Minecraft @ 3decibels.net

Hi All,

I've made some configuration changes to the server to help it run a bit better and be less laggy. You shouldn't see any impact on gameplay, but this doesn't rule out the possibility that you might. Here are the two most major changes:

• Redstone engine has been replaced with a more efficient version. It should still act exactly like normal 1.16 redstone. If it doesn't please let me know.
• Distance of chunks that are loaded into memory for processing has been reduced from 11 to 9. This means if you have a redstone machine that is 9 chunks away it will continue to work. If it's 10 chunks away it'll stop until you move closer again.

Thanks!
--3dB

IT IS DONE.

I have disabled map updates until the map software catches up to 1.16, so you're gonna be flying blind in the Nether for a while. Good luck!

If anyone didn't think Mojang had made the Nether creepy enough before, they fixed that for you now.

I'm ready.   

Hi All,

Minecraft 1.16 contains huge changes to the Nether, including terrain generation changes. To take full advantage of these changes I will be resetting the Nether for 1.16. Everything there currently will be wiped, so make sure to grab everything you want before it's gone.

Since I no longer use the straight vanilla server I will update to 1.16 and do the Nether wipe once Paper MC updates. They're usually pretty fast.

Let me know if there are any concerns.

Thanks!
--3dB

I'm sad to report that this upgrade failed. The new CPU did not work in the server. I'm not sure if the CPU itself was bad or simply incompatible with the hardware. In either case I had to put the old CPU back in. No speed upgrade this week 

Hi All,

The server has suddenly gotten busy again probably due to the current happenings in the world. The poor server's hardware is getting on in years now and as Minecraft gets hungrier and hungrier for computing power the server becomes less and less able to handle it. To help it a little I've purchased a new CPU for the server which is the absolute fastest chip available for the socket. I will be bringing the server down for an hour or so on the evening of Monday, May 4th in order to replace the CPU. Hopefully it'll give the server a better shot at handling the increased load.

Thanks!
--3dB

Hi All,

I have enabled a mod for the server that will give all pre-existing chunks a chance to be populated with bee's nests. They should populate at roughly the same rate as new chunks would be spawned with them. This means you shouldn't have to travel to new areas to find bees. It also means you might run into bees in places you've frequented many times. Each chunk will only "roll the dice" to spawn bees once, so what you see is what you get.

NOTE: This has been disabled as of the 1.16 update. You want new bees, you gotta travel now!

Enjoy!
--3dB

Hi All,

I decided to wait a week or so after release of this one for all the tooling to catch up before upgrading, but 1.15.1 is now live! If you want to find bees you're going to have to walk...

Minecraft 1.15 update: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Java_Edition_1.15

Enjoy!
--3dB

Minecraft 1.14 is out today! Go go go!

Hi All,

...Or whoever is still here...

As you may know the map stopped working when we switched to 1.13. After a long wait the mapping software has FINALLY been updated to work with the 1.13 release. I've re-enabled the map and you can finally take a gander at what we've all been doing for the past 8 months.

Thanks!
--3dB