Notes for new TOG FTB server players

[Brootal]

Hi guys,

Still waiting for my general access approval, but while I am just reading up and trying to work out what's what.

Does this mean that this FTB thing has now fully replaced the Sanctuary server listed in the read this first thread?

Also, I'm not quite clear on the conditions around being granted access. You are obviously after active members only for this server, but where would new members fit in? Is there a cooling off period for noobs to ensure they'll be active? And does being active on the TOG forums specifically mean the minecraft divisions forums?

Not overly worried by the answers, just a bunch of stuff that's not clear to me

Cheers

[Obsi]

Does this mean that this FTB thing has now fully replaced the Sanctuary server listed in the read this first thread?

The FTB server has temporarily replaced "Sanctuary", as something new and interesting for players to enjoy over the Xmas period.

Currently the FTB server has had much more activity than "Sanctuary" has for some time, and seems to be well liked. However whether to make this a permanent replacement for "Sanctuary" or not has not yet been decided by the modmin team. There are a few issues needing to be addressed with this.

Also, I'm not quite clear on the conditions around being granted access. You are obviously after active members only for this server, but where would new members fit in? Is there a cooling off period for noobs to ensure they'll be active? And does being active on the TOG forums specifically mean the minecraft divisions forums?

The condition for players is for both active in game (as there are limited house-lots available in Spawn City, players can't claim an lot and then not use it), and active on this Division's forums (so that you are always able to read and be up to date with any messages relating to the server).

AFAIK, new players will be allowed.

To answer your question from the approval thread:

Now to go work out how this whole downgrade thing works.

You will need something like Nostalgia to downgrade your Minecraft. As FTB runs it's own launcher, you do not need to worry about version numbers for that. So you might not need to downgrade to join that server. If you wanted to play on "Frontier" you would need to downgrade to 1.3.2 if your Minecraft is more recent than that.

If you plan to play on our servers and also singleplayer and want to be able to play both the updated version and whatever our servers are running, I highly recommend Profile manager - which allows you to run several different installations of Minecraft at the same time. So for example I have a modded 1.4.5 version I use for singleplayer separate from the default installation which I keep as vanilla 1.3.2 for use on our servers.

[Sorontar]

Hi Brootal,

I'll go through your application later today. As a Togger from 2008 with lots of forum posts, you are a shoe-in We will just have to set up the back-end stuff.

Everyone is welcome, there are basically one level of players only. Only the Moderators and GameAdmins have different powers if needed, but must play the game like everyone else. FTB is on Hard so establishing a farm is a high priority. However, there are community stocks at Spawn. We are pretty helpful and can throw a basic set of tools your way when you start.

I'll PM you when things are set up for you later today.

Sorontar