Minecraft 1.1 Server

Yo guys! We're back in business! Our Minecraft 1.1 server UP AND RUNNING!



Functioning system results:
Farms and Saplings will still ALWAYS grow in real time.
Very large continents, rivers, and oceans (no kitty worlds here)
RANDOM SPAWNING

This week:

The following zones will be revived

• Area7 (continental fragment)
• Area10 (the islands)
• Iron City
• Andromeda
• Nature Zone
• (Secret 1)
• (Secret 2)

The following features will be implemented in 1 to 2 weeks

• Chat channels
• Planes
• Cars
• Completely new UI for a better look and play of minecraft
• New Ore system (with new items to boot!)
• New Party/Friend system
• New Audio features
• A lot more that I really don't want to waste typing so that I can continue working on it

Please note that you will spawn in a random area in the world. Don't lose your friends!!

The address is sfxworks.net
The address is sfxworks.net
The address is sfxworks.net
The address is sfxworks.net
The address is sfxworks.net
The address is sfxworks.net
The address is sfxworks.net

Keep your eyes on the ball.

We are happy to announce that we will soon be going live once again. A lot of time has passed but OH BOY have I been doing some hard programming for you.

I'll detail tomorrow but for now keep your eyes on the prize XD

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This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which sfxworks' minecraft server collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a "User") of the sfxworksmc.blogspot.com website ("Site"). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by sfxworks minecraft server.

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If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:
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This document was last updated on December 11, 2011

Known Issues

Players could not properly connect to the server (fixed)
Players could not maintain a connection to the server (fixed)

Current tasks:
Players are spawning in an unknown area



If there are any more errors, please post them here.

Public Test Realm

Sorry for the wait. The public test realm is available to all players without any need for registration.
Note: On login you will spawn at a random location. Teleportation to friends are coming soon.
Features:
Planes
Vehicles
BuildCraft
NuclearCraft
Realistic Environment (Trees, 3 major rivers, 1 lake, multiple streams and creeks)
The ability to place anything anywhere (fences on top of fences, ladders on top of ladders, even place a woodenpressureplate on top of a fence to make a table)
Other various things that I'll mention in detail later


To connect:

Step 1: Delete your bin and resources folder in your .minecraft folder

Step 2: Run minecraft.exe to get the fresh content

Step 3: MCNostalgia
- Download the archive (http://sfxworks.net/mcn.zip)
- Extract it anywhere
- Run MCNostalgia.exe
- Press (y) 4 times
- Press enter to close out the program
- Re-open MCNostalgia.exe
- Press 1 to patch your jar
- - When it finishes, close out the program.

Step 4: mcsync
- Get Adobe Air if you don't already have it (http://get.adobe.com/air/)
- Download and Install mcsync (http://sfxworks.net/mcsync.air)
- Launch it
- - When it finishes, close out the program.

Connect on mcserver1337.servegame.com

If you ever need to connect to another server, simply re-open mcnostalgia and press 2 for "unpatch".

Almost done! :D

OKAY

Don't worry. I haven't died. Neither has the server.

I have been doing some major tweaking of this game of Minecraft. All I can say is, It will all be up ~3 days. That's my goal.

So sfx, Whats new?

Planes
Cars
Realistic Biomes
Increased height of world

A simple client side installer
A custom texture pack that supports new items
New Dungeons

New Server (8 gig, 8 cores, Great bandwidth, no lag)