Due to continued performance issues, we had to issue another server wipe at 9PM Easter on the 23rd. Backpacks should still be populated.
We have also removed the chest stacking plugin and the conveyor speed plugin. These were the only 2 plugins that were added around the time performance started taking a hit. Hopefully, this will be the last time we have to wipe this month. Force wipe is still on November 2nd.
Unscheduled server wipes are not something anyone likes, especially us. But given the constant server performance (or rather the lack of performance) we did issue a wipe about an hour ago. At the moment, everything seems to be working much better. Players should still have access to their backpack contents pre-wipe. We ‘may’ also look at letting players keep backpacks across the next force wipe coming up on November 2nd.
Another change made with the unscheduled wipe was the removal of windmills. We polled our Discord and received unanimous support for their removal to help reduce client-side lag. Windmills can no longer be crafted or placed. They have also been removed from the loot table. Windmills are still listed on the craft menu, but you will not be able to actually craft them. To help, the cost of Test Gens in the shop (/s) has been reduced to 50.
Conveyor speedup has been restored back. However, the Armored Train Event has been removed for now. This appears to be the root cause of our server performance issues (or at least a main culprit). We will look at restoring the event after the author has time to look into the issue.
The Industrial Conveyor speed has been reverted back to vanilla while we continue to debug the server performance issues.
The number of allowed purchasable bases at one time has been reduced from 5 to 3 while we continue to look at system performance. This means only 4 bases will be allowed to run at a time. The server spawned one and 3 purchased bases.
The speed of the Industrial Conveyor has been increased to better match the quick smelting plugin. Should help prevent backlog of output in furnaces.
Building skins plugin has been updated to support the new Brutalist skin for stone.
Convoy has been updated. The biggest fix is that turrets will not attack a moving convoy now. However, if you attack a convoy at your base, your turrets will then engage the NPCs.
Chest Stacks have been added. Players can now stack loot chests up to three high. Some Notes:
The plugin we were using for loot prevention (blocking other players from looting your items) has ceased development and been removed. We’ve been testing a replacement on the test server for several weeks and have now moved it to live.
While we believe players shouldn’t notice anything different, please let us know if you do. You can make a ticket on our Discord in #admin-help to report the issue.