Hello CCNet,

Believe it or not, we are already halfway through 2024 - and what an eventful year it has been! This year has seen, among other things, the introduction of custom crops, constitutions and government types, diplomatic stances, political parties and textures for Slimefun machines. Additionally, we overhauled food, significantly improved the server's performance at high player counts and bolstered our anticheat suite. Behind the scenes, we are working on improving the tooling available to staff and streamlining the support process.

In the midst of all this, many staff members (including myself) have been entering pivotal stages of their lives: whether that be entering the workforce, studying at college or moving residence. Your patience and understanding during these times is always much appreciated. We are looking for new helpers to join our team, and I encourage those interested to fill out a Staff Expression of Interest (EOI).

What's next for Nations? The recent release of Minecraft 1.20.6 and 1.21 is not lost on us, and we intend to update when time permits. However, updating CCNet is an immensely complex task that has been particularly complicated by the large technical changes that have been shipped alongside each update - do not be deceived by minor version bumps! Although these changes are beneficial¹, the release cadence has blindsided server software and plugin developers. One consequence of these changes is that we must reset the Nether when updating to 1.21. Unfortunately, I cannot yet give an estimate as to when this will occur. It will rely on both my own availability and the pace at which upstream developers update their respective plugins and software.

To end, I'd like to share a sneak peek of one of several experimental plugins I have been working on. While I cannot guarantee that any of these will make their way onto Nations, I hope to explain and make them available for public testing over the coming months. If you are interested in helping test these plugins, feel free to reply to this post.

¹ It is believed by some in the community that Mojang is paving the way to making blocks and items "data-driven", i.e. able to be added by server-side datapacks and potentially plugins. Needless to say, this would unlock a huge raft of features!

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I would be more than happy to help test it out!

Hey, I'd love to help out with testing.

Give me these nascent plugins to break and exploit.

beta testing is fun

Bete Testing could be fun

Minecolonies plugin versión yeiii xd i can help to test after 31 July i'm in holidays

I'd like to help test as well.

Me!!!