We are now running 1.8, we have tested what we can all think of, but there is bound to be a few broken things, some pointers.

• No more spleef, its turned off until the developer fixes 1.8 compatibility.
• All crates broke, reverted to pistons.

To-do:

• Website content update & blog posts
• Shop migration to signshop in the next 2 weeks
• Regeneration of islands for new 1.8 blocks, mobs & temples.

Whats new:

• 1.8! All the new 1.8 features!
• Most plugins updated, this includes a brand new griefprevention, updated movecraft for ships.
• The /motd is now changed, it displays a 1 time only message to new players, which is also found at /welcome to get back to any any time, so /motd can be used for everyone else for updates and messages for the server.

1.8 Migration Status: Complete

Updatelog:

• First set back, the hosts external FTP backup is down the day I decide to move to 1.8, typical of these oxygen wasters, this could set me back 3 hours moving a few million files, file by file.
• Waiting for the worlds to backup, these are absolutely giant files.
• Running Essentials and GriefPrevention Conversion
• Updated 15 plugins to work with 1.8.
• Whitelisted Testing open
• Whitelist off, Server open to all.

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Hey Everyone.

After 4 Modifications to the GriefPrevention conversion system by the developer, After about 30 conversions locally and reporting prolbems to him, we finally have a conversion that I can work with! My tests are showing about 40 players failing to convert our of 20,000, this I can fix by hand afterwards.

Its 01:47am Here now, So at some point late afternoon saturday, I could attempt to move over PirateCraft to 1.8, Im not promising anything! But more people are avalible to help me out, im going to need lots of help!

Saturdays our busiest night, If something fails dramatically it could knock us out for a few days until I can move all the backups back.

I will have to whitelist the server first so nobody can come on at all, so I can create a current backup(s), This may take a few hours by itself.

Then I will have to Move all the new files, and run the conversions, this could take another hour or two.

Then I can activate all the other plugins and open the whitelist up to a few trusted testers.

FLY & GOD will be avalible to anyone thats able to help me out.

I will edit this posts title & main body if I decide to go ahead and move to 1.8 tomorrow.

If you are willing to help, please respond below, you will need teamspeak, even just to listen, as this is 1000x easier than typing everything out to test.

If you can think of any special kits, permissions, commands, rank or anything else to help speed up testing all plugins please also reply below, Stupid requests will be denied testing, I could create a test rank I could temporarily put people in to make life easier.

One kit could be -> GP Tools & Movecraft Tool. Stick, Gold Spade, Gold Hoe, Maybe the Worldedit Teleport Compass If I can figure out the permission.