Glixyl joins the Aegis Gaming Network
Hello everyone,
I have joined forces with a non-profit organization called Aegis Gaming Network. We share a vision of Minecraft advocacy and a love for modded content.
Glixyl’s Revenge mod pack is our first target for the launcher and a Aegis server hosting Revenge and perhaps Mo’ SMP will be made available eventually.
Spitfire25565 of Gamemode5 has been covering my mod packs for a long time and he is a great guy to boot! He interviews Volgarenthor of Aegis Gaming and I about my mod packs and Aegis’ plans.
Also Spitfire25565 is considering doing a full video series about Glixyl’s Mo’ SMP with members of the Minecraft community. Perhaps you will even see me drop by if he selects this as his Let’s Play series.
Mo’ SMP v3.4 PREVIEW / Aegis Gaming and a new launcher?
If you are looking for the download of Revenge client, please visit the downloads tab and get the Lite version unless you have a monster graphics-processing workstation.
I am proud to announce the upcoming point release of Glixyl Mo’ SMP v3.4 client and server! Check the video below for both Revenge and Mo’ SMP eye-candy and some features you may not have seen before!
Also I visit Volgarenthor from Aegis Gaming Network, who is running a Revenge test server… so I made a stupid looking house at his world spawn and show some of the advanced graphics features recently packaged in ultra. Check out the wet bricks, stone and wooden objects. The god rays and other features are also cool.
Aegis Gaming Network and I decided to team up together to feature Glixyl’s mod packs within a new easy-to-use launcher similar to Technic/Tekkit. Aegis Gaming Network is a non-profit organization that believes modded content is the future of Minecraft. I share that belief and we will be doing our best to bring premium servers for the community featuring my mod pack(s); which Aegis has offered to help optimize and better suit a larger server environment than I had originally intended. Onward and upward I say!
CaptainRob already announced the unofficial news> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCj4GXsVah4&feature=g-u-u
Faithful Candy – Bump mapping, reflections, wet blocks, night vision effects, god rays OMG!
UPDATE: please visit the downloads page to get the Lite client version of the mod pack if you have a older and/or slower computer.
I don’t like to release two blog articles on the same day, especially since we just released our new trailer for Glixyl’s Revenge and because I also just released a new version of the Ultra client today called Faithful Beauty with waving leaves and wheat (in addition to shader-adjusting the Faithful 32x texture pack). This also fixed a rendering/crashing bug related to tessellation that took me some time to track down that fixes problems with certain terrain such as jungle biomes with the ultra client at times.
What does it matter that it is all happening at once? Check out ‘Faithful Candy’, the experimental eye-candy version of the Ultra client. When it rains, blocks look wet. At night, the color drains from the landscape until you approach light sources. Blocks are bump-mapped. God rays shine brilliantly down on you (can be a little much at times) and there might need to be a sunglasses mod to compensate 🙂
NemPavz sent me a link to a video showing the features of SEUS V10 RC5 and I had to make a client derived from the Faithful Beauty client today so that people could play with it themselves. One very cool aspect of this Faithful Candy Ultra client release is that it fixes the issue where your hand or item in your hand was washed out/white. Now the items look perfect.
<Experimental Download> http://www.mediafire.com/?hvn4k1s5k71gzb6 << requires a very fast computer and video card, but is cool to play with. If you want something more practical, get the Faithful Beauty version instead in the downloads section as it is the most stable Ultra client available for Revenge.
***** NOTE: You must disable ‘Threaded Optimization’ by setting it to off in your graphics control panel or you will get flashing blocks and it will be annoying. This is from my Nvidia control panel. It may be called ‘OpenGL threading’ in other panels. You can disable it for just minecraft and java.exe, but the preferred setting is to change it globally as I have done in the screenshot below.
Faithful Beauty – Revenge with Waving Leaves, Wheat and Fire!!
More than one person has requested that Faithful textures be part of my mod packs, but I was never much of a fan until I added all the mod patches to Faithful32x for the Lite Client last week. Faithful 32x, for those that aren’t running the Lite version of Revenge, has the look and feel of default minecraft; but at the same time has the beauty that high-definition textures bring to the game.
After playing with a Revenge-modded Faithful 32x texture pack, I quickly longed to have my water shaders back and other features in my Ultra client. I couldn’t locate a shader-adjusted version of Faithful 32x, so I used the Gimp (open source/free graphics editing program) to replace the default water blocks with magenta and transparencies. The result was amazing to me and I love the fact that now my mod pack can look and feel the same, regardless of the client version.
But that wasn’t enough. I have been wanting waving leaves, grass and fire with my Ultra client. The good news is that I was able to add all of those waving features and still have water shaders in the same Ultra pack. Watch the video below for the result which I hope you will love as much as I do. (If you want to try MAtmos environmental sound, it is also included in the .minecraft directory for an in-place optional install- read the readme file).
**REQUIRES A POWERFUL COMPUTER WITH DEDICATED GFX CARD> The Ultra client has been repackaged in a special download with all the shader eye-candy enabled, a multi-threaded Optifine and with the Faithful 32x shader-adjusted texture pack. Download here or on downloads page>http://www.mediafire.com/?fcyee89re0x3f5d
***** NOTE: You must disable ‘Threaded Optimization’ by setting it to off in your graphics control panel or you will get flashing blocks and it will be annoying. This is from my Nvidia control panel. It may be called ‘OpenGL threading’ in other panels. You can disable it for just minecraft and java.exe, but the preferred setting is to change it globally as I have done in the screenshot below.
LIGHTS VIDEO – UPDATE 3 FOR REVENGE!
If you like the song Lights by Ellie Goulding, I am sure that you will love this video celebrating the launch of Glixyl’s Revenge UPDATE3. This mod pack was designed to be larger, more dangerous and beautiful than Tekkit and Technic; while adding plenty of animals, birds, monsters, machines, quests and exploration to your Minecraft! An easy-to-use auto-installer is available as well as a ready-to-run server; one download for Windows, MacOS and Linux!
The loot tables for Battle Towers have been altered for towers newly spawned. Each floor’s chests get a chance of having 1-2 new random items that I have picked for their usefulness in decoration or function. Examples are permanently lit furnaces, grass blocks and sponge.
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NemPavz, Dev_ill and WDzXStudios all helped big-time with the trailer, testing and by highlighting mods as well as some PVP for the camera. This is the Bassnectar remix of Lights to be concise, which NemPavz suggested.
All texture packs contained within the Lite, Standard and Ultra clients are shown. For the list of mods and the download of Revenge UPDATE3, visit the downloads page. Hard link for the Lite client> http://www.mediafire.com/?2rx1hqt36stsaxx
I am planning a Halloween/Christmas Adventure map making and texture pack editing contest.. think of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas so let me know if that interests you because I think that Revenge will make a great Adventure sandbox due to the crazy shaped blocks, machines and mob spawners available. Make a castle in the overworld that leads to a fortress in the nether populated with wraiths, cave ogres and maybe your charged Tesla coils? Booby-trap puzzles with ComputerCraft logic and password controls. With RP2 and all the rest of the mods, the possibilities are almost endless. If you have ideas on how to build upon this idea, please comment or message me on YouTube or WordPress.
Captain Rob’s Glixyl’s Revenge Series – UPDATE3 released and polished
CaptainRob, Spitfire25565 and friends did a video series on my mod pack from our test server. Below is the playlist which Rob published today.
Also I have unofficially released UPDATE3: check the downloads page for more. UPDATE3 has EXTRA BEES which adds ectoplasm, lightning bees and mob spawning bees! NemPavz fixed a NEI addon problem with UPDATE2 and suggested that I use a Faithful 32x for the Lite version and I think you will like the more polished result and the mod support. The release is backwards compatible with UPDATE2 servers so don’t sweat on updating the server if you are not ready. (the worlds/maps will generate the new hives on unexplored chunks after patching).
Revenge Test Server Exploration and CaptainRobGaming Fly-by in Ultra
UPDATE 10/7: Check the downloads page for the UPDATE3 of the Lite, Standard, Ultra and Ultra Deluxe clients and are more polished than UPDATE2. They are backwards-compatible with the UPDATE2 server so you don’t have to worry about users not being able to connect. Once your users have updated, there is a server patch to UPDATE3 on the downloads page as well.
We have found and fixed a couple small issues in the mod pack that will make it into the release to be called UPDATE 3 to avoid confusion.
NEI_RedpowerPlugin version 1.2.2.3 adds the NEI recipes to the client and you can add it to your /mods folder if you want that now. Thanks again NemPavz. Identifying bugs on this blog or my YouTube channel will help make the final product much better.
Also please point out any texture addons you know about that you would like to see in the Revenge final release.
Here is a video I took this morning showing many features of Revenge UPDATE2 such as a Millenaire bandit tower, volcanoes, THX Helicopter flying, the Ultra Deluxe client with all the eye-candy enabled, MAtmos addon, a fly-by of CaptainRob’s base from his video series as well as a ComputerCraft demonstration showing StarWars Episode 4 in ASCII on my wide-screen floor-to-ceiling monitor at my blast-resistant cliff side manor!
Revenge multiplayer mod pack has more mods than Technic single player?
UPDATE 10/7: Revenge now has Extra Bees!
I have been watching some videos about my mod pack and that made me think, “I wonder if my multiplayer mod pack is actually larger and has more features than Technic single player and/or other single player mod packs?”. My first instinct told me that couldn’t be possible due to the fact that single player mod packs are much easier to put together and Technic is a whole team of people.. I am just one guy with a 7-year old play tester.
Technic is the most famous single player mod pack and is brought to you by the same people who put together Tekkit. http://www.technicpack.net/technic/
Check the tally for yourself, Revenge SMP vs Technic SSP. How is that even possible?? Where the mods differ, I placed a ‘/’ between the mod names in the mod list column.
| MOD LIST | Glixyl’s Revenge SMP | Technic SSP | ||||
| Client – MC1.2.5 | Auto-Installer | SpoutCraft launcher | ||||
| server backend | Vanilla Modded | single player only | ||||
| THX Helicopter | Yes | N/A | ||||
| IndustrialCraft 2 | v1.97 | v1.97 | ||||
| IC2 | force fields | Yes | Yes | |||
| IC2 | nuke ctrl | Yes | Yes | |||
| IC2 | compact solars | Yes | Yes | |||
| IC2 | adv machines | Yes | Yes | |||
| BetterWorldGen3 | Yes | N/A | ||||
| Mo’ Creatures | v3.6.2 w/config | v3.7.1 (hard mobs don’t work in this SMP version/buggy) | ||||
| RedPower2 +wireless red | PR5B2 +wireless | PR5B2 +wireless | ||||
| BuildCraft | 2.2.14 + a-pipes | 3.1.5 SSP-only a-pipes | ||||
| BC- power conversion* | Transformersv1.3 | PowerConverters | ||||
| BattleTowers / Thaumcraft | Battle Towers | Thaumcraft | ||||
| Equivalent Exchange 2 | v1.4.6.7 | v1.4.6.7 | ||||
| RailCraft | v5.4.7b | v5.3.3 | ||||
| Balkon’s Weapon Mod | v8.6 | v8.6 | ||||
| ComputerCraft + ccSensor | 1.41 | 1.33 | ||||
| Millenaire / Mystcraft | Millenaire | Mystcraft | ||||
| Ropes+ elem. arrows | 1.2.5 | N/A | ||||
| Forestry | extra bees | 1.4.8.6 | N/A | |||
| Nether resources | Netherrocks | Nether Ores | ||||
| IronChests | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Mod Macros / Somnia | Mod Macros / World Anchors | Somnia – does World Anchor in SSP | ||||
| Rei’s Minimap | v3.2_05 | v3.2_05 | ||||
| InvTweaks – Enderstorage | v1.41b +ender.s | v1.41b +ender.s | ||||
| DungeonPack / Steve’s Carts | DungeonPack | Steve’s Carts | ||||
| MAtmos Sound r12 | optional due to bug | Yes | ||||
| NotEnoughItems | Yes | Yes | ||||
Glixyl’s Revenge UPDATE2 – PR2 RELEASE!
I am happy to announce the release of Glixyl’s Revenge UPDATE2. This is the final pre-release, which I am releasing for help in testing. There are many new mods in UPDATE2! Thanks to NemPavz for his suggestions for how to improve upon and polish the pack.
Glixyl’s Revenge – Current version UPDATE2 pre-release 2 – Minecraft 1.2.5 based, but the mod pack usually will install over 1.3.2 (use Nostalgia if you need to revert)
MODS: THX Helicopter mod, ComputerCraft 1.41, EnderStorage, ccSensors, compact solars, RedPower2, Wireless Redstone chickenbones edition with addons, BC additional pipes, advanced machines, Transformers v1.3 (BuildCraft power conversion), Forge API 3.3.152, mod_macros/keybind,immibis core, Not Enough Items with addons, Forestry, DungeonPack, Railcraft with addons, Battle Towers, Buildcraft, Mo’ Creatures v3.6.2, Millenaire, IronChests, Balkon’s Weapon Mod, nuclear control, modular force fields, EE2, Ropes+, ChickenCore, InvTweaks, Netherrocks, Optifine, Sphax64x texture pack modded for Revenge,BetterWorldGeneration3 (DEFAULT and Large Biomes only), Rei’s Minimap with configurable LoginMessage, CustomMobSpawner, HD texture addons for various mods.
Lite Client Download UPDATE3> http://www.mediafire.com/?2rx1hqt36stsaxx <<suggested version for most computers and users, faithful HD textures with light-weight resource requirements.
Standard Client Download UPDATE3>http://www.mediafire.com/?3z03q38m2yoww52 <<Enhanced version of the client with more texture packs including Sphax64x modded for Revenge.
Ultra Client Download UPDATE3(requires 2GB RAM allocated to Minecraft)>http://www.mediafire.com/?8br8zj89v7ncvr6 << very beautiful with water shaders, but requires a powerful computer with a dedicated graphics card
Server Download UPDATE3> http://www.mediafire.com/?nk17u2gr1o3hesr <<NEW UPDATE 3 server release with Extra Bees and tweaks!
Server Patch to UPDATE3, Extra Bees v1.2.1– put in server /mods folder and restart server> extra bees 1.2.1 server mod file >> http://www.mediafire.com/?djqy87a794yg7t9
-Ultra Client contains dynamic light, shadow and water shaders as well as shader-adjusted texture packs to choose from; in 128x,64x,32x and 16x! (for powerful gaming machines only). Try the JohnSmith32x texture pack if you have performance problems with the Ultra client default settings.
NOTE: If you have problems with the auto-installer, please follow the manual install instructions contained within the download. OR- Use Minecraft Nostalgia to downgrade your minecraft installation to Minecraft 1.2.5. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/800346-tool-mcnostalgia-212-now-works-with-132/
INSTALL: It is assumed that you understand the basics of using a computer and backing up/restoring files. I do not take responsibility if you delete your computer on accident.
- Start with an untouched copy of Minecraft 1.2.5/1.3.1/1.3.2/etc. NOTE** If you have a modded Minecraft client, you can also just erase your .minecraft folder after backing it up; then use the Minecraft launcher to get a fresh copy of Minecraft. The Minecraft game files are located in %appdata%/.minecraft
- Extract the contents of the downloaded file. This is usually done by selecting the file and right-clicking to select ‘extract the contents to a directory..’, depending on the operating system and program for decompressing.
- Run the program called ‘Glixyl’s Revenge Installer’. This is usually done by right-clicking the file and selecting (on Windows) ‘Open with->Java(TM) Platform SE Binary’. (or just double-click it)
- OPTIONAL – It is best to use 2GB of RAM with Minecraft due to the amount of mods in Glixyl. <click this link for information about how to allocate more RAM to minecraft>
- **If you are using the Ultra client, you MUST use a SEUS adjusted texture pack (like the one included) or the lighting and colors will be broken.
SERVER INSTALL: IMPORTANT FOR SERVER ADMINS TO READ
- Extract the contents of the downloaded server file. Launch the server with the included .bat script for your version of Java. If you have problems starting the server, please search for how to setup/run a server for your operating system or environment on Google.
- Because of the large number of mods in this pack, there may be a potential for a conflict or two. I have tested in SMP for a couple of weeks, but bugs are probably hanging around that I don’t know about.
- ANIMAL LIMIT IS SET TO 50: Good news, Ostriches shouldn’t be able to lag out a server with this set in the configuration file– However, ostriches are not possible to stop from spawning, even though I have the server config set to frequency of 1 (0 doesn’t work either and 1 seems to work best).
- For making the Revenge server scorching fast, try using RAMDISK> https://glixyl.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/tuning-minecraft-in-the-fastest-and-cheapest-way/
KEYS: Y is exit helicopter. Z descends, space-bar ascends helicopter. Left-shift dismounts horse/mount. The F key switches IC2 tool mode and jet pack hover mode. M key opens mini-map options. The C key charges EE2 items. J is village key, B is quest key, V is related to EE2 items. The E key and ‘options’ menu control NEI and allow OP cheat, recipe or utility mode.
KNOWN ISSUES WITH MODS / MOD PACK:
1. Many people are having issues installing over Minecraft 1.3.2 using the auto-installer. If that happens, use Minecraft Nostalgia to revert your Minecraft to 1.2.5 and it will most likely work. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/800346-tool-mcnostalgia-212-now-works-with-132/ Or, follow the manual install instructions I provide in the auto-installer directory.
2. Interacting with certain Millenaire mod vendors can crash your client. This is a problem with the mod according to> http://millenaire.org/wiki/Bug_reports#Bugs_in_3.0.0r3 I can verify that certain Hindi villages caused this problem for me.
3. Teleport tethers are disabled. Use RailCraft World Anchors instead.
4. IC2 personal safes can be used, but can only be moved/destroyed by an OP in gamemode.
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