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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
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AshburnerX
AshburnerX
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Piotyr
Piotyr
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sixpackshaker
sixpackshaker
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
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Jiarn
Jiarn
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Shawn
Shawn
#9
Jiarn
Jiarn
#10
figmentPez
figmentPez
#11
Jiarn
Jiarn
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PatrThom
PatrThom
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
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figmentPez
figmentPez
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Jay
Jay
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figmentPez
figmentPez
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Cheesy1
Cheesy1
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
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Jiarn
Jiarn
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
I know there is a chartographer program that will read your file and show you what has been generated so far (may be helpfull in finding your wayward castle).
I have seen a couple videos with Snow and the mincraft wiki indicates that you can use it to make snowballs and blocks of ice (which can be used to store snowballs).
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So apparently Notch (the guy who is developing the game) announced yesterday on his twitter that the game has sold 200,000 copies (at $13 a copy, thats 2.6 million dollars). Since the credits for the game it about 4 people long, this should be a good payday for them.
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An austrailain video game review show talking about Minecraft. Good Game - Video
I have seen a couple videos with Snow and the mincraft wiki indicates that you can use it to make snowballs and blocks of ice (which can be used to store snowballs).
---------- Post added at 12:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:55 AM ----------
So apparently Notch (the guy who is developing the game) announced yesterday on his twitter that the game has sold 200,000 copies (at $13 a copy, thats 2.6 million dollars). Since the credits for the game it about 4 people long, this should be a good payday for them.
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An austrailain video game review show talking about Minecraft. Good Game - Video
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Jiarn
Jiarn
#24
bigcountry23
bigcountry23
Perhaps one day in the future, someone will stumble upon mysterious dwarven ruins and wonder...
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Far
Far
#26
Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
#27
figmentPez
figmentPez
#28
Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
#29
Jiarn
Jiarn
#30
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
#31
Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
#32
Far
Far
Here's what I have so far from a few different angles minus the large set of stairs, forgot to grab pictures of that.
Not exactly the prettiest but I've yet to be besieged so I'm happy with it.
Meant to add that building the bridge has taken alot of time cause I keep falling off. Also, when I was speluking in a cave near my sky fortress I found an old ruin. Inside was a chest and I threw down a couple of torches and grabbed it. Inside I found a saddle, some iron, wheat which I made bread with and some other things. Then the zombies showed up.
Not exactly the prettiest but I've yet to be besieged so I'm happy with it.
Meant to add that building the bridge has taken alot of time cause I keep falling off. Also, when I was speluking in a cave near my sky fortress I found an old ruin. Inside was a chest and I threw down a couple of torches and grabbed it. Inside I found a saddle, some iron, wheat which I made bread with and some other things. Then the zombies showed up.
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Jiarn
Jiarn
Things have been happening too fast for screenshots but I will upload soon enough:
So anyway, as I was digging my massive staircase into the unknown, I come across the sound of water. Not wanting to break my uniform perfect staircase I think of how to proceed. My curiosity gets the better of me and I begin a mining shaft. Sure enough I strike an underground river that unbeknowgst to me at the time, unfolded into a 30 room sized cavern. Through trial and tribulation, much Iron and Gold was found. I continued exploring the caves, randomly encountering a Skeleton or Zombie looking to upset my exploring. Then.... I struck lava.
I became excited as I realized that this could mean I'm closing in on more rare ore types, so I begin digging around the lava rivers and yet again, I strike amazement. A huge cavern underneath the one I had recently unearthed opened itself up to me. Lava flow rivers, huge caverns, tons of Iron and Gold...... and around the bed..... RED ORE!
Excitedly I began collecting, hearing the sound of skeletons and zombies I quickly equipped my weapons and began clearing out the area and placing torches.... what I wasn't ready for was.....
I think I'm going to need a bow and arrow set now....
So anyway, as I was digging my massive staircase into the unknown, I come across the sound of water. Not wanting to break my uniform perfect staircase I think of how to proceed. My curiosity gets the better of me and I begin a mining shaft. Sure enough I strike an underground river that unbeknowgst to me at the time, unfolded into a 30 room sized cavern. Through trial and tribulation, much Iron and Gold was found. I continued exploring the caves, randomly encountering a Skeleton or Zombie looking to upset my exploring. Then.... I struck lava.
I became excited as I realized that this could mean I'm closing in on more rare ore types, so I begin digging around the lava rivers and yet again, I strike amazement. A huge cavern underneath the one I had recently unearthed opened itself up to me. Lava flow rivers, huge caverns, tons of Iron and Gold...... and around the bed..... RED ORE!
Excitedly I began collecting, hearing the sound of skeletons and zombies I quickly equipped my weapons and began clearing out the area and placing torches.... what I wasn't ready for was.....
I think I'm going to need a bow and arrow set now....
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figmentPez
figmentPez
#35
Jiarn
Jiarn
#36
Jiarn
Jiarn
So a few screenshots of the new Dwarven Hold:
This is about 200ft from my spawning point, so as to avoid losing my home as I did the first time:
It's unassuming right now as it's just the beginning of what I plan on for the outer look. Think "Ironforge" ish.
Building down a bit I decided to move and create a side entrance that I could use to for easy access to the side of the mountain:
Wanted to give it that "dungeon opening" kind of look.
This was an unexpected surprise. When I hit the first cavern that I described earlier, I was digging around for iron and such when I ended up hearing pigs and sheep. I continued in the direction that I heard them and found daylight again. Realizing I could make this yet another opening to my fort I quickly constructed a smaller hub.
Just to give you some idea of how deep into the mountain I was at the time that I found the cavern and then this path to the hub:
This is about 200ft from my spawning point, so as to avoid losing my home as I did the first time:
It's unassuming right now as it's just the beginning of what I plan on for the outer look. Think "Ironforge" ish.
Building down a bit I decided to move and create a side entrance that I could use to for easy access to the side of the mountain:
Wanted to give it that "dungeon opening" kind of look.
This was an unexpected surprise. When I hit the first cavern that I described earlier, I was digging around for iron and such when I ended up hearing pigs and sheep. I continued in the direction that I heard them and found daylight again. Realizing I could make this yet another opening to my fort I quickly constructed a smaller hub.
Just to give you some idea of how deep into the mountain I was at the time that I found the cavern and then this path to the hub:
#37
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
#38
Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
Holy hell, how you don't get lost in this game?
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Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
#40
Overflight
Overflight
#41
gargoyle_eva
gargoyle_eva
#42
Jiarn
Jiarn
This is going to be a big post..... Maybe I'll just break it up into parts:
So we begin with the entry of the main entrance. As it was the initial little cave I used to protect myself it comes equipped with two furnaces, a workbench and a double chest.
Moving ahead and to the left, I heard water so I decided to see how far to the outside of the cave I was. Just a small hallway and I reached it. Decided to make it a window.
Directly opposite of the windowed hallway, and the right side of the main entrance is where the "Dungeon Opening" side entrance was created.
Straight out from the main entrance, past the two side hallways, was where the grand stairwell into the depths began.
(Yes there were many times I ran into different type of rock/gravel/ore/dirt and replaced them with solid stone for my OCD tendencies.)
End Post 1.
So we begin with the entry of the main entrance. As it was the initial little cave I used to protect myself it comes equipped with two furnaces, a workbench and a double chest.
Moving ahead and to the left, I heard water so I decided to see how far to the outside of the cave I was. Just a small hallway and I reached it. Decided to make it a window.
Directly opposite of the windowed hallway, and the right side of the main entrance is where the "Dungeon Opening" side entrance was created.
Straight out from the main entrance, past the two side hallways, was where the grand stairwell into the depths began.
(Yes there were many times I ran into different type of rock/gravel/ore/dirt and replaced them with solid stone for my OCD tendencies.)
End Post 1.
#43
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
#44
Jiarn
Jiarn
About half-way down this staircase, I got tired of having to run up and down the massive hallway to create Solid Stone, so I created another hub for supplies/creations.
Much further down, I began hearing the sounds of water. Curious I began digging down, though my OCD with stairs still allowed for easy up and down access without the requirement of jumping.
After having found the exit I mentioned earlier that became "Hub 2" I eventually kept striking large deposits of Iron and such so I began this very winding staircase into the bowels of the castle.
I was greated by a river and some lava, which you can see after removing the water, had left obsidian....
End Post 2.
Much further down, I began hearing the sounds of water. Curious I began digging down, though my OCD with stairs still allowed for easy up and down access without the requirement of jumping.
After having found the exit I mentioned earlier that became "Hub 2" I eventually kept striking large deposits of Iron and such so I began this very winding staircase into the bowels of the castle.
I was greated by a river and some lava, which you can see after removing the water, had left obsidian....
End Post 2.
#45
Overflight
Overflight
#46
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
Okay, a few coming your way.
The front of the first shack I created when I started:
The front of my mine, complete with lava flow below:
My castle from the entrance of my shack:
Front view of my castle, complete with clouds rolling in:
Castle entrance from afar:
Entrance up close:
Inside my castle on the bottom floor:
From the middle floor:
From the top floor:
A view of my shack from one of my castle's towers:
The front of the first shack I created when I started:
The front of my mine, complete with lava flow below:
My castle from the entrance of my shack:
Front view of my castle, complete with clouds rolling in:
Castle entrance from afar:
Entrance up close:
Inside my castle on the bottom floor:
From the middle floor:
From the top floor:
A view of my shack from one of my castle's towers:
#47
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#48
Jiarn
Jiarn
#49
Far
Far
A bit more prgress from me though it's nothing compared to cheesy. Well done sir!
Finnally made it to the other towering mountains top.
Once I got up there I decided to mine down to ground level and make an alternate escape route in case any thing happens to the other one. I've pointed out the windows of those stairs in this screen.
View exiting the sky bridge to embark on to the top of the new area. In the distance is something I've dubbed Dino Mountain.
Entrance of the new steps so far.
Looking back out the stairs windows to where I took the screenshot that showed them a bit above in the post.
More stairs.
And they come out on ground level to this door.
Started doing some deep mining after I took these into the cave I found the chest and saddle in. A bit further down I found some redstone, a single diamond cube and a decent amount of coal and iron. However, the cavern opens up a bit below and I can see a pool of lava. Soon I hope to venture there.
Finnally made it to the other towering mountains top.
Once I got up there I decided to mine down to ground level and make an alternate escape route in case any thing happens to the other one. I've pointed out the windows of those stairs in this screen.
View exiting the sky bridge to embark on to the top of the new area. In the distance is something I've dubbed Dino Mountain.
Entrance of the new steps so far.
Looking back out the stairs windows to where I took the screenshot that showed them a bit above in the post.
More stairs.
And they come out on ground level to this door.
Started doing some deep mining after I took these into the cave I found the chest and saddle in. A bit further down I found some redstone, a single diamond cube and a decent amount of coal and iron. However, the cavern opens up a bit below and I can see a pool of lava. Soon I hope to venture there.
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Adammon
Adammon
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GasBandit
GasBandit
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GasBandit
GasBandit
Also, I found a slightly higher res textures file I sort of like using now... The only drawback though is animated sprites don't work (fire, lava, water don't animate).
If you want to use it, just save the below file, and insert it into your minecraft.jar in your %appdata%/.minecraft/bin/ folder using winrar or something similar to overwrite the one already in it. Naturally, you'll want to back up your original jar first.
If you want to use it, just save the below file, and insert it into your minecraft.jar in your %appdata%/.minecraft/bin/ folder using winrar or something similar to overwrite the one already in it. Naturally, you'll want to back up your original jar first.
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Disconnected
Disconnected
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GasBandit
GasBandit
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Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#56
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
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Jiarn
Jiarn
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Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
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figmentPez
figmentPez
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Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#61
GasBandit
And I didn't even go down into any of my mines in those videos, some are absolutely huge and sprawling... but really, you see one tunnel you've seen em all, no reason to videolog them.
(from the minecraft museum)
GasBandit
The tower (and the elevated paths from the starting house) actually started just because I wanted to do something with all the hundreds and hundreds of cubic meters of stone I was digging up while hunting for iron before I learned the knack of finding iron quickly without excavating huge amounts of stone. But once I learned that, I actually feel LESS efficient now, because I no longer feel like I'm doing 2 things at once... I'm either quarrying OR mining iron, no longer both at once.
Most of the narrow ones get cart tracks put on them to be made into tramways. the skinny ones around the mountain at the end were only temporary - usually when I build an elevated walking path to somewhere I make it 2 meters wide.
And I didn't even go down into any of my mines in those videos, some are absolutely huge and sprawling... but really, you see one tunnel you've seen em all, no reason to videolog them.
He's playing in classic/creative mode. No monsters, limited size world, no day/night cycle, no mining, no inventory (just infinite building materials of varying colors). When you don't have to go digging up your blocks, you can spend WAY more time building.
(from the minecraft museum)
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Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
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GasBandit
GasBandit
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Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#65
Overflight
Overflight
All for something that you can explore at the extremely fluid framerate of 6 fps 
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
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GasBandit
GasBandit
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GasBandit
GasBandit
#69
PatrThom
PatrThom
Hah! I was wondering how long it would be until someone used redstone to build some sort of logic system or primitive computer. After all, if someone can simulate an entire AppleII 6502 chip in JavaScript, why not use Minecraft to do something similar?
On a different note, after grabbing the free-to-play copy over crash weekend, I started treating it seriously (up until then I thought the infinite construction mode was all there was). Over the following 16 days or so (during which time I had only 2 days off work), I absorbed all 45 of X's 'Adventures' videos (Yes, that's about 40hrs of video. I learned a lot. Had my mind blown a few times). Then, last night, I discovered the fan-made trailer (below).
It finally pushed me over the edge. I was talking to a friend on Skype about it at the time and sent him the link to the trailer. He watched the trailer and started purchasing the game before he was even finished watching. Less than 10 minutes later, I finally went through with my purchase. Got a copy for Kati also since she seemed to be interested, and will probably get a copy for my father since this might finally be the game that unseats MoO2 as the game he plays forever. He owns about 50 acres of wilderness in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that he's been meaning to develop. What happens when I introduce him to a game that has over a TRILLION (1,008,332,289,088) acres? Even Daggerfall pales in comparison (see graphic)
Now if you'll excuse me, I got a stronghold to dig. See you in a few weeks!
--Patrick
On a different note, after grabbing the free-to-play copy over crash weekend, I started treating it seriously (up until then I thought the infinite construction mode was all there was). Over the following 16 days or so (during which time I had only 2 days off work), I absorbed all 45 of X's 'Adventures' videos (Yes, that's about 40hrs of video. I learned a lot. Had my mind blown a few times). Then, last night, I discovered the fan-made trailer (below).
It finally pushed me over the edge. I was talking to a friend on Skype about it at the time and sent him the link to the trailer. He watched the trailer and started purchasing the game before he was even finished watching. Less than 10 minutes later, I finally went through with my purchase. Got a copy for Kati also since she seemed to be interested, and will probably get a copy for my father since this might finally be the game that unseats MoO2 as the game he plays forever. He owns about 50 acres of wilderness in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that he's been meaning to develop. What happens when I introduce him to a game that has over a TRILLION (1,008,332,289,088) acres? Even Daggerfall pales in comparison (see graphic)
Now if you'll excuse me, I got a stronghold to dig. See you in a few weeks!
--Patrick
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drifter
drifter
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Far
Far
I have begun construction of my sky fortress. More progress to come.
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GasBandit
GasBandit
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Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
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Disconnected
Disconnected
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GasBandit
GasBandit
Yeah, he should have come as Herobrine.
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
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Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
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Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
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GasBandit
GasBandit
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Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
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GasBandit
GasBandit
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
#85
Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
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AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#87
GasBandit
GasBandit
#88
bigcountry23
bigcountry23
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Far
Far
#90
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
Added some columns on the second level and put in a stone floor:
Added a basement level where I've started a mine shaft going straight down. I'm so high, clouds roll through my basement:
Hey everybody, look at my long shaft! It goes real deep! :eyebrows: :
Added a basement level where I've started a mine shaft going straight down. I'm so high, clouds roll through my basement:
Hey everybody, look at my long shaft! It goes real deep! :eyebrows: :
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Far
Far
Slow progress!
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Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
#93
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
#94
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
Put in a Lava Fountain in my basement:
Also added a little waterfall to the front of my castle:
Also added a little waterfall to the front of my castle:
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GasBandit
GasBandit
Of this, we live in fear:
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Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
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Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
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Allen, who is Quiet
Lower right hand corner: Part of my lava fountain
Allen, who is Quiet
Lower right hand corner: Part of my lava fountain
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figmentPez
figmentPez
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Ravenpoe
Ravenpoe
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Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
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Ravenpoe
Ravenpoe
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AshburnerX
AshburnerX
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Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
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figmentPez
figmentPez
#107
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#108
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
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Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
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GasBandit
GasBandit
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strawman
strawman
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GasBandit
GasBandit
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strawman
strawman
#115
GasBandit
GasBandit
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doomdragon6
doomdragon6
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Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#119
drifter
drifter
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doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#121
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#122
strawman
strawman
#123
PatrThom
PatrThom
#124
GasBandit
GasBandit
#125
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#126
figmentPez
figmentPez
#127
Azurephoenix
I always build elevated walkways with torches everywhere I go... it seems to work well. I also build fences out of cactus which can be pretty amusing at times too.
Azurephoenix
Nice... very nice...
I always build elevated walkways with torches everywhere I go... it seems to work well. I also build fences out of cactus which can be pretty amusing at times too.
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bigcountry23
bigcountry23
#129
strawman
strawman
#130
figmentPez
figmentPez
#131
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
#132
PatrThom
PatrThom
#133
drifter
drifter
#134
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#135
GasBandit
GasBandit
Some pictures of the new world I started earlier in the week - odd thing is it's a snow world, and when I created it in single player it was actively snowing and overcast... but when I ported it to my multiplayer server it got clear and snow stopped falling (but snow still accumulates on the ground)
Also, since it's a multiplayer server, night monsters are a non-issue.
We've built a house inside a mountain we found. I think it looks pretty nice
The approach (with extremely tall fire beacon for navigation)
Front yard, with the snow kept back by torches
First floor "kitchen" and living room
2nd floor 1
2nd floor 2
3rd floor, with some of my "art" taking up most of the main area
The lava "art" in the master bedroom
The view of the grotto from the master bedroom at night
On the roof, I made a geothermal hot tub
Oh, and here's that lighthouse I was talking about earlier - as with my previous, single player tower, it's got areas for tree and wheat growth, but I gave each their own level to do so.
Also, since it's a multiplayer server, night monsters are a non-issue.
We've built a house inside a mountain we found. I think it looks pretty nice
The approach (with extremely tall fire beacon for navigation)
Front yard, with the snow kept back by torches
First floor "kitchen" and living room
2nd floor 1
2nd floor 2
3rd floor, with some of my "art" taking up most of the main area
The lava "art" in the master bedroom
The view of the grotto from the master bedroom at night
On the roof, I made a geothermal hot tub
Oh, and here's that lighthouse I was talking about earlier - as with my previous, single player tower, it's got areas for tree and wheat growth, but I gave each their own level to do so.
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GasBandit
GasBandit
Oh yeah, and I forgot one other thing... our next project is building a really big castle. We've just barely gotten started. Even clearing/levelling the land has been a huge undertaking.
#137
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#138
figmentPez
figmentPez
#139
GasBandit
GasBandit
#140
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#141
GasBandit
GasBandit
Some more images to clog the thread: Using Cartographer, I snapped a couple shots of the world we're currently working on:
First pic, day, from an oblique angle ( click for full size ):
Second Pic, isometric angle, facing the other direction. click for full size
In both pictures you can see my hot tub practically from space
First pic, day, from an oblique angle ( click for full size ):
Second Pic, isometric angle, facing the other direction. click for full size
In both pictures you can see my hot tub practically from space
#142
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
A picture of an Idol of some kind my character seems to worship. It represents some kind of god-like being with water pouring from one hand and fire from the other. When he hadn't found lava yet, he had him hold some torches, but I have to admit it's much more impressive this way. And it explains why all his work flattening this hill area.
#143
GasBandit
GasBandit
#144
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#145
GasBandit
GasBandit
#146
figmentPez
figmentPez
I just spent like 4 hours straight playing. So much for it not taking up all my time...
The rear doors of my complex.
A view down at my starting area, though I haven't died yet, so I'm not actually sure it's there and not somewhere else nearby. I planted all the cactus and the trees near them. The reeds are natural.
Top floor of my tower, a checkerboard pattern in glass and cobblestone.
The rear doors of my complex.
A view down at my starting area, though I haven't died yet, so I'm not actually sure it's there and not somewhere else nearby. I planted all the cactus and the trees near them. The reeds are natural.
Top floor of my tower, a checkerboard pattern in glass and cobblestone.
#147
strawman
strawman
#148
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
I found a cave system about 6x larger and deeper than the last cave system I found (Which took me several hours to explore and mine). There's a zombie generator somewhere that I can't find again, I'm out of torches, and I have no chance of finding my way back out. I have a buttload of diamonds, gold, and iron on me, with no wood to make a temporary chest or even more tools, and I'm down to my diamond pick.
I've decided my best chance is to dig straight upwards and try to come out the surface somewhere, hopefully during the day. I just have to hope that I don't hit any lava, monster-filled caves, or that I'm under a mountain.
Wish me luck!
(Thank Notch I have a compass on me.)
I've decided my best chance is to dig straight upwards and try to come out the surface somewhere, hopefully during the day. I just have to hope that I don't hit any lava, monster-filled caves, or that I'm under a mountain.
Wish me luck!
(Thank Notch I have a compass on me.)
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figmentPez
figmentPez
#150
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#151
strawman
strawman
#152
ScytheRexx
ScytheRexx
#153
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
Well, screenshots have been taken. 19 in all for giving a very general overview of part of my shenanigans. Post will come in several parts sometime soon. Probably sometime over the week.
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For now, a far away night shot of quite a few of my shenanigans. Also, there's a spider on the beach.
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For now, a far away night shot of quite a few of my shenanigans. Also, there's a spider on the beach.
#154
rabbitgod
rabbitgod
#155
drifter
drifter
I've got a lot of things cooking in game right now, but here's one project I've more or less finished, which I think turned out pretty cool.
I may expand on this concept later and try my hand at a mini-Dyson's sphere, if I don't burn out first.
Another shot at night
I may expand on this concept later and try my hand at a mini-Dyson's sphere, if I don't burn out first.
Another shot at night
#156
rabbitgod
rabbitgod
#157
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
#158
drifter
drifter
#159
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#160
Rubicon
Rubicon
So I'm working on my world, I zip it up and carry it back and forth between work and home so I can meddle with it here and there.
Originally I started out with the big tower landmark idea, that helped at first. then I kept getting lost from my initial little cobblestone building I made to weather the nights. Now even on normal difficulty, it can be easy to die. Zombies and spiders aren't much of an issue, dodging creepers and friggin arrow shooting skeletons is my issue. So to start I died, a lot. I then played super conservative, at least until I built up some resources.
From my starting little rock hut, I began major excavations;
Instead of just randomly going in a direction, I figured I'd go straight down. Mainly in hopes of finding iron and diamond. Still haven't found a lick of diamond but I've slowly built up some iron over time. Once I got down to a decent level, I started to branch out.
I remembered a large mountain range from the surface, so I aimed my tunnel(s) that way. Now eventually I wanted to have a back door leading to a surface entrance, so I started digging my way up.
Instead of playing bunny hop for a few minutes each time I wanted to go up to the exit, I spent some time, a small chunk at least, on crafting cobblestone stairs. They came in handy. They do however take a shit ton of materials, it's 6 materials = 1 set of stairs. Yea.
Now, I know what some may think, a ring of torches around the building? A fence would be better to keep things from getting close, but my problem was always shit spawning near my door, and once sunlight came up, having to fight off Creepers and Spiders. I don't mind Creepers but jesus I hate having to rebuild my base when they assplode.. To the left, I am starting a mansion of wood, that will house multiple floors, a tree built in, etc.
I finally get the outter foundation of the mansion started and the floor boards in, and oh look another big green penis coming to explode
I dispatched him quickly before he blew a huge hole in my floor.
Still working on that, mining tons of wood for the mansion, planting new trees to replace all the ones I'm choppin down. I always keep a suit of iron armor on, it really helps. I rarely use iron for tools unless I'm mining rock. Still havent found diamond
On ward ho I guess.
Originally I started out with the big tower landmark idea, that helped at first. then I kept getting lost from my initial little cobblestone building I made to weather the nights. Now even on normal difficulty, it can be easy to die. Zombies and spiders aren't much of an issue, dodging creepers and friggin arrow shooting skeletons is my issue. So to start I died, a lot. I then played super conservative, at least until I built up some resources.
From my starting little rock hut, I began major excavations;
Instead of just randomly going in a direction, I figured I'd go straight down. Mainly in hopes of finding iron and diamond. Still haven't found a lick of diamond but I've slowly built up some iron over time. Once I got down to a decent level, I started to branch out.
I remembered a large mountain range from the surface, so I aimed my tunnel(s) that way. Now eventually I wanted to have a back door leading to a surface entrance, so I started digging my way up.
Instead of playing bunny hop for a few minutes each time I wanted to go up to the exit, I spent some time, a small chunk at least, on crafting cobblestone stairs. They came in handy. They do however take a shit ton of materials, it's 6 materials = 1 set of stairs. Yea.
Now, I know what some may think, a ring of torches around the building? A fence would be better to keep things from getting close, but my problem was always shit spawning near my door, and once sunlight came up, having to fight off Creepers and Spiders. I don't mind Creepers but jesus I hate having to rebuild my base when they assplode.. To the left, I am starting a mansion of wood, that will house multiple floors, a tree built in, etc.
I finally get the outter foundation of the mansion started and the floor boards in, and oh look another big green penis coming to explode
I dispatched him quickly before he blew a huge hole in my floor.Still working on that, mining tons of wood for the mansion, planting new trees to replace all the ones I'm choppin down. I always keep a suit of iron armor on, it really helps. I rarely use iron for tools unless I'm mining rock. Still havent found diamond
On ward ho I guess.
#161
figmentPez
Anyway, I've added another couple floors onto my tower.
Cartograph rendering
Lava Lights!
View from the ground floor
from farther away.
I found diamonds using Cartograph. I probably won't use it for ore location in the future, but a combination of wanting instant gratification and being curious if I could successfully locate diamond with it was enough to get me to dig a couple of caches out. I've got 11 diamond now, and I'm not sure what I want to make.
figmentPez
It's 6 materials = 4 sets of stairs, isn't it?
Anyway, I've added another couple floors onto my tower.
Cartograph rendering
Lava Lights!
View from the ground floor
from farther away.
I found diamonds using Cartograph. I probably won't use it for ore location in the future, but a combination of wanting instant gratification and being curious if I could successfully locate diamond with it was enough to get me to dig a couple of caches out. I've got 11 diamond now, and I'm not sure what I want to make.
#162
Far
Far
Well I've built my spire top fort as tall as I can and also put an outer balcony around near the top. I plan on adding lava fountains, once I figure out how to go about it so I'll be able to see it really well from a distance.
Note: I do not condone the pig's behaviour.
Also here is one of those top down views of my world. Red circles are entrances to my mine. Light blue is where I take the screenshot of the fort from. The house is where I respawn. Purple and yellow are the two ways up to the sky fortress. The top most purple cirlce is supposed to be red, messed that one up.
Delsorda Map
Note: I do not condone the pig's behaviour.
Also here is one of those top down views of my world. Red circles are entrances to my mine. Light blue is where I take the screenshot of the fort from. The house is where I respawn. Purple and yellow are the two ways up to the sky fortress. The top most purple cirlce is supposed to be red, messed that one up.
Delsorda Map
#163
tegid
tegid
#164
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#165
Far
Far
#166
drifter
drifter
#167
GasBandit
GasBandit
#168
Far
Far
#169
GasBandit
GasBandit
#170
Far
Far
Be very carfeful whilst transporting lava that you don't accidently drop the stuff in your house. You'd think I would have learned from the other guy. Not a total loss though. It really only managed to spread to the roof of my smaller hut and the sky bridge. Now it just makes them seem more open. I'll probably either leave them open or just put glass up there now. I'm going to be remaking the floor of the bridge stone though so this doesn't happen again.
#171
GasBandit
GasBandit
Balconies coming off the guest rooms
Entryway/Foyer fireplace and staircase
Interior of guest room-
Entryway/Foyer fireplace and staircase
Interior of guest room-
#172
strawman
strawman
#173
linglingface
I've never played Minecraft but I may have to check it out. Looks verrryy interesting.
linglingface
Hey I took that picture! Haha, now I know what it is. Yay!
I've never played Minecraft but I may have to check it out. Looks verrryy interesting.
#174
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#175
Far
Far
Last update for me today I think. Finished the lava fountains after recovering from the mishap I had earlier. Now I'm probably going to start a moat around the base of the structure. I've also been cleaning up my mine a bit, going in adding stairs where before I would just be jumping to get around. Makes things go a little smoother I've found.
I didn't even think to clear the trees below where the fountains drop to and accidently started some forest fires.
Delsorda map update
I didn't even think to clear the trees below where the fountains drop to and accidently started some forest fires.
Delsorda map update
#176
Dave
Dave
#177
strawman
strawman
#178
Gusto
Gusto
#179
Rubicon
Rubicon
#180
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#181
Far
Far
#182
drifter
drifter
#183
ScytheRexx
ScytheRexx
Since WoW was boring me last night I figured out how to finally get this game. I have to say the game does have a strange charm. My only issue with it so far is the weird fact that, even though the graphics seems rather "meh" it eats up my laptop worst then WoW.
Last night I built a fortress inside a mountain, making a pretty good system of tunnels. I really wish my pick didn't break so quickly though. I also made a stair system to the top of the mountain and plan to move out to other areas sometime soon to make a real shelter.
Though, that will have to be later. I got a lot of stuff to do today.
Last night I built a fortress inside a mountain, making a pretty good system of tunnels. I really wish my pick didn't break so quickly though. I also made a stair system to the top of the mountain and plan to move out to other areas sometime soon to make a real shelter.
Though, that will have to be later. I got a lot of stuff to do today.
#184
PatrThom
PatrThom
#185
drifter
drifter
#186
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
#187
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#188
GasBandit
GasBandit
#189
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#190
Officer_Charon
Officer_Charon
#191
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
Well, a lot of the screen shots are out of date, since I've put some work in, build some new things, and also updated my game graphically to a Painterly Pack. Images are going to be behind spoiler tags to keep the post small.
My central hub. It would have been larger if not for the fact that the game wouldn't let me go any higher near the top. One of my things to do is to take out the second block up and replace them with glass. In the left of the image, you can see part of my treetop walkways. To the right is one of my bridges.
Here's the ground floor. Every floor is made out of glass, with cobblestone being used for areas with stair cases and anywhere I needed a pressure plate. Part of my motivation for upgrading the graphics is so you would actually be able to see through the floors without it looking like a jumbled mess.
Here's the entrance to the hub from my treetop walkways.
Here's my tree top farm. Because the mountain slope is high up relative to the farm, it's not completely safe from Skeletons. Mostly, this is for the novelty of growing trees on top of other trees.
My central hub. It would have been larger if not for the fact that the game wouldn't let me go any higher near the top. One of my things to do is to take out the second block up and replace them with glass. In the left of the image, you can see part of my treetop walkways. To the right is one of my bridges.
Here's the ground floor. Every floor is made out of glass, with cobblestone being used for areas with stair cases and anywhere I needed a pressure plate. Part of my motivation for upgrading the graphics is so you would actually be able to see through the floors without it looking like a jumbled mess.
Here's the entrance to the hub from my treetop walkways.
Here's my tree top farm. Because the mountain slope is high up relative to the farm, it's not completely safe from Skeletons. Mostly, this is for the novelty of growing trees on top of other trees.
#192
strawman
strawman
#193
figmentPez
figmentPez
I was exploring the large caverns deep beneath my home today, when I heard zombies through the wall. It took a lot of digging to find them, and then there were only two inside a small boring pocket. Found a dozen or so iron while I was working my way to them, though. So, not that bad.
Here's an aerial view of my ongoing tower project. I'm building a rooftop garden, but I don't want to show too much before I finish:
Some of what's there isn't permanent, there's a ring of scaffolding that's up to allow me to place torches on the underside of the top platform.
When I'm done there will be a little something of everything in my garden. Trees, reeds, cactus, flowers, flowing water and more. It's already quite peaceful up there.
Here's an aerial view of my ongoing tower project. I'm building a rooftop garden, but I don't want to show too much before I finish:
Some of what's there isn't permanent, there's a ring of scaffolding that's up to allow me to place torches on the underside of the top platform.
When I'm done there will be a little something of everything in my garden. Trees, reeds, cactus, flowers, flowing water and more. It's already quite peaceful up there.
#194
Rubicon
Work on the mansion is slow. I got the structure built.. but even in daylight it is FULL of skeles and creepers. Even if I kite around and kill skeles, creepers keep making big dents in it.. forcing me to rebuild over and over. I've opened up some skylights for sunshine to help kill skeles/zombies. Hope to get a ass load of torches inside it.
Rubicon
Work on the mansion is slow. I got the structure built.. but even in daylight it is FULL of skeles and creepers. Even if I kite around and kill skeles, creepers keep making big dents in it.. forcing me to rebuild over and over. I've opened up some skylights for sunshine to help kill skeles/zombies. Hope to get a ass load of torches inside it.
#195
Far
Far
Figured out what to do with the sky bridge ceiling and the hut.
View now, looking down the tunnel.
View now, looking down the tunnel.
#196
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
#197
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
I ran into a frickin' crazy cavern today.
It had non-stop enemies. When I first discovered this, I had to take out 3 zombies, 4 skeletons, 2 spiders, and 3 creepers all at once.
The rest of the several hours of spelunking was pretty much the same, but me putting up constant walls to protect myself. I mean holy SHIT there were just non-stop creatures. I actually had to check to see if I had somehow put in on hard mode. Even though hard mode would have been easier than this.
I kept scouring for what was causing all this-- like 4 dungeons side by side or something, but nothing like that. I DID however find 3 different dungeons, but all very scattered, and with no possible access to the rest of the caverns.
I also noticed that creatures kept falling from above, so I theorized that they were spawning somewhere way up high, falling down here to get me, and then since they had "left" their area, it would respawn them, creating more and more mobs.
There was one spot where I could see several creatures of different types hopping around a gap, so I broke open the blocking piece (from a raised distance) and a FLOOD of zombies, creepers, skellies, and spiders. Easily 15 of them.
It was just non-stop though. I opened up into one area and literally say like 15-20 creatures crawling around it at once. Always coming, trying to get me, shoot me, etc. The skeletons were the worst.
I've done a lot of cavern crawling and no other cavern has been anything like this. I eventually used up half my diamond sword and about 150 arrows, along with 128 torches, and decided it was too much. So I finally put it on peaceful just so I could have a chance of making it out alive. I couldn't find my way out, so I decided to dig straight up and see where I ended up.
Where I started: An island not too far from my base
Where I went: wayyyyyyyyyyyy out west, then into the cavern
Where I surfaced: Right outside my main base
Awesome.
Here are some pics of the insanity-- I had to up the brightness so you could see. Another is a huddle of shit. Imagine that, non-stop (like, kill 3 creatures and 3 more are on the way).
This pic doesn't do the hoarde of enemies justice. You can look and see like 7 things here, but only because the other 15 crawled behind a wall.
Huge huddle.
It had non-stop enemies. When I first discovered this, I had to take out 3 zombies, 4 skeletons, 2 spiders, and 3 creepers all at once.
The rest of the several hours of spelunking was pretty much the same, but me putting up constant walls to protect myself. I mean holy SHIT there were just non-stop creatures. I actually had to check to see if I had somehow put in on hard mode. Even though hard mode would have been easier than this.
I kept scouring for what was causing all this-- like 4 dungeons side by side or something, but nothing like that. I DID however find 3 different dungeons, but all very scattered, and with no possible access to the rest of the caverns.
I also noticed that creatures kept falling from above, so I theorized that they were spawning somewhere way up high, falling down here to get me, and then since they had "left" their area, it would respawn them, creating more and more mobs.
There was one spot where I could see several creatures of different types hopping around a gap, so I broke open the blocking piece (from a raised distance) and a FLOOD of zombies, creepers, skellies, and spiders. Easily 15 of them.
It was just non-stop though. I opened up into one area and literally say like 15-20 creatures crawling around it at once. Always coming, trying to get me, shoot me, etc. The skeletons were the worst.
I've done a lot of cavern crawling and no other cavern has been anything like this. I eventually used up half my diamond sword and about 150 arrows, along with 128 torches, and decided it was too much. So I finally put it on peaceful just so I could have a chance of making it out alive. I couldn't find my way out, so I decided to dig straight up and see where I ended up.
Where I started: An island not too far from my base
Where I went: wayyyyyyyyyyyy out west, then into the cavern
Where I surfaced: Right outside my main base
Awesome.
Here are some pics of the insanity-- I had to up the brightness so you could see. Another is a huddle of shit. Imagine that, non-stop (like, kill 3 creatures and 3 more are on the way).
This pic doesn't do the hoarde of enemies justice. You can look and see like 7 things here, but only because the other 15 crawled behind a wall.
Huge huddle.
#198
figmentPez
figmentPez
#199
LordRendar
LordRendar
#200
drifter
drifter
#201
LordRendar
LordRendar
Didnt work.
#202
drifter
drifter
Okay, image dump of what I've been up to: my sky house. I saw this formation with the natural waterfall, and instantly knew what I wanted to do with it. I've also carved out rooms inside the mountain, but most of it isn't very interesting.
I was inspired by one of GasBandit's previous posts to try and decorate a little, with mixed results. When I originally started building, I didn't put much thought into usable floor space, so things are a bit awkward. First, the top level, which I made my bedroom.
Second level is the dining room and kitchen.
Third is the entertainment level, with a barbecue pit and diving board.
The diving board goes straight into a pool I made which connects to the waterfall.
A ground level view of the pool.
One of my favorite things; a secret room behind the lavafall.
Oh yeah, and the one interesting thing I carved out of the mountain; the greenhouse. The night time picture isn't all that impressive, but it lets you see the flaming beacon I put at the top.
I was inspired by one of GasBandit's previous posts to try and decorate a little, with mixed results. When I originally started building, I didn't put much thought into usable floor space, so things are a bit awkward. First, the top level, which I made my bedroom.
Second level is the dining room and kitchen.
Third is the entertainment level, with a barbecue pit and diving board.
The diving board goes straight into a pool I made which connects to the waterfall.
A ground level view of the pool.
One of my favorite things; a secret room behind the lavafall.
Oh yeah, and the one interesting thing I carved out of the mountain; the greenhouse. The night time picture isn't all that impressive, but it lets you see the flaming beacon I put at the top.
#203
LordRendar
LordRendar
I want to play Minecraft so bad! I bought Civilization 5 and was pretty disappointed. Gonna go back to win xp to see if it works on thet platform.
Gonna go back to win xp to see if it works on thet platform.
#204
figmentPez
figmentPez
#205
drifter
drifter
Pretty much all my free time has been spent on Minecraft. When I said I hated you all for showing me this game, I was only half-joking 
#206
LordRendar
LordRendar
#207
GasBandit
GasBandit
#208
GasBandit
GasBandit
#209
twitchmoss
twitchmoss
started my latest big project
#210
figmentPez
figmentPez
I had a rather odd experience. I finally managed to get Minecraft to run on my netbook (it had been crashing) and when it was obvious it wasn't going to run well enough to want to play it, I decided to just goof around instead. I gathered up a lot of wood, and just started digging straight down. Nothing much interesting happened, until I hit adminium....
Down there I found this:
A hole in the bottom of the world. Step down into that hole, and there's no coming back. Stumbling around in the dark, the first time, I fell through that hole and had no idea what happened. It took a while to get back down safely, but I think that screenshot is worth it.
Down there I found this:
A hole in the bottom of the world. Step down into that hole, and there's no coming back. Stumbling around in the dark, the first time, I fell through that hole and had no idea what happened. It took a while to get back down safely, but I think that screenshot is worth it.
#211
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
It's called "the void." It's actually a well-documented glitch(?) in the game. My friend had found a bunch, and I decided to go "find" one and I found one fairly quickly.
Still fucked up though, if you think about the game in a real-world sense.
Still fucked up though, if you think about the game in a real-world sense.
#212
strawman
strawman
#213
Far
Far
Cartographers of my maps progress. Finished the lava moat then connected to the hill with those cobblestone walkways. Flattened the top of the new hill and started on some circular structures there. Should be starting a tram system soon. Might hold off until I have a bit more steel.
Edit: In the lower right-hand corner is a beacon I placed so I could find my shore easily as I did some exploring that way. Thinking of putting lava flows up top.
Edit: In the lower right-hand corner is a beacon I placed so I could find my shore easily as I did some exploring that way. Thinking of putting lava flows up top.
#214
figmentPez
figmentPez
#215
drifter
drifter
Lava flow beacons are awesome. Very easy to see in daytime.
#216
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
After two weeks without my computer, I have a lot of work to catch up to you guys! Sheesh!
Built a bridge from the front of my castle to the closest unconnected plateau:
A view of the bridge from above:
Built a bridge from the front of my castle to the closest unconnected plateau:
A view of the bridge from above:
#217
figmentPez
figmentPez
I was feeling crappy this morning, so I just zoned out with Minecraft.
I built a simple mine cart system to get up and down from my mine. Much better than walking that long flight of stairs.
Then I dug some stairs just for the heck of it,
and found redstone and diamond right outside my mine's basecamp.
When I'd dug to the surface, I boated around for a bit. My tower is visible from a long ways off, and it's not even up in the clouds.
That inspired me to explore a nearby cave. I discovered it fairly early on, but it was a big vertical shaft going down pretty deep. So I put a sign up "Deep Dark Cave" and left it. That sign was very accurate. I didn't even come close to exploring it all. I didn't see bedrock, but there were quite a few very large lava pools. I got horribly lost and it took me quite a while to get out, but by the time I did I had: 6 Diamond, 22 Redstone, 10 Gold, 43 Iron, 8 Brown Mushrooms, 5 Red Mushrooms and a bunch of coal (some of which I'd had to turn into torches).
Then I finished up my rooftop garden:
It's really peacful up there, I'm so happy with how it turned out.
At night, looking the other way.
Overall view
And the view from the top is spectacular.
I built a simple mine cart system to get up and down from my mine. Much better than walking that long flight of stairs.
Then I dug some stairs just for the heck of it,
and found redstone and diamond right outside my mine's basecamp.
When I'd dug to the surface, I boated around for a bit. My tower is visible from a long ways off, and it's not even up in the clouds.
That inspired me to explore a nearby cave. I discovered it fairly early on, but it was a big vertical shaft going down pretty deep. So I put a sign up "Deep Dark Cave" and left it. That sign was very accurate. I didn't even come close to exploring it all. I didn't see bedrock, but there were quite a few very large lava pools. I got horribly lost and it took me quite a while to get out, but by the time I did I had: 6 Diamond, 22 Redstone, 10 Gold, 43 Iron, 8 Brown Mushrooms, 5 Red Mushrooms and a bunch of coal (some of which I'd had to turn into torches).
Then I finished up my rooftop garden:
It's really peacful up there, I'm so happy with how it turned out.
At night, looking the other way.
Overall view
And the view from the top is spectacular.
#218
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
Built a tower going from the corner of my bridge down to the valley below:
A view of the tower from the bottom:
A view of the tower from the bottom:
#219
figmentPez
figmentPez
#220
drifter
drifter
That'd be a great way to recreate the Great Wall. Hmmm
#221
FnordBear
FnordBear
All I will say is I was on Vicodin at the time...
#222
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#223
GasBandit
GasBandit
#224
FnordBear
FnordBear
Avast!
#225
GasBandit
GasBandit
Another interesting note - Cartograph apparently doesn't know how to render iron blocks (the kind you make with 9 iron bars)
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MineEdit, eh? busteeeeed
Heh, not that I have room to talk much. Since I'm running the server, I've basically given myself unlimited TNT via the /give command. Clearing land for stuff would take forever without it. And in the process, I've blown some REALLY big holes.
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MineEdit, eh?
busteeeeedHeh, not that I have room to talk much. Since I'm running the server, I've basically given myself unlimited TNT via the /give command. Clearing land for stuff would take forever without it. And in the process, I've blown some REALLY big holes.
#226
GasBandit
GasBandit
#227
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#228
Adammon
Adammon
#229
drifter
drifter
#230
GasBandit
GasBandit
#231
FnordBear
FnordBear
For my big projects I just turn on peaceful mode, if I need TNT for "rapid landscaping" I will load up mine edit and drop it in my inventory, also use mine edit to reset the time of day for screenshoting
#232
figmentPez
figmentPez
#233
Far
Far
#234
figmentPez
figmentPez
#235
drifter
drifter
I've been putting a lot of effort into my latest project, and it's getting pretty close to finished. Here's a partial screenshot.
I'm really happy with how this is turning out. It doesn't compare to that insane Rapture build, but I may put up a video to show it off
I'm really happy with how this is turning out. It doesn't compare to that insane Rapture build, but I may put up a video to show it off
#236
PatrThom
PatrThom
#237
drifter
drifter
#238
figmentPez
figmentPez
#239
FnordBear
FnordBear
#240
figmentPez
figmentPez
#241
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#242
drifter
drifter
#243
GasBandit
GasBandit
#244
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#245
GasBandit
GasBandit
#246
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
Yeah, but that just means more zombies/spiders/creepers/skeletons...
Some new enemies would be cool.
I mean... what good is a fortress with no enemies to fight?
Some new enemies would be cool.
I mean... what good is a fortress with no enemies to fight?
#247
figmentPez
figmentPez
#248
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#249
PatrThom
PatrThom
#250
GasBandit
GasBandit
#251
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#252
GasBandit
GasBandit
#253
Far
Far
#254
figmentPez
figmentPez
#255
Jiarn
Jiarn
#256
Rubicon
Rubicon
Never leave base, with a friggin compass..
So my mansion is coming along. I got the roof complete and set a bunch of fires inside and the entire indoor perimeter is set with torches. Ain't nothing spawning inside.
I go tree hunting. I need more massive amounts of wood to create the second and third levels inside, stairs, etc. No problem, I aim in a straight line and just start lumberjacking my way across the map. Well night hit, and I put up a tiny stone structure to weather the night. Daylight comes.. and I'm lost.
I've spent the last two days wandering around day, and a little at night at peaceful, looking for my base. I've be fucking lost for two days. And thats with a giant tower as a landmark.
Rule 1, always carry a compass
So my mansion is coming along. I got the roof complete and set a bunch of fires inside and the entire indoor perimeter is set with torches. Ain't nothing spawning inside.
I go tree hunting. I need more massive amounts of wood to create the second and third levels inside, stairs, etc. No problem, I aim in a straight line and just start lumberjacking my way across the map. Well night hit, and I put up a tiny stone structure to weather the night. Daylight comes.. and I'm lost.
I've spent the last two days wandering around day, and a little at night at peaceful, looking for my base. I've be fucking lost for two days. And thats with a giant tower as a landmark.
Rule 1, always carry a compass
#257
PatrThom
PatrThom
#258
strawman
Still, I'm surprised you can't go in a wide circle and find the trees you cut down in a line, and follow the floating foliage back to camp. After a few days, though, I guess the wood grows back, so it might be too late for that.
Just start a second mine, I say.
strawman
Start digging. Find the stuff you need to build a compass, and on your way back blaze a trail with torches so you can easily come back to your summer castle.Never leave base, with a friggin compass..
So my mansion is coming along. I got the roof complete and set a bunch of fires inside and the entire indoor perimeter is set with torches. Ain't nothing spawning inside.
I go tree hunting. I need more massive amounts of wood to create the second and third levels inside, stairs, etc. No problem, I aim in a straight line and just start lumberjacking my way across the map. Well night hit, and I put up a tiny stone structure to weather the night. Daylight comes.. and I'm lost.
I've spent the last two days wandering around day, and a little at night at peaceful, looking for my base. I've be fucking lost for two days. And thats with a giant tower as a landmark.
Rule 1, always carry a compass
Still, I'm surprised you can't go in a wide circle and find the trees you cut down in a line, and follow the floating foliage back to camp. After a few days, though, I guess the wood grows back, so it might be too late for that.
Just start a second mine, I say.
#259
figmentPez
figmentPez
#260
drifter
Still, I'm surprised you can't go in a wide circle and find the trees you cut down in a line, and follow the floating foliage back to camp. After a few days, though, I guess the wood grows back, so it might be too late for that.
Just start a second mine, I say.[/QUOTE]
Just download Cartograph and generate a map, I say. I got lost without a compass and figured I'd just wander around 'til I saw a familiar landmark (I had been following the coastline, so I didn't think it would be too hard). After a while I got fed up and used Cartograph to see where the hell I was. Turns out I got turned around somewhere and was going in the exact opposite direction I needed to, and had effectively doubled the size of my world.
drifter
Start digging. Find the stuff you need to build a compass, and on your way back blaze a trail with torches so you can easily come back to your summer castle.Never leave base, with a friggin compass..
So my mansion is coming along. I got the roof complete and set a bunch of fires inside and the entire indoor perimeter is set with torches. Ain't nothing spawning inside.
I go tree hunting. I need more massive amounts of wood to create the second and third levels inside, stairs, etc. No problem, I aim in a straight line and just start lumberjacking my way across the map. Well night hit, and I put up a tiny stone structure to weather the night. Daylight comes.. and I'm lost.
I've spent the last two days wandering around day, and a little at night at peaceful, looking for my base. I've be fucking lost for two days. And thats with a giant tower as a landmark.
Rule 1, always carry a compass
Still, I'm surprised you can't go in a wide circle and find the trees you cut down in a line, and follow the floating foliage back to camp. After a few days, though, I guess the wood grows back, so it might be too late for that.
Just start a second mine, I say.[/QUOTE]
Just download Cartograph and generate a map, I say. I got lost without a compass and figured I'd just wander around 'til I saw a familiar landmark (I had been following the coastline, so I didn't think it would be too hard). After a while I got fed up and used Cartograph to see where the hell I was. Turns out I got turned around somewhere and was going in the exact opposite direction I needed to, and had effectively doubled the size of my world.
#261
GasBandit
GasBandit
#262
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#263
GasBandit
GasBandit
#264
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#265
figmentPez
figmentPez
#266
Gusto
Gusto
#267
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#268
GasBandit
GasBandit
#269
figmentPez
figmentPez
#270
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#271
Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
#272
figmentPez
figmentPez
Project complete! As might have been guessed from my materials list, I made a chessboard.
I didn't want to build big enough to actually construct pieces out of obsidian and sheep fluff... er, cloth blocks (I love the sound it makes when you place it) so I made the pieces out of various blocks. I really like how the stone side turned out, not so much the wood side.
Wood
Stone
Oh, and that's the default texture set. I've actually been using the Painterly pack of textures recently:
Painterly Aerial View
Painterly Stone
Painterly Wood
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Animal Cannon!
I didn't want to build big enough to actually construct pieces out of obsidian and sheep fluff... er, cloth blocks (I love the sound it makes when you place it) so I made the pieces out of various blocks. I really like how the stone side turned out, not so much the wood side.
Wood
Stone
Oh, and that's the default texture set. I've actually been using the Painterly pack of textures recently:
Painterly Aerial View
Painterly Stone
Painterly Wood
---------- Post added at 08:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:44 PM ----------
Animal Cannon!
#273
drifter
drifter
#274
figmentPez
figmentPez
Awesome video.
I don't care how much external editing it took to create that, it's still beautiful.
53MB world, my world is just over 5MB. :wtf:
EDIT: Embeded the video, but you should still view it higher res.
Also, creeper art:
Source
I don't care how much external editing it took to create that, it's still beautiful.
53MB world, my world is just over 5MB. :wtf:
EDIT: Embeded the video, but you should still view it higher res.
Also, creeper art:
Source
#275
drifter
drifter
#276
Rob King
Rob King
#277
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
#278
figmentPez
figmentPez
#279
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
#280
tegid
tegid
#281
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#282
GasBandit
GasBandit
My queen is a Cactus. Your argument is invalid.Project complete! As might have been guessed from my materials list, I made a chessboard.
#283
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
#284
Rubicon
Rubicon
#285
Baerdog
I hear she can be a bit prickly.
Baerdog
My queen is a Cactus. Your argument is invalid.[/QUOTE]Project complete! As might have been guessed from my materials list, I made a chessboard.
I hear she can be a bit prickly.
#286
figmentPez
figmentPez
#287
Far
Far
Update of my world, big circle in the bottom right corner is my current project. That random wall near the bottom was me trying out the no materials building method posted here earlier, not sure what I'll eventually do with it, if anything. I'll have to get a video up sometime, easier to show the progress I've made.
#288
tegid
tegid
#289
strawman
strawman
#290
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#291
drifter
drifter
Well, my world got fucked during a power outage. The level data is still there, but something isn't right. As of right now, I can load the world, but at the startup screen it shows a world size of 0.0MB, along with having a new spawn point. I tried the Minecraft forums, but the search function isn't working. Anybody have any ideas?
#292
strawman
strawman
#293
GasBandit
GasBandit
I'm assuming since you're asking this question you haven't been making manual backups of your saves like I do... but do you have any automatic backups? Vista/7 is big on automatic backups, and since the world save data is stored in %appdata% maybe it gets backed up with automatic backup or perhaps even system restore...Well, my world got fucked during a power outage. The level data is still there, but something isn't right. As of right now, I can load the world, but at the startup screen it shows a world size of 0.0MB, along with having a new spawn point. I tried the Minecraft forums, but the search function isn't working. Anybody have any ideas?
#294
drifter
drifter
#295
strawman
strawman
#296
drifter
drifter
I was wondering when you would find that
Just a little gift for you. I considered building on that server, but I'm far too invested in my own world.
Anyway, downloaded a hex editor and looked into the old .dat files, which are completely empty of information, although the session.lock seems okay. Anyone know if there's a way I can force the .dat files to update using level data?
Just a little gift for you. I considered building on that server, but I'm far too invested in my own world.
Anyway, downloaded a hex editor and looked into the old .dat files, which are completely empty of information, although the session.lock seems okay. Anyone know if there's a way I can force the .dat files to update using level data?
#297
figmentPez
figmentPez
#298
figmentPez
figmentPez
#299
figmentPez
figmentPez
#300
PatrThom
PatrThom
#301
figmentPez
figmentPez
#302
PatrThom
PatrThom
#303
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#304
strawman
strawman
#305
figmentPez
figmentPez
#306
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#307
PatrThom
PatrThom
#308
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#309
Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
#310
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
#311
drifter
drifter
#312
Cheesy1
Cheesy1
Crap! I forgot to change my game to "Peaceful" before going to the bottom of the world and I paid the price for it. Ended up getting gang raped in a corner by three creepers and lost all of my stuff. Promptly changed my difficulty after that. Cheesy done uses his brain good!
#313
drifter
drifter
#314
figmentPez
figmentPez
#315
GasBandit
GasBandit
#316
GasBandit
GasBandit
Some pictures from this weekend... it's getting so that the png for the overhead map is as many MB as the actual level, maybe I should start hosting the world zipped up and you guys can just download it and have a look for yourself
Meantime.. pictures. Using spoiler tags cause they're ginormous.
Here's a picture of the outside of the pretty much finished castle.. outer wall is 6m high at the shortest point, inner wall starts at 10m and goes up from there. The pine trees in the background were created by a specialized evergreen tree generator called "map deleter and tree generator." I was using it to delete unused sections of my map so that the new biomes would start affecting the map closer to home.
Now, you might notice the snow is starting to go away - the new patch has removed the "snow world" dynamic apparently. Most of my snow world now is not regrowing snow, so as I clear it it doesn't come back most often.
Here's an internal shot of the great hall within my castle. It's ceiling is two stories high, and the balcony overlooking it from the second floor has guest rooms, I think I've been over all this before with you guys.
Outside the castle we've got quite the little community going.
Looking out at the town from on the castle outer wall, you can barely see the lava moat below, the wide path on the left leads up to the church, and on the right in the background you can see the Inn and behind that...
The ship - I had suggested the "Esprit" for the name for her, but the little woman insisted on the "S.S. FRIGGIN HUGE."
The view of the Inn and the castle from the bowsprit of the ship-
The deck of the SS FRIGGIN HUGE from the corner of the sterncastle -
aaaand on the opposite shore of the harbor, I did something a little "halloweeny."
Meantime.. pictures. Using spoiler tags cause they're ginormous.
Here's a picture of the outside of the pretty much finished castle.. outer wall is 6m high at the shortest point, inner wall starts at 10m and goes up from there. The pine trees in the background were created by a specialized evergreen tree generator called "map deleter and tree generator." I was using it to delete unused sections of my map so that the new biomes would start affecting the map closer to home.
Now, you might notice the snow is starting to go away - the new patch has removed the "snow world" dynamic apparently. Most of my snow world now is not regrowing snow, so as I clear it it doesn't come back most often.
Here's an internal shot of the great hall within my castle. It's ceiling is two stories high, and the balcony overlooking it from the second floor has guest rooms, I think I've been over all this before with you guys.
Outside the castle we've got quite the little community going.
Looking out at the town from on the castle outer wall, you can barely see the lava moat below, the wide path on the left leads up to the church, and on the right in the background you can see the Inn and behind that...
The ship - I had suggested the "Esprit" for the name for her, but the little woman insisted on the "S.S. FRIGGIN HUGE."
The view of the Inn and the castle from the bowsprit of the ship-
The deck of the SS FRIGGIN HUGE from the corner of the sterncastle -
aaaand on the opposite shore of the harbor, I did something a little "halloweeny."
#317
figmentPez
figmentPez
#318
GasBandit
GasBandit
#319
figmentPez
figmentPez
#320
drifter
drifter
#321
figmentPez
figmentPez
#322
GasBandit
GasBandit
#323
GasBandit
GasBandit
#324
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
Fuking Creepers appearing behind corners in my fucking mines 
#325
Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
#326
GasBandit
GasBandit
#327
figmentPez
figmentPez
Ahahahahahaha! The fishing rod is awesome! So much fun.
Fishing is boring.
Fishing for mobs, though...
Yes, that's a cow on top of a tree.
He started at the base of my tower, that tree is part of my rooftop garden. I'm not sure where the sheep ended up, that one flew so high I lost track of him. Apparently my home is just at the limit of the fishing rod's range. It can't cast very far out, but it can go all the way down to the ground. If a lucky strike his a mob, reeling in the fishing line sends them flying up into the air.
For more practical fishing, that doesn't take much water at all. I can fish in the little stream I made as part of my rooftop garden. I actually had more luck there than in the ocean.
On another note, I have set my world to peaceful. I had a skeleton in my rumpus room knocking my paintings off the wall, getting grave dust all over my carpeting. This will not stand! To quote Notch "....from playtesting, I agree that the monster spawning brightness torch thing stuff now totally sucks"
Fishing is boring.
Fishing for mobs, though...
Yes, that's a cow on top of a tree.
He started at the base of my tower, that tree is part of my rooftop garden. I'm not sure where the sheep ended up, that one flew so high I lost track of him. Apparently my home is just at the limit of the fishing rod's range. It can't cast very far out, but it can go all the way down to the ground. If a lucky strike his a mob, reeling in the fishing line sends them flying up into the air.
For more practical fishing, that doesn't take much water at all. I can fish in the little stream I made as part of my rooftop garden. I actually had more luck there than in the ocean.
On another note, I have set my world to peaceful. I had a skeleton in my rumpus room knocking my paintings off the wall, getting grave dust all over my carpeting. This will not stand! To quote Notch "....from playtesting, I agree that the monster spawning brightness torch thing stuff now totally sucks"
#328
figmentPez
figmentPez
#329
GasBandit
GasBandit
#330
Rubicon
Rubicon
I wish the game didn't take a beast of a machine to run.. in SMP, it crawls to a halt of 1-3 FPS. Thats with fast graphics selected, draw distance as "tiny" etc. If I stand in one place for a minute, everything loads ok and I can get lik 60+ FPS.. but as soon as I move any direction just a few squares it drops back to 1-3 FPS as new chunks load ;\ I love Notch's work but jesus.. for such a simplistic game (graphically) you'd think something ancient could run it smoothly. I can nail out a solid 30+ fps in mmos like WoW but this? Back to single player for me..
Back to single player for me..
#331
GasBandit
That, and WoW was actually written in a native executable. Minecraft is a glorified Java app, which means your computer is having to emulate a java virtual machine to play it. Like all things Java, it is inherently bloated, slow and clunky. But that's life in modern computing, unfortunately.
Oh, also I found that for some reason, if you're running the server on the same machine that is running VOIP software, it makes minecraft_server even more laggy and such, undoing what you just did 3 seconds later, then re-doing it 10 seconds later. So, no skyping on your minecraft server.
GasBandit
That's because WoW isn't generating the world on the fly. That "move any direction a few squares" means it's having to generate those new cubic meters you're coming into visual range of. It's not the graphics card, it's your processor and ram that are slowing you down.I wish the game didn't take a beast of a machine to run.. in SMP, it crawls to a halt of 1-3 FPS. Thats with fast graphics selected, draw distance as "tiny" etc. If I stand in one place for a minute, everything loads ok and I can get lik 60+ FPS.. but as soon as I move any direction just a few squares it drops back to 1-3 FPS as new chunks load ;\ I love Notch's work but jesus.. for such a simplistic game (graphically) you'd think something ancient could run it smoothly. I can nail out a solid 30+ fps in mmos like WoW but this?
That, and WoW was actually written in a native executable. Minecraft is a glorified Java app, which means your computer is having to emulate a java virtual machine to play it. Like all things Java, it is inherently bloated, slow and clunky. But that's life in modern computing, unfortunately.
Oh, also I found that for some reason, if you're running the server on the same machine that is running VOIP software, it makes minecraft_server even more laggy and such, undoing what you just did 3 seconds later, then re-doing it 10 seconds later. So, no skyping on your minecraft server.
#332
strawman
That, and WoW was actually written in a native executable. Minecraft is a glorified Java app, which means your computer is having to emulate a java virtual machine to play it. Like all things Java, it is inherently bloated, slow and clunky. But that's life in modern computing, unfortunately.
Oh, also I found that for some reason, if you're running the server on the same machine that is running VOIP software, it makes minecraft_server even more laggy and such, undoing what you just did 3 seconds later, then re-doing it 10 seconds later. So, no skyping on your minecraft server.[/QUOTE]
Yes, it would be nice if "generating terrain" could be done in the background when it's not needed, rather than waiting until it is needed. Just make sure the world is a few percent bigger than the user has explored...
strawman
That's because WoW isn't generating the world on the fly. That "move any direction a few squares" means it's having to generate those new cubic meters you're coming into visual range of. It's not the graphics card, it's your processor and ram that are slowing you down.I wish the game didn't take a beast of a machine to run.. in SMP, it crawls to a halt of 1-3 FPS. Thats with fast graphics selected, draw distance as "tiny" etc. If I stand in one place for a minute, everything loads ok and I can get lik 60+ FPS.. but as soon as I move any direction just a few squares it drops back to 1-3 FPS as new chunks load ;\ I love Notch's work but jesus.. for such a simplistic game (graphically) you'd think something ancient could run it smoothly. I can nail out a solid 30+ fps in mmos like WoW but this?
That, and WoW was actually written in a native executable. Minecraft is a glorified Java app, which means your computer is having to emulate a java virtual machine to play it. Like all things Java, it is inherently bloated, slow and clunky. But that's life in modern computing, unfortunately.
Oh, also I found that for some reason, if you're running the server on the same machine that is running VOIP software, it makes minecraft_server even more laggy and such, undoing what you just did 3 seconds later, then re-doing it 10 seconds later. So, no skyping on your minecraft server.[/QUOTE]
Yes, it would be nice if "generating terrain" could be done in the background when it's not needed, rather than waiting until it is needed. Just make sure the world is a few percent bigger than the user has explored...
#333
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#334
GasBandit
GasBandit
#335
Azurephoenix
Azurephoenix
#336
PatrThom
PatrThom
#337
strawman
strawman
#338
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#339
strawman
strawman
#340
figmentPez
figmentPez
#341
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#342
figmentPez
figmentPez
#343
strawman
strawman
#344
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#345
figmentPez
figmentPez
This is the method I used when making my chessboard
3x3(x1)* hole in the ground. 1 Water source block. Then place lava into the flowing water. It will instantly turn to obsidian.
(illustration made with Minedraft)
*Edit: Size chosen because that was how big I wanted my chessboard squares. It could be a lot of different sizes and shapes.
3x3(x1)* hole in the ground. 1 Water source block. Then place lava into the flowing water. It will instantly turn to obsidian.
(illustration made with Minedraft)
*Edit: Size chosen because that was how big I wanted my chessboard squares. It could be a lot of different sizes and shapes.
#346
Gusto
Gusto
#347
GasBandit
GasBandit
#348
figmentPez
figmentPez
#349
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#350
drifter
drifter
#351
Shegokigo
Shegokigo
#352
Gusto
Gusto
Alright I started a new map, and have been playing on peaceful mode until NOW.
I built myself a wooden shack on top of the first island in my archipelago, and proceeded to basically excavate most of that hill down to sea level.
Then I started exploring some of the other smaller islands and discovered a mine system wit a lava pool underneath (!!!). I wanna explore under here a lot more so I bult stone bridges from between the three islands and used tat as a support to build a two-story fort.
Now I think I'm ready to play for realz, despite my fear. :O
I built myself a wooden shack on top of the first island in my archipelago, and proceeded to basically excavate most of that hill down to sea level.
Then I started exploring some of the other smaller islands and discovered a mine system wit a lava pool underneath (!!!). I wanna explore under here a lot more so I bult stone bridges from between the three islands and used tat as a support to build a two-story fort.
Now I think I'm ready to play for realz, despite my fear. :O
#353
PatrThom
PatrThom
#354
Rubicon
Rubicon
#355
Far
Far
#356
Gusto
Gusto
#357
Gusto
Gusto
#358
drifter
drifter
#359
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#360
figmentPez
figmentPez
#361
David
David
#362
Far
Far
#363
David
David
#364
figmentPez
figmentPez
#365
Far
Far
#366
figmentPez
figmentPez
#367
Gusto
Gusto
#368
Rubicon
Rubicon
#369
Far
Far
#370
Rubicon
Rubicon
#371
FnordBear
FnordBear
logged on to the multiplayer server GasBandit posted.
My first mp experience...
I grew a tree...among other things.
My first mp experience...
I grew a tree...among other things.
#372
Green_Lantern
Green_Lantern
#373
strawman
strawman
#374
figmentPez
figmentPez
#375
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#376
figmentPez
figmentPez
#377
FnordBear
FnordBear
#378
Gusto
Gusto
(I just started using the Painterly Pack so this might look weird to some of y'all.)
Okay so I made a giant skylit vertical mine like X did in his Let's Play:
Here's the view up from the 4th level of the mine, as deep as I am so far:
Here's a view from the mountain across the canyon. I decided to branch out of the first floor of the mine, not remembering that I was near the edge of the mountain. I found some coal, and the mountain's edge, which I decided to turn into a completely open station. It's built in such a way that if a mob tries to drop on me from above, he'll fall right off the mountain.
Here's a slightly different angle, from night, that shows the whole mine system from across the canyon.
I think it's a nice cozy space. This pic shows it from the inside. Across the way you can see a little fort I made to camp out for the night while taking my previous screenshots.
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The awesome thing about crossing the canyon to make that shack and take those screenshots was that I found a HUGE sandy beach behind it, which I'll need to make what is basically Willy Wonka's Great Glass Diamond Mine.
Okay so I made a giant skylit vertical mine like X did in his Let's Play:
Here's the view up from the 4th level of the mine, as deep as I am so far:
Here's a view from the mountain across the canyon. I decided to branch out of the first floor of the mine, not remembering that I was near the edge of the mountain. I found some coal, and the mountain's edge, which I decided to turn into a completely open station. It's built in such a way that if a mob tries to drop on me from above, he'll fall right off the mountain.
Here's a slightly different angle, from night, that shows the whole mine system from across the canyon.
I think it's a nice cozy space. This pic shows it from the inside. Across the way you can see a little fort I made to camp out for the night while taking my previous screenshots.
---------- Post added at 08:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:36 PM ----------
The awesome thing about crossing the canyon to make that shack and take those screenshots was that I found a HUGE sandy beach behind it, which I'll need to make what is basically Willy Wonka's Great Glass Diamond Mine.
#379
noaxark
I've been running it for myself and the IRC channel for a while and I recently gave GasBandit the go-ahead to post it here. It is backed up regularly, runs on good hardware and is by all accounts relatively lag free. I've seen several visitors from the forum already, and like we've said before, a bunch of us from the IRC channel play there regularly.
Maintaining it costs me nothing but unused server capacity, so it will run indefinitely at no charge.
At the moment I'm running vanilla server software with no particular rules beyond "don't be a douche", but I'm open to suggestions for making it better.
noaxark
Hey, uh, you do know I've already offered you guys one for free, right?
I've been running it for myself and the IRC channel for a while and I recently gave GasBandit the go-ahead to post it here. It is backed up regularly, runs on good hardware and is by all accounts relatively lag free. I've seen several visitors from the forum already, and like we've said before, a bunch of us from the IRC channel play there regularly.
Maintaining it costs me nothing but unused server capacity, so it will run indefinitely at no charge.
At the moment I'm running vanilla server software with no particular rules beyond "don't be a douche", but I'm open to suggestions for making it better.
#380
Silver Jelly
Silver Jelly
#381
Far
Far
#382
GasBandit
GasBandit
And I did! I guess when I'm not being a demeaning ogre nobody pays attention to me unless I've got a castle and a warship
#383
strawman
[/QUOTE]
I got on and claimed a small space and a mine away from all the hubbub. Haven't had time to do much with it though, but I guess if it's going to get more busy I'd better build so people don't take my spot.
strawman
And I did! I guess when I'm not being a demeaning ogre nobody pays attention to me unless I've got a castle and a warship
[/QUOTE]I got on and claimed a small space and a mine away from all the hubbub. Haven't had time to do much with it though, but I guess if it's going to get more busy I'd better build so people don't take my spot.
#384
noaxark
noaxark
#385
Gusto
Gusto
I built a little shack in the woods before I pined for all the resources and tools I left in my single player world. I'll probably be back.
#386
strawman
It does take awhile to get started, though. It's too bad that there isn't a "getting started" server mod which fills the first storage box a user creates with useful items to get going on the server.
Alternately a public hoard for those things people don't want/need anymore would be a great help, if placed near the spawn point.
strawman
You better!I built a little shack in the woods before I pined for all the resources and tools I left in my single player world. I'll probably be back.
It does take awhile to get started, though. It's too bad that there isn't a "getting started" server mod which fills the first storage box a user creates with useful items to get going on the server.
Alternately a public hoard for those things people don't want/need anymore would be a great help, if placed near the spawn point.
#387
Shegokigo
Shegokigo
#388
strawman
strawman
#389
Shegokigo
Shegokigo
Oh wow, even more awesome. I'll be easy to spot. I'm just gonna say ya'll are lucky that it's set to non-PVP. I'm a beast with TNT and Arrows >
#390
GasBandit
GasBandit
It's not "set" to non-pvp, you have to run special mods to enable quasi-pvp The official minecraft server does not as of yet support pvp. Or minecarts. Or buckets. Or portals... or etc.
And yes, you can still set your account to use a custom skin at minecraft.net in the preferences section.
The official minecraft server does not as of yet support pvp. Or minecarts. Or buckets. Or portals... or etc.And yes, you can still set your account to use a custom skin at minecraft.net in the preferences section.
#391
noaxark
noaxark
I think I'll hold off on custom software for a while, though. At least until we see the smp updates notch promised next week.It's not "set" to non-pvp, you have to run special mods to enable quasi-pvp
#392
GasBandit
GasBandit
Cartograph of the server, now with my castle and village imported -
link for download
Open quote for embedded 13 meg image >_<
link for download
Open quote for embedded 13 meg image >_<
#393
GasBandit
GasBandit
And now with named regions (although most of the outlying areas will probably get deleted )
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#394
Rubicon
Nice
Rubicon
Nice
#395
GasBandit
GasBandit
#396
Far
Far
#397
drifter
I've mostly refrained from building on multiplayer maps because of the work I've invested in my own world, but if this is the case then that changes things.
drifter
Wait, can we import our maps onto the server?
I've mostly refrained from building on multiplayer maps because of the work I've invested in my own world, but if this is the case then that changes things.
#398
Gusto
Gusto
Gas, your labeled cartograph shows my little hut but it is literally so small you didn't even label it.
#399
strawman
strawman
You need to build something ugly and ostentatious like my skyway to be recognized. ;-PGas, your labeled cartograph shows my little hut but it is literally so small you didn't even label it.
#400
Shegokigo
I've mostly refrained from building on multiplayer maps because of the work I've invested in my own world, but if this is the case then that changes things.[/QUOTE]
Nope.
Shegokigo
Wait, can we import our maps onto the server?
I've mostly refrained from building on multiplayer maps because of the work I've invested in my own world, but if this is the case then that changes things.[/QUOTE]
Nope.
#401
GasBandit
GasBandit
The Gasbandian Embassy is Complete.
picture 1:
picture 2:
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I've mostly refrained from building on multiplayer maps because of the work I've invested in my own world, but if this is the case then that changes things.[/QUOTE]
Not easily. I got special dispensation from the server admin, and I had to use an editor to copy and paste it into an unused section of the world.
picture 1:
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Wait, can we import our maps onto the server?
I've mostly refrained from building on multiplayer maps because of the work I've invested in my own world, but if this is the case then that changes things.[/QUOTE]
Not easily. I got special dispensation from the server admin, and I had to use an editor to copy and paste it into an unused section of the world.
#402
Gusto
Gusto
Gas that is incredible.
I just made the dumbest mistake. I got down to a level in my glass mine where I was able to find a dungeon, a large lava pool, and several deposits of redstone, more than enough to give me a stack. I went back up to my stash to grab some buckets for lava, cuz I'd heard that buckets of lava are by far the most efficient ways of heating furnaces.
I got back to my furnace with a bucket of lava, but I still had the bucket selected. So when I right clicked to open the furnace, I DID open the furnace, but also dumped lava all over my safe room.
I lost all my redstone, all my iron, most of my tools, and almost a big section of my safe room. Thank the maker one of my buckets survived so I could clear the lava out of there. I was so desperate to keep it from flooding that I ran all the way there from my spawn point in the middle of the night, taking 4 earts of damage and setting off 3 creepers during my daring run.
I just made the dumbest mistake. I got down to a level in my glass mine where I was able to find a dungeon, a large lava pool, and several deposits of redstone, more than enough to give me a stack. I went back up to my stash to grab some buckets for lava, cuz I'd heard that buckets of lava are by far the most efficient ways of heating furnaces.
I got back to my furnace with a bucket of lava, but I still had the bucket selected. So when I right clicked to open the furnace, I DID open the furnace, but also dumped lava all over my safe room.
I lost all my redstone, all my iron, most of my tools, and almost a big section of my safe room. Thank the maker one of my buckets survived so I could clear the lava out of there. I was so desperate to keep it from flooding that I ran all the way there from my spawn point in the middle of the night, taking 4 earts of damage and setting off 3 creepers during my daring run.
#403
figmentPez
figmentPez
#404
GasBandit
GasBandit
#405
Gusto
Gusto
#406
GasBandit
GasBandit
After finishing up the big can of beans, I went for a brief exploratory trip into the LAND OF MADNESS beyond the borders of GasBandia -
#407
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
#408
GasBandit
GasBandit
#409
Allen, who is Quiet
Allen, who is Quiet
#410
FnordBear
FnordBear
#411
drifter
drifter
#412
Far
Far
#413
noaxark
noaxark
I wonder what those dots are in the distance. More madness?After finishing up the big can of beans, I went for a brief exploratory trip into the LAND OF MADNESS beyond the borders of GasBandia -
#414
GasBandit
GasBandit
#415
Shegokigo
Couldn't resist.
Shegokigo
Couldn't resist.
#416
GasBandit
GasBandit
#417
Shegokigo
Shegokigo
#418
PatrThom
PatrThom
#419
figmentPez
figmentPez
Wow, looks like there's a big update for tomorrow:
General fixes:
* players and mobs in lava or fire no longer spam sound effects
* getting hit with a higher damage while recovering from a smaller one now works as intended
* lava flows further in the Nether
* zombie pigs eventually forgives
* added support for custom texture packs
* fixed duplicate buttons when resizing screens
* zombie pigs and ghasts no longer get hurt by fire or lava
* fixed volume sliders now saving properly
Multiplayer fixes:
* hellworld=true no longer overwrites old save chunks. Player positions will still break if you switch it on a running server, though
* boats are now visible to other players
* minecarts move nicer
* fishing kinda sorta works, but needs more work
* sheep and cows look like sheep and cows now
* buckets work now
* fixed stairs being really difficult to destroy
* increased the timeout before “Took too long to log in”
* made it possible to ride carts and boats (pigs should work too..)
Buckets and minecarts working in SMP? Oh I hope it's true.
General fixes:
* players and mobs in lava or fire no longer spam sound effects
* getting hit with a higher damage while recovering from a smaller one now works as intended
* lava flows further in the Nether
* zombie pigs eventually forgives
* added support for custom texture packs
* fixed duplicate buttons when resizing screens
* zombie pigs and ghasts no longer get hurt by fire or lava
* fixed volume sliders now saving properly
Multiplayer fixes:
* hellworld=true no longer overwrites old save chunks. Player positions will still break if you switch it on a running server, though
* boats are now visible to other players
* minecarts move nicer
* fishing kinda sorta works, but needs more work
* sheep and cows look like sheep and cows now
* buckets work now
* fixed stairs being really difficult to destroy
* increased the timeout before “Took too long to log in”
* made it possible to ride carts and boats (pigs should work too..)
Buckets and minecarts working in SMP?
Oh I hope it's true.
#420
GasBandit
GasBandit
#421
noaxark
noaxark
New cartograph of ragnar. Can you spot the differences?
#422
GasBandit
GasBandit
Interesting cartographer bug, that my can is pretty much transparent guess it doesn't do well drawing diamond blocks.
guess it doesn't do well drawing diamond blocks.
#423
Soliloquy
Soliloquy
#424
GasBandit
GasBandit
#425
figmentPez
figmentPez
Well, I haven't built much, but I'm staking a claim:
#426
Soliloquy
Soliloquy
#427
Rubicon
Rubicon
#428
figmentPez
figmentPez
#429
FnordBear
FnordBear
#431
FnordBear
FnordBear
#432
strawman
strawman
#433
GasBandit
GasBandit
#434
GasBandit
GasBandit
#435
noaxark
Edit: Back up again! And I must say I didn't fail as much as usual in arranging the cables
Edit 2: ...aaaand of course minecraft.net went down instead. Figures, heh.
noaxark
Nothing out of the ordinary on my end as far as I know, although I was probably asleep at the time.
Server is updated, but I'm afraid there'll be some maintenance downtime for the next hour or so, in case anyone wonders. Gonna move it back into the closet and try to get rid of some cable clutter.
Edit: Back up again! And I must say I didn't fail as much as usual in arranging the cables
Edit 2: ...aaaand of course minecraft.net went down instead. Figures, heh.
#436
GasBandit
GasBandit
Aw hells yeah mofos... Boosters confirmed still working, even in SMP! One little oddity though - a PLACED minecart can no longer be "broken" to be picked back up again... so this will need to entail some rather creative cart storage methods
#437
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#438
Gusto
Gusto
#439
GasBandit
GasBandit
#440
Gusto
Gusto
#441
noaxark
noaxark
#442
Gusto
Gusto
Ah okay, fair enough. I guess I'll have to wait til after school, probably. Heading out in an hour and a half.
#443
GasBandit
GasBandit
#444
Gusto
Gusto
Hey if you guys wouldn't mind helping out a noob on the server:
Here is the current location of my little hut. You can kinda see a wooden wall with a torch sticking out of the foliage there.
Anyway, I'm planning on making this server the majority of Minecraft gameplay, but don't wanna have to completely start over. As soon as I can get back on the server, probably not til like 9:30EST, I'm gonna bust down my shed and relocate elsewhere.
IN THE MEANTIME:
If you're feeling generous, please feel free to drop any resources and tools you can spare into my shed. I think I have a large chest in there but I honestly don't know. If not just toss it in or even make me a chest. Any help you can spare would go a long way to my making a stand in the Gasbandian wastelands.
Here is the current location of my little hut. You can kinda see a wooden wall with a torch sticking out of the foliage there.
Anyway, I'm planning on making this server the majority of Minecraft gameplay, but don't wanna have to completely start over. As soon as I can get back on the server, probably not til like 9:30EST, I'm gonna bust down my shed and relocate elsewhere.
IN THE MEANTIME:
If you're feeling generous, please feel free to drop any resources and tools you can spare into my shed. I think I have a large chest in there but I honestly don't know. If not just toss it in or even make me a chest.
Any help you can spare would go a long way to my making a stand in the Gasbandian wastelands.
#445
Baerdog
Baerdog
So for a while now I've been hearing a bunch of people in #pvponline talking about Minecraft and have been following this thread with interest. Saturday I decided to pick it up on a lark but it wasn't until Sunday that I was able to really get into it. My first two worlds started pretty crappy but my third world has been awesome. There were a few floating islands hovering above a small bay not far from my spawn and I have decided to expand them to make room for a sky castle.
So far I've completed the southeastern tower. It's five stories tall and has a beacon on it for easy nighttime finding.
From the top of the tower here is the view of the east.
The south.
The west.
And the north.
Since completing the tower I've begun expanding the island and laying the foundations for the east wall. In this picture you can see where the east gatehouse will be located as well as the foundation of the northeast tower.
And finally here is a shot of the whole island so far from the ground.
Once I have more work done on the castle my next project will be building a cathedral on my spawn point so that when I die I can be resurrected in a self-aggrandizing church to me!
So far I've completed the southeastern tower. It's five stories tall and has a beacon on it for easy nighttime finding.
From the top of the tower here is the view of the east.
The south.
The west.
And the north.
Since completing the tower I've begun expanding the island and laying the foundations for the east wall. In this picture you can see where the east gatehouse will be located as well as the foundation of the northeast tower.
And finally here is a shot of the whole island so far from the ground.
Once I have more work done on the castle my next project will be building a cathedral on my spawn point so that when I die I can be resurrected in a self-aggrandizing church to me!
#446
figmentPez
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figmentPez
Dammit Notch! That is going to be such a pain.
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Did you not find the chest of supplies I placed near spawn? Or did that get emptied out already? Also, if you're in need of wood, there is a tree farm between your hut and my place, just look for the super dense cluster of trees with torches at their bases. On the south side of the grove is a chest with wood that is free to take. Whenever I harvest I tend to leave about half of what I get in that chest for others.If you're feeling generous, please feel free to drop any resources and tools you can spare into my shed. I think I have a large chest in there but I honestly don't know. If not just toss it in or even make me a chest.
#447
Gusto
Gusto
Haha, word, I'll just raid every chest I see on my way to somewhere.
#448
GasBandit
GasBandit
#449
Shegokigo
Shegokigo
#450
figmentPez
On another note, minecarts can still be collected just fine in single player. Woo!
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figmentPez
Meh, until there are monsters at night that can do damage, I don't care what people find on their own.
On another note, minecarts can still be collected just fine in single player. Woo!
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Well, the newbie chest is labeled, and I was going to make a sign for the tree farm chest, but the server was doing funky stuff to me last night. (I got stuck in a loop where the same thing happened over and over and over).Haha, word, I'll just raid every chest I see on my way to somewhere.
#451
GasBandit
GasBandit
#452
Gusto
Gusto
The first time I got on the multiplayer server I got in some kind of loop when placing coal in my furnace that basically generated me like 15 free coal.
#453
doomdragon6
doomdragon6
#454
Gusto
Gusto
#455
Baerdog
Baerdog
#456
Rubicon
Rubicon
#457
Gusto
Gusto
#458
GasBandit
GasBandit
By the way, if anyone wants to build a house or move into an existing one in GasBandia, feel free >
#461
noaxark
noaxark
#462
Gusto
Gusto
WHO FLOODED MY SHAAAAAACK 
#463
figmentPez
figmentPez
This suspicious character was spotted at the scene of the crime:
#464
Gusto
Gusto
#465
strawman
strawman
#466
Baerdog
Baerdog
#467
drifter
drifter
#469
Gusto
Gusto
Sweet Ragnar graphic glitches!
I found these while on a two day trek to the south to find clay. I wanna make Gusto Tower out of brick.
I found these while on a two day trek to the south to find clay. I wanna make Gusto Tower out of brick.
#470
noaxark
noaxark
could you mark on the map were you were? Looks like simple lag, especially the last pic. Probably caused by the update.Sweet Ragnar graphic glitches!
PIC
PIC
I found these while on a two day trek to the south to find clay. I wanna make Gusto Tower out of brick.
#471
Gusto
Gusto
The second pic was just lag, I just thought it was a cool screenshot.
The first pic was basically the edge of the world, the upper edge near the middle of the right arm (going by the topdown image above).
I was boating from place to place looking for clay and hit a waterfall at the edge of the world. I couldn't navigate away from it so I tried reconnecting. My boat disappeared but the glitch was gone too. I could see an instance of myself logged in, deep below my new position. It looked like a chunk(s) had been generated in the meantime but I can't really confirm that.
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Here's a picture of Fnordbear giving me coal to kiln all of my bricks, on the foundation of the now-four-layer-tall Gusto Tower. You can see Fnord's Humble Tree and Gasbandit's Holy Relic in the background, across the bay.
The first pic was basically the edge of the world, the upper edge near the middle of the right arm (going by the topdown image above).
I was boating from place to place looking for clay and hit a waterfall at the edge of the world. I couldn't navigate away from it so I tried reconnecting. My boat disappeared but the glitch was gone too. I could see an instance of myself logged in, deep below my new position. It looked like a chunk(s) had been generated in the meantime but I can't really confirm that.
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Here's a picture of Fnordbear giving me coal to kiln all of my bricks, on the foundation of the now-four-layer-tall Gusto Tower. You can see Fnord's Humble Tree and Gasbandit's Holy Relic in the background, across the bay.
#472
Necronic
Necronic
#473
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#474
GasBandit
That second one happens to me all the time in both single and multiplayer, no matter the server. It's just a chunk update glitch.
GasBandit
could you mark on the map were you were? Looks like simple lag, especially the last pic. Probably caused by the update.[/QUOTE]Sweet Ragnar graphic glitches!
PIC
PIC
I found these while on a two day trek to the south to find clay. I wanna make Gusto Tower out of brick.
That second one happens to me all the time in both single and multiplayer, no matter the server. It's just a chunk update glitch.
#475
noaxark
noaxark
#476
drifter
drifter
#477
Necronic
Necronic
#478
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#479
noaxark
noaxark
I made a new thread for a fresh start and an easier way for me to get out information on the server.
This thread will close as soon as I can find Ame
This thread will close as soon as I can find Ame
#480
Necronic
Necronic
#481
figmentPez
figmentPez
#482
noaxark
noaxark