2016-05-10 18:16:00 +0000 UTC by EngiN33R
Greetings, good people of AvatarMC! This is Engi bringing you a short but important notice concerning the latest Minecraft update.
As you may have noticed, Minecraft received an update today, which brought its version number to 1.9.4. Unfortunately, though generally minor, the update has introduced some changes to the network protocol.
Because of this, the server will need some time to upgrade to 1.9.4. In the meantime, we ask you not to update your game and keep it at 1.9.2, or you will be unable to connect.
Thank you for your understanding, and we hope to have this issue resolved as quickly as possible.
2016-05-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC by IdahoSciGuy
Hello all you benders of the Avatar world! Idaho is here with yet another Weekly Soon to quench your thirst for AvatarMC news. We have some really big additions this week, so you might even say it’s the quenchiest!
Player Housing
Have you ever wanted to feel like you live in the major cities from the TV show? Now you can! We have adapted an existing player housing plugin so that it works with the homes that have already been created. Here are some super friendly mushrooms juicy details!
- Players can not buy houses outright, only rent them.
- Houses can be rented for a maximum of 30 days.
- Players can rent a house by right-clicking the sign near the front door of a house.
- Players can extend their rent by another 30 days by right-clicking that same sign within 7 days before their rent expires.
- Players can only alter the interior of a house.
- If a player's rent expires, all contents of the house will be removed and the house will be up for rental again. Staff will not be able to restore any lost contents.
- Players can also unrent a house -- for example, if they want to choose another house instead -- by holding Shift and right-clicking the sign. Players will receive a reimbursement; however, it will be lower than the house's rental price.
Right now, the only houses available for rent are located in the northeastern district of the Fire Nation Capital. Also, players may only rent one house at a time. Therefore, alts may not be used to claim multiple houses. There are a limited number of homes, so we want to make them available to as many people as we can! Rents vary dependent on the type and size of home in question, so make sure to go take a look before you rent!
New Bounty Plugin
Premiering this week is a new plugin that streamlines the bounty hunting process, making it much more user-friendly for all of us itching to get some hunting done. Here's some basic info on how the new plugin works:
Placing a Bounty
- Travel to a bounty master NPC.
- Right-click the NPC and click Place Bounty.
- From the displayed list of online players, click on the head of the player you would like to place a bounty on.
- When you click the head, you will be asked to enter an amount.
- The bounty master takes a 5% cut from the amount you have entered.
- A notification about the bounty having been placed will be broadcast to all online players.
- If you have an existing bounty set on a player, setting one again will upgrade the existing bounty by the amount you specify.
- You may monitor your current bounties by right-clicking a bounty master NPC and clicking Your Bounties.
Seeing Available Bounties
- Right-click a bounty master NPC and click Collect Bounty.
- A list of all players with bounties on them will be displayed, from most to least expensive.
- If you have a bounty in your log, you may collect it here. Bounties you can collect will have a green "Can be collected" label.
- If you have a bounty on yourself, you may also pay it off here. This will prevent the bounty setter from collecting your head. Bounties you can pay off will have a green "Can be paid off" label.
Picking Up a Bounty
- Confirmation of the target's death is placed in your bounty log. You can check it at any time using the
/bountylog command. - Once you collect a bounty, you will immediately receive the reward.
- If a bounty you have placed has been collected, you will receive a notification (provided you are online at the time).
Getting a Skull After a Bounty
- If you have a bounty that has been collected, you can right-click a bounty master NPC and click Your Bounties to collect the head of the target player. Bounties that you can collect heads from will have a green "Can be picked up" label.
- You may only collect the head once per bounty, so don't lose it!
The bounty system has been around for months, and we are so excited to make it simpler, and more importantly, much more fun to use! Make sure to try it out on the server! You can find bounty master NPCs in most major towns and cities of the world.
Bug Fixes
As usual, we’ve been working on bugs that are present on the server (Remember that pesky tree bug?). Here is a short changelog of changes this week:
- Fixed a bug with vehicles in Fast Travel areas.
- Fixed a bug that caused dark oak saplings to grow into regular oak trees.
Builds
Last but not least, the second sprint is coming to a close for the Build Team, which means that Saturday will mark the deployment of the latest updates to the Southern Water Tribe! This update brings changes and expansions to many areas, with special attention given to the financial and industrial districts.
That's it for this week! Join us for another rousing update on all things AvatarMC next time on the Weekly Soon! Idaho, out!
2016-04-29 21:29:00 +0000 UTC by Luxsidus
Hi everyone and welcome to a fresh Weekly SoonTM. We've got some big news to share with you guys: the server has been updated to Minecraft 1.9!
As many of you know, Minecraft 1.9 has been out for a while now, but because the server is made possible by dozens of different plugins we had to take our time to update. So that's what we've been doing. And we can finally say we are ready enough to let you guys enjoy our server. And yes: we've brought back gliders! So this will be one of "those" posts with a large changelog and a lot of neat features waiting for you to try out. We mainly added a few new curio's to the FNC, fixed code running in the background, fixed pesky trees and changed the /pay command.
So without further ado, you can admire and gaze at our list of changes. As soon as you are done with that we'll see you on the server, perhaps sporting a fancy new glider! Please keep in mind that you might encounter bugs. If you do, please report them to us.
New features
- Added some interesting places to the Fire Nation Capital. No, we won't tell you where exactly ;)
- Trees actually grow in a normal way again and are rotated randomly. Trees have been glitchy, but are now better and tree-er than ever.
- "/pay" command is no longer in cents! So /pay 1 does pay 1.00 Yuan instead of 0.01 Yuan now. Finally.
- "/pay all" can be used to transfer all of your money to someone. Just in case.
- When you die in a major city you will respawn in that same city instead of your own capital. Saves you time and us requests to tp the poor fellow over.
- Road recipe does now accept any type of planks. No longer will we discriminate against other types of wood. On AvatarMC all wood is equal.
- Added superawesome airbender gliders! Non-airbenders, don't dispair. More basic gliders will be coming out later for everyone to enjoy.
- Squashed many, many bugs
Now go out and have fun, we'll see you around!
2016-04-23 16:00:00 +0000 UTC by IdahoSciGuy
Well Hello all of you avatar peeps! Its that time of week we all look forward to, the Weekly Soon!!! Idaho here with some cactus juice juicy information!
New Command
Do you tab out and browse the web while you cook up some infernal meth Cobblestone? Are you always worried about missing out on conversations while tabbed out and browsing the web? Do you always feel like an awkward turtle duck when you tab in and see you missed a conversation? Well, fear no more! Earlier this week, a new command was added to ease all of these concerns: “/highlight”! This is a nifty little command that will notify you with a sound alert whenever preset words are said in chat. Here are a list of commands available to players:
/highlight on/off to enable/disable/highlight add/remove word Adds/removes a thing to be highlighted for/highlight sound on/off enable/disable sound when being highlighted/highlight list lists words to be highlighted for
With these new commands, you can now enjoy minecraft at ease! Seriously, it’s easier than planning an invasion of the Water Tribes. Simply turn on the highlight feature, enter the words you wish to be notified of, and wait for all the sweet, succulent ringy-dingies to come rushing in! Never worry about missing conversations while tabbed out again!
New Positions
We are happy to announce that in the very near future, Chat Moderators will be making their appearence! Instead of being appointed by internal selection, these positions will be filled via applications on the AvatarMC.com website! We will have more information regarding these new staff positions, including what they do, what we’ll look for, and all that jazz, coming in the near future! Stay tuned for more info!
That’s all for this week! Idaho out!
2016-04-18 16:22:00 +0000 UTC by IdahoSciGuy
Hello everyone, and welcome to the most recent Weekly Soon! Idaho here with a quick update for all you avatar server peeps. This week, it’s all about dat bending! Here's the rundown-diddle-doodle:
New Bending!
This week featured the debut of this month's bending additions!
This month features a wide variety of moves, featuring both offensive and defensive capabilities, as well as utility in both battle and everyday situation! Below is a log of all the new moves:
Air
AirGeyser
Launch enemies into the skyLeft click to create an updraft of air, launching enemies into the sky, dealing high damage
AirBurst
Use the power of air to protect you.Left click to create a bubble of air, knocking back enemies
Fire
FlareBlitz
Charge forward with the power of the infernoLeft click to charge a target, dealing high damage. This also damages the user a bit.
Heat Control
Control the spread of fireLeft click to extinguish flames from yourself, the ground, or other players.
Earth
EarthBreaker
Use Earth to impact the ground.Left click to raise up a block of earth, causing it to crash down and damage nearby players.
PebbleDaze
Quickly shoot a pebble at a targetLeft click to shoot a pebble, dealing small damage, with bonus damage and blindness achieved on headshots.
Water
MoistureDrain
Creatively source your waterbending power on land!Left click on a grass block to create a water source for a short time.
SteamExplosion
Use the power of steam to damage and blind your enemies!Left click to create a plume of steam that deals moderate damage, knocks enemies back, and blinds all who enters it.These moves are now on the server! Make sure to collect those tea leaves to upgrade all your bending abilities! Our bending team is on vacation to ember island to celebrate the release this week, but next week they will be back at it to work on the new moves for May!
Bug Fixes
On top of all the new moves being introduced this week, we have also added some bug fixes for current moves, as well as on the server itself:
Bending
- WaterWhip can no longer pass through non-bendable water blocks
- DolphinDash now shows effects on all levels
- DolphinDash waterbreathing effect is now adjusted at 5000ms instead of 1000ms
- EarthBlast can no longer pass through non-bendable earth blocks
- General 'maintenance' on files. Nothing notable from player side, but cleaner files are easier to work with in the future :)
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug that randomly spawned players in FIre Nation Capital
- Fixed tab completion disconnect bug
- Fixed bug affecting local chat on build server
That’s all from this week! See you all next time on the Weekly Soon!