Minecraft

  On 10/20/2010 at 12:10 AM, Bubba69 said:

Does the developer come to these boards?

 

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Where do you look for inspiration?

 

Music, usually. I usually listen to either electronic music a la Squarepusher and Autechre....

hahah.. this and that ulillillia comment earlier in the thread.. the picture becomes clearer.

  On 10/20/2010 at 12:23 AM, disparaissant said:

i see iron everywhere from just above sea level to all the way down.

Me too, but I was wondering if there was a certain depth where it is most common? I want to make an iron mine and then a separate diamond mine if needs be

  On 10/20/2010 at 9:55 AM, jhonny said:

  On 10/20/2010 at 12:23 AM, disparaissant said:

i see iron everywhere from just above sea level to all the way down.

Me too, but I was wondering if there was a certain depth where it is most common? I want to make an iron mine and then a separate diamond mine if needs be

it's not really predictable enough to do that

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coal ore can be found up to layer 127 (number of blocks above the void, which is under the lowest bedrock layer), iron ore can be found up to layer 64, gold ore can be found up to layer 32, and diamond ore can be found up to layer 16.

  On 10/20/2010 at 12:03 PM, kaini said:

  On 10/20/2010 at 9:55 AM, jhonny said:

  On 10/20/2010 at 12:23 AM, disparaissant said:

i see iron everywhere from just above sea level to all the way down.

Me too, but I was wondering if there was a certain depth where it is most common? I want to make an iron mine and then a separate diamond mine if needs be

 

it's not really predictable enough to do that

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coal ore can be found up to layer 127 (number of blocks above the void, which is under the lowest bedrock layer), iron ore can be found up to layer 64, gold ore can be found up to layer 32, and diamond ore can be found up to layer 16.

nice one, cheers. so basically I should just make a massive mine across all levels (up to 64). I don't think hunting for caves is the most efficient method.

oh shit, this is the droid i've been looking for

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=57715

in-game GPS system for minecraft

edit: notch smiley

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

It's like Minecraft is exposing all the potential in video games that has been unexploited all this time.

this is fucking beautiful

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Brett, who recently created the epic 8 mile Minecraft highway, has a new video, and this time, he's hacked Minecraft into a machinima platform to make this incredibly beautiful music video. To make the steady tracking shots, for example, he built a Minecraft rail system made of glass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVqwIoI82GA&feature=player_embedded

so is the map a globe? or is it just flat forever? Can one circumnavigate?

nope, it's flat and 8 times the size of the earth

hmmm, notch just announced he's more or less finished implementing portals in his dev copy. his eventual intention is you'll be able to portal between different multiplayer servers, which is extremely awesome.

...so i made one of those perpetual motion thingys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXZN4EPtD0g&feature=player_embedded

  On 10/20/2010 at 9:57 PM, kaini said:

...so i made one of those perpetual motion thingys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXZN4EPtD0g&feature=player_embedded

use this it's awesome.

  On 10/20/2010 at 12:13 AM, Pennywise said:

  On 10/19/2010 at 2:54 PM, thehauntingsoul said:

I can't bring myself to play this on anything other than peaceful for more than an in-game night. The monsters are just so irritating. They aren't fun at all to kill and you essentially get totally raped if you need to go get something outside at night time.

 

If the combat was remotely interesting then it would be a different story but I feel like this game works a lot better without zombies trying to kill you every 6 seconds. Same goes with exploring the cave depths. Every time I put enemies on, I regret it fairly quickly afterwards when I waste a shitload of steel making armor and then get blown up somewhere that I can't find my way back to.

 

If peaceful mode ever gets removed, I think I would stop playing.

noob

i'm essentially playing in creative at present; peaceful and an inventory editor, cos i'm trying to make a dwelling that's almost completely integrated into the landscape.

I'm kinda kinda tempted with this, but I has a couple of questions -

If you cock up your world (like that guy who caught fire to the house posted here a while back) is that it, it's burnt for good - Or can you save backups on the way ?

If you die, again is that it - Do you re-spawn into a different world or your world but with everything reset, or is death pretty much meaningless ?

  On 10/21/2010 at 1:04 AM, mcbpete said:

I'm kinda kinda tempted with this, but I has a couple of questions -

 

If you cock up your world (like that guy who caught fire to the house posted here a while back) is that it, it's burnt for good - Or can you save backups on the way ?

 

If you die, again is that it - Do you re-spawn into a different world or your world but with everything reset, or is death pretty much meaningless ?

you can back up your save (copy your save state)

and when you die you recover to the same set spawn, same world.

is there a way to set your spawn point in single player?

  On 10/21/2010 at 1:33 AM, Bubba69 said:

is there a way to set your spawn point in single player?

yes, using external editors

one of the nice things about minecrafts crazy savegame system is that it's very easily understandable by external progs cos it's very basic.

  On 10/21/2010 at 1:04 AM, mcbpete said:

If you die, again is that it - Do you re-spawn into a different world or your world but with everything reset, or is death pretty much meaningless ?

if you fall into lava, all your shit is gone (make a box with lava in it, handy trashcan)

if you fall anywhere else or drown, your shit drops to the ground and you can pick it up again

BUT if you drop shit it seems to disappear after a while (haven't timed how long)

bear in mind it's still ALPHA. i loaded the save with the perpetual motion machine a while ago and the minecarts had disappeared. don't get too attached to ANYTHING at this point, back up frequently etc.

  On 10/21/2010 at 2:24 AM, kaini said:

 

if you fall into lava, all your shit is gone (make a box with lava in it, handy trashcan)

if you fall anywhere else or drown, your shit drops to the ground and you can pick it up again

BUT if you drop shit it seems to disappear after a while (haven't timed how long)

I haven't timed it either but it disappears pretty quickly. I usually get killed in my mines and by the time I find my way back my stuff is gone (I've even had it disappear in front of my eyes)

  On 10/21/2010 at 2:24 AM, kaini said:

bear in mind it's still ALPHA. i loaded the save with the perpetual motion machine a while ago and the minecarts had disappeared. don't get too attached to ANYTHING at this point, back up frequently etc.

that's not due to it being in alpha, you exceeded the mine cart's max velocity so it bugs out. Or so I hear. Personally I wish it weren't so easy to hack minecraft. I like the challenge of playing the game according to the rules and it feels dumb to have to qualify everything I make with "I did this in default minecraft, survival mode, no hacks or scripts"

I read it takes 7 minutes for your stuff to disappear. If you lose it far from your spawn (in another chunk) I think the timer starts once you enter the chunk your stuff is in.

  On 10/21/2010 at 3:25 AM, lumpenprol said:

  On 10/21/2010 at 2:24 AM, kaini said:

 

if you fall into lava, all your shit is gone (make a box with lava in it, handy trashcan)

if you fall anywhere else or drown, your shit drops to the ground and you can pick it up again

BUT if you drop shit it seems to disappear after a while (haven't timed how long)

 

I haven't timed it either but it disappears pretty quickly. I usually get killed in my mines and by the time I find my way back my stuff is gone (I've even had it disappear in front of my eyes)

if you want to build overground mega-structures with no hax, i find a good strategy is to first make a house near to your spawn, then:

1. explore for a decent amount of time

2. make a chest and stick all your shit in it except 64 [mud|gravel|sand|rock] and 4 torches

3. make a pillar extremely high and stick the 4 torches on the sides

4. jump off and die

5. respawn and follow the torch

6. realise you're an aspie and weep silently for a while

7. repeat

the beginnings of my 'do no harm' project...

bottom-right is the spawn-point; the cliffside is partially hollowed out, and there's a big tunnel (in red). the scale is pretty big; it takes me a couple of minutes to get from one end of the tunnel to the other, walking. there a few other places where the tunnel surfaces so far, which i haven't marked.

the stone circle is built around a natural depression in the ground. the tower at the top-left is up to max_height minus a couple of blocks. it's very much WIP but i'm diggin the concept.

kaini's posts = 89% of entire thread

but don't stop it's interesting. Just turning into more of a blog

  On 10/21/2010 at 4:20 AM, dr lopez said:

kaini's posts = 89% of entire thread

 

 

but don't stop it's interesting. Just turning into more of a blog

you should see the size of my fuckin lego collection, from when i was a kid.

edit: and minecraft is the purest example of emergent gameplay since the sentinel, as well as being one the purest fusions of art, science, and game i've ever seen.

*moves to this place*