Bukkit

@bltwithtommy

Usually nothing happening is a sign of a permissions error. Try it as a server OP to confirm. Also check the server console for warnings/errors. Another possibility is it looks like a formatting error in the allowedBlocks for block 85. Could just be a problem when you pasted it online, but its worth checking the orginal. Usually a formatting error in the .craft file will result in console spam including a warning and a java trace indicating the error.

@bltwithtommy

I'm afraid I don't see a simple way to force the craft up. If it was too high, you could set useGravity. But not if its too low.

As they say in the submarine community, "Sinking is easy. Its coming back up, that's the tricky part."

EDIT: to clarify, what I meant was maybe you should consider just letting people build cheapskate submarines that can not surface nor submerge any deeper. Primitive submersibles with no buoyancy control have been in use for at least 500 years, basically just a wooden diving bell. Honestly, if I were on your server I would just put up the resources necessary to make something I could surface in.

Hello, I'd like to introduce you to my final version of the PHP script, which allows you to show your craft files properties to your players and finally stop questions like "Which blocks can fly?"

- A working example of usage: www.craftman.cz/minecraft/MovecraftView

- Source code is free for use under terms of GNU GPLv2 and it's published here: github.com/mwkaicz/MovecraftView

basic info:

• simple usage (just edit few rows in config)
• lists of allowed types, ignored types, allowed and ignored properties
• customizable names of blocks
• customizable labels and titles
• customizable html template
• supporting localization

requires:

• spyc.php
• jquery.js

@JEtheGreat

So, that's a really hard question to answer. Because Movecraft is extremely customizable. There is a HUGE difference between running 25 crafts that are about 1k blocks each and move every 2 seconds, and trying to run 25 crafts that are 5k blocks each and move 5 times a second.

I think the most useful answer I can give you is to tell you how I would set up a server like that. I would use the default .craft files, but I would change all the "big" ships (airship, subairship, ship, submarine, etc) to be limited to 2500 blocks, and the minimum to 200 blocks. I would leave the speed and cruiseskipblocks alone. I would change the "small" crafts (airskiff, subairskiff) to a maximum of 200 blocks and leave the speed as is.

If it was me, I would probably also add a new .craft type, "BigAirship" that I will reserve for a few special players that have done great things for the server. They would be the only ones allowed to use these larger ships.

These sizes allow everyone to use ships up to what are "corvettes" on my server, and a few special players to use crafts up to "destroyer" size.

To get a feel of what size airships this will be, take a look at these corvettes: http://www.minecraft-schematics.com/schematic/2877/
http://www.minecraft-schematics.com/schematic/1717/

And this is the size of a destroyer class: http://www.minecraft-schematics.com/schematic/1716/

Unarmored airships can be about double this size, because they usually have much more empty space on the interior.

I've never made a fighter with more than 200 blocks, so anyone can use fighters. If you limit what people can build, you won't have any problems.

@WolfeBersahd

I suppose I can see that. I'll make it canDirectControl, and have it default to true. Should be relatively easy to add.

@psirusa

Yes, in fact the code already moves any spawn points it finds on a craft for a logged in player. There is currently a bug with beds dissapearing that makes this hard to use effectively, but it does do that.

@WolfeBersahd

Well, the easy way would be to set the pilotTool to something you can't get. Like 32767. If you can't get a pilotTool, you can't use direct control (or the standard method of motion for that matter). You could still use signs though.

Other than it currently being buggy, which I will fix, what is the motivation for disabling it?

@napalm00

I will PM it to you, we can't post it on this site