First time players might want to refer to the modpack notes.
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Yep! After a lot of prodding from members of my household, I've finally set up a new server; the first new server since I upgraded the underlying server hardware a bit over a year ago...
The server's been up a week already, as (due to being a direct Curseforge modpack port) the server existed before the (locally available version of the) modpack did.
There is also a map.
Most of you already know, but there is a server now. Those of you
outside my home network should point their minecraft at
minecraft.deegan.id.au:25567.
Also, I've updated the modpack and the bootstrap that fetches it to incorporate the latest changes from upstream. If you are not currently having any trouble, you can probably blissfully ignore this update. Otherwise see the troubleshooting instructions here.
Yep, what you've all been waiting for - a Stardew Valley inspired modpack! There is also a test server available for testing before I create the real one.
A new modpack, and a slightly updated launcher. Also, check your launcher version - as of writing you should be running version v4.6-SNAPSHOT+polytopia5.20220328. If the Update Launcher button seems to have no effect, you might need to nuke the launcher jar's lurking somewhere in your home directory.
Older news here (or just scroll down a bit).
(borrowed from a previous server I administered)
(also borrowed from a previous server)
Bump forge version. If a Java update broke Minecraft, then this release should help. If things didn't break for you, then your Java is probably out of date...
I've released an update to the modpack to match the update lws did to the server last night. The pack has been renamed from 'el2-1.16.5-1.11' to just 'el2' (because it's not 1.11 any more). You'll need to either redo all your settings, or just rename the directory in your instances folder to just 'el2'. Sorry. You won't need to do this for future updates.
Repackaged with some of my usual extras. I also updated the el5 pack, adding Roadrunner, which should make the game run a bit faster, at the possible expense of slight longer startup time.
The launcher has been updated due to upstream changes. It's also needed to support 1.18, and the upcoming migration of Mojang accounts to Microsoft accounts. Hope you remember your Mojang password!
I've repackaged the Engineer's Life 2 pack from curseforge, as used in lws's new server. My version adds some bling (and removes sodium, so if you're not using fancy graphics it may run a little slower)...
Updated: advanced-chimneys, architectury-forge, biomes-o-plenty, buildersaddition, cloth-config-forge, construction-wand, dynamic-surroundings, ftb-ultimine-forge, geckolib, global-xp, jei, light-overlay, mana-and-artifice, mantle, pams-harvestcraft-2-trees, reliquary-v1-3, simply-light, tconstruct, the-lost-cities, waila-harvestability, waystones, xaeros-minimap, xnet, yungs-better-caves. Also updated Forge and the compliance-32x, faithful-pbr-32x resourcepacks. Oh yeah, also added a couple of cosmetic mods...
Only minor changes from the test version.
Updated: ForgeEndertech, advanced-chimneys, architectury-forge, biomes-o-plenty, blockcarpentry (fixing a slab placement bug), buildersaddition, cloth-config-forge, connected-glass, construction-wand, curios, environmental-materials, ftb-ultimine, geckolib (next-to-latest version to avoid upgrading forge to a beta release), jei, macaws-trapdoors, mana-and-artifice, morpheus, pams-harvestcraft-2-crops, pams-harvestcraft-2-food-extended, reliquary-v1-3, supplementaries, u-team-core, valkyrielib, xaeros-minimap, yungs-api, optifine, compliance-32x (replacing faithful-32x), faithful-pbr-32x. Also added a surprise, but no one reads these changelogs, right?
Identical to test pack below.
Updated: forge, basic-nether-ores, cc-tweaked, client-tweaks, cloth-config-forge, connected-glass, construction-wand, cooking-for-blockheads, dynamic-surroundings, dynmapforge, fairy-lights, glassential, hwyla, jei, jei-integration, mcjtylib, mekanism, mekanism-additions, mekanism-generators, mouse-tweaks, natures-compass, pams-harvestcraft-2-food-core, pane-in-the-glass, refined-storage, rftools-base, the-lost-cities, u-team-core, useful-backpacks, waila-harvestability, waystones, yungs-better-mineshafts-forge. Phew, that was a long list.
Added: xnet-gases, randompatches-forge, light-level (and architectury-forge).
cheshpack-1.16 modpack and server updated. In addition to previous changes to test pack (see below), there was also a last minute addition of supplementaries. Enjoy!
EDITED to add: two things - also added Death-Counter. Plus, due to the update to the available BSL version, you'll want to make a quick visit to the shaders settings to re-enable BSL.
cheshpack-1.16-test: added cooking-for-blockheads, iron-chests, global-xp, simply-light, useful-backpacks, blockcarpentry, embellishcraft, additional-lights, buildersaddition, construction-wand (and dependencies). Also updated controlling.
I've been quietly updating the test version of the modpack. Have added connected-glass, essential-modern-construction-block-32px-edition, improved-windows, macaws-furniture, pane-in-the-glass.
Updated modpack and server for both test and prod. Added Chicken Chunks (by request) and also a datapack that nerfs creepers slightly, to allow me to turn mobGriefing back on.
Amongst other things, it allows villagers to breed:
Use the non-test modpack, and use it connect to minecraft.deegan.id.au.
Mostly minor tweaks now. Updated forge, macaws-windows, extreme-reactors, and controlling to latest versions. Fiddled with shaderpacks and resourcepacks. Approaching "speak now or forever hold your peace" deadline.
A bunch of updates that I can't be bothered listing in detail. But in bullet points:
Just updating to track the latest upstream version, and to make sure that I'm following actual upstream rather than the fork (formerly?) by its new maintainer.
You might also notice there's a new modpack. It is currently under development. In the last month these have updated, many of which to 1.16.5 versions: forge, optifine, advanced-chimneys, biomes-o-plenty, cc-tweaked, curios, environmental-materials, forgeendertech, geckolib, gravestone-mod, jei, macaws-*, mana-and-artifice, mekanism*, pams-harvestcraft-2-food-core, refined-storage, the-lost-cities, valkyrielib, yungs-better-*.
Release: upstream skcraft now has a new maintainer, who has been busy incorporating fixes necessary for recent minecraft and forge, so I've switched back to this version. Launcher version polytopia3.20201230 is the result.
Another change is that the launcher now uses HTTPS instead of HTTP. You will need to click that Update Launcher button before I disable plain HTTP on my webserver (probably some time in the new year)!
Release: Almost vanilla 1.16 20201204.2248. Actually, it is vanilla, just with some client-side mods.
Release: revised launcher! Thanks to offbeatwitch on the skcraft discord, we now have a launcher that supports the latest Minecraft and Forge! If there is an 'Update launcher' button below, you might want to click it!
Release: Polytopia19 20191113.0959 and Polytopia19-Test 20191113.0959.
Hats should hopefully work now.
Release: Polytopia19 20191112.1900.
Basically the same as the previous test pack. Server updated!
Release: Polytopia19-Test 20191111.1916:
The test server has been updated and is (until I decide it's not leaving enough CPU for the main server) running again.
I suppose I should add a changelog entry for yesterday's (and last week's) changes. Anyway, the test modpack has been updated.
Polytopia19-Test 20191102.1629 contains:
There is also a test server, on minecraft.deegan.id.au:25566. If you find yourself unable to break blocks or otherwise modify the world, it means I've somehow buggered up setting your permissions. Though the server might not actually be running if I've turned it off to make more CPU available for the main server.
Polytopia19-Test and Polytopia19 released yesterday were supposed to be identical, but they were not. But now they are. Sorry Frames! Polytopia19 20191007.0806 (re)released.
Changes:
Release: Polytopia19 20191006.1015 released, and server updated to it.
Changes:
Release: Polytopia19 20190930.2018 released (unchanged copy of last test pack)
SERVER UP! host: minecraft.deegan.id.au, port: default (25565)
Release: Polytopia19 Test 20190925.2054
Removed realistic-ore-veins. Fixed Optifine download.
Release: Polytopia19 Test 20190925.0039
The "One True Oregen" release. Hopefully I didn't bugger it up this time. Summary of changes:
Release: Polytopia19 Test 20190919.0814
Added Secret Rooms.
Release: Polytopia19 Test 20190917.2338
Added engineers-decor, engineers-doors, just-enough-petroleum. Also finally updated Ruins, which had been languishing on the 1.12.1 version.
Release: Polytopia19 Test 20190917.2033
Removed how-bout-that-furniture. Added mrcrayfish-furniture-mod, industrial-wires, chisel.
Release: Polytopia19 Test 20190913.2153
Added Forestry.
Oh?
Release: Polytopia19 Test 20190911.2226
Consider this an early beta version, released for local testing. Don't try to enable voxelmap and journeymap at the same time.
Release: Cheshcraft Test 20190517.2107!
Release: Cheshcraft 20190415.2332!
Unchanged from 20190407.2358, which contained these changes:
Release: Cheshcraft Test 20190407.1830!
Long time no update! Changes:
Server update coming soon. Maybe next weekend, depending on how testing goes. There will be/is a test server on port 25566.
Release: Cheshcraft 20181231.1225!
Identical to the previous Test pack. Server has now been updated to it.
Release: Cheshcraft Test 20181231.1045!
Updated Optifine, zerocore, extreme-reactors, endercore, ender-io, pams-harvestcraft, LiteLoader, dynmapforge.
Release: Cheshcraft Test 20181230.2201!
That's right, I've begun a new update cycle. Changes:
Release: Cheshcraft 20181208.1433!
Modpack updated to put back the missing Liteloader that's required to make Voxelmap work.
BTW if you notice occasional second-long pauses during the game, this might be Java performing garbage collection (a memory management "feature"). If this annoys you, try adding "-XX:+UseG1GC" to the JVM arguments in the launcher options.
Release: Cheshcraft 20181207.2213!
Server and modpack updated!
Release: CheshCraft Test 20181206.2329!
Holy shit, an update! This one's for you, Ju! ❤️
The server will be updated to this version once we're more certain it won't explode.
Changes:
Some items in the game no longer exist as a result of the various updates. These will disappear forever:
Missing minecraft:potiontypes:
cofhcore:regeneration5
cofhcore:healing5
cofhcore:leaping5
cofhcore:poison5
cofhcore:swiftness5
cofhcore:resistance5
cofhcore:absorption5
cofhcore:harming5
cofhcore:strength5
cofhcore:wither5
Missing minecraft:biomes:
biomesoplenty:polar_chasm
Missing minecraft:entities:
biomesoplenty:pixie
Missing minecraft:potions:
biomesoplenty:paralysis
biomesoplenty:possession
Missing minecraft:blocks:
biomesoplenty:turnip_block
biomesoplenty:stone_formations
biomesoplenty:flower_vine
biomesoplenty:jelled_poison
biomesoplenty:tree_moss
Missing minecraft:items:
biomesoplenty:saladfruit
biomesoplenty:saladshroom
biomesoplenty:turnip_seeds
tombmanygraves:grave_block
biomesoplenty:jelled_poison
biomesoplenty:tree_moss
biomesoplenty:ambrosia
biomesoplenty:pixie_dust
biomesoplenty:turnip_block
biomesoplenty:stone_formations
immersiveengineering:molten_uranium
enderio:block_light_node
biomesoplenty:turnip
biomesoplenty:flower_vine
biomesoplenty:flower_basket
immersiveengineering:molten_constantan
biomesoplenty:saladveggie
biomesoplenty:pinecone
Missing minecraft:soundevents:
biomesoplenty:entity.biomesoplenty.pixie.ambient
biomesoplenty:entity.biomesoplenty.pixie.hurt
Release: CheshCraft Test 20180403.1608!
Changes:
Release: CheshCraft Test 20180329.0136!
Added:
Also updated Forge again, and secretroomsmod. Still no server yet, but getting closer!
Release: CheshCraft Test 20180327.2225!
Added:
Also updated Forge. Still no server yet, but getting close!
Release: CheshCraft Test 20180325.2159 released! Still no custom config or server just yet, but now we have Veinminer (which was supposed to be there all along!) and Just Enough Resources. Also updated Forge and secretroomsmod.
Release: CheshCraft Test 20180324.1836 released! No custom config or server just yet.