Bukkit

Ships 5 update

03/25/2015 (feels odd putting the date in that format)

Currently Ships 5 is up on MoseCraftbukkitPlugins as a first generation prerelease for those testers out there, however it is out of date because I work on Ships 5 every tiny bit of free time I get, so you can experience it asap.I will do a Ships 5 update every week from now on until its full release.

Current status

The base of Ships 5 is working however this does not have the materials list, RAM materials, loading of vessels or anything built into it. The base of Ships 5 has movement and rotation complete as well as the loaders for new vessel types.

If you plan on writing a plugin for vessels, wait until the API is fully complete, because there maybe features you need that will be in the Ships API but because you started early then you don't get them, not only that Ships API has changed a bit so your plugin may not work.

The vessel loaders (the loaders that load in the created vessels on your server) are experiencing some bugs and failing to load vessels. Not only that the classic vessel loaders (for conversion of Ships 4 vessels) are not created yet.

To top it all off, there have been some resent issues with the materials list where it is not reading the Ships 5 materials list correctly.

So all in all, good progress but bugs need ironing out and API needs to be finished.

@aberts10

No i was not able to pinpoint the issues because i could not find it on my own computer, i looked at the code for it this morning and found nothing wrong with it. Seeing how high your submarine is on the image, i will remind you submarines are buggy when surfacing.

@aberts10

Thanks for your appreciation, the feature you suggested was suppose to go into my other plugin called Vessels. It will not be in Ships 5 right away, but it will be a addon to Ships if you wish to use it. The vessels version was designed to hook directly into vault and the Ships version will also only hook into vault, but it will have its own direct output so eco plugins that dont hook into vault can easily hook into this one.

the error occuing on your console is from some very inefficient code that is caused fro when the ship is too big. The code has been remasted in Ships 5 because it turned from 100+ lines of code in Ships 4 and lower, its now not even 15 lines of code.

edit: Your server, is your server still having issues where no one other then yourself can connect? or is it not 24/7

@aberts10

Did you try redownloading Ships?

@aberts10

Just been working with Ships 4.1.1 beta 2 again and I failed to find your bugs. The config stays the same on all values, the submarine does not leak when trapdoor is on board. This normally means you have a failed JAR, you get one of these when you download the file. If you try downloading it again all issues you have reported should be fixed.

I don't know why fail JAR seems to be getting more common.

@aberts10

Thanks for your patience, I believe I have spotted the issue with the fuel but I won't be able to deal with it until I wake up tomorrow. As for the water issue, I love the description you gave but I don't understand why it is doing that, I will get a better look at the old ships 4 code tomorrow when I release that patch (that patch should have been detected by my tester and reported, or report by the public back when submarines were first introduced).

Ships 4 And lower have a issue with moving that is very demanding on the server to make them move, to add any more stress to home servers would cause a lot of the weeker home servers to crash. (I will remind you all, I can only test ships on a computer that was designed for gaming, rendering and being a server all at once), it is unsure about Ships 5 because it's a complete recode of ships and uses a lot less demanding code, I would certainly like to add the feature because you are not the first to ask for the feature so I will try.

As for the cannons issue, that's to do with the Cannons plugin. Ships hooks directly into its API, Cannons deal with their own API.

Thanks for posting your issue and I hope you understand that every peace of software has bugs.

@aberts10

Hey, first of the default value for submarine is glowstone, all items can be placed in a furnace.

2nd of all, there are more then one versions of Ships for 1.8.1 so I got no clue if your using a outdated version or if your using a up to date version. BTW there are a few up to late versions and when people say 'im using the latest' then can mean the Official Aphas, the Betas or the latest release. I have put at the bottom of this info page (bottom of what i can change) the 'rules of reporting.' that tells you how to detect your ships version, I know now that bukkits download servers went down its hard to get the bukkit version so just state what version the server is intended for, but still ..... I need to know otherwise i could tell you a patch for a version that the patch does not work for.

Its just me ranting there ... the idea of what my rant is about is, use the template above when reporting a problem.

Edit:

as for the trap door issue, The submarine is still in beta and has a few bugs, im currently working on Ships 5 that fully releases all vessel types. When a submarine leaks its because it goes above the default water level. It is extremity hard to make a ship of any kind move though air and water whilst maintaining the air blocks inside. To stop it flooding, dont surface your submarine.

Sorry if your new to ships and though it would be simple, i assure you, the next big update (Ships 5) will fix almost all bugs within Ships currently and try to make it more simple, aka, your place the signs and away you go, there are some technical options if you wish to use them as well ;)