Trash Man's Castle Siege (Ver1.55) Special event Sun, Jul 1st, at 6PM

[Trash Man]

The server has now been updated, and is running again. I took your suggestions and implemented what I felt was a good thing to change/add. And appropriate credit has been given in the main post.

I plan to eventually move the entire server onto my older computer so I can run it almost 24/7. When it's on the old computer, the only time I will have to take it down is for the following:

I leave the house for at least 6 hours.
I need to update the server.
I need to use the internet more heavily, which would otherwise just lag the server. This will be a very rare case, and probably only happen if a new PC game comes out on Steam or something... Playing MMOs should not interfere with the server as far as I can tell, there's plenty of bandwidth for that.

I will only do this though, if the server gains popularity. If nobody comes, I'll just run it every now and then.

[Ad Bot]

[Bravo]

I wish more people would come ): Looks like a fun build for 32 people.

Just a suggestion, you should use only the default weapons, like the sword, bow, and spear. Those medieval weapons don't look that great and can get annoying.

[Trash Man]

Yeah, I guess you are right. I'll probably change it pretty soon. I think I will still keep Spells and Master Sword though. Although Ice might be kinda broken, so I may replace that one. I can see it being abused.

I also might add a secret way into the throne room that only defenders can use, because I guess having only one narrow and long entrance can also cause it to be hard to get into for defenders if nobody was watching it.

[pecon98]

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=74062.0

You said you were looking for siege weapons.
Siege tower.

[Trash Man]

That actually looks promising as a weapons pack. I might just give it a try. I don't know if I can implement the siege towers though, because the castle walls are pretty tall. I'll check it out sometime tonight though.

[onyx6]

Get in here!

[Trash Man]

Going to make some more changes tonight.

Going to just get rid of spells, because seeing them in action, I've found each one to be possible to abuse and use it to do something completely broken for the game.

The Master Sword will be changed to spawn only during the last 2 mins of the round, so that it isn't so overpowered (it kills way too easily).

The food you see lying around, will be changed to allow healing if you click on it (it will disappear for a short time when you do).

I may check out those medieval weapons shown by Pecon and if they are any good, I'll hide them where the spells used to be hidden.

Players will start with all 3 basic weapons on start so they don't have to find them, since the castle is easy to get lost in.

There will be signs in the castle showing how to get out, to avoid confusion from new players.

All, or at least most of this will be added tonight, and when it's final I'll update the main post.

Keep those ideas coming, and if I use your ideas, you'll be credited in the main post.

[Flamecannon]

Have you thought of a walkway through the water? I'd assume a lot of people think of hiding out behind the rocks or something.

[RedGajin]

I really wouldn't suggest using those weapons in Heeds pack that Pecon suggested. Props to heed and all, but they really aren't that great and look pretty bad. The siege tower is ok, although if you were going to use it, I would suggest adding a lot more health and making it a lot slower.

[Electrk]

Holy stuff it's Trash Man

[Trash Man]

I really wouldn't suggest using those weapons in Heeds pack that Pecon suggested. Props to heed and all, but they really aren't that great and look pretty bad. The siege tower is ok, although if you were going to use it, I would suggest adding a lot more health and making it a lot slower.

I couldn't download it anyway. The link is dead, and it appears that there never was a version 3.

Have you thought of a walkway through the water? I'd assume a lot of people think of hiding out behind the rocks or something.

I think that would only make sense if it was a regular DM. You can already just hold shift to stay down in water anyway.

[The Brighter Dark]

Admin application
Username - The Brighter Dark
BLID - 24790/31783
y u admin!?! I want admin here because it looks like it would be a really fun server if everyone is not swearing at eachother. I am admin on a lot of server with hixgh player counts while being the only admin there so I know how to deal with those situations. I also am a good builder and will have creative ideas for the server. I hope you accept my application thx fcor your time.

[Trash Man]

For now, I'm going to hold off on adding admins, because there simply aren't any people showing up. The most we've had show up at any one time was 8, but that was just one occasion, and what usually happens is we get 1 or 2 people, but they get bored and leave, and then nobody wants to stay because there's nobody there. Hopefully it kicks off eventually.

I also have now added a health bar so people can tell when they are at full health, especially if they are using the food lying around. It probably would be helpful to know when the health is full.

[Bravo]

You organize an event/time to go on

[Trash Man]

Does Monday, July 2 at 6PM (pacific time) sound like a good time to make an event? If so, I'll make an update on the main post and if anyone says they want to be there, I'll add names to a list.