Benedevil
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Hello everyone,
first off I'd like to thank everyone for their continued support for this community. On the 31.08.18 Blackwonder.tf turned 3 years old. I had never imagined how much this project would grow when I first started it and it is thanks to all of you supporting people that we have reached what we are now.
Blackwonder.tf has been a huge opportunity of learning experiences for me. Due to blackwonder's large scale, it has had to face many problems. Many of the plugins made by others for others do not have large scale communities in mind, which is understandable. Many plugins had to be reworked to not overload our databases with queries and provide a smooth user experience. I've been fortunate enough to be able to keep developing my skills in programming on a bigger scale due to this nature. For many many months, I knew that the store system eventually needed a rewrite. The performance just kept getting worse as time went on and I found that coding new additions for the store was way more complex than it can be. In the last 2 months I've finally decided to tackle the problem and coded up what is now the new 4409 line plugin + addons. Everything has been done from scratch and some new/revamped features that I was missing were added:
That being said, if you do have any suggestions please post them below.
Items that you previously owned were refunded and your credits transferred to the new system.
The new server will be available after the server restarts at 5 am in their corresponding timezone.
Hope you enjoy the new store!
Ben
first off I'd like to thank everyone for their continued support for this community. On the 31.08.18 Blackwonder.tf turned 3 years old. I had never imagined how much this project would grow when I first started it and it is thanks to all of you supporting people that we have reached what we are now.
Blackwonder.tf has been a huge opportunity of learning experiences for me. Due to blackwonder's large scale, it has had to face many problems. Many of the plugins made by others for others do not have large scale communities in mind, which is understandable. Many plugins had to be reworked to not overload our databases with queries and provide a smooth user experience. I've been fortunate enough to be able to keep developing my skills in programming on a bigger scale due to this nature. For many many months, I knew that the store system eventually needed a rewrite. The performance just kept getting worse as time went on and I found that coding new additions for the store was way more complex than it can be. In the last 2 months I've finally decided to tackle the problem and coded up what is now the new 4409 line plugin + addons. Everything has been done from scratch and some new/revamped features that I was missing were added:
- Trading system
- Dropping system has been reintroduced
- Spawn particles are available for purchase
- Footprints are now available for purchase
- The store launches with 172 items
- The store has been made way more user friendly and responsive
- Donators receive twice as many credits
- Get bonus credits for playing on almost empty servers
- Get a daily amount of credits based on your redeeming streak
That being said, if you do have any suggestions please post them below.
Items that you previously owned were refunded and your credits transferred to the new system.
The new server will be available after the server restarts at 5 am in their corresponding timezone.
Hope you enjoy the new store!
Ben
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