Minecraft Updated to Beta 1.3, hMod Broken Again
Well, I think we all knew this day would come. Good ol' Notch gave us many more new things in Beta 1.3, but naturally we can't use them right away.
If you'll remember the last time this happened, we were down for quite a bit since everything we use on the server (iConomy, TownyMod, etc.) depend on hMod. Finally someone decided to update hMod for us and we were back up and running, but it wasn't without pain and suffering to get to that point. Unfortunately, we're going to have to go through it again.
If you read this post on minecraftforum.net, you'll see the current maintainer of hMod isn't going to be around until the end of February, so we won't be able to get hMod back up and running until at least a few days into March.
However, there might be another answer besides hMod. While Bukkit (the new server mod being developed to replace hMod) is not officially released due to licensing issues with Mojang Specifications, it looks as though it is a quite bit more stable than when I last looked at it. Also, I have perused the list of supported mods. Here's the ones we care about:
- iConomy - Vital to Eagleworld. Luckily, Bukkit has it!
- iCShop - Vital to Eagleworld. Does NOT exist. However, there are plugins available that provide shop functionality to iConomy. It will be messy, but it can be done.
- Towny - Vital to Eagleworld. And YES, Bukkit has it finally!
- GriefAlert - Highly Important. While GriefAlert does not exist, someone developed "GriefAlertr" which is meant to work as the old one did. So, we're good!
- BedrockGapInsurance - Not vital, but desired. But, Bukkit has it!
- LWC - Not vital, but some form of chest protection is needed. Bukkit has it!
- Cartographer - Important. Unfortunately, Beta 1.3 has changed the directory structure of the map so it won't work. But, fortunately, there ARE map programs for Bukkit, and it looks as though they will be an improvement, too!
So, thankfully, most if not all Eagleworld plugins are covered, or at least a viable alternative is in place. So, I think it's best we moved to Bukkit at this point. It will take a while to port Eagleworld over, and I have to convert all of iConomy to SQLLite as opposed to flatfile, which will take a while, too. Also, adopting some of the new plugins will be complete hell.
This WILL be difficult to peform and will take a while. But, if Bukkit is released soon, I can hopefully get the server running before I would have had it running waiting around for hMod. I think the cutover will be good for the server and will not only make it faster, but the plugins will be better.
And, if all else fails, I'll have a backup I can restore if hMod gets released and Bukkit turns out complete crap.
So, please please please be patient. It will easily take me days of work to complete this. I'll keep everyone updated on the blog.
Leave a comment