SmubSMP Update #1
Published: 2021-07-06 02:53:11

##Custom World Gen, Custom Enchants, Server Shop, Duels, Mob Arena, and small plugin showcase!

Hey! Welcome to the first "we're not dead" SmubSMP server update!

I know we've been quiet about the whole project and we apologize for that, but we've actually been making some seriously good progress!

I'm happy to say we're nearing release, but I wont give a specific date at this time since we're not quite sure yet, we'll make sure to include the release date in a future dev update!

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When making the server we've definitely considered suggestions and comments from you silly little whackos, and we've tried to make a server that appeals to every type of player

-From baby casuals

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-To Thick skulled veterans

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And we think we've hit a good balance... So we wanted to showcase it!
While reading this, if you have any complaints or suggestions please let us know in the #smp-suggestions chat in smubcord!
With that out of the way, let's get right into the showcase!

###Custom World Gen

This was the biggest hurdle we had to overcome when it came to the server.
A few of you preferred custom world generation, and a few of you preferred default minecraft world generation.
So my goal was to find a world generation that wasn't too overbearing while still adding a little bit of spice to vanilla minecraft, and I honestly think I found a pretty good one!
###Biomes
A lot of custom world gen has really extreme biomes that almost feel like a hypixel lobby instead of a minecraft biome. So I wanted to avoid this happening and this is the end result!

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These are just a few examples of the World Generation that will be on the server!
If you hate it let us know!
If you like it let us know!
If you're fine with it then keep it to yourself!

###Caves

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This is some of the custom cave generation that's sprinkled throughout the world!
Don't worry all the caves aren't whacky, so if you don't prefer this you'll still be able to explore mostly vanilla caves.

###Structures

By far the coolest feature in the custom world gen is custom structures!
I think these structures are really modest and don't interfere with your video gaming experience.

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These are some of the structures that randomly generate throughout the world.
If you don't like them tell us
please...

###Custom Enchants

Wow this server has custom freakin enchantments?
(the answer is yes)

This is a really cool plugin that adds a ton of custom enchants that range from combat related ones, to mining, to even really cool particle effects on your tools, weapons and even elytra!

When implementing this plugin we have heavily considered balancing since well... some of these enchants can get pretty stupid.
So we're going for a sort of steady progression from the average custom enchants, to the more advanced and powerful ones.

Though with the cosmetic enchants you can steadily collect them throughout playing!

Since there are so many enchants it's hard to showcase all of them, but here's an example of some of the cosmetic ones, plus a link to the official page listing all of them!

https://ecoenchants.willfp.com/enchantments/all-enchantments

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These are just a few of the special effects featured in the custom enchants plugin!
Like I previously stated, you can see a full list of cosmetic and non cosmetic enchants with the link above!

###Server Shop

SmubSMP will feature a full server shop that you can buy and sell from!

Player shops will also be available to setup but we thought having a server shop would be a good place to base your own shop off of.

We also believe that making farms and grinding out the game to rise to the top of the economic ladder is a big part of having fun on survival servers.

We're working hard to make a balanced yet fair server shop and don't want to post anything of it before finalizing prices and what will be included, but here's a glance at the menu at least! (Still in development, this will probably be a little different from the end product!)

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###Duels

SmubSMP will include duels!

This is a nifty plugin which allows you to battle your friends 
(or enemies) with kit based arena battles!

You can pick from a wide selection of kits and arenas to try out, and you can even bet in-game currency on the fights!

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###Mob Arena

SmubSMP will also have an advanced mob arena system!

This is still in development and might not even be finished by time of release but I'd like to explain some details about it.

The SmubSMP mob arena is just like classic mob arena...
but on crack.

It's still got the basics of selecting a kit and then entering an arena, fighting monsters, and earning rewards.

The difference is in the custom mobs, unlockable doors that promote progression throughout the mob arena (cod zombies style), and it's very own currency you can earn to buy better and cooler kits!

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This is just a glance at what it might look like but again, it's still very early in development so we don't have much to share at this time, sorry!

###Small Plugin Showcase

This is the final section of the dev post.

Here I would like to show off some of the more quality of life
and less prominent plugins!

####Grappling hook

This is a dev team favorite because it's just... way too fun for being just a grappling hook

This plugin allows you to craft a custom Grappling hook!
It works pretty well, and has a ton of uses.
Here are some examples of use!

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Here I'm using it to rappel down a mountain! VVV

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####McMMO

Yeah... we're gonna have McMMO.

We greatly debated wether we should add McMMO but we decided in the end that when balanced, McMMO is actually a pretty fun feature!

For those of you that don't know what it is allow me to explain the best I can

McMMO is a plugin that adds runescape esc leveling up to all of your minecraft activities, such as Mining, Sword fighting, Farming, Potion Brewing, and even such things like Fishing and Taming animals!

Leveling up these skills adds cool passive perks and skills you can use. Don't worry though, it's super simple so if you know nothing about it you'll be perfectly fine and pick it up in no time!

If you're really against McMMO let us know! We're just trying to have a server that has lots of replayability, friendly competition between players, and... content lol.

So if you have a problem with any of these features I've talked about, or have a feature you'd really like to see in a minecraft server we'd be happy to hear about it! (no really feel free)

####Marriage

You can marry people...

Oh wait, there's more to it then that.

When you finally find that special someone some really cool perks come with it!

When you're with your partner you get cool effects like healing faster and increased xp gain! (both vanilla and mcmmo xp)

It also has the sex mod!!! (literally not true)

####Auction House

This is a no brainer for any survival smp server.

This plugin allows for players to sell any item in the auction house!

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It's pretty self explanatory..

####Cosmetics

Cosmetics will be a thing!

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There's honestly so many cosmetics so we'll probably show off more in a later update, this is just a teaser really.


###Conclusion

We've been working very hard on this server for almost a month and we're really excited to finally see it nearing its finish!

We're sorry for the long wait but with barely a team of 3 working on it, It's been a hard but satisfying learning process for us.

Oh I'd also like to add that all of these features will be completely free, we won't be doing any donator ranks immediately.
We wanted all of these things to be able to be obtained naturally through gameplay.

We will be announcing more news soon so stay tuned for that!

We luv all of ya

-SmubSMP team

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