Ah, okay. I'll just wait until the update and the problem is resolved. Y'all take your time.

The subscription expiration date is approaching soon on my friend's Realms server so I took pics of some of the things we did in there. (Next time I take screenshots I'll remember to press F1 to remove the UI and arm.) Three of my friends and I worked together to build this smallish-scale Eiffel Tower. You can also see a pixel art thing of bread, and the other smaller building was supposed to be a Roman building of some sort that one of my friends made.

...I think what may be my favorite part of this image is my friend's message in the chat box after they just barely escaped a mob.

Hey, it looks to me like the server's up.  Shall I see if I get booted off in the next 5 minutes?

Kita, did you have any luck maintaining a connection to the server that day?

The server I played on with my friends is officially expired now. Playing there made me wanna create cool stuff because it was a space that my friends inhabited and we would actually give a damn about appreciating each others' creations. I guess Minecraft is the sort of game I only ever want to play as a multiplayer gig.

Here are some sceencaps of the best thing I'd ever made thus far. An attempt at recreating the Bastille as it was in 1789 France. I think I spent about a week and a half working on it for a couple of hours each night. (I'm sort of a slow builder.)
Since drawings and paintings vary on the fortress' appearance, I used this cool site that lets you see 3D models of famous buildings (currently existing or now gone) in Paris! It's like a virtual tour... Check it out. http://paris.3ds.com/en-experience.html?lang=en

Anyway on to the screenshots.

Various views of the structure from the outside.







The Governor's residence as seen from the courtyard inside the walls.

A prison cell in one of the towers.


I was attempting to be as historically accurate as I could, and according to this website, there were many facilities within and surrounding the Bastille. Alas, I ran out of time to outfit the interior in its entirety as well as building any of the surrounding structures.

I'm glad we had that server over the summer and it was fun cooperating with my friends in building stuff as well as trying my hand at building things on my own in a space where my friends could explore it.

Can't wait until the server is up again so I can join you folks.

Last edited by Kiseki (09-09-2014 09:14:42 PM)

I think only my admin friend could have done that. Before the server was gone for good, I considered using TNT to blow the building up... but I just couldn't go through with it.

I'm not sure what got into me while building this. I guess it was because I had a vision and dedicated time to working on it routinely. The 3D Paris site helped immensely as having a good reference always helps if you're trying to create something based off a thing that already exists/existed. Everything we built on the server was constructed in Creative Mode. I have no idea how I would have done this in Survival.... Firstly, gathering all the materials manually, and then making scaffolding or something to build up high without flight. I bet I would have died many times falling off of blocks. Of course, it would have also taken much more time to complete.

I'm not particularly good at thinking up concepts for an original structure. One of my friends was good at that. He particularly excelled at creating his own European castles, mansions, and Japanese-style castles, too. It's a shame he gave up on the castle he was going to build on our server... But I know how hard it can be to summon motivation at times.

Last edited by Kiseki (09-09-2014 10:15:11 PM)

I suppose it's still the server. I haven't had any luck connecting to the server since my first attempt. Still using version 1.7.5.

I've used the 1.7.5 previously, and it's… it's worked.  Later versions not so much, but 1.7.5 should be fine, I think?

I specifically used 1.7.5 at the suggestion of Bio when I first asked about joining the server.

"...you need to be able to have backwards-access to Minecraft 1.7.5 to be able to play..."

The current Minecraft launcher has a convenient customization option in which you can choose which version you want to access before starting the game. And the 1.7.5 suggestion worked when I first logged on five days ago. I recall exploring for about 5-10 minutes before I was suddenly booted with the error "java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: no further information:." Even now if I attempt to connect it just shows me that error.

I remember that same day, when my friend's Realms server hadn't expired yet, I was able to easily connect to my friend's server. (Using the most current Minecraft update, of course.) I'm still confused as to what the cause(s) of the problem could be. I don't think there's a firewall issue on my end. It allows Minecraft and Java on my computer.

... Eh I'm probably over thinking it and simply should be patient with adjustments to the server. I wish we had more people that play on this server so they could test out their connections.

I see... Hehe that's what Bio said to do a few days ago, too. I suppose I won't attempt to connect for the time being as the result has consistently been the same error no matter what changes I've tried on my connection. I'll wait patiently until we get a status update from Bio or Aine.

What can we share in the meantime...
Do any of you like to make Minecraft skins? If so, I would love to see.

Bio, is Aine in a place where she can handle it?  Will it help if I put in a call or support email to the hosting company, and if so, what do I need to know?

sat, usually when there's an issue and Aine doesn't catch it that day, I go and notify her. I just haven't yet, is all. I'll do that today.

Kita (and really, all of you!), thanks for being so understanding. I really sincerely appreciate it.

Yeah, barring litigation or a change of heart on either Mojang's end or the other guy's, it sounds like Bukkit is dead for the foreseeable future.  The IP law of the whole deal would make a good case study.  I'm happy with vanilla, myself!

If we lose the un-explodable structures I'll be sad, but I'm really okay with whatever works.  I'll just update how I light things.