Update Notes

Chaotic United has relaunched! Here is the full list of changes and updates to the community.

Minecraft:
+ Added plugin: BattleArena
+ Added plugin: EssentialsX
+ Added a new in-game UI (/play)
+ Added plugin: MobArena
+ Added MobArena map: Heat
+ Added MobArena map: Ruin
+ Added MobArena map: C-173
+ Added Parkour map: Sandstorm
+ Added Parkour map: Oasis
+ Added Parkour map: EndParkour
+ Added Arena map: Tomb (formerly Quake)
+ Added Arena map: Labrynth
+ Added Arena map: Beaver Creek
+ Added new gamemode: MobArena [NEEDS FURTHER TESTING FROM
COMMUNITY]
+ Added new gamemode: The Arena [NEEDS FURTHER TESTING FROM
COMMUNITY]
+ New Survival spawn
+ New Factions spawn
+ New Minigames (Arena) spawn
+ Added hub items, you can now get anywhere on the server from the hub without any
commands
+ Added plugin: SilkSpawners
+ Added plugin: SpawnerShop
+ Added plugin: ZHorse
+ Added new emote: /sad
+ Added new emote: /thinking
+ Added new plugin: SmartSignEditor
* Updated creative spawn
* Updated SkyBlock spawn
* Updated hub
* Parkour now has Easy, Normal, and Hard modes - Easy mode has 0.25x the award,
with a checkpoint being able to be set anywhere, and Hard mode has 10x the award
with no checkpoints
* Parkour will no longer re-grant the same checkpoint twice, which means you can't fall
and re-unlock a previous checkpoint
* All faction management commands (ie, renaming, promoting, demoting, creating,
disbanding, etc) are now able to be run anywhere, not just within Factions
- Removed plugin: Stables
- Removed Killerteddy

Website:
+ New website design
* Nuclear District site theme now uses new logo
* Website now behaves much better on mobile devices
* Helpcenter index now has a unique icon for each page, including some icons from
FontAwesome 5
* Legacy CU Staff, ND Staff, and Veterans pages now use a static image instead of a
3D render - the old 3D render stopped working
* Rules entry on the helpcenter redirects to the main rules page on forums
- Removed Killerteddy

Forums:
+ Added new CU themed group badges
+ Added Download center
+ Added Blogs
* Fixed group badge display/sizing issues on most themes
- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added plugin to Beta 1.7.3: Craftbook
+ Added plugin to Beta 1.7.3: CraftbookCircuits
+ Added plugin to Beta 1.7.3: CraftbookMechanisms
+ Added plugin to Beta 1.7.3: CraftbookVehicles
+ Added page to donation store showing all donation history
* Updated Donation Terms to clarify a few poorly written points
* Improved all rank descriptions on donation store with better formatting and organization, as well as adding some permissions that were undocumented and removing other permissions that no longer function
- Removed the following permissions from Donator on Beta 1.7.3: Fly mod permission, /heal, /feed, /repair, /back
- Removed the following permissions from VIP on Beta 1.7.3: /item, /itemdb, /god, /spawnmob
- Removed Killerteddy

A small fix has been applied in realtime to the homepage and Minecraft server. Change notes can be seen below.

+ Added the "Staff" page available at: http://chaoticunited.net/cu_staff.html

- Removed all "customtext" commands along with "CUHelpdesk". A full list of removed commands can be seen below:

- Removed Killerteddy

A content update has been applied to the MC server and a small update has been done to the forums.

+ Added Badges (as seen previously on HurricaneCraft)

+ Added HorseKeep

+ Added MyPets

* Configured permissions for HorseKeep and MyPets

* Fixed PvP (hopefully)

- Removed killerteddy

* Enabled Changelogs (updates thus far will be pasted to PMC later)
* Updated Planet MineCraft server listing
* Prepared implementation of MegaCreative (210x210 plot sizes)
- Removed Killerteddy

An epic update has been applied to the whole network.
 
+ Reintroduced the Minecraft Livemap, seen at http://mc.chaoticunited.net:8123
+ Enabled Votifier and fixed all existing CU server entries
+ Added new IP: mc.unitedalycraft.com
+ Added new IP: ts.unitedalycraft.com
+ Added new domain: unitedalycraft.com
+ Reactivated IP: chaoticdistrict.no-ip.biz
* Migrated Unitedalycraft.com to haloman30's domain account for better management
* Made some backend changes to improve URL displaying (no more index.php?/pages/index.html)
* Migrated the Minecraft server to a VPS (donate guys I can't keep this shit online by myself)
 

First update of 2016!
 
A small update has been applied to the website, and some changes have hit the CU gameservers lately.
 
Website Changelog:
+ Added Gmod, TF2, and Modded MC services to the Info box
* Restricted colors on the homepage, retained specific colors and changed their names to 'Themes'
- Removed World of Warcraft from services list (for now)
 
Gameserver Changelog:
+ Purchased Dedicated Server (ty alycat)
+ Setup BungeeCord for future plans on MC
+ Added SkyWars (is not configured entirely just yet)
+ Added MCMyAdmin web backend
+ Created Modded MC server
+ Created custom Modpack: Brink of Chaos (originally named Dawn of Chaos but it already exists ._.)
+ Added custom plugin: CUXPSell
* Moved Alycat to 'Owner' rank on forums and server
* Moved all MC files to the Dedicated Server
* Configured the Dedicated Server (ty Michael/AwakenedRage)
- Removed Factions
- Removed Killerteddy

A small update has been applied to the website and Minecraft server.
 
+ Enabled the Far Lands on the MC Server with a very hacky .class modification (image) (MinecraftWiki page)
* Remade the Staff list pages, only core staff have descriptions and every staff has a 3D Minecraft playermodel
- Removed Killerteddy

An update has been applied to the Minecraft server.
 
+ Added RandomTP (do /rtp in Survival or Factions to go somewhere random)
+ Added a FirstJoin spawn area to help newbies learn basic server information
+ Added a Factions kit for use in factions (/kit factions)
+ Added web helpcenter
* Moved server back to the VPS
* Unlocked the rest of spawn
* Cleaned up backend of server to improve disk usage
- Removed unecessary files
- Removed Killerteddy

An small hotfix has hit the MC server and CU website.
 
+ Added new CU IP and entry in Info block: gmod.chaoticunited.net
* Fixed CU and ND staff pages HTML layouts
* Updated Staff/Builders

An update has hit the website, MC server, and Store!
 
+ Added new plugin "CratesPlus"
+ Added Survey completion crates
+ Added Tier 1-6 Crates
+ Added new donation store category "Exclusives"
+ Added new donation store category "Disguises"
+ Added various disguises to store
+ Added new Helpcenter topic "Redeemable Codes"
* Modified the homepage, removed the Carousel, added a 'What is Chaotic United?' section
- Removed Killerteddy
 

We're back, baby!
 
Minecraft:
+ New Hub spawn
+ New Survival spawn
+ New Creative spawn
+ New SkyBlock spawn

+ New plugin: NDParkour

+ New plugin: CraftBook
+ New plugin: UltimateCosmetics

+ Added a cosmetic Aura for each rank

* Modified /list to be more organized, all Staff and Donator ranks are merged into a single category

* [Veteran] rank changed to [Retired] to end confusion between the MC and Forums rank

* Ingame /rules command replaced with the MC rules that can be found on the site (old rules can be viewed by doing /oldrules)
- Removed Killerteddy
 
Website:
+ Added new theme styles
+ Added special Nuclear District theme, based off of the ND website
+ Added a video background to the homepage
+ Added TeamSpeak server status to the homepage
+ Added an about page
+ Added Twitch feeds page
+ Added a DMCA protection badge to the entire website
+ Obtained nucleardistrict.net domain name
+ Obtained NuclearDistrict IP.Board license
+ Added a Veterans page (only memorable old staff who cannot be forgotten - #GoodbyeND)
+ Added a credits page, crediting all of those who had a direct or indirect impact on Chaotic United's legacy

+ Added an awesome video to the homepage
* Forums navigation tab is now Community, as a dropdown with community elements
* Modified Theme editor to be in a tab layout, to prevent the editor from going off the screen
* Moved old themes into a 'Classic Themes' tab

- Removed Community Focus section, replaced with a button to go to forums, similar to the first ND website
- Removed Killerteddy
 
Forums:

+ Added new theme 'Windows Classic'
+ Added new theme 'Dawn - Light'
+ Added new theme 'Dawn- Dark'
+ Added new theme 'Chaotic United - 2016'

+ Added new theme: Nostalgia

+ Added new theme: United AlyCraft

+ Added new theme: Chaotic Blue

+ Added forum 'TeamSpeak 3'
+ Added forum 'Garry's Mod'
+ Added forum 'TeamFortress 2'

+ Added forum icons to every forum
* Migrated all forum threads from NuclearDistrict into the CU forums
* Updated profile content count to account for ND threads
- Removed Killerteddy

This is a bugfix update, and is mostly focused on the MC server (however some small tweaks were made to the main webpage)

Minecraft:

+ Added new plugin: ChatControl

+ Added a chat filtering system to block most URL's (several are excluded) and all variations of the N word. In addition, swastika symbols are blocked as well

+ Added aliases for /bal and /baltop to point to /money and /money top

* Modified several announcements to be more correct and helpful

* Disallowed false economy status from /money top

- Removed TS3 from ingame announcements

- Removed Killerteddy

Website:

- Removed the secondary navigation menu as it served no purpose.

+ Added PropHunt to sidebar (ph.chaoticunited.net:27016)

* Updated main website to reflect the past few days

* Upgraded forums to 4.1.18.2

- Removed ci833508

- Removed Alycat

- Removed Killerteddy

An update has hit the community overall.

Forums:

- Removed 50 content count requirement from Staff Applications

Minecraft:

+ Added FastLogin

+ Added AuthMe

+ Added ProtocolSupport

* Set server to offline-mode

- Removed Alycat

- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added subforum: chaoticunited.com
+ Added subforum: registartion (yes it's a typo, and yes it's on purpose)
+ Added subforum: Runescape Server
+ Added additional fields to Bug Tracker submission form to aid in quality bug submissions
* Fixed some layouts not displaying properly on Chaotic United - 2021 (+Dark) theme
* Fixed shoutbox text input not being dark mode on Chaotic United - 2021 (Dark) theme
* Fixed a bug where users below Benefactor could claim plots in /warp benefactor
* Fixed shoutbox not being usable
* Increased server render distance in hub from 8 to 16
* Begun importing old CU forum topics from Wayback Machine
- Removed Killerteddy

Some changes have been made to CU's guidelines and Discord server.

+ Added rule: Do not discuss marijuana or other illegal drugs in public chats

- Removed #420 channel from Discord to avoid issues with Discord's TOS, US law, and as a response to strong community backlash

- Removed Killerteddy

Don't mind me, just fixing some DNS entries.

+ eldewrito.chaoticunited.net is now an alias of dewrito.chaoticunited.net

* Fixed invalid DNS record: dewrito.chaoticunited.net

- Removed Killerteddy

Main MC Server
+ Added new plugin: CUCommands (based on WFCommands by Windwhistle)
+ Added new plugin: CUWarps
+ Added new plugin: CUPoints
+ Added new plugin: CUSlimeballJump
+ Added new plugin: CUUnenchant
+ Added new plugin: CULeashTP
+ Added new plugin: CUSpleef
+ Added new plugin: CUSilkSpawners (based on WFSilkSpawners by Windwhistle)
+ Added new plugin: ImageMap
+ Added new plugin: HeadsPluginAPI
+ Added new plugin: HeadsInventory
+ Added new plugin: LogBlock
+ Added new plugin: Carz
+ Added new plugin: CUShop
+ Added new TheRedCore arena: Waterworks
+ Added new TheRedCore arena: Red Carpet
+ Added new Parkour map: Temple
+ Added new Parkour map: Cold Cookies
+ NDParkour 1.4.0: Added support for CUPoints (stored using old NDPoints config options)
+ NDParkour 1.4.0: Lobby spawn, arena starting point, and checkpoints now have support for yaw and pitch
+ NDParkour 1.4.0: Added resumable sessions - if a player disconnects from the server or leaves the game, they will have the option to resume their previous session
+ NDParkour 1.4.0: Added ability for players to adjust their yaw/pitch for the current checkpoint
+ NDParkour 1.4.0: Added ability for moderators to kick players from a parkour game, and choose whether or not to remove their current session upon doing so
+ NDParkour 1.4.0: Added ability to view session details via /pkr session
+ NDParkour 1.4.0: Parkour arenas can be hidden (they won't show in the arena list), and locked (only admins can join them)
+ NDParkour 1.4.0: Playernames show in different colors on the scoreboard depending on the chosen difficulty
+ NDParkour 1.4.0: Parkour arenas now have a display name, and the arena YML name is now stored in lowercase, as YAML config options are case-sensitive
+ NDParkour 1.4.0: Arena display names can be used for parkour signs
+ New hub, based on the previous design but has much more modifications than previous iterations
+ New survival spawn built
+ New creative spawn built
+ New SkyBlock spawn built
+ New appearance for /play UI
* Main server now utilizes PaperMC (PaperSpigot)
* Updated CUXPSell for 1.14
* Updated CUPing for 1.14
* Updated NDParkour to 1.4.0
* Updated TheRedCore to 1.1
* Updated MobMoney for 1.14
* Moderator permissions are now based on the permission setup from Semi-Vanilla
* TheRedcore 1.1: Support for WorldEdit 7.x
* NDParkour 1.4.0: Trying to join a parkour arena when a previous saved session exists will warn the user and prompt them to either resume their session or confirm to delete it
* NDParkour 1.4.0: Checkpoints now save their location at the center of the block, rather than the edge
* NDParkour 1.4.0: Scoreboard shows a status indicator if a player enables admin bypass mode
* NDParkour 1.4.0: Scoreboard is now removed from players upon plugin reload
* NDParkour 1.4.0: The parkour arena area selection wand (/pkr wand) no longer acts as a global toggle for all users
* NDParkour 1.4.0: Scoreboard updating, admin bypass, and wand lists now rely on player UUID's rather than usernames
* NDParkour 1.4.0: Various internal code cleanup and organization
* NDParkour 1.4.0: Join commands are no longer case-sensitive
* NDParkour 1.4.0: The parkour arena list is no longer an admin-only command
- Removed plugin: FOLogBlock
- Removed plugin: McMMO
- Removed plugin: Jobs
- Removed plugin: UltimateCosmetics
- Removed plugin: ImageOnMap
- NDParkour 1.4.0: Players can no longer create NDParkour signs (they shouldn't have been able to in the first place)
- Shut down Semi-Vanilla server
- Shut down Bungee hub server
- Shut down BungeeCord server

Website
+ Added new section to Minigame Map Browser: Spleef
+ Added new section to Minigame Map Browser: TheRedCore
+ Added new site theme: Chaotic United - 2019
+ Added Parnters link to main website navigation

Forums
+ Added new forums theme: Chaotic United - 2019
+ Added a variety of new Awards
* Previous awards have been given new icons
* Updated to IP.Board 4.4.7
* All groups can edit their own content
* All groups can view display name history
* All groups can now create Read-Only clubs
* All groups can now upload paid files in Downloads
* All groups can now upload attachments in private messages
* All groups can now change their star ratings for content
* All groups can now close their own polls
* Premium and Veteran can now override recipient storage quota
* Increased Member daily reaction limit from 10 to 30
* Increased Member attachment storage limit from 500kb to 1mb
* Increased Senior Member PM storage quota from 50 to 75
* Increased Senior Member Profile Photo size from 1mb to 2mb
* Increased Senior Member Profile Photo width/height from 500px to 1024px
* Increased Senior Member daily reaction limit from 10 to 50
* Increased Senior Member attachment storage limit from 500kb to 4mb
* Increased Premium and Veteran Profile Photo size from 1mb to 4mb
* Increased Premium and Veteran Profile Photo width/height from 500px to 2048px
* Increased Premium and above PM recipients per conversation from 5 to 10
* Increased Premium and above PM storage quota from 50 to 150
* Increased Premium and Veteran daily reaction limit from 10 to 75
* Increased Premium and above attachment storage limit from 500kb to 16mb
* Increased Game Helper Profile Photo width/height from 250px to 2048px
* Increased Game Helper Profile Photo size from 500kb to 4mb
* Increased Game Moderator Profile Photo width/height from 150px to 2048px
* Increased Game Moderator Profile Photo size from 500kb to 4mb
* Increased Forum Mod Profile Photo size from 50kb to 4mb
* Increased Forum Mod Profile Photo width/height from 150px to 2048px
* Increased Manager and up daily reaction limit from 100 to Unlimited
* Increased Administrator PM recipients per conversation from 500 to Unlimited
* Increased Administrator maximum blog count from 25 to Unlimited
* Increased Administrator display name change limit from 3 times per 30 days to Unlimited
- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added WIP version of CUStatus

+ Added a (modified one that is part of megaspawn) version of an old ND island spawn (TODO: replace with original version)

* Staff Applications can now only be viewed by their author or by staff members

* Fixed a bug in Temple parkour where the lava hallway platforms wouldn't activate

- Removed Killerteddy

* Updated Survival info signs in Hub to be accurate

* SoggyBreadstick, DownTown74, and Nish have been moved to their original Donation ranks

* Jayden has been moved to Retired

* Ivory has been moved to Advisor

- Remove staff NPC's in Hub for Scrimivory, Evosite7 (____Jayden), DownTown74, NGminer16, and SoggyBreadstick

- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added CraftBook to Creative server
+ Added CUItemSpawn to Creative and Hub (cu) server

+ VIP rank now has access to a new "Death Chest" perk, where their inventory items are stored in a chest near their death location. Only available in Survival (NOT Semi-Vanilla)

* Updated CUPackage from 1.2.7 to 1.2.8
- Removed 'Live Streams' link from Community dropdown menu (the page can still be found at https://chaoticunited.net/material/live.html, but will no longer be maintained)
- Removed 'Team Jobs' link from Team dropdown menu
- Removed Killerteddy

* Enabled Discord messages being logged to MC console

* WIP upgrade of NDParkour to v1.5.0

* Changed Elaztek Studios login button text from 'Elaztek Studios' to 'Elaztek' in order to prevent text getting cut off

- Removed ElDewrito from forums navigation (expect its subforum to be archived as well as the navigation menu entry on main website to go away soon too)

- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added CUStatus to Brink of Chaos and Beta 1.7.3

+ Added player counts to Brink of Chaos and Beta 1.7.3 on homepage and forums server info blocks

+ Added timeline events for 2019 (view timeline here)

* Updated to IP.Board 4.4.9.1

* Fixed forums and homepage becoming inaccessible if MC server status file becomes unavailable

- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added 'Guides' category under 'Minecraft' in Helpcenter

* Changed GriefPrevention claim block price - is now 2.50/block instead of 5.00/block

- Removed Killerteddy