Aftermath
108.178.26.116:25571
http://newaftermath.freeforums.org/index.php
Aftermath was a nations-survival server started by Griskard, who, about a month before his death, passed the server down to me. I have tried to fulfill his/our dream of maintaining an active, somewhat realistic political simulator. The server is relatively new to Tekkit, and is running on a fresh new world.
The server welcomes all players, but be warned that we encourage conflict and warfare. If you want to be safe, join someone who will protect you. Everything in the wilderness (that is, not in one of the political entities described later) can be destroyed as easily as it can be built, and there are no rules against this. Acts of aggression may or may not be looked down upon by the playerbase, but as far as rules are concerned, if it doesn't involve cheating or glitching the game in some way, it's probably fine.
The server is expected to run 24/7 under normal conditions, although the occasional downtime (ie, due to me making backups, minecraft.net being down, beastnode having a freak accident, etc) happens every now and then.
General Mod Info
In general, we try to maintain a fun and challenging environment on the server. To this end, we have entirely removed Equivalent Exchange, as it is so imbalanced and overpowered that attempting to fix it is likely more trouble than it is worth. EnderStorage and the server side of Not Enough Items have also been removed.
Other mods are mostly untouched, with a few notable exceptions, such as nano sabers, quantum armour, world/dimensional anchors, water strainers, and mass fabricators. Additionally, we may have certain machines be greylisted in the future, but this is not currently applicable (think of it as applying for a construction permit).
The above information is subject to change as I discover new exploits and problems (or fixes for said exploits and problems).
The Nations System
The gameplay of Aftermath revolves around the ability of players to set up their own political entities. To make the system fair to both new players and veterans, there are various levels of settlements that players can create:
Hamlets
are small plots with an area of 32x32 blocks. They require at least two people to create, and cannot attack nor be attacked in an act of warfare. Additionally, hamlets cannot maintain fiefs.
Towns
are larger than hamlets, encompassing an area of 64x64 blocks and requiring at least three people to create. Like hamlets, towns are immune to warfare. Notably, unlike hamlets, towns are able to divide their land into fiefs.
Manors
are the same size as towns, but only require one person to create. Manors are notable because they are the only settlement in which the citizenship is allowed to overlap with the citizenship of other settlements. This allows them to act as outposts for cities and nations. Additionally, they are able to maintain fiefs. They are able to participate in warfare (voluntarily or not), but are not able to go on the offensive unless aligned with an entity that is (a city or a nation). Additionally, a confederation of at least three manors is treated as a nation for game mechanics.
Cities
maintain a sizable area of 96x96 blocks, and require three people to create. Like towns, cities can divide land into fiefs, but unlike towns and hamlets, cities are able to participate in wars (voluntarily or not). (Note that the population requirement on cities is relatively new, so you may run across cities that still have less than the stated requirement.)
Nations
are large areas of the countryside (256x256) that overlap with smaller settlements, uniting them under one political banner. A nation requires four people to start. Newly purchased nations come with a city inside them and have all of the abilities a city does.
Fiefs
are small (16x16) plots of land that only exist within larger settlements. Their purpose is to allocate private plots to players instead of trusting everyone within the larger area to honor each other's property.
These are the prices of each settlement tier; upkeep occurs every two weeks:
Fief - 500 * x^2, with x being the current amount of fiefs within the larger area (if more than one larger area is involved, such as a city within a nation, use the larger number). Upkeep of 350 per two weeks.
Hamlets - 3000, upkeep of 500
Towns - 10,000, upkeep of 1,250
Manors - 20,000, upkeep of 3,000
Cities - 50,000, upkeep of 5,000
Nations - 100,000, upkeep of 10,000
Everything within the nations system is done with the simple, reliable Worldguard plugin. To purchase territory, simply let an admin know (such as by a message on the forums or ingame) and he will create the area for you manually. You can either mark out the exact area that you want or simply indicate to the admin which block you want to be the center of the area, and he will create the area around that.
Plugins
We use a lot of plugins, big and small. Here's a list of them:
Auras - lets players make little aura effects (flame, smoke, water splash, ender particles, etc) around their character. Will be available as a donor benefit once I get the donation mechanic set up.
Bookworm - writable books!
bPermissions - used to manage permission nodes (allows access to commands and such)
CanBuild - used for greylisting function; prevents un-registered players from building
ChestShop - allows players to make shopchests to do their trading for them
ColorMe - can be used to color players names. Will be available as a donor benefit.
CombatTag - helps prevent pvp logging, provided that the player gets hit before logging out (if this occurs, the player will leave behind an npc, which will drop the player's stuff upon dying)
CoreProtect - not used very much, but monitors block placement and destruction by players. It's somewhat useful if I'm curious as to who raided someone or if I suspect an co-admin of cheating or something.
CraftBook - does various things like have netherrack light up in response to redstone, and allowing players to set up gates and bridges with signs. Most of its other functions are novelties that were made obsolete by Tekkit.
DrugMeUp - Allows for customizable drugs with varying effects. It's a really neat plugin concept, but unfortunately not currently very useful because of a couple of key bugs (ie, the jumping potion effect will cause the player to die from fall damage, and the speed potion effect is far too strong). Some of these are fixed in later versions, but we will not be able to use them until Tekkit updates to Minecraft 1.3.
DarkTrace - watches out for Xrayers
Dynmap - makes a nifty little satellite map that updates in real time. You can buy access to it for 15,000 drachmai if you have either a city, a manor, or a nation (you only have to buy it for the nation as a whole once, individual players won't have to pay again after that).
EasyVanish - allows admins to turn invisible to other players
Essentials - basic commands; for players, it gives you access to /sethome and /home, which can be used to teleport back to your base but has a 35-second charging period and a half-hour cooldown
GiantCaves - a world generation plugin that makes really awesome caves. We're considering using it in a new mini-world for an undecided purpose, possibly as a tutorial world for new players.
Helmet - allows glass blocks to be worn as helmets. They will function as diving helmets, and the player will not drown while wearing them (the air meter will go down, but nothing happens when it hits zero).
Herochat - basic chatting plugin. Has what you would expect - private messages, local chat, and global chat. (We actually have multiple channels for global chat meant to be used for different purposes, but no one ever uses them for some reason.)
Herostronghold - used for the server's war mechanism. It monitors a region's "power," which can be reduced either by killing its members or by siege weapons. Additionally, it can be used to create regions with an ingame effect besides protection (ie, hospitals that actually heal), which we plan to implement in the future.
iConomy - basic economy plugin (may be replaced by something more advanced in the future if I can get a specific custom plugin made)
MachineGuard - addon to worldguard to make it even more compatible with Tekkit. Not sure if it actually does anything that our modified version of worldguard doesn't already do, but it couldn't hurt to have around.
MagicSpells - Provides customizable spells. If I ever get a significant amount of time on my hands, I will attempt to replace the /home function with a spell system based on converting EU batteries to mana.
ModDamage - Allows me to modify damage events under specific circumstances - ie, I can make certain weapons do more damage or players wearing certain armours take more damage. If I ever get a significant amount of time on my hands, I will attempt to make quantum armour non-overpowered with the use of this.
MoneyDrop - makes monsters drop iConomy money. The money is represented as gold nuggets, but the player doesn't actually get gold nuggets when he picks it up, he gets money.
MonsterApocalypse - alters monster spawning a bit and makes mobs a bit tougher. Also has an option to make mobs search you out from a long distance, and much more, but this is not currently enabled. (Removed due to odd errors, might try again with a new version after Tekkit updates.)
MorePhysics - gives pistons more of an effect on players, resulting in players being launched by an extending piston.
Multiverse - basic multiworld plugin. Allows us to have multiple worlds. MultiverseNetherPortals also allows us to change where nether portals in each world send players to, and MultiversePortals allows us to create portals to specific worlds. This currently sees use in our extra nether world (we have two nethers - one which can be accessed by regular netherportals but has no NetherOres, and another which can only be reached from a preset location but does have ore).
NoItem - allows us to blacklist certain items. Currently not used, since everything we have wished to blacklist thus far has been a config option in Tekkit, but is expected to be used later.
NoLagg - reduces lag
Ports - allows admins to create regions that teleport players within a world.
SignCodePad - allows players to make combination locks out of signs. These locks can be used to trigger things like doors and traps.
SignPort - allows admins to create signs that teleport players.
SimpleAnnounce - broadcasts automatic messages to the server
Vault - a prerequisite for a lot of plugins, particularly economic ones
WorldBorder - allows us to limit the distance a player can go, preserving memory space for the server.
WorldEdit - helps admins build and delete things by providing tools to edit blocks in mass.
WorldGuard - primary protection mechanism; protects (most) blocks from varying calamities, which can be toggled individually, such as direct breaking by players, tnt, creepers, ghast fireballs, enderdragons, switches (players opening doors and such), etc.
WorldGuardFlagger - allows me to set multiple worldguard flags at much, making me less prone to errors
Screenshots
The world is still relatively new, so not a lot has been built yet, but here are some screenshots of what exists so far:
Rules
0.) Attempt to maintain an acceptable level of decency and common sense at all times.
a.) This is interpreted broadly at the admin's discretion. It encompasses spam, racism, anti-gay bigotry, stupidity in general, and more.
1.) I really shouldn't need to say this, but exploiting glitches and hacking are also against the rules (obsidian generators are ok).
2.) You may not make shop chests for the sole purpose of protecting your items. Shop chests must only be used for shopping, and should only be made within towns.
3.) Pvp (and griefing) is allowed, but it is subject to Rule Zero and Rule One. This means that you shall not attempt to circumvent pvp restrictions such as pvplogger, worldguard, etc.
4.) If I give you powers to help you with a special task (ie, if I give you creative mode to build something for me), these powers are NOT to be used to give you an advantage in your regular gameplay. Again, this should be pretty obvious, but it needed stating anyway.
For your greylist applications, enter in the following information:
Your In-game Name
(When you register on our forums, please make your username there the same as this.)
What you like to do on Minecraft (pvping, building, socializing, slaughtering monsters, etc)
Which number has a larger positive value, -1500 or 1000?
[Optional] An essay of any length on your favorite historical figure
This thread will be updated as more features are added and clarified.
