TechCraft

WOW that's a lot of words

Hey everyone,

As you may know, we recently released our season 5 update! This update included us completely rewriting some of our main systems and changing some of how our core plugins operated. Over 300 hours of combined work went into this update by a whole group of people who helped to develop, test, and suggest various server features.

Note: In this update, we renamed our KitPVP server to "Warzone". In this changelog, we will be referring to this server as "Warzone" instead of its previous name.

 Proxy (Global) Updates

• Moved our VPN blocker from the Hub to the proxy to perform more efficiently.
• Updated our messaging plugin messages to look nicer.
• Blacklisted more server addresses to only allow connections to the official ones.
• Updated our core plugin to allow better functionality to both players and staff.
• Updated some staff systems and databases to allow better support and consistency.
• Updated our server queuing plugin to fix some rare bugs.

Hub Updates

• Updated various plugins to fix bugs and add more functionality.
• Removed some plugins that no longer have a use.
• Cleared old files that are no longer in use.
• Updated player list (tab list) header and footer to fit the season 5 theme.
• Fixed minor bugs in our core hub plugins.
• Updated support for some additional client versions. (1.8.x - 1.14.4)

Warzone Updates

• Completely custom coded, new core plugin.
• New coin boosters system that can be purchased from the item shop.
• New abilities system that allows you to purchase ability items from the item shop.
• New /stats command to show the stats of yourself or another player.
• New /resetstats command that can be used to reset your stats once every 15 days.
• Updated the scoreboard to look nicer.
• Added administrator commands to allow rollbacks if any major glitches occur.
• New /settings GUI.
• New /shop GUI.
• New /boosters GUI.
• New /debug messages for sending bug reports.
• New item removal system that prevents inventories from getting clogged.
• Updated anti-cheat to have minimum effect on hit registration. (This means that hit registration is now extremely near to the vanilla hit registration)
• Updated various plugins to fix bugs and add more functionality.
• Removed some plugins that no longer have a use.
• Cleared old files that are no longer in use.
• Updated player list (tab list) header and footer to fit the season 5 theme.
• Updated support for some additional client versions. (1.8.x - 1.14.4)
• Updated the words in our chat reaction game.
• Updated crates and their rewards.
• Updated the vote reminder message.

Practice Updates

• Updated some various plugin messages to look nicer.
• Fixed minor bugs in the main practice core plugin.
• Updated anti-cheat to have minimum effect on hit registration. (This means that hit registration is now extremely near to the vanilla hit registration)
• Updated various plugins to fix bugs and add more functionality.
• Removed some plugins that no longer have a use.
• Cleared old files that are no longer in use.
• Updated player list (tab list) header and footer to fit the season 5 theme.
• Updated the vote reminder message.

Event Updates

• Various small bug fixes in core plugins.
• Updated various plugins to fix bugs and add more functionality.
• Removed some plugins that no longer have a use.
• Cleared old files that are no longer in use.
• Updated player list (tab list) header and footer to fit the season 5 theme.

I believe that I have covered everything, If you think I have missed something, please leave a comment on this thread and I will add it.

Apologies that this changelog is fairly late, I have waited for a short while to ensure there are no large bugs that had not been discovered.

Thanks to everyone who has supported us over the lifespan of the server by logging in, suggesting new features, helping us test updates, reporting bugs, and much more! We really appreciate all of your support and feedback, and we hope you enjoy this update!

On behalf of all of the TechCraft staff team, happy new year!

A full changelog will be available upon release.

Hey Gamers!

This is just a quick announcement to say that season 5 will release on the 1st January 2021!

I'm really happy to finally announce the release date of season 5 as over 300 hours of combined work have been put in by a whole team of people to get this ready for you all! Season 4 has not been fun in the slightest because of the amount of bugs and errors that I have not been able to fix but I can say with 100% certainty that almost all bugs will be fixable as the whole server core is custom coded.

We want the season 5 launch day to go as smoothly as possible, so a lot of time has been spent by a large group of people to test features before their launch to ensure that any major bugs have been fixed before release. If you would like to apply to become a tester, you may do at https://techcraftmc.com/testing

We will also be hosting some launch day perks on the 1st to thank everyone for their patients with this update! These perks include:

- A 12 hour 2.25x coin booster.
- A free crate key to anyone who joins the Discord server.
- A free crate key to anyone who joins the Minecraft server.
- A free crate key to anyone who creates a Forums account.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the lifespan of the server, and we hope to see you around on TechCraft soon! Downtime will start at 12:00 PM (Midday) GMT on 31st December 2020.

This is the most viewed thread on the forums (as of 06/Dec/2020) and it's a locked post, that isn't actually true anymore. That's kinda funny.