We're good to go, folks! 1.9 is now available on Loka. For the most part the transition is perfectly smooth, and there are only a couple of caveats to the update in terms of plugins we're still waiting on. Namely:
We tested what we could with 1.9, but we can make no guarantees that everything will work as it used to. Please report any and all issues you find with the update to an admin as soon as you find them so we can stay on top of any big issues we find. Fortunately, 1.9 was a well-made update and not much changed in terms of what plugin-makers needed to update.
Welp, Go Forth!
-Crypt
- EchoPet - The plugin that handles our Pets is no longer being maintained by its author. Somebody else might pick up the job and release a 1.9 compatible version, but until then, we've had to disable the Pets bit of Loka for now
- LibsDisguises - This is the plugin that helps disguise our custom mobs. As a result, you'll find that all of your Town Guards are now Pig Zombies and dock guards are Iron Golems. Fortunately, this only affects what they look like and they should otherwise have the same health/damage as they used to.
- The End - Will be coming soon, but we have some preparations to do on our end before we can make it available to Lokans. For now it will be unaccessible, but it's one of our top priorities now that we've made the transition to 1.9. Otherwise, here are what we're going to be changing in the End specific to Loka:
- Elytras/Dragon Heads - will drop from the Ender Dragon, and will not be found in End Cities. End Cities will have their loot chests removed, as we're effectively cordoning off a section of the End to behave much like the Nether, in which all block changes will revert after a few hours.
- Endermen - will still drop Ender Pearls, but with a very low drop rate %.
- Chorus - will, like Netherwart, only grow in the End and cannot be grown on any of the continents
- Shulkers - will likely respawn like blocks would, in order that people still get to die from them over and over
- Beetroot - Will be added to the South Continent of Garama soon. It will, like other crops, only grow there.
- Chorus Fruit - Like Ender Pearls, eating this will not allow you to warp through a wall or anything in a town and will be subject to the same limitations of Ender Pearls in foreign towns.
- New Enchants - In vanilla, these only show up in Dungeons, but we have none, so we're going to have to add this to Loka in some special way, which we haven't figured out yet.
- Elytra Flight - This will be allowed as usual, but the minute you touch town protection with an Elytra, you will be immediately teleported to the ground. It is not our intention for everybody to feel forced to build domes so that people can't fly over their walls.
- Arenas/Battlegrounds - We'll be updating these to 1.9 soon as well, but they will remain unavailable at first.
We tested what we could with 1.9, but we can make no guarantees that everything will work as it used to. Please report any and all issues you find with the update to an admin as soon as you find them so we can stay on top of any big issues we find. Fortunately, 1.9 was a well-made update and not much changed in terms of what plugin-makers needed to update.
Welp, Go Forth!
-Crypt
