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I finally got enough Obsidian to make my first Nether portal today. Man that was awesome. I'm glad all the lava sources I could ever need are there as well, so making more portals will be a breeze now. I was walking around a bit though, and suddenly I was attacked by a Ghast! I did bring Flint and Steel with me so I could relight the portal and get out. I tried to fight back but couldn't do it. The bitch set me on fire so I took the portal back, and died in the real world. Luckily, this was pretty much right in front of spawn, so nothing of value was lost.
I haven't played in the last few days, but I have heard it's quite bad. Does the verification code, after his recent blog entry about him not liking code that mods the client, mean this is basically a result of DRM-ish code? I think Notch is pretty great, and I don't use client mods, but hopefully he at least reverts it if his efforts to restrict things make performance worse and introduce glitches like this.Horsebite said:
For the last time, it's not DRM. It only checks the server once. On startup after you log in. And mainly to make sure you're registered and create a ticket for use if you are offline, and to check for updates. It doesn't constantly check for verification. It's not DRM. It's a simple login and update system.
I just asked because it all seemed to come at the same time -- the comments about client mods being questionably legal, Notch then backing off on Twitter saying he wasn't sure about how legal client mods were, the recent update adding texture pack support but breaking people's mods otherwise, and the comment about verification code.Jasoco said:
If it's just code about block position/existence then fine, I just wondered if it was related since I didn't know why it suddenly got worse.
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Any tips for finding diamond? i have played my current world for probably 15 hours now with no diamond anywhere.
SatelliteOfLove
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They are VERY deep; the only ones I've found are in my mines under my first base, and some hellhole deathtrap cavern with one of those deep pits that lead nearly to the bottom of the gameworld full of lava and monsters.
Kozak said:
Pretty much this. Find an open lava formation, preferably in a big open room, and keep digging around until you find more cave systems on that level.
Don't worry about not finding some: took me probably 15-20 hours to find my first stash as well. But once you find the ideal cave/level, if you keep digging around, you should come across 2-3 every 10 minutes or so.
Are there natural caves that you can break into underground? I dug a massive tunnel near my home, ran into lava a couple times, and all over the place, and didnt find anything but some coal and iron. No natural openings or caverns. I have seen some natural caverns opening from above ground but never any underground.
funkmastergeneral
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Awesome. someone on my server built a roller coaster that sends you into lava and boots you from the game :lol
SolsticeZero
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funkmastergeneral said:
That is kick ass, right there. I applaud that person
Every time I find a dungeon I mine all of its mossy cobblestone and take all its goodies.kennah said:
I lucked out with my Nether. There's not too much lava oceans and mostly caves and hellstone. And most of the lightstone is hovering above land. Some of it right within reach. I've already started work on a portal network. I plan on connecting all the sections in the Nether together via tunnels and bridges. Haven't decided whether I'd make it with hellstone or cobblestone to make it easier to see.
maniac-kun
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is there any working server?
Barberetti
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Haunted said:
Never seen one this close to the surface.
It's actually the first one I've found since I started playing! After all the exploring in underground caverns I've done so far in this game, I've found tons of diamonds, redstone, gold etc, but never a mob spawner. Just my luck I find my first one on some random stroll along a beach :lol
zero margin
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site down?
Tony Rocky Horror
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Seems so, can't log in.zero margin said:
I still have 1.2.0 I think..Diamond is extremely rare. If you use a program to highlight it, you'll see it is only in small clumps of maybe 4 or 8 pieces at most scattered all over the place. And you only get one per block. Redstone you get like 5 per block and end up with so much. But diamond is so rare. I wish it at least gave you 3 per block. It's useful but fucking hell. He really needs to tweak some of the variables in the generation algorithm. More diamond. Slightly more iron. Slightly less coal.JodyAnthony said:
No problems here. Does it crash once you're connected or while you're still trying to connect? If it's the former you could try setting your render distance to a lower setting.shidoshi said:
EDIT: I misread, you wrote you're only just trying to connect. Haven't had that problem yet, maybe you could check your system logs, though.
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argh, still no diamond despite my searches. I want to make a portal without having to make a mold and all that.
I've hallowed out a huge hole in the ground and taken all the cobblestone and placed it in 8 double chests full. I have like 12 or 13 doubles filled with stuff. I think it's time to start building my empire. I think the infinite light from the lightstone and the lit hellstone will make the effect amazing.
Mama Robotnik
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I'm confused as to why this thread is here.
Isn't about eighty-percent of the thread about the single player?
Isn't about eighty-percent of the thread about the single player?
Awesome Animals
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Mama Robotnik
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Made a portal in the Nether, it delivered me to:
Was being shot at by Skeletons before I knew what to think. Didn't even realise this could happen.
Was being shot at by Skeletons before I knew what to think. Didn't even realise this could happen.
goldsoundz
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No wonder why the thread hasn't gotten much activity lately. I play this game in single player only since I don't have any PCs to use as a server for my friends and I.
If you play on Peaceful you can leave some of the stuff behind. Like food and weapons. Since if you get hurt from a fall, you'll heal and even if you touch lava you heal slightly faster than it hurts you. Still, water can be useful for this if only to turn it into obsidian.SmokingBarrelX said:
http://files.droplr.com/files/15575338/SYIp.mcennight.jpg
I'm pretty happy with progress so far! We need to get people to build in closer to spawn though, which is why I've disabled warps in favour of a limited number of warpgates. Haven't decided how to extend these or where, yet. We need to decide how to do cart tracks too.
http://files.droplr.com/files/15575338/Hwrf.mcenday-gates.jpg
I'm pretty happy with progress so far! We need to get people to build in closer to spawn though, which is why I've disabled warps in favour of a limited number of warpgates. Haven't decided how to extend these or where, yet. We need to decide how to do cart tracks too.
http://files.droplr.com/files/15575338/Hwrf.mcenday-gates.jpg
I had to walk very far south but I found paradise. A tall mountain range covered in trees with a giant tree at the very top that is so big it actually gets cut off by the 128th block height limit. The clouds even cut through the trees up here. It's so far from my spawn point, but I think this might be my new main home. Shame I was stupid and forgot to bring some Obsidian to create a portal back home...
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