Direwolf20 New version?

[Bryantom]

Please forgive my ignorance as I'm new to hosting a FTB server for a couple of my friends, and our kids. A few days ago, I noticed when I loaded my FTB client, Direwolf20 now reads "FTB Presents Direwolf20 (v1.8.0) Minecraft Version 1.7.1 I could have sworn that it did not read 1.8.0, but 1.7.0 so I thought why not download the latest version. When I download the file though, the .jar file still says 1.7.10 -- am I reading something wrong?

This brings me to another question. When there ARE new versions of Direwolf20 in the future, what's the easiest way to upgrade the server? Is there a readme file to upgrade? I'm guessing just drag and drop the FTBInstall.sh file into the old folder? I'm currently running the server software on a MacPro running Mac OS 10.9.5.

Thanks,
Bryan

 

[GreenZombie]

First, the 1.7.10 refers to the minecraft version, not the direwolf20 version.

Next, best process for upgrading is to not upgrade;
1. install a fresh copy of the server in a new folder. Run the new server from there, and check that it works.
2. Then, copy over the world folder, and run the world.

This has the advantage that there is an easy, checkpointed rollback available if anything messes up.

 

[Bryantom]

First, the 1.7.10 refers to the minecraft version, not the direwolf20 version.

Next, best process for upgrading is to not upgrade;
1. install a fresh copy of the server in a new folder. Run the new server from there, and check that it works.
2. Then, copy over the world folder, and run the world.

This has the advantage that there is an easy, checkpointed rollback available if anything messes up.

Great, thank you. All user data is in the world folder then?

Thanks,
Bryan

 

[GreenZombie]

Great, thank you. All user data is in the world folder then?

Thanks,
Bryan

Yes.
./world/playerdata holds all the individual player save files. lots of mods (thaumcraft) additionally store some per-player stuff in ./world/data

You might have some complication if you have been editing the config files or adding / removing / updating mods.