Right, There's definitely no way to do it without mods.
However there is now a working version of hMod for 1.21, so I'll go about setting that up and see what plugins I need to limit monster spawning.
Any other plugins people want?
Go ask :@
hMod is up and running and the server is now running in Sun's Server JVM which should make things a bit more efficient too.
But I still don't know how to reduce the number of mobs :(
Yeah it's the one in the base, I figured I'd keep it inside for starters. It sounds as if people have built LOADS of stuff since I last connected, which is nice! Is it all relatively close together? Might have another go later on today, when I get home. I need to go deeper with that mine and find more iron / gold / etc - despite the apparent depth, I can still only find coal and very rarely iron... I want to make buckets, dammit! I'll take a look at the sandcave too, sounds exciting - and dangerous...
I endorse the streetlighting idea. I would also endorse the idea of creating a sod-off big fence around the area in which the various establishments are built :Y but that sounds too much like hard work.
Would it be wise to implement some sort of basic authentication for starters, like a server password? It wouldn't take much for someone to ruin what we've built I guess.
My plans:
- excavate excavate excavate! I need iron to at least make some armour and then explore the caves I've found in the house-mine; obviously if anyone else fancies it, go ahead!
- fence-in a bigger area which I'll use for planting trees, maybe farming as well
- build a rather large tower inside the original house area
Consider yourself ignored :C
Monster spawn rate is now 1 instead of 2, but there are various reports that it makes no fucking difference at all :D However, only Zombies are allowed to spawn now, and that seems to have reduced the overall number considerably.
list is now /who
All the commands have changed, basically. Type /help for the new ones. A bunch of commands don't work though, I think that's because it's not listing us as admins and I'm being stupid and can't work out how to make us admins :$