This weekend is the Second Phase of The Secret World Public Beta. Not a whole lot of content is new this weekend so the live stream will only by Friday night.
The Official Mineshafter Squared Multiplayer Server has been offline. It will stay offline for another week. I am moving so the server does not have any power or internet connection it can use. It will be back up as soon as it can be.
Finally next week I should be able to start looking into the Skin System issues.
Go to Minecraft.net and register for a free account to try the game, or go to Minecraft Store to get a premium account.
Even though this service allows you to play with a free account, we highly suggest that you pay for the game. Click on "Why You Should Buy Minecraft" up top to learn more.
Once you have your account then head to our Downloads page to get the client.
The page will bring the download for your system to the top.
Once the client is downloaded and you have your account set up, just start the client like any normal program. Log into Minecraft normally and you are all set!
You can also now start using our skin management system, and other advanced features that we offer!
Here are a few ways in which Mineshafter Squared can be used, other than to let you try the game for free or for our advanced features.
Mojang is an indie company and they deserve the money. They actually get the money too! There is no publisher to take some of their income. Notch and Company have put a lot of hard work into the game and that work is worth something, especially if you enjoy playing the game. So I urge everyone that enjoys playing the game to actually pick up a premium account so Mojang can continue to bring us quality games.
Just so you have a quick link if we have convinced you to buy Minecraft: Minecraft Purchase Page
Users with premium accounts can use the web-login or the normal game to play (no need for our client). This is purely due to technical reasons but it is still a plus for having a paid account. If you are a premium user and are not using our client then you will not be able to see any of the skins hosted on our server. Instead you will see the skins from the Minecraft.net servers. So if you wish to use our awesome skin management system and want to be able to see the skins of people using our system, you still need to use our client.
As stated above, if you have a premium account Mineshafter Squared just works. It is convenient to be able to just login using the web client or the normal game launcher. Down the road there are some features that you might need premium accounts to use properly. This all depends on what is technically possible and some things are just easier to do if we can assume you have a full account.
This service does allow you to play for free, and so far we have not had any problems with Mojang. If they eventually have a problem with this service and contact us, then we might be forced to prevent free users from playing. Or if Mojang asks us to completely stop, and we can not convince them to allow this service to continue, you will still be able to play normally.
If you are having any trouble with the launcher for your operating system, then download the Jar package. This will run on any system that supports Java. To run this properly, so the game has enough resources and will lag less, you need to open it from command line (terminal). On windows systems ignore the word 'sudo' at the front of the command.
sudo java -Xms512M -Xmx1024M -jar MineshafterSquared-Client.jar
You need to make sure you navigate to the directory the jar is saved in before you use that command, or you can type the file path right before the file name.
The server Jar should be launched from the command line as such (keep in mind you need to download the server from Minecraft.net):
sudo java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar MineshafterSquared-Server.jar minecraft_server.jar nogui
Remove 'sudo' if you are on windows, and you can remove 'nogui' if you wish to use the GUI for the server.
Note: There are plenty of other java options that you should use if you are running a serious server. If you already know about these and have used them before then just use the same ones, here they will all work.
Note: To run bukkit just put the bukkit jar in place of the minecraft_server.jar and you are good to go.
If you have any other problems try posting it on the Forum. We have a great community there and everyone is willing to help. Also you can feel free to contact me at ryan@kayoticlabs.com. Comments and Feedback are always encouraged!