Community Settlements & Nether Highway Guidelines

Thenga SMP is defined by collaborative survival projects, relaxed community settlements, and shared infrastructure. To prevent overlapping claims, maintain clean transport routes, and keep tick performance butter-smooth, follow these community guidelines.

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1. Claiming & Respecting Building Perimeters

We do not use artificial, immersion-breaking land claim plugins (/claim). Instead, we operate on genuine mutual trust and visible territorial demarcations:

1. Check BlueMap First: Before breaking ground, view the live world map on BlueMap (link in Discord #server-access) to make sure you leave adequate breathing room (at least 300 to 500 blocks) from another player’s active settlement unless you are collaborating.
2. Post Coordinates in #coordinates: Register your settlement name and coordinates in Discord so fellow builders know the surrounding area is inhabited.
3. Border Markers: Place simple perimeter beacons, banners, or border torches around your intended construction area.

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2. Nether Highway & Portal Linking Standards

The Nether is our central high-speed transit highway network. Because 1 block in the Nether = 8 blocks in the Overworld, proper portal mathematical alignment is mandatory to avoid linking issues:

1. Calculate Exact Coordinates:
   • Divide your Overworld X and Z coordinates by 8:
     Nether X = Overworld X / 8
Nether Z = Overworld Z / 8
2. Build Your Nether Portal at Highway Level:
   • All central highway tunnels run at Y = 115 (just beneath the Nether ceiling).
   • Clear a 3x3 tunnel connecting your portal back to the main directional axis (North, South, East, West).
3. Ice Boat Lanes:
   • Packed Ice or Blue Ice boat lanes are encouraged for rapid transit. Keep paths lined with slabs or buttons to prevent mob spawning.

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3. Coconut Shopping District Etiquette

Our central trade district operates on a diamond-backed vanilla economy:

• 1 Diamond = 1 Trade Currency Unit.
• Players are free to open shops selling enchanted books, building blocks, rocket fuel, and redstone components.
• Pay the designated diamond payment directly into the merchant’s payment chest before retrieving items.
• Keep shop footprints reasonable (maximum 20x20 blocks per vendor plot) to leave space for other traders.

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4. Technical Redstone & Lag Prevention

To guarantee a stable 20.0 TPS with dozens of players online:

• Hopper Optimization: Place composters or full furnaces on top of exposed hoppers to reduce unnecessary air-checking tick overhead.
• Clock Switches: Always install an ON/OFF lever or daylight detector switch on automatic sorting systems, raid farms, and mob grinders. Do not leave heavy redstone clocks running continuously when AFK.
• Entity Limits: Excessive entity grouping (hundreds of villagers or livestock in single-block pens) will be trimmed by server moderators.

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5. CoreProtect & Grief Recovery

All block placements, chest transactions, and mob interactions are logged in real-time by CoreProtect:

• If you notice items missing or accidental damage, ping @Moderator in Discord #support.
• Admins can inspect block history with /co i and perform instant single-click rollbacks of any unauthorized alterations.