Better Than Wolves Forum

Edit: FC stated he won't take part in an IRC community as he wishes to remain hard-to-reach for the general community. He has passed support (in post 3) for a community run channel, however.

You can join #btw on irc.esper.net with Mibbit or an installed IRC client (reccomended).

The channel is suited for BTW users for idea sharing, world trading, sharing videos and screenshots, and general discussion and help with the mod.

For those who do not know what IRC is it stands for Internet Relay Chat and is a fancy server/chatroom based method of communication popular among nerds and special-interest communities. irc.esper.net also is the home irc server for minecraft related channels (#minecraft, #risucraft, #smp etc.. are all on the server) If you do not know how to use it simply go to mibbit and use the web based version until I write tutorials for the clients. If you would like to attempt to learn and install the clients yourself I suggest mIRC for Windows and XChat for Linux distributions. On Ubuntu you can install XChat via the terminal with:
If you need help with installation of the clients just post below until I have time to write some tutorials for it.

As far as I know there is no IRC whatsoever. FlowerChild has stated (multiple times) that he would not share the Mod's code and prefers the Mod to be a one man job. (Especially because he has a clear plan for the future, high quality standards and does this for his own recreation)

Judging from the speed and quality of his work I would guess that working with someone else would slow him down more than it would help him.

Yeah, EvanT is right in that I prefer to work alone on this mod.

Also, I wouldn't participate in an IRC channel, as I've already done as much as possible to make sure that most people in the community can't contact me directly (the community is just too big for that).

So, if there was an IRC channel, it would have to be community-run.

Channel Rules:

• Don't be a troll.
• Don't spam memes.
• If you're giving help, know what the fuck you're talking about. If you don't have a clue, shut up.
• FlowerChild doesn't come here, don't ask for him.

I don't understand everyone's hype with trying to contact mod developers, I mean, they really aren't that special. No offence FC, but they usually have no extended means to solve a problem better than anyone else (with any basic knowledge with modding, coding etc.). I think it's just the young mentality that encompasses Minecraft. Risugami, Lahwran, and 303_ are also popular modders that spend a great deal of time in #risucraft. When I do see people attempt to annoy them they usually ignore them, but the fact that it's an IRC channel deters most youth anyway (less those who find mibbit).

Either way, I've registered #btw on irc.esper.net and assigned a bot to it. It'd be open to general discussion about the mod, idea sharing, screenshots, world trading etc for those who use it. Anyone is free to join. For those who don't know how to use IRC I'll setup some tutorials (for windows and linux, I don't use Mac, sorry) in the meantime just ask here and I'll help explain.


For those who have an IRC client already installed: (clicky!) [url]irc://irc.esper.net/#btw[/url]

Senjai wrote:I don't understand everyone's hype with trying to contact mod developers, I mean, they really aren't that special. No offence FC, but they usually have no extended means to solve a problem better than anyone else (with any basic knowledge with modding, coding etc.). I think it's just the young mentality that encompasses Minecraft. Risugami, Lahwran, and 303_ are also popular modders that spend a great deal of time in #risucraft. When I do see people attempt to annoy them they usually ignore them, but the fact that it's an IRC channel deters most youth anyway (less those who find mibbit).

Cool of you to set that up man!

Yeah, sorry for my reluctance to participate, but given the excess of communication I was dealing with over the past couple of weeks since the YogsCast video, I think right now I just want to hole-up in a cave for a little while and actually do some coding again ;)

You're right in that I am certainly not more skilled at solving mod compatibility problems or what have you, than anyone else around, and probably less so in many cases (since I don't even run other mods myself). But frankly, I find that most of the time people aren't trying to contact me for help with a problem, as much as for a piece of me, so to speak.

Either they want me to work on an idea of theirs, or help them with a personal project, or want an update, or what have you.

It's not so much the questions that I mind, as much as the demands ;)

Anyways, best of luck with the chat channel. I might pop in some time to check it out.

Bump :)

3-4 active users now (so far that I've seen) Come on in and join! :)

This maybe be a stupid question but is there an IRC chat mod for Minecraft?

Case wrote:This maybe be a stupid question but is there an IRC chat mod for Minecraft?

There are several, all lay around smp. These mods (e.g. CraftIRC) either replace minecrafts multiplayer chat system with IRC or hook IRC into the system to allow communication between a servers community in their channel, and the players in the server (we have it installed on our server.)

This does not exist for single player though. You will need to use Mibbit (web irc, no install required) or a downloadable IRC client to connect. It definitely has its' advantages though (#minecraft #smp #risucraft channels are all on the same server).

I'm in there right now for a brief stint to show my support for the new channel if anybody feels like chatting with the rambling old bastard that is me ;)

Bumpity! :) 9 online :) woo

Kabump!

Bump! :)

FC, not all of us want you to pay attention to our awesome suggestions for your mod. Some of us just think you'd be a cool guy to talk to.

Oh, and you're famous and all that. But, ya know. =P

Guess I'll dust off my irc client and go chill with the cool kids.

-BuLLZ3Y3

Hes been in once or twice, but you have to understand its hard to deal with little kids. Which minecraft tends to attract. They seem to have this predisposition that nobody can solve their problems, or nobody else is worth talking to other than flower.

Can this guy get unbanned from the irc please?

CueballSWR wrote:Can this guy get unbanned from the irc please?

Can you explain what you're referring to and why it warranted a 2 year necro?