Talk:LOTR Mod Official Server/@comment-33763020-20181120094808/@comment-26365564-20181120161947

Uhm. Interesting review, but welcome to the server. To answer your questions: 1. All settings related to LotR mod are completely unaltered on The Official Server, besides that of the speed at which time flows and the fast-travel cooldown timer. The traders not spawning was likely an issue due to lag, we see it happen every once in a while. 2. Trader cooldowns are server-side, as are the tradable items which get reset after a certain amount of transactions with that trader. They affect all players. We just recently enacted this because people were hoarding/ stealing traders from their builds and extorting silly amounts of coin from them. 3. Yes, they can be occupied by players. So long as the structure is not close to a fast-travel waypoint - the player would require permission to live there in that case. The rule is, you cannot claim structure (with banners and whatnot) and lock everyone else out when you have no intentions of using the structure yourself. You can't just completely inhibit players from using the structures for the sake of inhibiting other players, nor can you claim a structure and then sell access to it. You can certainly live there though, and you can also certainly claim it if you constantly use the structure. 4. Absolutely protect your base. Banner protection will fully protect it and everything in it. Fire cannot spread in banner-protected zones, nor can explosives do damage. Killing passive mobs, and stationary hired units that are owned by a player is illegal, but they can still be killed. While it is hard to track who kills them, it can sometimes be done. We recommend that you hide those mobs, or seal up your base with walls very nicely. Just note that anyone who does slay hired units usually disregards a separate rule, they end up getting banned eventually regardless. 5. The weather on the server has always been an issue. ForgeEssentials does not allow for indefinite deactivation of rain, nor does ToggleDownFall. You may just have to wait for an admin to come on and turn it off. As for your sound issues, I am unsure why it isn't working. Sounds are completely client side and they should be able to be deactivated from your end. I recommend you try using OptiFine mod for more control over specific sounds and video settings.