Minecraft [see post #1 for MP server info]

[Nagy]

The track to the right is the original line coming from Dowly's wall. I built Space Mountain a bit further down from that.

Space Mountain is not 100% reliable at the moment, lag can affect how much boost you get as can things like pickups or arrows on the line.

I'm going to modify it to produce maximum (but hopefully not game breaking) momentum, but ultimately it's a flawed design because due to the lag a series of boosters all the way along work a lot better than a single massive booster at the start.

Shame about the monorail Elco. I spotted it and had a quick poke about, it looked pretty epic.

[ASWnut101]

Yeah, I'm still thinking about implementing it in the future, when I have it a little more thought out and have the time to do so. But for now, I need to work on the North Loop. I (and probably Krauts) am sick of being stuck in my place throughout the night.

[Spike88]

To Nagy, I took the RFTS just now, and my ride pooped out I don't know how far from Dowlys place.. Don't know if its supposed to do that but.. yeah. I had left at dawn and the moon had just risen, if that gives you a sense of how long I was on it for.

By the way, when you go down space mountain, where does the track to the right go? Mine went left.


I rode the cart the other day and made it quite far, until I ran into a minecart on the track and lost my forward momentum. Had to walk to Dowly's. I was almost there when I ran into a skeleton, a couple spiders, and two creepers. I ended up dying and then a Skeleton on a minecart ran over my remains.

[Spike88]

Okay lads, I just discussed this with Arc. One of the possible solutions for fixing the chunk errors and the lag is starting a new map.

We do not want to start a new map until we have a unanimous(or near) agreement on the matter. We do not want anyone to lose their project when they're not ready too.


So if you're in favor of a new map, say Aye.

If you're not in favor, say Aye.. I mean Nay. :O:

It would also help if you included any input on the matter, or why you voted for or against.






I, personally, would like a new map to fix the lag. I would like to finish Valkyrie(especially since she's looking epic on the map), but I find the lag and the chunk errors make the game unbearable at times.

I also want a new map for the sense of exploration you get on a new map.

[Dowly]

Aye!

[Nagy]

I'd like to see what the next update brings (it might fix the problem), but if pressed my vote is Aye.

I've got no project in the works, and I think that a fresh map would let us spread out and plan better. I've got a few plans for a centralised farm and fort at the spawn, and now that we know the railways work it'd be nice for everybody to be able to build their projects with the knowledge that they might want to include a station.

[Oberon]

....Yeah...Aye...I think it's time we started afresh.

[Lionclaw]

Aye.

I've completed two projects, and I feel I've completed my goals for this map.

At the moment I have no project.

[Spike88]

Another note, if anyone is looking for something to do, I can use help with Valkyrie(Maybe we can finish her before new map as a group project). Stone, wood,torches(or coal) and smooth stone donations are appreciated.

I'm going to go exercise now, and then I have some work to do, but after that I'll lay out the skeleton for the rest of the ship, if anyone wants to contribute after that point, you can help by filling her in.

I will of course give credit where credit is due.

[Spike88]

Update is out:
New features:
* Note blocks (right click to tune, trigger to play)
* 15 wool dyes
* A new water dwelling mob
* New tree types
* Reeds magically turned into sugar canes. They still make paper.
* A bunch of new crafting recipes
* One secret useful block
* One secret pretty block
* Cake
* AND MOAR, probably. I forget!
Bugfixes:
* Paintings work in multiplayer
* Disconnecting while riding no longer keeps the player in the world
* A bunch more state is properly synched in multiplayer
* Fixed colors going weird on PowerPC
* Fixed a horrible chunk reload loop in singleplayer
* Fixed most lighting bugs in newly generated SMP maps
* Falling sand behaves better in SMP
* Fixed a few crash on load level bugs

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2730532961/minecraft-beta-1-2

[Dowly]

Dyes?! WOOOOOOOOT!!! :rock:

[Oberon]

*does happy dance*

[Dowly]

New water mob is a squid, drops ink.
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6392/naamlooswz.png

Think this update is large enough to warrant a new world. Don't think the 2 new blocks (if they are something you mine/harvest) are updated to existing chunks.

EDIT: Spiders can now climb walls apparently.. jebus...

[Oberon]

Doesn't seem to be hostile either, so that's something. :up:

Definitely agree on the new map.

EDIT: I wonder how those spiders got up there....

Also, Skeles seem to drop bones now, not sure what they're used for...

Bones can be turned into Bone meal, again, don't know why

[Dowly]

Also, Skeles seem to drop bones now, not sure what they're used for...

Bone meal + ink sack = gray dye

Lots of info here:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1020&t=135339

Looks like dye works of living sheeps too. :DL
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/dyesheep.jpg

[Oberon]

:har::har: Yellow sheep, awesome!! :yeah:

[Dowly]

Orange actually. ;)

The new mineable ore is Lapis lazuli; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapis_lazuli

Wonder what it's used for. :hmmm:

EDIT: "The new blue "ore" is the gem Lapis Lazuli, you can either make a block with it (same pattern as diamond, gold and iron blocks) or dye cloth blue by putting it next to a piece of white cloth in the crafting grid!"

[Arclight]

We are up to speed.

[Nagy]

Looks like the other block is a Dispenser. No idea what that does.

The Data Values sheet also now references a sandstone...

I guess it'll take a day or two for the wiki to update with all the information, Notch really should write better patch notes though.

But yes I agree, with this update it's time for a new map to make sure we get a decent distribution of the new blocks.

[Dowly]

Aaaand minecart tracks are broken (badly):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7afzdcBRJY

Sandstone can be made with 3 regular sand blocks iirc.

[Arclight]

Right, so a fresh start on Monday? (if there are no objections) :06:

[Dowly]

Aww, was thinking tonight/tomorrow. With weekend coming up and all. :hmmm:

Unless of course, spike really wants to finish that Valkyrie of his.

[Arclight]

Well, I said we wouldn't reset unless everyone agrees. Reset now would be a bit out of the blue. :-?

[Spike88]

Aww, was thinking tonight/tomorrow. With weekend coming up and all. :hmmm:

Unless of course, spike really wants to finish that Valkyrie of his.


I personally am fine with now. Although Monday or even tomorrow would be the fairest for everyone.

[Oberon]

I'm good with now.

[Krauter]

Gah.. OK I guess.. had just gotten enough sand and such to finish off more of my underwater tunnel.. Would there be a way to save our SMP World so I can use it in SSP? I really did enjoy this map.

Anyhoo.. I'd be willing to do a restart tonight actually. How hard/boring is exploring the new map and waiting for cartographer to update? With Mobs and all

[Oberon]

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs22/f/2007/352/b/b/TF2_Engineer___Primary_Attack_by_Blick_Blanks.gif

Eeeerecting a

http://i51.tinypic.com/xoqgwh.png

[Dowly]

The dispenser can fire arrows and can be attached to a button/lever/touchplate via redstone. Niiice. :yep:

[Krauter]

Very nice trap or anti grief :D

[Arclight]

Griefer beware. :haha:

I still want to give other people a chance to voice their opinion, so let's set it for Saturday at the earliest then.

[Nagy]

Do you have to feed it arrows or does it have an infinite supply?

[Dowly]

Do you have to feed it arrows or does it have an infinite supply?

The dispenser drops/shoots out items you put in it. Stuff that is mean't to be "shot" (arrows/snowballs/eggs) will be shot out of the dispenser, other items will just drop next to it. Water/lava bucket just drops the bucket, so can't do water/lava traps with it.

[Krauter]

Will I be able to use this world as an SSP one though Arc? I really do enjoy the state of affairs my place is in at the moment.

[Task Force]

Map change is fine with me.

[Oberon]

Will I be able to use this world as an SSP one though Arc? I really do enjoy the state of affairs my place is in at the moment.

You will be, Arc will post the map up, it will probably be a few hundred meg though, and then you drop it in a folder marked 'World X' (X being a number of a world space you haven't used yet in your Singleplayer, in the C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\.minecraft\saves location, and then Hey Presto, it's ready for use. I still have the last map in Singleplayer with my Crystal Palace. :smug:

[Arclight]

*sigh* this one is actually about 5GB; the map thingy saves its files in the world map.

(which is why I gave up on making back-ups)

Prolly can separate it out though, given some time.

[Kapitän Schneider]

I cast my vote as a Aye.

Not bothered about when we start a new map. But as I have discussed with Keab (Nagy), I think the new spawn point should be made into a combined Fort Newbie and Train station with tracks leading North, East, South and West for easy travelling. Also the public lines built underground to ease mob attacks on them especially as Spider's can now climb!

[Krauter]

Ahh, well 5 gigs is a tad much for me :)

As for Kpt's idea, I agree, though I do like travelling above ground, if spiders can climb.. well it won't be all that fun. How the hell am I supposed to keep the buggers off my walls then?

[Oberon]

About those climbing spiders, I had a thought:

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/505/antispiderwall.jpg

[Dowly]

lmao :haha:

[Nagy]

I was thinking the same thing for spiders. It will work perfectly for buildings, but won't do so well if the spider can jump on top of the overhang, so rail lines will need high walls., Underground or covered might be better.

Of course now we can also colour code our lines...

And now for the picture portion of this post:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/2011-01-08_184416.png
A really cool chunk glitch from earlier this week. Chunk error extended beyond the view distance, so I got that bug too:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/2011-01-13_201108.png
Weird Tree Bug

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/2011-01-13_201203.png
Another shot of it

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/2011-01-13_201615.png
You know when you've been tango'd....

Apparently there are Pine and Birch trees added. I'm guessing the small leaves are from one of those, but it looks like the biome data is messed up for that piece of forest.

The wiki is generating a nice detailed list of all the changes. Looks like Notch has broken more than he's fixed again though.

[Spike88]

The fact that spiders can now climb actually works with my new Castle design.

Ideally I want to dig down to bedrock and have a giant pit. In the center will be my castle. Gaping the pit will be a bridge.

[Dowly]

The fact that spiders can now climb actually works with my new Castle design.

Ideally I want to dig down to bedrock and have a giant pit. In the center will be my castle. Gaping the pit will be a bridge.

Think I mentioned the tower city when you said what you were about to build. Just found the article:
http://omgshots.com/1314-vertical-city-inside-a-dead-volcano.html

[Spike88]

Think I mentioned the tower city when you said what you were about to build. Just found the article:
http://omgshots.com/1314-vertical-city-inside-a-dead-volcano.html


That's actually what I want to do. Just with a castle/tower instead of a city. Thought of maybe putting 2-3 layers of water in the bottom, but I think it may be better to just let things fall to their death.

Especially if I rig the bridge to blow upon a certain combination being entered somewhere within the castle. :hmmm:

[Spike88]

Just found a black sheep(naturally).

Was messing with my train tracks(which are a pain in the ass to deal with now, doesn't want to turn the right way.) And turned around to see him. He gives black wool.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2011-01-1316-22-44-86.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2011-01-1316-23-03-20.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2011-01-1316-23-18-66.jpg

[ASWnut101]

Gah, and just when I'm about to finish the Arathi Junction station, spiders can climb. Hopefully Oberon's overhang idea will work...

Oh, and I say yea (pronounced "yay," not "yeah" :p ) for a new map.

[NeonSamurai]

I have to say I have little interest in a new map right now, but i would like to finish my castle off first before we reset, but i need a bunch of steel and stone to do that.

[Kapitän Schneider]

Some pics

Another chunk error
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/Brandenburger7/2011-01-13_210928.png

Keab tries to teach his clone how to ride a cart
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/Brandenburger7/2011-01-10_213240.png

While Spike defies science and rides an invisible cart
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/Brandenburger7/2011-01-13_021218-1.png

Worst error yet fell through the earth and blue hell
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/Brandenburger7/2011-01-13_221245.png

Is that a cloud? No its the earth! Seen from past bedrock level
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/Brandenburger7/2011-01-13_221247.png

Now the most interesting picture yet! Found this pig in a dungeoun rotating 360 degrees on fire inside a Mob Spawner
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/Brandenburger7/2011-01-13_214818_2.png

[Dowly]

Now the most interesting picture yet! Found this pig in a dungeoun rotating 360 degrees on fire inside a Mob Spawner


Yes, that's how the mobspawners used to work, the type they spawn would show inside the cage. Did the thing actually spawn pigs?? :hmmm:

EDIT: Hmm... I think Notch changed the creepers slightly. In my SP game, I was duking it out with a creeper, I once got too close to it and heard the SSSSSSS sound, but it didn't explode. 5 seconds later, I got too close again, but instead of the SSSSSSSSS sound it just blew up the moment I got to the "sssss-range". :hmmm:

[Drewcifer]

When/If we start the new map I think it would be cool if we all pitched in and built a sort of 'capital' city around the spawn point.. and then of course branch off on our own individual projects throughout the world of course.

[Spike88]

When/If we start the new map I think it would be cool if we all pitched in and built a sort of 'capital' city around the spawn point.. and then of course branch off on our own individual projects throughout the world of course.


I think this was the general plan.

[Dowly]

When/If we start the new map I think it would be cool if we all pitched in and built a sort of 'capital' city around the spawn point.. and then of course branch off on our own individual projects throughout the world of course.

If I understood correctly, Arc's building (or has built) somekind of shelter already to the spawn point of the new world in SP.

[Task Force]

Would be cool to make a City/village, with streets, and stuff around spawn. with buildings and stuff.

[TteFAboB]

I must go and burn my tower down, if there's still time!

[Spike88]

I must go and burn my tower down, if there's still time!

I believe we still have time. If your PC can handle it, you should record the carnage.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Br_SV3m4M
:D I'm going to make this.


And I don't know how well this will work in MP(without lagging the server), but we should try this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzJ5GSErqtA&feature=related


Edit 3: Apparently New trees have new bark.

[Arclight]

I have to say I have little interest in a new map right now, but i would like to finish my castle off first before we reset, but i need a bunch of steel and stone to do that.
Well I won't force a reset if you still want to finish something. Got any idea on the time still needed? :06:

[Dowly]

Ow the hunt for my seeekret base is over. Had to build another entrance to lure grass in and it kinda gives it away.

@Neon: How long you'll take? Those with no projects can't really start anything now as reset is "close". :hmmm:

[NeonSamurai]

No time, its done. My other project of a underground drowning trap will have to remain unfinished as I haven't the time or the inclination

[Arclight]

Soo, new map tomorrow then? :doh:

Also; bloody awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIkLBHf5S8w&feature=player_embedded

[Lionclaw]

A farewell screenshot to the current world. :)

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3150/minecraftonline07.jpg (http://img703.imageshack.us/i/minecraftonline07.jpg/)

[Kapitän Schneider]

Soo, new map tomorrow then? :doh:

When will you be saving the current map Arclight? As some of us have a Scorched Earth policy and plan to blow up some of our projects after the save.

[Arclight]

Once I know everyone agrees with the reset for tomorrow.

[Task Force]

What time tomorrow? sooner better.

[Oberon]

I'm good with tomorrow. Got a picture of our spawn point?

[Arclight]

Picture? Of the new one? :06:

*and lets say noon tomorrow

[ASWnut101]

For those who don't know, that's:

Noon - CET
11a.m. - GMT
8a.m. - EST
5a.m. - PST

:)

[Nagy]

Neon your castle is very cool, and your trap seemed quite effective.

Ultimately it was your tower that killed me...

[Spike88]

In tradition of starting something I'll ultimately never finish, I plan on using the resources I gather from my giant hole/castle to build another spaceship.

[Nagy]

Minecraft Beta 1.2_01 (less bugs, more framerates)

This update affects both the client and the server, but the server update isn’t mandatory. I highly suggest updating, though.
* Fixed various blocks acting really weird when placed (rails, torches, and more)
* Optimized performance
* Added a new painting that we forgot to include yesterday
* Reduced spawn rates a bit
* Fixed a whole pile of lighting bugs
* No more ghosts at night
* Added a temporary fix to get rid of chunk visibility errors
The last one is interesting.. The problem with chunk visibility errors was that for some reason the “dirty” flag on chunks and the list of “dirty chunks” got out of synch. There wasn’t time to try to do a proper fix today, so I just made the client check a couple of dirty chunks per frame to make sure they’re in the list.
So until we fix it proper, you might get invisible chunks, but they will fix themselves after a second or two, usually way before you even get close to them.


Should be interesting to see if that actually solves our chunk error problem.

[Arclight]

Alrighty, that should do it. New, fresh world; let's see if that solves some issues.

It'll be a while before I can upload the backup. That map made a right mess of things.

I'll get everyone a full set of metal tools and a stack of torches to get started.

[Oberon]

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3750/farmpit.jpg

Nuff said...

[Spike88]

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3750/farmpit.jpg

Nuff said...

Pour some lava in there. :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Pour some lava in there. :hmmm:

Keab did :03:

[Spike88]

Just realized how close I am to the spawn. I blame Keab for giving me false knowledge. Hopefully I can make my pit without cutting anyone short. Just know that the pit is 128blocks on each side, with 8 sides.

[Nagy]

I'm sorry, I honestly thought I was a lot lot further away from the spawn than that.

If you haven't gotten too far ahead with it. There's another flat area a reasonable walk due North of the spawn.

And yes, cooking that many animals made an interesting noise...

[Arclight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFrgDPCgGA&feature=player_embedded
It's a twap! :haha:

[Oberon]

Our cake will blot out the sun!

[Spike88]

I'm sorry, I honestly thought I was a lot lot further away from the spawn than that.

If you haven't gotten too far ahead with it. There's another flat area a reasonable walk due North of the spawn.

And yes, cooking that many animals made an interesting noise...

It's good, shouldn't really be a big problem.

[Spike88]

79,108.95 meters West/North West of the spawn belong to me.

It's about 60% mapped out, but just giving a heads up.

It's a perimeter of 1024 meters.


Edit the measurement of 79,108.95 is the area of the top layer.

Edit2: Assuming bedrock is 250 levels down(I think that's the number) I'm looking at 19,777,237 blocks. give or take. The center city/castle will be big, and I'll just leave the infrastructure in place.

[Drewcifer]

Bah.. I got onto the new map today to start working on getting my supplies and start working on our 'city' but I can't get doors to open, they split in two the top and bottom start alternating between closed and open so that I can never open them. Bug? Anyways I got frustrated with it and stopped playing for now.

[Nagy]

I think it's because those doors are in the area that only ops can build in. I'll add switches to them and hopefully that'll solve the problem.

[Jankowski]

You guys ready to forgive me and my friend?

[Oberon]

http://www.natzraya.org/Articles/Appetizer/gladiatordown.jpg

[SgtPotato]

You guys ready to forgive me and my friend?

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m136/Solo_Wing_Pixy/Reaction%20faces/1289388680148.jpg?t=1295187147

too harsh?

[Spike88]

Large amounts of water need to be filled in at my place.

What is the better method? Dropping sand into it, or going down into the water and working my way up?

[SgtPotato]

plant any blocks from one block down from the surface, then fill up the water. So, you can dig it off and the water will drop as it will fill up.

[Drewcifer]

Um request for forgiveness.. DENIED.

[Krauter]

@ Griefer and Co.

GTFO.

Hey it rhymes :D

[ASWnut101]

And just when I thought I had seen it all, FLYING SQUID!!!

http://i51.tinypic.com/vziqsi.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/2nk8e3l.jpg

[Krauter]

For some reason I'm having trouble connecting to my MC account.. Not my internet connection as I'm posting here.. what the hell :s

Edit: Deleted the minecraft.jar and rebooted, now getting the loading screen with the message Now Updating, paused loading bar with the statement done loading.

Edit2: Just put all .jar files back from trash and it works.. -.-'

[Krauter]

I am currently laying claim to the islands due West from Spawn on the new map (if you look on the online map, its the island chain right near the end of unexplored area.

Let me know when lag dies down in the server though..

[Oberon]

I have an area south of spawn, it's got a large wall around it...which does nothing against the countless spiders and creepers that spawn inside the walls, but eventually I will be building around there and under there so please refrain from tunneling under it...Task Force, I'm looking at you.

[Arclight]

Took the site offline. Simply don't have the bandwith to accomodate it, especially with the MC server running alongside it.

[Oberon]

Took the site offline. Simply don't have the bandwith to accomodate it, especially with the MC server running alongside it.

Wilco, hopefully Notch will work on better communication between client and server, because the lag and chunk errors only seems to be a fairly recent thing. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Right, I'm East somewhere. Walked a good 6-7 minutes or so, don't see any structures so I'll settle here.

[Nagy]

I think the only thing we were using the site for was the map, and without Dowly attempting to break things by finding the edge of the map it should be possible to post static ones again.

[Krauter]

Somehow still managing to get chunk errors and intensive lag..

[Dowly]

I think the only thing we were using the site for was the map, and without Dowly attempting to break things by finding the edge of the map it should be possible to post static ones again.

Heeey, it was Bigdaddy who went the farthest. :yep:

[Krauter]

OK, I'm done till this bastard sheep gets the ******* out of my cabin and my game stops CTDing when I hit him.

[Jankowski]

whatever.

[Krauter]

F---ing Hell I can't stand this goddam lag. Running through the same door 30 times because it was loop lagging is too much. What the hell? Game wasn't this broke before the updates. Didn't even crash all this much.

FFS can't even find my own goddam house without the map.

[Spike88]

I am currently laying claim to the islands due West from Spawn on the new map (if you look on the online map, its the island chain right near the end of unexplored area.

Let me know when lag dies down in the server though..

I'll have to check where you are, but I've already layed claim to a giant portion of the land west of the spawn.

[Krauter]

I'm fairly sure I've built a cabin on the one I was wanting, theres that small island, another to the south east of it (small) and one i think south of it that I was planning. If they're in your way, just let me know and I'll move.

[Spike88]

I'm fairly sure I've built a cabin on the one I was wanting, theres that small island, another to the south east of it (small) and one i think south of it that I was planning. If they're in your way, just let me know and I'll move.

I just strolled through my claimed area and I don't think I saw you're hut. I may be farther west. If you start at spawn and go directly west, you'll see a marker made out of dirt, 1 stone, and two torches that I made. the line it follows cuts through two hills one to the north and one to the south, that's my area give or take. Each side is 128 blocks, so far the south, Southeast, Southwest, West, and Northwest have not yet been marked.

[Drewcifer]

Yeah I can't get anything accomplished, right now with the current opening a door then teleporting back and opening it again, or digging and then the blocks reappearing over and over.. think I'm gonna take a little break from MC until this plague eases up.

[Jankowski]

So, are you guys ready to forgive me and my friend YET?

[Nagy]

I'm sorry Jankowski I don't think asking daily is going to help your cause. Try again in a week or so. :down:

[Jankowski]

ok, I will.

[SgtPotato]

You can't ask for forgiveness because you broke all the rules. Arc gave you a chance to come forth to tell the truth and you decided not to.

Well, it's not up to us, except Arc because he's the admin, to decide what to do with you.

[Oberon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG9SPywEGm4

[Arclight]

CAKE! :haha:

[Dowly]

:har::har:

[Task Force]

Heh, so the cake wasnt a lie anyway.

[Arclight]

Right, might have a new player in a bit. I'll let him introduce himself if he wants too, just giving a notice so he doesn't get kicked out.

[Oberon]

Right, might have a new player in a bit. I'll let him introduce himself if he wants too, just giving a notice so he doesn't get kicked out.

I'm guessing younger brother, vraiment?

[Arclight]

Nooo, Subsim member. Just don't feel like dropping a name.

And in-game might be different, forgot to ask. :oops:

[Oberon]

:hmmm: Tres interessent

[Drewcifer]

Haha! Yes the portal song is great!

[Krauter]

Has lag eased up yet?

[Nagy]

Evidence that my spider-proof wall works. (Enhanced because the screenshot was taken at night)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/spiderproof.png

He climbs up but bounces off the overhang. Notice how tall I had to make it to stop him from just jumping on the overhang.

[Krauter]

Is it possible to upload a pic of the map we had up todate?

[Nagy]

Arc's working on it.

He said it might be tricky though, possibly because the lag is bad enough as it is without the server running a cartographing programme in the background.

We asked for it so that we can start mapping out people's claims so that there is no conflict.

[Krauter]

My problem is I can't find my claim.. I had built a cabin on the main island I wanted, and the two smaller ones were within visual distance.. but now I cant find it.. I know its west but I don't remember the land marks.

Edit: Maybe run it once a month when no one is on the server at a certain time?

[Dowly]

Notch joined Coestar's livestream last night, nice of him. :up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bks8lpDK4

(skip to ~10min or so)

[NeonSamurai]

Evidence that my spider-proof wall works. (Enhanced because the screenshot was taken at night)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/spiderproof.png

He climbs up but bounces off the overhang. Notice how tall I had to make it to stop him from just jumping on the overhang.

Cute, My cactus wall was very effective in stopping them (and killing them) as well. But you need cactus and sand to do it.

[Drewcifer]

To bad we couldn't fashion a man made spiked wall that worked like a cactus wall. Sharpen some sticks or something.

Of course I'd end up running into my own wall on accident.

[Krauter]

:haha: True enough Drewcifer.

Idea, perhaps build a wall regularly, but one layer out and 1-2 layers above ground add a ledge with sand?


XC X=Wall
XC C=Cactus
XS S=Sand
XT T=Torch.
X
___________

[Dowly]

Needs to be like this:

X_C
X_C
X_S

AFAIK, cactus can't grow if there's a block in adjanced grid.

In other news.... HEEEELP!!! :wah:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Help.jpg

[Spike88]

Weird monolith on the north side of my land.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2011-01-1812-47-24-59.jpg

[Oberon]

Weird monolith on the north side of my land.


Oh, you found it then...that's the remains of a night-time hut I built whilst exploring :03: Knocked it down and thought I'd leave a bit of it as a monument. :yep:

[Krauter]

Aaah, I've passed that thing a lot while searching for my bloody cabin, but always thought it was a marker to your land Spike :)

Anyways, looked pretty cool when I passed it for the first time and saw the sun rise.

[Spike88]

Oh, you found it then...that's the remains of a night-time hut I built whilst exploring :03: Knocked it down and thought I'd leave a bit of it as a monument. :yep:


Ah. Yeah I found the nearby tunnel too. There was iron down in it. :DL

It's lost part of it's excitement now that I know it's man made :cry:.


MC should randomly make things like this. Like decayed houses and such.

[Krauter]

That would be kind of cool, kind of give you the idea of another civilization before you

[Krauter]

Anyone else having trouble connecting to Minecraft.net? I cant play online atm

[Nagy]

To bad we couldn't fashion a man made spiked wall that worked like a cactus wall. Sharpen some sticks or something.

Of course I'd end up running into my own wall on accident.

That's partially my reason for not making a cactus wall. That and the fact I've yet to see a single cactus... (damn snowy map)

[Dowly]

That would be kind of cool, kind of give you the idea of another civilization before you

Notch has said before and in the livestream video I posted last night that there will be villages with possibly friendly NPCs living there.

Anyone else having trouble connecting to Minecraft.net? I cant play online atm

Been wonky whole day, just keep trying.

[Nagy]

Anyone else having trouble connecting to Minecraft.net? I cant play online atm

Dead for me... :(

-edit-

The web server is struggling, we’re migrating
Once again, minecraft.net is more popular than the poor old server can keep up with, so we’re upgrading. I’m not quite sure how long it will take to get done as it’s mostly Tobias doing the work (thank you, sir!). We’ve got a huge amazon cloud server which we’re moving the main server to. We’ll be able to replicate this as demand grows, and we’ll have a load balancer set up in front of it all. Skin downloads will almost certainly be migrated to S3 downloads instead of going through resin as it does now, and we’ll have a separate server just to handle game logins and auth requests.

In other news, we spent the day today out of the office in various cafés, as the floor was getting fixed. And we got the Machinima.com IGA awards! They’re pretty!

If you want to see some pics from the office and Mojang in general, Carl has a photo album here. It gets updated every now and then.

For Minecraft development, we’re working on the new file format, and a new game launcher. The file format is still in early testing, but it’s looking somewhat promising, except for it taking up a bit too much space. It’s faster, though.
The new Launcher will be a bit prettier, will show release notes and other news, will send login requests over https (finally), and will ask if the user wants to update to the latest version or not. In the future, we’ll add support for playing the previous installed version (after warning the player that there might be unexpected bugs) and the ability to choose what work directly to save the level files, but that’s not coming in this version.

We’ve got a meeting planned for tomorrow with some community members to discuss how to best implement the modding.

-edit 2-

At least this'll give Arc a chance to cartograph the current map... ;)

[Krauter]

Would it be possible to enable the player account now? I tried logging in (playing MC offline) but it said I was banned from the server :s

[Nagy]

He could but as soon as somebody else has that idea you'll be forced off in favour of them...

Best just to go cold turkey and wait it out.

[Krauter]

Aah, I thought from the way he explained it that the server creates new ids ie: Player 1; Player 2; etc as new ppl join. Thanks anyways :D

At least this'll give Arc a chance to cartograph the current map...

Thank you good lord Arc :D

[Arclight]

And on that note: http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/th_MCmap.jpg (http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/?action=view&current=MCmap.jpg)

http://www.filefront.com/17813719/MCmap.png

[Nagy]

w00t. Who's responsible for that giant slice West? I thought we learned our lesson on the last map...

[Dowly]

w00t. Who's responsible for that giant slice West? I thought we learned our lesson on the last map...

Up is south??

Ow and don't look at me, I didn't walk there. :O:

EDIT: I'm an idiot. :haha:

[Crécy]

w00t. Who's responsible for that giant slice West? I thought we learned our lesson on the last map...

I'm not sure but I could be responsible. Might have done that during 'The Extended Journeys Of Crécy 'The Lost One' '

[Oberon]

There's always one.

Hopefully Notch's new launcher will integrate improvements between client and server relations...aka...STOP THE BLOODY LAG!! :damn:

[Krauter]

Which way is North/South East/West? Also, where is home at the moment? I think I can see Task Forces path to his tower but it looks small..

Edit: FOUND THE BLOODY CABIN :woot: now I just have to find my way there :shifty:

[Spike88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/MCmap-1.png

Latest map. North is up(for once)

Dowly is to the West, not east. I believe I found kratuer's hut, I'm not sure who's to the east of me. Looks like a boat. To the south of Spawn is Potato.

The blue lines are an estimate of my land, the red has actually been measured out.

[Krauter]

Yes, Spike, based on the picture I think that island is it. Also, the small islands to the south and North I decided I would like to lay claim, as well as the slightly larger one to the South West of it. If pictures are required I will post.

Also, thank you for the quick help in locating as well :D.

Now, who's dirt trail is that that I need to follow to get to the cabin? Just wondering so I'm not on/encroaching on someones land?

Edit; Seems we're neighbours again Spike :haha:

[Spike88]

Yes, Spike, based on the picture I think that island is it. Also, the small islands to the south and North I decided I would like to lay claim, as well as the slightly larger one to the South West of it. If pictures are required I will post.

Also, thank you for the quick help in locating as well :D.

Now, who's dirt trail is that that I need to follow to get to the cabin? Just wondering so I'm not on/encroaching on someones land?

Edit; Seems we're neighbours again Spike :haha:


The red lines on the map are my measurements, in game they're dirt trails.

[Task Force]

Is it just me or am I not able to join MC.net to launch the game?

[Spike88]

Is it just me or am I not able to join MC.net?
Tis down. Notch is upgrading to a bigger/better webserver.

[Krauter]

Yeap, MC is down, Aaah Ok Spike. As long as you're comfortable with me being there I'll stay. If not, I'll try to find another Island Chain.

Also, Arc, what cartographer utility do you use? MCMap Live?

[Task Force]

Oah... now watch there be a "Fire".

[Spike88]

Yeap, MC is down, Aaah Ok Spike. As long as you're comfortable with me being there I'll stay. If not, I'll try to find another Island Chain.

Also, Arc, what cartographer utility do you use? MCMap Live?

I'm fine with it. As long as you're fine with living near a giant hole in the ground. :D

[Krauter]

Heh, it's mountainous so I can't exactly see it :O: Besides the cabin area is the furthest East I'll be building.

Blasted Filefront is keeping my upload pending

[Arclight]

Used PixelMap for this one. Cartograph doesn't seem to allow a path for source, and some of the others I tried just were a pita. Like supprting commandline function, but not detailing the possible options in a readme or forum thread. This is just the first thing I found that runs from a .bat without inducing rage.

[Crécy]

Latest map. North is up(for once)

Dowly is to the West, not east. I believe I found kratuer's hut, I'm not sure who's to the east of me. Looks like a boat. To the south of Spawn is Potato.


I and Kolaaja are far south. A few minutes walk from Potato.

[Krauter]

Aah ok thanks :) I was trying to find a cartographer tool similar to the one you used on the last SMP map because I liked how accurate it was at low lvl zoom, but I haven't found one that's compatible with Mac.

Also, how do you upload them? too big for imageshack and filefront is either touchy or isnt allowing me to because I have no account there.

[Nagy]

Seeing as Spike cropped me off that map, here's where I am.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/Keab42Location.png

Also that boat near Mt Commie (labelled "who is this") belongs to Elco IIRC.

I might have to go and see what Spud's building, it looks circular.

[Spike88]

Aah ok thanks :) I was trying to find a cartographer tool similar to the one you used on the last SMP map because I liked how accurate it was at low lvl zoom, but I haven't found one that's compatible with Mac.

Also, how do you upload them? too big for imageshack and filefront is either touchy or isnt allowing me to because I have no account there.

Try photobucket.

[Arclight]

Aah ok thanks :) I was trying to find a cartographer tool similar to the one you used on the last SMP map because I liked how accurate it was at low lvl zoom, but I haven't found one that's compatible with Mac.

Also, how do you upload them? too big for imageshack and filefront is either touchy or isnt allowing me to because I have no account there.
Uploading a .jpg to Photobucket, and the original .png goes to FileFront, which I sadly have an account for. :lol:

[Spike88]

Seeing as Spike cropped me off that map, here's where I am.



Also that boat near Mt Commie (labelled "who is this") belongs to Elco IIRC.

I might have to go and see what Spud's building, it looks circular.


Didn't mean to crop you out. :haha: Didn't realize anything was there.

[Krauter]

:DL Thanks a lot Spike :)

Got a nice piece of land there Keab, any big projects planned?

[Nagy]

My first big project is going to be about 120 blocks wide and 60 high all told.

But I've got lots of room for expansion as I think I'm the only person who went North.

[Krauter]

Seems so, Elco's a bit north, but based on what I saw on the last map I'm betting most of his expansion will be subterranean..

Edit: Upload seems to be taking a while.. I'll upload later tonight when I'm not in a rush :)

Cheers,

Krauter

[Spike88]

Seems so, Elco's a bit north, but based on what I saw on the last map I'm betting most of his expansion will be subterranean..

Edit: Upload seems to be taking a while.. I'll upload later tonight when I'm not in a rush :)

Cheers,

Krauter

Elco is North West. His "boat" is visible from Shack 1.

[Krauter]

Yea, I realised that, I just meant, based on what the last map we had;

What ever elco's built on the surface, you can probably bet he's got about 10-15x that under the surface :03:

[Nagy]

Just managed to log into MC. Looks like things might be coming back online.

[Spike88]

Yea, I realised that, I just meant, based on what the last map we had;

What ever elco's built on the surface, you can probably bet he's got about 10-15x that under the surface :03:

Yeah, I believe he has a rather large labyrinth underground. He was remarking that one of his tunnels had the possibility of entering my territory.

Speaking of which, the west line from spawn will enter my hole if not diverted around.

[ASWnut101]

!) Why is my boat in quotation marks? It floats, no? :O:

2) Yeah, I've already got a large mine shaft going straight south. Going to make sure not to branch off to the west as much as possible, but I may get turned around.

3) There's a tiny cobblestone shack thing just west of the snowy isthmus SE of my boat. You can kind of see it on the border between the snow, sand, and grass. The mineshaft pretty much goes straight south from there.

[Nagy]

Slightly random question, but have animals been turned off?

My place usually resembles a farm come nightfall, but whilst playing today I've yet to see a single piece of livestock.

[Dowly]

Slightly random question, but have animals been turned off?

My place usually resembles a farm come nightfall, but whilst playing today I've yet to see a single piece of livestock.

Good point, my island is usually swarming, but none today. :hmmm:

[Spike88]

!) Why is my boat in quotation marks? It floats, no? :O:

Because I wasn't sure it was a boat.

[Dowly]

Spike, I left you a surprise to the chest in shack 2. :up:

[Krauter]

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1020&t=124772

Looks pretty cool

[Krauter]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8296/mcmapclaim.jpg

And thanks for the stone Keab!

Cheers

[Dowly]

You mean't those islands?! Hell no you're getting them! :haha:

I thought you meant the big one slightly further west.

[Krauter]

:har: Was wondering why you accepted so easily :O:

Looks like I'm moving West :D

[Krauter]

Would it be possible to update the map file we have every week or so? Just so we can all be aware of what's going on in what areas?

(For example, I didn't know there were islands further west from Dowly then the ones I wanted to expand to)

[Dowly]

Just remember that I have to expand west aswell due to Spike being East, you being North and Potato being SE of me. ;)

[Krauter]

Yeap, I'm mainly going to be moving within 280' to 350' of my current islands. That being said, if I do fence/wall off large areas of land, the wall itself will be fairly low (6-8 blocks high) and will have a few gates through which you can pass. Also, the outlying lands will probably have a few cabins for safe haven and little other lighting, whilst lands closer to me will have more lighting and cabins.

The reason I am doing this, is that so both myself, and any traveller who wishes to explore, travel in these areas has a few safe havens to rest/wait the night out. Naturally, when I say my 'lands' I do not mean I am going to be building over every square meter, but rather it is simply land I would prefer others not to build huge structures on.

Cheers,

Krauter

[Nagy]

Has anybody tested the new metal doors at the spawn? Do they work? Have I now locked you out of everything?

Would anybody object if I built a tree farm on top of Mt Commie? It's the only facility that's lacking now.

[ASWnut101]

Nope, door still wont open. Can't even press the buttons.

Correction: The doors on the animal sanctuary and bank wont open. I can still get into the Mt. Commie complex.

[Dowly]

Who's been into my new house/base? My diamond sword wants to have a talk with you.

[Nagy]

Nope, door still wont open. Can't even press the buttons.

Correction: The doors on the animal sanctuary and bank wont open. I can still get into the Mt. Commie complex.

I'll take the door off the Animal Sanctuary, that's not a problem. Bank isn't in use at the moment but we'll have to look into why it's doing that.

[Krauter]

Dowly, was there creeper damage at all? If there was any it might'v been me, I ran into a bunker like house set in a hill near water when I was looking for my cabin a while (a week maybe) and got blasted by a creeper :oops:

I never knew where, or who's cabin it was so I couldn't go repair it. Figured once the map came out and someone said they had damage I'd go and repair/repay them. Problem being, the frequent CTDs have kept me off MC for a bit..

If you need reparations I will repay you the next time I'm on.

[Spike88]

Dowly, was there creeper damage at all? If there was any it might'v been me, I ran into a bunker like house set in a hill near water when I was looking for my cabin a while (a week maybe) and got blasted by a creeper :oops:

I never knew where, or who's cabin it was so I couldn't go repair it. Figured once the map came out and someone said they had damage I'd go and repair/repay them. Problem being, the frequent CTDs have kept me off MC for a bit..

If you need reparations I will repay you the next time I'm on.


The structure you are referring to is Shack 1. My northern most supply/safety thing.

Don't bother worrying about it, I repaired the damage with dirt, and the structure wont exist for very long anyways as it is in the area that will be a giant hole.

[Krauter]

Aah, I see. I apologize all the same :oops: I thought t was an island as I had approached from water andnot gone any further inland (was waiting out night).

What happened to Dowlys place then :s

[Spike88]

Aah, I see. I apologize all the same :oops: I thought t was an island as I had approached from water andnot gone any further inland (was waiting out night).

What happened to Dowlys place then :s

I actually thought the damage was my fault, due to lag.

Someone mirrored his shack, and then apparently he burnt it down.

[Krauter]

Mirrored? Meaning built a copy of his shack next to it :s?

[Spike88]

Mirrored? Meaning built a copy of his shack next to it :s?



No, from my understanding, one of the rooms was flipped(mirrored). So it was a mirror image of what it used to be.

[Nagy]

Tree Farm atop Mt Commie is complete and has been christened "Lenin's Arboretum", access it from the staircase next to Bank Station.

It looks very imposing and communistical from the outside, but I think you'll like the little touches I've added to it on the inside.

Arc, it was made using summoned goods, but as it's for the common good I figured it was OK.

The tree farm has two rules.

1) Replant anything you cut down.

2) No Fires.

You'll find there are chests in the entrance if you want to donate any surplus to the common good.

You should also now be able to access Comrade MacDonald's Animal Sanctuary, currently only operating at night... :s

[Dowly]

No, from my understanding, one of the rooms was flipped(mirrored). So it was a mirror image of what it used to be.

From what I could tell, the whole entrance and entrance hall was moved. The fire was me, lava didn't agree with my wooden dining hall. :nope:

Ow and the whoever-it-was left a note saying "Renovation by your friendly neighbours :D".

Really would like to know who it was, no I wouldn't let my sword do the talking, but just to see someone take responsibility. :hmmm:

[ASWnut101]

Ah, I'll lay my head to the chopping block I guess. It was me, was simply meant as a practical joke. The original intent was to simply take your diamonds and make you go on a little scavenger hunt for them, but I could not find them. Heck, I could hardly even find your place altogether. Then, acting the the suggestions from some other players, your entrance hall was flipped (to the best of my ability to remember it after nearly dying twice fending off the monsters outside). I didn't mess with anything that could be broken, hence you had two little pathways outside.

I hope you're not too pissed, "it was just a goof..."

[Arclight]

I'll let Dowly handle it since he's directly involved, but I'm sure you know the stance when it comes to messing with other people's work, right?

Hell, I'd kick the lot that put you up to it as well. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

No real damage done, just a nuisance. Just don't do it again, please. ;)

[Krauter]

Is the server down tonight?

[Dowly]

Is the server down tonight?

Wasn't few minutes ago.

[Krauter]

Hmm i cant log into arcs server..

[Krauter]

Ditto still can't access the server.

[papa_smurf]

Got the game yesterday, already hooked, started on single player at the moment, to get the hang of building/crafting etc, but within 1 hour I had a shelter built and started mining, and its getting a bit large. Next plan to build a proper homestead with the by-product of my mining exploits and maybe even a watch tower.

Would like to join you on-line. Not very skilled, but i'm sure I can help.

(So far i'm about 60 blocks in, and have found only 10 coal and 6 Iron)

[Arclight]

Oh online is just the same thing, but with others around and lagspikes. :lol:

Not making any demands on your free time. ;)

[Spike88]

lagspikes.




I really need a new name.

[papa_smurf]

Doh! got killed by an exploding green zombie (I think):damn:. There I was, minding my own business building my new house, when it walks up to me and blew me up:doh:.

Oh well, started again. Think I learned my lesson....

[Spike88]

Doh! got killed by an exploding green zombie (I think):damn:. There I was, minding my own business building my new house, when it walks up to me and blew me up:doh:.

Oh well, started again. Think I learned my lesson....


Your sir have met your first creeper. The downfall of many a minecrafter before you. They're actually green pigs. They make a SSSSSS sound before exploding. It's the same sound TNT makes. So if you hear that sound try to run away.


Edit: Sorry for the fragmented speech, been up 19 hours and still have 2 more hours before I can go to sleep.

[Oberon]

http://images0.memegenerator.net/ImageMacro/3802194/thats-a-nice-house-youve-got-there-SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.jpg?imageSize=Medium&generatorName=Minecraft-Creeper

[Arclight]

Deadliest thing I ever saw in a videogame.

Creepers are the Chuck Norris of videogame enemies. If Chuck Norris would ever play Minecraft, the universe would implode.

[NeonSamurai]

Eh they are not that deadly, just <censored> annoying. I often would have fun with them using nothing but a lighter on the last map.

BTW I meant to ask, is our old map available for download?

[Arclight]

If you see them coming, sure. But they tend to sneak up on you when you're out punching trees or something, in which case the SSSSSSSSSS comes as a total, last-minute surprise... right before splattering you and your possesions across the building you were working on, taking a sizeable chunk out of it and the surrounding terrain in the process.

Creepers are nasty.


And the map will be available, but for the moment it makes every PC I work on run out of memory. The data for the map that was on the site got stored in the same folder. It's some 5GB spread over 74k files that I need to remove somehow...

[papa_smurf]

How do I get onto the MP server?

[Arclight]

I'll PM you the details. Should be some shelter nearby, and you're free to use the crafting table and furnace. If you need any tools, torches or food to get you started, there should be some stuff laying around.

(really you pratically spawn on the doorstep of the shelter, if no one else went build-crazy in the mean time)

[papa_smurf]

Any rules I should be aware of?

(p.s my in-game name is dr_fruitloop)

[Nagy]

Any rules I should be aware of?

(p.s my in-game name is dr_fruitloop)

You can find a summary of the rules in the first post. Look forward to seeing you online.

[NeonSamurai]

Pretty much don't be an a hole, leave other people's stuff and territory alone, and try to fix any accidental (read creaper) damage you cause to other people's stuff when visiting.


Anyhow it's rare I get bushwacked by creepers, except when its night (or on hills). But I always keep a sharp lookout when working outside. Downside is if you don't spot them, its nigh impossible to react before the go boom.

But I still say they are loads of fun to set on fire (or drown, or blow up, or drop off a cliff, or train them in front of a skeleton, or all the other ways I kill them for fun).

Fire also works way better than melee online, as the mobs will lag hit/blow up (sometimes even through things and other impossible ways that don't work offline).

[papa_smurf]

Found a nice spot E of spawn point, and started prospecting. Yet to find any coal/iron ore, so guess I'll have to keep on digging. Any tips for defending/hints my mine would be usefull.

[Dowly]

Instead of digging from top to bottom, dig straight down to levels 5-15 (hold F3 and the Y tells you which level you are on). I'd suggest you gather some wood, make tons of ladders and start digging straight down, 2x1 shaft so you always have a block to stand on to prevent falling into a underground cave.

At levels 5-15, you can find all ores that are in the game from coal to diamond.

You are familiar with the pickaxe restrictions when it comes to higher value ores? (iron pick or better to mine diamonds, diamond to mine obsidian etc.)

[papa_smurf]

Instead of digging from top to bottom, dig straight down to levels 5-15 (hold F3 and the Y tells you which level you are on). I'd suggest you gather some wood, make tons of ladders and start digging straight down, 2x1 shaft so you always have a block to stand on to prevent falling into a underground cave.

At levels 5-15, you can find all ores that are in the game from coal to diamond.

You are familiar with the pickaxe restrictions when it comes to higher value ores? (iron pick or better to mine diamonds, diamond to mine obsidian etc.)

Okay, will do that. Will gather a ton of wood make some ladders and start digging.

Thanks for the tips:salute:

[Nagy]

I wouldn't even bother with ladders, just dig a staircase down to those levels.

[Dowly]

I wouldn't even bother with ladders, just dig a staircase down to those levels.

Ladders are faster, especially if you risk it and go down 1x1 shaft. ;)

[Spike88]

Ladders are faster, especially if you risk it and go down 1x1 shaft. ;)

It's more economical to use the staircase. 2 trees of wood and a staircase will get you diamond quicker.




As for creepers, I think I've only died once from a creeper. I had a creeper go off in my face the other day and I survived with 2-3 hearts left.

[Jankowski]

Can me and my friend have the server info now?

we promise that if any block is out of place you can ban us. we promise that we wont build under parthenons or break string traps.

[Krauter]

Dude, just gtfo. I've lost all respect for you.

[papa_smurf]

Gone for the dig straight down with ladders mining technique. Future plans include a hill-side house with crops growing in front of the house.

Will post screenshots of my exploits.

[NeonSamurai]

I never dig straight down myself, always do a spiral 5x5 (and then put a hole straight down the middle). 2 reasons why, 1 so i don't accidentally dig straight down into lava, and 2 i run a track down the spiral.

[Krauter]

Dig 9x9 myself, but that's because I like to do level dropouts at different depths for cobble mines, coal mines, and the big bottom tunnels. I might just try to run a spiral up the tube though with minecarts running up and down... What's the ratio a powered minecart can push you up an incline?

1vertical x 2 horizontal? or is it 1x1?

[Oberon]

1 vertical 2 horizontal is the best bet, it does tend to run out of steam with 1 by 1

[Dowly]

Not sure if 1x2 can maintain sustained climb for long tho. :hmmm:

[Krauter]

Ok, Imight have to look into putting boosters in it then.

[papa_smurf]

When I dug down, I did it in stages so wouldn't have a very long ladder. Eventually found a cave with Redstone and some lava. House buildings going well, added a "kitchen" extension and got some wheat growing, but got interrupted by a creeper that blew it up! So had to rebuild that:nope:.

Instead of uploading screenshots here, done a Imageshack minecraft album so it will be easy for to look at, and to upload more images:
http://img232.imageshack.us/g/20110125121722.png/

[Krauter]

One thing for ladders, if you're cheap like me, place them every other block :D.

H
X H=Ladder X=Block
H
X
H
X

[Spike88]

One thing for ladders, if you're cheap like me, place them every other block :D.

H
X H=Ladder X=Block
H
X
H
X


I prefer stair cases just because I hate the way ladders look when they skip like that. :haha:

[Krauter]

True, but who likes looks over functionality ;)

Edit: Come to think of it, it looks ugly.. I think when I'm finished the tube and have my mine station at the bottom I'll take off the ladders and build a staircase w/ minecart

[Spike88]

True, but who likes looks over functionality ;)

Edit: Come to think of it, it looks ugly.. I think when I'm finished the tube and have my mine station at the bottom I'll take off the ladders and build a staircase w/ minecart

Or just get more wood and complete the ladder :P.

[Krauter]

I could do that, but then I have to chop the wood and craft it and put it up.

With the minecart I have to mine out the area for the tracks, craft the tracks, craft the cart, mine fuel for the other cart and craft another cart...

Wait a minute..

[Spike88]

Arc, sometime this weekend, can we get a new map update?

Also a cave map if it's not to much to ask for.

[Nagy]

Cave maps are cheating!

Also:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/keab42/Screenshots/mkeab1812location.png

[Krauter]

News map would be welcome though!

Edit: TWO large places?

[mkeab1812]

Yeah Nagys post shows where I have been building and mining and what have you if that's ok?

I will make sure not to go south as far as marked on here to keep clear of kolajaa and crecys place

[Nagy]

Edit: TWO large places?



Not I.

Slight difference in numbers. I'm Keab42.

[Krauter]

:o There's two!?

My apologies.

[Dowly]

Cave maps are cheating!

Precisely. :yep:

@mkeab1812

Welcome to SUBSIM. :salute:

[Oberon]

Gleetings mkeab1812 :yeah:

[Dowly]

Just found this rather hilarious SMP Let's play with one guy who's had very little experience and one who is teaching him around:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BlueXephos#g/c/F60520313D07F366

[Spike88]

Cave maps are cheating!




Are not :P. I'm more interested in knowing about any extra work I'll have to do if there is a cave system under my main area.

Yeah Nagys post shows where I have been building and mining and what have you if that's ok?

I will make sure not to go south as far as marked on here to keep clear of kolajaa and crecys place

No it's not okay. :O:

Welcome aboard.

:o There's two!?

My apologies.
You just realized this? She's been with us since the last map.




And.... I've finally worked out what my project will look like when it's 100% done.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/MCmap-2.png
The black circle is what my tower will look like. The yellow, will be the actual rooms.

Levels B1-4 will be storage B5 will be a forge, B6 will be a tree farm, B7 will be a general farm, and B7 will be a animal farm. Levels 1 through Skylimit will be random things, mostly just empty space. Somewhere in there there will be a trainstation(probably ground level).

The outside will be smooth stone to bedrock, and the general shape will look something like the Citadel from Half Life 2. I may have rooms of pure indulgence from all the minerals I find.

[Krauter]

I thought mkeab was another account of keabs:doh:

[Dowly]

@Spike, you really planning to go through with that? :DL

[Spike88]

@Spike, you really planning to go through with that? :DL


That's the plan.

[CCIP]

ZERO PUNCTUATION TIME!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2680-Minecraft

not even Minecraft's safe from Yahtzee :88)

[edit] though in fairness, this seems like one of the most glowing reviews he ever gave a game :haha:

[Dowly]

[edit] though in fairness, this seems like one of the most glowing reviews he ever gave a game :haha:

Indeed. :DL

[Oberon]

I think short of FO3 that's probably one of the best one's he's given. I love the description of our green exploding friends. :haha: