Hey everyone,

We've migrated from CoreProtect to a new in-house solution called Oasis. This thread documents everything you need to know including why we're switching and the new command syntax.

Why

CoreProtect has historically us for years. However, given TotalFreedom's chaotic environment, CoreProtect's performance was not cutting it. For example, one griefer put 78 million rows into the database, and it took nearly 40 minutes to roll these changes back. This was after I spent about six hours trying to make CoreProtect cope with large rollbacks. However, I was unsuccessful for many reasons and decided a brand new plugin built from the ground up was better. Oasis came out of a 24 hour+ coding marathon. It does the three things we care about: rollbacks that finish in seconds no matter how big the history is, minimal impact on server performance, and commands you do not need a cheat sheet for.

What came over

I ran the migration from CoreProtect to Oasis tonight. All of the data from CoreProtect came over with some caveats.

• Edits that were already rolled back in CoreProtect were left out. There were a lot of them, about two thirds of all block edits, which obviously tells you we handle a lot of griefers. They are not in lookups any more.
• Chest contents and sign text from the old data are not restorable. CoreProtect never stored them, so a rollback puts the block back but not what was in it. I am happy to say this won't be a problem going forward as items logged from tonight on will have their NBT and other data stored.
• Mob kills show in lookups but a rollback cannot bring the mob back. Same reason. This will not be a constraint going forward.
• This does not include data from the old 2024 server.

I still have the old CoreProtect database for now, so if you find something odd in the history, tell me and I can check it against the original.

The commands

The commands are the same idea, just without the flag soup. There is no u:, t:, r:, a:. You write a word and then its value, in any order. If you forget a word or don't know which to use, we have simple to follow tab completions and they work on all commands. One really cool feature is that you can hover over the tab completions to see what it means. Obviously, this is dependent on if your client supports it as older clients may not. Here's an example:


The main commands:

The words you put after them:

Here is the part most of you actually want, side by side with what you used to type:

Some things that are new and worth knowing:

• If you leave out user, the rollback will run for every player who matches, one after another, with one summary at the end. /rollback cause explosion near 200 cleans up a creeper field in one go, whoever set it off. /undo reverses the whole set.
• A rollback that would touch more than 100,000 edits stops and asks first. You get the count and a [confirm] link. Click it if you meant it.
• Lookup results have clickable coordinates. Click one and you teleport there. Hover a sign to read it, click [read] on a book to open it as the player wrote it.
• A wrong word does not give you a usage wall. It tells you which word was wrong, what you probably meant, and which words are allowed.
• The inspector does not change anything you click. Left click for the block, right click for the block on the face you clicked, /inspect again to turn it off.

If something breaks

I have done extensive testing with Alco, but there is always the chance I missed something. If a rollback does something you did not expect, run /undo right away and then DM me what you typed and what happened. If a lookup shows something that looks wrong, the old database is still around and I can compare.

One more thing

If you run a server of your own, Oasis is free to use and you can download it at https://github.com/oasis-protection/oasis-downloads/releases. It requires ClickHouse and other options like MySQL or SQLite are not supported. We built around one engine only which is why a history of 57 million edits rolls back in seconds on hardware that CoreProtect choked on. The API is public if you want to hook other plugins into it. Plex is already hooked into it and bans with the -rb flag will roll back automatically. The source itself is not open, but I have a good reason for this. The plugin most servers use for this job keeps its updates behind a paywall, and a server that does not pay can end up waiting months for a build that runs on the current Minecraft version. I do not want this design, or this code, to end up behind that wall, and if the source were open today I think that is where it would go. So the jar is free, the API is public, but the source code will remain private.

Thanks,
Telesphoreo

Hello everyone,

I am pleased to report that Scissors has resumed development. We are now located on a new repository: https://github.com/ScissorsMC/Scissors.

I will work on getting CI/CD set up once again to ensure it is easily downloadable. For now, you'll have to compile it yourself. As of now, the Decimator exploit has been patched and we are in the process of patching many more. We are currently targeting the latest version of Minecraft available, 26.2. We do intend to support Scissors again and continuously update it for newer Minecraft versions.

Thanks,
Telesphoreo

Hello,

We’ve made some updates to the TotalFreedom Wiki that affect how you log in. From now on, direct registration on the wiki has been disabled. Instead, you’ll need to log in using your existing forum account. When you visit https://totalfreedom.wiki and click the "Log in" button, you’ll be redirected to the forums to authenticate. Once you’ve signed in through XenForo, you’ll be returned to the wiki and automatically logged in.

Your wiki account will be created or linked based on your username. If you had an existing wiki account with the same username, it should connect without issue. If not, let me know so I can help you.

This change is to reduce spam and develop a consistent identity across the TotalFreedom forums and wiki. As part of the goal to reduce spam, unused accounts have been purged from the wiki. This included a few TF members who registered but never edited the wiki. The majority of the users were spam however. If you would like your account back (which never had any data), all you have to do is login again.

Thanks

Hello,

There are some new exciting updates for the forums. @videogamesm12 has ported the Night Sky theme from ProBoards over to the forums (in an attempt to get the legendary Wilee to register and post here). There might still be some minor issues with the theme, so if you encounter any, let Video know.

Secondly, we now support registering with Google, GitHub, and Apple for an easier registration process. If these providers are abused (because of course they will be, it's TF), I can always disable them and nuke the accounts. Unfortunately, Discord is just a bit too lenient with their registration to allow it on the TF forums.

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Hi everyone,

I just wanted to post a reminder. Over the years, there’s always been a dominant messaging platform. Before Discord, many considered Skype the standard. With the recent Discord news, it’s important to remember that the forums have always been, and continue to be, the central place for TF community members to gather. While the forums are quieter these days with the shift toward Discord, they remain an essential fallback if needed. Unlike Discord, the forums are self hosted by me, and are not owned by a (soon to be) public company. Should Discord’s situation change, the forums will still be here.

This isn’t meant to say "Discord is bad" or debate which Discord alternative is best. It’s simply a reminder that the forums are a stable, long term option. They're also the only forums currently online and accepting new registrations. The old ProBoards forum was restored after a major loss, but has been considered largely broken. The WoltLab forum at totalfreedom.me is now permanently in a read only state, with no ability to post or register.

Please take a moment to make sure you have a forum account you can access. It’s far easier to maintain an existing account than to create a new one later, especially if identity verification ever becomes necessary. I recommend double checking that your account is active, your password is up to date, and that you can successfully log in.

Thanks