Log in or Sign up

Sandlot Hardcore Relaunch: Available now!

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by c0wg0d, Mar 30, 2017.

Tags:

Page 2 of 7

Blaise__ Book Nerd
I really think the terrain is cool. I just played for a few minutes and I might be interested to play more. *wink wink*

Blaise__, Mar 30, 2017

#21
- Agree x 1
briberry Master
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HARDCORE IS BACK SO EXCITED. I HAVEN'T BEEN ON IT IN SO LONG. SO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYY

briberry, Mar 30, 2017

#22
- Agree x 1
briberry Master
Virgeric said: ↑

You forgot to tell everyone about the Gorn ranking system.
Click to expand...

will @c0wg0d tell us what this "Gorn" rank is? or will you spoil it to us? o3o

briberry, Mar 30, 2017

#23
- Funny x 1
Avatar_plays_MC Help I'm stuck in a simulation!
c0wg0d said: ↑

After a lot of research, discussion, feedback, more discussion, plugin searching, code writing, more feedback, and a dash of hair pulling, Sandlot Hardcore is back!

We didn't want to launch another survival server that was simply more difficult than SVS, but otherwise the same. The aim of this relaunch is world exploration, staying alive, and having friendly competition amongst friends.

We aren't expecting you to build a giant castle with regen beacons that eliminate any obstacles to survive. Instead, we have modified the core Minecraft experience in several ways to encourage staying on the move and exploring.

General Gameplay

The core Minecraft gameplay has been modified on Sandlot Hardcore in the following ways:

The difficulty is set to HARD.

The overworld, nether, and end are all 5000x5000 blocks.

Your health will not regenerate by eating.

Your health will not regenerate from regeneration beacons or golden apples.

Your health will regenerate with regeneration potions or health potions.

Golden apples cannot be crafted.

Creepers will have a much larger explosion than normal when they explode.

Creepers will destroy blocks when they explode, even in your claims.

Creepers will set fire to anything nearby when they explode.

Fire spread is on.

Zombies will break down wooden doors, even in your claims.

You cannot sleep in beds.

If you die, you will respawn in a random location in the world.

When you respawn after dying, you will be invulnerable to all damage for 60 seconds.

When a player dies, everyone on the Hardcore server will get a message that a player has died, along with coordinates. Additionally, their head will be placed on a fence post to mourn their loss.

Claims

We are still allowing claims so that you can have a place to call home with all your essentials like a food stash and diamonds and iron to make tools. However, the claims will start and remain small. Everyone will start with 500 claim blocks, and you earn 100 claim blocks for every hour of gameplay, to a maximum of 2,500 claim blocks total. This will give you a 50x50 claim at maximum (the same size as a Creative plot). It's enough room to build some farms and have a home, but not enough for monolithic builds.

Homes, Warps, and Teleportation

There will be no /home, /warp, or /tpa commands. Your Minecraft survival skills will be put to the challenge as you navigate the terrain. To make navigation a little easier than having your F3 screen on all the time, you will be given a compass when joining. If you right click while sneaking with the compass in your hand, you will set your home location where you stand. Then, no matter where you are in the world, you can right click with the compass in your hand to make it point to your previously set home location.

Custom Achievements and Points Leaderboard

To encourage friendly competition, Sandlot Hardcore has a custom achievements system and a Points leaderboard. Here is how it works.

Each custom achievement will award you a set number of points (shown below).

Your base points have an applied modifier based on how many times you have died. Dying will have a massive impact on your position on the leaderboard, so be careful!

The points are calculated with this formula: base points * (10 - number of deaths) * 10

The maximum number of deaths that will have an impact on your score is 10. This means dying 10 times will affect your score the same as dying 11 times or 50 times or 1,000 times.

Some examples:

JackenKracken has earned 55 base achievement points and has never died. 55 * (10 - 0) * 10 = 5,500 points.

hamsrus1 has earned 115 base achievement points and died 2 times. 115 * (10 - 2) * 10 = 9,200 points.

c0wg0d has earned 500 base achievement points and died 11 times. Since I have died more than 10 times, I would have the maximum modifier penalty on my score. 500 * (10 - 10) * 10 = 5,000 points.

As you can see in the above examples, even though I have far more achievement points than hamsrus1, her score is much higher because she has died fewer times.

Places
- 20 oak fence, 5 points
- 100 stone bricks, 10 points
- 10 obsidian, 10 points

Breaks
- 100 stone, 10 points
- 1000 stone, 100 points
- 100 dirt, 10 points
- 1000 dirt, 100 points
- 1000 netherrack, 25 points

Kills
- 1 zombie, 5 points
- 50 zombies, 50 points
- 1 skeleton, 10 points
- 50 skeletons, 100 points
- 1 spider, 5 points
- 50 spiders, 50 points
- 1 creeper, 20 points
- 50 creepers, 125 points
- 1 enderman, 15 points
- 50 endermen, 75 points
- 1 slime, 5 points
- 50 slime, 50 points
- 1 zombie pigman, 25 points
- 50 zombie pigmen, 150 points
- 1 ghast, 15 points
- 50 ghasts, 75 points
- 1 blaze, 25 points
- 50 blazes, 200 points
- 1 wither, 500 points

Crafts
- Crafting table, 5 points
- Diamond Pickaxe, 10 points
- Diamond Sword, 10 points
- Enchantment table, 25 points
- Brewing Stand, 25 points

Arrows
- 50 arrows, 10 points

Snowballs
- 100 snowballs, 10 points

Eggs
- 100 eggs, 10 points

Fish
- 10 fish, 5 points

Treasures
- 5 treasures, 5 points

EatenItems
- 1 food item, 5 points
- 100 food items, 50 points

Shear
- 10 sheep sheared, 10 points
- 100 sheep sheared, 100 points

Milk
- 1 c0w milked, 5 points

Trades
- 1 trade, 50 points
- 25 trades, 250 points

AnvilsUsed
- 1 anvil use, 15 points
- 10 anvil uses, 100 points

Enchantments
- 1 enchantment, 20 points
- 10 enchantments, 100 points

MaxLevel
- Level 1, 5 points
- Level 10, 50 points
- Level 20, 100 points
- Level 30, 200 points

ConsumedPotions
- 1 potion, 25 points
- 5 potions, 100 points
- 10 potions, 200 points

PlayedTime
- 1 hour, 10 points
- 5 hours, 500 points
- 10 hours, 1000 points

DistanceFoot
- 1000 blocks, 10 points
- 5000 blocks, 100 points
- 10000 blocks, 200 points

DistancePig
- 100 blocks, 10 points

DistanceHorse
- 5000 blocks, 50 points
- 10000 blocks, 100 points

DistanceMinecart
- 1000 blocks, 50 points

DistanceBoat
- 1000 blocks, 50 points

DistanceGliding
- 1000 blocks, 10 points
- 5000 blocks, 100 points
- 10000 blocks, 200 points

DistanceLlama
- 5000 blocks, 50 points
- 10000 blocks, 100 points

HoePlowings
- 10 fields, 10 points
- 100 fields, 100 points
- 500 fields, 500 points

Fertilising
- 10 bonemeal, 5 points
- 100 bonemeal, 50 points

Taming
- 1 animal tamed, 25 points
- 10 animals tamed, 100 points

Brewing
- Should we use this instead of consumed potions?

Fireworks
- 5 fireworks, 5 points
- 50 fireworks, 15 points

MusicDiscs
- 1 jukebox used, 25 points

EnderPearls
- 1 enderpearls used, 10 points
- 15 enderpearls used, 10 points
- 50 enderpearls used, 10 points

Smelting
- 10 items, 5 points
- 50 items, 10 points
- 100 items, 25 points
- 1000 items, 50 points

Custom Terrain

To encourage exploration, Sandlot Hardcore is using a custom terrain generator like none you have ever seen before! There is nothing vanilla about it!

Leaving Hardcore

If you need to log off Sandlot or wish to go to another server, you can use /lobby from anywhere. There will be a 15 second warmup for this command to prevent players trying to escape death unfairly.

When you return to Hardcore, you will be placed wherever you last used the /lobby command.

Map Reset

This new iteration of Hardcore is yet another experiment that we will continue to change and modify based on your feedback. As such, we will be resetting the map and your achievements and inventories frequently. Our goal is to have a consistent reset schedule and reset around the 1st of every month. Since we are just now launching, our first Hardcore reset will occur around May 1st.

Feedback

We would love to hear your feedback! I wrote a lot of the gameplay changes myself in a custom plugin just for The Sandlot, so I am sure there are going to be bugs. If you have general feedback (the world should be bigger, we should reset the map less often, we should add an achievement for killing Razz, etc.), you may post that here in this thread. If you have specific bugs to report (I can't get out of spawn, my compass doesn't work, etc.) please post those in the Bug Report forum.

It's dangerous to go alone. Be safe out there!
Click to expand...

Thanks c0w! Everything sounds awesome

I voted 'creative' on the post.... because I want creative mode. Gimme!
Avatar_plays_MC, Mar 30, 2017

#24
- Funny x 1
RatMazeMind Fully vaccinated rodent Moderator Elder VIP
c0wg0d said: ↑

I was wondering if anyone would mention that... There's a check before it does that calculation, and if deaths is greater than 10 it just makes the modifier 1 instead of 10 - 10 (or 0).
Click to expand...

So would that make 9 deaths the same as 10? (10-9 = 1 and deaths 10 and greater makes modifier = 1)

Also, is there a command to check the leaderboard in game or is it posted on signs somewhere?

RatMazeMind, Mar 30, 2017

#25
- Like x 1
MinecrafterMen Master
c0wg0d said: ↑

While it's true that a mob farm could get you a lot of those achievements quickly, building a mob farm in Hardcore mode isn't exactly easy, and there are TONS of other achievements to get too. I would encourage you to try it just to see the terrain (because it's amazing) and to provide feedback on how you'd like to see gameplay changed in the future.
Click to expand...

Ok I will check it out but I still don't know about the resets.

MinecrafterMen, Mar 30, 2017

#26
- Like x 1
c0wg0d Master Owner Moderator Helper VIP

RatMazeMind said: ↑

So would that make 9 deaths the same as 10? (10-9 = 1 and deaths 10 and greater makes modifier = 1)
Click to expand...

Not quite. I didn't explain it very well... Here's the code, I'm sure you can figure it out from here https://github.com/c0wg0d/SandlotHa...andlothardcore/handler/ScoreboardHandler.java

RatMazeMind said: ↑

Also, is there a command to check the leaderboard in game or is it posted on signs somewhere?
Click to expand...

The leaderboard is always visible on the right side of the screen (like in Skywars).

c0wg0d, Mar 30, 2017

#27
trubuhl The Stinky Sock Moderator Elder VIP
Woohoo!

trubuhl, Mar 30, 2017

#28
- Like x 1
TheNovelist Paperback Writer

I'm just now seeing the Creepers have a larger explosion. I wish I had known that sooner

TheNovelist, Mar 30, 2017

#29
RatMazeMind Fully vaccinated rodent Moderator Elder VIP
c0wg0d said: ↑

Not quite. I didn't explain it very well... Here's the code, I'm sure you can figure it out from here https://github.com/c0wg0d/SandlotHa...andlothardcore/handler/ScoreboardHandler.java
Click to expand...

I see now. Thank you!

If I am reading the code correctly, wouldn't c0wg0d have 500 total points in the third example in the main post? score = score (500) * deathsPenalty (1)

Also, it looks like someone with exactly 10 deaths would have zero points since the "if" statement is only for greater than 10.
deathsPenalty = (10-10) * 10 = 0
score = score * 0

Should it be: if (deaths >= 10) then deathsPenalty = 1 ?

Sorry if I am missing something or misreading it.

c0wg0d said: ↑

The leaderboard is always visible on the right side of the screen (like in Skywars).
Click to expand...

Okay, thanks again! Never played Skywars since I don't generally enjoy PvP.

But, I love this hardcore idea! Especially since my favorite parts of MC are early game and exploring! Thanks for your hard work again!

RatMazeMind, Mar 30, 2017

#30
- Like x 1
- Informative x 1
c0wg0d Master Owner Moderator Helper VIP

RatMazeMind said: ↑

Should it be: if (deaths >= 10) then deathsPenalty = 1 ?
Click to expand...

You're absolutely right. Good catch!

c0wg0d, Mar 30, 2017

#31
RatMazeMind Fully vaccinated rodent Moderator Elder VIP
c0wg0d said: ↑

You're absolutely right. Good catch!
Click to expand...

Sometimes it helps to ask annoying questions.

RatMazeMind, Mar 30, 2017

#32
- Like x 2
- Agree x 1
AndromedaJulie Official Namer of Pets Helper
WOW!
Even though I am a die-hard SVS player, I am now proceeding to "die hard" repeatedly in hardcore for the first time ever. It's way awesome.

Feedback:
1. The on-screen leaderboard is driving me bonkers. It's taking up a ton of space. It's fun, but I wonder if it could be listed somewhere on a secondary screen, like when you hit TAB and get a player listing in SVS. Likewise, I love the cute achievement names (and this will probably slow down after the first month or so once people have had a chance to try hardcore), but they are also filling up the screen. So there is a LOT of text on the screen, making it hard for me, with my distraction problems and aging eyes, to slay my chickens.

2. The landscape rocks!

3. The small scale and survival situation is creating, for me, a totally different playing situation. I am a lone player in SVS whereas here I am interacting a lot more.

This is fun. Thank you!!!

AndromedaJulie, Mar 30, 2017

#33
- Like x 4
- Agree x 1
- Informative x 1
thenameisdiamond Sandlot Video and Audio Artist

Aww yeah! Thanks @c0wg0d!!!!!!!! (Sorry for spam I am just excited lol)

thenameisdiamond, Mar 30, 2017

#34
Darth_Pink Master
Haha, funny April fools joke.

Darth_Pink, Mar 30, 2017

#35
- Agree x 2
JackenKracken Guest
Yea, the leaderboard has taken to flashing again...

JackenKracken, Mar 30, 2017

#36
- Agree x 2
micropuf Adept

This sounds amazing! Thank you for all your hard work. Can't wait to try it out.

micropuf, Mar 30, 2017

#37
TheOneCrafter PVP Master Helper VIP
Darth_Pink said: ↑

Haha, funny April fools joke.
Click to expand...

If only it was April 1st.

TheOneCrafter, Mar 30, 2017

#38
- Like x 3
- Agree x 3
RatMazeMind Fully vaccinated rodent Moderator Elder VIP
AndromedaJulie said: ↑

Feedback:
1. The on-screen leaderboard is driving me bonkers. It's taking up a ton of space. It's fun, but I wonder if it could be listed somewhere on a secondary screen, like when you hit TAB and get a player listing in SVS.
Click to expand...

The leaderboard is a little big. I wouldn't mind if it had smaller text. And as @JackenKracken said above, it is flashing a lot.

AndromedaJulie said: ↑

Likewise, I love the cute achievement names (and this will probably slow down after the first month or so once people have had a chance to try hardcore), but they are also filling up the screen. So there is a LOT of text on the screen, making it hard for me, with my distraction problems and aging eyes, to slay my chickens.
Click to expand...

You can change the size of your chat in Options... Chat Settings... Scale. But that would make the text smaller so it may be harder to read. I keep mine at 50%.
I can take or leave the achievement announcements as I usually get tunnel vision and don't notice chat at all when I'm focused.

RatMazeMind, Mar 30, 2017

#39
- Like x 1
- Informative x 1
cxttoncandy slay queen Helper VIP

Yay!!!!
I've never really been on hardcore! But now I'M SO EXCITED! Thanks @c0wg0d!!!!!

cxttoncandy, Mar 31, 2017

#40

(You must log in or sign up to reply here.)

Page 2 of 7