We are nearly there guys! We are putting the final touches on the spawn and preparing all of your kickstart packages! Plugins are ready to go and so on. We will not be launching until 11:00 AM EST though. This is because I do not want to launch the server then immediately have to go to bed. If something bad happens I won't be around to help! Here is some important notes about the update. What do I change in the Technic Launcher? You will need to switch to the latest development build! To do this open your launcher, click Options at the bottom right and switch the option at the top to "Always use development builds." The latest development build is version 3.0.3! If you don't do this you won't be able to connect. Oh no! Rule Changes The rules have changes slightly. Mainly adding a new section (infractions) to them. Make sure to refresh yourself on them because we will be a lot more strict about watching peoples builds this time around. Building around Spawn We are going to be incredibly strict this time around about building directly nearly spawn. If you decide to build near spawn expect to be under heavy scrutiny for your buildings design. This is in the rules and we will not think twice about removing square cobblestone houses. We understand it takes time to build up a nice place so we won't enforce this immediately but if you take on a spot near town make sure you make a well thought out building. Player Kickstart Packages Player kickstart packages will be available in spawn. Find the chest with your name pointing to it and you will already have access to the contents. Your package will be sitting inside! This chest is privated to you so don't worry about people stealing! These are not to be used for storage and will be removed once they are first emptied. Towns & Town Kickstarter Packages Towns that were included in the Town meeting will receive town kickstarts. If you believe you ran a major town on the old map but were NOT in the meeting when we had it then feel free to message a staff member and request to be added to this. Kickstart towns will receive a free creation as well as some bonus plots. They will also be given a separate kickstart package with a slightly higher point limit. Details of the point limits will be sent directly to town owners via private message. The new map awaits you guys! I am incredibly excited to watch this map develop into something amazing. Just to say it again for those who missed the bold text at the top: SGTekkit will launch with Tekkit 3 @ 11:00 AM EST!
Woo hoo! New map. I can't wait to see what you all build! I am a big fan of a fresh start with an already established community! Especially ones as skilled as all of you! <3
i am not good with time conversions, so anybody have any clue when the server will re open in uk time ( i think we are currently gmt+1)
thanks kewish, i might be around for like 6PM tonight but i will see what i can do as i do not want to miss this launch event as i missed the end of the map event aswell
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc <--Use this to find out when it happens for you.. Its 17:00 in the Uk..
I get two different times for EST and GMT -5. :/ I'm just gonna guess that it'll be the one that's 2am for me though. >.<
Hmmm.....seems the kiddos are not getting on my PC today! I gots work to do! I'll see you all at 5ish EST.
So basically, what you guys are saying is that it took you a grand total of A DAY since Tekkit 3.0 came out. to set up a new map, to straighten out all the plugins for a pack that combines a huge amount of mods that have trouble playing friendly with themselves let alone extra plugins and build up a new spawn area, set up everyone starting packages and still had time to go to SLEEP before launching the new map? This ladies and gentlemen, is worth taking a moment of pause to thank the tireless efforts of this mod team to give us a great gaming experience. Kudos to every single one of you. And I am SO giddy right now! and its still 4 more hours to the launch! time to go upgrade! Bells Yeah!
Well the notice says "11:00 AM EST (GMT -5)" which leads me to believe it would be both, or something went wrong. and how would you know what my time zone is? I did not calculate this in my head, I used the link higher up. I think it is you who are wrong.
Ohhh, I see it now! EST is for America only, as it stands for Eastern Standard Time, while GMT is international. So EST is GMT -5
I don't get it, how come I got two different times when I tried to convert it to my time zone? Edit: I guess it doesn't matter though, it's in like 3.5 hours, right?
