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Server is up again, same world since 2012!

if you have to decide between no security at all or s-b-o you will have to choose s-b-o instead of nothing.
this is always better than doing nothing.

its possible to retrieve the physical mac address over the windows api. i think there is sth. in *nix too. anyway there are many UUIDs or drive serial numbers around just in case... another way would be the usage of the hostname and the username. this cant be changed very fast. and if its not much d...

that could be a nice idea.
in combination with a movement check that the player needs to move around or chat.
regulars could get quickinteract griefers have to wait.

good idea calinou!

if its designed to be not easily deactivated, than its not that easy for most griefers!

dont consider this solution as secure, but better than just ip bans.

is this mod available for public?

The main problem of griefers is, that they join often and with different nicknames. A hard trick with some cryptographic implementation effort could be used to interchange time for a first time connect. this trick is described below. but there is one much simpler trick: the server knows if its a new...

Also the Unique ID is some kind of method to prevent griefers, there should be another method: E-Mail verification. To be able to connect to a server or to get a special priv you should have to provide you e-mail address (as in ircservices). The easiest way to realize this is as follow: if you have ...

As Griefers are getting better and better it should be considered about adding a unique ID to a client. The ID should be unique per computer and not per client, so that deleting a file is not enough. Lamers have to change the source or manipulate during runtime to circumvent this. The Unique ID coul...

which is the "original" script?
many solutions are posted here, but all are hard to use.
i havent taken time to try out this because i have to take much time because i dont want to notice db damage after some weeks.

i wrote the coords to you via pm.

for some world it could be nice to reset underground someday to uncripple the mines.

Hi,

there should be a prod mod, so that you can push players down into lava, holes and canyons!

iam not sure if i can test ist. currently i have many worlds in my world. every world has special coordinates like (e.g.): one 0,0,0 2nd -10000,0,0 3th -20000,0,0 4th -10000,0,-10000 5th 10000,0,0 i have to preserve all of these worlds and for all of these worlds i need to set an area. so i have to ...

it would be nice if there would be a special preserve node. if you place such a node in an area and set the max distance of protection it would work so you can go to your important "world" inside your world and set this node (admin only). then the script knows what to protection and its vi...

how does it work?
can you set some areas which should be preserved?

Actually the Server is near to "Griefer Safe" and offers High-Quality Buildings. New Players have to qualify in the the Freebuild World. Also new players need to introduce themself and have to obey the "arrowed" rules before they are allowed to start qualifying in the Freebuild W...

we need good experienced players who like to build for eternity!

some very old are at the server page.
i have to update them.

-- new start - old world --

That looks good.
So if i calculate like this for one node, then maximum 16 nodes in all directions will be deleted?

Next i have to think how to write a script which deletes all except "active" played map.
I cant delete e.g. block 123456 until inf. I hate unnormalized databases ;-)

is there any code for generating the coords except the one from db spec page?

so i dont have to care if i have to delete a set or just random picks?

i dont think so. since api/defaultmods changed this mod is unsupported since 0.4.4+.

If this is that easy wouldnt it be a function for worldedit or an script?