I dropped by for a few minutes, did a little building. Will drop by more later.
But I havne't been on since 1.6.5. Anything new in MC.. and for that matter, on the server?
Considering that 1.7 was labeled "The Update that Changed the World," yup. The entire terrain gen code was rewritten again, and there are now 60-odd biomes or biome variants arranged somewhat more sanely when compared to each other. The real standouts in my mind are the new painted desert/mesa biomes with awesome-looking layers of hardened clay, and there are also fun things like roofed forests and savannas (both with new tree types). There's the usual smattering of new block types and features as well. Obviously the new terrain doesn't apply on our pre-generated map, but I'm sure a friendly admin could be persuaded to dump some new blocks on us.
Speaking of biome changes, although the differences in old terrain aren't nearly as drastic as past updates (remember the one that put patches of desert/swamp grass everywhere?), I have noticed a few. First off, if you have any Taiga near you, it'll now rain instead of snow: there's a new Cold Taiga variant in the new version that snows, but obviously that won't apply to the older Taiga biome. Also, if you're in an Extreme Hills area, blocks above y = 95 or so will now experience snow, as one would expect for mountaintops. I had to plop a few more torches on the top of my fortress, but that was about it.
This server will not be experiencing most of these changes simply because the old world was kept, unless you guys (as in 9/10ths of you) would like a copy of this world in TarGZ and have a new one.
The PvP server will be a freshly generated map that will have all the new shiny things however, so it;s not like you wouldn't be able to see it.
Man it's been a long while since I've gone on Minecraft
Never did finish my island houses
Then I realize the server here is running 1.7.4 and I'm running 1.7.7
Dammit. I'm so very out of the loop... when was the last time I updated anyhow...
Mojang slipped out a ninja update that ****s with all the developers and then some. The update after this one would completely change how permissions are done, but they decided to put in a bit of the code now, and dispite not actually enabling it, have chosen that it is "not compatable".
Basicly, they just screwed over every real server for fun.
Anyway, on the launcher you can make a new profile and select an older version of minecraft to run. 1.7.2 through 1.7.5 should all work.
EDIT: I do think that UUID is a good idea, and I do think that UUID based permissions would be more secure, but this rollout is stupid as all hell.