Minecraft: The Official Thread of Addiction

[modeps]

http://c0013493.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_2c1cccb

So, has anyone figured out how to properly divert water? I got a lake near my fortress, and no matter what I do, I can't get the water to flow more than a little bit out. It'll always degrade till it just stops.

Anyone who doesn't know, go here: http://Minecraft.net

[modeps]

My castle has since evolved quite a bit... I can't stop.

[modeps]

Instead of diverting the water, I fashioned a pair of pails and decided to scoop and transport water to my moat, and to a bathtub on my second floor. More than a bucket's worth of water was transported for sure, and now that I know how it works, I feel better about potentially creating some awesome underground streams.

[Capt_Thad]

hah Finally took a shot at this this morning. Things were moving slow until I realized you had to hold left-click to harvest. Now that I see the possibilities and have a basic grasp of the crafting system, I don't even know what I want to do first. Enjoying my cool little snowy mountains world.

Seems like it'd be more fun online though. Building your own castle is great and all, but I'd like to wander around and see other people's works. Is it still possible to get multiplay in with the account system not working? Are there any official EvAv servers running?

[Hennecke]

I am so sad that you can't make infinite lave pools, had a castle with a lava moat, but for some reason the save file got deleted, maybe caused by server downtime?

[Ranhert]

Yeah I tried it a bit last night and boy is that fun. I am probably going to have $13 less to my name here soon.

[Rayonic]

Water (and Lava) will always form a stream unless there's two or more water/lava spring tiles next to it. It's a little wonky, but basically if you dump three buckets of water like this:
X X
 X
then that middle space will get totally filled with water like:
XXX
  X
I don't think
X
  X
will fill any tiles, but:
X X
I think does.

Obviously you have to be careful doing this with lava.

[Apex]

The penny arcade comic sums this game up perfectly.

Seriously awesome little game with lots of potential. Buy it!

[Ausländer]

Some of the block textures kind of remind me of Doom. I'm fighting the urge to turn my cave into Bob10.wad.

[TheBot]

Wait so you can stream water after you pick it up from somewhere?

[Gusj]

Fort Tarjei (Tarjei is my name) from the outside during nighttime. Notice the flaming "T" engraved into the tower.

http://tarjeihanken.com/images/minecraft/01.png


The Fort seen from the other side daytime.

http://tarjeihanken.com/images/minecraft/02.png


Two images showing off the view from my tower. I put up a lot of torches so I could have somthing interesting to look at during the night.

http://tarjeihanken.com/images/minecraft/03.png

http://tarjeihanken.com/images/minecraft/04.png

I love it.

[Rayonic]

Wait so you can stream water after you pick it up from somewhere?

Still water is made of water blocks, which kinda act like infinite water springs. Place a block on land and it tries to create a waterfall of sorts. It doesn't behave realisitically, but hey.
http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Water

[sixtyfps]

It's gonna be pretty interesting when the torches don't stay lit permanently anymore.

[Gusj]

Yeah, that will be horrible. I might start making "lamps" out of magma though.

[senorduck]

The stinkin' torches better stay lit dangit. Also, i think you might be able to use a bucket and lava to make a killer heat source for the kiln. I keep dying on my way back up because skeletons are coming in from somewhere.

[Gusj]

Are trap doors (horizontal) available yet? Probably the best use of redstone and magma I can think of yet. Should be perfect for killing off creepers.

Edit: removed one "probably".

[LouisWu]

Having a blast with this game... but why can't I demolish a set of stairs I placed incorrectly??? Maybe I need a harder pickaxe?

[Gusj]

Having a blast with this game... but why can't I demolish a set of stairs I placed incorrectly??? Maybe I need a harder pickaxe?

I think objects like stairs and doors take a little longer to destroy to prevent accidently removing them. Stairs should dissolve into one block of whatever you made it out of when demolished.

Use a pickaxe for stone stairs, and an axe for wooden.

[modeps]

Having a blast with this game... but why can't I demolish a set of stairs I placed incorrectly??? Maybe I need a harder pickaxe?

Yeah I think stairs specifically are a little bugged. I've found that I'll accidentally destroy blocks behind the stairs so I believe that the hitbox is little messed up. If you put another block on top of the stairs, they'll go away completely, allowing easy removal.

[Gusj]

I'm pretty sure it was working Sunday and Monday.

[Capt_Thad]

FaMTedT6P0I

I figure this trailer should be in here somewhere.

[Anenome]

Epic trailer, CT!

This game will spawn a hundred games. It may be the Mario of our time. I can't wait to see this concept in 10 years or so when we'll be playing this game with Crysis-level graphics in an MMO setting :P

[brandonjclark]

How long before a texture mod is available?

[brandonjclark]

Epic is effin right, wow! I think that just made me an owner of a premium account, dang!

[sixtyfps]

It's pretty weird that Notch hasn't put *that* video on the Minecraft frontpage instead of just 'liking' it on his YouTube user account.

...I mean, it's downright eccentric, don't you think? It's like he doesn't want the sales so bad or something.

[modeps]

It's pretty weird that Notch hasn't put *that* video on the Minecraft frontpage instead of just 'liking' it on his YouTube user account.

...I mean, it's downright eccentric, don't you think? It's like he doesn't want the sales so bad or something.

Sales are doing just fine, but yeah, that video is pitch perfect.

[modeps]

Dropbox + Minecraft = Portable saves.

I'm on a Mac sometimes, and on a PC other times.

Here are some steps to set it up on a Mac.


Signup with Dropbox (http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTExNDIyMzk) (yes, that's a referral, yes we both benefit from it with extra space, yes it's free) and install the client application on your machine.


Locate your Minecraft Save directory, it's probably in /Users/YOURUSER/Library/Application Support/minecraft and move the whole directory into your Dropbox folder, which is probably /Users/YOURUSER/Dropbox/.


Create a symbolic link through the console to the Dropbox save folder
ln -s /Users/YOURUSER/Dropbox/Minecraft/saves /Users/YOURUSER/Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves


Now, Dropbox will auto-sync to their service, which auto distributes to any computer you've got the application running on, and Minecraft thinks the saves are still where they should be, but they're really not.


I've been told by Corwiniii that there's a symlink style application for Windows that'll make creating them real easy, but I've yet to explore that avenue.

[Fortyseven]

I've been told by Corwiniii that there's a symlink style application for Windows that'll make creating them real easy, but I've yet to explore that avenue.

mklink should do the job under the Windows command prompt.

[TheBot]

This will spawn others...Hopefully I can find an engine I can use to make the worlds I've wanted to. I've got the design doc up and everything but man...I don't have the programming tools/knowledge for it.

[sixtyfps]

Sales are doing just fine, but yeah, that video is pitch perfect.

Oh, I think it's the copyright issue (the music).

[Ranhert]

Man I have really enjoyed this. My only problem is carving (pun intended) out more time to play. So far I have only done single player offline stuff to get the hang of things.

[vallancian]

theres already loads of texture mods out there for you to find! if you go to minecraft.net and search the community forums you can find loads my personal favourite is the Doku rpg pack which can be found at http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=25676

Also i cant seem to get the survival multiplayer servers running yet because they're so buggy but i have my own personal server for just building awesome stuff if any of the EvAv members want to join just copy and paste this url http://www.minecraft.net/play.jsp?server=f6ba6c0e0607e6ac98f71b2185a6936b im going to be on there for about 40mins then head off to sleep so if you feel like popping in and taking a look feel free. The problem with these servers is that in order for them to be running i have to be online and running the server myself which i dont mind doing for people all they have to do is find my steamID (vallancian) message me and i will set it up for them!

[Hennecke]

Also i cant seem to get the survival multiplayer servers running yet because they're so buggy but i have my own personal server for just building awesome stuff if any of the EvAv members want to join just copy and paste this url http://www.minecraft.net/play.jsp?server=f6ba6c0e0607e6ac98f71b2185a6936b

The MPS only seem to work on LAN for me, and it works every time, but have you tried using the tool on the website and then logged on using your pc's WAN?

[Ranhert]

So I realized last night that I made the most rookie of all rookie mistakes. My first world that I made was a snow world, lucky me. I had established a nice base with a mineshaft, farm, and had worked up a lot of good resources. I decided I was going to establish an underwater fortress out in the ocean a little ways away from my base camp. Heading out onto the ice, I cut a hole and saw it quickly ice over again. This won't do, I will need to surface quite a bit to breathe. I place a cobblestone block on the ice and surround all sides of the block with torches. The ice all around the block starts to melt but the block stays put. Success! I dive down only to realize that my icebreaker is over a very uneven floor bed and to the side is some flatter areas. A smart person would've surfaced and moved the icebreaker so that it was over the workspace. Not me ... After a few failed attempts to time breath with swimming diagonally to the surface, I drown. No problem right? I realize then that this was my first death and the surroundings of my spawn point do not look familiar. Is that a torch in the distance? No. Where is my home base? Maybe if I look out on the water I will find my ice breaker. Surely that is the easiest way. No dice. After wandering for a half hour or so I realize that I traveled entirely too far from my spawn point when choosing a base.

Rookie mistakes ... rookie mistakes.

[Ausländer]

...I realize that I traveled entirely too far from my spawn point when choosing a base.

Rookie mistakes ... rookie mistakes.

I foresee this being an isue for me also. I started my current save game about a week ago, and I haven't died yet. I remember spawning in an area that was not suitable for building, so I wandered around for a while (going island to island) before I came across landscape that I found acceptable. When I eventually die, I'm going to be completely screwed. I put a ton of torches on the highest landmark on my island, but I'm sure I still won't be able to find it.

[sixtyfps]

There should be a way to move one's spawnpoint in Survival mode. :/

[Jotoco]

Is there a way to test the alpha?

I'm playing the "classic" (wich is free) and I'm not feeling it is worth the money. How can I test the alpha before buying?

Thanks.

[sixtyfps]

Classic is pretty stripped down, guy. I started watching this guy's introduction (http://www.youtube.com/user/davidr64yt#p/c/E005D335B57338D1/0/4bh4EexJO4I) to it and it didn't take an hour before I wanted to buy it pretty bad.

(This is coming from someone who tried Classic a few months ago and wondered what the hell the big deal was.)

[Jotoco]

Classic is pretty stripped down, guy. I started watching this guy's introduction (http://www.youtube.com/user/davidr64yt#p/c/E005D335B57338D1/0/4bh4EexJO4I) to it and it didn't take an hour before I wanted to buy it pretty bad.

(This is coming from someone who tried Classic a few months ago and wondered what the hell the big deal was.)

Just bit it. Now for learning the game........

Be back in a few to say how I'm going.

[Fortyseven]

After wandering for a half hour or so I realize that I traveled entirely too far from my spawn point when choosing a base.

Rookie mistakes ... rookie mistakes.

Did that too. Like 3 times. I wasn't aware there was a fixed "spawn point"; I wasn't really sure WHAT the logic was... I didn't recognize the spawn point as being where I started, since I immediately ran around like a schmuck the first time, so I assumed it was random within a radius of my corpse, or something.

Once I realized the simple nature of how it works, it was too late: I'd already established (yet another) rather sweet mountain side retreat...

So I thought I'd get smart. I'd build a huge ass tower, and plant torches all around it, up high, like I was trying to keep airplanes from hitting it or something! I'd see it at night. It was tall and huge. With my view distance maxed, there's no way I could miss this, even from a distance.

So, very confidently, once I got done with this super sized tower.... I jumped.

Purposely. Because either this tower was going to work, or not, and I'm not going to invest more time in a home that I'll just lose. Again.

And so I died, spawning a few dangerous minutes before sundown. Since my spawn point was rather low, with mountainous regions around me, I made my way up a hill and looked around.

Nothing.

Okay, don't panic. I'll just get even HIGHER so I can get a better view.

I'll just build a mini tower, planting dirt under my feet until I hit the sky. No problem! I'll much more easily see the direction of home, and I'll be back toiling in the mines in no time.

I look out across the now-darkness drenched landscape on my pole of dirt, my home nowhere to be seen. Shaking my head in disbelief, I realize that my big ass tower is apparently far outside even the best distance the engine will render.

The spiders and skeletons laugh at me from below.

ALT-F4.

[Suicidal ShiZuru]

Build a Compass

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/1135/compassk.png

[Fortyseven]

Build a Compass

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/1135/compassk.png

Doesn't that just point to your spawn location, though? Wouldn't really help me if I wandered for days before breaking ground on a place. ;D

Of course, this is all a moot point: next time I won't make the mistakes I have. :P

[sixtyfps]

wandered for days before breaking ground on a place

If it was truly awesome, maybe using one of these map editors (http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Programs_and_Editors) will help you track it down.

[Fortyseven]

If it was truly awesome, maybe using one of these map editors (http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Programs_and_Editors) will help you track it down.

I'll check that out one way or another. ;)

[Jotoco]

so I actually started right where I spawned. Horrible place resource wise. I would travel during the day to grab stuff and then run home.

After a while I made my tunnels go undersea and connected my islands. Very nice.

[Anenome]

so I actually started right where I spawned. Horrible place resource wise. I would travel during the day to grab stuff and then run home.

After a while I made my tunnels go undersea and connected my islands. Very nice.
Ooo, did you make glass tunnels underwater, that's so cool ^_^

[Major Scud]

I am so addicted to this game it isn't funny. I'm actualy upset it runs on my netbook because it now consumes my entire lunch break at work every day.

[Jotoco]

Ooo, did you make glass tunnels underwater, that's so cool ^_^

They weren't glass till you said that.

[Anenome]

They weren't glass till you said that.
Hahaha, nice! So, underwater glass castle next? ^_~

[Jotoco]

Hahaha, nice! So, underwater glass castle next? ^_~

I started another world. And although I don't have enought steel for a railroad system yet I found HUGE amounts of coal. Something I have VERY little of in my first world.

I will try and build my railroad system shortly, as soon as I find more iron, but it seems this world has very little iron, a LOT of coal, and some diamond.

[modeps]

The highest material I've found is iron. It's annoying.

[Anenome]

I found out that castle walls made of glass don't look very nice :P But glass floors look fairly good.

[Jotoco]

I found out that castle walls made of glass don't look very nice :P But glass floors look fairly good.

Floors and Ceilings.

And Diamond and Iron are too rare as they are now. They should be a little bit more abundant.

[Fortyseven]

The highest material I've found is iron. It's annoying.

I FINALLY found some gold this evening. It took forever to break the block with a stone pick, and when I did, the block vanished. This happened twice. Almost makes me think I should not break the block with that. :P

[Hennecke]

i have found diamond, and everything above iron, you need an iron pick for.
But when i find Diamond i always die and either it gets incinerated or i can't find the place i died

[Jotoco]

I FINALLY found some gold this evening. It took forever to break the block with a stone pick, and when I did, the block vanished. This happened twice. Almost makes me think I should not break the block with that. :P

You shouldn't. Use Iron (steel) to break it. Or Diamond, if you had that.

[Jotoco]

i have found diamond, and everything above iron, you need an iron pick for.
But when i find Diamond i always die and either it gets incinerated or i can't find the place i died

I Always mark the way I go, with dirt, which is not seen much underground, torches, and sometimes workbenches/paintings/signs.

And I always seen to find diamond in packs of 2 blocks only. Lame.

[Anenome]

Ooo, a diamond pick, that should last forever :P

[Jotoco]

Ooo, a diamond pick, that should last forever :P

Not really, you chew through then a LOT faster than you get then...

[modeps]

Last night I was building an underground escape route from my castle (or, alternate entrance for whatever situation decided to present itself). I've had time's where I'd forgotten to close a door to my abode and all the sudden I've got a bunch of unwanted visitors. I had just finished the connection to a nearby beach when I saw a small depression in the earth I didn't notice before. I assumed it was made by a random exploding guy so I jumped in.

It didn't take long before I realized it wasn't a random crater, but instead a very vast cavern that went straight down for way longer than I expected. I carefully navigated the steep rock face, cutting into it when necessary and stopping to pick up some needed iron ore and coal, but it just kept going and I was on edge the entire time worrying I'd slip and fall to my death.

Finally, I hit bottom. I half expected some monsters to attack, or the cavern to just end but no such luck. It expanded into the darkness on either side of the shaft, both directions basically just kept going. I still haven't explored it all, but I've found a ton of coal and a bunch of iron just by navigating it.

Words can't really express the fear I had while going down into that darkness, or the sheer awe that something in the world like this could be randomly created by the engine.

[Lind]

Ive got myself a nice 5 story tower near the coast on my latest map. The map is quite frankly awesome with deep mines going far into the earth everywhere and awesome formations of land, water and lava.

My current project is to get enough glas to make an underwater room. I know how to make glas by smelting sand but how do I go about making something underwater. Do I place dirt on the bottom and than glas around it and than just hollow out the dirt or can one remove water if I first make a glasbubbel?

edit - also the stupid creeper that blows up is annoying. I've got a nice fence around my place now to keep them out but before I put that down they used to blow up my attempts at a garden :(

[Ranhert]

Words can't really express the fear I had while going down into that darkness, or the sheer awe that something in the world like this could be randomly created by the engine.

That truly is one of the best feelings this game creates apart from the initial "I need to make a shelter and quick, the sun's going down". Finding random chasms and exploration of randomly created awesomeness keeps me coming back for more

[Ranhert]

My current project is to get enough glas to make an underwater room. I know how to make glas by smelting sand but how do I go about making something underwater. Do I place dirt on the bottom and than glas around it and than just hollow out the dirt or can one remove water if I first make a glasbubbel?


That is exactly how you do it. I use stone to give myself a border. Then I fill the border in with dirt and pile it up as high as I want the bubble. Then surround all the dirt with glass.

You have a couple of options of getting in. You can create an "airlock" by digging a hole just outside your stone blocks and go 2 down 2 in and then up. Or you can create a tunnel system from land (or your base if it is reasonable) and just tunnel straight up into it. Once you are inside clear out all the dirt and you are good to go.

It is also easy to expand with glass tunnels and other bubbles. Just use a stone border, fill in with dirt, surround with glass, and then break the connecting glass from inside your initial room and carve out the dirt in the expansion.

[Emabulator]

If anyone is still having trouble with the texture mods this PC Gamer article (http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/09/25/how-to-install-a-minecraft-texture-pack/) may help.

[Lind]

That is exactly how you do it. I use stone to give myself a border. Then I fill the border in with dirt and pile it up as high as I want the bubble. Then surround all the dirt with glass.

You have a couple of options of getting in. You can create an "airlock" by digging a hole just outside your stone blocks and go 2 down 2 in and then up. Or you can create a tunnel system from land (or your base if it is reasonable) and just tunnel straight up into it. Once you are inside clear out all the dirt and you are good to go.

It is also easy to expand with glass tunnels and other bubbles. Just use a stone border, fill in with dirt, surround with glass, and then break the connecting glass from inside your initial room and carve out the dirt in the expansion.

Excellent, thanks :) Now I can make myself a secret underwater base near a volcano just like I've always wanted :D

[Anenome]

My current project is to get enough glas to make an underwater room. I know how to make glas by smelting sand but how do I go about making something underwater. Do I place dirt on the bottom and than glas around it and than just hollow out the dirt or can one remove water if I first make a glasbubbel?
Make a sponge, it removes two tiles of water around it in all directions, permanently. Un;ess you leave spawnable water nearby.


You have a couple of options of getting in. You can create an "airlock" by digging a hole just outside your stone blocks and go 2 down 2 in and then up. Or you can create a tunnel system from land (or your base if it is reasonable) and just tunnel straight up into it. Once you are inside clear out all the dirt and you are good to go.
Why not have a water passage under your barrier. I don't think monsters can go underwater, can they? That way you don't need to build or destroy anything to get in or out.

[modeps]

Pro-tip: If you make a trap for bad guys with lava, don't fall in yourself... all of your gear and inventory magically disappears with your burning corpse.

[Anenome]

pro-tip: If you make a trap for bad guys with lava, don't fall in yourself... All of your gear and inventory magically disappears with your burning corpse.
Yes, magically >_>

[Meusli]

Pro-tip: If you make a trap for bad guys with lava, don't fall in yourself... all of your gear and inventory magically disappears with your burning corpse.

I've done that, a lot.

[modeps]

I was wearing a full suit of iron armour, and carrying 4 iron buckets. that's a serious chunk of iron that just went poof.

[Anenome]

I was wearing a full suit of iron armour, and carrying 4 iron buckets. that's a serious chunk of iron that just went poof.
That's rather ironic :P

[Ranhert]

Why not have a water passage under your barrier. I don't think monsters can go underwater, can they? That way you don't need to build or destroy anything to get in or out.

Yeah that is what I meant by "airlock". I have never seen a monster go underwater but you may not want to have a hole in the floor leading into the water or maybe you do. In my case, I decided that I wanted to have a sort of impregnable feel to it (like all glass underwater bubbles do ...) and wanted the only access to be a big tunnel from my main base. To each their own I suppose.

[Ranhert]

I was wearing a full suit of iron armour, and carrying 4 iron buckets. that's a serious chunk of iron that just went poof.

Just like a minecart system ....

[Hennecke]

I carried 8 diamonds, 125 iron and 64 gold and it went poof! i made a new game in rage^^

[TheBot]

Last night I was building an underground escape route from my castle (or, alternate entrance for whatever situation decided to present itself). I've had time's where I'd forgotten to close a door to my abode and all the sudden I've got a bunch of unwanted visitors. I had just finished the connection to a nearby beach when I saw a small depression in the earth I didn't notice before. I assumed it was made by a random exploding guy so I jumped in.

It didn't take long before I realized it wasn't a random crater, but instead a very vast cavern that went straight down for way longer than I expected. I carefully navigated the steep rock face, cutting into it when necessary and stopping to pick up some needed iron ore and coal, but it just kept going and I was on edge the entire time worrying I'd slip and fall to my death.

Finally, I hit bottom. I half expected some monsters to attack, or the cavern to just end but no such luck. It expanded into the darkness on either side of the shaft, both directions basically just kept going. I still haven't explored it all, but I've found a ton of coal and a bunch of iron just by navigating it.

Words can't really express the fear I had while going down into that darkness, or the sheer awe that something in the world like this could be randomly created by the engine.

I love this part of it too. The unknown. Kind of how EverQuest was for me back in 1999...no maps of the lands, just memory. If you forgot how to get somewhere, then you're kind of screwed if you're in danger. What if Minecraft became an MMO and people set up towns or villages along routes to other places and to the...beyond. That would be insanely awesome. Yeah...now it will happen too :)

[vallancian]

What if Minecraft became an MMO and people set up towns or villages along routes to other places and to the...beyond. That would be insanely awesome. Yeah...now it will happen too :)

Hopefully when survival multiplayers released it will open up a whole world of mmo options to the minecraft community!

[PacerDawn]

The death penalty in this game is incredibly harsh, they really need to tone it down. Losing everying could be devistating depending on what you are carrying. I would at least like it if your stuff just landed around where you went down and stayed out for a few days for you to collect.

EQ corpse runs all over again!

[modeps]

The death penalty in this game is incredibly harsh, they really need to tone it down. Losing everying could be devistating depending on what you are carrying. I would at least like it if your stuff just landed around where you went down and stayed out for a few days for you to collect.

EQ corpse runs all over again!

Did they change something recently? I haven't died in a few days, but all my stuff used to stay around... unless of course I fell into LAVA.

[vallancian]

Did they change something recently? I haven't died in a few days, but all my stuff used to stay around... unless of course I fell into LAVA.

nothings changed but i think he was going on about how they didnt stay by the corpse long enough which i agree on but if the objects stay there for too long it would take the fun out of the game because you wouldnt have anywhere near as high a risk of losing your stuff!

[vallancian]

does anyone else get it where when your playing minecraft the game crashes the programme window goes black and java stops running? this seems to be happening to me nearly every 5 minutes now and i was wondering if anyone else had the same problem.

[corwiniii]

I've been told by Corwiniii that there's a symlink style application for Windows that'll make creating them real easy, but I've yet to explore that avenue.

First of all, modeps gave you all the wrong dropbox link. Use THIS ONE (http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTI4NjYyMTQ5). The other will give your machine horrible viruses, I promise.

Second, the GUI symlink program I use for Windows is Winbolic Link. It's free and simple. Select the folder to link to on the right (dropbox), and the folder to drop the link in on the left (old save location), hit "Create NTFS unction" or whatever, and you're done.

[Syl]

Minecraft has also taken me over. I'm playing on a private server with a bunch of friends of mine. Syltech Mining Inc' is going strong.

[lost]

I think we need to set up an evav server.

[TheBot]

Agreed...An SMP server. Start a whitelist so it's private, hopefully we can reduce the griefers that way. When I went to vallancian's server it was creative. Thank you for that, I built a giant potted plant and a huge bug. But I'd like to play SMP with you guys. My name is The_Gear. The server has to be on the whole time though, or somebody has to be in it for it to stay open I guess. I'm in though, would love to play MP.

[lockwoodx]

I think we need to set up an evav server.

I've tried that a few times and you can't have survival mode while in multiplayer atm for alpha.

[Syl]

The server i play on is a creative server, and the game is still a ton of fun without the struggle for survival. Just looking at some of the things my friends built/are building... wow.

like a 1:1 scale model of the Colosseum .

[TheBot]

I've tried that a few times and you can't have survival mode while in multiplayer atm for alpha.

Done & Done.
http://minecraftforum.net/viewforum.php?f=1013&sid=975f20cee08017cb15e9b1e1099fe6b2

[vallancian]

I've tried that a few times and you can't have survival mode while in multiplayer atm for alpha.

it is possible but because he hasnt done much work on it even after yuo've done everything the bot suggested above its still really, really buggy. you can turn monsters on but you wont be able to kill them as of yet but the sunlight should so all that means is you have to hide until sunlight. i could try again in setting one up and i'll post the link if it works..

[TheBot]

Yeah SMP is very buggy but I think it would be more worth it to play and invest into.

[Syl]

Alright, due to finding lava near my mining co' i decided to make a new main shaft.

I diverted the flow of lava and then created a 3x3 empty pit around an impossibly large lava waterfall. I then surrounded this 3x3 empty pit with a spiraling staircase.

Self Illuminating and awesome looking mine shaft was a complete success! I was also able to get this lava-fall to last all the way until i hit a lava lake, where i proceeded to find diamonds and redstone and all sorts of awesome stuff!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft003.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft003.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft004.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft004.jpg)
My lava mine shaft, top view and bottom view.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft005.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft005.jpg)
Current appearance of Syltech Mining Inc' if arriving by road.

[Hennecke]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9s1a28Sq81qzd3eyo1_500.png

Im just going to leave this here

[TheBot]

Very excited about the Oct 31st Update. Syl you're doing a great job with that area man, love the mineshaft.

I'm trying to build a farm of some sort. For animals and crops. I just had a creeper blow the middle of it up though. Hah. Ill try to get pics in a minute.

[modeps]

Alright, how do you create lanterns? I don't want my torches to die. :(

[Syl]

Alright, how do you create lanterns? I don't want my torches to die. :(
They don't exist yet, and they probably won't till the patch hits.

Which means that all of our lighting is going to immediately disappear as soon as the patch hits and my massive mine complex is going to turn immediately terrifying.

[modeps]

They don't exist yet, and they probably won't till the patch hits.

Which means that all of our lighting is going to immediately disappear as soon as the patch hits and my massive mine complex is going to turn immediately terrifying.

God. Dammit. All.

[n00bIEwaN007]

When you say stuff stays around, do you mean the stuff you had on you or what you have stored in your chests and abode? I know that stuff sticks around but if you mean what you were carrying, I have never gone back to look for it. I too have raged and begun anew.

[lockwoodx]

I'm waiting for the patch then we need to look into getting a server running. Somebody with a fast connection that is >.>

[TheBot]

When you say stuff stays around, do you mean the stuff you had on you or what you have stored in your chests and abode? I know that stuff sticks around but if you mean what you were carrying, I have never gone back to look for it. I too have raged and begun anew.

If you die your stuff sticks around for awhile. So go back and get it. If its in lava it's gone though. It's best to start close to your spawn point or make a trail or road from it so you can get back to where you were or are building. To make a road just make a long pathway that's easy to travel on.

[TheBot]

I'm guessing a lantern will be like this...in the 9 spot grid...
blank, iron ingot, blank
iron ingot, glass, iron ingot
iron ingot, coal, iron ingot

XIX
IGI
ICI

Could change coal to lava for "everlasting light"

[Syl]

I'm thinking it may just be Glass and Redstone.

[Hennecke]

I think it will include red stone aswell

[Suicidal ShiZuru]

Don't remember where I read it but supposedly torches you have placed will be turned into lanterns once patched so no one rages. I can't wait for biomes.

[Hennecke]

Hmm might be, but if not, you will need flint and steel quick

[modeps]

I've already got flint and steel that I've never used. Is it a single use or does it degrade like all the other stuff?

[Hennecke]

it degrade, and it is really good for burning trees and killing creepers/zombies you just right click the ground were they will walk

[Suicidal ShiZuru]

Yeah I stockpile flint n steel so I can wander around at night. It lights up the general area and is great for defense.

[Syl]

Don't remember where I read it but supposedly torches you have placed will be turned into lanterns once patched so no one rages. I can't wait for biomes.

OK, that'd be pretty cool. Now i can't wait for the patch.

[vallancian]

ok now i know this is going to sound really really stupid but.. what are biomes? and any news on that server? i offered to set one up but i doubt anyone would join. update looks good though XD

[Syl]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft010.jpg
Current face of my mining operation. I'm almost done with the groundfloor of the pyramid, then i'm not sure where to go from there.

[Suicidal ShiZuru]

You need lave shooting out of the top of your pyramid!

ok now i know this is going to sound really really stupid but.. what are biomes?

A Biome is a just an area with specific climatic and geographical conditions. In real life its the difference in areas such as a rain forest or desert. Notch hopes to have more varied environments throughout the world as you explore instead of just small patches of sand with a cactus.

[Anenome]

Sweet, now you just have to dig down and add subterranean floors, removing all the dirt along the edges. It will take ages, but be so worth it :P By the time your pyramid hits the lowest level it will be epic ;)

[Syl]

Yeah, i'm going to turn the cap into a lava cap sometime, once i figure out the best way to do so. I'm also going to expand the obsidian ring around the top to a level or two if i ever get that much obsidian.

[n00bIEwaN007]

Don't remember where I read it but supposedly torches you have placed will be turned into lanterns once patched so no one rages. I can't wait for biomes.

If that is the case, I can see some folks planting a farm of torches to reap the benefits. Which will only work if the lanterns work like everything else. Once destroyed/mined/beat to deat/(insert verb here), they revert back to a collectible item added to your inventory. It would be nice if this weren't the case but I can hear the rusty cogs turning from here.

Finally have my home built and will be lighting my path from spawn point this evening. I will do the right thing and place all my belongings on the shelf (think Donnie Brasko) before taking the long step off the mountain.

If I missed it in the thread, all apologies beforehand. Am I the only one that grabs my old save data before starting up? Just in case there is a crash, I do not want to have to start all over. No matter how much fun it is.

happy mining

[Anenome]

Meh, it's an exploitable loophole in the system, making tons of torches, but worth allowing as it's a one time thing.

[Syl]

I easily have a couple thousand torches placed over my time in minecraft.

My pyramid alone is running... 700 or so?

[Hagetaka]

Nice pyramid Syl. Certainly is a large undertaking.

I have been playing on a private SMP server for quite some time now (since after the game went back online a few weeks ago?). Currently in SMP the most explicit bugs are: no damage, iron doors don't work, wooden doors glitch, red dust does not work, items are easily duplicated/lost, and a semi-frequent socket error (which causes items to duplicate that are in hand). Regardless, it is still fun.

We have been toying around with a very interesting mod called Runecraft. It allows for a few very interesting ideas. Namely, Teleportation waypoints, and secret/hidden doors. As well as certain temporary enhancements on tools.


I should also mention that I have not seen many of you reskinning your clients. Textures are held in your Minecraft.jar, and are completely customizable. The game creator drew the graphics is a very small resolution. It is easily changed, and redraws your tiles at 512x512 (with exception to items, since the compass and various other items do not function at anything above 256x256). Some, however, are much, much larger than 512x512. Though, they look... wonky.

[Abednigo]

I feel really behind here, but I just bought it. I saw this video online (part 1 of a series) that gave the basics, but there's so much to it. Seeing what you guys have done so far has me a little intimidated. :)

[Suicidal ShiZuru]

The new hell zone and a color adjusted version. Presumable portals/lava on the floor, demon block to the right, some sort of mob on the top left?

http://imgur.com/ejC7b.jpg

http://imgur.com/WRwVa.jpg

[Hagetaka]

I feel really behind here, but I just bought it. I saw this video online (part 1 of a series) that gave the basics, but there's so much to it. Seeing what you guys have done so far has me a little intimidated. :)

Don't be. Just... watch out for creepers.

[Abednigo]

I played with my two brother-in-laws (20 and 28) and 12 year old sister-in-law last night. What a blast! It's kind of a bummer that you don't take damage in multiplayer (yet) but it kind of helps while I get used to the game. The guys found a lava cave under the huge tower they built the night before and were mining minerals down there. I spent the evening working on my own shelter with it's own tower that I'll join up to their tower with a bridge. It's some serious fun.

[Abednigo]

I've noticed people posting links to play online together, but those links don't work in the full version. Is that to play the free version online? My brother-in-law created a server and gave me the IP address, which I connected to without issue. I've tried copying and pasting those minecraft.net addresses into the server field but they're too long. If someone gets an EvAv server setup I'm there.

I really wish the Minecraft wiki wasn't blocked here at work. I wouldn't have to ask all these questions. :-)

[Abednigo]

Every Minecraft site is blocked at work (no surprise I guess). Man, I really need some MC discussion. Where is everyone?! :-)

After 2 hours of playing last night I couldn't sleep. I had images of harvesting resources in my head. Blocks of wood. Blocks of stone. Blocks of iron. Lava caverns. Towers lit in the darkness. They were floating in my head and I couldn't sleep. When I finally did fall asleep I dreamt of crafting elaborate mines. I'm feeling withdrawl already. I don't like it. But I do.

I even like the zombies. But I'm glad they mostly come out at night.

Mostly.

[Emabulator]

Pass the Grey Poupon please. (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/group.php?groupid=3)

[Ranhert]

After 2 hours of playing last night I couldn't sleep. I had images of harvesting resources in my head. Blocks of wood. Blocks of stone. Blocks of iron. Lava caverns. Towers lit in the darkness. They were floating in my head and I couldn't sleep. When I finally did fall asleep I dreamt of crafting elaborate mines. I'm feeling withdrawl already. I don't like it. But I do.


Ahh what a good feeling. To be young in the world of minecraft yet again. I still have fun with it on an almost daily basis. It is weird because you need so little yet the game is centered around expansion. I guess I have started running into the snag where all of my creations and explorations really attribute nothing because I can not share with anyone. I am really looking forward to more solid multiplayer and new updates.

For now I sit atop my tower looking out across the ocean with my subaqua base below me, wondering why the dreaded ocean keeps putting the fire out of the scores of zombies swimming directly below me. I used to think day was my savior, now I realize it is all a curse...

[Abednigo]

Ahh what a good feeling. To be young in the world of minecraft yet again. I still have fun with it on an almost daily basis. It is weird because you need so little yet the game is centered around expansion. I guess I have started running into the snag where all of my creations and explorations really attribute nothing because I can not share with anyone. I am really looking forward to more solid multiplayer and new updates.

I just remembered that this version we have all paid for is the alpha version. Alpha. They're not even to beta yet. Who pays $14 for a game still in alpha!?! Well, we do that's who. I can only imagine what this game will become. It's pretty exciting to be in on the ground floor...with millions of other people.

I suspect a more versatile multiplayer patch will come down the road. I spent more time on my in-laws server than my single player map. I prefer to build somewhere I can share my creation with others. You can't do that in single player other than screenshots. It just seems lonely and almost pointless. But there is a certain charm to it. Creating your lonely castle, not another person in sight. When night comes, it's just you and the undread.

I envision a day when Minecraft goes completely MMO. Although hopefully you're able to protect your creations from destruction by random players.

[Abednigo]

Anyone have any idea how big the maps are? I remember reading that the free version had a limit of 38 blocks up and down, but that limit doesn't seem to be there in the premium version (at least not when digging down). And looking at a few people blogging through their days of playing, the maps seem absolutely huge in all directions.

EDIT: Nevermind. I found a Minecraft site that isn't blocked. Apparently they're roughly 8x larger than Earth.

Holy. Crap.

[Syl]

Alpha version is 64 down and 64 up from "sea level" if i remember correctly.

[senorduck]

Anyone have any idea how big the maps are? I remember reading that the free version had a limit of 38 blocks up and down, but that limit doesn't seem to be there in the premium version (at least not when digging down). And looking at a few people blogging through their days of playing, the maps seem absolutely huge in all directions.

EDIT: Nevermind. I found a Minecraft site that isn't blocked. Apparently they're roughly 8x larger than Earth.

Holy. Crap.

Yeah Notch has a youtube video up of someone with a train ride across the globe, and it is insane. I realized I have been mining and building exclusively in a zone roughly the size of a four city-street block radius. Anyway, i wish there was at least some sort of credits/trading system online at this point. I have a lot of diamonds I don't need, and if there were an easy way to trade some of it for, say, a bajillion blocks of wood it *wood* make my life easier. Yeah, i did that just there.

[Syl]

The map on our server is easily a couple kilometers across.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12064832/gmap/index.html

This is about a week out of date (as the current work on my pyramid and the library haven't shown up, nor has the road i spent all day building) but when you zoom in all the way it gives you a good sense of the scale.

[Ranhert]

The map on our server is easily a couple kilometers across.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12064832/gmap/index.html

This is about a week out of date (as the current work on my pyramid and the library haven't shown up, nor has the road i spent all day building) but when you zoom in all the way it gives you a good sense of the scale.

Holy crap how did you do that? Is that something anyone can do with a file or does it have to be an online map?

[Abednigo]

I think someone mentioned this already (or maybe not), but this PA strip sums up exactly how it was for me. "What's the big deal with this game? Ok, I harvest resources. I can turn this into this. And this into...ohhh. OHH! I'm screwed."

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/1010842689_DYj3P-L.jpg

[Syl]

Holy crap how did you do that? Is that something anyone can do with a file or does it have to be an online map?
Just google it, it's an application and it takes a TON of time to render and get things done, but it works with singleplayer as well.

If you want to use it on a server, you have to be the host with the complete map file. Apparently the google map for our server is about 4 gigs right now, the server itself is only about 900 megs.

Also, that map just updated to some point yesterday, as my new road is finished on the map and the amount of work on the library has become rather obvious.

[Ranhert]

Just google it, it's an application and it takes a TON of time to render and get things done, but it works with singleplayer as well.

If you want to use it on a server, you have to be the host with the complete map file. Apparently the google map for our server is about 4 gigs right now, the server itself is only about 900 megs.

Also, that map just updated to some point yesterday, as my new road is finished on the map and the amount of work on the library has become rather obvious.

Cheers Syl! Took a little effort installing Python and all that jazz but it worked great.

[Anenome]

Apparently the google map for our server is about 4 gigs right now, the server itself is only about 900 megs.
Gah, that's a horrible map that uses up more space than the actual terrain! >_>

[Hennecke]

Anybody found this fo windows?

EDIT: Found this site www.moarminecraft.net

[Syl]

Gah, that's a horrible map that uses up more space than the actual terrain! >_>

Well, the map is made using images - an image for each zoom level.

The actual terrain is just using byte data per block.

[Anenome]

Well, the map is made using images - an image for each zoom level.

The actual terrain is just using byte data per block.
Right, but it's a cliche within the map industry that to have a perfect map it would have to be as big as the actual terrain it was modeling and laid over an area the exact same size. So, my comment was sort of a pun on "big"-size(disk-space) vs "big"-space(physically) :P

I mean, just imagine if a map of your city was the size of your state or something... >_>

[Syl]

Right, but it's a cliche within the map industry that to have a perfect map it would have to be as big as the actual terrain it was modeling and laid over an area the exact same size. So, my comment was sort of a pun on "big"-size(disk-space) vs "big"-space(physically) :P

I mean, just imagine if a map of your city was the size of your state or something... >_>

I would gladly buy a 1:1 ratio map of my city. that'd be amazing. :eek:

[Anenome]

I would gladly buy a 1:1 ratio map of my city. that'd be amazing. :eek:
When it exists it will be made into a game :)

There was a dev awhile back that wanted to use Google maps to allow players to input their GPS coordinates for their house, and from that the game would go into Streetview and pull up textures of your very street to extrapolate houses and whatnot, along with the overhead view for the floorplan of your neighbohood.

So, it would recreate your neighboorhood in game, and then have zombies attack you in your own house :P How cool is that. Yet, we're really not too far from being able to do exactly that.

MIT has a program where they use GPS coordinates and an intelligent system to take hi-res photos of an outdoor area in 360 degrees and uses those images to derive architectural structure along with their textures and has done things like recreate campus digitally, polygons, buildings and all, in hi-res detail.

[LilBunnyFuFu]

Umm, WTF. This has to be a hack...

kn2-d5a3r94

[randir14]

I read he imported schematics or an existing model or something.

[Anenome]

He says he used schematics of the model in the video I saw.

That seemed to imply outside maps, not auto-generating from some model. How would you even do that anyway.

The only really efficient way to do it would be to digitize an actual 3D model of the ship and create a voxel-map from it, then upload that.

He also said he's looking for 30 people to fill in decks :P

If you were doing this by hand it'd be a bitch, you'd need to convert units into 1 meter cubed to get close curve approximations. You could actually do that using pixellation of a picture of the ship, and each deck, on a graphics-program like Photoshop. Then just count blocks and follow the pixels as you build.

Or you could get fancy, import 3D models from some dataset, and write a converter and then run your own server.

But, consider that the model's incomplete, he didn't build in the nacelles. I can believe he did it by hand. Wouldn't take more than a couple weeks tops.

[Syl]

It's not really a hack, but it was made outside of minecraft in another 3D modeling program and then imported.

[modeps]

Has anyone found a legitimate use for mine carts and tracks yet in the normal game? I tried creating a simple transportation system and it's just annoying to use. I'd spend less time walking than actually moving... and powered minecarts are slower than walking anyway.

[Inphidel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9hOHi7tHIE

duh

[Jotoco]

Has anyone found a legitimate use for mine carts and tracks yet in the normal game? I tried creating a simple transportation system and it's just annoying to use. I'd spend less time walking than actually moving... and powered minecarts are slower than walking anyway.

I didn't. But use powered minecarts to take me around when I go to the bathroom or stuff. Or just look up some sites in the mean time, it takes about 2~3 min to take me from base closest (to the spawn) base to the furthest, so it's kinda useful.

[Hennecke]

whaaaaat^^ I like the skin he uses

[Syl]

Just a few pictures from my recent minecrafting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft017.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/?action=view&current=Minecraft017.jpg)
Current view of my Mining Co' Pyramid and warehouse. This will probably change drastically soon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft016.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/?action=view&current=Minecraft016.jpg)
Just a friend of mine getting mobbed by impossible to hurt zombies.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft015.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/?action=view&current=Minecraft015.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft014.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/?action=view&current=Minecraft014.jpg)
These are just some cool scenery I found while exploring, I love the floating island over the water in that first one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft013.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/?action=view&current=Minecraft013.jpg)
My most recent project, I hope she enjoys her new home.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft012.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/?action=view&current=Minecraft012.jpg)
Not my project, but probably the biggest current project on the server. That's all done in smooth stone and I can't exaggerate just how HUGE it is.

[vallancian]

Has anyone found a legitimate use for mine carts and tracks yet in the normal game? I tried creating a simple transportation system and it's just annoying to use. I'd spend less time walking than actually moving... and powered minecarts are slower than walking anyway.

use perpetual motion minecarts so much faster and no need to use up any coal or lava etc. for fuel!

and after looking at some of the things people have created on here its made me feel like ive totally wasted my time on it :L

[Hennecke]

I just read this: The update is going well. There are six new block types (five of them have unique abilities), one new monster, a new dimension, and a couple of bug fixes. Once I get the portals working, I’ll have something very interesting going and I’ll spend the rest of the time leading up to the release adding new smaller features and polishing stuff quote is from nocht's blog here (http://notch.tumblr.com/).
I was wondering about the new dimension? and I am looking so much forward to the new blocks and some sources says that the new monster will be a shark

Let me hear your thoughts

[Anenome]

Wonder if they can use portals to compute...

[n00bIEwaN007]

I hate and love you minecraft. I finally got around to going the server route cause I was just not finding any iron ore. I kept finding red dust but so near the surface, I really didn't thing anything about it. I just kept mining away. So on the server, I gifted myself some iron blocks. What???? Let me begin by stating I have installed Doku's texture pack. I thought what I was mining was red dust only to find that it was IRON ORE all this fragging time. I guess I could have looked at the .png file and gotten that info. So now I shall forge my lumps and lumps of iron ore as I slowly wash the egg off of my face. Ouch. Me being lazy. meh.

Time to kill some ducks....er, chickens.

[Anenome]

Thou hast earned thy name, verily.

Now, back to reading Shakespeare for me ;)

[Capt_Thad]

JeV0XB-w_yM

[LilBunnyFuFu]

JeV0XB-w_yM

that was so epic. his sense of humor was spot on too

[Syl]

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1409584546/some-work-on-biomes#disqus_thread

Biomes and a few pictures of them.

Sweet.

[senorduck]

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1409584546/some-work-on-biomes#disqus_thread

Biomes and a few pictures of them.

Sweet.

Ach! Desperately needs biomes. My first world was a snow covered one...I didn't know there was another variety. I am tired of the snow but my massive castle cannot be abandoned! I must dig!

[Anenome]

I figure turn-about is fairplay...

Console gaming is dead. Notch rules all.

[vallancian]

soo... who just finished their perpetual minecart system and lava floor with jaccuzi in? i did. Jealous much? :L

[Jotoco]

soo... who just finished their perpetual minecart system and lava floor with jaccuzi in? i did. Jealous much? :L

I want a perpetual minecart system! But I still struggle to do this.

[lockwoodx]

Minecraft is getting DDoS'd right now :(

[Anenome]

I wouldn't be surprised if the DDOS really is an extortion of cash, and the complaint about the patch is their cover story essentially. A little social engineering to gain sympathy.

[vallancian]

just thought i'd post a little update to say me and a few friends are going to be renting a server that we would be able to host our own servers for minecraft and garrys mod etc. when i get it all sorted out i will repost and give details incase anyone fancys joining as long as no griefing takes place.. :D

[lockwoodx]

just thought i'd post a little update to say me and a few friends are going to be renting a server that we would be able to host our own servers for minecraft and garrys mod etc. when i get it all sorted out i will repost and give details incase anyone fancys joining as long as no griefing takes place.. :D

Yeah you need to make sure the people allowed in respect things on the surface. Underground should be fair game to allow cool fights and tunnel explosives to be placed.

[vallancian]

Yeah you need to make sure the people allowed in respect things on the surface. Underground should be fair game to allow cool fights and tunnel explosives to be placed.

didnt think of that XD im trying to order a server now but i need to find a few things out first. As a side note we're probably going to be using a whitelist so we would need to know who might actually come on the server so we can create the list, also would anyone be willing to donate a little bit of money a year to help pay out for the costs? it doesnt have to be alot even something like 1 dollar a year would be ok just something to help ease out the costs abit.

[Alexious]

I'm officially trying this when I get home today. Your stories of awesomeness and that intro video convinced me. I'm also thinking the wife might like this as well...

[lost]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/LostGames/c3809c9f-c01d-4e47-b00f-d3e094f14bf.jpg

Happy Halloween!

(a day late)

[Anenome]

If regular low res graphics are designated as "pixelated" might we then call Minecraft's character voxelated? >_>

[Syl]

Alright, i did a LOT of exploring on our server after the update. Some of the better stuff I saw. (Our server is pretty huge, so you have to walk an incredible distance from spawn for the new stuff)

One of the more interesting natural structures I've ever seen:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft019.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft019.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft020.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft020.jpg)
Deserts!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft021.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft021.jpg)
Incredibly tall and spontaneously floating trees!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft022.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft022.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft023.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft023.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft024.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft024.jpg)
Snow as far as the eye can see!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft025.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft025.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft026.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft026.jpg)
...and after all that, i ended up here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft027.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft027.jpg)

[Anenome]

What are those black shapes floating in the air?

[Syl]

That is a problem with our server. For some reason, at the edge of the draw distance, we have floating furnaces in the air. You can never reach them, but they're always there.

It's a question for the ages. We just deal with it. Luckily the halloween update fixed our crash issues at spawn.

Level 3 of my underwater garden! (pre growth)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft028.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft028.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft029.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft029.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft030.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft030.jpg)
Also, that is my "summer house".

[Alexious]

Level 3 of my underwater garden! (pre growth)... Also, that is my "summer house".
:eek:

I'm amazed. Where do you guys go for building tips? I'm totally addicted but I dig and dig and never find diamond or dungeons or any of that other cool stuff. I'm just happy I have enough coal to keep going. HALP!

[Syl]

You just kinda... dig. I started theg ame with absolutely no documentation except for crafting recipes.

You find diamond and dungeons and stuff after prolonged spelunking. I have an insanely large mining complex underneath my main pyramid and surrounding area. Diamonds and redstone spawn near the lower limit, which is pretty far down. I suggest digging until you find the lava lake level and then stay around that level. I tend to have the best luck around lava lakes and they're a constant source of light!

[Jared]

I just have to make sure your eyes pass by this (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1944513).

[Syl]

Alright, as my previous server essentially exploded after the halloween update, we had to start a new one.

Here are some in development shots of my new castle:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft031.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft031.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft032.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft032.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft033.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft033.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft034.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft034.jpg)

[Anenome]

I'm kinda over it now. Ready for the NBT ;P

[modeps]

I wish I had more time so I could play everything. I have sorely neglected Mr. Minecraft.

[vallancian]

I wish I had more time so I could play everything. I have sorely neglected Mr. Minecraft.

your not the only one! i have to get round to finishing bioshock 2, final fantasy 13, the saboteur, fallout new vegas, dead rising 2, prototype, halo reach, codblops, red dead redemption AND put some time into SSFIV.

[Syl]

Alright, even though that SECOND server exploded, i took a break for a few weeks and started again.

Still SMP, but now there are mobs, oh god, the mobs.

woo.

Here is the current state of my hard work.

Also some drastic confusion.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft040.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft040.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft041.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft041.jpg)
My Pyramid, unfinished. One from the top, one from the bottom.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft042.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft042.jpg)
Here is the top of my pyramid once i filled all of it in. All the torches are on a 5x5 grid and I built a landbridge to start trying to get the thing covered in grass. It will eventually be surrounded by fence and have some water in it, as well as perhaps some glass to let light through.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft043.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft043.jpg)
This was a creeper caused problem when he blew up a bit of my moat. Almost caused a forest fire but me and leon got it under countrol. I have no idea if that lava will stay forever.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft044.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft044.jpg)
This is just a picture showing how much open space is in my mine thanks to the massive crater that was created (by griefing, long story.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/th_Minecraft045.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft045.jpg)
This is where my confusion is.

Do you see all obsidian? I didn't create it, there are no sources of water nearby, yet i had one (small) lava lake turn completely into obsidian (causing all sorts of monster ruckus down there) and this, much larger, lava lake is now half obsidian. What could cause this if it wasn't human? So confused.

[Anenome]

Mayhaps obsidian can just randomly cool...

That is one heck of an impossible structure :P

[vallancian]

servers up and running now btw to anyone interested just pm me or davestrife and we will add you to the whitelist and give you the ip!

[Suicidal ShiZuru]

I'll check it out. There's gotta be more people interested!

[Syl]

Although i slowed down quite a bit.

Here's my current building in all of its physics-defying glory.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft049.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft048.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft050.jpg

[brandonjclark]

{bows before the Syl}

[Syl]

It has a lot of work, i'm planning on building a multi-tiered garden on the inside of the pyramid. Not to mention the "base" of the pyramid is going to be something more impressive soon.

[lockwoodx]

How very 80s. Like the glass bricks.

[Syl]

Syltek Farming Pyramid is complete. :)

View from the outside, top of my base. You can see the lowest few levels are a pool of water for fishing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft054.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft054.jpg)
Cactii Farm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft055.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft055.jpg)
Wheat Farm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft053.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft053.jpg)
(Absolutely Massive) Reed Farm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft052.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft052.jpg)
Animal Farm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft051.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft051.jpg)

Quite a change from the huge hollow abyss it used to be.

[lockwoodx]

SSSSSSSsssssssssssssssss

[Syl]

The lava moat and absolute overabundance of torches means that my entire building is creeper proof.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft056.jpg
I guess it's pretty hard to see the lava moat from the views i've given.
(Note: All the "grey" blocks are actually grass)

[LilBunnyFuFu]

The lava moat and absolute overabundance of torches means that my entire building is creeper proof.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/Minecraft056.jpg
I guess it's pretty hard to see the lava moat from the views i've given.
(Note: All the "grey" blocks are actually grass)

I love it, but what pisses me off are the two dark grey stripes on top in southwest that are further apart from the rest of the stripes, thus breaking the pattern...

[Syl]

That was my fault for accidentally making my pyramid an odd number of blocks across. Those "grey strips" are actually the water source that supplies the waterfalls for all of the farming underneath it. Considering that you rarely ever actually see the top-view of the pyramid, keeping the efficiency of the farms up was more important to me than the aesthetics. (That one square difference enabled around 30 more squares of reeds to be grown.)

[Anenome]

Pyramids are -supposed- to be an odd number of blocks so that you'll have an actual center block >_>

[LilBunnyFuFu]

Pyramids are -supposed- to be an odd number of blocks so that you'll have an actual center block >_>

Not really. If your second to top layer is a 3x3 grid then you can put one singular block in the middle without having to make it uneven.

[Anenome]

Not really. If your second to top layer is a 3x3 grid then you can put one singular block in the middle without having to make it uneven.
How are we not understanding each other here? A 3x3 grid is an odd number on both sides, exactly as I said, so that you can put a single block in the very center.

?

[LilBunnyFuFu]

How are we not understanding each other here? A 3x3 grid is an odd number on both sides, exactly as I said, so that you can put a single block in the very center.

?

Oh, I thought you were justifying his 4x3 grid. I apologize. I thought you meant that one side had to be longer by 1 than the other.

[Anenome]

A'ight, we back on track. Yeah, I was questioning what he was saying claiming he had used odds on sides.

[lockwoodx]

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8915/jumble.jpg