Implemented When will creative update... if so should it?

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I really hope creative gets updated to 1.12.2, or even 1.11, just so we can use the new blocks >~<
You know how on hypickle you can play games on 1.8.9, and 1.12.2? maybe MCPZ can do something similar where you can play on any version
 
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Okay, I'm going to try and explain this the best way I can, PartyZone is not planning on updating the server right now. (But that doesn't mean it won't update in the future.) If we'd update the server, we would lose a lot of players. Now, you might think, "But that's impossible! Players would love to build with the new blocks etc." but there are indeed reasons why I am saying this. The majority of our players still use versions lower than 1.9, because a lot of their favourite (popular) servers still run on those versions. Let's say there's a very popular server called, 'Block World', with 11400+ players playing at once. Now, Block World runs on 1.8.9 and most of the games they have, are only playable for players using that specific MC version. So, of course players would switch their version to 1.8.9 just to play the games. The thing is, PartyZone doesn't have that many players that will switch their version just to play games like Murder and Splatter because a lot of our players do indeed play on Block World and other popular servers. They won't update their version just because we told them to. They would rather change their version once Block World etc. update their server's version.

So what I'm trying to say is, PartyZone can't update to 1.12 until other, larger servers with a larger playerbase updates theirs'.
 
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Yeah, this has been suggested many times in-game and here on the forums. Based on what staff and @Etgo has said, it's safe to say it's not happening any time soon.
 
Many people use 1.8.9 or lower, and if Creative gets updated any higher then the people who use that game version type cannot get into Creative, so I’m going to sadly say no to this :,(
 
Well, you know how hypickle is playable in 1.8.9 and 1.12.2? i was thinking mcpz could do something similar
It is playable on multiple versions (last time I checked), but we only use 1.8.9 features. We don't have, for example, the new blocks/mobs etc.
 
I really hope creative gets updated to 1.12.2, or even 1.11, just so we can use the new blocks >~<
You know how on hypickle you can play games on 1.8.9, and 1.12.2? maybe MCPZ can do something similar where you can play on any version
Many people are still playing in 1.8 due to their computer or laptop not being able to run higher version such as 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 1.12 etc. Also, many people do not like the newer versions and like to stay with 1.8. I'm just saying PZ still has that, it's just that you can't place the newer blocks because the protocol trick that is being used prevents that, even if that is allowed the blocks and mobs will appear in a black and purple texture or will simply not work and not be there.
 
It's entirely possible to make PZ 1.8-1.x (x being version number) compatible. Many servers, as others have mentioned above, do it. But obviously drastic updates like this can take a while, to ensure nothing breaks with all the version changes.

tl;dr - this could happen, but most likely not too soon.
 
Creative is already playable across multiple versions, you just can't use features (e.g. blocks) from the newer versions as the actual server version is in 1.8 and using the magical addon that is ViaVersion. If Creative was to change the server base version to 1.9, people wouldn't be able to join on 1.8. Only on versions that are above 1.9.

Backwards compatibility is possible but with questionable functionality using third party extensions such as ProtocolSupport. ViaBackwards is good but would again drop 1.8 support (which a large chunk of the playerbase wants to keep using).
 
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separate creative server for latest versions?
but as admin have stated b4 there is lot of work go into update verdion