Bukkit

Ok, bugs are fixed and I added one more feature, and this might actually be the most significant for many of you.

Several people have requested Movecraft for either an older version, or a newer version of craftbukkit. In the newest of my custom builds, if you put:

CompatibilityMode: true

in the config.yml file, it will use generic bukkit calls to modify the map instead of the leaner build specific calls. The end result is that for a moderate loss in performance you can use newer and older craftbukkit builds. I couldn't say how much performance you lose, but with all the changes including the speed improvements it still runs much faster in Compatibility Mode than it used to without Compatibility Mode. So it should still be a net gain, even if you don't need the other new features like watercraft or redstone. As always, I can get you alpha builds if you PM me with your email address.

EDIT: I have tested Compatibility Mode in 1.6.2 and 1.6.4. If someone can test it on an earlier build, that would be appreciated.

@Loraxe42

Bug fixed. Had to completely redo the watercraft handling code. But the new way will work much better anyway. Now it detects water level from surrounding terrain, so it can still handle varying waterlevels, but it no longer tries to fill in water from the sides. Anyway, will do some testing and get code changes posted in the next day or so.

There is currently an error with the code that handles water craft (submarines, surface ships, and submersible airships) where long shaped vessels will fill with water while turning, and the displaced water does not get filled in properly. I'll get it fixed, then post all the new features. Probably not more than a few days.

@AJCStriker

Hey AJCStriker, did you get the PM I sent you about taking a more active role? I would also like to update alot of the documentation on this page so it is more current, particularly since we are about to add a bunch of features.

I had a number of people request making the controlling item (IE: currently the stick) customize-able. I went ahead and added that to the changes in my custom build so now it will be easier to make the plugin compatible with other plugins that also use the stick.

It uses the plugin.yml file, just add a:

PilotTool: 288

in there. 288 is a feather, but you could theoretically use anything.

Again, if you want to assist with alpha testing, PM me. I will need an email address I can send the .jar and various craft and config files to.

I thought of a solution to the water-craft problem and worked on it on lunches the past few days. It looks like it is working. Actually, its pretty cool. No changes to the .craft definitions, just use what is already there. If you set a .craft canfly to false it assumes it is a water craft. Then you can use preexisting minheight and maxheight values to control behavior. I also changed the height checking so it only checks when you actually move up or down. For a surface ship, like a sailboat, you would have minheight and maxheight both set to 62. For a submarine, you would set minheight lower, maybe to 10. Then you can dive into the water. If you set the maxheight to something above 62, you can fly above the water. Thats right.. submersible airships :) Good way to hide that Behemoth so your enemies can't find you. Or lay an ambush and pop out of the water and blow them away. The possibilities are endless...

The mechanism doesn't actually care what the water level is, it just fills water in from the sides. That means you can use these ships in a mountain lake, or you can even surface a submarine in an underwater cave pool. The downside is you can't have water in your ship, or the engine will flood the inside. A clever design could get around that by filling the area with signs, or some other non-air passable block. This also gets my other improvements, so large ships will move more smoothly and redstone will not break when you move.

Right now I think ACJstriker has enough pending changes. In the meantime, if anyone feels like helping with alpha testing, PM me and I can get you a .jar. At your own risk, don't blame anyone else if it blows your server up, etc. etc.

@Danstryder

Hey guys, I understand the confusion on the mod working with ships. I'll be honest, I'm ridiculously obsessed with Airships, and not necessarily ocean going vessels. So at least speaking for myself I haven't made getting them working a priority.

If it hasn't already been done, I'll look at getting them implemented this weekend. No promises, but I'll give it a try. Maybe getting naval ships implemented will give my Airships something to bomb >:-) Might as well also look at getting the new patch working, hopefully they didn't change too much.

Note that I can't make official releases, those have to go through ACJstriker. Maybe I could PM you and get you something to tide you over though.

@littleboy8399

When I see this error, it usually ends up being caused by a block inside the ship that is not on the allowed block list of the .craft file

@CraftBang

I don't know a fix, in my case I only ever had problems if I placed a crate near a redstone power source. Make sure it is on an unpowered area.

I often use dispensers instead of crates, not because of bugs, but because of compatibility with other mods, like WorldEdit. You may want to just try using dispensers or droppers.

@AJCStriker Looks like its working for me, do you remember what the problem was?

I updated GitHub with the latest copies, and I added code to remove dropped items from the airship on movement. Its an imperfect fix, but it does clean it up. Right now I've got redstone working fine, speed is where I want it, so I'm calling it a night. Take a look, run some tests. So far everything looks good from where I am at.