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What you must realise is that a true pwner pwns all games. If one wants to truly pwn, one must pwn in all games.

[yurisuika]

Work has once again resumed on bringing back SuikaCraft!

While 1.13 still has no known date of release, we’ve begun prepping the server to have as little work possible left once that comes around.  This includes improving upon our biomes to be ever more realistic and making sure plugins are updated since our last release in 1.8.  As always, our focus is on realistic terrain and additional features that require no commands in all!

While we expect all to work or be updated in the next version with Spigot, we've unfortunately found the need to cut seasons from the server, as the plugin has lacked stability and functionality since 1.9.  This was a tough choice to make, as the relationship of seasons and plant growth had been a central feature in the server.  Regardless, it was the decision to drop the plugin that has propelled us forward to returning!  As well, this should mean a better performing server.

Nevertheless, we are focusing on incorporating as many game mechanics within our realistic terrain as possible, and all blocks and items can still be found in the world!  The 1.13 release of the server will see the introduction of villagers as part of that vow, instead reworking the currency system to make the two compatible!  A few new plugins to make a more challenging yet rewarding game have been added as well.

So come and join our Discord to keep up with the latest development news!  We can't wait to have your great works of architecture set upon our lands!

[yurisuika]

SuikaCraft is nearing reopening, so I am making a series of shorts to focus on some main features of the server.

In this first one, we see the cycles of the seasons that make every day you log on a new experience from the last.  Whether it be the summer sunshine, the autumn fog, the winter snow, or the spring rain, each season has its own delights and challenges.

Next we will see the biomes, spawn shops, and more!

[yurisuika]

SuikaCraft is going to come back full-time again very soon!

As some may know, the servers have been down since earlier this year because of hardware complications, but very soon we will have new hardware and a functioning server again!

The main server is still on Minecraft 1.8.8, recently updated from 1.8.3, but it can now be accessed by anyone with a newer client thanks to some plugin help!  Yes, that means you can connect with your 1.12.2 client and still play!

Unfortunately, we’ve not yet been able to release a new server on any newer version because we lack a working seasons plugin, one of our core plugins, that fully functions on any version newer than 1.8.x.  Regardless, we’ve been working on preparing the server to readily update once that time comes.

If you want to chat and read about what has been happening behind the scenes, come to our Discord server!

And if you are here for the resourcepack, a continuation of Isabella II, come by my GitHub where you can always find up to date textures!

Once we do finally make it to a new version, there will be a variety of changes to improve upon several elements of the terrain and other aspects of the server.  However, the core focus of SuikaCraft will remain: Architecture and Realism!

And the best part being it is all done with plugins...  Do a fresh install of Minecraft and join right away!

So, keep tuned for the full reopening that should happen in less than a month!

As always, SuikaCraft is my passion project, and that means that it is open to everyone who wants to build great architecture and share their talent.  It will never involve any kind of payment in or out of the game, and I strive to make it the place where you get that close-knit “small server” feel with a well refined experience.

- yurisuika

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A few screenshots from the vanilla snapshot server!

Included are the town hall, railway tunnel, spawn farms, pastures, and stables, and Mal’s house.

Meanwhile, updating the Spigot server to 1.9 is pestered by daily crashing and holds on some plugins updating.  Sometimes, vanilla survival is just the best way to play Minecraft.

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Having some fun with BetterFoliage and Optifine shaders.  Unfortunately, the two are not both working with any one build of Forge right now...

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New enchantments!

We will be adding EnchantmentAPI and their EnchantmentPack to SuikaCraft, creating a range of enchantments to make combat greatly diverse on top of the changes already in place with 1.9.

Read about the various enchantments here.

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How the landscape will be different.

So, biomes asides, there are a few ways we will address making the landscape more accessible to building, easier to chop down trees, make saplings less confusing, and enhance the overall look.

For one, the shrubland will have less gymnosperms and be more akin to shrubs instead of small larches and pines.  Those trees will be more noticeable in high alpine settings.  Instead, it will be much more open, having better vistas of nearby forests.

Oak forests will be much less dense, allowing for easier tree chopping and navigation.  The largest trees are reserved for rare subbiomes such as the old growth forest and dark forest (the latter being a slightly more fairytail version of the former).

Redwood forests are currently aimed at becoming all acacia leaves/wood, as to make it easier to get the wanted tree from a sapling.  In fact, all trees are going to a more basic setup for the same reasons.  The only seeming randomness will be shrub-type trees, which are smaller, and provide variety without causing stress from having them spawn.

And furthermore, the scale of the trees to the landscape is greatened because of all of this.  Even if the same generation were to stay, the biomes would seem bigger still.  Regardless, larger biomes will be a goal, which will require some substantial overhaul to balance it all out again.  But it should be worth it.

These changes are of course giving up some of the aesthetic potential of the custom landscape to provide better gameplay.  And, as an additional perk, this all should allow for fire spread to be enabled without wiping out the entire map.

[yurisuika]

SuikaCraft is coming to 1.9!

With plans to overhaul the terrain to be more accessible to building and a big focus on creating trees that can be completely felled, work has begun to bring SuikaCraft to 1.9.

As of right now, the server is in development phase, so anything you see is subject to change/deletion.  The timeframe until grand opening will depend on the development of our terrain generation plugin, but work on the biomes isn’t going to be halted just because it is still in development.

If you have any suggestions for biome features or plugins, shoot me a message here or on Steam.

[yurisuika]

If you came on the server during the month of August...

...you may have noticed that the shopkeepers were running all about.  That’s been fixed.  As well as I’ve put farm animals back in the spawn, and added a horse stables.

I haven’t paid much attention to the Spigot server recently as the snapshots have been the centre of attention.  I know only a handful of people have been on since the plugin broke, but I still apologise if your experience was hindered.

Having said that, the resource pack (Isabella II continuation, if you haven’t realised that yet) is being constantly updated whenever the snapshots add new stuff, no more than a few days later (although usually on that same day, I’ve been good about it).

Hope you’re all enjoying your time on Minecraft!

-yurisuika

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New additions to the resource pack, and some GUI changes to go with the snapshots.

Get it from https://github.com/yurisuika/SuikaCraft.

[yurisuika]

Snapshots Return!

SuikaCraft is reopening the Vanilla Snapshot server!  Now that Minecraft snapshots are a thing once again, we will be bringing back the server this weekend.  As before, it is accessible at smp.suikacraft.com, and it should be set by Saturday night.  It is currently running on an old map, so don’t expect anything to be saved until you see some signage stating it has been reopened.

As far as the main server goes, it has been up but I don’t think anyone (including myself) has had any interest in Minecraft recently, with the whole Microsoft buyout, greatly delayed Bukkit, and still ever looming Sponge, many in our sphere hadn’t really been inspired to play after we brought the server to 1.8.  However, if you want to play on it with improved custom biomes, mechanics, and fun additions, it is always open.  Earlier this summer we worked on a custom Nether, full of mushrooms and obsidian spikes, and still need feedback.  It is basically a hell-version of the Overworld, something akin to coming through a portal to see your world in an apocalyptic version.

And if you purely have interest in the resource pack, I am set to work on it this weekend and update it to 1.9 snapshot standards and add in new textures.

I hope you guys are excited for these snapshots as well!  It is nice to have a refresh in a game that started to have an uncertain future.

[yurisuika]

Hey I've been super hyped to play suikacraft but I can't find the ip anywhere. How do I connect to it?

rp.suikacraft.com is for the main server.

[yurisuika]

All is set for a proper re-opening of SuikaCraft this weekend!

You can come on now if you want, but I’ll be sure to be on myself much of this Saturday and Sunday to give help and whatnot.  The plugins have been overall stable, the network vastly improved from the horror of last week, and spawn is adequately built up.  Some recent changes in the past week are the addition of RealMail, construction of some roads to help guide people out of spawn, and a reconfiguration using regions to separate the spawn area from the wilderness where you can build great architecture!

This weekend I’ll be undertaking the task of creating custom generation of the Nether.  Basically it will be like the surface world but a simpler hell version, having lava rivers and oceans, mycelium instead of grass, netherrack instead of stone, and glowstone-leaved trees.  If you have any ideas for it, do let me know, I may incorporate them.  I aim it to be a more fun alternative to the overworld.

There are two lottery prizes up for the first round of the Suikan Lottery!   The first is a Diamond Sword with Sharpness V, Unbreaking III, Knockback 2, Fire Aspect 2, and Looting 3.  Pretty much a great opening prize to start off with.  The second is a Golden Sword with Sharpness X, Knockback X, Fire Aspect X, and Looting X.  Use it wisely, for it won’t last long!

See you this weekend!

[yurisuika]

SuikaCraft introduces a new post plugin!

RealMail features craftable mailboxes and stationary to send letters and parcels!  To simply craft a mailbox recipe and change it to one of four current colours/styles and place it anywhere you like!  Craft stationary to send letters or attach items with a right-click to create a parcel, sign it to the recipient and click it on a mailbox to send it.  The post is delivered every day at noon, which you can access from any of your personal mailboxes!

The best part about it, asides from the awesome mailbox models, is that it doesn’t require any commands at all.  It replaces the outdated MailBox plugin that may have had a memory leak.

[yurisuika]

Heya! I found your server when I was looking for an updated version of Isabella - and I'm super impressed! I do want to mention that I had the same problem as the other ask you published - I got on, tossed the book in the well, and got the message that I'd been moved to group "Citizens". After crossing the border where it says "you're on your own now", though, I can't break blocks - the cursor block border simply disappears & I can't click even fake break them like the spawn area. Just FYI! :)

It sounds like it was incorrectly setup gamemodes with regions, it should have been the inner area (250m) adventure and transition to survival, the build border is at 500m.  For whatever reason, once you passed back out of the spawn region it turned you back to adventure (although the server is set to survival).  I fixed it by creating a region that goes to the Far Lands set to survival and leveraging the priorities of the regions, so once you are out of spawn it will be survival (I set all of spawn to adventure now just so those annoying deny messages aren’t shown).  Just go back in and out of spawn (500m) and it should set you proper.  I hope...

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Our new modem is in!

It was a bit wonky at first, getting upload speeds both far higher and lower than set in our plan, but it seems to have settled now.  Still not getting what we pay for (about 1/3 of the promises), but that is Southern California internet for you.  Perhaps we will get someone to check the lines this week.  More importantly, for the last few hours it has been stable, so hopefully it stays that way.

If anyone is interested in a modem, the Motorola SB6183 is good in my book.  It boasts 686Mbps down and 131 Mbps up with 16x4 channels, ours currently locked 12x3.

It’s so timely that the old modem died the afternoon before the reopening, it’s as though there wasn’t anything to go wrong with the server for the opening so instead the hardware decided to have a coup de grâce.

Sorry to the few people who came on last Saturday or whenever it was, everything had literally gone to shit that day, taking a minute or two to send a message in chat, even when the server was running 20 TPS and had a load average of under 0.10.  Just now testing the load is about 0.01 when staying in one area and only about 0.05-0.10 when quickly loading terrain flying around.  Matured plugins running stable probably are keeping it nice and low this time around.

So, I propose a new reopening day to take place this Saturday, if all is good from here on.  I’m excited enough to do it today but it is 4am and I’ve spent 8 hours troubleshooting and testing all the cable access points to try to source the problems, so enough for now.

[yurisuika]

how do i build anything in suikacraft? i threw the contract down the well but i still cant place or destroy anything in the server. id really like to build a house cause this server looks so fun D:

Did it say you were moved to the group Citizens?  If so just simply leave spawn area (500m from spawn at least).  I’m currently building a few roads to help guide people out of spawn, and after that some railways!

If it didn’t say that, it means someone threw some junk in the well and its blocking the book from accessing the hopper.  It is basically a competency test and a way so admins don’t have to be on to distribute rights.  If this is the case just come on and I’ll rank you up.