Minecraft [see post #1 for MP server info]

[Dowly]

And yes, that is your old house in the place lists...Imma stalking j00 with my spysat :D

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv177/humboldtkid/ChrisHanson.png

:O:

[Oberon]

:O:

It's time for the party van!!

[Arclight]

Might have to rename Mt. Admin to Mt. Crash-yer-game-biatch. :shifty:

[Dowly]

Might have to rename Mt. Admin to Mt. Crash-yer-game-biatch. :shifty:

It's not the whole thing, just something in Ferret Island/Lionclaw's Island area that seems to crash. Have no problems if I come there from Oberon's direction. :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Lionclaw receives a HANE. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion)

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/8003/shoopdawhoop.jpg

[Dowly]

:har::har:

[Lionclaw]

I have a tendency of getting myself into certain situations. :oops:

[Oberon]

Server time out
Reconnect
Hey...where did the world go?
Oh...is this the edge of the world...
Must be the server loading it...
The ground will still be the
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http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2286/fallingthroughtheworld.jpg

[Dowly]

Note to self: Fireplace > Wooden house :shifty:

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/FireplaceIsBaaad.jpg

[Oberon]

I'd have thought you'd have learnt that by now, the amount of times you've burnt your houses down! :haha:

[Dowly]

I'd have thought you'd have learnt that by now, the amount of times you've burnt your houses down! :haha:

Heeey, I've only done it once!... well twice now. :damn:

Bah, didn't like that world anyway. :shifty:

[Spike88]

At least you didn't accidentally burn your house down while opening a door.

[Tarrasque]

I think this will probably beat all our projects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug&feature=player_embedded)#!

And no, it isn't me!

[Dowly]

Hehe, yeh saw that today. Crazy. :DL

Of course, he used MCedit to clear the area, so that nullifies his accomplishment in my books. :O:

[Spike88]

I think this will probably beat all our projects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug&feature=player_embedded)#!

And no, it isn't me!


My brain asploded.


All I understood was Minecraft and computer.

I cant even use redwire to open a double door in the game. Let alone do logic gates.

[krashkart]

I think this will probably beat all our projects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug&feature=player_embedded)#!

And no, it isn't me!


Oh... my... god... :o

[AngusJS]

Hopefully I got the places right. :oops:



EDIT: and hope you see something off it, PB seemingly scaled it down a tad.

Wait, so my island is actually a peninsula? Dammit.

In other news, my underwater tunnel is about halfway to Spike88's castle now.

[Lord_magerius]

Indeed :o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94&feature=related

[Dowly]

Indeed :o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94&feature=related

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1504392&postcount=222 :03:

[Lionclaw]

Setting the render distance to normal for multiplayer makes it crash less frequently.

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1013&t=42551

[Lord_magerius]

Decided to have a play with INVedit, something I'm working on at the moment:)
Edit: yes I know he's 2 pixels too tall :O:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/Toffeeapple/MinecraftWIP.jpg

[Oberon]

Wait, so my island is actually a peninsula? Dammit.

In other news, my underwater tunnel is about halfway to Spike88's castle now.

And my under-land underwater tunnel has reached your peninsula from my island :yeah:Just got to work on the entrance.

[AngusJS]

Anyone having trouble connecting to the server? I keep getting error messages.

[Oberon]

Not me, I'm in there at the moment smelting some rock.

[Lord_magerius]

Oh for the love of... :damn: I would find a facepalm picture but there isn't one epic enough.
http://www.objectiveministries.org/zounds/review-minecraft.html

[Arclight]

Huh? :doh:

[krashkart]

Oh for the love of... :damn: I would find a facepalm picture but there isn't one epic enough.
http://www.objectiveministries.org/zounds/review-minecraft.html

Well... :hmmm:


:har:

:oops:

*sniff* :shifty:


I guess the game can be whatever we make of it.

[krashkart]

Guess I won't be able to join you guys -- order page wants a card of some kind and PayPal alone won't cut it. Bummer. :-?

[Oberon]

Oh for the love of... :damn: I would find a facepalm picture but there isn't one epic enough.

How about a facepalm made of facepalms?

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/176/c/b/epic_face_palm_by_madgod13.jpg

[Oberon]

http://www.objectiveministries.org/zounds/ss-minecraft-multiplayer_missioning.jpg

This makes me laugh :haha:

[Arclight]

/kick KyleG

[Takeda Shingen]

http://www.objectiveministries.org/zounds/ss-minecraft-multiplayer_missioning.jpg

:rotfl2:

[Oberon]

/kick KyleG :nope:

/ipban KyleG

:yep:

[Arclight]

Nah, just make it clear a Minecraft server is not the right place to spread the word. ;)



Rebooting server. Only takes a minute....

Dunno why I even bother notifying about it, THAT'S how fast it is...

nvm :doh:

[Spike88]

Did I see an MC update? I can't find anything on the matter.

[Dowly]

Did I see an MC update? I can't find anything on the matter.

No update this Friday AFAIK.

[Arclight]

Hmm, nope. Still 1.1.2 here.

[Spike88]

Didn't think to check the version number in the corner. :haha:

[Oberon]

Well, it's taken a while, not the nine months it took to design and build the real thing...but at times it felt like it.

The Crystal Palace is now approximately 60% done. All that is left to do now are the grounds in front of it.

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1199/crystalpalacemc.jpg

[NeonSamurai]

neat, though there sure does seem to be a heck of a lot of stone in it.

Still though E for effort :DL

[krashkart]

Way to go, Oberon! :yeah:

[Spike88]

Ze Hindenburg underconstruction
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-10-0304-59-19-60-1.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-10-0304-59-47-99-1.jpg
It's 41 blocks in diameter. and 245 blocks long.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-10-0305-00-48-63.jpg
Looking up from the bottom ring.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-10-0305-01-12-17.jpg
The mine I built for excavating cobblestone.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-10-0305-01-20-80.jpg
Looking straight down in the mine.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-10-0305-02-24-36.jpg
The rear-view from the Western shore of my island.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-10-0305-03-13-82.jpg
My castle
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-10-0305-03-52-84.jpg
The Glass hall
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-10-0305-04-20-11.jpg
View from the Eastern wall

[Oberon]

neat, though there sure does seem to be a heck of a lot of stone in it.

Still though E for effort :DL

Sadly there are no metal beams in Minecraft yet :wah:
It's been a labour of love alright, but definitely worth it.

Oh, Spike, a new little hut type thing has emerged near your castle not far from the Central Line station, it's part of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel which now links your castle, Angus's island and my castle and will hopefully go on to the Crystal Palace.

I wonder if I should do Crystal Palace High Level railway station.... :hmmm:

[Spike88]

Sadly there are no metal beams in Minecraft yet :wah:
It's been a labour of love alright, but definitely worth it.

Oh, Spike, a new little hut type thing has emerged near your castle not far from the Central Line station, it's part of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel which now links your castle, Angus's island and my castle and will hopefully go on to the Crystal Palace.

I wonder if I should do Crystal Palace High Level railway station.... :hmmm:


You could technically use Iron blocks. But you would need an obscene amount of iron.

I noticed the hut, one of the pictures was taken while standing on it.:haha:

[Oberon]

You could technically use Iron blocks. But you would need an obscene amount of iron.

I noticed the hut, one of the pictures was taken while standing on it.:haha:

Yah, I have a fair bit of Iron...but not that much :dead:

You know...perhaps that's an idea for a future block.

Steel...you could craft it, perhaps from Iron and wood, although that should really need to be furnaced...eh, there would be a way I'm sure. :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Just saw this come up on my youtube page and thought of Lionclaw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiIYEmpWaaQ

[Spike88]

Yah, I have a fair bit of Iron...but not that much :dead:

You know...perhaps that's an idea for a future block.

Steel...you could craft it, perhaps from Iron and wood, although that should really need to be furnaced...eh, there would be a way I'm sure. :hmmm:


Steel should require Iron and coal. And just require that you re-smelt any completed iron.


It should double as not only a building supply, but as a tool requirement.



Edit: I keep getting on to work on the Hindenburg. Then I realize that I need wood, don't feel like cutting any, so I log off.

[Lionclaw]

Just saw this come up on my youtube page and thought of Lionclaw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiIYEmpWaaQ

:DL

That's what happens to me when playing Richard Burns Rally. :O:

[Spike88]

Just saw this come up on my youtube page and thought of Lionclaw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiIYEmpWaaQ



This is what the GT5 subsim Tournament will most likely look like. :har:

[NeonSamurai]

Edit: I keep getting on to work on the Hindenburg. Then I realize that I need wood, don't feel like cutting any, so I log off.

You should plant your own forest. I loved wood in that game as its easy to get and very renewable. Before the 'demo' expired, i redid my castle in solid stone and expanded it. It was 6 levels (3 underground) plus a sky tower. Needless to say it used a massive amount of stone, which needed a massive amount of wood (and like 8 furnaces going at once) and cobblestone.

[Dowly]

You can still play the free weekend version in offline mode, no "rules" against it. You just can't update the game.

[NeonSamurai]

Eh that's alright, frankly I was getting bored with the game, and anoyed that I had tones of redstone, but hardly any iron, even after massive amounts of mining.

Plus I have other games to play, and no time anyhow. My current schedule is nuts; I do full 4th year university course load (30-40 hours), plus 15-20 hours of volunteer & payed service at a psychiatric leisure center, plus another 10-15 hours of research work (scholarship) in a lab, and about 10 hours of travel time. That totals about 85 hours a week, and I am not counting all the little tasks and jobs and chores for day to day life.

[Dowly]

Eh that's alright, frankly I was getting bored with the game, and anoyed that I had tones of redstone, but hardly any iron, even after massive amounts of mining.

Plus I have other games to play, and no time anyhow. My current schedule is nuts; I do full 4th year university course load (30-40 hours), plus 15-20 hours of volunteer & payed service at a psychiatric leisure center, plus another 10-15 hours of research work (scholarship) in a lab, and about 10 hours of travel time. That totals about 85 hours a week, and I am not counting all the little tasks and jobs and chores for day to day life.


Jebus, dont burn yourself out. :doh:

[Spike88]

I have my own forest between the end of the Hindenburg, and my castle. You can see the part of the foliage in one of the screens. Somewhere between 25-30 trees. Its just cleaning up to replant is a pain. I usually set a brush fire to clear the foliage left over.

I just feel too lazy to do the work.


Especially when I can be playing DA:O or ETW instead.

[danlisa]

You could technically use Iron blocks. But you would need an obscene amount of iron.



Yah, I have a fair bit of Iron...but not that much :dead:

You know...perhaps that's an idea for a future block.

I don't know how seriously you're taking this game, but if it's purely so your can build your creation to a level that satisfies, do this:

Step one back up your world (just in case).

Enter your game save and place 1 ingot of Iron in each inventory slot. Save & Exit.

Get a copy of NBTedit.

Open your level.dat and navigate & expand the section called "Inventory", each entry represents one slot in your inventory. Expand the section labbled as "4 Entries" and look at the Count entry. It should read 1, double click and enter 64, press enter. Repeat this for every Inventory entry slot down the list, then save.

Load the game and find every inventory slot now showing Iron Ingots x 64.:D

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s64/danlisa_photo/Inventory-Editing.jpg

Of course, if you're playing legitimately, I was never here and you saw nothing.

[Spike88]

It's in the MP server, so he can't cheat. :P

[Fincuan]

Plus I have other games to play, and no time anyhow. My current schedule is nuts
...
schedule goes here
...


Ouch, sounds like something I wouldn't want to experience! For me school currently takes about the same amount of hours, but the subjects vary a lot. Shooting, combat training and other kinds of practical and physical excercises provide a nice change for all the theory. Currently computer games don't really fit this schedule except for Minecraft and Widelands, both of which are great if you can't afford to play for hours at a time. Take 15 minutes here and there and the game doesn't suffer at all, something that wouldn't really work with Arma2 or SH4.

[danlisa]

Fair enough, got some digging to do then.

While I'm here, who knows what the different colours represent on the Cave renders from Cartograph?

[Spike88]

Fair enough, got some digging to do then.

While I'm here, who knows what the different colours represent on the Cave renders from Cartograph?


I assume Depth. Red is closer to the surface, dark blue is closer to the bottom.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/images-1.jpg

[Dowly]

The color is actually the amount of light. Blue = dark, red = max. amount of light. Atleast, my mine shaft has red dots on certain intervals, which correspond to the placement of my torches.

[Spike88]

The color is actually the amount of light. Blue = dark, red = max. amount of light. Atleast, my mine shaft has red dots on certain intervals, which correspond to the placement of my torches.


You're right. Here is what the readme says:
Cave Mode: Renders caves (empty blocks not lit by sunlight)

[Dowly]

For those who aren't following the forums, here's a neat little site where you can customize your texture pack from quite a few choices:

http://painterlypack.net/

The size of the textures is the default MC size, which means that Doku's pack still probably looks the best resolution wise.

[Oberon]

Huzzah...I can get rid of the lattices in the windows! :yeah:

[danlisa]

Forget the zombies, spiders, silly jumping cactus things etc that can hurt you. Beware the cute looking sheep that drown you while you're busy in the inventory.:damn:

[Dowly]

Tell me about it, one little piggy almost pushed me into a quite a deep looking pit while I was cutting some wood. :shifty:

[Dowly]

Someone made an texture pack installer, haven't tried it yet, but looks good. :salute:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=48134

[Dowly]

Halloween update (from Notch's blog):
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9s1a28Sq81qzd3eyo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId =0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1286304118&Signature=UcXVmQ6z7754uSR6N%2BWp3XyS6mo%3D

[Spike88]

Woo. Awesome update. Can't wait. :rock:

[Dowly]

Yes, there are few cool features I can't wait to see. :up:

[Spike88]

Yes, there are few cool features I can't wait to see. :up:

Hopefully we'll get an update just as amazing for christmas.

[Dowly]

Hopefully we'll get an update just as amazing for christmas.

I'd rather take that update earlier. :88) Last I heard Notch is negotiating on hiring two new artists and a coder "some of you might know". So, hopefully once he gets the business rolling, we get more frequent friday updates. :hmmm:

[Spike88]

I'd rather take that update earlier. :88) Last I heard Notch is negotiating on hiring two new artists and a coder "some of you might know". So, hopefully once he gets the business rolling, we get more frequent friday updates. :hmmm:

I do agree we need more Friday updates, but still a super duper Christmas update would be good. Trees would have Christmas lights, skeletons made out of candy canes, things like that.

[JokerOfFate]

I do agree we need more Friday updates, but still a super duper Christmas update would be good. Trees would have Christmas lights, skeletons made out of candy canes, things like that.

or some zombies doing a play (The night before Xmas or something)

[danlisa]

Not sure about the torch changes, I can see myself dungeoning and not being able to find my way out again.:o Biomes should be interesting though.

What method of mining is everyone using? I think (from screenshot) that Dowly just dug a huge hole (strip mine? or was that a giant bowl for frosties?), how did that pan out for Ore? Or, were you more interested in cobblestone?

I have developed a branch mine starting at bedrock level (adminantium). Currently it's only 3 levels high ( but each level has a central corridor, with 20 branches each side (40 total), spaced at 3 blocks apart, each at 20 blocks deep. Took some time but the payoff was worth it.

8 x 64 Coal
2 x 64 Diamond
4 x 64 Redstone
3 x 64 Gold
1 x 64 Iron Ore

Not too mention a shed load of Cobblestone, which I'm now using to construct my citadel.

Unfortunately, I can't render my mine as Cartograph doesn't seem to like my added mine system and all the torches.:D

[Dowly]

I mine in 4 long shafts going in all main directions (N,S,E,W) and then connect them and start slicing the big square that they form. Haven't gotten all that far down yet, so can't say how much diamond etc. I can find by doing that, but plenty of coal and iron at these levels. :yep:

[danlisa]

I mine in 4 long shafts going in all main directions (N,S,E,W) and then connect them and start slicing the big square that they form. Haven't gotten all that far down yet, so can't say how much diamond etc. I can find by doing that, but plenty of coal and iron at these levels. :yep:

Ah, pretty much the same theory then.

Except I started at the bottom as I wanted a Diamond Pick. I also offset my levels and spaced them so I don't miss a block. Like this (although it's getting tricky remembering the math :P :

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s64/danlisa_photo/Mines.jpg

I really need to install a cart system, it's getting tedious carrying my full inventory up and down.

You should see how quickly a diamond pick munches through stone and how long it lasts. Based on my design, a diamond pick will do one mine level, which is about 1900 excavated blocks, that doesn't include mining the ore veins though and collapsing sand.

Edit - What's that big hole/bowl on your map then?

[Dowly]

Edit - What's that big hole/bowl on your map then?

Sphere, if you mean the multiplayer map.

[NeonSamurai]

For carts servicing my mine I had done a 5x5 spiral set up so it would fit a staircase (corner block and first block in would be at the same height, then go up a block each time until the next corner). I also put my ladder in the middle of the spiral. You can run powered carts up that pretty easily with one chest cart (more carts and it has the tendency to get stuck). You can also just fill one cart up, send it to your terminus (put a block at the end of the track), then do more mining, and send another after it. It will not be able to push you up the shaft though (hence the ladder). For that to work, you need a 1/4 incline roughly (1 up per 4 blocks along).

I also ended up elevating the track outside 5 levels up (or digging it out to 5 squares away), to make sure critters and mobs never spawned on the track or blocked it in any way.

There are some pictures of it on the second or third page if you want to see it


My mine was setup like this

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etc, about 5 levels above the bedrock to avoid all the lava, with the tunnels running a couple hundred blocks (30 torches long that just barely lit up the place). I found lots of caves too but those are dangerous places often packed with mobs (I once encountered about 5 skeletons, 3 spiders, 7 zombies, and 4 of those exploding numbats, all in one medium pit area).

I would do this as long as I wanted, then move up 3 levels and start again.

[Arclight]

New world with update?


Current one will be saved and stored safely. Always available if desired, think you can plug it in to SP as well, if you miss it too much. :)

[Dowly]

My little village thingy I started on my (first, yaay) winter map.

Left, great hall, right, blacksmith
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/javaw2010-10-0517-01-34-01.jpg

Great hall interior as it is atm
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/javaw2010-10-0517-00-18-01.jpg

Blacksmith interior
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/javaw2010-10-0517-02-05-04.jpg

Pantry
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/javaw2010-10-0517-03-32-43.jpg
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/javaw2010-10-0517-02-43-38.jpg

Wheat farm
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/javaw2010-10-0517-03-40-14.jpg
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/javaw2010-10-0517-04-07-40.jpg

Granary
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/javaw2010-10-0517-06-24-86.jpg
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/javaw2010-10-0517-06-31-20.jpg

[Spike88]

New world with update?


Current one will be saved and stored safely. Always available if desired, think you can plug it in to SP as well, if you miss it too much. :)

Let's hope I finish the Hindenburg before the update.

[Spike88]

My little village thingy I started on my (first, yaay) winter map.


Great hall interior as it is atm
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/javaw2010-10-0517-00-18-01.jpg





What are you using for the support columns? :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Fences.

Put blocks one below the height you want the "pole" to end:

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[Oberon]

I'd better get cracking on the Crystal Palace grounds then.

How do we save the map as a single player map btw? :hmmm:

[Dowly]

How do we save the map as a single player map btw? :hmmm:

Get the map from Arc and rename it to world1 - 5 and put into the saves directory. Haven't tried if it works, AFAIK, MP uses parts from different .jar, so. :hmmm:

[TteFAboB]

So let me see if I get this:

Here's a bunch of tough submarine pirates usually bent on killing, exploding and destroying anything they come across, now playing with OH SO CUTEY CUTEY virtual construction sets, building villages, houses, little farms and such...

WHERE DO I SIGN UP?????22//???22///???

[Oberon]

playing with OH SO CUTEY CUTEY virtual construction sets, building villages, houses, little farms and such...

Which usually wind up exploding or catching fire... :hmmm::har:

[Arclight]

And of all things, Spike is recreating the Hindenburg... that's just asking for it if you ask me. :roll:
So let me see if I get this:

Here's a bunch of tough submarine pirates usually bent on killing, exploding and destroying anything they come across, now playing with OH SO CUTEY CUTEY virtual construction sets, building villages, houses, little farms and such...

WHERE DO I SIGN UP?????22//???22///???
What, you're joking right? :doh:

Never played with lego's? Lack of imagination? Too "manly" to express your creativity? Lost touch with yer inner child?

Seriously, plenty of reasons to love it. It looking "cutey cutey" ain't a valid one not to do so.

[Raptor1]

And of all things, Spike is recreating the Hindenburg... that's just asking for it if you ask me. :roll:

And Oberon's building the Crystal Palace, that's tempting fate...

[danlisa]

@ Arc ^ Indeed.

The only thing I can think of that might actually rival Minecraft would be a Meccano PC game. Why isn't there one? *sob*

Minecraft is a dangerous version of stickle bricks.:haha:

[Oberon]

Good point...I'm still waiting for it to burn down.

Perhaps on the day before the server reset... :hmmm:

[Arclight]

*cough* grief day! free tnt for all! *cough*

[Dowly]

Saves will be lost eventually anyway once the game gets updated enough for them to be incompatible.

[Spike88]

So let me see if I get this:

Here's a bunch of tough submarine pirates usually bent on killing, exploding and destroying anything they come across, now playing with OH SO CUTEY CUTEY virtual construction sets, building villages, houses, little farms and such...

WHERE DO I SIGN UP?????22//???22///???



There is killing and explosions in the game. :haha:

[Spike88]

*cough* grief day! free tnt for all! *cough*

October 30th should be grief day. Everyone gets 2 stacks of TNT, everyone gets to place them wherever possible and then detonate at the same time. We can then examine the server after it reboots from the inevitable crash. :haha:

[danlisa]

@ Dowly

What texture pack are those items from? (Sword etc)

Don't like Duko's or the Painterly ones.

[Dowly]

@ Dowly

What texture pack are those items from? (Sword etc)

Don't like Duko's or the Painterly ones.

I believe I'm using the Eld's texture pack atm. :hmmm:

[Arclight]

Ehm, hmm... Had some general weirdness; installed latest graphics driver. Nvidia has a new installer that just let's you update without reboot. Screen goes black for a few seconds as the new driver initializes and that's it.

But.

Noticed the server console was gone, and had flashing inside browser as pages loaded. Did a reboot, but since I had no console I couldn't tell if the server was running or not, or stop it gracefully allowing it to save. Not sure everything is as it's supposed to be, might be some lost progress.

Not much though, iirc it auto-saves every minute.

General F-up, courtesy of Nvidia. :-?

[Oberon]

Nothing of mine lost that I can tell. :yep:

[Dowly]

Notch said on his twitter page that "The secret friday updates are postponed until we know what to do with them. For now, I'm focusing on the Halloween update and lawyers"

Would've wanted something to fish added before the Halloween update. :-?

[Dowly]

New block type:
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1269865704/work-on-the-new-dimension-is-going-well-heres-a

[Spike88]

New block type:
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1269865704/work-on-the-new-dimension-is-going-well-heres-a
Does anyone else see Creeper faces in it?

[Dowly]

Hah, yep. :DL

[Spike88]

Hah, yep. :DL

Maybe it'll hiss when you get close. Keep you on your toes.


Which would eventually lead to you ignoring hisses. And then BOOM it's a real creeper.

[Peron]

The hard bit of my project's done. I figure this is recognizable to more than a few here:
http://imgur.com/yEASFl.jpg (http://imgur.com/yEASF.jpg)

Does anyone have any detailed pictures of the inside of a type VIIc? I have the schematics and a general idea of what's where on the inside, but the only inside shots I can find are scattered around and at odd angles.

Edit: Finished! It's as to scale as I could get it, though with the 1m^3 blocks it's a bit cramped. Everything's in the proper positions, except for the galley which is starboard instead of port.

http://imgur.com/a/zXbju/2

[Dowly]

Pic from the Hell world I presume:
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1285109161/more-information-coming-next-week-in-some-form

[Spike88]

Looks awesome.:up:

[Weiss Pinguin]

http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/9e23858e-ea6e-4ca0-b270-1ccaad67ec57.jpg

I may have to check this out :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Note to self: DO NOT make a water elevator again from the bottom of your shaft to the solid stone on top. It crushes you to death and your items disappear. :damn:

[krashkart]

http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/9e23858e-ea6e-4ca0-b270-1ccaad67ec57.jpg

I may have to check this out :hmmm:

That's not far from the truth. :rotfl2:

[Oberon]

Right, that does it, I now declare myself the Minecraft Mogul:

http://winterstein.me.uk/images/brunel.jpg

Ferret Island, Oberon Castle, Halfway Point (between Spike and Angus's islands) and Lionclaws island are now all linked by railway tracks.
The Crystal Palace is pretty much complete, I even threw in Crystal Palace High Level railway station, I just need to extend the tunnel to Norwood.

Is there any chance of another spysat image of the server? We can see the differences between then and now :yeah:

[Arclight]

I'll make another back up and see if I can make the map. Should have the cartographer thingy somewhere. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Woot! Just found my first infinite (atleast it seems like infinite :hmmm:) lava source! :rock:

EDIT: Ok, well now the game is just taking a piss at me. I continued mining to the opposite direction from the lava flow, after 5 blocks I came upon another lava flow, I thought "Oh, well this is nice, incase that other one isn't infinite after all I can use this." So, I switched to another shaft and started mining to a new direction, 6 blocks in = laval, I start another shaft and try to go around the 3rd flow, 9 blocks in = lava. :shifty:

FINE!

I started again a new shaft to the 4th direction, 13 blocks in = lava. :stare: Shaft #2 in same direction, 24 blocks in = lava. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-- :damn::damn:

EDIT2:

Hahaha, MC just scared the **** out of me. :haha:

I was mining down at the bedrock level (finally managed to make a long shaft without lava pouring in) and saw my inventry started to be full, so I decided to head back up to store all the stone and stuff.

As I turned around and started running back, I saw a figure standing in the far side of the shaft. "Holy ****! Notch has sneaked "Him" (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Herobrine) to the game!".

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/Him.jpg


Of course, it turned to be just a zombie that had snuck up on me. :DL

[Arclight]

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/custom-map-obliqueangle-day.jpg

Hope it covers everyones work. Here's the .png original (5.5MB):
http://www.filefront.com/17381687/custom-map-obliqueangle-day.png

[Oberon]

Here we go...I think I've included Lionclaws area there...but it's hard to see from this scale:

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8091/mc2uo.jpg

[Oberon]

Investigating the small hut near Spikes castle (which turns out to be "Mine Shaft A") I was climbing back up the ladder when two pigs passed me on the way down...

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/365/flyingpigs.jpg

[Arclight]

Pigs fly?! :o

Lot's of promises I'm gonna have to follow up on then. :shifty:


* interstate: http://kotaku.com/5661579/this-is-why-people-play-minecraft

[Spike88]

@Dowly: I would've shat myself.


@Oberon: The island you are questioning in the map belongs to Fincuan, and the small mine/hut you found belongs to me.

[Dowly]

Guess who tried to access a chest while holding a bucket of lava again? :shifty:

Full set of diamond tools gone, all my buckets gone, two stacks of glass gone, all my wood gone (in both senses of the word) and all kinds of other little stuff I could've used GONE. :damn:

Ow yeah and the four stacks of coal I had? VANISHED! Tho, think I have soem in my furnaces. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Oh you gotta be kidding me. :doh:
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/kidding.jpg

[AngusJS]

What's with the rocky area at the top of the map? Is that a natural formation, or did someone make that?

[Spike88]

What's with the rocky area at the top of the map? Is that a natural formation, or did someone make that?

It looks like someone used TNT there.

[Oberon]

This calls for an expedition!

http://www.gluckman.com/Scott66.jpg

[JokerOfFate]

Nearly done on the "Underwater water powered water house" and when I'm done I'm going to give it a new name.

[Oberon]

Expedition successful!

The area seems natural, there's some large holes nearby but nothing which registers as a TNT made hole.

The area has now been christened the 'Nevada Proving Grounds'

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9704/nevadaprovinggrounds.jpg

[Dowly]

Tried to make 3x3 shafts using TNT... guess I should've had more room between them... oh well, it's a nice expansion. :DL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa80-6rlo1I

[Arclight]

:haha:

Haha, that creeper is just scurrying about, minding his own business, and suddenly someone blows his whole home to pieces. :lol:

:hmm2:

Waaait a minute. :stare:



Woot! 5002! :woot:
Of course realised it 2 posts too late, but hey. :shifty:

[krashkart]

Woot! 5002! :woot:
Of course realised it 2 posts too late, but hey. :shifty:

Grats! :woot:

I could start a proper GT spam tin in celebration if you'd like. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=258&pictureid=2293

[Arclight]

Thanks, but let's keep it in GT. ;)

:hmmm:

Guess I'll open up a proper spamfest there, haven't been there in ages anyway. :D

[SgtPotato]

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/199/1/8/The_victim_of_prejudice_by_DVan7.jpg

[Lord_magerius]

Tried to make 3x3 shafts using TNT... guess I should've had more room between them... oh well, it's a nice expansion. :DL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa80-6rlo1I

Here's the technique I use for TNT mining :) It works really well and you can get some nice neat tunnels if you don't hit gravel or soil.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=34088

[CCIP]

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/199/1/8/The_victim_of_prejudice_by_DVan7.jpg

:rotfl2:

[Lord_magerius]

Just finished building an escape tunnel, when I get halfway down there is a pressure plate which detonates TNT placed in the roof of the tunnel flooding it with lava. I'll take some pics after I get off RO :)

[Oberon]

Well, Arc's server is bomb proof, literally. Just carved out a large section of my cave with a large number of TNT...stuttered but didn't crash. :yeah:

[Arclight]

192... bet it took a while to place. I can't even place 5 of 'm without accidentaly setting one off. Impressive. :yeah:
[INFO] Electricfox issued server command: give electricfox 46 64
[INFO] Electricfox: Giving Electricfox some 46
[INFO] Electricfox issued server command: give electricfox 46 64
[INFO] Electricfox: Giving Electricfox some 46
[INFO] Electricfox issued server command: give electricfox 46 64
[INFO] Electricfox: Giving Electricfox some 46
And of course the completely random:

[INFO] Electricfox issued server command: say Yarr
[INFO] [Electricfox] Yarr

[JokerOfFate]

I'm getting good with TNT now, I'm using it to mine atm :DL

[Oberon]

192... bet it took a while to place. I can't even place 5 of 'm without accidentaly setting one off. Impressive. :yeah:


It was a big bang :haha: Wasn't quite as controlled as I hoped it would be, other times I've tried detonations they've set one TNT off and not the others, so I put them closer together this time...that worked, but it also sent the TNTs next to them flying, so there was exploding TNT flying all over the place.
Did the job though :yeah:

Was as nervous as hell placing the damn things.

Hope you don't mind the abuse of the 'give' command. :oops:

[Arclight]

Nah. I'd prefer if the players just play the game, but you can't get tnt anywhere and we're in the later stages of these constructions. Think enough blood, sweat and tears went into it already. ;)

[Dowly]

My tower monster trap under construction. Starts from sky limit and goes all the way to 5-10 levels above bedrock once finished. :arrgh!:
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/Tower_of_Payback_is_a_b.jpg

[Dowly]

He's alive!

Calm before the storm?

Perhaps this is the calm before the storm, but I’ve got a nagging feeling I’ve just been neglecting the blog.
I am still alive, and I’m working hard. Not as hard as I should, mainly due to a cold and me having the apartment for myself this week (yay, coding in my underwear!).
We’ve signed the papers for the company, and we’ve found an office. We haven’t signed the office yet, but it’s perfect for us and as long as the owner wants us, we’ll take it. Mojang is now six people strong, three programmers, one pixel artist, one CEO and one Business Developer. It’s likely we’ll grow even more in the near future, but this will get us started nicely.
I was going to send a sneak preview of the Halloween update to a certain website last week for an exclusive preview, but I missed that date pretty bad. I will try to get that update out as soon as possible. The update is going well. There are six new block types (five of them have unique abilities), one new monster, a new dimension, and a couple of bug fixes. Once I get the portals working, I’ll have something very interesting going and I’ll spend the rest of the time leading up to the release adding new smaller features and polishing stuff.
And fixing bugs.

[JokerOfFate]

Hey Arc, I need some TNT (You can trust me with them as well)

I need them to get rid of a project I'm not going to finish and it's out of the way so no worrys :DL.

[Arclight]

:hmmm:

Think I'll make a back up first. :O:

[JokerOfFate]

:DL No worrys remember :up:

[Arclight]

Right.

[INFO] CONSOLE: Giving Jokeroffate some 46
[INFO] [CONSOLE] got it?
[INFO] <Jokeroffate> Yeah
[INFO] [CONSOLE] 1 more
[INFO] <Jokeroffate> k
[INFO] CONSOLE: Giving Jokeroffate some 46
[INFO] <Jokeroffate> oopps

I don't want to know...

[JokerOfFate]

That was because I typed "w" in the chat box by mistake nothing bad happened :shifty: (I'm kidding)

[Arclight]

[INFO] CONSOLE: Giving Jokeroffate some 46
[INFO] [CONSOLE] got it?
[INFO] <Jokeroffate> Yeah
[INFO] [CONSOLE] 1 more
[INFO] <Jokeroffate> k
[INFO] CONSOLE: Giving Jokeroffate some 46
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/imagesCAMSWXF9.jpg
[INFO] <Jokeroffate> ooppshttp://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/imagesCAQX4T0H.jpg

:O:

[Dowly]

:haha::haha:

[Dowly]

http://i.imgur.com/y2LKA.png


Oh and rule 34 applies to creepers too... MY EYES! :dead:

[Arclight]

Don't want to know. LALALALALALA.

[Spike88]

http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad77/Viridis00/1287289789763.png

[Arclight]

Ssssshboom ssssshboom.

(yes rather random moment there)

[Dowly]

Ouch, Minecraft's popularity came and bit it in the arse; Minecraft.net being mauled by DDoS attacks. :nope:

http://notch.tumblr.com/

[Spike88]

Ouch, Minecraft's popularity came and bit it in the arse; Minecraft.net being mauled by DDoS attacks. :nope:

http://notch.tumblr.com/


It's funny how his post on the 19th is about the Calm Before the Storm, and then on the 20th it is about an Attack.



Anyways, this sounds like something the arse hats at 4chan would do. I know they've done similar things to other games.

[Dowly]

PC Gamer preview of the Halloween update:
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/10/22/minecraft-halloween-update-preview-meet-the-ghasts/

[Oberon]

The surface world will also get a lot more interesting: the game will now generate snowy stretches, desert areas, forests and other climate regions all in the same world. It should make exploration even more exciting than in the uniform worlds we have right now.

:o:rock:

[Arclight]

http://kotaku.com/5670777/a-true-minecraft-story

Not a term I use regularly, but that is just pure awesome... for a trailer.

[Task Force]

http://kotaku.com/5670777/a-true-minecraft-story

Not a term I use regularly, but that is just pure awesome... for a trailer.

hah, I also dont use that term or a regular basis, but... I concur!

[JokerOfFate]

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7900/creeper1.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/creeper1.jpg/)



:rotfl2:Epic

[Spike88]

I say once the server is reset on the 31st we should start a group build of some sort.

I'm thinking a city, or a castle with surrounding town.

[Arclight]

Sure thing. Just hope we'll have functional mobs when the update rolls on. The half survival, half creative mode we have now doesn't hold my interest due to lack of challenge.

It's no fun when a creeper blows your door to bits, but I still miss the buggers. :doh:

[Dowly]

Sure thing. Just hope we'll have functional mobs when the update rolls on. The half survival, half creative mode we have now doesn't hold my interest due to lack of challenge.

It's no fun when a creeper blows your door to bits, but I still miss the buggers. :doh:

This. I have decided to not play SMP before you can actually die in it.

[Spike88]

Sure thing. Just hope we'll have functional mobs when the update rolls on. The half survival, half creative mode we have now doesn't hold my interest due to lack of challenge.

It's no fun when a creeper blows your door to bits, but I still miss the buggers. :doh:

Would be interesting to try and build a city while fighting off Zombies/Spiders/etc. Throw in the demon gates and it's going to be awesome. :yeah:

[Oberon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZn2zsHKJF0
:o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6u8F9aMKys

:yep:

[Spike88]

http://www.diygamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MinecraftCreeper.png

[Oberon]

By the way, I take it you've all heard the scuttlebutt about the actual cause behind the DDOS attack on Minecraft was not 4chan, or even a rival developer as I suspected...but fans...yes...fans...

http://kotaku.com/5669766/minecraft-under-siege-by-angry-addicts-demanding-more-updates

http://tradeskill.blogspot.com/2010/10/gamer-entitlement-going-too-far.html

:nope: Sadly, a problem when a game becomes so popular, you pick up the asshats who think that everything on the internet is solely tailored for them and them alone.

C'est la interwebs.

[Dowly]

By the way, I take it you've all heard the scuttlebutt about the actual cause behind the DDOS attack on Minecraft was not 4chan, or even a rival developer as I suspected...but fans...yes...fans...

http://kotaku.com/5669766/minecraft-under-siege-by-angry-addicts-demanding-more-updates

http://tradeskill.blogspot.com/2010/10/gamer-entitlement-going-too-far.html

:nope: Sadly, a problem when a game becomes so popular, you pick up the asshats who think that everything on the internet is solely tailored for them and them alone.

C'est la interwebs.

Wow... guess they missed the part where Notch mentioned being busy hiring people for the company and trying to find office so they could start pushing out more frequent updates. :doh:

[Arclight]

Fans? More like bored script kiddies who don't have the skill to launch a proper attack. :roll:
Wow... guess they missed the part where Notch mentioned being busy hiring people for the company and trying to find office so they could start pushing out more frequent updates. :doh:
What makes you think these people even listen to what other people say in the first place?

[AngusJS]

Is anyone else getting massive lag today? My blocks keep disappearing and reappearing.

[Arclight]

Don't think it's on my end. Haven't really run anything too demanding today. :hmmm:

[Spike88]

I just looked up Minecraft's "rival" Robolox. This game is hilarious, and not in a good way. :har:

This video and it's comments pretty much sum's everything up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQO7rF7mviI

Here's the official trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBUlpvyInzg&feature=player_embedded

[Arclight]

Uhm... what? :doh:

[Dowly]

I dont see what there is to rival, RB seems like a totally different kind of game to me.

[Arclight]

Wait, that qualifies as a game? Now I'm really confused. :damn:

[Spike88]

Wait, that qualifies as a game? Now I'm really confused. :damn:

I believe you can create worlds in it. I'm not totally sure.

[Oberon]

Reminds me a bit of Habbo hotel, and that's not a good thing.

Doesn't even come near to MC.

Second life looks good, but is a bit difficult to get your head around at times, MC is nice and straightforward and then SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS....

[Dowly]

Someone released a mod that adds bridges and floodgates to MC, haven't tried it myself yet, but I can think plenty of uses for floodgates. :yep:

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=64642

[Spike88]

The bridge mod is something that Notch should code into the main game for sure.


Also imagine digging into this thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19PZA1tnKtg&NR=1

[Spike88]

Biomes information:
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lax4dmDT2W1qzb7ox.jpg
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lax4egvAp51qzb7ox.png


To the right of the player is a Taiga (mostly over the ocean), to the left is either a Forest, or Woods, I can’t remember. In the distance is probably tundra.
Remaining work on biomes include letting them change the elevation (deserts, plains, tundras and swamps should all be flat), and changing the grass color depending on the biome type. The border between frozen biomes and not frozen ones will get way nicer.
The sky color changes slightly depending on how cold the area you are in is.



:yeah:



Copy Pasted from MC Forum, SOMEONE had to do it:

Who's excited for this? Pain Forest sounds like intense levels of manly-awesomeness, the likes of Minecraftians have only dreamed of thus far. What are your theories as to how this biome will operate?

As the graph indicates, the Pain Forest seems to be in a max precipitation, max temperature environment. I predict that the region will periodically experience a TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR of blood. Only the MANLIEST of men (probably those from Australia) will be able to withstand the intense acidity [sic] of the blood rain. Potentially, less-than-manly Mincraftians could utilize corrosion-resistant GOLDEN ARMOR to shield themselves.

The intense heat and awesomeness will be too great for the weak wooden structures that lesser men create, causing all wooden creations to INSTANTLY BURST INTO FLAMES. Even TREES will be unable to brave the awesome heat, and instead, only the super-manly IRON-TREES will find the willpower to grow in the Pain Forest and can only be harvested by a DIAMOND AXE.

Also, any water in the area will INSTANTLY EVAPORATE through processes only understood by SCIENTISTS and some THEOLOGIANS. Zombies in the area will have the skin melt away and only their SKELETONS will remain, and they'll shoot ARROWS from their STERNUMS. Spiders in the area will inexplicably grow TWICE THEIR SIZE, and maybe shoot fire, FROM THEIR THORAX [sic]. Creepers will still explode as usual, but their suicide will also release a LAVA SPRING from their REMAINS. Skeletons will mostly remain the same, except that their arrows will now BURST INTO FLAMES since they're made of wood. Your own arrows will tend to do the same. I think we can agree that this is AWESOME.

Sheep will INSTANTLY BURST INTO FLAMES, due to the high flammability of their wool coats. Only the manliest of sheep will remain, those with coats of PURE DIAMOND. Except these Diamond Sheep aren't DOCILE. Instead they will give up EVERYTHING in an attempt to KILL YOU. AND YOUR FRIENDS. They don't eat grass, they eat FIRE. These Sheep will shoot LASERS from their EYES. Also they can glide do to INEXPLICABLE means.

Pigs will spawn FULLY COOKED and ANGRY. They will lung at you and can jump FOUR METERS into the AIR. They will also GLARE at you disconcertingly from a DISTANCE. This will probably make unmanly men feel UNCOMFORTABLE. Manly men, however, will KICK THOSE PIGS' ASSES.

Cows can be milked for LAVA, but only if you're man enough to get close to them, since they are now equipped with a SHOTGUN. Their shot gun fires FLAMING BULLETS. Cows are dangerous and on a mission of VENGEANCE.

There are no chickens in the Pain Forest. Instead, chickens will have evolved into flying DRAGONS. Dragons breath FIRE through processes described as SCIENCE and HERESY. These dragons are MEAN, but are actually PRETTY COOL GUYS once you get to know them. But to get to know them, you have to RIDE THEM with a SADDLE, not in the SEXUAL WAY because that'd be GROSS.

Caves in this region would be DANGEROUS, filled with large amounts of LAVA and DEATH. When torches run out, THEY EXPLODE. The caves are lined with pockets of ADMINIUM (or whatever you dudes decide to call it). Inside the adminium are smaller pockets of DIAMOND, but you can't get to them because you are not MANLY ENOUGH since you're not AUSTRALIAN, unless you are, in which case you need BETTER EQUIPMENT. Dungeons in the region will be MAZE LIKE with TRAPS, possibly LASERS. There will also be deposits of coal, but they'll be on FIRE. Iron and gold will have been pre-smelted in the AWESOME HEAT. Redstone deposits may infact shoot LASERS even though that's IMPLAUSIBLE. But hey, so is Redstone IN GENERAL. There will also be deposits of TNT, which will explode when you PISS IT OFF. You can piss it off by being smug about being manly, or being RACIST. TNT HATES racism.

Grass won't grow in the Pain Forest, since it would just BURST INTO FLAMES, or evaporate. Instead, the ground will be covered by the blood of LESSER MEN. Flowers that grow on this blood will want to KILL you, but will be unable to because they're FLOWERS. The sun doesn't shine in the Pain Forest because it's too afraid that the Pain Forest will kick its ASS. It's probably right. The moon, however, does rise, but it's RED and will shoot LASERS, that teleport you to the HELL DIMENSION which could potentially be on the MOON next to the DRACULA MOON BASE [source]. As it turns out, Dracula is a GOOD NEIGHBOR.

Anyway, this sums up my theories regarding the Pain Forest. I'm look forward to see what Notch does with this. My theory is that the Pain Forest is the ideal dwelling for HEROBRINE. Or at least it was, but he was too UNMANLY to survive and DIED EMBARRASSINGLY, which is something he REGRETS.

[SgtPotato]

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/10/500x_100_1980.jpg

Best halloween costume!

[Dowly]

Biomes test video from Notch :rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953XeQ3qwMM

[JokerOfFate]

And now for something completely different :D

Zombies in your mine, spiders in your attic or Creepers exploding in your face. I give to you:

Mob Jail
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4938/mobjail1.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/mobjail1.jpg/)

Now up and running :up:






The police are looking for this man:
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/10/500x_100_1980.jpg

If you see this man alert the police ASAP and under no circumstances let him in your home! :dead:

[Oberon]

Biomes test video from Notch :rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953XeQ3qwMM

:o

I love the new sunsets too! :yep:

[JokerOfFate]

:o

I love the new sunsets too! :yep:


I agree, but I want to explore Hell :DL

[Spike88]

Biomes test video from Notch :rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953XeQ3qwMM


Pause at 2:44 and you can see a forest fire.

[Oberon]

I have a little project underway for tomorrow night. Sort of a farewell to the current map before the Saturday update. :yep:

http://news.cnet.com/i/ne/p/2008/Manhattan-Project-Oak-Ridge_550x541.jpg

[Arclight]

Considering your previous projects, I expect it to be visible from space. :D

[Oberon]

Considering your previous projects, I expect it to be visible from space. :D

I'd certainly hope so :D

[Oberon]

Framework is in place, just need to load it up and let the tribute begin. I'll probably do this around 2000Z tomorrow. It should be quite impressive and the ultimate end to the map.

Arc, is there any chance that tomorrow morning or afternoon you could send me a copy of the map over? I've just got to put the finishing touches to the Atlantis Project and then I'll be ready. :salute:

[Arclight]

Certainly. I hope to be present for this tribute, possibly immortalising it in HD video. :yep:

Normally I'm not a fan of surprises, especially of the creeper variety, but now I'm curious. :hmmm:

[Nagy]

Framework is in place, just need to load it up and let the tribute begin. I'll probably do this around 2000Z tomorrow. It should be quite impressive and the ultimate end to the map.

Arc, is there any chance that tomorrow morning or afternoon you could send me a copy of the map over? I've just got to put the finishing touches to the Atlantis Project and then I'll be ready. :salute:

Oooh I shall have to make sure I'm present.

I was going to ask if the server was going to be mapped before you did the update. I'm curious as to how my folly looks from space.

[Oberon]

Right, I think that's about it on the Atlantis Project:

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1395/atlantisz.jpg

With more time I probably would have extended areas and done more with the giant cavern underground but I'm happy with what's there. :yeah:

[Task Force]

Nice Oberon.:up:

[Spike88]

Framework is in place, just need to load it up and let the tribute begin. I'll probably do this around 2000Z tomorrow. It should be quite impressive and the ultimate end to the map.

Arc, is there any chance that tomorrow morning or afternoon you could send me a copy of the map over? I've just got to put the finishing touches to the Atlantis Project and then I'll be ready. :salute:


I'll try to be present. I believe that's 4:00PM local time.

[Oberon]

Heh, I just created some form of deep sea crevasse/cave off the coast of Atlantis... :haha:

[Arclight]

That's a lot of TNT...

[Dowly]

Large amounts of TNT are prone to crashing the server. :yep:

[Arclight]

I'm starting to think this big tribute will be more like a disappearing act.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/imagesCAQX4T0H.jpg


*Here's the world: http://www.filefront.com/17449044/world(29-10-10).zip

[Oberon]

Well, it's the ultimate farewell. :salute:

[Arclight]

She ain't going anywhere, you know. Safely tucked away on several drives. :hmmm:


If you ask me for a copy in 40 years it will still be there; I never delete, I just buy a bigger drive. :DL

[Oberon]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Government_Warehouse.jpg

[Arclight]

That. :haha:


System just froze up. No BSOD, just *BLAM* froze. :hmmm:

[Oberon]

:doh: Bodes well... :doh:

[Oberon]

My machine seems to be handling it a bit better...although it sounds like the bloody Somme! :har:

[Chad]

Okay, after 31 pages, I give up.

What is Minecraft? I've registered an account though not purchased it, have watched this thread, watched youTube clips, read blogs about it, but I'm not sure I understand anything at all about it!

Let me write what I think it is and you guys tell me how close or far off I am with maybe a better description.

Okay here it goes:

You are a miner, and you have tools to work with, and you build a mine or something similar to uncover precious metals to build things. Then there are creepers who like to disrupt your mining and building of things and destroy or try to anyways.

[Dowly]

You got the general idea right.

Basicly it's a pure sandbox game, there's no story, no objectives, no other NPCs (except the monsters and cows, pigs etc.), just what you decide to make of it. Like a virtual Lego set, except better. :DL

[Arclight]

It's like asking "what is Super Mario?".

Minecraft isn't one of those big-budget titles that focus on graphics and story-telling. It's more of a throwback to old-school gaming. The only way to answer "what is Minecraft? " is with "Fun."

Game generates random world, though not "random" random; it makes sense and can be quite beautifull. The world consists of blocks, which you can mine. You can use those to make things; wood makes sticks, sticks and coal make torches, etc. Then throw in a handfull of (nasty) enemies to add a survival component and you've got Minecraft.


Mind you, it's an alpha: plenty of stuff will be added, including a narative to tie it all together and drive a player forward.

Minecraft: Story, Monster Towns, Alchemy (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/10/29/minecraft-story-monster-towns-alchemy/)

[Dowly]

PC Gamer - Halloween Update hands-on
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/10/29/minecraft-halloween-update-hands-on/

[Oberon]

http://www.maniacworld.com/Tsar-Nuclear-Explosion.jpghttp://www.yippee-hippy.co.uk/graphics/inlined/thumbnails/mushroomCloud_thumb.gif

[AngusJS]

Right, I think that's about it on the Atlantis Project:Very cool! :yeah:

[NeonSamurai]

Well with the new update coming, now would be a good time to go nuts with minecraft cannons :DL

[Arclight]

We had a bit of a Minepocalypse. :DL

[Dowly]

Before/after cartograph piccies maybe?

[AngusJS]

*Here's the world: http://www.filefront.com/17449044/world(29-10-10).zip (http://www.filefront.com/17449044/world%2829-10-10%29.zip)I tried loading this in single player. First, I was crushed when the game loaded. When I managed to jump out of that, I realize that I've spawned as Fincuan (eeewww!).

Is there anyway to choose which player you spawn as? I think I had 15 stacks of stone, a lot of iron, and some gold on my person when this save was made, and it'd be a shame to lose it all.

Barring that, can you post a later save?

*edit*

I tried deleting everyone else in the player folder, as well as sessionlock and level.dat_old, but still no dice.

[JokerOfFate]

PC Gamer - Halloween Update hands-on
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/10/29/minecraft-halloween-update-hands-on/

Sweet, can't wait till I hear
"How to I get there?"
"You go to Hell"
:haha:

[Dowly]

This calls for ridiculous sized letters:

HALLOWEEN UPDATE IS OUT!!! :rock:

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1441206676/the-halloween-update-is-out


EDIT: Anyone else getting rather bad performance? Slight stuttering all the time like the game would be rendering new areas even if you stand still? :hmmm:

[JokerOfFate]

http://www.maniacworld.com/Tsar-Nuclear-Explosion.jpg

:DL just what happened when I walked into my own minefield
http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/5286/funny2x.jpg (http://img808.imageshack.us/i/funny2x.jpg/)

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5905/funny3.jpg (http://img835.imageshack.us/i/funny3.jpg/)

Yep, no idea what set them off I didn't see any plates. Next time I'll just walk around the minefield.

[Dowly]

Biomes are coooool. :cool: :O:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/first_desert.jpg

[Oberon]

GO GO GO GO GO!!!


Thank God for the extra hour in bed due to the end of BST tonight... :yeah:

[JokerOfFate]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/first_desert.jpg

Those look great, I can't connect to minecraft right now so this sucks:wah:

[Dowly]

Yeh, MC.net is struggling, got lucky with noticing the news so early and got it downloaded.

[Oberon]

Some of the comments in the link you posted Dowly indicate that the story behind the DDOS attack being done by 'fans' is probably true. Some very sad people out there...but enough of that. Update! :ping::rock:

[Dowly]

Some of the comments in the link you posted Dowly indicate that the story behind the DDOS attack being done by 'fans' is probably true. Some very sad people out there...but enough of that. Update! :ping::rock:

Ah, didn't read them, gonna go have a look. :hmmm:

[JokerOfFate]

Now how does this work again? :hmmm:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/839/mcupdate1.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/i/mcupdate1.jpg/)

[Dowly]

The hole must be 2 wide and 3 high (or was it 4), then just use flint and steel to light a fire to the bottom block.

[Oberon]

Think it needs to be a bit taller and then you set fire to the bit in the middle.

Enjoy Hull...I mean Hell...I mean the Slip :yeah:

[Oberon]

Annoyingly, I'm on an early tomorrow so I'll have to investigate further tomorrow when I finish work...but I'm into the first night and I have a house with storage, furnace and workbench setup and torches...thank god they're not exhaustible yet! :haha:

Tomorrow I shall go exploring. :yep:

[JokerOfFate]

I got it... it makes weird sounds

"*ahem*...BEGONE SATAN"

Will put up some pics soon :DL

[JokerOfFate]

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1184/hell1g.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/i/hell1g.jpg/)

Hot in here

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8053/mcupdate2.jpg (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/mcupdate2.jpg/)

Calm isn't it

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4597/hell2.jpg (http://img824.imageshack.us/i/hell2.jpg/)

That's alot of lava :o

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9216/hell3.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/i/hell3.jpg/)

The random portal out :DL

Lot of fun down under there...but if you die you got to wait on two loading screens :nope:

If I'm right you can build down there as well... maybe even make a base

[JokerOfFate]

Make a random portal in hell and you can get dropped off anywhere

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/2755/mcupdate3.jpg (http://img809.imageshack.us/i/mcupdate3.jpg/)

Edit: sorry bout the triple post right there

Watch out if you make a portal in hell you can end up anywhere, even in caverns with no way out!
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/2948/mcupdate4.jpg (http://img830.imageshack.us/i/mcupdate4.jpg/)

Also a quick tip don't fall in the lava it does way more damage than normal in there

[Dowly]

Notch did IMHO great job on how he implemented fishing. :yep:

[Arclight]

New world:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/custom-map-obliqueangle-day-1.jpg
Taken from map-in-progress, which probably accounts for the 'holes'.

Original PNG: http://www.filefront.com/17455279/custom-map-obliqueangle-day.png/

[Spike88]

The giant holes are from me looking for desert. My traveling was a bit eradicate. Also the giant snow area on the top of the picture was also from me.


Looking closer at the map, that small hole in the bottom of the map isn't there. It's really a small lake and some mountain.

Anyways, for those who have portals and monsters turned on. Beware, Ghasts can spawn in any 5x5x5 spaces around portals. Which means they can spawn outside of hell.

[JokerOfFate]

Anyways, for those who have portals and monsters turned on. Beware, Ghasts can spawn in any 5x5x5 spaces around portals. Which means they can spawn outside of hell.

Yep, just found that out myself when a ghast burned down my house and a creeper ran in and killed me.

I made a lot of portals and I see some ghasts every now and again. Stone house time.

[Spike88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2010-10-3101-10-37-63.jpg
God is in the detail

[Arclight]

He is everywhere!

Provided you look hard enough.

[Spike88]

He is everywhere!

Provided you look hard enough.


Have you heard of our Lord Jesus Christ? :haha:

[Oberon]

What's worse than Creeper?

A Burning Creeper!!

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/58/burningcreeper.jpg

And...umm... :hmmm:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8559/glitchtastic.jpg

[JokerOfFate]

He is everywhere!

Provided you look hard enough.
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/8246/god1y.jpg (http://img827.imageshack.us/i/god1y.jpg/)

Ok now he's just showing off :DL

[NeonSamurai]

You know what might be fun, see if you can turn a section of hell world into water world :)

[Arclight]

You know what might be fun, see if you can turn a section of hell world into water world :)
*looks around Slip*

:hmmm:

I'm going to need another bucket.



Notch hasn't been DDOS'ed yet because someone found a bug?

[JokerOfFate]

You know what might be fun, see if you can turn a section of hell world into water world :)


I got an idea...:know:

[JokerOfFate]

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6787/well1.jpg (http://img695.imageshack.us/i/well1.jpg/)

Welcome to The Well

[Oberon]

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7916/sbetter.jpg
The Spike88 in its natural state...

[Spike88]

:haha:

[JokerOfFate]

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7916/sbetter.jpg


Hey, I ordered extra crispy :DL

[Oberon]

*Knock Knock*

Who's there?

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/images/f/fe/Twocreepers.png

SSSSSSSOME DOOR TO DOOR SSSSSSSSSALESSSSSMENSSSSSSSS

Oh...that can't be too bad, here let me let you in-oh son of a-

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4973/ssssssssssssf.jpg

[Dowly]

The mobs seem to be much more aggressive after the patch. I got my roof swarming with creepers and spiders... need to download the bridge block mod and build a floodgate so I can sweep the roof with water before I go out of the door. :88)

[JokerOfFate]

The mobs seem to be much more aggressive after the patch. I got my roof swarming with creepers and spiders... need to download the bridge block mod and build a floodgate so I can sweep the roof with water before I go out of the door. :88)

Nice idea, I used it to crush them and to seal mines.


I agree they are a little more up in my face.

[SgtPotato]

Good thing that I built the stone fort walls around my house! :har:

[Oberon]

Good thing that I built the stone fort walls around my house! :har:

Likewise! :haha: After the first two creeper attacks I thought "Sod this" and turned my little house into a fort with four block high walls around it. :yep: