Teh Current Server is:

 

Core2Quad Q6600 running at 3Ghz.
6GB of RAM, 3GB reserved for the Java server.
Windows 7 ultimate.
The unofficial Hey0 mod that works with the new server version.

 

I've never managed to get monsters to work reliably on the server, although I've not really tried with just local LAN players. I really don't know if it's inefficient/bad code that slows it down or just raw Bandwidth - there is a /shitload/ of data that is constantly going out to the clients, even moreso with mobs turned on.

 

There really shouldn't be any need for such a (relatively) high spec machine to run the server, and hopefully it will get better with the next version.

 

Notch stated somewhere that he was going to change the single player setup so you're actually playing on a local, same machine server. Hopefully this also means that server code will be vastly improved in the process.

 

No harm in trying out a server locally, go for it and you might be pleasantly surprised if you're playing on a LAN.

 

EDIT: I also use Backup Plugin (from HMod Wiki pllugins page) and the mapping program is called MC Map, can't remember where that's from though :D

Might have been easier to just start by going in that direction... :D

 

Anyway, I've stopped for now, Just blew my way into (with TNT :$ ) the underground works by the teapot. Will leave it as is to let you work out where it's going from there.

Underground works? Teapot? How bored were you?

 

Fantastic, though. I think maybe a train track. Maybe. Or a couple more right turns.

I could do with learning how to use the minecarts.

I can get you to the point with them where stuff works sometimes. :(

Didn't someone post a good video tutorial that explains how everything works?

Or is it just that they're buggy so they still don't work properly?

Jesus, Kos. Are you a mental? It's going on for miles. Brilliant.

Bob's Minecart Tutorials on Youtube are really good aye.

You're the mental.I was just following instructions.

 

And I think Xen did a chunk last night too (he was helping me when I gave up and went to bed)

Well, yeah, but Xen /is/ a mental. Now I'm not sure about you.

Wow. There's even a spawner here.

Aye, looks like that might have already been there/part of something else that Xen took the floor off :D

There's some massive big hole glitches in the tunnel. Does the server need restarting? :S

It might just be your end - try re-connecting and seeing if it's still there?

I had some major glitches earlier but Kos was just running about in them - looked very odd

tunnel is very impressive guys, I walked for miles

Gah, I got a load of 503, can't login to Minecraft errors. Closed it, opened it again and couldn't login at all.

Seems that logging out and back in (if you can get back in, damned Minecraft.net :@ ) should fix it.

Was so happy when I found that dungeon at /exactly/ the right level. Well, nearly, one block higher would've worked better but still, looks nice as a feature :D

And that massive cave just before that too, that was fun to get through.

I think there's maybe a bit too much light in there for the spawner to work if/when monsters get switched back on. I'll have to revisit it if that happens.

 

Also, I used the underground bit near the teapot as the marker for turning right again. It meant raising the floor in one room by one block, and I need to replace a single block of earth that had a flower on it. Sorry.

That place is Katya's secret lair. I'm sure she'll understand.