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An add-on for the Better Than Wolves mod for Minecraft that makes more resources renewable, obtainable, and/or available to extend engame play, especially on custom “challenge” maps that are resource-scarce, minimizing the need for changes in custom challenge maps to enjoy full BTW gameplay.
Our design goals are as follows
-Do not make any materials easier to obtain. Challenge/expense of renewable techniques should be higher than existing methods.
-Run entirely on SMP server, require no client changes.
-Follow design goals of Better Than Wolves.
-Work with any existing vanilla and/or BTW map, i.e. do not break builds.
Current renewables
Dirt
rinse the acid out to leave dirt behind. Added heat speeds up the process
dissolve them in a strong alkaline to destroy bonding agents and leave raw diamonds behind.
Mob Spawners
Dragon Egg
Environment Setup on OpenBSD
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The Better With Renewables build process has been tested on OpenBSD
release 5.0+. To install the additional prerequisite packages:
sudo pkg_add -i python zip unzip
Perl and make are part of the base system and do not need to be
installed separately.
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Environment Setup on Debian-Based Linux Distributions
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The Better With Renewables build process has been tested on Debian 6,
and is believed to work on similar Debian-based distributions such as
Ubuntu. To install the additional prerequisite packages:
sudo apt-get install perl-base zip unzip make python
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Environment Setup on Windows
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1. Install Java Development Kit:
- Obtain the latest Java Development Kit (JDK) from:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/ ... index.html
- Run the self-installer to install JDK on your system.
Default options are OK.
2. Install MinGW:
- Obtain a copy of the MinGW installer from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/
- Run the self-installer.
- Make sure that the MSYS option is checked.
- Make sure that the MinGW Development Kit option is checked.
- The default installation location is OK.
- Complete the installation.
3. Install Python from MCP into MSYS:
- Obtain correct vesion of MCP from the MCP wiki, at either:
http://mcp.ocean-labs.de/index.php/MCP_ ... s#Releases
http://mcp.ocean-labs.de/index.php/MCP_ ... es#History
- Unpack the MCP archive into a temporary folder.
- Open the MCP folder, then navigate to the runtime -> bin
-> python folder.
- Copy all of these files into the bin folder inside the
MSYS distribution inside MinGW (default location is
C:\MinGW\MSYS\1.0\bin).
- Rename the python_mcp.exe file you just copied to python.exe.
4. Install Final MSYS Utilities:
- Open the MSYS Prompt (default C:\MinGW\MSYS\1.0\msys.bat).
- Install the prerequisite zip/unzip utilities with the command:
mingw-get install msys-zip msys-unzip
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Multiplayer Server Installation
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1. Download Better With Renewables:
- Official site: https://gitorious.org/bwr
- Git clone: https://git.gitorious.org/bwr/bwr.git
- For users not using git, downloads of latest
development version are at:
https://gitorious.org/bwr/bwr/trees/release
2. Download Better Than Wolves:
- Check the Makefile to determine the version of BTW that BWR
depends on.
- Obtain correct version of BTW from forums on sargunster.com
http://sargunster.com/btwforum/viewforum.php?f=3
- If a newer version is available, you can try downloading it
and changing the expected version in the Makefile, but results
are not guaranteed.
- Place the BTWMod*.zip file in the root of the project.
3. Download Minecraft Server JAR:
- You need the appropriate version of Minecraft on which Better
Than Wolves depends.
- Latest version of Minecraft Server can be obtained from:
https://minecraft.net/download
You will need the jar, not the exe, near the bottom of the
page.
- Links to download older versions are on the Minecraft wiki:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Versi ... t_versions
- Place minecraft_server.jar in the root of the project.
4. Download Minecraft Coder's Pack:
- Check the Makefile to determine the version of MCP that BWR
depends on; this will also correspond to the Minecraft and
BTW versions.
- Obtain correct vesion of MCP from the MCP wiki, at either:
http://mcp.ocean-labs.de/index.php/MCP_ ... s#Releases
http://mcp.ocean-labs.de/index.php/MCP_ ... es#History
- If a newer version is available, you can try downloading it
and changing the expected version in the Makefile, but results
are not guaranteed.
- Place the mcp*.zip file in the root of the project.
5. Run make clean:
- In a shell in the root of the BWR project, run "make clean".
- This will clean up any intermediate/output files from any
previous builds.
6. Run make:
- In a shell in the root of the BWR project, run "make".
- Minecraft server will be patched with BTW, then decompiled,
the source code will be patched with BWR, then recompiled.
7. Install bwr_btw_minecraft_server.jar:
- The bwr_btw_minecraft_server.jar file is the final output.
- Install this wherever you want your multiplayer server to be
(or update and restart your existing server).
- Note that this file contains code that is copyright by third
parties, and thus is NOT redistributable under the terms of
the BWR license.
- The server JAR can be used on any operating system, regardless
of which operating system you used to build it, e.g. a JAR
built on Windows can be used on a Linux server.
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Multiplayer Client Installation
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No client installation is necessary. Clients modded with Better Than
Wolves are able to play on Better With Renewables servers with no
additional changes.
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Singleplayer Installation
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1. Follow the multiplayer server install process above.
2. Run a whitelisted multiplayer server.
3. Don't invite your friends.
Code by Warr1024
As you can see by the version number, this is still a work in progress as there are still a few breaks in the tech tree for a vanilla challenge map. We have a flatcore challenge map up and running on a small server for testing purposes. If you have interest in being one of those testers, send me a PM or talk to either myself or Warr1024 in the irc channel.