Minecraft has moved back to Astro's Server

[Shonky]

Hey folks, Astro has been kind enough to host the Minecraft server again for us now that our run with Stipe is up, if you need the address just send me a pm, or for those with a memory, it's the same address as it used to be.

[Bauer]

awesome. Not that Im playing much - but it is still greatly appreciated

[Rots]

Thanks, I spent a bit of time one there yesterday. Collecting resources for a new project atm.

[norbs]

Thanks Astro. And thanks to all involved in setting up the other server. Much appreciated.

[NeilPearson]

Thanks astro!

[AstrO]

Notice: Service Disruption

The server will be down for the rest of the day because of modifications to the room it's housed in (new entertainment surround going in). I'll try to get it back online as soon as I can, but this might not be till late tonight.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

[AstrO]

Should be back online now, let me know if you run into any issues.

[axel1605]

Hey all, I used to play on the old A.R.S.E. server and was just wondering if it is still online and if so could someone pm me the ip. Thanks. For those that may remember my username it is: axel1605.

[Lochie0911]

This shut down guys? :O.

[AstrO]

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[Shonky]

Good thinking Astro, need Tekkit up and running before you can join guys. Let us know when you have that sorted and I can send the IP, usual rules apply, don't touch others stuff, especially so in Tekkit.

Initially it will seem stupidly overwhelming with the amount of stuff there it to do, that feeling will pass eventually.

[axel1605]

I have tekkit installed and ready to go, I have had a look at tekkit before and know how complicated it looks. Now the only thing to do is for someone to pm me the ip.

[AstrO]

Just a heads up, I'll be upgrading the server from Windows 7 to Windows 8 soon. During this time the server will be offline. Note that the reason I'm upgrading the server is because it also acts as my HTPC and the move to Windows 8 will improve that experience.

I'll post again once I know when I'll be installing the upgrade.

[Shonky]

No problem astro, and thanks again for letting us use your htpc as a mc server.

Sent from my GT-I9100

[axel1605]

One question, will the server be upgraded to 1.4.2 when we are done with tekkt?

[Shonky]

Who says we will ever be done with Tekkit?

In all seriousness life after Tekkit looks pretty bleak for me, I'll be surprised if I'll ever enjoy vanilla MC again, you can only build so much, and the features they are adding are pretty bloody boring in my opinion, I wish the devs would get the API finished so some talented people can go to town on Minecraft mods to keep the game going.

[NeilPearson]

yeah i couldnt go back to vanilla now. in a way i wish we never went in to tekkit, but it has been fun!

[DarrenM]

Been playing vanilla lately and it's pretty hard to go back. I really miss my turtles

I'm trying to build one of those beacons in survival but it's taking forever. You need 3 wither skeleton heads to make the wither boss, but wither skeletons only have a 1/40 chance of dropping a head. They spawn in nether fortresses near blazes, so they're a bitch to kill as well.

[DarrenM]

The wither boss is mental

[AstrO]

Had the power go out a few times last night, haven't had a chance to see if the minecraft server is ok yet. Let me know if it's in need of repairs.

[Shonky]

Server is back up and running, had to revert to Monday morning 4.30am, this mornings backup was corrupt as well.

[AstrO]

Update: In case you guys didn't know, the Minecraft server has been running from a Virtual Machine on my main system for a few days now (previously running on my HTPC/Gaming/Server). As a user you probably haven't noticed any difference, but for myself and the admins (NeilPearson & SHoNKY), it should make it easier to manage going forward. With the added bonus of full remote system access for a select few.

Now for the important information, sometime between Thursday night and Sunday, I'll be moving the Virtual Machine to my HTPC/Gaming/Server. Which over the downtime has had a hardware upgrade and new OS installed. But apart from the downtime to transfer the data, you shouldn't notice any difference.

Technical Details

Previous Hardware (not virtualized)

• AMD Athlon II 640 (3.0GHz quad core)
• 8GB DDRII
• Windows 7 x64

New Hardware

• AMD FX 6300 (3.5GHz six core)
• 16GB DDRIII
• Windows 8 x64

Virtual Machine (VirtualBox)

• 1 core
• 4GB RAM
• 100GB HDD

[Shonky]

Cool, thanks again Astro for hosting the server for us.

[NeilPearson]

Thank you for everything you have done with hosting and providing for us astro, its really appreciated.

[AstrO]

No problem guys, happy to help out.