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Last night I upgraded the server to a development version of Bukkit to support Minecraft 1.1. I haven't had a chance to really test it out, and I haven't looked into updating the plugins yet. So don't be surprised if you find something not working quite right -- just let an admin know if you find anything.
I do know that admins can not yet enchant bows like we've been doing with other tools and weapons; I expect that you can enchant them normally through an enchantment table, though. (There's a table in the market.) Also, I expect the disappearing oak sapling bug to be fixed, but again, haven't tested to make sure.
I'll try to find a chance to put more time into it tonight.

One of our members, sirheavens, has brought up a question today that I thought would be fun to share (since I've already started working on the answer a bit). Are we going to have an official Texture Pack to use for this server?

The answer, of course, is yes! Work is already being done to get a foundation for the TC Texture Pack set using PainterlyPack, and you can see the progress I've made so far in the thread linked below. Now, I'd love to ask you for help - if you want to dive in and help us get a custom Texture Pack completed for our launch in the next two weeks, you can join in the conversation of that thread and work with others to make something really amazing.

If you have no design skills, we can still use your help with testing out ideas for how the Textures should look. Hit the thread link below for more details and to get started with making the TreeCrafters Official Texture Pack a reality.



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If you've chosen to use an Oak tree (regular tree) for the Challenge, you may be in for a little surprise the next time you log on. Unfortunately, with the upgrade to CraftBukkit 1.0.1 on the server, a new bug was introduced that causes some Oak saplings to disappear rather than grow when placed close to each other or other trees. Placing a sapling near another tree and either using bone meal or letting the sapling grow naturally may cause it to vanish, rather than actually grow.

Mailleweaver and Syhd found this bug while working on their own tree farms, and through thorough testing we have determined that this is a bug in CraftBukkit that we will need to wait for them to fix.

In the meantime, you can still use the other trees to do the challenge, and can also use Oak trees (though you should be careful about placing your saplings further apart, or risk losing them permanently). If you are an oak, place your saplings at least 5 blocks away to ensure that you do not lose any …

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It's official! TreeCrafters is now live. Come on and join the server. We'll be waiting for you!

If you haven't applied yet, please start here:
http://www.treecrafters.com/t67-the-new-and-improved-application-process

It's that time again, people! Welcome the newest member to join our Admin team - the very lovely Syhd! While most of you have seen her more than a few times before (she's been one of our most active members since early on), none of you have really seen her under the in-game chat tag of "Admin: " until now.


She brings a lot of creativity to our team, excitement for making things look pretty and that feminine touch that all male-gamers would love to swoon after. You can see her on the server at almost any time of the day or night, either working in her Portal Gun Shop or just hanging out with the other players to keep them company while they wait for saplings to grow.

We are very happy to have Syhd on our team, and hope that you will all give her a warm welcome!


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How often have you been high up in your world tree, extended out on a branch and trying to place that final leaf block to complete the view, only to be blasted by that friendly creeper standing behind you and falling several stories to your death? It's frustrating, at the least, and causes depression and creeper-rage at the worst. As this has happened to all of us, I thought you might like to know about a new item we're making available on the server - Anti-Fall Boots.

Yes, these are the very same long fall boots that come with our Portal Gun plugin, but we've got them all setup and ready to use now, thanks to Syhd. Anti-Fall Boots, when worn, will prevent all fall damage from happening no matter what height you might be jumping from, and will even give you a bit of armor (about as much as leather boots give you).

You can buy your pair of Anti-Fall Boots in our market at the "Portals R' We" …

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You're all probably wondering what else we have to do before we finally launch the server. I have good news! It's right around the corner! Our Private-Beta testers have been awesome over the last few days with helping us work the kinks out, and the Admin team have been building some amazing structures around the world to get ready for the coming onslaught of excited players.

So what's left?

- A World Tree Museum (pulling trees from the old world and into the new for inspiration)
- Arenas for Treef, Spleef and PVP
- Gambling center
- A few scattered ruins to pique your interest in the Lore of the world
- Final configurations of Bukkit and related plugins
- Finalizing the Market and Economy guidelines.

After that, we're home free! Give us a few more days, and everything will be ready for you to enjoy.

Don't forget about our first TreeCrafters Design Challenge that we announced last week, or the Player Journals (which are coming along very well). See you

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Are you ready for another round of early-access invitations? Our last group of 5 players have successfully started their trees and are even on their way to building shops in the Market. With the Arenas now in the works and a few final touches to the Market being put in place, we wanted to open up the servers for 5 more lucky players to join us.

Leave a comment below and by tomorrow morning 5 of you will be chosen to join the whitelist and start the Challenge.

Oh, and as a bonus, for every friend that you invite, you get two chances to join. If you or your friend are chosen, both of you get early access!

We thought we would have a little fun with this one. The Portal Gun has a multitude of uses (outside of entertaining your test subjects with numerous puzzling chambers). Use it to gather items quickly and send them back to your storage room, travel quickly from one side of your root systems to another, extend redstone circuits to anywhere in the world, or just have fun with a test chamber created for your fellow challengers. Yes, we have brought a new item to our game from another - the Portal Gun is really amazing.

Check out this demonstration video from the creators:



We will also be adding the Material Emancipation Grill to clear your inventory quickly and getting rid of your junk (but we will not be adding the Red/Blue Gels or Aerial Faith Plates).

If you want to get your own Portal Gun (a powered-off redstone torch, not a stick), head to the Market and purchase one from Syhd, our local Portal Gun Expert and Salesperson. They're going for a …[/flash(425,350)]