There is now a Spigot 1.8 option available in the Server JAR selection drop-down in the Multicraft Control Panel. This long awaited branch of the Minecraft server will allow you to have Bukkit plugin support on a minecraft 1.8 server.

Should I update my server?

You should only be concerned about Spigot 1.8 if you are running and un-modded server with Bukkit plugin support.

How to Update to the Development build of Spigot 1.8

This is the quick way but check the tips in the next section below before updating your server.

  1. Log into Multicraft
  2. On your server's control panel, look for the JAR Selection and choose: - Spigot 1.8-R0.1 Development
  3. Click 'Save'
  4. Restart your server

Tips for updating

The core of Minecraft 1.8 isn't too different from Minecraft 1.7.10 so most up to date plugins will work without issue. However there were also a lot of other changes so be prepared for many plugins to not work until they have been updated too. Here are some tips to help deal with these potential problems

  • Make a world backup before updating - How To
  • Check to see if there are already Minecraft 1.8 compatible versions of your plugins, or if your current plugins will work - Curse
  • Make a backup of your plugins folder, or rename your plugins folder (This is in case you want to go back to the version of Spigot you were using before) - HowTo
  • If your server isn't starting after changing to Spigot 1.8, look in the 'crash-reports' folder for the most recent report and see if that can tell you which plugin is crashing (You can also look at the log files in the 'logs' folder)
  • If you have trouble identifying a misbehaving plugin, try removing plugins one at a time and restarting the server (Alternatively remove all plugins and add them one by one)
  • Instead of deleting a plugin to remove it, rename the extension so that Spigot does not try to load it e.g. plugin.jar => plugin.jar.disabled

Tested Plugins

  • CoreProtect 2.10.0 yes
  • ClearLag 2.7.2 yes
  • Multiverse Core 2.4-b527 yes
  • World Edit 6.0-beta-01;3335-e7a18326 partial
  • World Edit 5.6.3 yes
  • World Guard 6.0.0-SNAPSHOT yes
  • PermissionsEx 1.22.7-SNAPSHOT yes
  • Essentials TeamCity yes/li>
  • PwnFilter 33.1 yes
  • Fe 0.7-SNAPSHOT yes – but reporting an update is available but no other update available currently
  • Frame Protect 2.5 yes
  • Holographid Displays 1.8.11 yes
  • Jobs 2.12.0 yes
  • ProtocolLib 3.63-SNAPSHOT yes
  • LibsDisguises 8.2.6 yes
  • MicroBlocks 2.0 yes
  • EchoPet 2.5.2-b24 Owner is working on a 1.8 update expected release date 1 to 2 weeks.
  • NoCheatPlus 3.12.0-SNAPSHOT-sMD5NET-b764 yes
  • SimpleHelpTickets 1.3.6 yes
  • Votifier 1.9 yes
  • BossBarAPI 4.3 yes
  • PlayerLaunchpad 1.2 yes
  • UltimateSurvivalGamesBeta 1.9.2 yes

Got a problem?

If you have any issues or questions, don't hesitate to raise a support ticket.



Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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