My LEGO Nexus Organization

Minecraft is basically what you get if you took Lego bricks and made them into an entire world. In the single player game, there is nothing but you and a world of endless blocks one cubic meter in volume. (When I say endless, I mean ENDLESS - there is no hard limit to world size but the game starts glitching when you travel a certain distance from spawn. This distance is about a quarter of the way from the earth to the sun.) You can dig out blocks, craft items, and basically do whatever you please to make the world you're given yours.

The multiplayer is similar but with more people. You can easily set up and host a server. There are many mods avaliable for both single player and multiplayer to customize the experience.

It may be the single greatest thing intended for entertainment that man has ever made.

Discuss.

Official site - the game can only be purchased here. (http://www.minecraft.net/)
Official wiki (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki)

EDIT: As of 8/16/11, Minecraft: Pocket Edition has been released for the Xperia Play! It plays much like the old Minecraft Classic did, but with more blocks.

EDIT 2: As of 10/7/11, Minecraft: Pocket Edition is now available on all Android devices!

EDIT 3: As of I-don't-remember-when, it is available on iOS devices!

-Canama

Okay, thought I had responded yesterday, but apparently not.

I haven't tried Minecraft yet, as my computer isn't exactly working that great, but I've heard it's a very good game, and can build some good stuff. =D

I play Minecraft sometimes myself.

It's a great game though it's only in beta so be aware of bugs.

I've heard and seen the far lands, though I have never been there myself. Too far and I only use performance boosting mods. (e.g. Optimine, Optifog, as without them I can only play on Tiny and Short and I like to see what's in the distance.)

I have been thinking about getting Minecraft for a while now.
I have heard a good few things about it from people on Roblox (most of the people who played Roblox in 2006-2008 play Minecraft now) so I might try it, but IDK.

I've never played Minecraft. I've always wanted to make my own world and do what ever I want with it. Also, this Minecraft video is AMAZING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zTtwXQ5PJM

You can basicly create your own world on Roblox, and, if you are good at Lua Scripting, you can make it do all kinds of stuff.
From what I've seen Minecraft is kinda like that but it doesn't allow personal places rahter either Single Player or Multiplayer and it is more Survival based... but I am still waiting for my Roblox sub to run out to play Minecraft just in case I play it too much and the money I payed on Roblox is wasted :P

Single Player = personal place with almost endless exploring.

Multiplayer servers: join one, find a remote piece of land, build a house to become your house with also with almost endless exploring but has people. Sometimes griefers.

But in both... BEWARE OF CREEPERS. Unless you play on peaceful.

There's also the Nether in Single Player and soon in Multiplayer.

Even more amazing when you recognize the scenes built.  Those are all sets from Hayao Miyazaki's films, done in PAINSTAKING detail.  Just from what I recognize off the top of my head: Castle in the Sky, a movie I don't recognize, Howl's Moving Castle, and Spirited Away (my favorite out of all his films), followed by the same movie I don't recognize.  It truly is amazing; if I ever get a chance to play Minecraft, I definitely want to check it out further.

Here's another awesome video I found; most of this guy's stuff is pretty impressive, but this takes the cake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2rDbRUDkds

I finally got the game a few days ago, I love it :D
I have already made a smallish settlement, but I keep getting afraid to expand whenever I heard the dungeon sound in my basement.

...Dungeon Sound?

I'm fairly sure what you're hearing are called 'Cave Sounds'. Also, if you are afraid of getting surprised by too many hostile mobs in caves, go in them at night. Apparently less hostile mobs spawn in caves at night because unlike daytime, they are also spawning on the surface. Beware of Lightning. Start a tree farm. If you are still on stone tools try and find Iron and upgrade to iron tools. Kill as many pigs as you can, setting fire to the block underneath them is an advisable way. Branch mine if you're not into caves. Make sure you can see around your house through glass. The roof counts too. You do not want to get damaged or killed by a surprise explosion. Try and avoid combat with skeletons until you have a bow and a decent supply of arrows, and if you can try and trick hostile mobs into killing themselves or each-other. (such as getting one to walk into lava or getting something like a spider to attack a zombie)

(IDEA: MLNO Minecraft server except it'll never happen)

An MLNO minecraft server would be pure win. I would start if I knew how to...

Well, another LEGO forum, the Brick Comic Network, managed to set one up; if they can do it I'm sure we can...

Well, what does it take? If we find out that info, we could figure something out. =)

To start up a basic server just takes a few minutes. If you want to add some modifications it will take know-how, though, and to host 24/7 you need money.

I can mod a server, but I can't host it.

-Canama

Hmm... Then likely the only problem would be the 'hosting 24/7' part...

Well it doesn't have to be 24/7. a server I play on is open for 12 hours (sometimes less) and was shut off during the night.

Yeah... But then the problem is time zones; would the players be able to be on when the server's on, and such. =/

Yeah, stupid time zones :( Im on eastern standard time. I could still see it working it would just be a little awkward and people just wouldn't be able to play for many hours at a time if there was, say, a 3-4 hour time difference.

And what about stuff like 12 hour or so differences? That's the other thing I was thinking of, since we have many different time zones represented here.

We aren't talking about Roblox, we're talking about Minecraft. Two different games. =P

No, Minecraft is totally different from Roblox. Not related at all. =P

*facepalm*

Markus Persson, aka, Notch, is the creator of Minecraft and it is not related to any other game.

It was inspired by a game called "Infiniminer," actually. But it is a very different game.

But to answer your question, it is compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X, and Linux. A mobile version for Xperia Play, Android, and iOS devices and a console version for the Xbox 360 will be released on an unspecified date.

It costs about $20 USD and can ONLY be purchased from Minecraft.net (http://www.minecraft.net/).

EDIT: Also, thought I should mention: The game is currently in Beta. The price will go up when the full version is released. However, anyone who purchases during Beta will get the final version for free. (Beta is 25% less than the gold release will be). There will be expansions that cost money released after the full version comes out. Anyone who purchased during Alpha (50% off final price) will get these expansions free of charge. Unfortunately, it's now too late for that.

Updates are released very often (There's actually one scheduled for tomorrow, which will add pistons and shears to the game, as well as bug fixes), and the update after that will contain a lot of new features, such as a revamped combat system, improved lighting system, NPC villages, and some other mysterious features.

EDIT 2: This is what a good-sized server can look like. (http://solid-star.com/minecraft/)

If that seems huge, take in the fact that the map is over a month old. (The server started in January.) The server has grown a lot since then. (For those curious, it is the unofficial server of another forum I go on. It's pretty accommodating to outsiders, though. If you post your username here I can get you added to the whitelist. Just be warned that there are a good set of rules to obey.)

As for our server, what Bukkit plugins (http://bukkit.org) should we use?

As far as I am concerned, the must-haves are MC Essentials, Permissions, Big Brother, and WorldEdit (For the WorldGuard functionality).

Other servers I've played on have had mods like MyWarp (Good for creative servers), iConomy (For economy servers), Towny (For town-based servers), amongst others.

-Canama

Well, I don't know a lot about Minecraft Multiplayer. (I've never played on Multiplayer, TBH. Griefers & Lag, you see. Also, I have a mod, which I have been told would prevent me from going on Multiplayer. It's a performance boosting mod. (optifog + optimine.))

And all this Multiplayer business seems kinda complicated.

Ah, Minecraft.

I play every now and then, I got it in alpha and enjoy multiplayer. Fun game.

I haven't played Multi-player yet, I am slowly bringing myself into the game through singleplayer.
I have already made a new costume for my character, and mastered the art of making watch towers (one of my watch towers has a killer moat >:D), but I have yet to actually mine.
The seasons don't fear the creeper, but I sure do. [/song reference]

There is a buy-one-get-one-free deal this weekend! If you buy a copy of Minecraft for yourself, you get a gift code for a free copy to give to someone else.

-Canama

Ooh, that sounds pretty interesting. =O How would that work though? Like, would it register it as bought? Can you transfer the program to another computer if it eventually ends up being fail on yours? =P(Meaning the free copy, though also in general)

When you buy the game, you get infinite licenses. You can download and install it on as many computers as you want.

Same deal with the free copy. You are giving them infinite licenses too at no additional charge.

-Canama

Sweet. That's pretty cool then. =O

How many people still do the 'three licenses' thing, now-a-days? Just curious, even if it's slightly off-topic.

I frankly don't even know.

-Canama

Could Mak play this or is he too young still?

There is absolutely nothing overtly inappropriate in single-player - no blood or anything like that - but being ambushed from behind by enemies, especially Creepers (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Creeper), which explode and can destroy your creations, can be scary, especially when it happens deep underground (When the lighting in the game gets dark, it gets BLACK, and darkness is where monsters spawn.) There is a "Peaceful" difficulty option that removes all enemies and grants regenerating health, but that removes all of the challenge from the game.

On multiplayer, it varies from server to server, as with most games with user-driven content. Some are moderated and have good communities, whereas some have chats filled with inappropriate language and statues dedicated to certain unmentionable portions of the male anatomy.

If/when the server I make gets off the ground, I will make sure it stays PG, but obviously I can give no guarantees for others.

In other Minecraft news:

Minecraft: Pocket Edition was released for the Xperia Play! It costs $6.92 and will remain exclusive to it for some unspecified time, then released to all other Android devices and then the iOS. Since I don't own an Xperia Play, I don't know what it's like, but I've heard it's like an expanded Minecraft Classic.

-Canama

@ MSRR: Watch some Let's Plays of Minecraft on YT--that's how I found out about Minecraft.  There's a really good series from CaptainSparklez, the guy who made the video I posted on the previous page.  (He's pretty clean as far as language goes, though occasionally a mild expletive will slip out.)  See especially his playthroughs of "The Labyrinth of Doom" and this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo2sUe52PVs

for you you minecrafters out there.....

http://phandroid.com/2011/08/16/minecraft-pocket-edition-now-available-as-xperia-play-exclusive/

A better option is paulsoaresjr (http://www.youtube.com/user/paulsoaresjr), I think. Nothing expletive at all. His Minecraft tutorial was fairly helpful to me as well, though I now just use the Minecraft wiki for stuff like crafting recipes.

-Canama

Yes, Paul is a good choice. He's interesting and worth watching! (Plus he does a few other games as well, such as Terraria and Project Zomboid)

The Adventure Update has been released!

(Changelog copied from Minecraft Wiki, I didn't type it up)

    *  Rollover labels for items.
    * User-placed leaf blocks no longer decay.
    * Cloud height raised to the top of the map, so clouds no longer go through buildings.
    * Pressing F3 will no longer show numbers above the mobs heads.
    * Rain and snow renders faster.
    * Cloud movement syncs with the time.
    * Skeletons now hold full-size bows.
          o Skeleton arrows originate from about their eyes to the bow, instead of above the head.
    * The snout on pigs now protrude from their head.
    * Passive mobs will randomly flee if attacked by the player or other mobs (such as Wolves).
    * Armor bar moved to above hearts, due to food bar.
    * Clay is now commonly found under shallow Water.
    * Player to mob damage decreased by half a heart.
    * Right clicking with a sword lets you parry.
    * 9 new crafting recipes.
          o Stone Brick.
                + Stone Brick Slabs.
                + Stone Brick Stairs.
          o Brick Slabs.
          o Brick Stairs.
          o Fence Gates.
          o Glass Panes
          o Iron Bars
          o Melons
          o Melon Seeds
    * Pressure plates can now be placed on fences.
    * New Creative game mode.
          o Flying by double tapping Space
          o Unlimited resources
          o A new screen, the Unlimited Item Selection screen
    * Three new mobs.
          o New Enderman mob.
                + They take damage from water.
                + They emit purple smoke particles.
                + They drop Ender Pearls.
                + They open their mouth when hostile/looked at.
          o New Silverfish mob.
                + Will spawn from rarely generated blocks, that look identical to stone, or stone bricks.
          o New Cave Spider mob.
                + They spawn in Abandoned Mine Shafts.
                + Their attacks are venomous, and turn the player's health yellow upon being poisoned (will not kill you but will make you lose 4 health bars, if you are below 4 health bars then it will bring you down to Half Heart.png heart).
                + Have a unique mob spawner.
                + They are smaller than regular spiders.
    * Zombies drop Rotten Flesh instead of Feathers.
    * New features in the terrain generator; things which will only appear in new worlds/chunks.
          o Optional NPC Villages with farms and "town borders".
                + Wells for villages.
                + Made of: Cobblestone, Mossy Cobblestone, Wooden Planks, Wood, Torches, Cobblestone Stairs, wooden stairs, Gravel, Fence, Glass and/or Glass Panes, Ladders, Wooden Doors, Crops, Farmland, Water, Lava, Furnaces, Iron Bars, Black Wool, bookshelves and Pressure Plates.
                + Contain "Smithies".
                + Will spawn only on flat areas.
          o Underground Ravines including canyons on the surface and ledges to walk on.
          o Strongholds, consisting of 4 new blocks: Stone Brick, Mossy Stone Brick, Cracked Stone Brick, and Iron Bars.
                + Will only spawn 3 times in a map.
          o Abandoned Mine Shafts.
          o Naturally found Cobweb.
    * New, fractal-based biome code.
          o 5 new biomes.
                + "Mushroom biome". which will include Huge Mushrooms, both brown and red. (?)
                + Rivers flowing through/in between biomes.
                + Ocean Biomes, that are deeper and much more vast than before.
                + Mountain biomes.
                + Swamp biome.
                + Taiga and tundra biomes removed until Beta 1.9
          o Larger Biomes.
    * New combat Mechanics.
          o Hold-to-charge bows.
                + 3 different charged states; takes less than 1 second to fully charge.
                + Fully charged bows causes the player to walk slower.
          o Critical hits.
                + When the player hits a mob while jumping.
                + When the bow is fully charged.
          o Player blocking attack animation and hostile mob attack animations.
                + Block "stance".
    * New farming options, more interesting farming.
          o Plantable pumpkins and melons, each with a central stem that grows to max size and spawns a fruit next to it.
          o Melon Seeds.
          o Pumpkin Seeds.
    * New Food System.
          o There is now a food meter.
                + Food no longer heals directly but indirectly.
                + If the food meter is above 80%, heals Half Heart.png about every 5 seconds.
          o All food (except Mushroom Stew) is stackable.
          o Food takes 1.6 seconds to consume.
          o There is now a food eating animation.
          o 5 new food items.
                + Cooked Chicken.
                + Raw Chicken.
                + Raw Beef.
                + Steak.
                + Melon Slices.
          o Eating any raw food or Rotten Flesh has a chance to give the player food poisoning.
          o Cooked Porkchops have a different texture.
    * New achievement.
          o Kill a skeleton with an arrow at 50 meters.
    * Sprinting: By double pressing the forward button, the player will move faster.
          o Sprinting is limitless, but will deplete your hunger bar.
          o Hitting a mob while sprinting sends them flying.
          o Jumping while sprinting boosts the jump to a length of about 4 blocks.
          o Sprinting makes particles come up from the ground.
          o While sprinting, the field of view slightly increases.
    * Glass Panes.
          o Can be mined and picked up without breaking.
    * Arrows get stuck on mobs when they hit.
    * Vine blocks.
          o They are not climbable.
          o Players can walk through them.
    * Improved chest model with a 3D lock and an open state/animation.
          o They are now slightly smaller than one full block.
    * New uses for shears.
          o Vine
          o Tall Grass
    * New improved lighting — day/night cycles no longer require chunk updates. Lighting is updated via a texture, whose coordinates are the block's sky light and block light levels.
    * Warmer light from torches.
    * Moonlight is blue.
    * Clouds change color during sunrise and sunset to match the sky color.
    * New texture for Moss Stone.
    * Sliders for field of view and Brightness in video options.
    * Redesigned HUD, including two new features, food and experience bars.
          o Killing a mob gives you tiny flashing Experience Orbs that add to your experience.
    * New particle effects.
          o Performing a critical hit on any mob will cause 'sparks' to fly.
          o Explosion particles are now shockwaves instead of smoke.
    * The ability to see the world seed when pressing F3.
    * New animated main menu background.
    * The version in the main menu is in the lower left, instead of the upper left.
    * Tiny stationary bubble particles can be seen when underwater.
    * Fog is now thicker and darker deep underground.
    * The void is now black and gives off particles.
    * Multiplayer server list.[1][2]
    * Improved server join screen: The server join screen features a list of servers.[3]
    * Player List - Press tab in multiplayer and player list comes up.[4]
    * The ability to allow moderators to enter creative mode in SMP.[5]

    * Easier changing of the max level (map) height.
    * The terrain generation code is tidier.
    * Toggle Fog is now F3 + F
    * Brown and Red Mushrooms spawn frequently under trees in the new swamp biome.
    * Shift-Clicking items will craft the maximum possible amount of what you are trying to craft with the limit at 64 and will directly put it in your inventory without the need to drag it there. (e.g. You have 16 coal above 16 sticks and you shift click the torches, a stack of torches (64) will appear in your bottom usage bar)
    * Bedrock only spawns on the lowest 3 layers instead of 5.

Bug Fixes:

    * Shift+Click on items now work correctly.
    * Fixed Redstone circuits not working after /time set x glitch going to be fixed in SMP.
    * Destroying boats and minecarts now creates particles.
    * Ghast attack sounds are fixed in SMP.

New bugs:

    * Version number is still shown at the top-left of the screen while debug is off.
    * The destruction animation for chests is missing.
    * If you place a torch underwater, it gets removed but the area around is still lit.
    * Sheeps spawn much less than before (world-generator?)
    * Sand (and Gravel?) is sometimes still being generated floating in mid air.

-Canama

This sounds pretty cool. Do these apply to Classic, or is that standalone to the new versions?

Also, is this similar to LoZ by any chance? I've had a vibe from that for a while now for different things, but the whole 'health bar' and 'Half Heart' caught my attention. =P

Only to Beta. Classic has not been updated since 2009 and will never be updated again.

It's not really similar to Zelda at all, no, other than the health bar.

-Canama

1. Yeah, read that just now on Wikipedia. =/

2. Okay then, I see. Is the bow the primary weapon then? That'd be kinda cool, if so.

The primary weapon is whatever you want the primary weapon to be. If you want it to be a sword, go ahead. If you want it to be a bow, go ahead. If you want to punch things with a block of wool, go ahead.

-Canama

*Raises eyebrow* You set your own weapon? That sounds pretty interesting... And cool! Is it limited to things that make sense, or can you go around shooting stuff with an arm cannon, or attempting to grenade everyone without explosions? =P

There are no arm cannons or grenades in the game, though I'm sure you can find a mod that adds them.

The only things that are *meant* to be weapons in the game are swords and bows, but you can use whatever you want.

-Canama

Yeah, I didn't think so, I was mostly just checking. =P

And ah, I see... So it's more using materials as weapons that you meant?

You basically run around randomly building stuff.

Here, let me PM you something. ;)

What? INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW

j/k

Okay, no. Seriously, though, I am loving 1.8. Too many abandoned mineshafts though.

-Canama

Vines.

I LOVE VINES. I love the fact that they grow. I love the fact that they have different colours in different biomes.

I also love Iron Bars and Glass Panes. Now I have more options for 'transparentish blocks' than just glass or nothing.

I also love Stone Bricks, and the variations of them. Which means I also love strongholds.

I'm still in Creative though. Mainly to see the new features. Like Endermen, it's fun to mess around with them when you're immune to them.  I love the new lighting system. Can't wait until 1.9.

Maybe I should go through that Nether Portal I set up in my Survival World so it has some 1.8 stuff in it...

Coe's Quest. :P


You would not like Endermen so much if you knew the legend of Slenderman and/or have watched Marble Hornets.

You assume I do not already know about Slenderman. I do. Endermen are not Slenderman, even if they are inspired by it.

That doesn't make them any less creepy. :P

minecraft is officially out for android. ;)

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe

Thanks for remembering this topic exists; it's been out a few days but I forgot about the topic. :P

iOS version is coming "eventually". I'll be sure to get it when it arrives.

-Canama

Hey, has anyone here ever watched Coe's Quest?

Yes, I have.
Still waiting for 1.9 to be finished

Have you tried the prerelease?

-Canama

For anyone who wants a server, I would suggest you go on this one. It's an economy server called Strallo and the IP is 24.240.139.61:26540.

It's an economy server with a lot of Bukkit plugins, which add things like magic spells, chess, cities, and a lot more.

-Cookieo

Anyone know how to install mods on Linux? I just saw this really awesome mod called Mine Up:http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/728727-181-mine-up-02/ (http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/728727-181-mine-up-02/). So if anyone knows, thanks.

Minecraft log, _Flipz_ Day 2:
From my base at the bottom of a ravine, I mined down, looking for redstone.  I indeed found it, but I also discovered Lapis, iron, and...an abandoned mineshaft.  While looting the chest I found (literally, the first part of the mineshaft I found), I was ambushed by zombies...coming from a spawner.  that's right, I found a Dungeon AND a mineshaft.  AND I managed to kill my first Enderman.  With a stone sword.  Oh yeah. 'Cause I'm awe-some!!!  8) 8) 8)

I think you mean OREsome!

Ahahahahano.

:P

I started a new survival world, but I haven't done much with it yet.

-Canama

So, anyone here ever played a Vechs map?  We should totally get some teams together and have a Race For Wool tournament.  Maybe MLNO vs. Lunibook! :P

There's a MC server called Strallo for anyone who wants a good server. It has Magic, chess, runes, towns, an economy, and a lot more. The IP is 24.240.139.61:26540.

-Cookieo

I jumped on, and I must agree, the place is a LOT of fun.  The spells in particular are great, once I learned Teleport I was zipping all over the map.

>_< minecraft won't accept my credit card.

EDIT:  :'( this sucks. minecraft locked out both my email accounts and my credit card. won't let me in, its asking me to send a scan of my driver's licence and a paystub to some website.......

so i guess i'm not getting minecraft. ever.

..That's odd. What website are you trying to buy it from?

-Cookieo

http://www.minecraft.net/store/game

^there

That's...bizzare.  For me, it was simple and straightforward.  Does your credit card have an issue with foreign transactions?  (Because Mojang's financial company is in London.)

never used it for anything further than the other side of the US......

Try Pay Pal

=D it worked!

>_< i keep epic failing in minecraft. its so laggy i keep getting killed. :/ i need a laptop with a decent GPU.....

Three tips:
Turn off "fancy graphics" (the transparency really causes slowdown)
Turn the render distance to "short" (tiny is downright unplayable)
Stay away from water.  For some reason, it causes lag like nothing else.

EDIT: and if you find something that's both good and cheap, link me to it, please; this thing really deserves to be put out of its misery.

Define cheap :P

Also, my spawn point is right by a huge river.... and my house is on the water.... I guess you mean being in the water lags?

I can't go on Minecraft without going on Creative.
I am currently building a Near-Apocalyptic world. It has lots of Bio-Domes, Bunkers and Space Ships.

There's a creative server that I also go on, but it's whitelisted. If anyone wants to join, I can tell the server host your username.

Also, to access the IRC for the economy server, go to http://webchat.quakenet.org/ and put Strallo as the chat room name. You can use that site to see if the server is on and you can chat with people on the server.

-Cookieo

Yes.  ANYTHING getting in the water seems to cause massive lag.  Including passive mobs.  Including squid. >_<  If the water is, like, only a couple of blocks deep, you'll be fine, there just seems to be a problem with deeper water eating up processor cycles, at least for me.


And this will work without any kind of software install?

>_<

i've really only ever heard of one minecraft mod, toomanyitems.

i looked it up, and, unless i'm missing something, it seems to me to be too difficult/complicated/risky to bother with. :/

Nope, you don't need to download any software besides Minecraft. That server is on right now, by the way.

-Cookieo

i'm gonna make a new world... there isn't a piece of coal within a 3 day+ walk of my house, and absolutely no cattle >_<

If you're having trouble, try Hills of Moo by Vechs.  It'll help you get better at Minecraft. ;)

nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu D:

was moving my house to a new location, and a huge mob of skeletons sprang out of nowhere and cornered me against a cliff.

i lost everything :/

ok, found a better way to get toomanyitems. now i want something to do

i'm hearing things about portals to other biomes? how do i get there?

EDIT: ah, minecraft wiki, you explain all :P

Were you moving at night?  It sounds like you ran above a Dungeon with a Skeleton Spawner, but the dungeon had no legal place to put the mobs except aboveground.  Never move above the overworld unless it's daytime, or you've lit up the surrounding area (and the area surrounding THAT) with torches/glowstone/burning netherrack.  Monsters can only spawn in light level 7 or less, and skeletons, zombies, and Endermen burn in sunlight, so... ;)

The sun was just starting to go down, and I was walking past a huge cliff, so there were big shadows....

Anyways: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPJUBQd-PNM

Build a massive stone watch tower, build a moat around said tower and fill the moat with cactus. THATS the safest way to live.

Forget cacti, use lava blades! :P

I can't build lava blades D:

It's simple, build a u-shape a block above the ground (or the moat/river; if you want to collect the drops, you'll need to have water flowing underneath the lava blade toward your base, just be sure it's only one block deep so mobs can't swim under the blade).  Put a block under one of the sides, put a sign on it, and put lava on top of the sign.  Hey presto, you've got a lava blade!

From above (your base is downward):       (# is stone, L is lava, S is sign, W is water)

Top:
#S#
#L#
###

Level 2:
#W#
#S#
###

Level 3:

###
#W#
#W#



From the side (base is <----)


#LS
#SW
WW#


See also:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Mob_Farm

hey, so does modding minecraft.jar break the online play? cuz it won't load......

Yeah, you have to delete the certificate, which means your computer will give you a warning every time you play.  :/  The minecraft wiki has more info if you need it, look up "mods".

huh. so if i wanna play online i just delete the minecraft stuff off my computer and re-download it?

If your computer is warning you I'm pretty sure you're doing it wrong.

I have modded it before, nothing like that happens.

And you can play online with a modded minecraft.jar file; basically everything is handled on the server end.

-Canama

I've never tried mods, because of this article:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/META-INF

"This directory is notable because it must be deleted to use mods. The META-INF folder contains a digital certificate (MOJANG_C.SF and MOJANG_C.DSA) that contains a checksum of all the Java files. The certificate is issued to prove the code is safe, and is what lets the web applet version of Minecraft run without Java safety dialogs. When the files are modified, they could have been tampered with, and the certificate is invalid (the checksum changes). If a .jar file contains an invalid certificate, it won't run. Removing META_INF removes the certificate, so it will run again, but if you try to use the browser version of Minecraft, you might get warning dialogs. The MANIFEST.MF file is unrelated, and simply contains information about the archive."

That only applies to the browser version, and I can't fathom why you'd use it anyways.

-Canama

I don't have administrator access to my laptop (only to my Windows 7 computer, which can't go online). :-/  If you have a workaround, I'm all ears!

again i ask:

No, just the META-INF folder within the Minecraft.jar

cool, good to know.

my only mod is toomanyitems. i have 3 worlds - a toomanyitems survival, a creative, and a survival where i refuse to use toomanyitems, which is where i play 90% of the time. I started this world with a seed to spawn me right next to a tiny NPC village. Spawning where there are torches, shelter, and some items already available made me actually survive the early stages, and i'm in the progress of making an epic castle.

I don't install mods, I'm hardcore 8)

Anyone heard about the newish Hardcore mode that might come out in the near-distant future?

So is there some easy way to share your world with someone else?

No, why would you do that?

-Canama

Yep. Remember how you had to find the minecraft file to install that mod? Instead of going to the bin folder, go to saves. Then find your world in there. Then upload it to the internet.

-Cookieo

Dude, you guys HAVE to check out Knoxes' server Nexus Creed!  I was digging a wide stone staircase for the Hall of Knowledge (I'm helping him beautify spawn), and I ran across a ravine.  So, I decided, we should use it as the main area of the library (you know, soaring shelves of bookcases).  So, we're digging out a few things, and I run across ANOTHER ravine (albeit not a very tall one, it was more like a tall cave).  So, I think to myself, OK, we can use this as a tutorial area in caving once we clean it up and attach it to the rest of the tutorials.  So, I'm placing torches to light it up (no sense in drawing mobs nearby) when what do I find just below?  That's right--ANOTHER ravine.  This one's flooded with lava, so naturally I decide we're going to build a mine cart shaft and coaster to take maximum advantage of the area.

This place is going to be EPIC once we're done with it!  ;)

gotta share a link. :P

so i made my first giant toadstool this morning. fun stuff.

Oh, yeah, the server name is NexusCreed.  IP can be found on Knoxes' official site:
http://nexuscreed.blogspot.com/

*sigh* keep loosing all my equipment....
my cattle pasture is in a ditch by a mineshaft.... thought i sealed the mineshaft off, the cows can't escape, but apparently skeletons and creepers have found a way in...

Hit F3 and tell me your seed.  I MUST find out what sort of horrible world you're playing.

BTW, you playing on Easy, Normal, or Hard?

EDIT: Your X and Z coordinates would also help. :P

well, the horrible world might be at least partially my fault. :P so i'm emailing you a ZIP of my world.

you'll spawn in my house. go out the door right by the ladder, and you'll quickly see a pole with a couple dirt bricks on top, that marks my "pasture" cave thing :P

full inventory is in my chest upstairs.

I've made a house in the cross-section of two ravines before, it was awesome, especially since to get into the cave you had to go underwater (I built a lighthouse for the Water Entrance to make it easier to get into.

Minecraft 1.0 is out! No more Beta, guys!

-Canama

this is epic. just download and open. works beautiful.

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/619213-18-pc-mac-linux-minecraft-gametype-changer-change-between-creative-and-survival/

http://www.brothers-brick.com/2011/11/17/minecraft-in-lego-blocks-to-bricks/

you gotta check this (and related pics) out ;)

EDIT: also, great quote from someone on youtube "once you play multiplayer, you're not scared of creepers anymore, you're scared of people with iron armor and diamond swords"

xD

OK, MTM, I finally managed to download and play your world.

Um, how do I say this?  ...You are WAY undersupplied.  Your torch lighting is FAR too dim, and you have no lighting or protection in the fields surrounding your house.  Add to that the fact that your access routes are all messed up...basically, you're asking to die. :P

Really, at this stage of the game, you shouldn't even be building aboveground.  You should have a little hidey-hole dug in the side of a cliff (preferably next to a large coal deposit), and you should mine for TONS of coal and iron.  Once you have a full set of iron armor and several stacks of coal, THEN come aboveground.  Granted, the village there is highly helpful, but really, without access to the underground minerals and without protection...you're doomed. :P

If you really want to keep going, ditch all your stuff in a chest and go find a desert.  Get some cactus and some sand, and build a cactus wall around your village.  (A simple cactus farm can be made by digging two rivers 1 block apart, placing sand between them on alternate blocks, planting a cactus on each sand block, and placing blocks adjacent to the (empty) block above each cactus.  Since cacti can't be placed next to other blocks, the cactus segments that grow will immediately pop off, hopefully into the water, where they will be carried down to a single collection point.)  Since cacti can't be placed directly next to other blocks, you'll have to stagger the wall as you place it.  Be sure you have the sand flush with the soil on the outside, but dig a trench on the inside, so the villagers don't kill themselves on your wall by accident.  Also don't forget to build a door or two in the wall so you can get out later!  By building a cactus wall and properly lighting the inside area, you'll be (mostly) unharmed by hostile mobs while you build, and after a night of mobs killing themselves against your cactus wall you can come out in the daytime to pick up the drops--just watch out for morning creepers!

EDIT: Also, build yourself a compass and a watch ASAP; once you've built one of each--EVER--you'll be able to pause the game and go to the statistics screen to use them--even if you don't have one in your inventory!  (Go to Statistics->Items and scroll down.  The item icon is just as functional as when it appears in the inventory--just remember that the compass points to your original spawn, NOT necessarily North.)

EDIT 2: Cactus wall diagram (C is cactus, s is sand (or dirt, just remember that cacti can only be placed on sand)):
CsCsCsCsCsC
sCsCsCsCsCs

I've made plenty of progress since then :P lemme send you my current save file.

So, I was playing Minecraft in my original Survival world...

(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/poochythegenius/FirstDiamonds.jpg)

 :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Updated to Minecraft 1.0 and made an all new world to try out the new features. I found an abandoned mineshaft behind-under-ish my house in the first 15 minutes (if that a remarkable feat...) and found 2 diamonds. Life's good ;D

Ive dug deep, but still haven't found anything rarer than iron.....

@flipz - you play in-browser? o_O

That vein I just showed you actually had 5 diamonds in it! Enough for a diamond pick AND an enchantment table! :cheer:

So, I now have a problem.  My first portal to the Nether I built too high up; I popped out on a tiny netherrack island many, many blocks above a HUGE lava ocean.  I built another one at bedrock level, but it warped me to the same location; so, I ditched my items (except for a single stone pick) and broke the upper portal from the Nether-side, then jumped into the lava.  I then re-entered the Nether using my lower portal.  At first everything seemed great--until I discovered that I am now BELOW that huge lava sea.  grrrrrr....

So, now I have to figure out how I'm going to build a tunnel out of the lava.  I'd LIKE to brew a potion of fire resistance and use standard "underwater" building techniques, but guess where I have to go to be able to make a Brewing Stand?  :facepalm: :sigh:  So, any help?  (Remember, water does NOT work in the Nether.)

...

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

-Canama

No admin access, plus for some reason whenever I try to download the .exe, I get the dreaded "preparing to opy" lag-out.  Stupid Vista...

hey guys, anyone wanna get on gchat + join.me and check out my minecraft world? :P

You still on?

ugh, keep missing ya.....

Question. If I buy minecraft can I install on two machines, and if so could Mak and I play together??

AFAIK, yes you can install on multiple computers and it'll still work. Though, you would be sharing an account, so you wouldn't be able to do multiplayer together without buying another account.

Thanks!

Also, you can play in-browser from any computer.

Sweet. Thanks again.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/geeks-lose-minds-recreate-first-level-of-super-mario-land-with/

!!!!

Saw that on reddit. It was amazing.

-Canama

got my first redstone! whadda ya recommend doing with it?

store it up, you'll need LOTS if you want to build minecart stations and/or grinders/traps of any kind.

Really, though, if you dig around at diamond level (7-14 blocks on the Y coordinate, that is, 7-14 blocks from the bottom of the bedrock), you'll find tons of the stuff.  Still, if you can get an enchantment table, stop collecting Redstone for a bit until you get a Fortune pick, so it'll double your drops from Redstone blocks.  (And glowstone, and lapis lazuli, and coal as well, but the effect is most apparent on redstone. ;)

I FINALLY managed to get a Blaze Rod in the Nether (I'll have to come back with about a COMPLETELY full inventory of Cobblestone if I want to seal up that Blaze spawner so I can safely explore the netherhold for Nether Wart), and made my first brewing stand!  Splash weakness potions are AWESOME!  (I have a semi-functional spider grinder set up, so I have tons of spider eyes for weakness potions.)

And hey, I have a working EXP grinder!  There's like five different dungeons near my spawn base, so I chose the nearest zombie spawner and set up a mob elevator like on Coe's Quest.  I even added an extra feature: a ground-level "stop" for the zombies in case I want to grind topside (for whatever reason).  Now I'll move my enchantment table over to the grinder and REALLY start enchanting stuff!

Actually, I'll get hungry a lot while doing this...perhaps it's time for me to start an automated wheat farm?

Save it for now, soon you'll have more than you know what to do with.

Then go build a computer. :)

-Canama

Man, I just enchanted the most AWESOME sword! Sharpness II, Knockback II, AND Fire Aspect II!  And for only 20 levels, too! Win!  ;D

EDIT: And for 19 I got Efficiency II, Unbreaking II, and Fortune I!  And that Fortune I?  Gave me over a stack and three quarters glowstone dust from just TWO formations (and relatively small ones at that)!

My grinder is consistently gaining me 10 or so levels every 30 seconds, provided I wait a few minutes to start.  Yeah-uh!

Splash Potions of Health hurt undead enemies, so you can use that to wipe out the contents of your grinder easily.

-Canama

Do Weakness potions work on Blaze?  Because if not, it's gonna be a while before I can brew anything else; I don't have access to Nether Wart until I can close off my Blaze spawner.  (I don't want to destroy it for obvious reasons, but I can't take a step outside my protected hallway without getting jumped by Blaze.  Then the ghasts show up...)  I'll have to enchant some fire protection armor if not, which means a few more iron swords' worth of zombies...

All potions have normal effects on Blazes.

Also, yesterday Notch announced that he is stepping down as lead developer of Minecraft and passing the position on to Jeb! He is going to take a brief break and then work on another Mojang product. He will still work on Minecraft, but it will no longer be his major project and he will no longer have total creative control.

-Canama

Glad to hear it.  I'm going to gather some cobble to seal off the blaze spawner and give it a go.  Wish me luck!

There's a petition on LEGO Cuusoo to make Lego Minecraft sets. A link posted by Mojang (Who are in favor of the idea) attracted so much traffic the Cuusoo site crashed.

Lego has said that they are interested in the prospect. Fingers crossed, everybody!

(Though I don't know how this would work.)

EDIT: @ Thread MsRR posted:

This was my reaction too:

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

-Canama

There's a thread on that here
http://lunibook.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=891

minecraft website down! anyone know why?

minecraft 1.1

mob eggs... <3 em, but anything else?

Mak has been playing minecraft quite a bit on his iPod touch.

Gonna try out 1.1 today, Minecraft has gotten a little too RPGish IMO.

2Mak07 now has minecraft on the PC. Is there a server everyone is playing on??

Fraid not.

-Canama

make sure he gets Syndicate's map! best minecraft city ever!

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21272653/101Download.zip
^ world link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-VLs35JodU
^how to get from his house to the city

GAAAAAAH!!!
Mak's computer ran LU but will not run minecraft!

EDIT

Bad video card drivers!     
      -----------------------     

Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.



--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 2/1/12 4:58 PM

Minecraft: Minecraft 1.1
OS: Windows XP (x86) version 5.1
Java: 1.6.0_24, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerExceptio n)]

org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerI nfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerI nfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDispl ay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.crea teWindow(Display.java:311)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.crea te(Display.java:856)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.crea te(Display.java:784)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.crea te(Display.java:765)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraf t.a(SourceFile:230)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraf t.run(SourceFile:648)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 104665d5 ----------


AND
from Intel:
Product Detected    Intel® 945G
Current Driver Installed    6.14.10.4410
A customized computer manufacturer driver is installed on your computer. The Intel Driver Update Utility is not able to update the driver. Installing a generic Intel driver instead of the customized computer manufacturer driver may cause technical issues. Contact your computer manufacturer for the latest driver for your computer

Went to Dell, Dwonloaded "update" back to minecraft..

FAIL again

So, wait, is it still not working?

That would be correct

Sounds like you need to reinstall the graphics drivers that came with your computer.

Have you tried going back to a restore point?

Yes.. and like I said, it works/ worked for LU.. and still works for roblocks.
I am hoping there 's a slot for an upgraded graphics card.
I still have the radeon I took out of my other comp..the X300 if it can be slotted should be better than the GMA950 that's part of the i945 chipset.



This is Mak's comp..
http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=211222777

I actually have a server that my friends and I play on, but, uh, my friends and I play on it. :P

There's an awesome server at play.minecraftcc.com, it's kid friendly (no cursing or anything allowed), and they have 6 different worlds in one (build, survival, nether, pvp, games, and spheres). The moderators are really good too, they catch cheaters almost instantly so the people that are left on the server are all nice and play fair.



EDIT>> Oh yeah.. we got Mak's comp adjusted. it was in properties. advanced.. and the slider had to be moved down.

Double post...

If someone has a server 2Mak07 can play on, he would rather not play alone...

I have a server someone i know has been working on setting up for a while.... not up yet tho :/ other than that, I don't have a server either

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rhYLe4Q-IU&
Best minecraft promo I have seen so far

I saw that earlier, I think the one thing that holds us both back is the figure

The figure doesn't bother me a bit. It just looks tedious.

Actually its really easy to change your figures 'printing' ;)


just go >here< (http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=minecraft+skins) and find a skin you like. then, download it and upload it to >here< (http://www.minecraft.net/profile) and that'll be what your character looks like.

Or you can draw your own texture for the skin! MinerShoes (http://www.minershoes.com/editor) is apparently quite nice.

I drew my own skin, in fact, and I'm not even good at art!

-Canama

LOLZ.. I am still trying to master the basic controls...

WASD to move, shift to sneak, Q to throw, Left-click to attack, right-click to place item/use special function (if applicable), E to open inventory, 1-9 to switch to the item in that slot.

All remappable though the options menu.

-Canama

What is sneak??

Can I change wasd??

Sneak makes you move slower, and not walk off ledges. Useful for building bridges.

And yes you can, but why would you want to?

-Canama

Canama: She probably wants to change it to the Arrow keys. LU-like, probably.

I use arrow keys on my laptop - its easier with my touchpad, as I often don't have my mouse with me.

@ Blade  Yes.. and since I have a BIG desk, I can even use the arrow keys left handed. I typo alot with wasd

I see. I typically use the arrow keys right handed for games; ingrained from a LONG while of playing another game. =P

I only use them left handed when I want to be able to arrow AND mouse at the same time...

Yeah, true. It would be kinda better that way, and I probably only didn't get used to that, because I haven't played much of Half Life, and all of two seconds for LU. =/

You definitely will want to use the mouse.  The control scheme kind of relies on it for precision building and aiming arrows. :P

If you just want to build, you might consider building a world in Creative mode.  In Creative mode, you can't take damage, you don't get hungry, you can fly, and you have infinite building supplies.  It's great for exploring Minecraft and learning the controls when you're still getting used to things.

Also, if you make sure to use the same "seed" for each world, you can make a pair of identical Creative and Survival worlds, allowing you to explore the world in Creative and then play it in Survival once you have a general idea of where you are and what you want to do with the world.

I bought  2Mak07 a new comp for his birthday . Well, almost new.
HP 2000-299WM notebook T3500 2.10 GHz Processor, upgraded to 4 Gigs of DDR 3.
Intel integrated graphics.
Running windows 7 with Avast antivirus.
Using Firefox ( tho I also tried internet exploder..)
When I downloaded Minecraft I had 2 issues.
1. Could not connect to serve r(from minecraft.com)
2. Picked play online.. black screen.

Went to app data/ roaming/ deleted minecraft files..
same thing..

Each time the result is the same.. if online, gets to about 90% and stops, tho it says it is done downloading.. if download opens to black screen.
What I have tried:
Deleted files as per above.. no good.
udpdated drivers.. no good
deleted and reinstalled Java.. no good
deleted files each time there was a fail.
Got one java error, fixed that and resumed all above steps with same results.
Java says we have latest Java
Intel says we have latest drivers.
Classic runs ok.. =(

Does anyone know how to fix this demon??
Thanks in advance.

Minecraft.net was being spazzy a few days ago, your problem might just be the site's problem.

If only... we tried all this again today...

try right now? appears to be working.

I can't the comp is not here.. but the site and download were working on the other computers when it failed on the new lappy...

try just flash-driving the successfully downloaded file over to the laptop?

%appdata%  roaming/ minecraft??

no no no.

the EXE

get it to the laptop, then run it to download all the necessary files

WUT???

http://www.minecraft.net/download

see there, where it says download EXE? download and run that. it'll install everything else where its supposed to go.

Any tips for beating the Ender Dragon? I even used a mod to give myself all the Diamond weapons and armour, but I still lost in less than five seconds.

We DID that...

the towers regenerate it. hit them (one hit will do it) and they blow up. hit them all and he won't be able to regenerate.

fill your inventory with potions of instant healing and arrows. arrows are your best weapon, unless he gets close enough to hit with a sword, which you want to avoid.

dig a shelter (with roof!) into the end stone. the dragon can't blow that up, it'll protect you pretty well.

use ladders to climb up the towers. have a pool of water beneath them you cn jump into - if you land in a water source brick you won't take fall damage.

water buckets are very useful against endermen

wearing a pumpkin on your head will stop endermen from charging from you unless you hit them.

if i think of anything else i'll let you know.

Could this be an openGL issue, and if so how do I find out if it is and fix??

Latest Java 6, or latest Java 7?
The current Minecraft Weekly Build is working fine for me, and I have Java 7.

Java has been removed and reinstalled...
Now he is getting this:


java.lang.NullPointerExceptio n
    at java.io.Reader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at b.<init>(SourceFile:15)
    at b.<clinit>(SourceFile:9)
    at ahm.a(SourceFile:38)
    at qz.a(SourceFile:15)
    at gl.<clinit>(SourceFile:24)
    at ww.<clinit>(SourceFile:252)
    at oe.<clinit>(SourceFile:249)
    at pd.<init>(SourceFile:14)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraf t.<init>(SourceFile:169)
    at n.<init>(SourceFile:33)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraf tApplet.init(SourceFile:33)
    at net.minecraft.Launcher.replac e(Launcher.java:143)
    at net.minecraft.Launcher$1.run(Launcher.java:87)
Exception in thread "Thread-11" java.lang.ExceptionInInitiali zerError
    at cs.<clinit>(SourceFile:5)
    at oe.o(SourceFile:710)
    at gl.a(SourceFile:118)
    at gl.<clinit>(SourceFile:52)
    at ww.<clinit>(SourceFile:252)
    at oe.<clinit>(SourceFile:249)
    at pd.<init>(SourceFile:14)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraf t.<init>(SourceFile:169)
    at n.<init>(SourceFile:33)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraf tApplet.init(SourceFile:33)
    at net.minecraft.Launcher.replac e(Launcher.java:143)
    at net.minecraft.Launcher$1.run(Launcher.java:87)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerExceptio n
    at java.io.Reader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at abn.e(SourceFile:35)
    at abn.<init>(SourceFile:21)
    at abn.<clinit>(SourceFile:10)
    ... 12 more



Java has been removed and reinstalled...

Did you try running JavaRa?
http://singularlabs.com/software/javara/javara-download/

Also: What are the specs of the system that's having the issue?
What version of minecraft are you using?

Specs are  HP 2000-299WM notebook T3500 2.10 GHz Processor, upgraded to 4 Gigs of DDR 3.
Intel integrated graphics.
Running windows 7 with Avast antivirus.
Using Firefox ( tho I also tried internet exploder..), and the version that's on the site right now.

Ooh...you're using the free version?

Try checking for updates for your Intel graphics driver? http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect?iid=dc_iduu

No we are using the paid version...  http://www.minecraft.net/  play in browser or download.. neither works.

 drivers are up to date, and here is full info..

Date Created: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:01:11 PM
ADVANCED
Collapse/Expand SYSTEM INFORMATION
Computer Manufacturer    Hewlett-Packard
Computer Model    3676
Operating System (O/S)    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1
Operating System Build (O/S)   (build 7601), 64-bit
Operating System (version)    6.1.7601
O/S Language   0409
System RAM    3.9 GB
Internet Browser[1]   Internet Explorer
Internet Browser Version[1]   9.0.8112.16421
.NET Framework Version   3.5.30729.5420
CD or DVD Device    hp DVD RW AD-7711H
System Hard Drive Overview
System Total Storage Size:   297.8 GB
Physical Drive   0
Maker   Hitachi
Model   HTS543232A7A
Bus Type   SATA
Local Disk C:   284.2 GB
Used space:    39.4 GB
Free Space:   244.8 GB
Memory Detail
Total Physical Memory   3.9 GB
Available Physical Memory   2.6 GB
Total Virtual Memory   2.0 GB
Internet Browser [3]   Firefox
Internet Browser Version [3]   10.0.2 (en-US)
Local Disk D:   13.6 GB
Used space:   11.9 GB
Free Space:   1.7 GB
Collapse/Expand GRAPHICS INFORMATION
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FIXED..

THIS WORKED!!
You might also try changing the path of minecraft just to see if it has any effect. Make a folder in the C: folder titled Minecraft. In that new folder, place the Minecraft.exe you download from minecraft.net/download, as well as a folder titled One, (or whatever you want but you would need to change code to match). After this, go back to windows, rightclick and create new text document.
In notepad, type
Code:

set APPDATA=C:\Minecraft\One
C:\Minecraft\Minecraft.exe

Then save that file as RunMinecraft.bat


Then when you double click that file, It will open up minecraft and save all minecraft files to the different directory (in this case c:\minecraft\one\.minecraft)

Yeah, if you know what you are doing .bat files are really useful. To run a certain server mod you have to use them so I got a quick and dirty lesson in them from my brother.

D'you have aa server sloop?

I would like to recommend an excellent minecraft community and server..
http://www.minecraftcc.com/index.php

It was first recommended to me by a friend from LU, who was a dev for LEGO. They are pretty much against any griefing, bad language, etc. and the community as a whole is very helpful.
All I ask is that you READ and FOLLOW the rules there.

Have a happy day!

In other bews...Minecraft 1.2 is Out!

by Jens Bergensten on March 1, 2012

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

Minecraft version 1.2 (actually 1.2.1) is now officially released! Get it by updating the game in the Minecraft launcher. Features include:

    New jungle biome
    Added ocelots
    Added cats
    Added iron golems
    New AI for mobs
    Tame wolves can have puppies
    Villagers will have children if there is room in their village
    New map height limit (256 instead of 128)
    New items and blocks
    Doors have been updated so that double-doors work better with redstone
    Added rare drops for mobs
    Many other minor tweaks and fixes

In addition, the Minecraft launcher has been updated. The new launcher should properly select 64 bit Java installations for Mac OS X users. If you haven’t downloaded Minecraft yet you can grab it here: www.minecraft.net/download

Update: Uploaded Minecraft 1.2.2 because birches and pine trees were missing…

I'm loving the new high limit, and the Villager AI is more useful than it first appears.

I may actually go back to my Beta world now, if I don't have to worry about the villagers anymore I can get back to repairing the village and making it liveable.  (Before I had to run away from the village at night, so I wouldn't lose anyone to creepers.)  And I have enough iron for quite a few iron golems...hmm...

FYI, to anyone who wants to build iron golems from scratch: it takes 36 iron ingots (crafted into 4 iron blocks) and a pumpkin.

O_O oh wow, I just realized: if pumpkins are added to any Vechs maps, life will be an instant cinch.  He always puts huge deposits of iron in one spot. ;D

EDIT: 1.2.3 is out.  DEFINITELY update it; otherwise skellies and zombies won't burn in sunlight. O_O

O_O *goes to update quickly*

The End still won't work for me...there's just a tiny little platform with the Ender Dragon WAY off in the distance.

Minecraft version: 1.2.3.
Mods: TooManyItems for Minecraft 1.2.3.

Solution: Use TooManyItems to build End Stone out to The End :P

Alternative, SERIOUS solution: Use MCEdit to delete and re-generate the chunks in the End and/or to build a bridge to where you need to be.

Solution 1: Too much effort. :P

Solution 2: How do I use it?

Real idea: use TMI to switch to creative mode and fly over (look up and double tap spacebar)

The thing is, the Ender Dragon itself is glitched. It just flickers up and down in one spot.
Is there some way to completely reset The End?

Yeah, leave the end then come back. This can be done one of two ways, kill the dragon and use the exit portal, or die.

I've tried that so many times...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNw2YcAK9Wc

that is all.

@mtmerrick: That is epic

I haven't laughed that hard in a LONG time!  *rotfl* *rotfl* *rotfl* *rotfl* *rotfl* *rotfl*

Just started a new game so the End would load...wow. I dug ten blocks down and ended up in a mine I've been exploring for three hours with no end in sight. 0_o

QFT!!

BTW, Creepers are afraid of cats.  This will be QUITE helpful in the not-so-distant future. ;)

Man, when I manage to find some wolves in my Cat world or some ocelots in my Wolf world...  ARMY OF ANIMALS FTW! :P

I want to have a wildlife preserve!!

I tried making some Bio-Domes once. I got them to work, I even got Squid in the aquatic one.

At one point in time I was making an underground room and I broke the ceiling. Water came in and brought a squid with it before I could patch the hole, so I made a aquarium for the squid. It was epic, but he despawned :(

I love Squids, I have it when the despawn.
The day we can have Squid Farms is the day Minecraft becomes the best representation of survival in the wilderness ever!

Can't you make squid farms with 5x5x5 water pit that well lit? I swear I read it on MC wiki...

so, seriously considering doing minecraft lets play videos.

would anyone here be interested?

YES.

Does Gmail support voice chat?  If you need voice, I'd be happy to commentate, but I'd be just as happy commenting via text.

Do you plan to do a survival Let's Play or adventure maps?

EDIT: I say we start with this map:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xGWha9ZQoA&feature=context&context=C38fb134UDOEgsToPDskLY1dFx1MUhgkfnaQUKxcnS

Gmail has voice and even video chats  ;)

I was thinking a viewer input based singleplayer survival, because I have zero experience with adventure maps. But if you had a spare computer you could use as a dedicated minecraft server, I'd love to do a co-op world :)

I do happen to have a server. If I could try some port forwarding (its currently a household server, kinda) I might be able to get a server running for you.

Just killed the Ender Dragon! :D

What did you use?

TooManyItems and Peaceful difficulty. :P

I just used Creative when I killed my first enderdragon. :P 

I've never been to the end. :/

I haven't made it past walking yet.. well I did do some landscaping...

Someone made a Minecraft version of Skyloft! (http://www.zeldauniverse.net/zelda-news/skyloft-redesigned-in-a-brilliant-minecraft-creation/#more-38615)

Here's a dragon :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vf1bV0LcNE)

p

My suggestion for you: go find a NPC village seed. Make a house your own, protect the inhabitants, Improve the city. Great fun, and a great survival starter world - you start out with instant shelter and torchlight.

Has anyone tried out any mods?
I've played Millenaire and it is awesome.

I am currently using a crossbow mod, because it doesn't change the gameplay too much, isn't incredibly overpowered, and I think we need more than bow for ranged weapons.

I have used tale of kingdoms, which is a very fun mod which takes a whole new perspective on minecraft. I would recommend it if you get bored of basic minecraft and want to try something new.

This is an interesting project from one of my LEGO Universe friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWeD6SZbm40

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The URL is http://factionlu.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/nexus-tower-in-minecraft/

Well, time to bump this!

MTM and I never did get that Co-Op Let's Play series started, but with the integration of Minecraft Singleplayer and Minecraft Multiplayer, that may be possible again! ;D

Also, books can be crafted and written in without the need for mods.  ;D Awesome.

New snapshot came out yesterday. Desert temples, sandstone villages, emeralds and emerald ore, trading with villagers, new gravel, sandstone stairs, enderchests, and the best golden apples in the world.

Best minecraft update in a long time :)

Be warned, there's a chance that the world may not load at all. It's a very buggy snapshot. So far, I find worlds with less blocks to render less in danger of this bug. (e.g. superflat worlds, having very few blocks to render except the first five or so levels)


Actually, no, they're not being integrated into each other. Rather, single player is just being made much more like multiplayer, in that your computer becomes a local server for the singleplayer worlds. Multiplayer is similar to that, but involves other people being able to connect to you. They're being made similar to each other, not being made the same thing.

Yeah, amazing snapshot.

NOW WHERE'S THE DARN MODDING API

Mak has been playing pretty much nonstop since the new snapshot came out...
He's lovin it.

I was under the impression that the only difference between a single player world and a multiplayer one was whether or not you were playing in Multiplayer mode; that is, a simple bit that indicates whether or not you're letting other people play with you.  You know, like how the xbox live version does it.

The other difference is that multiplayer is a remote server, and SP uses your own computer as a "server"

So, is there a way to let others connect to this "server"?  Or will we still have to go to all the trouble of setting up dedicated Minecraft servers if we want to play multiplayer?

afaik there'll be a way to "invite a friend" or something like that, but don't quote me on that.

Hu-MONGOUS Minecraft pre-release!  Mining now yields experience orbs! :cheer:

Oh, and Adventure Mode has finally been added.  Hooray!

Enchantment in general has been TOTALLY re-vamped, the highest level of enchantments is now Level 30, and Level 30 grants MUCH better enchantments than it used to.  

Here is a link to a website with calculation tools for the new system: http://pernsteiner.org/minecraft/enchant_snapshot/

Mak's been playing since he got here.. and loving the new snapshot!!

I might actually install this one now--when they made the switch that eliminated pausing in singleplayer, I just couldn't play--it was impossible for me to survive even one night, I needed the chance to pause at times to plan my next move.  Now that pausing has been re-implemented, and much of the bugginess has been fixed, however, I think I'll take this one for a spin.

Me, ddude, flipz, and Kz have been playing on the bzp server: we even have our own village now. Anyone else here want to join up?

I bet Mak would.

Erm.  Might not be the best idea for him.  Nothing against him, but...well, you know how the Internet is...that.  :/

Not saying it's the focus of the server or anything, but the occasional off-color joke gets dropped, so...keep that in mind. ;)

Not to mention the occasional lectures about trading and noses.

I am pretty sure he sees that on other servers as well... except Sully's.

yeah, there's some times where things might get a bit inappropriate. Not all the time, but often enough I feel like I have to warn you.
If you still want to share the server with him, its up to you.

We'll see.

Meanwhile...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJHiuZXsEW4&feature=plcp

Is that review by you, Red?

No.. I just shared it.

Red, you and Mak need to do a Let's Play series.  Maybe playing through adventure maps or something.  I bet you'd be great at it and have a LOT of fun!

But I HATE the click clacking noise the bricks make constantly...

Lemme find a mod, there should be one that lets you modify individual sound files.  Once that's done, just put in a  file containing only a half-second of silence and overwrite the "block place" and "block break" sounds.  ;)

I want on the server, please.

-Canama

we had a religious war earlier today. The Holy Mooshroom worshipers vs the "sane" people. somehow KZ wound up leading the "sane" people o_O

IP is here http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=296&st=1280

Hey, I didn't lead them.

The_Tenth_Doctor did. I followed them.

But at least we won.

...Holy Mooshroom? 0_o

I've been taking a break from Minecraft until the next official patch.

Heck.  Yes.

http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/522-snapshot-12w24a-available-for-testing/

Single-player now allows invites!  It's still crazy buggy, but...  ;D

I kinda question how KZ even made it onto being part of the "sane" people, but... =P Well, I wasn't there, so I don't know. xD

Says LAN-only though :(

There's GOT to be a way around that, though. ;)

somehow, eventually, yeah, but in the meantime its pretty useless.

It's only for LAN.

It is not for your common Minecraft server that isn't LAN based. It even specifically says it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUs_JS_S94s


=D

I posted this to my FB page so you will get more views & likes. If you want me to delete it, just let me know.

no, that's awesome =D

LAN servers are going to be un-imaginably useful for me.

Old news, I know, but... 1.3 will be out on August 5th!  (I think it's the 5th, I can't be bothered to check right now. :P )

Also, the BZP server is back up again, but we lost the world we'd been working on. :-/  New server's also a laggy pain that crashes every couple of hours.  But I have hope that we can still do cool things with this. Just not AS cool as before. :D

Mak had issues last night with his lappy. Trying to get on through technicpack.net...
He kept getting an unable to authorize minecraft account message.
Anyone have any ideas??
It worked fine on the desktop.

You should probably abandon the BZP server.

The friends of the owner, and the owner himself, are quite unpleasant. And even when they cause server crashing stuff, they always get off lightly. It's not that pleasant of a server without the BZPers.

There's a good group at play.minecraftcc.com

the latest addition to minecraft: sideways logs

i thought it would be awesome, but its turned out to be a huge PITA. >_>

Lemme guess: because now it's a pain to make doorways that DON'T use sideways logs, right? :P

or, really, vertical logs in any fashion =P

Dirt framework should do the trick. :P

actually, really only placing from above does the trick......

I really wished sideways logs and vertical logs were different blocks, and let that be the end of it, because I too find it a pain to place vertical logs now.

Neither of you have ever tried building a house out of pistons before, have you? :P  Practice with those, and I guarantee log-building will come more easily. :P

In other news, I'm thinking about building a small CTM-style survival map.  Since MCEdit is still a rather unstable release, is there another external program I could use to mapbuild?  I don't want to use VoxelSniper, since it's an in-game editor; I need something that can do "illegal" things like placing still water/lava in the air, making a column of ladders for Vechs' bridging bombs, etc.

I've done some piston building before. It sucked :P

I have, and it was easier than placing logs, for one. This is because pistons did not exist except via mods before they were added and logs existed before they could be placed on their sides.

Changes to blocks I have been used to placing do not go down well with me.

I've also managed to make a self-building house once.

Ooh, I wonder what logs do when pushed by pistons now?  If the coders were smart, they'd just recycle the piston-pushing code, but if they weren't, things might be all wonky. ::)

That makes me suspicious Flipz, trying to counter-grief or something? =P </jk>

So, my laptop can't run Minecraft. My computer, however, apparently meets minimum specs. That is perfectly fine. However; I still don't know if I can play classic Minecraft. If so, then I'll have a nice time waster for my laptop. Productivity will go way down. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. =P

My sister's XP netbook can run minecraft...... its laggy but she still enjoys it

What are her netbook's specs? It might still be better than my laptop.

Toshiba Mini NB205

-1.6 GHz single-core atom N280
-2 GB DDR2 RAM
-150 GB HDD
-10.0" 1024x600 LCD

Oh, well that explains it. She has twice the RAM I do. =P Bigger Hard Drive too, but that doesn't matter, I can use my External Hard Drive if I really need to.

updrage yoru ram. it won't be too expensive but it'll enhance the performance of your laptop (thereby extending its life) by a significant amount.

oh my god

Miiiiight be time to put that machine out to pasture, Blade. :P

MTM: I'll try, but I'm not sure what exactly will fit into it. Bt I do want to try and look into that at least. Though, given it's fail battery, in the long run, if I intend to use this for powerful stuff, it might be an idea to just get a new laptop period(After a while, though. I have no budget for a new laptop when I only just got two new computers, my desktop and this. =P). *Looks at PK's blog on BZP* ... And preferably one that doesn't get to the temperature of the sun when playing games. =P

Canama: I just got it(Obviously it's not new, of course, but still). =P I works for browsing, but not very much so for gaming, due to fail specs. Despite that, it still manages to run Blender and run it fast, and that's all I'd really care about. =P Save my PC for gaming, despite the fact that it's not as powerful as I had initially guesstimated. Still much better than my old PC, which my new laptop is on par with. =P

http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/

the Crucial System Scanner will tell you exactly what RAM your computer takes. newegg has virtually every type of RAM for sale ;)

Hmm, I might look at it eventually...

Silly question is silly, I know, but you do need an account for Minecraft Classic, correct? I'm wagering a guess that's a yes, but hey, I can always be wrong. *Shrugs*

DON'T DO IT

DON'T UPGRADE THE RAM

I was planning to upgrade my RAM, so one night I simply removed my RAM sticks, took picures and put them back, and now I'm spending two weeks without a computer, waiting for HP to replace the motherboard. >__>

I have the new RAM, but I'm terrified to install it once I get the computer back. xD I'm also a bit worried about putting my graphics card back in...

But anyway :P Once I get the comp back, I'm going to get a Tekkit server running. Anyone here interested?

I wouldn't do it on my own. Despite having changed my own RAM once, I'm still cautious myself, so I'd just wait until I had someone to confirm I'm not doing it wrong. =P

Sounds cool; if I ever get actual Minecraft(Because Classic's inevitable, whether it be my laptop or my computer. =P), then I'd probably like to play on it. =)

Don't short everything out next time

:P

The computer had been off for a while, I unplugged everything and I was grounded the whole time. I have no idea what happened >_>

@Blade: Tekkit's a fairly performance-heavy mod...so yeah. :P

I'm assuming tweaking settings on the options wouldn't help, then? =P It'd likely definitely be my computer, because that at least has 2 Gig of RAM(I'm curious if it can handle more, I don't think it's maxed out, so there's hope for it still. =P). Because unless this thing can handle 4 Gig of RAM, a 3x upgrade, there's little hope of it running Minecraft without any lag at all. =P Now, Classic, what I'm looking into, might be possible, since it's the older version and all. I don't have very much hope, but that still remains and otherwise, there's at least a use for my Desktop now. =P

playing classic does not require a paid account. however, SAVING your progress on classic does.

You can download a saved file to your computer without a premium account. However, the dl'd files haven't really ever worked for me.

MTM: I had meant an account period, but I made one anyway, since I plan on eventually getting the paid version.

Canama: Oh yeah? But you can't actually save your world, correct? Just load up other worlds?

You can save it to your computer, you just can't save it to the 'cloud' I guess

Ah. Wish I had've known that before it stopped responding. Ah well, shouldn't try anyway, it might not have liked that anyway.

I'll try it on my desktop tomorrow. =)

Oh boy...

Tried to start Minecraft on my desktop.


Got that error message.

... Yeah... Anyone mind explaining to me how my admittedly inferior laptop can run something my desktop can't? -_-;

Never seen that error before......

*Googles*

Force-update your gpu drivers

Yeah; I'm thinking it's a GL problem, which I need a driver update for.

The problem is; there aren't any real recent drivers for Windows 7, since ATI/AMD seemingly ended support for it, and aren't concerned with updating for Windows 7. >_> And apparently the recent drivers for Vista are buggy on the computer, since it's not Vista...

If its running W7 it should be pretty easy to get proper drivers......

Hmm. Well, again, there's no proper Windows 7 support, because it was dropped after Vista... =/

Oh, wow. xD

Yeah, there's a chance the Vista drivers would work; but that's what I meant when I said I believed they were tried, and didn't work. =P

...have you considered just stepping down to XP?

Heh, Vista's so bad it's not even considered. =P

I don't know yet. I myself would rather just upgrade the graphics card, to be honest. Might be cheaper in the short term, but it'd be easier in the long term(For everything except a couple things, like Paint. They ruined Paint in 7.) to just upgrade the graphics card. Would make sure that I can run things, and if I knew it could handle high density models, then that would help me get the courage to experiment a lot with Blender. =P

well, seeing as 7 is the best desktop OS ever made, I would recommend upgrading the GPU if you can, but it could be pricy, hence my suggestion.

Well, I'll see what happens; it likely won't happen soon, but not too far away either. I need to find out what works with my motherboard, too, and if it can even be upgraded.

In the mean time, if I really wanted to at times, I could likely play Minecraft on another computer here, but I'd like that to be a last resort if possible, it's definitely not mine. =P Wouldn't be full Minecraft still, but I hope to remedy that problem, I want to play on more than Peaceful Creative...

set render distance to tiny, that should make it playable on pretty much any PC =P

It also means that Creepers and skellingtons(</coe'squest) can get you easily. =P Classic worked on my laptop at about... Hmm. What's the one a step one or two up from tiny? Should I test it with the demo, though, to see if it works? It won't work on my desktop until I can fix the OpenGL problem(I wonder if Linux virtualization would help?), but...

tiny-short-normal-far

and FYI, minecraft, which is a java program, was a MAJOR pain in the arse to get working on ubuntu.....

Then it's probably short; if not normal. I probably could've played with far, though, it was doing rather well. I wasn't about to test my luck, though. =P

with normal, you can see a decent amount before the fog hits, with short there's no distance, and with tiny you can see about 10 blocks =P

Yes, I just can't remember exactly what it was. =P Sounds cool, though. =)

About how many blocks could you see in front of you¿

Hmm.... Well, it definitely wasn't tiny, so more than 10 blocks. It may have been short; since I knew enough not to go for even normal on my laptop, I believe. It was late at night, though...

fair enough.

have you tried optifine? its supposed to really boost your FPS....

No; it's not really possible with Minecraft Classic, given it just putting you in the middle of a world... I don't have the full version yet, as much as I want it.(Especially after watching the first 22 episodes of CoeStar's let's play: Coe's Quest.) Will try that as soon as I can, however; despite the fact that I have no clue about mods for Minecraft. =P

mods are (usually) pretty easy to install. just open up the minecraft.jar and dump the files in.

yes, you are right, there are pretty much no mods for classic

short render distance + optifine would probably make for a playable minecraft 1.3 for you though.

1. Hmm; I'll try that on my laptop if I ever get it, then.

2. But there are mods? How do those work, then? Because it downloads the packages?

3. And non-Fancy graphics. That's only good for the awesome gaming computers. =P

I've seen fancy graphics take "supercomputers" to their knees.....

and yes, there are mods. LOTS of mods. seriously, if you can think of a way to alter minecraft, there's a mod for it.

I didn't say Super Computers, I said dedicated gaming computers, though point taken. =P

No, I meant for Classic. =P I know of many mods... NEI, TMI, Tekkit, that Technic I keep hearing about on BZP...

no, i don't believe classic has any mods (or is moddable at all)

sorry

Fair enough; I figured as much. =) Still awesome, especially if I really can do those hop jump block placements like I see in videos. That could be cool. =P

yes, you can do that =P just takes a few minutes of practice.

That'd be cool then. I'll have to try when I'm back on my laptop later. =)

Also, I broke the one rule of Minecraft last night: Never dig straight down. ... Surprisingly, I didn't fall straight into lava. =P

well, dangerous pitfalls when mining are a lot less common in classic. =P

Yep. Except when you consider that it was one spot that didn't have lava, that I happened to drop onto. I was very lucky there. =P(I just dug straight down, wondering what it'd be like. And then the lava showed up...)

ah. well at least you can fly out, right?

I couldn't fly(Or at least figure out how to), but I did get out, yes; I just dug my way out.

Did you know you can destroy lava? =P

just fill in the lava with blocks, or use water.

Well, in Classic, you can also just destroy adjoining blocks. I don't know how it works, but it worked for me. I have a feeling it was underwater, though, so that might have something to do with it...

yes i think it might =P

Heh. =P But, until I destroyed the blocks, it never affected it...

Strange... o_O

Might be because it's Classic... I dunno; I'll tyr it again tonight. Wish I had a way to record it to show you what I mean. =/

have any screen recording software?

No... Besides, if I were to run something else, it'd likely fry the laptop, unfortunately. =P I'd definitely go that route, though, if I could. Would be awesome. =D Would make a LP of Minecraft Classic(However short it'd be. =P) much easier, too. =P

Classic Lets Play? o_O

that seems unimaginably boring.

Well... You'd watch me build a castle, and tunnel system, and all sorts of things...

But yeah, it'd likely be boring, which is why I want the full edition so much. =P

There is a hacked client (http://www.worldofminecraft.com/Downloads) made by World of Minecraft, which enables things like flying and fast running.

I installed it because I went on a server that allowed it back when I played Classic.

well there we go.

Hmm I might look into it sometime soon, then, I'd like fast running and flying. =P

So, been playing the Minecraft demo! It's rather awesome, I must say, and runs pretty well, considering it's well under 'minimum' specs. =P

... I have a newfound hatred of Creepers, though. I died three times to it in the world I just played.

First time, it was right outside my door, after I killed a spider(That was lucky, I ran into a Skeleton into what I thought was a cave, but rather simply a connection to the surface, which I opened by accident. >>' Then as I was fleeing, I ran into a Spider and nearly died, and barely got back to my base in time to close the doors, which I had just opened when Mr. Spider appeared. I had a hatred of those before this, though. =P), opened the door, hit once, BOOM, there goes part of my base's walls, and me with it.

Respawn, search frantically for my base, which was hard to find the first time. Get killed by another Creeper trying to stalk me. That was my fault for trying to fight it Fisticuffs style, though. =P

Respawn again, search and finally find my base, admiring the destruction, and gathering my items back up. Fix up my base, and go to search what was actually a tunnel. Another Creeper. Yeah, I should have run there, but I wanted revenge. Boom.

I just gave up after trying to find my house again when I respawned, though. The mountain's gotta be a mile away from my spawn point. -_-;

Make a bed blade. Sleep in it and it resets your spawnpoint ;)

Yeah, I've been considering it now that I've found out about beds... The only thing is that it'd use up 10 minutes or so of my playtime, since I only have 5 days/nights worth of time in the demo... And I'm still not entirely certain how to buy the game yet. =/ Looking into it, but it might take a little while.

Sleeping in a bed doesn't take up 10 minutes of time. You don't literally sleep through the night, it fades and then you wake up and it's morning.

The demo only lasts for 100 minutes, which correlates to 5 days and nights. Theoretically, it'd act like some things in other games, where skipping through time or events eats up time, though since I can just reset the world, it doesn't matter that much. I'd just need to figure out how to get the wool.

Get wool from sheep. Killing sheep gives 0-1, shearing them gets 1-3

If you're desperate, 9 string in a crafting table will make 1 wool.

Haha, look at MTM, he thinks I can kill 9+ spiders. =P I got lucky last time to kill the Spider I did, and not die from the Skeleton. xD

Killing sheep worked, though. =P It did take away about 10 minutes from total game time when I slept, but I still managed to make a skylight and get trapped in a Mineshaft thanks to not caring in those last two minutes. =P Time ran out just as I was about to clear away and get a chest, though. D=

The irony? I never died once that time. xD

Nice.

Hey, what version does the demo use?

The latest one. =) Means I have to wait for Optifine, but it sounds like it'll only be a couple more days.

Also, I hate spiders. Always have. but Minecraft's slowly making me hate them less on the 'fear' side, and more on the 'I AM GOING TO KEEEEEEEL YOU' side.

I also got lost again. =) Found a HUUUUUGE cavern that went down rather deep and had lava, though. Was tempted, but I didn't see any safe way down. =P

ravines are always fun.

have you tried just running in a straight line to explore?

Yeah. I knew there wasn't any way to stop me from falling to my doom, though, unfortunately. =P Not that it mattered, considering I got lost and tag-team double killed by Spiders shortly after that. Knew I should've put Torches down, but it wasn't night at the time when I went in. -_-;

Not yet. I'll definitely do that when I get Full Minecraft, so I'm not limited by the 5 days/nights I have. =/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SUKxQxDo-E&feature=g-all-lik

Now this looks awesome!

Wantija: Very cool. =D

MsRR:
How intriguing... That's just like the error Free Players get when they try to run the demo without Minecraft already installed now. The issue might not have been fixed even now, though maybe next update it'll be fixed.

;D The custom NPCs mod has finally been updated! ;D
Now I can finally make my adventure map.

I have Minecraft now! =D

Sweet!!

New snapshot put.... if you thought the nether was evil before.... >_>

I am addicted to the Trampoline Mod. (http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1452979-132trampoline-mod-v30-put-some-spring-in-your-step/)
It's especially fun to use in the Sky Dimension from Beta. (Access it via this mod (http://forums.technicpack.net/threads/portals.22906/))

So, question: Feed the Beast or Tekkit?

Vanilla.

Both pretty much change the game and therefore should be treated as different games entirely. 

Vanilla is superior to non-aesthetic/optimising mods anyway. Vanilla's going to expand, no such guarantee with a bunch of unstable, untrustworthy mods.

I don't use modpacks.

I use the following mods:
Custom NPCs, Moar Achievements Redux, Trampoline Mod, The Twilight Forest, OptiFine, TooManyItems, Spawner GUI, Death Chest, and sometimes the Secret Rooms Mod. And the newest version of Forge. (http://files.minecraftforge.net/)
All are completely stable and updated often.

Well, all I know is in Tekkit you have the ability to create enormous and complicated machinery...

That's exactly why I'm looking at modpacks.  Ever since 1.3 and on, Minecraft has been feeling less and less like...well, Minecraft, and for some reason bats, witches, and the new sounds mark the spot where Vanilla has jumped the shark for me.  The modpacks give their own unique experience, one that's both cohesive and, importantly, new to me, so I get that same thrill of achievement and the unknown as I used to with Vanilla.


Yes, IndustrialCraft (I think, that or BuildCraft) is included with FTB as well as Tekkit (as are OptiFine and TooManyItems).  (I should mention for the sake of fairness that I've played both Technic and Tekkit, but not FTB.)  From what I've seen SO far, the big difference is that Tekkit comes with RedPower and EquivalentExchange2, whereas FTB has Forestry and the Portal Gun mod.  I've never really used RedPower that much in Tekkit anyway, and EE2 is what sucked the fun out of Technic for me (well, that and the MASSIVE lag issues caused by Thaumcraft, which is a shame because it was actually my favorite part of the pack), so I'm hoping FTB will be more fun for me.

FTB, if it has a Portal Gun mod. =P Assuming it doesn't lag or anything.

Personally I like the changes they've been making to vanilla. The sounds aren't perfect, but bats and witches are cool. They've just been making a lot of tweaks.

As for FTB...I spent about 5 hours straight playing it with friends earlier xP It lacks EE2 (which personally was one of my favorite things in Tekkit; it made mass-producing items so simple) and Optifine, but the big difference is that its mods are on the 1.4 client. The improvements brought by 1.4 versions of mods are pretty significant(quite a few new ores/devices in IC2). Plus it has Biomes XL, which is an amazing mod.

It's too early for me to judge, but right now I'd put TTB miles ahead of Tekkit. It's basically Tekkit on steroids xP

If you can't handle the constant changes to vanilla, then Minecraft is not the game for you.

The Quest Continues...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVsPiG53oRs

I saw that. =D I have to catch up on Coe's Quest for sure, now.

/EDIT: Haha; I'm up to episode 24. It's the return of that creeper from episode 2. xD

Are people having issues with  1.4.6 ??

What kind of issues? I haven't tried it just yet.

Poor Coe; that's all I can say about episode 216, aside from that it's awesome as usual. xD