TPU Minecraft Server

[newtekie1]

Well I'm connecting on the LAN right now, and I'm getting some serious lag issues as well. So it isn't an internet issue. It is definitely a server issue. I don't know if it is just a major bug in the new server version, or the client, or both, or something else. I'm hoping that it isn't the server disliking our converted map...

Also, CPU usage on the server is about 15% and memory usage is 780MB of 1500MB available.

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=189304

Seems we aren't alone with the lag issue. That last post about the new map fixing things isn't good. I hope the conversion didn't screw everything up, I'm going to be pissed.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Quick! Pull the most recent 1.2_01 world backup aside!

 

[FordGT90Concept]

A friend of mine updated his server to 1.3 and started a new world. The latency was 2+ minutes.

 

[newtekie1]

Quick! Pull the most recent 1.2_01 world backup aside!

C'mon, give me a little credit, I backed up the world and pulled off the server before I did the update.

But I don't know how much good it will do if we've already upgraded to 1.3, I think we just need to wait for Notch to fix the issue.

 

[Phxprovost]

Notch to fix the issue.

we are doomed

 

[Soylent Joe]

There's now a tunnel running from my water shack to the inside of the pyramid. If you want to get in, go through that instead of breaking through a side

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

There's now a tunnel running from my water shack to the inside of the pyramid. If you want to get in, go through that instead of breaking through a side

So we enter from your house? Outstanding! I'm gonna make my house inside the pyramid if you don't mind!

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I found out my problem: BOINC. Stop BOINC and Minecraft runs fine. Poor WCG.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

What is this i dont even...

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Another pic of them:

If you see them but can't kill them, reconnect to the server. They seem very buggy.



Edit: I'm proud to say the treehouse (aka "P") is now done. Only the underground is not done as it never will be. An exclaimation point may be added after the TPU but I have to decide on a lot of details first. With the introduction of the bed, I might make it a condominium with six rooms/floors, a two story lobby, and a garden/farm on the roof. Except for the interior (for transportation) and exterior walls, people could lay it out inside however they want. Would anyone move in if I did?


Actually, unless there is a ton of interest for it, I don't think I will. The 8x8 limit isn't very big for a condo. Maybe a condo with a larger floor plan should be built close to the safe area.

 

[Kreij]

For whatever reason, things were working reasonably well for me last night. There is still a delay from when I do something (like destroy a block) until the system responds (like putting the block in my inventory), but overall it was playable.
At one point everything slowed to a crawl, but a disconnect and reconnect speeded it up again.

Now I have the arduous task of deciding what to build.

The only other problem with this game is that when you are concentrating on doing something you completely lose track of time in the real world and end up going to bed WAY to late.

 

[newtekie1]

I found out my problem: BOINC. Stop BOINC and Minecraft runs fine. Poor WCG.

I stopped F@H and sure enough my lag went totally away as well!

Edit: Now I've wrote a script to stop the F@H service, run minecraft, then start F@H again when I close Minecraft. No more lag for me.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

For whatever reason, things were working reasonably well for me last night. There is still a delay from when I do something (like destroy a block) until the system responds (like putting the block in my inventory), but overall it was playable.
At one point everything slowed to a crawl, but a disconnect and reconnect speeded it up again.

Now I have the arduous task of deciding what to build.

The only other problem with this game is that when you are concentrating on doing something you completely lose track of time in the real world and end up going to bed WAY to late.

The server was lagging for all of us. I think it is Notch's fault. It gets better, trust me.

And yeah, you lose track of time pretty fast, I played through breakfast, lunch, dinner, and sleep one day. It was awesome.

EDIT:

Ford can you post the script or say what language it was in? I have a batch file to do such things!

 

[newtekie1]

Ford can you post the script or say what language it was in? I have a batch file to do such things!

You mean me? Yeah, I just used a batch file.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

You mean me? Yeah, I just used a batch file.

Yes I meant you!

Mine is pretty much in psudocode:

End process FAH.exe
Start process minecraft.exe
On exit of minecraft.exe, start process fah.exe

 

[newtekie1]

net stop Folding@home-CPU-[1]
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" -Xmx2G -Xms1G -cp "C:\Program Files\MineCraft\Minecraft.jar" net.minecraft.LauncherFrame
net start Folding@home-CPU-[1]

But I run F@H as a service, so I can use the net stop command. If you are running it as the standard EXE you should probably use taskkill.

The batch will automatically wait until you close Minecraft before it continues on to start the service again. And I've also integrated the memory fix detailed in the first post to give Minecraft more memory.

Of course, now I can't log into minecraft, so I can't play.

 

[char[] rager]

Minecraft has been updated to 1.3_01.

The advantage of playing on our server by myself is that I don't have to coordinate sleep time with anybody. I can just go to sleep and skip night altogeter

 

[char[] rager]

Double post

I caught something wrong with part of your script, newtekie, I believe. When I am going to bed, it will say "You are the only one one Joe." It should say "You are the only one on Joe."

 

[Kreij]

Okay guys. Some of you saw the little area of land I commandeered in the safe zone last night.
Below is what I want to build on it. 8 blocks thick. (The very botton layer would be 10x8)
The inside will be hollow so we can build rooms or whatever.
It's 64 high x 64 wide, so we have to make sure we're low enough that we won't hit the skycap.
If anyone wants to start collecting lots and lots of wool and roses feel free.

Suggestions welcome.

Spoiler

 

[newtekie1]

Double post

I caught something wrong with part of your script, newtekie, I believe. When I am going to bed, it will say "You are the only one one Joe." It should say "You are the only one on Joe."

That isn't a script, that was me actually replying to your via the console.

Since for some reason I still can't get minecraft to log on for me...

You should be able to do a /players command now that will show who is online though. You're welcome.

 

[char[] rager]

My bad then. My mistake.

The "/players" command DOES work for me. Thank You very much

Once again, sorry newtekie.

 

[newtekie1]

No need to appologize.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Edit: Now I've wrote a script to stop the F@H service, run minecraft, then start F@H again when I close Minecraft. No more lag for me.

Hmm, I might have to do the same. I'd probably make a console app in C# which also hides the Java window that is starting to annoy me.

 

[newtekie1]

Found out the problem that stopping me from logging into Minecraft. The new launcher is totaly fucked...

So if you still have the old launcher with just the username and password field, you are safe. If you downloaded the new launcher that has the news and all that nice stuff, you probably can't login and play the game. And it seems Notch couldn't give two shits about the problem as he hasn't even acknowledged that there is a problem.

Hmm, I might have to do the same. I'd probably make a console app in C# which also hides the Java window that is starting to annoy me.

I always toggle fullscreen with F11 so the Java window doesn't bother me.

 

[Soylent Joe]

Okay guys. Some of you saw the little area of land I commandeered in the safe zone last night.
Below is what I want to build on it. 8 blocks thick. (The very botton layer would be 10x8)
The inside will be hollow so we can build rooms or whatever.
It's 64 high x 64 wide, so we have to make sure we're low enough that we won't hit the skycap.
If anyone wants to start collecting lots and lots of wool and roses feel free.

Suggestions welcome.

Spoiler

http://img.techpowerup.org/110223/TPU_Blocks.jpg

I think there will have to be a sheepocalypse in order to get enough wool