User:HubToo/It's a hARDA world

Why a new Lord of the Rings mod server?
It's a hARDA world is a Lord of the Rings server focused on survival role play, using More Player Models to impersonate the various races of Middle Earth (for example, if you set your appearance to one of a hobbit, you'll barely see above one block high! You can use any of the LOTR's NPC skins).

While there are other survival LOTR servers out there, we haven't found any providing an "organic", balanced experience.

Among the things that can be seen: We think that playing in these conditions is just a waste of time!
 * server owners installing so much Bukkit plugins that the vanilla Minecraft & Lord of the Rings gameplay is seriously affected,
 * administrators abusing their powers, using unavailable magical artifacts, sometimes offering or selling enchanted items or captive non player characters,
 * players abusing player location commands and teleportation to assault others,
 * cheaters using fully enchanted mithril sets of weapons and armors, probably obtained through X-Raying or administrator complacency,
 * servers suffering from so much lag that mining is a pain and mobs can't even fight back.

Instead of that, we want to play the hard way: Our only concessions being: Finally, we wanted to fully use the standard factions, alignments and way points system present in the LOTR mod: We have a private forum for things related to the server (technical and game issues, suggestions) or the gameplay (exchange between players of the West, of the dark side, and stock exchange).
 * in hard difficulty setting for tougher opponents,
 * unassisted (randomly) enchanted items,
 * amplified hunger for greater realism.
 * the use of (lootable) death chests, because items shouldn't disappear without reason, especially scarce enchanted items,
 * the possibility to trade items between players, regardless of distance because of the size of the world, preferably using the silver coin currency (with a stock exchange to make your trading supply and demand offers),
 * the possibility to name items for free, because this is ridiculously expensive in the vanilla game.
 * players start in their faction territory, instead of the Shire, and with already biased alignment toward their traditional allies and ennemies,
 * and there is no teleportation system other than the one provided in the mod: you are entitled to one teleportation to at defined way point per Minecraft day (20 minutes in real time).

The story
You awaken as an shapeless soul in a dimly lit underground hall. Eru let's you decide what incarnation you will have on Arda. You see banners along the walls, with golden signs below them. You're told to push your will against one of them in order to choose your destiny: (you can also have a look at the factions roll, to see who's playing what) After choosing, you awaken on Arda in the body of one member of the race you have choosen (well, due to technical limitations, at the moment you have to select it manually using F12).
 * Elves of Lindon, Lothlórien, Mirkwood
 * Dwarves of Durin's folk (Iron Hills), Blue Mountains
 * Orcs of Mordor (Núrn), Dol Guldur, Gundabad (Misty Mountains), Angmar
 * Uruk-hai of Isengard (Uruk Highlands)
 * Men of Gondor, The North (Rangers of Eriador), Rohan, Dunland, Near Harad
 * Hobbits of The Shire

You're equiped with the prefered weapon of your faction, a full armor set (unless you are a Hobbit, as most of them have no use for that), a whole stack of bread, a small bag (Hobbits get a larger one, along with a pipe and pipeweed) and a questing book. Men of Rohan also get a saddle (being born on it!).

You are at the (banner protected) headquarters of your faction. Still weary from your incarnation, you fall on a bed and sleep for a few days. You are roused from bed by the commanding officer of the headquarters (with a kick in the ribs if you are an orc), who tells you to "get a life" and come back to him when you'll be worthy of commanding others of your faction (sorry, you won't be a self proclaimed king right from the start...).

Anyway, you start to feel hungry and understand you'll first have to work on finding a steady food supply. These bodies seems to have needs far beyond your previous shapeless state...

You promise yourself you will return some day, perhaps as the Lord of some lands, ruling from a magnificent castle.You head for the doors, the world awaits you!

Major builds
None at this time but we plan to progressively import some of the wonderful creations of EpicQuestz and Edinburgh.

Avoid building near the predefined way points, as these regions might be overwritten when we import Points of Interest ! Builders, you won't have free blocks or fly mode, but if you have a major build to submit, just do it in creative mode on your own machine, save it as a WorldEdit schematic file, and provide a link to it in the forum. We'll review it for importation when we have the time.

Installation
First of all, to use mods you'll need to install Forge (download 1.7.10-Latest version from here) and connect to Minecraft using your (newly created) Forge profile.

Then you'll need the following mods to join our server: Usually, you just drop their Jar or Zip file in the C:\Documents and Settings\\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\mods directory on Windows. We also have recommended texture packs (in this order, from top to bottom): Finally, add the server to your multiplayers config:
 * The Lord of the Rings beta22 (download it here)
 * More Player Models 1.7.10b (download it here)
 * 1) Hobbiton Texture Light, derived from the Hobbiton texture pack.
 * 2) Werian (from which Hobbiton is itself derived)

Name: It's a hARDA world Address: harda.tournier.org:25575 Our texture pack is configured for automatic download if you ask for it.

Rules
Please read the rules carefully, and comply with them. Trespassers will be banned! DO'S DON'TS
 * 1) Live to see another day: quickly assure a sustainable food supply (hunger is harder than usual around here...)
 * 2) Life is fragile: be careful and think about cooperating (especially with other players from your faction)
 * 3) Life is hard: you can take items from killed players and unlocked chests
 * 4) Be yourself: choose a player model compatible with the race you want to play (human, elf, dwarf, orc, etc.)
 * 1) Avoid permanent ban: do not cheat (X-Ray, etc.) or even try (we have a full battery of things to counter and detect this)
 * 2) Respect other players: do not insult others, don't kill newcomers, do not destroy blocks in other people's builds (griefing), do not destroy blocks or steal equipment in your faction headquarters and do not trap way points
 * 3) Respect your alignment: avoid attacking your allies, avoid trading with your enemies, do not claim land on enemy territory, do not masquerade with a deceitful player model (again, we have ways of knowing)
 * 4) And last but not least, there are no divine interventions: do not expect anything from the admin (who uses no special powers) and don't ask for promotion

Commands available
'''Help & information:

  /help : View the list of available commands.

/motd : View the Message Of The Day.

/einfo : View the background story.

/rules : View the server rules.

Players:

  /list : List all online players.

/nick : Change your nickname.

/realname : Display the username of a player based on nick.

Communication:

  /helpop : Message online admins.

/mail : Manage inter-player, intra-server mail.

/me : Describe an action in the context of the player.

/msg : Send a private message to the specified player.

/r : Quickly reply to the last player to message you.

Trading:

 Exchange items between players regardless of distance, preferably using silver coins as the currency.

/trade : Request to trade with.

/trade accept : Accept a trade request.

/trade decline : refuse a trade request.

/trade toggle : Disable the sending of shift-right-click trading requests for you.

Item naming:

 You can give a name to your items for free. Use:

/itemname : Names the item you're holding.

/lore : Edits the lore of the item you're holding.

The character "_" is used for spaces, or removing texts.

Access control:

 Put a sign on a chest with a first line saying "[Private]" and following lines listing the players allowed to open it.

Put a similar sign next to a door or trap to restrict access to the players listed.

You can also protect enchanting tables, crafting tables, furnaces, forges, anvils and hoppers.

/lockette : Edits signs on locked containers. Right click on the sign to edit.

/lockette fix : Fixes an automatic door that is in the wrong position. Look at the door to edit.

Claiming land:

Remember that you can claim a 32/16/8 blocks radius cube of land by putting a faction banner on a gold/silver/bronze block.

Death chests:

 If you happen to die, your belongings will be kept in a (double) chest for one real week. Beware, it's First In, First Loot!

A message in the chat will remind you of its coordinates.

Faction change:

 It's only possible through the administrator at this time and there will be at most one change per player per real month.

Your character will be completely resetted. You'll start with fresh alignments, waypoints, ongoing/completed quests, achievements, alcohol tolerance and inventory. Your banner protected areas and chests will be unlocked.

Technical commands:

 If you run into technical issues, the following commands might be helpful:

/TPS : View the server performance (20 is best, expect lags below 15).

/chunkinfo : identify the file containing the part of the world you're located in.

Limits
Please visit our server to view the detailed list.