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BuggyDClown
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Sai-kun said:Windows 7. I downloaded version 1.1.6 or something. I'm just not sure how it works.Sorry, I'm kinda stupid.
Sorry I run OSX I'm not quite sure what the steps are. The thread for MCPatcher has tons of info and help though. You should be able to just follow the steps.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=46173
British Monsoon
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pirata said:
You can make a compass with iron and redstone ore that will always point back to your spawn point.
pirata said:
Eggs don't do anything at the moment, but to eat meat just equip it and click - also, you can cook meat in a furnace and it'll restore more health.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
You have to stick meat in the oven to make roast meat, and it will recover about half your health when you eat it by right clicking with it equipped. I don't know about eggs.pirata said:
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I just the ability to throw the eggs at mobs. It'd be fun to egg people's house in MP too.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
I say this on a yearly basis...but this is the greatest game of all time. Everything else pales in comparison.
I only played for like 10 minutes the other day and I was hooked. Got my first long session going last night and made an awesome tunnel system that goes from the basement of my house to the the exit of a mine I found a few miles to the west...can't wait to explore all the caves and dungeons I found on the way through after work.
I only played for like 10 minutes the other day and I was hooked. Got my first long session going last night and made an awesome tunnel system that goes from the basement of my house to the the exit of a mine I found a few miles to the west...can't wait to explore all the caves and dungeons I found on the way through after work.
1) run itSai-kun said:Yeah, I have no clue how to do it and nowhere in like the first 3 pages does it explicitly say how to install it. I'm stupid though, so I probably missed it somewhere. Argh.
2) click browse (find the original minecraft.jar which is likely in C:\Users\*******username*******\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin )
3) click patch in the lower right corner
done.
BuggyDClown
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Sai-kun said:Yeah, I have no clue how to do it and nowhere in like the first 3 pages does it explicitly say how to install it. I'm stupid though, so I probably missed it somewhere. Argh.
On mine All I had to do was select the place which has my new texture pack the one I posted on here, and then it did it all for me
British Monsoon
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pirata said:
Strange, you sure you've got them in the right slots? Coal should be in the bottom slot, the meat on top.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Really? That should be it. The meat should cook quickly and turn a darker brown.pirata said:
Just some stuff I've been working on in the past hour.
Was getting annoyed that my mining spot and home was a bit of a walk away from each other so I decided to completely move in to my mine
Heres the my spawn-home/castle that I was rocking for a bit:
And heres the crib I just built in the past hour.
Beginning:
End product:
Not as large-scale as some of the projects on here but I'm happy with what I've got so far
Finding a skeleton spawn so far my greatest achievement Finding gravel and dirt really annoying..
Was getting annoyed that my mining spot and home was a bit of a walk away from each other so I decided to completely move in to my mine
Heres the my spawn-home/castle that I was rocking for a bit:
And heres the crib I just built in the past hour.
Beginning:
End product:
Not as large-scale as some of the projects on here but I'm happy with what I've got so far
Finding a skeleton spawn so far my greatest achievement
Finding gravel and dirt really annoying..maniac-kun
Member
the lava is at the bedrock btw ^^
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
...how...the hell....maniac-kun said:
BuggyDClown
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Vinci said:
No I bet it was all wooden pick axes.
Fixed1979
Member
Kozak said:
It's actually one of the cooler Minecraft pics I've seen.
Where are there stairs going? It looks like they just end at the wall (but it could be the fog).
I was hoping someone has a suggestion or has done this before. I was building a bridge from my home to a neighboring island and about halfway to the island I wanted to start a mine. I was going to fill a square area with area with stone and then mine out the middle section leaving a wall, then add a layer of glass to to the inside of the wall, finally removing the last of the stone leaving an empty glass square in the middle of the water.
I'm having a really hard time filling in the blocks in the water because it's so dark down deep. I'm guessing there's now way to have light in the water?
Strummerjones
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After finally being able to buy this now the server has stabilised and already gone to bed way too late several nights thanks to this game, that picture is equally awe-inspiring and terrifying.
You should be able to make little "pockets" of air by making upside-down-bucket type shapes -Fixed1979 said:
w = water
R = rock
G = glass
_ = nothing
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build the top, then build the sides down. Unless there's an actual water source placed inside there, it should cut off the water flow to that area and make it dry. Then you can just throw some torches in there. Just build one tall tower from the floor to the surface, then chain them down using that as a base, building at lower and lower depths, and you should ultimately get one down near the floor so you can work. Plus, you'd have the added bonus of air pockets so you wouldn't have to go all the way back to the surface to breath.
All theoretical, of course, but it should work. I used the same principal to make an underwater mine entrance.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Okay, here is my minecraft story.
Up until last week I'd never heard of this game. Last week a friend of mine tells me about this game he is playing called Minecraft. It's a cheap game created by some dude who is still developing it. It sounded cool and kind of fun by the way he descibed it, and I like supporting small time game developers. So Friday night I decided to get out a glass of wine, buy me Minecraft, and sit down to check this game out a bit and then play some Starcraft II. That was like 7:00 PM or so.
I ended up going to bed around 4:00 AM Saturday morning. RELUCTANTLY going to bed. I never even gave SC2 a second of thought.
So today on my lunch break I decide I'm going to make a GAF thread, but I do a search first to see if a topic exists, and lo and behold I'm greeted by this 160+ page MONSTER THREAD. Apparently GAF has already discovered this game!!
I played again last night for like 8 hours. This game is freaking amazing!!! It may be one of the best games I've played in years. Perfect blend of adventure and discovery, mixed with an open-end feeling that just breeds creativity. Not to mention some damn creepy atmosphere at times, but mixed with moments of awe and wonder at new sights found. And today I learned that the world is infinitely large? That the game randomly generates the world the more you explore, and keeps it stored. This is an impressive design for a game, I'm quickly becoming enamored with this.
And the building and design possibilites, this game just sings to the inner LEGO child still in me. I haven't truly had this kind of feeling from a game since the days of Dungeon Keeper. I learned today that the developer has quit his full time job and is only working on Minecraft now full time, and that he updates it regularly.
I am so glad I bought this game, it's the best damn $15 I've spent in years. I'm gonna have to read this whole thread in due time. I think tonight I'm going to start a totally new world and keep a photo journal of my progress in game, I'm not crazy about the spot I spawned in my current and first game. And it will be cool starting out fresh with the knowledge I have now about the game...
Up until last week I'd never heard of this game. Last week a friend of mine tells me about this game he is playing called Minecraft. It's a cheap game created by some dude who is still developing it. It sounded cool and kind of fun by the way he descibed it, and I like supporting small time game developers. So Friday night I decided to get out a glass of wine, buy me Minecraft, and sit down to check this game out a bit and then play some Starcraft II. That was like 7:00 PM or so.
I ended up going to bed around 4:00 AM Saturday morning. RELUCTANTLY going to bed. I never even gave SC2 a second of thought.
So today on my lunch break I decide I'm going to make a GAF thread, but I do a search first to see if a topic exists, and lo and behold I'm greeted by this 160+ page MONSTER THREAD. Apparently GAF has already discovered this game!!
I played again last night for like 8 hours. This game is freaking amazing!!! It may be one of the best games I've played in years. Perfect blend of adventure and discovery, mixed with an open-end feeling that just breeds creativity. Not to mention some damn creepy atmosphere at times, but mixed with moments of awe and wonder at new sights found. And today I learned that the world is infinitely large? That the game randomly generates the world the more you explore, and keeps it stored. This is an impressive design for a game, I'm quickly becoming enamored with this.
And the building and design possibilites, this game just sings to the inner LEGO child still in me. I haven't truly had this kind of feeling from a game since the days of Dungeon Keeper. I learned today that the developer has quit his full time job and is only working on Minecraft now full time, and that he updates it regularly.
I am so glad I bought this game, it's the best damn $15 I've spent in years. I'm gonna have to read this whole thread in due time. I think tonight I'm going to start a totally new world and keep a photo journal of my progress in game, I'm not crazy about the spot I spawned in my current and first game. And it will be cool starting out fresh with the knowledge I have now about the game...
I'd LOVE to farm my ass some TNT. Obviously, sand is plentiful.
How do I farm creepers for gunpowder?
I encounter a few a day topside, and underground it's hit or miss.
If I do get a good stream of them underground, there's also skeletons to worry about - can't stay and farm when those fuckers are around.
How do I farm creepers for gunpowder?
I encounter a few a day topside, and underground it's hit or miss.
If I do get a good stream of them underground, there's also skeletons to worry about - can't stay and farm when those fuckers are around.
fredrancour
Member
build a giant empty dark room for monsters to spawn. arrange water and cacti in such a way that things will die and the items they drop will flow towards a central collection point. stand at collection point. make sure the place is safe and nothign can actually reach you. go afk. items will flow to you by the dozens. there are designs for spawn traps on the minecraft forums that claim to draw in 1000s of items an hour. they give blueprints and video demos, though i havent got around to building one yet myself.Mudkips said:
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I'm the same. I poured twenty hours into making a nice base and mine that I enjoyed, and I'm only now starting a castle project that, while cool, isn't as ridiculous as some of the stuff on here.fresquito said:
MurkyZebra2417
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So I started a new game a couple of days ago. Build my first "hideout" into a mountain an started to dig down a bit.
I found this GIANT cave i have been exploring for like 2 hours now. I already found ~150 Iron, ~40 Gold and 12 Diamond and 2 dungeons. And now I discovered a HUGE Obisian structure, with like 40 Obisidion for me to mine.
This game keeps amazing me even months after I got it
I found this GIANT cave i have been exploring for like 2 hours now. I already found ~150 Iron, ~40 Gold and 12 Diamond and 2 dungeons. And now I discovered a HUGE Obisian structure, with like 40 Obisidion for me to mine.
This game keeps amazing me even months after I got it
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
maniac-kun said:
Used an edit program to make the TNT i suppose? Still looks awesome though.
How does one find rarer ore and materials? The best ore I've found so far is iron, and in only a sparse amount. Luck of the draw? Also...
-How does one plant trees? The inner ecologist in me weeps at my consumption of wood. (And I might run out sometime)
-How deep down are these cave systems y'all are talking about? Random depth? Really deep? I've been digging a deep tunnel in my lair, but I haven't reached anything yet (other than a little iron and some coal).
-Is it still true that in order to mine better ore, one has to use a pick-axe made out of a material one step below the material or higher? This could be problematic, especially since iron is so rare (I only have five right now).
I'm thinking of trying out the online. Hopefully I can get on the GAF server. If you guys see me, be nice and show me the ropes!
EDIT: Amazing picture, horsebite! I look forward to the time when I can build things that don't look so ghetto!
-How does one plant trees? The inner ecologist in me weeps at my consumption of wood. (And I might run out sometime)
-How deep down are these cave systems y'all are talking about? Random depth? Really deep? I've been digging a deep tunnel in my lair, but I haven't reached anything yet (other than a little iron and some coal).
-Is it still true that in order to mine better ore, one has to use a pick-axe made out of a material one step below the material or higher? This could be problematic, especially since iron is so rare (I only have five right now).
I'm thinking of trying out the online. Hopefully I can get on the GAF server. If you guys see me, be nice and show me the ropes!
EDIT: Amazing picture, horsebite! I look forward to the time when I can build things that don't look so ghetto!
The cool thing about that arch I am building on is that it has a cave system in the top of it with holes that look out on both sides. I'm basically just building a tower on both sides and a wall and the rest will be under the surface up top to link into the cave system.
It was neat to stumble across that piece of land just sitting out in the middle of nowhere. The terrain generation in this game never ceases to amaze me.
It was neat to stumble across that piece of land just sitting out in the middle of nowhere. The terrain generation in this game never ceases to amaze me.
British Monsoon
Member
pirata said:
Generally ore's most easily found in natural cave systems, but if you're digging straight through rock you might be lucky and find a vein of rare ore.
pirata said:
When you cut down a tree, destroy the leaves too and they'll drop saplings - you can then plant these on any grass or dirt tile and a tree will eventually grow.
pirata said:
Some cave systems run right through to the bedrock - personally I find that the best way to find a cave is to simply go exploring for one on the surface and see how far it goes down, rather than hope that the tunnel you're digging will break into a cave.
pirata said:
Stone pick-axe's are good for everything but the rare ore's (red ore, diamond, gold), for those you'll need an iron pick-axe - but for obsidian, you'll need a diamond pick-axe.
Mama Robotnik
Member
pirata said:
Some are more common at deeper depths.
Redstone, diamond, gold, bedrock
Some occur in (VERY) rare natural formations or must be geologically manipulated into existence
Obsidian
Some require trekking the continents
cactus, clay
Some must be manufactured
bricks, glass, greystone
Some must be found at great personal risk
mossy cobblestone
And some will never appear in your world unless its the right type of world
ice
pirata said:
Leaves on trees drop tree sprouts when destroyed or decaying. Plant on one block of soil, and light (from the sun, but torches can also pull this off) and a few days later you'll have a tree. Plant them on top of an already-grown tree for amazing tall trees!
pirata said:
Random deep. Some dip into the earth. Some are a descent into the dark abyss where no gods nor men rule. Its a journey down to the root of the earth, where beasts of the void will tear apart your very soul.
pirata said:
Not entirely. Iron ore is actually quite commonplace if you just start digging diagnal-down and in random directions. Iron is the minimum-needed ore to extract
diamond
EDIT - beaten!
Mama Robotnik
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Just a comment I need to add MineGAFt:
I've been playing for a month and have tunnel systems in three continents. I have outposts and glass bridges. I have dominated dungeons and crushed the spawncages. I've fought and defeated three creepers at once. I'm set fire to entire islands, plunged myself into a volcano of my own design, diverted waterfalls, destroyed seas and levelled mountains. I've become God in a world of one...
AND YET I STILL CAN'T FIND A SINGLE FUCKING SLIME.
WHY?
I've been playing for a month and have tunnel systems in three continents. I have outposts and glass bridges. I have dominated dungeons and crushed the spawncages. I've fought and defeated three creepers at once. I'm set fire to entire islands, plunged myself into a volcano of my own design, diverted waterfalls, destroyed seas and levelled mountains. I've become God in a world of one...
AND YET I STILL CAN'T FIND A SINGLE FUCKING SLIME.
WHY?
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Mama Robotnik said:
I still haven't found a drop of clay.
Mama Robotnik
Member
WanderingWind said:
That's well weird, I have a bed of it right near my hub, seen a number of other formations of it too.
I wish to trade. Clay for a slime. I want to see with my own eyes that they are real.
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