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@cvxx7q

Actually the way I fire commands is built into my server launcher :), I am not using a plugin to do this, I use a Gui launcher with full support for scheduled restarts and anything I want really, If i had too I could make it fire butcher in console (any command that works in console this gui can automate on a full windows task manger like schedule) but I don't need it to do that, its also the fastest way to backup servers as it does not increase load on the server during the backup its not a plugin and is fully multicore if I had a 6 core processor it would use all the cores to run making it quite resource smart. Also butcher is built into Nolagg as well Worldedit and run both so all I would need to do to freshen the server up if I was inclined to do so would be to run a nolagg clear ALL in console every day at 12am no extra load added to server apart from the launcher gui and that is only using about barely 0.1% CPU as its just a wrapper that interfaces with the server jar and the OS.

Java frankly is shit to do backups with I don't rely on plugins to keep the server maintenance automated as I simply don't trust them if the server locks up so does the plugin that is protecting it.

Anyway back on topic, the plugin we both use does not do crazy things "well not on its own anyway", It takes control of the mobs and all things mob related like mob damage and hp spawn %;s of individual mobs light and depth limits everything down to how far skeletons can shoot to zombies breaking blocks and torch's.

It shouldn't be making mobs extinct that is the cause of improper configuration with the hard cap limit or other settings such as the tick rate to spawn mobs at and intervals of spawns around players. The plugin simply allows an interface similar to what a custom world generator does for the generation side of things "To control something prev not adjustable"

I offered to take a look at his config compared to mine only time will tell now but it may not even be the plugin we both are using doing it, it might something else that is just brought out to the open since using this plugin.

I directed him here as I thought this plugin may have been some use on at least controlling limits of the mobs as that is what I though he originally wanted to do when he said mobs are hitting the limit I figured well maybe there are some mobs he just does not need excessive amounts of in the first place, and thus this plugin is excellent at that sort of thing, On top of this it would probably even make his server tick rate smoother overall and that always a +.

I'm sorry if that was not what he was after but it was all I could really make out since I did not have a clear idea and still don't on what exactly his going on on his server I now know he wants to stop mobs becoming extinct but imo that will and can happen on any server with plugins or not, so this leads me to thinking its the way the configuration is setup on such plugins not the actual plugin it self I too had excessive mobs the limit would reach in like 5 hours but I figured out it was my fault and starting tinkering with tick rates until it was back under control.

Anyway I happen to have a lot of respect for this guy. I don't know him personally but his server generates a lot of hype and I envy his server so if I can help in anyway I would at least try.

@cvxx7q

He is using the plugin Monster Apocalypse as am I and from I gather it is spawning mobs to the point its just filling his mob limit with a day or two. But I dunno why it would do that I would need to see his config to see what exactly he set things too, I mean for all I know he has told it to re spawn a mob almost instantly on death.

Even so this plugin would help his server regardless as he could set individual limits per mob, esp the spawner's. What I don't understand is why it is an issue if is spawn limit reaches max its a limit for a reason, Obviously if your players are not killing the mobs that have spawned then maybe you should consider reducing how fast the mobs do spawn. I mean with my config for this plugin it wont try and spawn a new for about 5mins.

I would think that if he has a mob shortage then I have start asking what he lets his players do that is making them extinct. I'm completely lost, about how exactly he runs out animals in the first place.

I use limiters and things like that to REDUCE the mob count not make it spawn more because some greedy bastard has 90% of the persistent mobs locked up in his basement. I have the solution for him then if that's what he wants to fix, Use a simple plugin that will fire a command on a schedule he can fire off his butcher command then at the end of every day and the issue he has will be gone.

Personally when ever someone starts gathering too many animals I say too them no sir, you have too many already and if I catch them with over stock I just set fire to them and him for not listening. But this does not happen on my sever and we have a mob limit of 2000 and 150 on Nether worlds.

@Kane_Hart

I thought it did clear them :\

According to this it sounds like it does, just depends how you set this up.

Set entity spawn limits

You can set a spawn limit on virtually every entity in the game. From mobs to items to TNT. Only thing being excluded is Players, since I can't simply kick someone 'like that'. :) Note: It removes already spawned entities too. So, if you want to keep your animals alive, don't set mob or animal limits, or it will possibly clear your farm animals. Or you can disable the spawn limiter all together **

Plus I don't have this mob issue you have, mobs seem to de spawn on there own eventually they die during the day like they should, I don't have excessive passives or things like that, I'm not entirely sure what your Monster Apoc config is doing that is making your world spew mobs until it hard caps and not getting removed.

IF your having issues with it spewing mobs have you tried increasing the Tick-Rate the setting that says "increase this to drastically slow down mob spawns" ?

@cvxx7q

Well I assume for the average person and this plugin but damn yes I do need mobs myself cleared rather then unloaded lol.

Like I said with a low view distance of 5-6 after a couple days the mobs are gone you can find them anywhere at all and the only way to fix it is /butcher then over next few hours or day cycles then get worse and worse till you can't find them again hehe.

But this nothing related to your plugin someone had just mislead me here :)

EDIT: Thanks I had used the mobs one and another couple ones before. They seem to prolong the issue but frigan it kept coming back no matter what. Makes me really cry heh.

@cvxx7q

That is to bad. By the player who referred me he made it sound like mobs got cleared out of chunks when they got unloaded. I can't find any problem mod that allows me to fix mobs overtime. I really hate MC now because after many hours our pve world turns into a mobless desert lol

Someone told me to try this. I don't have lag issues that need to be tweaked but I was told that this mod might actually help cleanup mob spawns automatically when chunks unload.... If this is the case then I might be sold since around 1.8 I think it was my mobs overtime become extinct.

Kinda bummed out, cause the latest update seems to mess up TNT's explosion-push-force. TNT cannons and fireworks don't shoot anywhere near as far/high as before updating. Also, activated TNT doesn't get pushed by water-flows..

Any chance this can be fixed?