Navycraft History

**Navycraft History**

This timeline continues beyond the existence of the spigot itself. This history originated on the original Naval Battlezone minecraft server's wiki. This has been transplated here with some minor changes due to this refered to Navycraft's history verse just history of Naval Battlezone's original server. Navycraft and its associated NBZ inspired server history is also recorded here with major events.

## Time Line

* 2009
The Naval Battlezone Server Begins; Maximuspayne implements his customized Movecraft code for Minecraft, which he dubs "NavyCraft". The code itself of movecraft was on earliest versions prior to the Air Pirate movecraft use.

* 2012-2013
Ship4-sized CL Castle is designed to be a testing platform for the newly modified Movecraft and AimCannon plugins. Testing eventually follows. A desert themed Tankspawn, Rommel Pass, is built by various Staffmembers.

* 2015
Maximuspayne is now officially uninvolved with the server. DigitalDave303 remains in control of the server, however development of the server itself is stagnated, due to player contempt and widespread belief that the server was not being handled properly, with some staff leaving. By the end of the year, the Server is attacked by former staff members, effectively ending the former PlayerFaction server basis.

* 2016
A Temporary world is designed around the events of the Great War (WWI), during which the 2016 Permafaction world is set up for players. Later, a six faction setup is introduced, with the two main contributing factors in WWII (The Allies and The Axis), as the so-called "PermaFactions". As the name suggests, these Factions were to be much larger than the original PlayerFactions, and were supposed to be Permanent. The Allied countries were to have consisted of The US, The UK and Russia, while the Axis were to have consisted of Germany, Italy and Japan. The server is grieved less than a week before it goes live. In a second version, the setup is decided to be too small to support multiple factions, and the amount of PermaFactions is reduced to two. Two chief cities are made for the Factions to operate from, while the rest of the world is seeded with abandoned bases for Allies or Axis factions to capture. However, after two months of game play and erratic leadership issues, the PermaFaction player-basis is discontinued, and PlayerFactions resume, though still using the PermaFaction map.

* 2017
In Mid-February, a new "Earth" map is implemented, with a new spawn located near the central West Coast of Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea.
 Due to multiple issues, the owner DigitalDave303 closes the server to the public in Mid-April. He announces that the server will be switching to a Whitelist-Only player base. However, by May 2017 the server remains closed. Clones and spin-offs of the original NBZ are created in the vacuum caused by the server's shutdown.
 As of Late May 2017, an estimate of 2 naval themed server were established (1 being a copy of the last (1.8.X) rendition of the NBZ). The original NBZ remained offline with only this Wiki and the website itself remaining active.
 Discord chat channels are set up as of May. In June, the two NBZ-"Clone" servers, Iron Seas and NavalClash, merge to form one server, using the NBZ Plugins and data. As of then, there are no further signs that the original server will be resurrected.
 Maximuspayne is hired by NavalClash's owner DroopyStarfish (by July 2017), and an update allows NavalClash's plugins to operate with the latest version of Minecraft (1.12). December 2017 - SlimeFun is added to NavalClash server, enhancing game play and allowing nuclear bombs to be hand planted and used to destroy faction bases. To the dismay of many players, these were quickly removed due to misuse and illegal greifing.

* 2018
Early 2018 is a turbulent time, as several changes are due to take place. NavalClash's owner, Droopystarfish, announces a new season that would completely eliminate SlimeFun, add several new weapons, rules, and a new multi-island map, labeled the "Island Update". This was executed on April 25th, 2018. The World Map is remarkably similar to debunked Movecraft server "Plunderseas" pirate MC's map. During this time, the original owner of IronSeas, Solmex, reinstates his server and operates it with other former NBZ/NavalClash players, however, it suffers from low player population. As of Late April-Early June, a new server, CrimsonTide MC (later renamed Scarlet Seas) opens, with a barebones setup and a "Survival of the Fittest" theme, while reusing an old NBZ map and Spawn from 2015. This new server only lasts a couple months.
 By Early-Mid July, the NavalClash Island update is deemed a massive failure, and after multiple instances of player complaints, it was shut down and replaced with the old NC Earth world map. The Black market (the original source of Crackshot handguns) is removed, and replaced with randomized crates only.
 In September, NavalClash player Profileman1 opens up an arcade-style Navycraft server known as Battlezone Revisited.
 In October - The Navycraft servers are numbered at three, including IronSeas, Battlezone Revisited, and NavalClash. Due to an illegal upload of IronSeas' version of Navycraft (Navycraft Reloaded), the server falters and begins to fail due to mismanagement. By the years' end, Solmex and Droopystarfish make arrangements to merge IronSeas & NavalClash under the latter name. Sidewalk, the former server manager of NavalClash, resigns.

* 2019
Arguably the most turbulent time for navycraft based servers. Dabblecraft & NavalClash are the only remaining known navycraft servers known to be publicly operating. Dabblecraft has been reduced to a RPG server, while NavalClash continues to suffer from mismanagement and changes of developers. Dispute between Droopystarfish & Solmex cause their supporting parties to split, leaving NavalClash without a developer or programmer. Solmex teams with the newly resurfaced Maximuspayne to finish a full recode of Navycraft and to possibly resurrect the Original server, NBZ. However, by September, only minimal progress is made. In June, Droopstarfish announces that he recruited trainers to code a new version of Navycraft spigot, while retaining the 1.12 version as the "Classic" server. By November, no progress wa99s reported in this new version, which is suspected to be largely based on Maximuspayne's earlier version he had made public before taking it down. It was reported that Maximuspayne continues to code; as does Keough, the owner of Dabblecraft. Solmex had shown he was largely no longer interested in coding navycraft actively.

* 2020
In January Solmex would open up a new navycraft server dubbing it Naval Battlezone (NBZ2). A mirror image of NavalClash, with all it's features with additional enhancements. Such as additional weight to weapons, adding larger tanks and functional Tankspawn which was largely missing from NavalClash. Once opened, the NavalClash suffered as player drop to 98% its population. Shortly after weeks opening, **February 8th**, NavalClash would close. Droopystarfish announced thanking his remaining staff and player base and he would wait three to four months to hiring (again) coders to make new kind navycraft code which would not be same version or one which was partially done from Maximuspayne. By this time, the newly named "NBZ: High Caliber" gone into testing using largely new built-from ground up navycraft recoded. Dabblecraft largely closed for development and seen being fro, said to be using old version of the Navycraft code Solmex had written years earlier. Progress for the server has largely stalled due too bugs in their version of the Navycraft code. By **May 2020**, NBZ2 server code has become unstable, due to the makeshift server hosting the it. Instability causing multiple crashes on the server. Donation requests are placed out help to afford by new computer to host the server. While slow and steady progress is being made on NBZ: High Caliber, with testing events on weekends. By this time, anti-submarine weapons have been added, additional more detailed added to the engine assembly/function are added. By September, NavalClash would reopen, with running the 1.12.2 minecraft version of navycraft verses new navcraft-like code yet seen use. NBZ Solmex would change ownership, with Solmex stepping aide from active role with the server, to Roka611. NBZ Solmex would change up it's Map for new multi-island map, friendlier to Tanks and other vehicles. October would show NBZ: High Caliber in further developed with addition fully functional submarines, TDC, and torpedoes added. October 25th, NBZ: High Caliber became officially open to players to use. However, they've yet fully flesh out the server.

* 2021
Arguably toughest year for navycraft spigot. Last classic Navycrafts pilot server, NBZ (Solmex) closes in March 2021 by player vote. Toxicity of the server player base causing some of the issue as most of the staff having being fed up with both behavior of the player bases faction behavior and its abandonment of the server itself. With no one taking reins and Solmex being a recluse, the server would simply shutdown.

NBZ: High Caliber continue evolve. Aircraft begin showing signs of being developed, with rearranging of the Hub Map to include a airfield and plots to build these planes in. With additional players from closed NBZ Solmex. Maximuspayne and his staff continue manage live events over the course of the career, while he develops a Campaign Map/World/Server for mini-factions to operate from as of June 2021.

It was announced in October, 2021 that NBZ Server was sold to former NBZ player, rDragon.44 reopen the server in December 2021, known now as NBZ3. In December NavalClash reopened using the same version that was running before the shutdown in 2020. It is said that Droopystarfish is working on the large, largest Clash has ever seen. The release date is TBA.

* 2022
Three known servers are active, NavalClash, NBZ: High Caliber, and Naval Battlezone (rDragon).
January - March 2022:
NBZ:HC development slowed, thus population is not as frequent. Only two areas are open for actual play, APG and the Sea Trials. The main programmer for the site, Maximuspayne has not been actively seen however is known to be working on bugs plaguing the server. Game play is restricted to only Destroyer size ships in APG or risk for the server crashing is high.

NBZ (rDragon) spontaneously opens & closes due to bugs. Current owner rDragon has partnered with Solmex (previous owner) to resolve the issue & toxicity issues. As of this writing server now is only using two permafaction setup Allies vs Axis.

June 2022, *NBZ:HC - World Update*: would release a new world/play area named "South Seas", which is a open world which has 5 major areas for game play, including NPC opponents. Each areas is consider level difficulty, from easy to hard and Enemy Territory. Additionally, permafactions are added. Ranking for use of ships are in effect, with abilities via High Command missions.

* 2023
Three known servers are active, NBZ: High Caliber, NavalClash
January - March 2023:
NBZ:HC development has resumed updating by Maximuspayne, with new test server for 19.2. New commands and features have been added. The main server remains 18.2 Java Minecraft version. New features include addition of beginnings of Factions (special events only). NavalClash continues remain online but remains vacant of use. Naval Battlezone (rDragon) continues to spontaneously opens & closes.