something" type of error, with a lot of um... periods between the words and such? I got that earlier today when I was trying to get in and just had to wait a bit and try logging in again, it seems to just be general minecrafty bugginess.

[EVILNess]

Well, since you guys all seem to have found a place in the bosom of Fifth I assume it won't matter that I have internet again and the IP is updated in the OP.

[Flarecobra]

You rock Ness. I also notice a LOT less lag then before.

[Aldurin]

Well, since you guys all seem to have found a place in the bosom of Fifth I assume it won't matter that I have internet again and the IP is updated in the OP.

Since I have an awesome hole in the wall on your server I'll get back to construction.

EDIT: I'm getting a "taking too long to log in" error. Whatever, gotta seal off some mountain ranges on my own map anyway.

[Aerozord]

I am also timing out, though it switched to the java script time out error message

[EVILNess]

Try to update your java.

[Aldurin]

I'm getting Java script crashes too on the server, my current version is 6 update 23, which the java site says is the current one.

[Flarecobra]

It just disconnected me.

[Aldurin]

I don't think it can hold a consistent connection, since for the minute I was in it kept replacing the same block I tried to dig.

[Flarecobra]

Working fine now. Guess it depends on the people on.

[Aerozord]

how do you update java anyways?

[Marc v4.0]

unable to connect

[Flarecobra]

So... what's the status of the server? Still down?