NovaUK are please to announce that we are creating a new School to assist all those "want to be" Architects out there in MineCraft Land.

We have 3 main builders ready and waiting in the wings to assist you in achieving your goals of producing classic, epic, builds.

The course itself will run for approximately 10 weeks, 1 hour per lesson, 10 lessons.

For further information, and to sign up, go HERE

Ok, so there's been some discussions on the server about changes in ranks, who needs to agree to what and why so people can be ranked up.

Well, un-officially, how would people feel if we all agreed that a build like this would get you the Architect Rank?



btw...it's The Winter Palace - in case people want to google it to re-produce it!

It's been setting the forums alight this afternoon, but it's official.

Flowerpots are being worked on, and the Frame Aesthetics have been pretty much completed ready for another update in a couple of days.

Yup, head over to MineCraft and you'll see it's ready to update again.

Apparently it's mainly bug fixes, nothing to aesthetic.

Still, if it fixes some of the Lag and server errors, it can't be a bad thing!

We have upgraded the server to 1.3.1 now, from what I have been told over Skype. This means that it is certainly viable for people to download and install the 1.3.1 update.

HOWEVER! - I would stress that people keep a copy of their old 1.2.5 version of the MINECRAFT.JAR file just in case there is a roll back.

It's not expected, but better to be safe than sorry.

More to come later this evening...

Welp, there are several reasons, but the main one is that most servers out here, if not all, use Bukkit.

Now, Bukkit have released a version - Version 1.3 RO

The RO is effectively the build version and still in development by the many coders/authors who work on it. It is NOT CONFIRMED as stable and can still cause issues. Certainly, reviewing the dev forums, this still seems the case.

Now, everyone is posting, asking when will the RB version be released, which in essence is the stable version.

As of right now, there is still no official time / date.

As we run a LOT of plugins on the server (20+ I think) we are waiting for the official RB release before we do update.

We apologise for the delays and the lack of community because of it, but in the long run, it's definitely for the best.

We should have 1.3 Bukkit installed in the next 7-10 days, once it's released!.

Cheers

NovaUK

Ok, so, you may have noticed that there are not a HUGE volume of players on the servers right now.

The main likely reason for this is that everyone - or at least most people - have loaded the new 1.3.1 version and can;t get the old one back! So, the question I'm sure people are asking, is whether we are indeed going to update to 1.3 and more importantly, WHEN?!

Well, we're working on it now and discussing what we need to implement from our side. There are quite a few things we are in the process of creating and re-working, including new spawns, new worlds and a full Faction Survival server.

Sorry about the delay, but who knows, we may well have this sorted over the next few days.....maybe.....hopefully...

Well, it's finally here. Here's a list of the update - and it's a pretty big list!

+ Single-player now runs a server internally
+ Publish the single-player instance to LAN
+ Automatically detect LAN worlds in multi-player screen
+ Added “cheats” option in single-player (enables commands)
+ Added “bonus chest” option to give players a quicker start in a new world
+ Added adventure mode (work in progress)
+ Added trading with villagers
+ Added emeralds, emerald blocks and emerald ore
+ Added cocoa beans to jungles
+ Added the Ender Chest
+ Added tripwires
+ Added new creative mode inventory with search functionality
+ Made it possible to gain enchantment orbs from mining ore and smelting
+ Added writeable books
+ Added “large biomes” world type
+ Added temples to jungles and deserts
+ Added chat settings
+ Added option to turn off and view snooper data
+ Added more information on the debug screen (F3)
+ New launcher with “Play Demo” button if not premium user
+ Added /seed command to see map seed
+ Added /defaultgamemode to set default game mode in a world (affects new players)
+ Added /debug command for profiling
+ Added SRV record lookup support
* Decreased max enchantment level from 50 to 30
* The /tp command can now send players to a specific coordinate
* Mobs can spawn on flat surfaces (such as up-side-down stairs)
* Updated language files
* Mobs are much less likely to glitch through blocks
* Server list can be reordered
* Nearby items in the world will auto-stack
* Stars are smaller and brighter
* Sky color in The End has been changed
* The “pick block” functionality has been improved
* Certain items that previously wasn’t stackable can now be stacked
* Hill biomes are slightly taller
* Wooden log blocks can now be placed side-ways
* Wooden half-blocks now act as wood
* Water slowly drips through leaves during rain
* Minecarts and boats will be placed by dispensers, if possible
* Gravel texture has been modified
* Levers can be placed in the roof
* Creepers’ explosions damage is now modified by difficulty
* Performance improvements
* Other bug fixes…
- Removed Herobrine

Here's another TimeLapse we put together one weekend back in July. Not a great deal to say about this as we were all pretty busy but we hope you enjoy it. The concept is based on a Fantasy City, in a semi medieval environment.

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