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Watch Mind of Mike's exciting new series with the mod, from early 2017. Thanks, Mike!

Mind of Mike also has a beginners' guide to the mod, which is really helpful. You can watch it below:

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About the Mod

The Lord of the Rings Mod is a huge expansion for Minecraft that aims to add the world of Middle-earth into the game. This will include content from J. R. R. Tolkien's most famous work, The Lord of the Rings, and from other related tales such as The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

The mod has been in development since December 2012, with a great amount of planned features yet to come in the future. New updates are published frequently - usually every couple of months.

If you are interested in following the progress of the mod, go to our Facebook page, where we showcase new content for upcoming updates. You can also give feedback there, and submit suggestions. Please read the FAQ before submitting a suggestion!

The official wiki is the place to go if you want to learn about the mod and its contents, or find a server to play on. You can also post suggestions, bug reports, and discuss all sort of things on the wiki forums.

The main features in the mod so far are:

• A new Middle-earth dimension
• Over 100 new biomes, sub-biomes, and biome variants, each with their own unique structures and resources
• Biomes are generated in accordance with Tolkien's map of Middle-earth
• The mysterious, unexplored lands of Rhûn and Harad
• The ancient Pits of Utumno, a terrifying dungeon dimension full of Morgoth's evil creatures
• Hundreds of new blocks, weapons, armours, foods, and items
• People and races from the Lord of the Rings world
• An alignment system where your actions can improve or harm your reputation with many independent factions
• New gameplay elements dependent on the player's alignment: trading, unit hiring, and an expanded achievement system
• Randomly generated Mini-Quests, and the Red Book to record them
• A system of modifiers for customising and upgrading your weapons, tools, and armour
• Seamless multiplayer integration in all areas of the mod

And some of the main planned features still to come in future updates:

• Even more blocks, items, and factions from Middle-earth
• Larger, pre-written quests, ranging from minor 'side quests' to epic adventures
• New types of mini-quests
• Characters and places from the Lord of the Rings storyline
• More boss battles
• Ring-forging, siege weapons, and a 'redstone alternative' for Middle-earth
• Other realms... The Undying Lands? First Age Beleriand? Númenor?

For a more in-depth and comprehensive summary of the mod's features, please see this Mod Overview article on the mod's wiki. Also check out the Middle-earth Gameplay Guide, and the Building Tips page if you are so inclined.

(There are, besides those linked above, many other useful guides and articles on the wiki which I have not listed here - go and have a look!)

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Downloads

Download the current version: Update 34.3 for Minecraft 1.7.10

Requires Minecraft Forge version 1558 or higher.

The complete changelog for all released versions can be viewed here.

This mod contains a version checker.

Warning: If you are running the mod on a Cauldron (MCPC+) server, you may experience unexpected bugs, crashes or other failures that are not this mod's fault. Please see here for an explanation of why it is not this mod's fault, and why I cannot really do anything to fix it.

Installation

Watch Mind of Mike's beginners' guide on how to install the LOTR mod. (New in 2018)

For more guides and information, including how to install the mod on servers: see the Help section on the mod's wiki.

Downloads for older versions:

(Warning: Older versions may contain old bugs which have since been fixed. Use at your own risk.)

These can be found at the updates page on the wiki.

NEI Plugin

The Ranger Malvegil is developing a plugin for Not Enough Items (NEI) for use with the Lord of the Rings Mod, that shows crafting recipes on Middle-earth tables, barrel brewing recipes, and other recipes from the mod. Thanks, Malvegil!

You can find the forum thread for this plugin here, with downloads and information.

Note that this plugin is not affiliated with the LOTR mod: you should report any problems, crashes, etc. to them, not to us.

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Donate

Some people have expressed interest in donating to the mod, so if you want to donate, here are some fine buttons with which to do so.







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Concerning Modpacks

TheAtlanticCraft's Fellowship modpack includes the Lord of the Rings Mod along with over 50 other mods, and they have dedicated public servers running the pack.The link goes to their Minecraft Forums thread which has all the links and information you should need to download and install the modpack. Please note that feedback/bug reports/other issues concerning the Fellowship modpack should be discussed on their forums and websites, and not on this forum post.

If you want to create and publish your own modpack including the mod, you don't need to ask for my permission, but you must credit me as the author of this mod and provide a link to this post. It's only fair!

(If the modpack is just for private use, i.e. it won't be posted anywhere for the public to use - such as for your own use and a small group of friends on a private server - there's no need to do that.)

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Table of Contents:

Overview
Changes in how things work
Frequently Asked Questions
[WIP] The Cubic Chunks Mod!
Gallery
Supporting this suggestion
Special thanks

[spoiler=Tl:dr]Q: Won't this increase lag?
A: Absolutely not. The title of this suggestion and big red letters at the top of this post aren't lying. If you want to know how, then I suggest you actually read this post.

Q: Will this change terrain? Will this break existing worlds?
A: No. Terrain change is not necessary. Existing worlds can be converted fairly easily with a process described later in this post.

Q: How can sunlight or rain work with infinite vertical space?
A: I suggest you read Coping with sunlight, because it's too complex for a tl;dr.

Q: I have a different question but still don't feel like reading this post. What do I do?
A: Too bad, read the FAQ. I put way too much work into this for the entirety of it to be ignored.[/spoiler]

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Overview:

In Minecraft, the sky is the limit - literally. It doesn't matter how many thousands of blocks a player has traveled, or what dimension they're in, or even if they're playing in creative or survival, the highest they can ever build is up to a height of 256. Why is that? If Minecraft can have a world that's infinite in the north, in the south, in the east, and in the west, why can't that world be infinite up and down too?

In Minecraft's earliest days, in Classic and Indev, the world was not infinite in any direction. This was because the entire world needed to be generated at the same time, and the entire world needed to be simulated at the same time as well. This led to a conundrum - the bigger the world, the more it lagged.
Notch didn't like this. He knew his players liked to explore and build large creations, so he found a way to make the world truly infinite. When the Minecraft '' class='bbc'>Infdev came out, it brought with it truly infinite worlds. Suddenly, players could travel hundreds of thousands of blocks in any direction, and never encounter a barrier, or become too laggy.
The Infdev update brought about a very large change to Minecraft worlds to accomplish this feat. For the first time, instead every world being just a single huge piece, they were broken up into a two-dimensional grid of pieces, called chunks. Through breaking the world up into pieces, this 'chunk system' enabled infinite worlds by letting Minecraft create new pieces and simulate them only when it needs to.

Why does that not apply to the vertical axis? Because the type of 'chunk system' Minecraft uses right now is a linear one, which, by using only a two-dimensional grid to map out chunks, means that it is impossible for chunks to stack on top of one another, and by extension, meaning that a single chunk must cover the entire vertical space. This brings back the problem that the Infdev update was supposed to eradicate, now only with chunks, instead of an entire world; the bigger a chunk is, the more laggy it is. You can't just increase the height limit and make chunks taller, because it will become laggier, and laggier, and laggier to do it.
That's why, to fix this, Minecraft must change over to a cubic chunk system. Under this system, 16³ block chunks are aligned on a three-dimensional grid, completely eliminating maximum height as an aspect of lag.

The immediate benefits:
•Minecraft worlds become as virtually infinite vertically as they are horizontally: The absolute limit being Y = ±30,000,000.
•A large FPS increase: Alpha testers report an FPS increase of 100~200%.
•Increase in running capability: Computers running Minecraft on Tiny render distance will handle only 30% the blocks they do now.

The possible features:
•Spherical render/load distance: Reduce handled blocks by up to 30% by cutting corners made of unneeded chunks.
•Server chunk occlusion/exclusion: Reduce bandwidth usage and defeat hackers by only sending data for visible chunks.
•Three-dimensional biomes: Save biome data per chunk rather than per block column, create volcanoes with magma chambers, underground rivers, tropical skylands floating over icy taigas, and more.

The disadvantages:
•Unloaded gravity-pause: Falling non-player entities and fluids will be forced to pause their fall if they reach unloaded chunks, but will resume falling when those chunks are loaded.
•Slow falling-pause: Players with slower computers and smaller render distances will have falling occasionally paused as they fall into unloaded chunks, until new chunks can be loaded.

The problems:
•Current sunlight and rain calculation methods cannot work with infinite vertical space: The solution to this is described here.
•Current BiomeDecorator cannot work with multiple vertical chunks simultaneously: The BiomeDecorator code must be altered to function correctly with this, or removed.
•Current cave generation method is executed an extra time for each vertical chunk created simultaneously, leading to lag spikes on world generation: Cave generation's method must be altered to suit this system more.
•Current grass/dirt generation algorithm forces additional chunk requests when chunks are loaded, causing chunks to load slower than they should: This algorithm must be replaced with something else.

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Changes in how things work:

Obviously, the implementation of this new chunk system will change quite a few things. These changes are mostly either necessary or in the interest of increased efficiency. Such changes are categorized and explained below.

How worlds will be stored:
[spoiler]How the current storage works, and what changes:
Interestingly enough, the current method of storage, the Anvil format, is derived from the storage method that the original Cubic Chunks mod used. The Anvil format stores individual chunk as a series of 16³ quasi-cubic chunks. These 'fake' cubic chunks allow for easier reference of specific data, but they still can't be separated from each other, meaning that it fails to reap the full benefits of this system. Even so, the change allowed Mojang to double the maximum height with no performance hit. Chunks are stored in groups of 32², inside 'MCRegion' files, for a total of 1024 chunks.
By nature, cubic chunks does away with the 'quasi-cubic' nonsense. In terms of chunk grouping, instead of using groups of 32³ chunks, new "3DRegion" files would contain groups of 16³. This means each 3DRegion file contains 4096 chunks, four times as many as MCRegion files. However, each 3DRegion contains only one fourth the amount of blocks. For per-chunk positional metadata, 3DRegion files would use the same number of bits as MCRegion files, after compression. Calculations show that the same area encompassed by a single MCRegion file would consume 64 kilobytes of extra space with 4 3DRegion files, which is nothing.

Converting existing worlds:
Most people are probably wondering something like "But won't this totally destroy all existing worlds?". Absolutely not; conversion could not be simpler. When a non-cubic world is loaded after the implementation of this system, a conversion process will begin and convert the entire world at once(To avoid making chunk loading take longer during play). First, all existing MCRegion files will be divided into quarters to create 3DRegion files. Then, all existing chunks are divided into sixteenths using the quasi-cubic properties to identify boundaries. After that, conversion is done.

The "isEmpty" flag optimization:
A 1-bit flag is added to each chunk, named "isEmpty". If the chunk consists of 100% air blocks, this bit is 1, any other case makes it 0. When the bit is 1, all data for the chunk besides the isEmpty flag is deleted and ignored, which reduces filesize. Empty chunks are never loaded, and locations where they occur are merely simulated as entities reside in them. The chunk will only load when something requires saving inside it.[/spoiler]

Changes to terrain, ores, etcetera:
[spoiler]Terrain:
By default, nothing will change. Small bits of terrain generation code need to be reconfigured to work properly with Cubic Chunks.

Biomes:
By default, nothing will change.

Ore generation:
By default, nothing will change.

Structures:
By default, nothing will change.

The Void:
After conversion to Cubic Chunks, the void and bedrock layer will still exist and generate as they always have. However, the void(Not the bedrock layer!) will not exist as a hard limit and is able to be moved, but not removed, by editing an associated NBT data tag inside a world's level.dat. This feature, that allows for increasing the maximum depth, is intentionally disabled without external programs, to prevent terrain change of any sort. It is intended to be used by experienced mapmakers and world generation mods only.

Superflat settings:
Existing superflat worlds will not change. However, new superflat worlds will gain a new decoration parameter, 'void'. Inclusion of this parameter will cause the void to form below the lowest defined layer. Exclusion of it will cause all layers below the lowest defined layer to copy the settings of that layer.[/spoiler]

Coping with sunlight:
[spoiler]There used to be a solution here, but it wasn't deemed good enough by Jeb. Suggest solutions in this thread.[/spoiler]

Changes to servers:
[spoiler]Settings:
There's a setting inside the Server.properties file called 'max-build-height'. The setting makes it impossible for any player to place or remove blocks above that height.
With the implementation of Cubic Chunks, a new setting named "maximum-generation-depth" would be added. The void, bedrock layers, and magma layers will generate normally at and above the Y level designated by the value of this setting.

Chunk occlusion/exclusion:
Using the raytracing methods already available in the code and used for explosion calculations, servers can identify which chunks are visible to a player, within safe assumptions, and only send the data for those chunks. This both reduces bandwidth usage, and cripples the usefulness of X-Ray cheats.[/spoiler]

Render/Load distance alterations:
[spoiler]After the implementation of Cubic Chunks, view distances' radii will apply to the vertical axis too. This reduces handled blocks in the cases of tiny and short render distances, and increases them in the cases of normal and far render distances. This can be optimized by utilizing a spherical render distance instead of a cubic one, which would reduce handled blocks in all distances except Far.[/spoiler]

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Frequently Asked Questions:

[spoiler=FAQ]Q: This is impossible.
A: No it's not. See below.

Q: Is this available as a mod?
A: Not yet! But it will be!

Q: I like X-ray! What if I don't want it to be broken?
A: First of all, breaking X-ray hacks will only be possible to do in multiplayer. That said, the system that would break X-ray would be possible to disable by the server owner. If the owner doesn't disable the system, then they don't want you using X-ray, and you should not be doing what the server owner doesn't want in the first place.

Q: I play on a PvP/Anarchy/Raid/Faction server. Won't this system let people pillar up into the sky and create a base thousands of blocks in the air and never be found?
A: No.

Q: I like Minecraft's current height limits. What if I don't want to have an infinite sky or infinite underground?
A: If this system is added, all worlds will not automatically gain an infinite underground. As stated below, the Void will remain in all worlds, even after the conversion to Cubic Chunks. The ability to remove the Void will simply be there. As for infinite space in the sky, the current build limit is over one hundred blocks above any terrain that vanilla Minecraft can possibly generate. It is ENTIRELY your decision on whether or not you take advantage of this height. If you play on a server, like stated above, the server owner can set a maximum build height. If s/he doesn't, then don't play on their server - you don't play on servers where the server owners allow things you don't like. Why would you play on an anarchy server if you hate being stolen from and killed?

Q: Will this affect Redstone at all?
A: No. This system will simply make it possible to make larger redstone circuitry than before.

Q: Won't this break existing worlds?
A: No. Existing worlds can be easily converted by dividing each MCRegion file into 4 pieces, then slicing the existing 256 block-high chunks inside them into 16 individual chunks.

Q: Won't this affect mods? Won't mod authors have a hard time updating their mods?
A: The answer to this question depends solely on the answer to the following two questions: Do parts of the modification code rely on chunk data/metadata? Does the mod author want to take advantage of the features of the new chunk system? If the answers to the first and second question are both "No", then updating a mod to this system should be very easy and quick. If the answer to the first question is "Yes", then those parts of the code will need to be rewritten somewhat, but in most cases, the changes should be fairly quick and easy. The only time that it should be hard to update a mod to this system, is if the answer to the second question is "Yes".

Q: Won't this require a total rewrite of the mod API if that's released first?
A: No. Whether or not even a small part of the mod API needs to be rewritten depends on the way that it is implemented and whether or not there are API inclusions for chunk handling and other chunk-related behavior.

Q: Could a player fall into unloaded chunks if chunks aren't loaded fast enough?
A: No, they could not, and for several reasons. Minecraft has a terminal velocity, though it might not seem like it. This velocity is slower than it should take to load new chunks below the player. In cases with exceptionally slow computers, even if the player did manage to reach an unloaded chunk, their fall would be paused until that chunk can be loaded.

Q: What would happen when water, sand, or a mob falls into an unloaded chunk?
A: Nothing. The water/sand/mob would freeze in place until the chunk is loaded and it can continue moving. You can already see this same thing happening on the horizontal axis.

Q: What will happen to the Void?
A: It will still exist, along with all its effects. The only difference is that the Void is no longer a hard limit and it can be moved. After the conversion to Cubic Chunks, the Void's location will be stored in a world's ' class='bbc'>level.dat, and this location can be changed with NBT editing tools. When and where the Void exists, chunks will cease to generate.

Q: Will this affect terrain?
A: No. However, terrain generators will gain the ability to use infinite height.

Q: Will this affect ore generation?
A: No. Ore is a part of terrain generation. As stated above, terrain will not be changed.

Q: Won't all current terrain generators be incompatible with this system and need to be rewritten?
A: No. Terrain generators work independently of chunks. When a chunk is generated for the first time, it calls the terrain generator and receives a specific section of the resultant terrain to save inside itself. Because of this, some custom terrain generators can generate steep terrain all the way to Y256, where you can experience a large, flat cut-off. Since there are no chunks above Y256 to call the terrain generator for terrain, no terrain exists there.

Q: What would happen if there's a huge solid ceiling so far above you that it is unloaded? Wouldn't you just see the sky, just with everything being completely dark?
A: Yes. This already happens on the horizontal axis, and it is an issue with sky rendering, not this chunk system. As such, this has nothing to do with this suggestion. Please do not post about this.

Q: If you go deep underground, will your plants grow/ores smelt/animals grow?
A: No, because those chunks would be unloaded, just as if you had walked far away. This is a flaw with any chunk system, regardless of shape. It is a necessary evil that allows Minecraft to have infinite worlds. The only way to fix this would be to introduce a separate new system that works with chunks as they are loaded and unloaded. This suggestion deals with the chunk system itself, and not sister processes. Because of that, that is outside of the scope of this suggestion. Please do not post about this.[/spoiler]

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[WIP] The Cubic Chunks Mod! (Tall Worlds Mod):

Cuchaz has taken it upon himself to bring us the glorious Cubic Chunks, since Mojang refuses to do so.

Cuchaz is using a API of his own creation to help assist in the making of this mod, and he's quite far along, as seen in these two tech demo videos:
[spoiler=T-Demo 1: Vertical chunk loading][/spoiler]
[spoiler=T-Demo 2: Broken height cap and no lag!][/spoiler]
With the basic functionality in place - a complete overhaul of the basic chunk system, and height limit removed - this whole concept can already be considered proven. What remains is making sure everything else functions correctly under the new chunk system. In any case, stay tuned for future updates if it interests you(If it doesn't, then you are the weakest link - goodbye!).

You can follow the mod's development in much more depth in its very own topic!

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Gallery:

[spoiler=A mountainside with an experimental engine using Cubic Chunks designed by Nocte. 960 block view radius, and 30 FPS.][/spoiler]
[spoiler=A different view of the mountainside with the same engine by Nocte. This time, with 1600 block view radius and 15 FPS.][/spoiler]
[spoiler="A video demonstrating Nocte's engine."]

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Please help us get word out of this suggestion! Share this with your friends, with Minecraft celebrities if you're familiar with them, or even with Mojangsters like Jeb or Dinnerbone! (Do not share this with Notch. Notch doesn't work with Minecraft anymore.)

The purpose of this suggestion is to have Cubic Chunks implemented in Vanilla. Being available as a modification does not fulfill that purpose. The modification featured in this suggestion is to act as a proof-of-concept only(Note: Its being featured here is to act as a proof-of-concept. The modification itself is on its way to becoming a fully fledged modification).

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Special thanks:
Cuchaz, for taking Barteks' proof and running with it, to give us a truly functional Cubic Chunks mod.
Barteks2x, for updating the Cubic Chunks mod to 1.6.2, proving that it is possible.
Azraile, for posting the original suggestion and allowing me to take ownership of it.
Nocte, for helping resolve flaws and designing Hexahedra.
MineCrak, for a large amount of valuable insight and enthusiasm into the topic of Cubic Chunks.
aaronfranke, for helping resolve flaws.
PanJouda, for creating the original banner.
Flexico, for creating the predecessor to the current banner.
laz2727, for creating the current banner.
Robinton, for creating the original Cubic Chunks mod.
The_Watchman13, for answering all those stupid questions so I don't have to.

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Note: Many calculations and information can be found among the many posts of this topic. There are too many for me to cite here, but if you wish, you can search for them yourself.

Please view my Planet Minecraft version of this thread. MinecraftForums deleted about 30% of this entire post in random spots.

-Introduction-

I'm sure you all know what hackers are, right? Those little trolls under the bridge that has either by some horrifying miracle got smarter or learned how to download a client online. The big cheaters that, when angry, threaten to do things they can't possible do just to scare you and make them sound tough.

Read along as I've typed this so I can point out

/Terms\

Skip this if you want. But I'd read it if I were you.

In this, we'll label anyone who is using a Hacked Client online as "Hackers". People who create the hacks will be called HCreaters. Owners of servers are Owners, admins/mods (anybody who doesn't have 100% ownership of a server but still has permissions) are labelled Operators, and the regular people who play Vanilla Minecraft will be called Innocents. We'll also be using the hacker term "Skids" to label those players who

Over the years, news and Minecraft has turned the term "Hacker" into a bad guy. The name "Hacker" is someone who is willing to try new things. Someone who says, "Hmm.. what can I do with this? What if I send this instead of that?" just to see what it does.




-What are Hackers?-

I'm sure you all know the answer to this question.. but not all of you do. Here, I am going to go through what a hacker

First of all, hackers are Innocents that have either 1.) Gotten really mad at a server, 2.) Decided to try something new, or 3.) Wanted to feel as if they were powerful. It's always a good thing to treat your players with kindness and respect, oterwise they'll turn into Hackers or or Skids. Both of which are really bad to have mad against your server.

I'm sure you all know the answer to this question.. but not all of you do. Here, I am going to go through what a hacker can and can't do.

First of all, hackers are Innocents that have either 1.) Gotten really mad at a server, 2.) Decided to try something new, or 3.) Wanted to feel as if they were powerful. It's always a good thing to treat your players with kindness and respect, oterwise they'll turn into Hackers or or Skids. Both of which are really bad to have mad against your server.

Hackers: They can ruin the game for everyone else. They will do whatever they can to get the edge of other players. Sometimes they'll 'be a little nice' and turn off a few hacks to make it a little fair for others, but either way they should be Jailed or IP Banned as soon as possible. A little warning.. Hackers CAN bypass bans. They have their methods, either to change their Account or to change their IP. Either way you ban them, you can be sure that they're probably going to come back. They can also call onto friends or a general Minecraft Hacking section in some forums. If you ever notice that more people are joining your server and it doesn't seem like the same guy, it's probably a hell lot more safer to turn off your server for a few days... either you'll face some HCreaters or Hatters that want a little fun.

Skids: They're basically Hackers that (believe) they can do some Hollywood Hacks. Be warned, as these are very similar to Hatters and can sometimes be confused. If it's a skid, they'll threaten to DDos you, sue you, take your server offline, etc. Since they're also 'hackers', they - just as easily - can call on for more Hackers or Skids to join your server. BUT!!.. They can also be Hatters.

Hatters: You probably won't see many Hatters, but if you do don't get a Hatter and a Skid confused. It's easy to. A Hatter will take down your server if they can, which causes hosting issues for your server and causes you to have to pay more money on your next bill if it goes over the limit. If they're a more famous Hatter, and they're really pissed off at you.. Let's just say they can go as deep as finding your phone number. Think of what they can do with that.. what other things they could do....

HCeators: These are basically the Plugin Developers.. but for Hacked Minecraft clients. They're mostly looked up upon, given the title of a "God" or a "myNigga". Almost all of the time, they know PHP, Java, HTML5, etc and makes thousands upon thousands of dollars a month doing IRL stuff. Just like the Hatters, their profession is Hacking. Their profession is finding new stuff to do with Minecraft, doing stuff you probably wouldn't believe me if I said... I've seen it first hand. The dude was holding a ****ing miniature Steve in his hand! In a survival server!! Crashed my game seconds later, but I saw it..



Now.. for the moment you've all been waiting for..

Things a hacker

What they don't want you to know..

ForceOP: ForceOp is a theory that some people believe exist. It's supposedly a program that can give you Op Permission on any server, kicking everyone from the server, banning anyone, etc. First of all.. It does not exist and never will exist. Think of this to yourself; If a ForceOP existed, why hasn't anyone used it to get op on Hypixel and blow up the map? Why hasn't anyone got on my server and banned me yet? No matter how much a Skid tries to search for it, there is and will never be a ForceOP. But.. There have some similar cases. I'll talk about them later..

"Reach Hack": Please, for the love of god, use the plugin NoCheat. Although it gives some Hackers a few more creative things they can do, it stops them from hitting players 5-6 blocks away. Just throwing this in.

Item Spoofer: You heard me, an Item Spoofer. With this, a player could be holding nothing in his hand and break obsidian within a few seconds. All this does is tells the server that you're holding Slot4 instead of Slot1. How it works.. how to explain it.. They hold a PickAxe in their hand and enable ItemSpoofer. Now, whatever item they switch to, as long as the PickAxe stays in that same hotbar the server will always show them holding the pickaxe. Now they can eat food, Soup, shoot a bow (They can't really shoot a bow, this is just an example), etc. This is nearly impossible to catch a player doing.. just keep your eye out if the player is placing blocks while holding a shovel, or eating steak while holding a bow.

Blink: Be warned, this is probably the newest hack out there in Minecraft that people don't know about. What it does is tell the server that you're lagging. Whenever you move in Minecraft, every inch sends a packet to the server saying "I am now moving to x3y60z4 I am now moving to x4y60z4.3 I am now moving to x5y60.4z4.6". Blink basically stops their client from sending those packets and "records" it, then when they disable it they quickly tell the server all of that stuff within a second. By doing this, on your screen it looks like they lagged REALLY badly. By doing this, they can "blink" behind you and you won't even notice them walk there. It's so fast, it almost looks like a teleport. Say, Hacker is a x4. He activate blink. He now walks to x10, drops his sword, and walks back to x4. What did you see? Nothing. You just saw a sword get dropped 6 blocks away from Hacker, but you have no idea where it came from. That's how fast it is. Watch out, Corner Trapping doesn't work anymore.

Damage Bypassing: This is a new-ish little bypass trick for Nocheat. By taking damage, a Hacker can fly a short amount of damage. If taken enough damage, he could fly about 50 blocks. On a Nocheat server. They can also "step" up blocks.. execpt, he can step up about 8 blocks high. Doing this bypass, they can glide, fly, step up, and even teleport short distances on a NoCheat server. This will never be able to be patched. Your server isn't fully protected...

Anticheat: Get this.. Even the most simple Hacked Clients now have a hack called "Anticheat". Doing this, they can bypass every Anticheat check. If your server has AntiCheat, I recommend switching to NoCheat. Now. Anticheat doesn't do anything anymore.

Phase: A note, Hackers can only do this if the server has NoCheat. Phase is a hack in almost every Hacked Client that abuses a flaw in Nocheat. The Hacker teleports a little bit into the ground, and Nocheat teleports him back. If he were to, say, quickly teleport through a door and down a block so fast that Nocheat didn't see it, Nocheat will teleport him back up.. on the other side of the door. By doing this, players can go through (and inside of) any Transparent block. Chests, steps, cobblestone fences, iron doors, etc. All Hackers can walk through and inside of them. Sometimes, if you're messing with an HCreator, he might be able to go through about 3-4 blocks thick of obsidian.. be careful.

Crashers: These are real, but the server needs specific things for it to happen. Most Hacked Clients have hacks that can let them spawn in items if they're in creative. They can spawn a diamond without going to the creative menu.. then they can give the diamond level 127 enchant for every enchant.. then they can rename it to YOLO and other stuff. There's an Item in minecraft that crashes your client if it's dropped or if you open a chest with it in it. They removed the image for the item so now it doesn't crash them. Now they can spawn the item in and crash anyone in a creative server. The item is some type of flower.. that's all I know. There's also a crasher that works for every Pure Vanilla server. All it does is teleport about 400000 blocks a few times, the server can't handle it and it completely crashes for up to an hour.

Other: HCreators are creative, and there's a lot of creative things you can do with Minecraft. From placing an item that crashes your client, to finding an exploit that shows you the coordinates of every single faction in a server.. They've done it before, and they're doing it now. Climbing up ladders x5 fast, running 20 blocks a second, turning their head completely inside out, all of these I have seen HCreators do on NoCheat servers.

BungeeCord Exploit: Simple enough. If you use BungeeCord and it's not configured properly, any player can join your Creative/PVP/Vanilla/Factions server since it's in Offline mode. And since it's in Offline mode, they can join with any username.. including yours, Owner.


What to do:

1.) Install Nocheat.

2.) Install an Invisibility plugin like VanishNoPacket.

3.) Wait for better plugins..

There's currently no check for Blink, Phase, Damage Bypass and a few other. There's no fix for it, and there probably won't ever be.

IMPORTANT Notes:

Hackers can type .help in the chat. -- For the past year, hackers have added a command to their clients called ".say". It basically just says whatever is after the .say into the chat. If you tell a hacker to say .help, he will type ".say .help" into his client and you will see him say ".help" in the chat. Hackers have also used other symbols instead of ".". Some hackers use -help, some use ~help, some even us /help. (Using the /, if they type /spawn their client will say "Invalid comand: /spawn -- Typing that into the chat.." and it will do /spawn to the server.)

Hackers can see invisible admins. -- Unless you use a Plugin like VanishNoPacket, simply using any other invisible plugin that just makes you invisible or with a potion, they can see you. They can also make their KillAura turn off for Invisible players.

Hackers can FLY ON NOCHEAT SERVERS. -- Said it before, using the Damage Bypass they can fly short amounts of time.

Hackers test their hacks to make sure NoCheat can't detect them before using them in real servers. -- Hackers have created their own servers with the latest NoCheat Plugin to test their hacks. If you join the server,

Hackers can not be banned. -- While you can certainly ban SammyGirl23i4 for "forcefield/killaura", TimDaHacker who owned that account.. has about 52 other Minecraft Accounts that he's hacked/bought. You can be fairly certain that TimDaHacker will re-join with the exact same hacks - except, now he's more careful about getting caught. It's probably better to IPBan them.. but even then, they can simply change their IP or use a Proxy (google it) to join the server again. A Hacker has about 20 to 3,000 "alts" (Alternative Accounts) to join your server over and over even after you've banned him, IPBanne him, paid him to go away, etc.

Hatters can take you offline by your skype username. -- I've seen this too many times. "who wants to skype" "who has skype my skype is hackmepls345" "u want 2 skype ?" By giving your Skype Username to some random person you don't know, you've basically given them your IP Address. With that, Hatters can just send a few billion packets to your router and fry it. Not only do you have to pay for repairs, but now you have to pay for all the bandwidth you just used up.

Hatters have been known of finding HollyWood Hacks. -- From the 1.6.2 handshake exploit (which let any hacker join any server with any username by quickly switching his name when he log'd in), to the Nodus Session Stealer (which would still your session and force your player to do /op Hackzeer344 on your server), HCreaters have been known to do horrifying stunts. Something like this is always possible.. and with the ability to change your username in the next update.. who knows what or how they can hack that.

This entire thread was created because somebody told a hacker to say ".help" or else he would get banned. He said .help in chat, then - right in front of the entire spawn - he took some damage and flew up about 20 blocks before Nocheat teleported him back down.

Please, for the love of all of your players, get NoCheatPlus and start IP Banning hackers. Simply typing /ban to ban their username lets an Innocent join on his brother account - he's not being punished, you're just forcing Hackers and other players to join with another username.

I think the top half of the inventory (the armor, skin, and 2x2 crafting grid) should be available from any in game interface. They could be added to the sides of the pre existing interfaces and be used to more quickly do simple tasks e.g. open a chest and make some torches and leave left over ingredients in the chest (This could possibly need three separate interface interactions just for the one simple task). Or be able to equip armor directly from a chest or crafting table .Granted the 2x2 grid is redundant in the crafting bench popup but I think that would be a small thing compared to rest. I also thought that could allow some new crafting mechanics which could be cool or use in multi stage crafting where you can do multiple small crafts on the 2x2 grid and put the outputs in the 3x3 to make something else. I will think of some more specific examples at some point but I do think that there is some potential there. In addition an additional way to close the in game interfaces would be nice. My preference would be for just clicking outside of the active interface (which I see as being akin to "looking away" from what you are working with. This however is just a side idea. I don't see it as unbalancing anything as the mechanics are not changing. It would just let you do more with out having to go back and forth a lot. Let me know what you think. Below are some of the ideas I had for how this could be utilized with specific interfaces. Most of which have pictures with them now. Let me know some of the ways this might make your Minecraft experience better/easier and I will list them along with your name.

(All other pictures are within the 'spoiler' sections below.)
Large/Small Chest
Crafting Table
Furnace
Dispenser/Dropper
Enchantment Table
Brewing Stand
Villager
Beacon Block
Anvil Creative

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Quote from Yoshidude

Thats kinda stupid. Now my mod will never be noticed.

Not with that attitude.

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Misunderstanding, my bad.

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Here's a simple, 2-way vertical flying machine (really an elevator) which I designed. Uses 2 stations and a flying carriage.
http://imgur.com/a/lTTmB

nice , I've also made a pretty similar design a while ago , here: