28 December 2011

Today I am working closely with the new spout server API. I have just updated four of my server plugins for Bukkit as well, so if you want to see those head over to dev.bukkit.org and look up my username joshcvb. I am currently working on an i depth RPG plugin for Spout. Since I am no longer constrained to some of the requirements of Bukkit I can get the RPG plugin just how I want it. I am writing an API that other plugin developers can hook into as well.

I am also working on porting over the timber framing mod from single player mods to work with spout as well. I ll be posting some of my plugins here on PMC as well so I can keep track in different places.

23 December 2011

As a plugin developer for Bukkit, I have noticed Bukkit has plateaued and hit a limitation wall. Most plugins are rehashed or multiple slightly different versions of the same plugin are available on Bukkit. If you have not heard by now, Spout has broken off to form their own server mod. Spout will have a plugin to make Bukkit plugins compatible with the Spout server. As a server owner as well, I have installed the Spout Server and have had it up and running. Multi-threaded core support, and among other things have made me switch my focus from Bukkit to Spout. There will be no limitations with Spout since it was written from the ground up as an entire server and launcher mod. I hope to see many other plugin devs over there and wish the best for Bukkit. I have talked with many other Single Player Mod developers and many have already begun to support Spout so they will no longer have to deal with Modlauncher. So I bid my farewells to Bukkit, Spout will soon be the future of Multiplayer Minecraft.

To read on up what Spout is capable of and to download their server.jar to run a Spout server check out the link below.

forums.getspout.org/threads/new-years-resolutions.487/