Minecraft 1.9 on Noobstown  (Read 4350 times)

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ItsLawrence

Minecraft 1.9 on Noobstown
« on: 17 Feb 2016, 21:08:31 »

Just to keep you updated as we try to do before every update to Minecraft this is a short post to let you know about our plans regarding the impending release of Minecraft 1.9 and how it will work with Noobstown. This isn't a post about any specific changes, just about our plan for 1.9!

Mojang announced earlier today that 1.9 will likely be released next week on Thursday the 25th of February. We obviously will not be upgrading the server to 1.9 at this time so please DO NOT UPDATE YOUR MINECRAFT CLIENT(S) or select specifically to continue playing in 1.8.9 if you want to continue playing on Noobstown. We will eventually be working to open in 1.9 but this isn't likely to be happening immediately so please if you want to continue playing on Noobstown don't update until we announce it is possible to do so. (You updating and not connecting to Noobstown because of this will not be an excuse for your land to not be cleared.)

Minecraft 1.9 contains an enormous number of changes which are likely to dramatically effect how things function (even if to you it might not look like anything has changed, how the server deals with some of these changes is going to involve a lot of work). As a result a large number of the plugins we use will likely need some drastic updates to continue to work with the updated interactions, transportation, items and world locations 1.9 has to offer. We obviously don't want to update only for it to be extremely buggy and for issues to arise.

Our plan is to wait until we have a stable version of our server software and all of the important plugins we use have been updated. Previously this has on occasion taken multiple months; it will however become our primary focus once 1.9 is released. I'm going to be honest here; this change is likely to break a lot of the existing code we use and therefore this update is probably going to take just as long and possibly longer than ones have previously.

In regards to updating to Minecraft 1.9 some of the specific points we need to sort out before releasing include (not necessarily in this order, it depends how things work out):
  • Waiting to see if there is an update which is safe/stable enough allowing you to connect to Noobstown using a 1.9 client but without any of the features of 1.9 (just like we did with 1.8 ).
  • Waiting until a suitable development version of our server software is released to the point where we can work on upgrading our own custom plugins.
  • Upgrading all of our critical custom plugins, including: the current Wilderness system, several chat features, the entity/mob limiting system, account management systems, etc.
  • Waiting for stable updates to the third party plugins (ones we don't develop ourselves) we currently use, including Towny (unless it takes ages in which case we might just jump to the new Town system but no promises on that), mcMMO, LWC, etc. and then safely testing that these updates haven't broken things for Noobstown and if they have work to on a custom fix.
  • Producing any extra plugins/protections for things which have been added in 1.9 but which we don't want to allow until we can protect against griefing/theft etc. A list with more details about this is likely to be released in the future.
  • Updating the non-critical custom plugins we use, such as: the items gained from events, the drop party system, Snowball, etc.
  • Waiting until there is then a stable version of the server software which is suitable to be played on, and then testing this with all of the plugins we normally use.

Please be aware as explained previously in the post this update is likely to take sometime, and therfore don't update your Minecraft clients until we've said it's suitable to do so if you want to continue playing on Noobstown!

I hope you're excited about what is to come for Noobstown though.
« Last Edit: 17 Feb 2016, 21:15:03 by ItsLawrence »

ItsLawrence

Re: Minecraft 1.9 on Noobstown
« Reply #1 on: 17 Feb 2016, 21:23:32 »
Since it is possible some of you will not realise how to keep using 1.8 in Minecraft; use the below picture to help you as a guide. If you still don't understand please ask for help.

First click the "Edit Profile" button in the bottom left, then in the "Use Version" dropdown select "release 1.8.9". Then click the "Save Profile" button (which is behind the dropdown in my picture) and just click "Play" like you normally would! Very simple.



It might be best to do this now so you don't forget next week :).

llamalover224466

Re: Minecraft 1.9 on Noobstown
« Reply #2 on: 17 Feb 2016, 23:43:02 »
Since Dungeons is still in progress will it be a 1.9 or not ? Just a thought I had.

TheZestyLemon

Re: Minecraft 1.9 on Noobstown
« Reply #3 on: 18 Feb 2016, 00:02:03 »
I'd rather wait X amount of time for a stable and 'bug-free' version of the servers plugins than jump straight into 1.9 knowing that it will be riddled with bugs and issues. I'm not sure who else I speak for here but I for one am glad to see this post informing everyone of the plan regarding 1.9
Good to know it'll be actively worked and looked at upgrading to. :)

mrfloris

Re: Minecraft 1.9 on Noobstown
« Reply #4 on: 19 Feb 2016, 05:14:07 »
"I'm going to be honest here; this change is likely to break a lot of the existing code we use and therefore this update is probably going to take just as long and possibly longer than ones have previously."

1.8 took 11+ months :(


Your post maybe indirectly implies that we should not upgrade our client to 1.9.x but can't we just use multiple profiles?

A 1.9.x profile for 1.9 servers,
and a 1.8.x profile for Noobstown?

It sort of feels like you're saying that upgrading to 1.9 will guarantee you can't connect to Noobstown, but, we can just create a profile for it, right?
« Last Edit: 19 Feb 2016, 05:17:12 by mrfloris »

ItsLawrence

Re: Minecraft 1.9 on Noobstown
« Reply #5 on: 19 Feb 2016, 07:41:31 »
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Your post maybe indirectly implies that we should not upgrade our client to 1.9.x but can't we just use multiple profiles?
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It sort of feels like you're saying that upgrading to 1.9 will guarantee you can't connect to Noobstown, but, we can just create a profile for it, right?
You can of-course add/edit other profiles within the launcher, I worded it as such because there will likely be many players who are unaware how profiles work, and therefore to make it extra clear that the server will not work with a client running 1.9 to begin with.

If you have a 1.8 profile you will be able to continue using Noobstown (which will continue to use 1.8 for now) I'd rather everyone sorted out the profile they normally use so it's the default to connect via 1.8 since it means people can just click "Play" without any issues (some always end up asking despite warnings). An explanation of how to change your profile (and therefore which client launches is explained in my reply above (here). You can go backwards too if you accidentally end up updating, however again some users might not easily understand this, hence the warning not to upgrade in the first place.

The client you use must be 1.8.x is basically how it should have been worded. You can have newer versions sitting in your launcher but they won't work with Noobstown to start with; use 1.8!
« Last Edit: 19 Feb 2016, 07:47:51 by ItsLawrence »

RedFalcon94

Re: Minecraft 1.9 on Noobstown
« Reply #6 on: 19 Feb 2016, 18:24:20 »
I actually run snapshot versions or alpha-beta versions I just have to remember to change the version back to 1.8.8 to connect to Noobscraft.

Uncle_Woody

Re: Minecraft 1.9 on Noobstown
« Reply #7 on: 3 Mar 2016, 18:06:43 »
OMG. I updated.  Please don't sell my land .  PLEASE

ItsLawrence

Re: Minecraft 1.9 on Noobstown
« Reply #8 on: 3 Mar 2016, 18:10:21 »
OMG. I updated.  Please don't sell my land .  PLEASE
Just follow the instructions I made earlier in the topic, https://www.noobscraft.com/server/minecraft-1-9-on-noobstown/msg86522/#msg86522, it explains how to edit your profile to be able to connect with 1.8 again :).