Minecraft [see post #1 for MP server info] [Archive] - Page 9

Dowly

03-28-11, 12:15 PM

I think the fans have made a good effort on keeping his RPG pack alive, don't see how it would be any different with this. :03:

Tho, personally I like the Lucid Pack (http://www.lucidpack.com/), it's simplistic, but not too much so. :up:

EDIT: Oh and http://manzano.naurunappula.com/nn/1/620/053/o_699601.gif :rotfl2:

NeonSamurai

03-28-11, 02:33 PM

<wonders how many times a certain drunk ferret fell of his floating world during construction> :D

Dowly

03-28-11, 04:49 PM

^ Twice.:DL (But it's mainly water down below, so... :O:)

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I was too lazy to make the whole scene as I first intended so I just made the
characters and waited for the moon to rise up behind them. :D

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

EDIT: Oh and The Yogscast - Livestream Highlights Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwFDr3ab0LE

Krauter

03-29-11, 09:02 AM

Not really sure if I'm missing the IP code or anything but every time I try to log in I get a timeout or it just hangs.

Arclight

03-29-11, 09:12 AM

Working here, router seems to be fine too. :hmmm:

Krauter

03-29-11, 09:34 AM

Hmm.. would you mind resending the IP address to me?

Arclight

03-29-11, 09:42 AM

Will do, just a sec.

Krauter

03-29-11, 12:58 PM

Thanks a lot Arc :D worked like a charm!

Also, anychance of a map update? or when was the most recent one?

Arclight

03-29-11, 01:21 PM

I'll have a look for a map. Last one is pretty dated I think.

Krauter

03-29-11, 01:33 PM

Thanks mate

Nagy

03-29-11, 03:36 PM

we've been fairly quiet so I doubt a lot has changed since the last mapping.

Dowly

03-29-11, 05:49 PM

The Yogscast - Livestream Highlights Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4fDyMycRBM

Spike88

03-29-11, 09:43 PM

:damn:

I made a mistake on the 3rd floor of my newest building, but i can't destroy it. The block keeps reappearing. The whole floor refuses to allow anything to be destroyed, but a nearby tree at the same height was easily chopped down, and I can delete blocks on the floor below.

I know Dowly had mentioned something similar at his new base.

Edit: It appeared to be only in one chunk, a browse through the MC forums revealed that apparently the chunk I was working in was lagging. It's now working normally. Although it started working again right when I had decided to hit the TNT block that kept re-appearing.

Krauter

03-29-11, 10:13 PM

Where exactly is your new castle spike? I was strolling around your perimeter but couldn't find it :(

Spike88

03-29-11, 10:28 PM

Where exactly is your new castle spike? I was strolling around your perimeter but couldn't find it :(

It's in the center. lol. Nothing was really there until today, besides my old shack. It's actually not far from your castle.

Krauter

03-30-11, 01:01 AM

Hmmm :hmmm: I'll have to take a stroll next time I'm online.

Kapitän Schneider

03-30-11, 08:02 AM

Yup. Might do a DLR out at some point, we do have Bank station after all. At the moment it's just the Northern Line which will go North/South and then the Central Line will go East/West.

I'm just under halfway across the lake heading for Spud and Zirrans place, will then skirt around Zirrans wall and then head south for Crecy and Kolaaja.

You have my permission to build the tunnel under my area, just don't put any stations on or near my land. Going round my place will take too long.

Oberon

03-30-11, 12:25 PM

Ah, Danke, the station for your area will be on the outside of your wall, so if ever you get killed it's easy for you to get back there. There'll also be one for Spud if he ever comes back.

Been distracted a bit by Fallout New Vegas, but work will continue soon. :salute:

Dowly

03-30-11, 12:29 PM

Oh right, for those who don't know yet, I'm back in SMP. My current spot is somewhere west of Crécy & Kolaaja. :salute:

EDIT: Well, maybe back, I'm being hit pretty hard by the ****ing reappearing block BS.

EDIT2: Uh.. this bug makes no sense. At the moment, if I place something on level 71, I can't pick it up again, but if I place something on levels 70 or 72, I can pick it up just fine. And again, if I place something on level 73, I can't pick it up again.

Spike88

03-30-11, 01:51 PM

Krauts, Lionclaw, and I have decided to build a city as a community project, in the center of the hexagon. Construction is open to anyone, just build within the city limits, and don't build where someone else has already started building. Supplies in the Plumbing building are open to all, just don't be greedy.

Krauter

03-30-11, 02:03 PM

I will also be transporting stocks of supplies from my fort down into the city once construction gets going as well.

Oberon

03-30-11, 02:25 PM

I'll halt construction of the Northern line southbound and take the Central line west bound to you. It'll make it easier to access and move supplies around. :)

Oh, and Dowly, the block bug is completely bloody random. If you leave the block and come back in a few days then you'll probably be able to destroy it.
Real pain in the arse, I know.

Krauter

03-30-11, 02:40 PM

Cheers. I was thinking of building a raised rail bridge that'll run to my island so we can have easier transport. Also, I need to finish the harbour so we can transport things by boat too :D

Oberon

03-30-11, 03:02 PM

http://www.collectedcurios.com/SA_0685_small.jpg

Kapitän Schneider

03-30-11, 04:45 PM

Ah, Danke, the station for your area will be on the outside of your wall, so if ever you get killed it's easy for you to get back there.

Its already easy for me to get back to my project, so don't bother building a station near me.

Spike88

03-30-11, 05:52 PM

The mine hub has been created, I just need to get the cart system in out working.

Edit: As asked by krauts, here is the list of projects currently needing to be completed:

1. Fill in any water within the 4 limits of the city(marked by 4 torches)
2. construct the security wall, outside of the city limits, wall needs to be spider proof, and 4 blocks wide, and 5 blocks high.
3. Flatten any land inside the city limits
4. Work on the mine
5. Work on the rail system in co-ordination with Oberon and keab, we need a station into the city.

Krauter

03-30-11, 06:18 PM

In regards to #5. I would like to run a rail line over to my old mine area just because it has a lot of resources still in it.

If possible, could an op spawn me the rail? if not I'll just craft them myself.

Oberon

03-30-11, 06:54 PM

I'm on the way there.

Ok Zi I'll tunnel under you when I get there.

Krauter

03-30-11, 07:14 PM

The front wall and gate of [insert city name here] have currently been finished. If anyone wishes to come out and help just stop by Spikes old place :)

Spike88

03-30-11, 07:16 PM

City naming committee away!

All, and any names will be taken into consideration.

Krauter

03-30-11, 07:18 PM

Also, Arclight, Dowly mentioned you have a TS channel for Shogun 2. Maybe we can highjack it, or make a subsection (I know you can do something like that on vent not sure about TS though) for us Minecraft people? It would make communicating about building this city thing a lot easier.

Dowly

03-30-11, 07:27 PM

Oberon

03-30-11, 07:28 PM

Well, according to the Central Line map the station will be St. Pauls. :yep:

Krauter

03-30-11, 07:30 PM

Sorry for alarming you earlier Krauter, seems like my youtube didn't pick up the new video as fast as usual, so here goes. :O:

The Yogscast - Fallout-inspired Custom Map Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvx6DYSNw_8

AND THE STUDY BREAK COMMENCES :yeah:

St-Pauls station.. How about naming the city St-Pauls? or.. too.. bleh?

Spike88

03-30-11, 07:31 PM

AND THE STUDY BREAK COMMENCES :yeah:

St-Pauls station.. How about naming the city St-Pauls? or.. too.. bleh?

Not Cyberpunk enough.

Oberon

03-30-11, 07:39 PM

New London? Mega-City One? Brit-Cit? :hmmm:

Krauter

03-30-11, 07:46 PM

How about New Old New York?

Dowly

03-30-11, 07:47 PM

Ridiculously Awesome Cyperpunkish City Of Over-ambitious Nuts

Or just R.A.C.C.O.O.N CITY

:O:

Krauter

03-30-11, 07:57 PM

Maybe since we're building it with a semi-Japanese feel we can name it after the Shogun 2 clan? Or in reference towards it in some way?

Edit: Are we even building it with a Japanese feel to it?

Spike88

03-30-11, 08:04 PM

Maybe since we're building it with a semi-Japanese feel we can name it after the Shogun 2 clan? Or in reference towards it in some way?

Edit: Are we even building it with a Japanese feel to it?

I was going to build a Japanese castle some where in it.

What's the best Z-level for Diamonds, and redstone?

Dowly

03-30-11, 08:06 PM

What's the best Z-level for Diamonds, and redstone?

Got 37 diamonds from level 12 yesterday and close to 60-70 when the map started. :hmmm:

Krauter

03-30-11, 08:11 PM

I believe its between 15-10

Spike88

03-30-11, 09:33 PM

Bah, someone turned my 3 sugar cane into 3 paper. So much for the Sugar Cane farm.

Krauter

03-30-11, 09:37 PM

Sorry.. that was me :oops: I was low on health and quickly thought they were wheat. Tried to make bread :cry:

I'll kill myself next time I come online and grab some from spawn to get us going. I'll also grab some bamboo as well.

Spike88

03-30-11, 09:47 PM

Krauter

03-30-11, 10:01 PM

Sorry I meant reeds.

Will be on shortly, just need to finish 3 more diagrams and then I'll be on to continue the wall.

Spike88

03-30-11, 10:14 PM

Sorry I meant reeds.

Will be on shortly, just need to finish 3 more diagrams and then I'll be on to continue the wall.

Reeds is bamboo is Sugar Cane. :haha: You mean wheat?

Krauter

03-30-11, 10:23 PM

I mean I'll get back to uhh buildin that ther wall. :88)

Spike88

03-30-11, 10:27 PM

I mean I'll get back to uhh buildin that ther wall. :88)
I put some stone in one of the stone chests, I've also started the sewage line. You can get to it through the maintenance hatch in the Plumbing station. Once I get the city up, I'll add man holes. It will make a perfect underground travel if the city is ever overrun by zombies, and or creepers.

Krauter

03-30-11, 10:36 PM

:damn: Facking reappearing blocks..

Arclight

03-30-11, 11:58 PM

Dowly

03-31-11, 06:45 AM

The Yogscast - Fallout-inspired Custom Map Part 1 (Re-upload, fixes the black screen):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kiTcUhIdm0

The Yogscast - Fallout-inspired Custom Map Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxFpLXzG5nY

Kapitän Schneider

03-31-11, 11:25 AM

Patch 1.4 is out now! Upgrade and make yourself some cookies!

Dowly

03-31-11, 11:36 AM

Change log:

* Added tameable wolves
* Added cookies
* Sleeping in a bed now resets your spawn position
* New Minecraft logo
* Holding shift while climbing will hang on to the ladder
* Spiders will no longer trample crops
* Lots and lots of infrastructure for Statistics lists and Achievements

While most of the code is written, statistics and achievements won’t show up until the next update.
We didn’t quite have time to finish them this week, and didn’t want to delay the update longer.

Now, who's going to wake Arc up to update the server? :O:

Dowly

03-31-11, 03:08 PM

The Yogscast - Wolves and Cookies! (1.4 Beta Update):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozdADY1NzvM

EDIT: Arclight says server is up-to-date!

Krauter

03-31-11, 03:49 PM

Just tried logging in. Says the client is out of date.

Arclight

03-31-11, 03:54 PM

Grab the updated client binary and paste it in the TS2 folder. Think it's just a new .exe to replace the old one. http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=downloads&archive=1

Krauter

03-31-11, 03:56 PM

Was talking about the MC server lol.. seems I can't run GeruDoku with the server at v1.4

As for the TS2 server, when I try to login it just says error.

Krauter

03-31-11, 04:09 PM

I've got to get going soon. I'll test it again when I get back home later tonight.

Spike88

03-31-11, 07:39 PM

Can we get this mod installed?

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=100771&f=25
It only appears for those who have the mod installed.

Krauter

03-31-11, 08:30 PM

There's a separate download for Mac, not sure that client works with a Windows-based server though.

That might be the issue.. I'll check the TS site and see if its the problem and keep trying. Thanks again!

Krauter

03-31-11, 09:51 PM

Got it working!

Downloaded the TS3 client formac.. not TS2 :88)

Spike88

03-31-11, 10:42 PM

The entrance to City 19 has finally been completed. As a note, the only way to open it is in the city. So if you get locked out, the only alternative entrance will be the subway.

Arclight

04-01-11, 01:34 AM

Sounds like the perfect setup for a horror game. :lol:

Spike88

04-01-11, 01:47 AM

Sounds like the perfect setup for a horror game. :lol:
Which is slightly fitting, considering Dowly wanted to name it R.A.C.C.O.O.N.(forget what the long name was).

TNT seems to have a random chance of blowing up larger than normal. It will appear as two explosions in the same area. Makes it more unpredictable. Just blew a crater outside of the city wall with 4 tnt that went off like 6. :haha:

Spike88

04-01-11, 03:04 AM

FUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!-----

:damn:

Cave spelunking in the mine. Found a lake of lava which I turned part of it into obisidan, move forwards to explore another part, and my mouse glitched. Dropping me into the lava.

Lost a diamond pick, 30 something iron, 2 stacks of redstone, 6 gold. The only good thing is that my 4 diamonds survived.

Spike88

04-01-11, 04:57 AM

Triple Post later, and the wall is nearly 50% complete.
On top of that a majority of the land has been flattened.
The only outstanding project is to fill in all the water, and continue the sewage line(which I will do).

Oberon

04-01-11, 07:19 AM

http://www.minecraft.net/store/loot.jsp

:haha:

Dowly

04-01-11, 07:23 AM

http://www.minecraft.net/store/loot.jsp

:haha:

Hahaha, good one! :rotfl2:

Gargamel

04-01-11, 11:44 AM

http://www.kontraband.com/videos/25881/The-Last-Minecart/#show

Lionclaw

04-01-11, 12:12 PM

Here are the pictures of the temple Olympieion from the last map. To WagaFett and to others who'd like to see them.

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/7104/minecraftonline01.jpg (http://img806.imageshack.us/i/minecraftonline01.jpg/)

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1234/minecraftonline02.jpg (http://img713.imageshack.us/i/minecraftonline02.jpg/)

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/9991/minecraftonline03.jpg (http://img202.imageshack.us/i/minecraftonline03.jpg/)

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/928/minecraftonline04.jpg (http://img705.imageshack.us/i/minecraftonline04.jpg/)

Oberon

04-01-11, 12:13 PM

It's an awesome video that.

Right, I'm taking a brief break from the subway due to technical navigation issues which will hopefully be sorted soon. In the meantime I will be experimenting with redstone, so expect howls from frustration from my area of the map.

Oberon

04-01-11, 12:16 PM

By the way, I took a little wander around the South last night...and good lord, Crecy and Kolaaja have been busy. If ever you have a chance, I think you should go and have a look at their place it's pretty awesome. A lovely looking walled village with a cathedral looking structure. It's very nicely made. :yep:

Oh, and Spike...your wolves were pining for you earlier. I presume they were yours that were left at City 19 gates? They were just sitting there and whining...I nearly called the SPCA. :03:

Chad

04-01-11, 12:16 PM

I finally sucked it up and purchased Minecraft.

Looking at the first page, I see the server has been hidden due to griefing :down:

Could someone PM me the server address please?

Spike88

04-01-11, 01:30 PM

http://www.minecraft.net/store/loot.jsp

:haha:
Raptor caught me off guard.

Oh, and Spike...your wolves were pining for you earlier. I presume they were yours that were left at City 19 gates? They were just sitting there and whining...I nearly called the SPCA. :03:

I figured they'd despawn when I log out. Yeah, they're mine, but what's this SPCA to speak of?

Edit: If it wasn't for the damn skybox, this would make an awesome final outcome for City 17:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/ws_Deus_Ex__Human_Revolution_2560x1440.jpg

Oberon

04-01-11, 01:43 PM

Raptor caught me off guard.

I figured they'd despawn when I log out. Yeah, they're mine, but what's this SPCA to speak of?

Edit: If it wasn't for the damn skybox, this would make an awesome final outcome for City 17:

That pic is full of win.

SPCA is animal cruelty police, a bit like these guys:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Animal_Police

Arclight

04-01-11, 02:44 PM

I finally sucked it up and purchased Minecraft.

Looking at the first page, I see the server has been hidden due to griefing :down:

Could someone PM me the server address please?
Can do, check PM.

Oberon

04-01-11, 02:47 PM

Can do, check PM.

Is your inbox clear yet Arc? I tried to send you a PM last night but it bounced.

Spike88

04-01-11, 02:49 PM

Is your inbox clear yet Arc? I tried to send you a PM last night but it bounced.
Yeah it is, I sent him the latest Trade committee pm today.

Oberon

04-01-11, 02:53 PM

Yeah it is, I sent him the latest Trade committee pm today.

http://www.fortunesalwayshiding.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/excellent2.jpg

Chad

04-01-11, 03:00 PM

Alright I played for a bit.

Thanks for everyone who helped me out to start out.

My nickname is FuriousChad in game :)

Gargamel

04-01-11, 03:09 PM

Alright I played for a bit.

Thanks for everyone who helped me out to start out.

My nickname is FuriousChad in game :)

Any relation to a wow player who goes by FuriousJeff? Probably not, but it's one of the better handles I've heard of.

Kapitän Schneider

04-01-11, 03:17 PM

Came up with a conversion table for certain resources and hard to find items.

1 Gold Disc = 1 Diamond

1 Green Disc = 1 Diamond

1 Stack of Brick Block = 1 Stack of Iron, 32 Gold, 3 Diamonds

1 Stack of Netherrack = 32 Iron, 16 Gold, 3 Diamonds

1 Stack of Slowstone = 1 Stack of Iron, 32 Gold, 3 Diamonds

1 Stack of Glowstone = 2 Stacks of Iron, 1 Stack of Gold, 6 Diamonds

Pumpkin = 1 Stack of Iron, 32 Gold, 3 Diamonds

Moss Stone = 1 Stack Iron, 32 Gold, 3 Diamonds

Lapus Lazuli = 32 Iron, 16 Gold, 3 Diamonds

Mob Spawner = 1 Stack of Diamonds

Obviously this is a prototype of any resource conversion rate and more resources can be added to it. But what does everyone think about it?

Chad

04-01-11, 03:19 PM

Any relation to a wow player who goes by FuriousJeff? Probably not, but it's one of the better handles I've heard of.

Nope sorry.

I use FuriousChad on the PS3 too. But MMO's I'm more of a traditional role player, and would sound more RP'sh

Spike88

04-01-11, 03:21 PM

Came up with a conversion table for certain resources and hard to find items.

-snip-

Obviously this is a prototype of any resource conversion rate and more resources can be added to it. But what does everyone think about it?

Bit steep.

Kapitän Schneider

04-01-11, 03:32 PM

Bit steep.

Well like every thing in Minecraft, you have to work for it. Plus like I said its just a rough conversion rate. Final decision rests with Arc and you ops.

Spike88

04-01-11, 04:12 PM

Well like every thing in Minecraft, you have to work for it. Plus like I said its just a rough conversion rate. Final decision rests with Arc and you ops.

We're thinking of using Eggs as a currency. Gold is a bit hard to find.

Arclight

04-01-11, 04:15 PM

Every transaction has a chance of you ending up with egg on your face, just like in real life! :yeah:

Oberon

04-01-11, 04:22 PM

Every transaction has a chance of you ending up with egg on your face, just like in real life! :yeah:

http://www.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/badum-tish.jpg

Spike88

04-01-11, 04:29 PM

Every transaction has a chance of you ending up with egg on your face, just like in real life! :yeah:

And or spawning a chicken.

Krauter

04-01-11, 07:31 PM

Think it's a bit steep as well.. What with Gold being pretty rare.. and 3 diamonds for everything? I was thinking Iron could be used more as a currency because its a little more common to find and its used for a lot of things (making tools, doors, etc).

If I got a ton of gold for moss stone say, it would just end up sitting in one of my chests.

Krauter

04-01-11, 08:19 PM

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/5834/20110401211712.png

Geno and Spike getting a little too comfortable while I get ready for bed...

Spike88

04-01-11, 08:22 PM

Is that a sword in my hand? Or am I just happy? The world will never know. :haha:

Geno_Mariner

04-01-11, 08:27 PM

That is.... creepy.... o.O Don't get in the same bed as me next time D:< :haha:

Spike88

04-01-11, 08:33 PM

That is.... creepy.... o.O Don't get in the same bed as me next time D:< :haha:

It is creepy since I chose the left most bed. :haha:

Spike88

04-01-11, 09:51 PM

As soon as geno leaves, a wolf spawns outside the plumbing building. :haha:

Okay, just did a count, the city limits are 128 by 128 blocks. With a total area of 16,384 blocks.

In the center will be a 40x40 building belonging to me, and to the east is Krauts hill. Everything else is up for grabs.

Arclight

04-02-11, 12:28 AM

http://www.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/badum-tish.jpg
Thank you! I'll be here all night. :haha:

Kapitän Schneider

04-02-11, 05:40 AM

We're thinking of using Eggs as a currency. Gold is a bit hard to find.

Well eggs are even harder to find than gold. Besides if you want something you work for it, not wait around chickens to drop their load.

Dowly

04-02-11, 06:45 AM

The Yogscast - Planes! (Part 1) - Mod Spotlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brGhO6ZfBjo

Geno_Mariner

04-02-11, 08:29 AM

As soon as geno leaves, a wolf spawns outside the plumbing building. :haha:

Fuuuu- :damn: Damn wolves :shifty:

Oberon

04-02-11, 09:04 AM

Dowly

04-02-11, 03:26 PM

The Yogscast - Planes! (Part 2) - Mod Spotlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP119zd7TlI

Oberon

04-02-11, 03:49 PM

"That's a very nice plane you have there..."

:har::har::har::har::har::har:

Spike88

04-02-11, 04:57 PM

:har: Always the way.

Ok, I give up, I'm trying to build this for the center of City 19:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyidRwD20h4

I'm copying what the chap has done but will it work? Will it heck.

Any ideas where I've gone wrong?

The center of city 19 is going to be a giant skyscraper.

I.think cacti are a bit unpredictable. The better option would be a timer built lower. Every interval of the timer will send a charge up the tower and sounding the chime.

Krauter

04-02-11, 05:11 PM

You could build a 5 clock as a timer

Spike88

04-03-11, 02:10 AM

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/javaw2011-04-0302-57-26-91.jpg'

There are 3 wolves in this picture. :haha: The game just hates Geno. I woke up to find a fourth wolf eating all the nearby sheep.

Spike88

04-03-11, 02:50 PM

The citadel has been marked out in the center of City 19. The current marking is only a rough sketch, and chances are the final product will be smaller.

Krauter

04-03-11, 09:33 PM

What the devil did you build in the center there Spike? It clicks a lot lol.. a clock is it or...?

CaptainMattJ.

04-03-11, 09:38 PM

your server looks amazingly sophisticated. Wish i could be in there with ya :up:

Krauter

04-03-11, 09:40 PM

Where are you at? Why don't you join?

Spike88

04-04-11, 12:10 AM

What the devil did you build in the center there Spike? It clicks a lot lol.. a clock is it or...?

That's Obi's clock.

Krauter

04-04-11, 12:44 AM

Aah, it works very well might I add :) Can hear it over most of the compound.

Lionclaw

04-04-11, 03:24 AM

At the moment, City 19 seems to be the site of a horror movie. Creepy music. :O: ;)

Oberon

04-04-11, 07:50 AM

At the moment, City 19 seems to be the site of a horror movie. Creepy music. :O: ;)

A new mob might start spawning around there soon:

http://lparchive.org/Clock-Tower-3/Update%2028/7-150px-Scissormanct.jpg

Spike88

04-04-11, 09:29 AM

A long with this rarer mob:
http://media.thatguys.co.uk/uploaded_images/Pyramid_Head_by_suarezart-760827.jpg

While working on testing and cleaning up for the release, someone pointed out that Friday was April 1st, so I immediately shone up and requested - nay, DEMANDED - we should include the April Fools joke. Every map chunk generated on April 1st has a small chance of generating a glowing indestructible chest. When the player tries to open it, a window pops up telling the player he needs a “Steve Co” brand key to unlock it. Clicking a button takes the player to this page (http://www.minecraft.net/store/loot.jsp) (the floating “april fools” text wasn’t there.. And if you’re reading this blog post in the future, it’s probably been removed altogether).
This is meant to be a playful jab at the Mann Co Store in Team Fortress 2.
Valve is my favorite game development studio on Earth, but it seems like they can’t take a joke, as they immediately put their best witchdoctors to work, and sent horrible hexes my way. My throat exploded into a quagmire of pain, my brain started trying to escape from my head, and disturbingly large quantities of sticky goo began to make its way out of my face.
So this is my warning:
DO NOT JOKE ABOUT VALVE

:haha:

Dowly

04-04-11, 04:17 PM

The Yogscast - "Shadow of Israphel" Part 17: The Fragmented Map

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_NuUsLT720

Krauter

04-04-11, 05:19 PM

'Bout time :haha: I love these guys. Thanks a ton dowly :salute:

Dowly

04-04-11, 05:43 PM

Np. :up:

In other news, a mostly likely new mechanical block to be added at some point is a piston. According to Coestar, Jeb has said that if the maker of the Pistons (http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=247686&f=1032) mod wants to submit the mod to Mojang it is very likely to be added to Minecraft. (and the author has submitted it to Notch & co. :rock:)

Oberon

04-04-11, 06:20 PM

Piston eh?

I like where this is going. :yeah:

Krauter

04-04-11, 06:30 PM

Be cool to make a cannon with the piston.

Hell of a lot easier than with Tnt.

Spike88

04-04-11, 07:30 PM

Piston eh?

I like where this is going. :yeah:

I concur, thinking of the tech's I could build into the citadel with this. :)

Holy hell. Thank you shift key. I am working on the rail system in the mine shaft. It will run a cart from level 12 all the way to the surface. Due to a miscalculation in the digging of the tunnel, I just dug a 4x4 tunnel straight down. I'm working my way back down from the top, slowly adding the platform that the rail will run on. I step backwards, and realize I'm stepping back into thin air. I quickly hit the shift key and avoid falling 30 levels.

Spike88

04-05-11, 01:23 AM

I've finished the first circuit loop for Oberon's chime. Right now it takes a whole 3 minutes for the charge to loop. By adding more to this line, we hope to get a max of 5 minutes from this row.

We'll then make two rows underneath it to make the chime go off every 15 minutes. As a note, if anyone breaks the loop for any reason, allow the charge to completely drain from the loop. Otherwise you'll ruin the timer.

Krauter

04-05-11, 01:29 AM

Looks good, just logged in, seems I missed you.

If you can explain to me how the redstone repeaters work then I'll try and biuld more of the circuitry for you

Spike88

04-05-11, 01:39 AM

Looks good, just logged in, seems I missed you.

If you can explain to me how the redstone repeaters work then I'll try and biuld more of the circuitry for you
Get on for a second and I'll explain.

And what the hell, I logged on to find that I'm on the roof of the plumbing building.

Krauter

04-05-11, 01:43 AM

:haha: Logging on now.

Spike88

04-05-11, 05:05 PM

Obe, the rail station intercepts the 3rd floor of the Clock.

Edit: Nevermind, I shifted the room 3 blocks westward.

Dowly

04-05-11, 05:23 PM

The Yogscast - Dragons - Mod Spotlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCdmOuik9l8

Kapitän Schneider

04-06-11, 05:52 AM

Check this out! Its a WIP Mod of CCTV cameras. Its awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2yYyBGm_U

Spike88

04-06-11, 07:24 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oshBUvuwHlw&feature=related
I want one of these.

Oberon

04-06-11, 10:02 AM

Attention!

The Underground railway between the Spawn and City 19 is completed and fully boostered, as is the railway between Spawn and Task Force/Geno/My place.

Here is a map:

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3885/minecrafttubemap.jpg

There are chests at each station with minecarts inside, please help yourselves but remember to put the cart back into the boxes when you're done with them. Each station also has a little arrival chime to simulate the door chimes on LU stock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRqEsZ8T9P4&feature=player_detailpage#t=93s

So, if it's a long journey, as some will be, you'll be able to alt tab out of MC and just listen out for the chime when you reach your destination. :yep:

Enjoy...and please try not to break it. :haha:

Dowly

04-06-11, 04:37 PM

The Yogscast - "Shadow of Israphel" Part 18: Swampy Away!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paYXaME_0Fc

Krauter

04-06-11, 04:46 PM

:haha:

Cheers!

Krauter

04-06-11, 06:46 PM

Like how the stations set up there Oberon good job :yeah:

Spike I presume the Castle is yours? very nice as per usual.

On a side note, what happened to the trees on my hillock :stare: ??

Oberon

04-06-11, 07:36 PM

I may have been responsible for the felling of two of them. Needed wood for stuff. I have loads of saplings around if needed.

Meanwhile whilst returning from surveying around Spuds place (and falling down a giant underwater crevasse which lead to an awesome underwater cave. It's just off the coast by Spuds if anyone wants to check it out).

Well...how did he know? :haha:

http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/4718/20110407013015.png

Spike88

04-06-11, 07:47 PM

Like how the stations set up there Oberon good job :yeah:

Spike I presume the Castle is yours? very nice as per usual.

On a side note, what happened to the trees on my hillock :stare: ??

I believe you're speaking of Waga's whorehouse. The only part I took in it was helping him design the little end pieces on the pagoda roof.

Edit, someone wen't crazy and planted a mess load of trees on the citadel's perimeter line.

Spike88

04-06-11, 08:39 PM

Obe, you have the east/west bound signs messed up. You take the Eastbound west towards city 19 at the moment. :haha:

Krauter

04-06-11, 09:36 PM

Haha so we've got a brothel already.. not bad :)

Meh no big deal I figured I could find some saplings lying around lol.

And yea I noticed that. actually looks kind of nice

Spike88

04-06-11, 09:57 PM

Haha so we've got a brothel already.. not bad :)

Meh no big deal I figured I could find some saplings lying around lol.

And yea I noticed that. actually looks kind of nice

Yes, the crime rate in City 19 is already picking up.

It looked nice until I burnt it down. :haha:

Edit:
Current Projects for City 19:

Finish filling in water.
Finish the wall
dig a 10 gap between wall, and any nearby terrain(on the outside) To eliminate mobs from getting over
Run sewer throughout city
Finish oberon's chime(I think I have enough redstone to do so)
Illuminate city
Start the road-Will have names.

Krauter

04-06-11, 10:21 PM

Wat do you want to build the roads out of?

TteFAboB

04-06-11, 10:31 PM

NOOOOOO! MY TREES! :wah:

Ok, I take the blame for everything on this page. :o

Man, I need to get a grip... Let's see:

1) Yes, the castle is mine

2) yes I chopped down all the trees on your hill Krauter, I am terribly sorry, I thought your hill was elsewhere, I do have hundreds of saplings and will gladly cover the world in trees if that could make up for it

3) yes Spike, it was me who planted the trees around the Citadel's perimiter as a make-shift tree farm, I thought you'd be away until friday you sneaky fox. Did I say NOOOOOO! MY TREEEES! yet? Wood flooring and stuff takes a lot of wood! MY WOOD, YOU PYRO!

4) and finally... no. Enough. :timeout: I'll let Mr. Spud take the merit on that one.

Whew! Going back to my low profile now! :salute:

Arclight

04-07-11, 05:36 AM

Er, Spike, I know it's your pet project, but burning something down because you don't like it would be a nono.

Oberon

04-07-11, 06:22 AM

Obe, you have the east/west bound signs messed up. You take the Eastbound west towards city 19 at the moment. :haha:

:hmmm: :damn:

Whoops! :haha:

Oberon

04-07-11, 11:07 AM

http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/1928/minecrafttubemapfe.jpg

Line has now been extended south to Borough. It's directly outside of Sgt.Potatos place.

Now, if one of the people who don't have op powers could drop some signs around Bank station at the point they can put carts down on the track and I'll put some boosters and cart crates there. :yep:

Spike88

04-07-11, 07:42 PM

Er, Spike, I know it's your pet project, but burning something down because you don't like it would be a nono.

Not when it's on my building. The whole of city 19 belongs to everyone, but the trees where planted on the markings I had used for the citadel. Everything on and inside of those markings has been claimed as exclusively mine. Just like the trees on Krauts hill where exclusively his.

Waga, I thought you were using the bottom of the mine as a Tree farm, what happened to that?

I guess I'll break off from the other projects and build a wood farm already.

Dowly

04-07-11, 07:52 PM

Now that we have bonemeal, what you need a tree farm for? :hmmm:

Task Force

04-07-11, 08:38 PM

Pretty cool conversation on MC about WW2 and stuff today Obi/zirran.:up: Probably the most interesting conversation ive had in a while.

Krauter

04-07-11, 10:39 PM

Yay! my experiment has come to fruition.. now to see if it works in practise :D

Spike88

04-08-11, 05:23 AM

Yay! my experiment has come to fruition.. now to see if it works in practise :D

This does not sound good.

We’ve been working on finishing up Achievements and Statistics for 1.5, I ran into some issues with JSON, got frustrated, and added weather instead. Developing new features like that is what I enjoy doing the most, so I ended up covering a lot of ground. There’s periodic downfall (snow in snowy areas, rain in others, nothing in deserts) that make the sky darker, hides the sun, moon and stars, and makes everything wet. Ice grows back in cold regions, and snowfall covers the ground when it’s snowing. During rain/snow, there can be occasional thunderstorms with lightning. I haven’t finished the actual lightning bolt yet, but everything else is fairly done.
Once the stats are done and the weather has been tested through, we’ll release 1.5. I’m guessing this will be next week. The piston mod might get added, but it will not be in time for 1.5.

Although, this does.

Arclight

04-08-11, 07:35 AM

Not when it's on my building. The whole of city 19 belongs to everyone, but the trees where planted on the markings I had used for the citadel. Everything on and inside of those markings has been claimed as exclusively mine. Just like the trees on Krauts hill where exclusively his.
At least it could have been harvested. You know how I feel about burning resources.

Oberon

04-08-11, 08:32 AM

Pretty cool conversation on MC about WW2 and stuff today Obi/zirran.:up: Probably the most interesting conversation ive had in a while.

It was an interesting convo, I quite enjoyed it too. :yeah:

Having weather in MC sounds epically awesome. Rain was already in classic, if you pressed...F5 I think it was and I think snow used to happen on the old arctic maps so the framework has been there.
What I loved about the rain (and I presume the snow) is that if you build a house it will not rain inside the house, unlike some other games.

Arclight

04-08-11, 08:39 AM

Wait... could lightning set wooden structures on fire?

Think I'll start adding lightning rods. :hmmm:

Oberon

04-08-11, 12:32 PM

Wait... could lightning set wooden structures on fire?

http://electrofishstudios.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fuuuuu.jpg

I didn't think of that. I hope not, or we're going to get some lag problems from forest fires...

Mkeabs Ice Palace will look awesome in the snow though :D

Lionclaw

04-08-11, 12:50 PM

Delivered cobble stone to City 19. :)

Oberon

04-08-11, 12:56 PM

Delivered cobble stone to City 19. :)

Excellent. Good work that man. Spike, we should consider a warehouse at some point. Trust me...I have a LOT of cobblestone...so much so in fact that I have to dump it regularly down holes whilst tunnelling.

Anyway, Krauters castle is the next stop. Krauter, is it alright if I build the station on the inside of the castle grounds?

After Krauter is the long drive up North-west to Keab and Arclights places.

Lionclaw

04-08-11, 01:00 PM

Any other resources needed?

Think I might just settle for supplying the city with resources than doing any construction. :hmmm:

Oberon

04-08-11, 01:02 PM

Any other resources needed?

Think I might just settle for supplying the city with resources than doing any construction. :hmmm:

Are you still where you started? I'll be flinging the railway that way at some point soon. :yep:

TteFAboB

04-08-11, 02:53 PM

Waga, I thought you were using the bottom of the mine as a Tree farm, what happened to that?

Indeed I was, but the need for wood was far greater than what that little chamber could provide.

Anyway, I'm done with wood harvesting for now. I have a few piles of logs which should suffice for the completion of the project. Let's hope!

What I need now is Sugar Cane, lots of Sugar Canes! For sweet bookshelves.

Lionclaw

04-08-11, 02:53 PM

Yeah, I'm still NEE from Spawn, I've got a tunnel that goes a short distance to the west that I'm planning to use as a railway.

Oberon

04-08-11, 04:09 PM

Indeed I was, but the need for wood was far greater than what that little chamber could provide.

Anyway, I'm done with wood harvesting for now. I have a few piles of logs which should suffice for the completion of the project. Let's hope!

What I need now is Sugar Cane, lots of Sugar Canes! For sweet bookshelves.

That I can help with, got something like four stacks of them.

Krauter

04-08-11, 05:22 PM

Excellent. Good work that man. Spike, we should consider a warehouse at some point. Trust me...I have a LOT of cobblestone...so much so in fact that I have to dump it regularly down holes whilst tunnelling.

Anyway, Krauters castle is the next stop. Krauter, is it alright if I build the station on the inside of the castle grounds?

After Krauter is the long drive up North-west to Keab and Arclights places.

You can tunnel right into the grounds if you like, there's plenty of room for that.

Oberon

04-08-11, 06:04 PM

You can tunnel right into the grounds if you like, there's plenty of room for that.

Awesome, that's what I was hoping you would say. :rock:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/images/londonunderground1_tunnel_1.jpg

Krauter

04-08-11, 07:02 PM

Oberon

04-08-11, 08:01 PM

What depth do you usually run the tunnels at? If you like you can connect it to my mine shaft, or "Lobby" for the guest rooms. I'd have to check but I believe they're not too far down. That and the mineshaft itself is capped by a pyramid to keep mobs out.

I have no idea...it's fairly deep...I'd wager about twenty or thirty below sea level, maybe forty.

I'll see where I land up. I'm just sheltering at yours for the night, I'm about fifty-sixty squares from reaching yours so I'll probably get there tomorrow or early next week. Depends how much time I get to MC over the coming few days.

Spike88

04-08-11, 08:45 PM

Excellent. Good work that man. Spike, we should consider a warehouse at some point. Trust me...I have a LOT of cobblestone...so much so in fact that I have to dump it regularly down holes whilst tunnelling.

Anyway, Krauters castle is the next stop. Krauter, is it alright if I build the station on the inside of the castle grounds?

After Krauter is the long drive up North-west to Keab and Arclights places.

The plumbing building is a warehouse :P.

As soon as I get some of the other buildings open, it will primarily be a warehouse.

Edit: Lion, we always need more dirt.

Oberon

04-08-11, 09:14 PM

I was thinking more Indiana Jones style, ya know, big open space and all that. The storage space in the Plumbing house confuses me. :haha:

ASWnut101

04-08-11, 11:48 PM

Found at 11:42 pm, CST (05:42am GMT). It's the front of the spawn castle thing. Dunno if it was an accident or not, but there was no obvious attempt to repair it. Fixing now...

http://i52.tinypic.com/9sqclf.jpg

Krauter

04-09-11, 03:25 AM

So I'm building a dry dock to hold a type VIIC currently.. and I have this nagging fear that it's TOO big.

Currently the drydock measures 70M x 12Mx 4m (l,w,d inside measurements).

I read on Uboat.net that Type VIIC is 67M x 6.2something M x 9m tall.

Now, from playing sh2,3,4,5 (realise these may not be good indicators) and seeing how big the Type 7 looks in those games... And then seeing how big my dock is.. it looks bloody huge :o So what is wrong here.. my calculations, or were Type VIICs really that big?

Dowly

04-09-11, 03:42 AM

The Yogscast - "Shadow of Israphel" Part 19: The Pirates of BBQ Bay

http://youtu.be/a1A-mRN6_Q0

Oberon

04-09-11, 08:15 AM

Spike, I fixed the minecart booster from the bottom of the mine, it now boosts all the way to the top. Snag is it's a one way booster, I'll have a butchers about two way boosters and see about fixing that. In the meantime though there's the stairs. :yep:

Dowly

04-09-11, 02:57 PM

The Yogscast livestream is starting any minute. :rock:

http://www.justin.tv/yogscast

EDIT: Oh and something to celebrate their 300k subscribers :rotfl2:

http://youtu.be/KAwHzj0veCQ

EDIT2:

Balls, they switched the livestream date to tomorrow evening.

Pisces

04-09-11, 06:29 PM

Spike88

04-09-11, 09:37 PM

Geno_Mariner

04-09-11, 11:42 PM

Hey guys, got a friend coming into the server, she's a friend and new to MC. Her name's sketchfoot, she probably won't be around often but yeah just letting y'all know :sunny:

Oberon

04-10-11, 04:45 AM

Better ask Arclight first Geno. It is his server.

Oberon

04-10-11, 04:55 AM

The old design was a two way booster, it just needed 1 more booster to get it to reach the top.

When I tried it, it didn't even get past the first level... :-?

Arclight

04-10-11, 05:00 AM

Better ask Arclight first Geno. It is his server.
She did, I asked her to anounce it. Couldn't be arsed, should have done it myself though. :oops:

Spike88

04-10-11, 08:13 AM

When I tried it, it didn't even get past the first level... :-?
The conditions had to be right. :haha:

There is a Second staircase on the left most side, that could be a down ramp.

Dowly

04-10-11, 02:20 PM

Rrright, let's try this livestream stuff again. :O:

The Yogscast are co-hosting the Child's Play charity event @ http://qubetubers.com/ atm.

At 9pm GMT (~40min from this post) they fire up their own 2 hour livestream @ http://www.justin.tv/yogscast

EDIT: Their stream is on the qubetubers stream instead of their own, starting NOW.

Krauter

04-10-11, 04:40 PM

Just laid the keel and a few measurements for the new submarine :D

Type VIIC, total length is correct however I may butcher the interior pretty bad.

Also, mis-measured the dock so it is now 87x12x4m so I may not even complete the submarine.

Cheers!

Krauter

Oberon

04-10-11, 06:44 PM

:hmmm:

There's a wolf in one of the booster carts at Bank...

Anyones? :haha:

Oberon

04-10-11, 08:38 PM

New Underground map.

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/1928/minecrafttubemapfe.jpg

Speaking of Maps...is there any chance you could generate a new one Arc?

Oh, and Spike, I got the stopwatch out and timed the first floor of redstone repeaters. 1:46mins.

Cactus is looking mighty simpler.... :haha:

Krauter

04-10-11, 09:00 PM

Where did you end up bringing the station to Oberon?

Geno_Mariner

04-11-11, 12:14 AM

:hmmm:

There's a wolf in one of the booster carts at Bank...

Anyones? :haha:

So that's where my 3rd Wolf of the suicidal bunch went.... tried to push it out, it kept getting back in, so I broke down the cart (I put it back) to get him out.

My other two... one jumped into my lava moat and the other jumped into a deep mine :damn:

Krauter

04-11-11, 12:45 AM

Any my U-fail-Boat is complete :D

Come to my place and leave comments if you like.. I realise the exterior looks like a turd.. but it's MY turd :D

Arclight

04-11-11, 05:37 AM

Unclear Sky: Minecraft’s Weather Update (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/04/11/minecraft-weather-patch/)

This is part of the v1.5 update, hopefully due this week. Notch says of the state of play in this video that “rain and especially thunder is waaay too common in this test, for demo purposes.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ

Oberon

04-11-11, 06:46 AM

Where did you end up bringing the station to Oberon?

It's at the back of your castle area. I'll throw a LU sign up at some point so it's easier to spot. :yep:

http://hotelcalifornialondon.com/screensaver/london-underground.jpg

Oberon

04-11-11, 06:47 AM

Unclear Sky: Minecraft’s Weather Update (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/04/11/minecraft-weather-patch/)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3GqaQkhuYw :yep:

Krauter

04-11-11, 10:49 AM

It's at the back of your castle area. I'll throw a LU sign up at some point so it's easier to spot. :yep:

http://hotelcalifornialondon.com/screensaver/london-underground.jpg

Found it, I was going to suggest joining it to the tunnels under the Pyramid.

Oberon

04-11-11, 11:02 AM

Yes, is that Nagys Hatak I saw looming to the north-west?

Krauter

04-11-11, 11:13 AM

Not a clue haha. Due to a crappy laptop that overheats and stutters easily I can barely play on Tiny rendering distance let alone Short or Normal :wah:

Oberon

04-11-11, 11:39 AM

Not a clue haha. Due to a crappy laptop that overheats and stutters easily I can barely play on Tiny rendering distance let alone Short or Normal :wah:

Sounds familar to the one I'm typing this on.... :yep:

Nagy

04-11-11, 02:42 PM

Yes, is that Nagys Hatak I saw looming to the north-west?

I'm still lowering the build site for it down to sea level :(

Reading Notch's tweets today, storms will lower the light level enough to allow mobs to spawn and if lightning hits a pig it'll create a Zombie Pigman...

Oberon

04-11-11, 03:31 PM

Now that will be interesting. I'd better attach a metal rod to my roof and run a redstone circuit down to the ground I think...

I didn't actually hear any thunder itself in the video though, I presume that's still to be added in. Loved the distant flashes though, would be awesome if the distant flashes had the low gentle rumble and the close flashes had the crash of thunder...would be even more awesome if it had the delay too.

Not so keen on the idea of things catching fire though, even if its limited to just player objects (to prevent massive forest fires). Knowing how vicious fire is in Minecraft, I could see many major problems emerging. Starting with Mr Fetts Geisha house. :hmmm:

By the way Nagy, have you been over to Keab2s ice palace? It's full of epicness and win. :yep: Oh, and snow. :yep:

Task Force

04-11-11, 05:57 PM

I wounder if taller objects risk getting hit more often.

Pisces

04-11-11, 06:09 PM

If lightning strikes sand, wouldn't it have to generate a block of glass?

Krauter

04-11-11, 06:09 PM

AKA Task Force's tower :haha:

This rain and snow is going to butcher my laptops performance even more.

Arclight

04-11-11, 07:14 PM

Anouncing 2 new players, guy I know through Kami and a mate of his. ecsktatic and MugenTheMiner.

Dowly

04-12-11, 08:08 AM

The Yogscast - The Legend of Verigan Part 1 (Shadow of Israphel Special)

http://youtu.be/Y7Qk2evomg8

This is the adventure they played on the Sunday's livestream, except from Lewis' point-of-view.

Quite a bit of money they got for the charity, when Yogscast came on, the viewer count jumped to around 16k and donations started to pour in. Checked the livestream on Monday morning when Simon and Lewis were on for a bit and they had collected something like $27 000 at that point. :o

Dowly

04-12-11, 02:47 PM

The Yogscast - The Legend of Verigan Part 2 (Shadow of Israphel Special)

http://youtu.be/XE-jGHc8UOI

Oberon

04-12-11, 02:59 PM

AKA Task Force's tower :haha:

My thoughts exactly considering a good sized part of it is actually INSIDE the clouds. :har: Good thing it's made out of stone...I just hope that TF doesn't stroll outside during a storm one day. ZZAAPP!! :haha:

In light of the coming weather update, I've built the top half of my castle/thing and glassed over the top of the non-Health and Safety compliant mine. The tube now goes to Fruitloops castle but there's no station there yet.
Since Fruitloop isn't on any more I'll take a break from working on the tube for a bit. If anyone wants to continue they are welcome to, I just ask that they keep to the style of construction which I've used and let me do the naming :)

Nagy

04-12-11, 03:26 PM

I might run a section North from Krauts to mine as it's a shorter distance than going North under Elco and up past Arc and Dylan.

I'll see if I get bored with mining out my build site.

Arc, with a handful of new players a new map render might be handy so that we can show everybody the lay of the land and where various people's claims are.

Oberon

04-12-11, 04:16 PM

Seconded on the map render, we could do with a new one please. :shucks:

Yeah, the plan was to go north from Krauts and intercept with your place, but I wasn't sure whether to go to Arcs first for Holborn and then swing around to Tottenham Court Road for yours or vice versa.

http://cdn.theurbandaily.com/files/2010/10/Good-News3.jpg

My Pit of Doom is now 35% less likely to incur a gravity related demise upon entry. There is a 17% chance that it also now meets Health and Safety Requirements.

Spike88

04-13-11, 04:37 PM

We were aiming at releasing 1.5 this week, but no. There’s been significant feature creep (we’ve got powered rails now, and lightning hitting a pig will turn it into a zombie pigman), so we don’t have time to get it out this week.

Powered Rails?

Dowly

04-13-11, 06:03 PM

Nagy

04-14-11, 03:11 PM

Pisces

04-14-11, 03:38 PM

^ Somekind of booster cart I've heard being talked about. Another possibility would be something that is available as Bukkit plug-in, track pieces that have in-built booster in them, so you just put it down and when cart goes over it, it boosts you.

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The Yogscast - The Legend of Verigan Part 3 (Shadow of Israphel Special)

http://youtu.be/uh8TJVKi-9UWell a 'locomotive' would be a better descripton. Officially it is called a 'powered minecart'. It's a minecart with a furnace on it.

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Powered_Minecart

Spike88

04-14-11, 03:45 PM

Well a 'locomotive' would be a better descripton. Officially it is called a 'powered minecart'. It's a minecart with a furnace on it.

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Powered_Minecart

This is already in game. Notch mentioned that there will be powered rails. Which is what I was asking about.

Dowly

04-14-11, 04:15 PM

Indeed, the powered minecart has been in the game since I started playing MC. It sucks! :DL

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The Yogscast - Child's Play Post-Livestream Party w/ Special Guests!

http://youtu.be/XymK_UXWNn0

Oberon

04-14-11, 04:21 PM

It would be nice to have proper reliable boosting instead of a physics glitch.

Obie, I was planning to work out which was the best way round for them to make Northern Line branches work at a later date.

I've been using the standard one-way auto-reset booster on the lines I've built so far. The only snags I've hit so far have been the occasional lag causing momentum to die early and the fact that non-OPs cannot drop minecarts or get into them around the original spawn. I've rectified the latter by putting in a second booster beyond the invisible forcefield which was marked out by TF (thanks TF) so non-OPs (and Geno's wolves) can use that booster instead. :yep:

Arclight

04-15-11, 02:15 AM

Right, so was tinkering on my tower a bit, pretty far along, doing some work on the top. I had build sort of a scaffold to work on by jump-building a tower and then a ring around the tower. At some point, I ran out of stone and needed to get down. Long story short, I brutally murdered myself in the attempt.

So I start racing back from spawn, hoping to find my stuff but not counting on it. To my surprise, everything was there. Happily I went on my merry way, back to the top of the tower and down onto the scaffold...

So, now I'm stuck there, again. No stone blocks, no way down. :damn:

Dowly

04-15-11, 05:09 AM

You're not very good at that whole building thing, are you? :rotfl2:

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In other, completely non-MC related news, The Yogscast have finally released a new episode of their YoGPoD! Featuring
interview with Kristian Nairn, who plays Hodor in Game of Thrones.

Available on itunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-yogpod/id304557271

Pisces

04-15-11, 08:21 AM

Spike88

04-15-11, 01:25 PM

Oberon

04-15-11, 01:54 PM

Nagy

04-15-11, 02:36 PM

It is a bit hit and miss the bed spawn system.

The tube line is now heading westward again, then we'll swing north and head for Keabs Hatak, after that it'll be north a bit more and then east to finish at Arcs place. :yep:

w00t. If you can place my station inside the bit of mountain that my base is built into, but between my tree farm and the cactus line.

Oberon

04-15-11, 03:46 PM

w00t. If you can place my station inside the bit of mountain that my base is built into, but between my tree farm and the cactus line.

Will endeavour to. :yep:

Arclight

04-15-11, 07:19 PM

You're not very good at that whole building thing, are you? :rotfl2:
Of course I am. Got the shirt and the music and everything... :hmmm:
That's what you get when you're from the low countries. We're not used to dealing with heights. ;)
The height I can deal with. It's my brain that's gonna kill me. :lol:
Have you slept in your own bed? You should have respawned near it.
I did, several times. Guess it didn't take.

Nagy

04-16-11, 08:54 AM

Krauter

04-16-11, 02:20 PM

Just a heads up, Notch mentioned that in 1.5 he's removing the ability to climb ladders with alternating ladder pieces, it's got to be continuous.

I'll fix the ones at the spawn this weekend, but you might want to consider fixing your own.
:damn: :damn: :damn: :damn:

Nagy

04-16-11, 04:15 PM

I'm OK with it as long as he doubles the number of ladder pieces you craft...

Krauter

04-16-11, 04:54 PM

Spike88

04-16-11, 04:57 PM

I'm OK with it as long as he doubles the number of ladder pieces you craft...
At the rate you can get wood(especially with bones), is it really that big of a problem?

Krauter

04-16-11, 04:58 PM

Getting the materials isnt the issue for me.. its just finding areas that need fixing as well as getting in position to fix it (as stated above hopefully you dont just drop all the way down when climbing down)

Nagy

04-16-11, 05:06 PM

Dowly

04-16-11, 06:15 PM

The Yogscast - "Shadow of Israphel" Part 20: The Dread Pirate Norris

http://youtu.be/y7bNgPxm0Vs

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As for the ladder issue, well.. don't think Notch has to do any changes to compensate the change. It is clearly a bug after all.

Krauter

04-16-11, 09:31 PM

Where did the pirate character com from in the Legend of Verigan?? Spacker? I don't remember him :s

Spike88

04-17-11, 04:22 AM

I had a dream that we had gone with the Sengoku period Castle. :hmmm:

Dowly

04-18-11, 04:51 AM

The Yogscast - Shadow of Israphel Outtakes

http://youtu.be/8N3rNMzbpx4

Oberon

04-19-11, 09:04 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_7YRVGvtA

It's here.

1.5 is ready.

Dowly

04-19-11, 09:23 AM

MC.net is also down. :O:

Geno_Mariner

04-19-11, 10:19 AM

Finally the update! Whoo :sunny:

Task Force

04-19-11, 12:58 PM

Ill take it the server is down?

Dowly

04-19-11, 01:08 PM

Not updated afaik.

Nagy

04-19-11, 01:23 PM

New launcher lets you refuse to update. So I'll be doing that until Arc lets us know he's updated.

...wait....

sorry, that's not what I'll be doing at all. There's science to do!

NeonSamurai

04-19-11, 02:21 PM

The new rails are fun, though underpowered compared to a booster (but not by a huge amount). the advantage with them though is compactness. Unpowered power rails act as breaking devices and the detector is a power switch.

On another note I am considering coming back to the mp server and starting a new public works. Basically a giant death trap & harvester for all living things. It is designed to harvest just about everything other than wool (does harvest eggs). But to do it I need either a very large shallow lake, or a hell of a lot of time to clear out the surrounding area to block mobs spawning near by.

So if you all know of any unclaimed areas like this let me know

Arclight

04-19-11, 02:28 PM

New launcher lets you refuse to update. So I'll be doing that until Arc lets us know he's updated.

...wait....

sorry, that's not what I'll be doing at all. There's science to do!^which raises a point: Portal 2 came out and Notch was itching for it. Server is updated, but it's prolly a good idea to steer clear of new content untill it's actually confirmed to work.

Nothing against the guy, but they get it wrong on occasion.

So if you all know of any unclaimed areas like this let me knowThink there's still some 500.000.000 KM² available... might be cutting it close. :O:

Arclight

04-19-11, 02:59 PM

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/Serve.jpg

Full res: http://www.gamefront.com/files/20242669/Serve_jpg

Nagy

04-19-11, 03:29 PM

Can you stack the powered rails to multiply the boost?

If not I think we could use them to boost a stationary cart inside a booster to come and boost your cart.

NeonSamurai

04-19-11, 04:32 PM

stack how? you can put them end to end then put a redstone torch underneath to make them permanently powered. but the same length of powered track doesn't have as much power as a booster line. Course powered track work in either direction.

Another option when working with them is to alternate between signal and booster, but that does not always work well on slopes (if the cart is too slow it will get stuck on the slope). Permanently powered track are best (and use unpowered power track to stop people at stations). switches etc can also be used to power or unpower track

Thanks for the map arc. now I just gotta figure out where everyone is on it.

Oh i should upload my prototype map. I map edited it to make the trap about the only place anything can spawn. Its nuts how many agro mobs the trap can handle at once. Funny as all heck too watching 15-30 mobs a minute get packed into a 2x2 drowning trap

<edit>

Oh also I assume there is no issue if with using a ton of signs in one area right? ill need to use a few hundred signs to build the trap.

also is this area claimed by anyone? If not I claim

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9076/serveedit.jpg

TteFAboB

04-19-11, 05:11 PM

Rain will fall through transparent blocks and stairs, acting as if there is no block there. This can be a problem if your house has a stair-made roof

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC75aU47GRk

I'll be needing buckets. Lots and lots of buckets.

On the good side, damp wood doesn't burn, right?

EDIT: did anyone experience rain yet, or shall I be the first to sing in it?

Oberon

04-19-11, 06:24 PM

You have rain? :o

TteFAboB

04-19-11, 06:27 PM

Oh yeah! The weather at City 19 is currently thunderstorm! Heavy snow and downpour!

Oberon

04-19-11, 06:27 PM

Heading there in but a moment :D

Dowly

04-20-11, 05:54 AM

The Yogscast - Minecraft Beta 1.5 Updates

http://youtu.be/oHFiFcUmu1I

Oberon

04-20-11, 12:09 PM

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6870/20110420023601.png
Rain and Snow in City 19

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8779/20110420030625.png
Fred the Friendly Creeper

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7379/20110420030818.png
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xKo6-xu6dc&feature=player_detailpage#t=173s

Pisces

04-20-11, 12:11 PM

Ref: Beta 1.5

I've noticed in my private world that my water-ladder is more sensitive to pointing direction while climbing. Either it is because of a changed water current force (I read it was a bug introduced in 1.4, so I presume they fixed it), or somehow the continous ladder requirement is at play here. The cursor needs to be on the ladder side of the corner to climb quickly.

Still, no biggie. It's still faster than regular ladders.

Pisces

04-20-11, 12:16 PM

...
Either it is because of a changed water current force (I read it was a bug introduced in 1.4, so I presume they fixed it), ...
Yup, water force seems to be back to normal. No more rapids from a single bucket.

Spike88

04-20-11, 12:42 PM

Just spent 3 hours working on city 19. Task is currently clearing the way for the perimeter wall, which is nearing completion.

Ontop of that I have started construction on the Farm/tree farm, which is in the south east of the city. I should have that finished by today.

After that I will work on getting the road system up, along with illuminating every corner of the city. Finally once that is all done, construction of the citadel will begin.

Arclight

04-20-11, 11:24 PM

Was gonna post a screenie of mai home surrounded by creepers, but bucket seems to be on the fritz. :hmmm:

Anyway, dropped 1 1/2 stacks of redstone for the clock tower. :smug:

Yes, I do feel better about myself now. :shifty:

What do you mean, "not impressed"? :stare:

(edit: haven't seen any precipation since latest path. Did he break it?)