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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: Drule on January 31, 2011, 11:02:45 am
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Since we currently don't have a server anymore, this topic is now used for general Minecraft discussion.
Hi pals!
SaltW's got a dedicated Minecraft server that's been up and running for a few weeks now. Currently playing is me, Chef and Verne, and we'd like to invite a few more people to play with us. The server only has capacity for 6 people but this should work out pretty well considering timezones. We'll add more slots if we need to at a later point.
The way we've played so far is everyone's created a base for themselves somewhere in the world that represents their playing style, and every once in a while we meet up to exchange resources or invite each other over to show cool stuff or do some dungeon romping. Here are screenshots of everyone's bases so far:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2725629/mc_chefsgrotto.png)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2725629/mc_drulescastle.png)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2725629/mc_vernestemple.png)
We haven't been playing with rules so far, but it might be good to establish a few now that more people will be joining us:
No griefing/destroying/burning shit. The server takes backup snapshots every 15 minutes, so there's no use doing it.Try to preserve the landscape by not filling it with weird pillars, arrows, blocks, torches, broken structures etc. Make sure your structures have a clear purpose - otherwise the world will eventually end up looking like crud.If you're playing a nomad gameplay style - i.e. you build tiny shelters where you stay until you've depleted nearby resources - destroy your structure when you're ready to move on, and take the building blocks with you. Even if the map is infinite it still has a central starting point where most people will spend their time, and in order for it to last as long as possible we'd like to avoid uninhabited nomad huts littering the landscape. :)
So yeah, that's about it. The IP is 209.236.121.236 for those who are already whitelisted. If you'd like to get invited, join #astrojone at irc.esper.net and have a chat with us.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to post in this thread!
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I will play this if/when Notch gets my account back from hackers.
So probably never, but still.
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Could I trade my premium for 14.95 so I could buy the game.
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What premium? :-)
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I've avoided this game long enough. Time allowing, I'll log on tonight (EST) and try to get started. This game is no longer free is it?
Anyway, nice structures, everyone!
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Ive been playing Minecraft for the past few weeks now, running my own servers as well as playing on others. Wish I knew about this sooner, would have definitely joined you guys.
I'll ask for an invite if I ever figure out this IRC s**t.
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I was already planning on buying this soon, but now I'm going to buy it now.
I'll ask you guys for an invite once I've added some funds to my Paypal account. I would have asked you guys already if only I had known about this sooner.
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are monsters enabled?
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Yes, monsters are enabled.
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Drule, any chance that those of us who actually wanna play can get a whitelist on the server? I've been in #astrojone all day and I've yet to see you reconnect, so...
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Ya, I moved yesterday due to my bathroom being repaired. Sorry about that. I'm usually online 24-7 and available most of the time aside from that.
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Pretty sure im in the right place on irc, but still no one online.
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Drule, I missed you last night when you popped into IRC. Anyhow, if you could whitelist my account Nikuru on the minecraft server, that would be superb. Thanks!
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Sure, but I'm about to hit the hay and don't have my computer at hand, so I'll do it tomorrow morning.
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Alright, thanks for the heads up, at least!
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Yes, there is a common starting point.
Also Nikuru you have been whitelisted.
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How often are people playing on here? so far ive only seen Verne and Nikuru on, would be nice to see a few others.
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Chef is busy this week, and I can't play because I won't be in my apartment for another week or so. If you want crazy activity though you're better off playing on a different server, because that isn't really the point of this one.
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Still haven't got my account back and I've emailed several Mojang employees and the two support emails. I don't think I'm ever getting it back. Goddamn it.
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I would think after the second e-mail, someone would have at least turned off your account so whoever stole it from you wouldn't be able to use it themselves at least.
Don't feel bad though. The people that own the game probably just love the person who stole your account way more than they ever loved you.
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I read somewhere that they are completely swamped and don't have the capacity to reply to support e-mails.
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Isn't the maker of this a multi-millionaire now? Maybe he should hire some more people once he's done diving into his scrooge mcduck vault of gold coins instead of hiding under his indie status that's my 2 centimeters.
Did you whitelist me btw? I left you a note in astrojone a couple of daysago
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Im cheap, Do I need to buy the game to play on the SW server?
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Isn't the maker of this a multi-millionaire now? Maybe he should hire some more people once he's done diving into his scrooge mcduck vault of gold coins instead of hiding under his indie status that's my 2 centimeters.
He's busy going on holidays, duh.
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if not my premium then my post count..i'm desperate
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Hero Bash maybe you could work a minimum wage, part-time job for 3 hours and then buy the game or even better.. sell your soul to Drule?
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Isn't the maker of this a multi-millionaire now? Maybe he should hire some more people once he's done diving into his scrooge mcduck vault of gold coins instead of hiding under his indie status that's my 2 centimeters.
Apparently he's hired someone to do this but I am guessing he is also busy doing other things.
Did you whitelist me btw? I left you a note in astrojone a couple of daysago
Yes I did but you were all "......well... u can w/l me if u wanna but i wont highlight u cuz i dont really care....."
Im cheap, Do I need to buy the game to play on the SW server?
Yes.
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Yes I did but you were all "......well... u can w/l me if u wanna but i wont highlight u cuz i dont really care....."
What? I didn't highlight you because I didn't want to bother you away from whatever you were doing since I don't really play often and wasn't keen to play right that minute, so it could wait till you checked the channel yourself...
Honestly, you try and be considerate and this is what you get. I'll get my rushed irc messages proof-read by my secretary next time too since abbreviations seem to bother you
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What? I didn't highlight you because I didn't want to bother you away from whatever you were doing since I don't really play often and wasn't keen to play right that minute, so it could wait till you checked the channel yourself...
Honestly, you try and be considerate and this is what you get. I'll get my rushed irc messages proof-read by my secretary next time too since abbreviations seem to bother you
I was joking pal.
Come play with us!
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I would play but I don't play on the browser version and the program boot version of MineCraft is fing up.
Maybe you guys can help here is a pic that show what is going on.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/DDayDark/Whyowhyminecraft.png)
To be honest the snapshot looks better then what it is really like. let me put it this way you see me desktop right now it looks that. also my desktop it fucked up when running mine craft so any help will be much appreciated.
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Make sure your Java's updated to the most recent version, ensure that you don't have Minecraft's executable set to run in 256 colors, and stop running Vista. (that last one was a joke, kind of.) That's really all I can think at the moment, but I'm sure Drule or others would probably be able to help you out better than I can.
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It looks like your computer is running on 16 colors. If not and if Minecraft does that, you should probably try updating your video drivers, and then try re-installing Java.
If that doesn't work you should try asking for help in #minecrafthelp at irc.esper.net.
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Did all that before and just redid it to make sure. I even restarted and still nothing. Let me make this more clear the browser one works fine but I play my mine craft in full screen so I like it on my hard drive so I can run at full screen.
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Don't suppose I can get whitelisted for this, champs? Username is DoctorEars.
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Also looking to get whitelisted but I can't seem to catch Drule on IRC. My username is HybridZero.
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Ok, you guys have been whitelisted.
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my username is ejack. you should whitelist me too :)
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Done.
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Drule you restarted the server.....
....valentines day just got a whole lot more depressing
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Yeah, on request I restarted the server. However, the old one has been backed up and can be restored at any point.
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I want to play! can i join?
EDIT: my username is claska
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Anyway I could get my hands on the previous world we were working on? I was working on something big and was hoping to finish it off even if its in singleplayer.
I really cant get into this new map.
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I like the new map. Already built a farm in-between two open mouthed caverns that spread out in all sorts of random directions under the landscape.
As long as I'm there, I figure I can hoard a bunch of snow until I can think of something cool to do with it all.
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In theory, can I play on the SaltW server with a cracked copy of Minecraft?
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Nope.. not unless Drule set the server as offline mode in the server settings which I dont think he did.
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if you like the game you will definitely get your 15 bucks worth no problem.
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I played the demo or free version or whatever in the browser and it seemed okay. It didn't really tempt me to shell out my cold hard cash for the privilege of playing. Then again, I've wasted $15 on far worse in the past.
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That free version I believe it to be old classic version, which you can play on the Minecraft.com site. Its freebuild and sucks.. Playing the game on survival is a lot more fun and more of a challenge.
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No, you need to buy the game if you want to play. We're not going to set it to offline (unless maybe you are really poor in which case I'd probably work something out for you).
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I think a lot of people like myself bought minecraft in alpha because it seemed to have a lot of potential, but at this point it doesn't seem like most of that potential will ever be realized and I think it's a pretty bad game as it is. I never tried smp though, I guess I'll give it a whirl
whitelist _____ please
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I think Minecraft is a great game and is definitely worth $15 or whatever it costs now (I don't know what your expectations are?)
Anyway, whitelisted Earl_chip and claska. :-)
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the survival mode hasn't really been developed yet, it's still pretty much a sandbox game. and as a sandbox game I don't think it's very fun once you realize everything the game has to offer, which actually isn't very much. it's not surprising the game doesn't have much to offer in beta, but since he was already selling in the indev stages and he hasn't added much since infdev in terms of actual game-changing content I find it doubtful the game will ever live up to its potential, except possibly in third-party mods if they're still allowed by the time the game is finished
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the survival mode hasn't really been developed yet, it's still pretty much a sandbox game. and as a sandbox game I don't think it's very fun once you realize everything the game has to offer, which actually isn't very much. it's not surprising the game doesn't have much to offer in beta, but since he was already selling in the indev stages and he hasn't added much since infdev in terms of actual game-changing content I find it doubtful the game will ever live up to its potential, except possibly in third-party mods if they're still allowed by the time the game is finished
learn to use redstone and oh god
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I've been following it since indev, I've used redstone enough.
you really gotta stop playing the mindless games man, you're making yourself go braindead.
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I've been following it since indev, I've used redstone enough.
you really gotta stop playing the mindless games man, you're making yourself go braindead.
ive also been following it since indev
you are just weakminded
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Every game is mindless if you think of it that way.
If you try to gauge something that's so entirely abstract in terms of "how much more pointless is this game compared to that game", then you're making yourself go braindead already.
Also to assume that any game can live up to something as abstract as it's own potential is pretty weakminded. Even if it kept on getting closer to that potential, all it would accomplish is giving that game even more potential to not live up to.
Although because of currency exchange rates, I had to pay over 20$ US for the game even with the early purchase discount. It's a good game, but I think it'd have to be a long while before I find it worth that much. (and even if it does get to that point, it'll end up costing even more than that by that time anyhow. It's pretty much the only reason I purchased early, even if I find myself feeling a bit ripped off)
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it's not surprising the game doesn't have much to offer in beta, but since he was already selling in the indev stages and he hasn't added much since infdev in terms of actual game-changing content I find it doubtful the game will ever live up to its potential, except possibly in third-party mods if they're still allowed by the time the game is finished
Adding mod support is priority number two right now I think, behind a new launcher. Also the main reason they haven't added much actual content during the last half a year is that notch spent most of the autumn working on technical stuff like getting the multi-player working and then setting up the company. (I've been reading his blog way too much) I'm not saying it's definitely gonna be awesome, I have no idea where they're gonna take the game, but I think your reasons for doubting aren't very good.
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yeah I used to get his blog on rss but I had to quit because it was pretty irritating sometimes. I don't mind if you don't like the reasons I've given, I'm not trying to persuade anyone. not that I should have to, since no one has any reason to believe it's gonna be any better of a game than it is now, and since notch's idea of 'adding content' seems to be limited to simple gimmicks and novelties that become stale within a half hour of play
edc uh I'm not sure where you're going with that. once you quit playing games for the most part, stuff like this starts to feel like a mind-numbing waste of time after awhile. it's not good for you to veg out too much. dx apparently plays games like this and wow a lot, and his reading comprehension level is somewhere around 0, so I'm just saying it couldn't hurt
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So far the game is fun to play; personaly i think this is one of those games, like civ for example that you have to make your own fun othewise your gonna be bored mindless.
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the thing I like about the civs is that I can play them while doing something else. they're not simultaneously time-consuming and completely engaging. I used to listen to new albums while playing minecraft, that works pretty well as long as you're not worried about monsters sneaking up on you
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Btw, i can't get on the server, did i take to long or somthing? Well i started playing on buxville atm, this is the town i'm building http://www.buxville.net/showthread.php/8804-Thaig-Cathura-Hamlet?p=112909#post112909 (http://www.buxville.net/showthread.php/8804-Thaig-Cathura-Hamlet?p=112909#post112909)
Whilst i did most of the work it would have taken god know how much longer if i didn't have help, were short on one person to officaly found it... well that and the money :P
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yeah I used to get his blog on rss but I had to quit because it was pretty irritating sometimes. I don't mind if you don't like the reasons I've given, I'm not trying to persuade anyone. not that I should have to, since no one has any reason to believe it's gonna be any better of a game than it is now, and since notch's idea of 'adding content' seems to be limited to simple gimmicks and novelties that become stale within a half hour of play
edc uh I'm not sure where you're going with that. once you quit playing games for the most part, stuff like this starts to feel like a mind-numbing waste of time after awhile.
yeah, i understand and relate to your point really well.
curiously, what kind of potential did you see back then in alpha? like where it possibly would have gone from there.
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something more designed, and a real reason to explore besides finding a neat-looking place. regions with their own ecosystems, resources, weather patterns, wildlife, enemies. even with biomes, the world still feels very dull, invariable and inanimate. you can walk for hours and the same thing will be going on wherever you end up as where you started, except maybe there will be some different-looking landforms. there are no nodes, there is no area-specific anything besides like clay, snow and cactus and who gives a shit about them? I also hoped he'd grow out of the zombies and skeletons a little, or at least not have them spawn out of the blue both on the surface and underground depending only upon how dark is. ruins, some sort of intelligent creature, a reason to give a shit besides wanting to build something for some reason. something more like the idea of dwarf fortress that I have in my head
like I started to say earlier, it's at this bad stage between being a sandbox game where you only play because you want to build something, and a game with conflict and goals. I guess one of the novelties of the game is that the goals are supposed to be self-set, and maybe that works for the first playthrough of the gameplay-defined tech tree, but I find the game way too shallow for it to be entertaining on its own beyond that
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I don't know if you know or not but he is planing to make a more dungeon crawler style of game play where you can't mine i think it's for those who are creating exploration style maps. that said i think you are a bit right, other then bulding structures there isn't a lot to do unless you play with mods or one of those special maps like Sky lands, even those special objectives like getting to the nether are just so you can get special materials like light stone or blood stone to build other things.
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Its really about creating your own fun from it, I'm sure some can do that better than others but I found that the game is way more appealing playing with others. I've never played single player since paying for the game.
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I think Minecraft has more content, replayability and a higher production quality than a lot (if not most) commercial indie games. It's definitely up there with Cave Story, Spelunky (its going pro), World of Goo and Super Meat Boy in terms of getting value for your money.
You could argue that once you've gotten to a certain point in the game and the novelty of building has worn out it's no longer fun, but when you've reached that point you've probbaly played enough to warrant paying $10 or $15 for it anyway. Also, at this point you can still use your creativity to keep it somewhat fun, and you've still got new stuff being added to the game on an almost weekly basis.
I don't see what your problem is because it basically doesn't get any better than this man. :-/
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I'm not thinking about it in terms of being an indie game, and I'm not comparing it to other games. comparisons like this don't make something good or bad, they only make it better or worse than whatever you're comparing it to, relevant only to whatever criteria you're using for the comparison. like I've seen people praise the wire for not having clearly defined factions of good guys and bad guys, and while this might give it an edge over other prime time crime dramas, it's not really something that deserves celebration--the wire might be better than other crime dramas, but as its own show I think it's just okay
in terms of being "worth the money", again it's not really any help in determining the quality of the game. how much time I've spent playing it is irrelevant: consider the time people put into wow, or even free mmorpgs like maple story. that does not necessarily make them good games. I guess the money I spent on it does contribute to my disappointment though, because I doubt I'll be receiving what I felt is the most obvious progression of the game. like MINE CRAFT I expected mining and crafting to mean something besides building stupid-looking castles/whatever you feel like designing for no other purpose than looking cool
as for not getting any better than this, I disagree I've played many better games! subjectively and I guess a lil more objectively too
I don't know if you know or not but he is planing to make a more dungeon crawler style of game play where you can't mine i think it's for those who are creating exploration style maps. that said i think you are a bit right, other then bulding structures there isn't a lot to do unless you play with mods or one of those special maps like Sky lands, even those special objectives like getting to the nether are just so you can get special materials like light stone or blood stone to build other things.
yeah I know about that, "adventure mode" or something. this might have some potential, though with the current limitations I don't see much flexibility.
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Lets just accept Minecraft is like Marmite, you either love it or hate it.
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Lets just accept Massy is like a Marmite, you either love it or hate. it!!!!!
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(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/i.imgur.com/zHssi.png)
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=188698
This is all sorts of relevant.
Well, one sort.
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Lets just accept Massy is like a Marmite, you either love it or hate. it!!!!!
Im like pizza, even when im bad im still pretty good.
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Can someone upload some pics/vids of the SaltW map? The world needs MineCraft journalists.
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earl: I thought you were pessimistic because the game is kinda shallow at the moment and they haven't added much content in a few months, and it's in early beta, so I figured you were just the impatient type. You have good point with notch seeming too satisfied with adding just icing and doesn't seem to plan to actually develop the game in any direction, so I'll take that back and shut up.
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server needs upgrade to 1.13 ;)
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Fixed.
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A nice little update this one....
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looks good hobomaster, the pumpkins especially. not super sure about the top grass yet but I'll wait until I see it in action
earl: I thought you were pessimistic because the game is kinda shallow at the moment and they haven't added much content in a few months, and it's in early beta, so I figured you were just the impatient type. You have good point with notch seeming too satisfied with adding just icing and doesn't seem to plan to actually develop the game in any direction, so I'll take that back and shut up.
one thing I should mention is that very early on in the survival mode development, sometime before the night/day system, notch talked about where minecraft was headed and he had mentioned something about making an accessible, 3D dwarf fortress. so he at least HAD a vision at some point. I'm not sure if he actually lost sight of where the game was headed (which could be rather easy, given the long development time and tons of praise from young die-hard fans), or if he has purposely been releasing flavor items every so often to keep people's attention. obviously I feel it's more likely the former given recent dialogue about the game's development but I haven't given up
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lol i died in "mitchel's house". enjoy my items if they survive, i'm not walking all the way back there :(
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i randomly get dropped from the server and changes to my inventory don't save. it's kind of annoying :( my precious clay all gone
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I think only 3 or 4 people are playing anymore. been looking for other people's houses but they're tough to find
(http://i52.tinypic.com/2psjc46.png)
a REAL grotto, in the heartlands across the underwater tunnel from the spawn area
(http://i55.tinypic.com/24osscm.png)
entrance to the slime kingdom
(http://i54.tinypic.com/dc6icy.png)
missing chunk (later found)
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I still play regularily, trying to build a long railroad. I've built my things west of the spawn. You can see some screenshots here: http://www.cold-void.net/images/minecraft/MP/
The tower is just beyond the spawn over the hills and the house is further west from the tower on a nice cape. There's also a small mining outpost north of the tower not featured in the screenshots.
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Those shots look good. I need to get back to playing on that server again. (If you see a wooden house that looks like a chessboard near a bunch of snow, that one is mine.)
Question: is the only way to get grass to grow underground by exposing it to natural sunlight before covering it up? I've found this great spot for a underground grotto, but I still gotta work on it a whole lot more.
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yeah I saw that house, looted it bare. looked pretty nice, had a good egg farm going on when I passed through
grass requires light from any source to grow, and it needs to be next to an existing patch. the dirt patch can be like 1 block above or a couple blocks down for grass to spread to it
edit: if verne's place is to the west of the spawn mine's to the edit: south and south east
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this game sounds awesome. is it awesome?
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my place is well-hidden. did anyone find it?
(http://ejack.ca/upload/awesome.png)
(also a few abandoned mines to the east and south)
also featuring:
http://ejack.ca/upload/mc_field.jpg UNDERGROUND FIELD
http://ejack.ca/upload/mc_levers.jpg NEEDLESS REDSTONE CIRCUITS
http://ejack.ca/upload/mc_hub.jpg SUPER SECRET TUNNEL NETWORK (with a tree in the middle!)
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someone from team 9000 http://www.team9000.net/threads/minecraft-making-a-sprite-whats-your-template.887/page-2#post-10818 or AwesomeFaceProd http://www.youtube.com/user/awesomefaceprod griefed your house
this game sounds awesome. is it awesome?
no but it can be enjoyable
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can't connect all day ;_;
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Server has been down a whole day now. :(
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Yeah, it has been down both times I've tried to get on.
I don't mind though, I've been really busy lately and don't have the time to distract myself on this particular game.
I'd still be playing if I could get on though. I think the reason the grass patches in my underground grotto aren't spreading is because I'm not putting the torches close enough to them. It is weird because I have a glass roof over them, so I figured they'd spread more quickly in the daytime at least.
Maybe I should craft a compass so I can attempt wandering about in search of pumpkins.
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Sorry about this. The server is down because you apparently need to pay manually. I'll get it up today.
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luks like ur having trouble 'getting it up' lol!!
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i don't know if you mind having an OUTSIDER / non-active GW member on the server but i have a friend looking for a place to play. he is pretty cool guy and won't grief your shit or do anything stupid. (username chyka)
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Sorry to say guys but they deleted our account. I thought they had just suspended it but apparently not.
I'm gonna look around and see if I can find a host that process payments themselves as the current host requires you to submit payments manually which is a huge hassle for me due to my bank's security procedures.
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Apparently Brohoster does Minecraft, and they're normally pretty cool. Look into them maybe?
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Ouch man, I had already assumed it was a bigger problem, but I didn't expect that.
Did the server's map data get deleted along with the account?
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Did the server's map data get deleted along with the account?
Yeah that's the problem. Upon not paying they deleted the entire account. :-(
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ohi folks. i pay for fairly underused minecraft hosting with a couple of friends, however there are some disputes about playing style. (ie I like to play legit minecraft and a couple of them are more like MODS, UNLIMITED ITEMS , FLYING, YESSSS).
i don't really like exploring a world full of LAVA SUPERSTRUCTURES and autogenerated spheres and shit, so if there is interest here (by which i mean desperate minecrafters) i would consider some RESTRUCTURING on said server and getting some legit minecrafts gonig on D:
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I'm totally into playing legit without cheats and stuff. But if you let me on your server, there's no guarantee I'm not going to be dead-set on making crazy giant structures that inexplicably leak lava from any available orifice. (I still got the blueprints drawn up for a giant stone head I want to make to eventually cry tears of lava back when the GW server was up) I'm not really up for the item-grinding and chest hoarding that all such endeavors must require for "legit play", but it's still far more interesting than working on just a 1-player world.
So with that aside, I do feel silly for having paid for minecraft and not being able to play in a world with other people in it. I'm sure you won't have much trouble getting more interest from people visiting this topic regularly so the sooner you have it up for us the better!
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i will get back to this after my exam tomorrow.
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here's what's up.
-we're going to have a world restart within a week from now, so i'll wait till then.
-there will be a few other people on the server as well but they will all also be pretty cool people.
-we may (probably) allow some un-legit shenanigans (yet to be determined) with a few etiquette rules attached as to try not to fuck up the world, and not interfere with the enjoyability of people who just wanna play some legit minecraftssss (eg. me)
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Count me in I'll Play
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I'll play for sure.
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Ive been hooked on this game since yesterday. You can spend countless hours without realizing how fast time flies. :o
Man you guys are pretty good at making shit in this (judging from the first page). This is my first creation >>>
Outside
(http://imageshack.us/m/577/7024/outsidew.jpg)
Front Door :D
(http://imageshack.us/m/823/9642/outside2u.jpg)
1st Floor >>
(http://imageshack.us/m/808/7081/1stfloor.jpg)
Annnd 2nd floor >
(http://imageshack.us/m/864/7030/2ndfloro.jpg)
I need new textures. Still learning a lot of things in game. Minecraft Wiki ftw. I'm down to play if the servers up
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I'll unsticky this since we still don't have a new server. We can use this as a general Minecraft discussion thread for now!
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i'm still trying to work out an arrangement which satisfies all (by which i mean the people who help pay for my server) because i'm too poor to put 15 bucks a month into hosting by myself.
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here's the deal. give me your minecraft usernames and i'll whitelist you and give you the IP to my server. presently we are updated to 1.6.6, on a fresh map, and no mods are installed. i think i'd like to keep it that way, but we'll see.
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Warped655 is mine. (So my username minus a p) I wouldn't know if I could justify putting any money into anything but food and rent considering I'm currently subsisting on plasma money.
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no worries.
you are now on the fabled whitelist :3
also the ip is 69.197.189.242
also i'm going to sleep. because i have a shitty immune system.
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username: vnieminen
Please whitelist. I've been meaning to start minecrafting again but havent had much time to find a proper server yet. :)
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DDayDark
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DoctorEars
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This is definitely getting dull playing alone. I think my username is Rowain if you're still whitelisting...
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Oh it's finally up. That's nice. The only time I ever feel like playing it without cheating is when other people are watching.
My username is EDC if you want more people to whitelist.
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all whitelisted. 69.197.189.242 let's build some fuckin' blocks!!!
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cock blocks
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Earl_chip
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whitelisted!
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DDay's logs
Yesterday I log in and it was just me at night dieing spawned in a god forsaken poorly lite spawn area after that I got some wood and head towards the house and EDC loged in I helped him out he seemed to log in midday after I checked out the house (I'm still not aware of who is the owner of it) I began to mine in the shaft that lead to a beginning of a mine and I started to dig a tunnel.
found a good deposit of coal and then Ejack logged I meet up with him in the unknown owners house and after a few mishaps and found a cavern in the mine tunnel I made. I found some deposits of iron, coal, zombies, and creepers
After all that I was done leaching off this house. So i start it to build a house got done half of the first story and the night fall made a mad dash to put up some sort of roof and blocked the rest with sand. after that night i got done the roof and removed the sand and started the 2nd story floor.
Today I finished my 2nd story alone added a few chests and found an advance cave system near me and is rich with iron and coal in fact I think it's so advance if I go in any deeper I may not be able to find my way back.
Fuck i had over 64 iron and i lost it some how :(
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let's play some miiiinecrafttttt
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Watch out if you guys are exploring around in the nether. I disconnected while I was in there, and I re-spawned on top of the map. With the layer of bedrock blocking me everywhere I go, I can't even kill myself to re-spawn.
Sooo, unless the person running the server can re-set my player location manually it looks like my account is forever banished to the forbidden zone.
I took the solitude as an opportunity to try and figure out the size of both maps. I've moved over 4000 steps in one direction and there is still no end in sight. The walking in one direction in a never-ending bedrock laden hellscape getting rather redundant so I'm probably going to start playing some dwarf fortress instead.
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you can type /kill unless you want to try and save your items
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Nah, it's impossible at this point. I wouldn't have even gone back there if I wasn't trying to save a bucket and a clock I didn't know I had with me last time I died. (both of which most assuredly are long gone)
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Can I haz Diamondz,Minecraft is simply fucking amazing and when it hits Xbox it better have Mouse/Keyboard controls allowed or else i'm not even fucking buying it.The only beef I have with the game is my shitty laptop overheats if I don't keep the fan off a surface while playing so here I am tilting my laptop whist laying down just to play me some Minecraft but hey it's worth it because I'd fucking play this game upside down whilst having a monkey gnaw at my balls if I had to.
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Has there ever been an Xbox 360 game that allowed keyboard and mouse controls?
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yeah I don't know why you'd even think that would be a possibility.
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yeah I don't know why you'd even think that would be a possibility.
Because it's so trivial to connect them. I think most fps game makers specifically make it impossible/very hard to use them though because of how superior they are for those games
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Well like I said keyboard/mouse compatability or GTFO theyve got the keyboard working and the mouse can't be that heard can it?
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Keyboard was limited to naming and messaging and what not. not for gameplay. It wouldn't be hard to implement mouse and keyboard on 360. but I just don't see it happening due to what essentially boils down to game politics. I've wanted this sort of thing for a while now. but I've long given up on it.
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yeah I don't know why you'd even think that would be a possibility.
Because it's completely doable on the 360's main competitor?
Also yeah Minecraft on the 360 is going to be a Kinect game supposedly. That would get tiring very fast.
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It'll have Kinect features, but they're entirely optional apparently.
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edc are you still fucked? i'll fix you up tomorrow.
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No I already killed mysef and I'm back to running around trying to collect enough tnt for my next big project.
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1.7 is coming this week, bringing pistons which open up a few neato possibilities if you're into building nifty contraptions and the like.
I'll update the server ASAP after it's released, but you shouldn't blindly update to 1.7 without checking this topic if you don't want to possibly be locked out of the server for a few hours or a day or however long it takes me to get a chance to update it.
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in the meantime, has anyone found any slimes? according to the wiki they only spawn in certain chunks, in the bottom 16 layers. I found the slime kingdom on drule's server but haven't found any on this one.
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i dug a slime-hole in my base on this server. once, and only once, i found 2 small slimes and got slimeballs.
then i died via lava.
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the server's being stupid. now i get to see how their support is. we should be up and running soon.
Update: Server is updated. let's play some minecraft!
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there were loads on drule's server. I wonder if the wiki people looked in the source to get that info or they're just guessing? seems like they might spawn closer to water: http://www.saltw.net/index.php?topic=82160.msg1611360#msg1611360
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If the server is still up, then add me to whitelist. (My account name is MankeliPRKL)
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whitelisted.
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Minecraft still whines that I'm not on whitelist, either I have wrong IP (69.197.189.242) or then you mistyped my account name or added my SaltWorld account name instead D:
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Nope, neither of those things.
Maybe the server needs a restart to load the new whitelist. Try it again now.
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It works now. Is the server btw pure survival or are there any rules?
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It's pure survival, I didn't bother to post any rules but common minecraft etiquette (don't grief/vandalize or steal people's shit) apply
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Aight.
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I don't care if you steal my stuff as long as it's not diamonds or slime balls and you don't take all of it.
also I've seen tons of different people playing on the server but only 3 or 4 different bases, all near the spawn area. I've hidden some neat rest stops and tombs around the world, but I don't think anyone has ever seen them. exploration is pretty useless and difficult right now.
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I've stumbled upon a few little developments far far away from the spawn.
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Hey guys more Minecraft, yo!
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woo
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I found some slimes but they wobbled into lava. But at least I got tons of diamonds!
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If you are financially well-off and interested in supporting your hosts, let me know :3
15 bucks a month adds up :(
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maybe. ask drule to pay for it first
idk why but someone smoothed over my artificial natural bridge and installed a railroad with a shack at one of the entrances to my tomb. it's ok I guess, makes it more noticeable and less naturalistic than I'd like though. edit: oh it's a house now. it's ok! just know there's someone underneath you. edit: that's a bad place for a bed. edit: should look fine with more trees
urban sprawl....
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Did some exploring today to see what's new. Interesting places you guys have created!
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Yeah that spot is a work in progress, I want to make it into a natrualistic looking mini-train station eventually. (once I look up how to craft shears) It'll be easier for me to maintain once I get the rail connected and I won't have to go through the nether to get over there, although i don't mind taking the time to re-route the rail if it would do better underground, since I already have a grasp of where everything is already placed around there. (Edit: it is a nice house under there I noticed, but every time I use the bed down there, I get greeted by a mob. I just wall off that poorly placed bed whenever I sleep for the time being, but the accommodations are definitely temporary, and whoever originally built that spot can renovate any of the things I built as they please. I just wanted a quick access from my rail station, since there seemed to be a lot of interesting stuff going on around that particular hideout)
Also, I'm getting us lots of TNT. If we can find that spot where those slimes were encountered, I can blast open a chunk of space in the bottom 16 layers just for spawning slimes.
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there's the occasional slime coming up in my base at the bottom, past the mob spawner. but i've cleared and TNTed a fairly large area and haven't seen really much more.
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We'll figure out how those pesky slimes are spawning soon enough. In fact, I have a feeling that the age of endless sticky pistons is going to be upon our humble server in pretty much no time at all. (or at least as soon as they release an update that allows the placement of vertical pistons along with horizontal ones)
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you already can, can't you?
piston go all 6 directions i think also i'm drunk
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Yeah, pistons always face the player upon being placed down.
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Is anyone interested in a new world when 1.8 is released?
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Is anyone interested in a new world when 1.8 is released?
I'm game.
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rather not but w/e. I've got a path leading far away in the nether if you want to create new bases on the other end. unless I'm mistaken, once the portal is set up and used it should generate land on the other end using the new code. could be that a new world is required to see the new landgen features, though, as was the case with a couple earlier updates
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I'm with earl on this one, in that it depends on how much is changing with the new update. I'm not savvy with what is changing, but unless the new world generator gives access to the sky-realm or something, I don't really see the point.
I just don't want to start a new world if it's going to be discarded for another new one as soon as the 1.9 version is released. (but I did find out online how to discover where the chunks exclusive to slime spawning are located. So if a new world is to be had, then I'm going to pick my next house location very carefully.)
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yeah, earl's option is a definite possibility if there's opposition to starting over.
1.8 is supposed to be fairly substantial, but we can decide when the time comes, when we know more about the changes.
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THERE IS A MINECRAFT SERVER?
I AM ROARLIONS
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I'm with earl on this one, in that it depends on how much is changing with the new update. I'm not savvy with what is changing, but unless the new world generator gives access to the sky-realm or something, I don't really see the point.
there is gonna be some new map generation code, but it remains unclear if it will work on older maps. idk why it wouldn't, but it happened once or twice before. I think that was for the original snow-worlds though.
here's some stuff that might be in the next update:
NPC villages
Randomly generated dungeons
New biome code
Fully working Creative Mode (and individual admins can enter Creative Mode on a Survival Mode server if they choose)
Critical hits
Sprinting
More farming options
but I did find out online how to discover where the chunks exclusive to slime spawning are located.
how? just by carving out a cave in the last 16 layers or some other method?
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I also heard that the bow will actually require 'pull time' where I assume that the longer you pull the more flattened the trajectory and increased damage.
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Yeah, I did notice some of the update features. If the NPC village creation is based on the world generation, it might be better to go with a fresh new world. Plus the biomes in the current world don't offer too much variety unless you are a really big fan of sand *which I am* (I just wish you could take your current inventory between worlds with you like you can in terraria, although that is something that has not yet been tested...)
how? just by carving out a cave in the last 16 layers or some other method?
No, basically by cheating, but I'm ok with that (http://mcslimes.appspot.com/)
Although I need to actually dig the space out before I can confirm it works, but it did say I had two neighboring chunks not too far from my original mineshaft. (there are a surprising number of those around the center, I wonder if there is any chance of three or more chunks spawning adjacent to each other)
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there's probably a way we can at very least keep our inventories, unless they're hidden in the same file(s) as the map.
if not, a few items could be /given out at the beginning to compensate for the tediousness associated with beginning anew and harvesting trees by hand for that first craft table and going through wooden picks etc. depending one what people are up for.
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HOW DO I PLAY ON THIS I AM ROARLIONS
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i will whitelist you in a moment roarlions
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there's probably a way we can at very least keep our inventories, unless they're hidden in the same file(s) as the map.
if not, a few items could be /given out at the beginning to compensate for the tediousness associated with beginning anew and harvesting trees by hand for that first craft table and going through wooden picks etc. depending one what people are up for.
Alright, well if we do go forward with the new map under the assumption that our personal inventories are linked to the server rather than the map itself, then once we know for sure we are starting a new map I'd like a little prior notice before the switch so that we can have time to properly prepare for it.
It's not working with low level tools I'm concerned with, it's more the hours of ore digging that I spent going entirely up in smoke because of having to start from square one. (I'm the kind of player who refuses to give up working with stone tools because of how much I overvalue iron and such, but if I know if I'm entering a new map with more iron available to me than what the map itself spawns with, I'd probably just make my tools iron to start out on with anyways. Although it's still true that the less iron I waste on tools, the more I can waste on making even more railroad/redstone material. *it's even more confounding now that you need to burn through stuff as scarce as iron in order to properly hoard cloth and shrubbery, regardless of how high the return is before your two pieces of iron are completely burned up*)
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note: i will be away july 22 - 30.
If 1.8 comes out during that time there might be some delays getting it up.
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If 1.8 comes out during that time there might be some delays getting it up.
What an unfortunate turn of phrase!!!
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What an unfortunate turn of phrase!!!
That's what she said.
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the host is doing some work in what's supposed to be a mostly 'seamless transition' to a new server. except we've been down for a few days.
the new IP is 64.31.15.107 whenever things are straightened out
edit: disregard that, 69.197.189.145 it is
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man, i'm going to be pissed if it comes out like right when the new school year begins
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i have no money to spare for this. server's going down at the end of the month!