platypotamus
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Blizzard said:
I haven't fought any monsters since making armor, but it definitely acted as damage reduction on fall damage, not damage elimination.
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I haven't fought any monsters since making armor, but it definitely acted as damage reduction on fall damage, not damage elimination.
Personally i just want fish and fishing, it'd be easy, 3 sticks and a string, right click water to plant, right click again when something moves, or you actually see a fish grab it.
Still waiting on bigass seamonsters to scare the shit outta me.
Still waiting on bigass seamonsters to scare the shit outta me.
platypotamus
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TheExodu5 said:
I just watched you fall to your death, possibly on purpose
Caesar III
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nice, toma!
you could have ask me as well ;-)
you could have ask me as well ;-)
Joseph Merrick
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did some sky bridges/mountaintop castles last night aswell
only the middle castle is hollowed out way down into the mountain. I like when a lone pig spawns on that floating island. hehe
only the middle castle is hollowed out way down into the mountain. I like when a lone pig spawns on that floating island. hehe
Well I guess it's time for me to take a break from playing for a while! I found my first treasure room, with spiders, pig saddles, green moss blocks and redstone, so I guess I've seen most of what the game has to offer. 
There was also a cool waterfall with deathtrap pits in sand and stone near the base of my mountain. And it turns out you can't STEER pigs when you ride them. It's hazardous to do so, I conclude! (plus you can't get the saddle back I seem to recall hearing?)
Without using an editor, I'm not sure how you would ever get enough iron to do minecarts and tracks. I only ever found a little bit in my mountain...unless you're supposed to go mine mountain after mountain for the ore.
There was also a cool waterfall with deathtrap pits in sand and stone near the base of my mountain. And it turns out you can't STEER pigs when you ride them. It's hazardous to do so, I conclude! (plus you can't get the saddle back I seem to recall hearing?)
Without using an editor, I'm not sure how you would ever get enough iron to do minecarts and tracks. I only ever found a little bit in my mountain...unless you're supposed to go mine mountain after mountain for the ore.
Joseph Merrick
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usually find a ton of iron in caves
Caesar III
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@ Blizzard: you get 16 pieces of minecart tracks out of 6 iron. That's not thaaat bad imho
MvmntInGrn
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Are you going below sea level?Blizzard said:
I was under the impression there is little ore above sea level other than coal. I have lots of iron on one of my maps (think I'm going to start over again though).
RadicalRad
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So with the update on friday, new worlds have a higher density of materials? I'm curious if it's worth restarting, I like my setup but it's my first.
You can run several worlds at once...try a new one a few times and go back to the first one if you don't like them.RadicalRad said:
Ooooh, I missed the 16x part. That makes it a little better!Caesar III said:@ Blizzard: you get 16 pieces of minecart tracks out of 6 iron. That's not thaaat bad imho
RadicalRad
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never mind, thought I had image privileges, apparently not.
paranoidfortean
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Just bought it. Let's see what the fuck I can do. :lol
Osaka said:
I had that for a long time, I found that creating your own mines was a lot less productive than finding a decent pre-existing cave and continually following it deeper (or wherever it goes). In the past day I've found Diamond, Redstone, Gold and saw Lava for the first time doing this!
RadicalRad
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Razorskin said:
I paypal'd neogaf and now i can post images!
Well here's my current setup, nothing grand like the rest of you who have posted up images; it's pretty basic.
Here's a front view of the castle and the bridge leading to it:
I spent an hour trying to rig up double iron doors for the front to no avail. It seems that wires underneath don't necessarily work, but ones above do. However I didn't want to tear up my wall to figure out how I was going to pull it off. It's annoying that they can't run straight up walls. (Maybe a project for tonight)
Here's the inside as you come in. To the right is my storage/crafting/furnace room. The immediate left is my mine entrance and pool room. The far left is the stairwell leading to the roof.
Here's the room that is my work/storage room. The first image is the side with all my treasure chests with signs stating what's in them. The second image is my wall of furnaces, and yes, I do need them all. I like to smelt my rock instead of using it as raw blocks... although I do agree that the raw blocks have a certain aesthetic appeal.
Here's my corner staircase leading up the roof of the castle. Following that is a view of the stairwell and the actual top. I know it's pretty barren right now but I hope to add a tower to the top, I think there's plenty of room for that.
And heres my stair case leading to my mine it doesnt go quite to the bottom of the world but I think thats my project tonight. I actually stopped going down when I hit a cavern I had already discovered earlier in my nearby mine. (I had already suspected it passed right underneath my castle base, this confirmed it)
I initially planned on making this castle just the keep of a larger walled castle with a tall keep tower on the top. However that daunting task becomes even more overwhelming that I would have to demolish all the hills that surround my current castle.
It's amazing how much time I've sunk into this one $15 game. I've already got more gameplay time on this game than I do with most $60 games. Not only that he updates it with a few new things every Friday. Probably the best gaming purchase I've made for awhile!
Edit: I fail at linking pictures.
Indeed. The nice thing about Minecraft is that after you do get burnt out (after probably 20+ hours) you can just stay away for a few weeks, and there will be more creatures, more blocks, more crafting recipes and ores, etc.
If I recall, redstone was actually one of the secret friday updates. This means that the huge feature of electricity and circuits coming to Minecraft were a complete surprise to the community. :lol
If I recall, redstone was actually one of the secret friday updates. This means that the huge feature of electricity and circuits coming to Minecraft were a complete surprise to the community. :lol
How'd you get the water to travel that far? I tried making this awesome looking canal encased in blocks of glass but it only travels about 4 blocks before it dies.K2Valor said:Well, I am going to leave my current world. At first I was going to stick with it.. but I fell into a deep cavern and was consumed by slimes so I figured it would be an appropriate time to leave my world. Here it is in it's final state.
The top of the house, looking at my water canal
RadicalRad
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Man said:
Place it... place it... place it.... WHAT THE... !
Every time i watch the end I die laughing. :lol
platypotamus
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RadicalRad said:Here's a front view of the castle and the bridge leading to it:
Nice, I'm in the middle of building a moat for my castle. Just figuring out the water mechanics
RadicalRad
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platypotamus said:
Just right click your bucket on non moving water and put into the moving water and it tends to even it out.
RadicalRad
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Man said:
Supposedly there are giant zombies, but i have yet to run into one, but then again, I haven't started anew world yet. There's also huge green blobs, but they don't really count as epic i suppose.
â Narayan
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I hope the Z-field limit is increased in upcoming updates. Levels of atmosphere would be great.
Setvan2734
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Man said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6or7YRPH5g8
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=19758
Note: this is not in the game normally, but only available through editing. In other words, don't expect to see this fellow anywhere else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgsVw00rtpE
GAF's defense for when multiplayer is released.
Edit: This too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw3kkUC3yP0
GAF's defense for when multiplayer is released.
Edit: This too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw3kkUC3yP0
Joseph Merrick
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haha, bad ass
platypotamus
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Finally finished my moat, and now I have an awesome idea that's going to take even longer than the moat did. A whole lot of resources too. If it comes together as awesome in game as it is in my head though, it'll be pretty worth it.
HappyBivouac
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I haven't played around with TNT or redstone wiring much, but I can't figure those out. Why do they need water? Is the wire hooked up to the TNT blocks being used for power, but not the one being launched?
Been doing more playing and less updating. ^^;
Before heading into unknown lands in the west I would need protection. I spent the next 2 days trying to figure out how to make arrows and armor.
For arrows I tried every position you could arrange items in, to no avail. "The arrow picture is diagonal, maybe I need to make it diagonal? No wait, all the pictures are diagonal..." I had heard you could make armor out of wool. I tried every position and got nothing.
It must've been the materials. I mined for iron which is quite scarce in this place but I found a small amount and went to work. It's pretty easy when you use the right materials!
With the proper equipment I set out on my westward journey.
I decided to ride out in style with my newly acquired pig saddle. And this was my trusty steed, Mr. Pig!
"...wait. Go west! Not south, Mr. Pig!"
He was not as trusty as I had thought. I hit him a few times but he still would not listen. I thought me and Mr. Pig would become the best of buddies, goin' on crazy adventures in uncharted territories. Unfortunately I had to take him with me in bacon form. (And I lost the saddle!)
So I traveled west, alone.
I saw some interesting things along the way but didn't stop for too long. The plan was to walk for an entire day and set up before nightfall.
Right before sunset I ran into a roadblock: The beach! Awesome. Luckily I brought a boat for such an occasion.
There were islands continuing west. I had my destination set but night would come soon, I'd rather sail during daylight.
As night fell I discovered something terrible. I had forgotten quite a few important items. Sure I had my arrows and armor but no axe! No workbench, furnace or storage chest! Only 50-ish stones and some wood! What a rookie mistake. I panicked and built quickly.
I was able to build this tiny shack before the monsters arrived.
Its even smaller than my second house! During the night there was a lot of monster activity. Creepers especially.
In the morning I set sail. I had not sailed before because there were no standing water areas on the mainland. It was pretty fun. I passed a few small islands but wouldn't stop until I saw one I liked.
That'll do. I have named the tree on top of a spire Top Tree. More than half the day had passed so I decided to head back and get more supplies to settle on this new island. Next trip I'll climb to top tree and see what else is around.
"Wait, that doesn't look familiar... is this the right way?"
On the return trip I got disoriented and almost didn't make it back to the mainland before night. I guess that's what lighthouses are for.
The Western Lighthouse is made completely of refined stone that I had to make over the course of maybe a week.
While building I thought about what I wanted to do. Would I settle on this new island and abandon my mountain home? Travel west even more? I decided that I'll travel west, east and further north, 3 missions, with my mountain home as the center. Each time I return to my base I'll upgrade it a little more to make it into the mountain stronghold I see in my head.
Night-time out on the ocean. Its not that bright... I think I should fill it with lava.
Before heading into unknown lands in the west I would need protection. I spent the next 2 days trying to figure out how to make arrows and armor.
For arrows I tried every position you could arrange items in, to no avail. "The arrow picture is diagonal, maybe I need to make it diagonal? No wait, all the pictures are diagonal..." I had heard you could make armor out of wool. I tried every position and got nothing.
It must've been the materials. I mined for iron which is quite scarce in this place but I found a small amount and went to work. It's pretty easy when you use the right materials!
With the proper equipment I set out on my westward journey.
I decided to ride out in style with my newly acquired pig saddle. And this was my trusty steed, Mr. Pig!
"...wait. Go west! Not south, Mr. Pig!"
He was not as trusty as I had thought. I hit him a few times but he still would not listen. I thought me and Mr. Pig would become the best of buddies, goin' on crazy adventures in uncharted territories. Unfortunately I had to take him with me in bacon form. (And I lost the saddle!)
So I traveled west, alone.
I saw some interesting things along the way but didn't stop for too long. The plan was to walk for an entire day and set up before nightfall.
Right before sunset I ran into a roadblock: The beach! Awesome. Luckily I brought a boat for such an occasion.
There were islands continuing west. I had my destination set but night would come soon, I'd rather sail during daylight.
As night fell I discovered something terrible. I had forgotten quite a few important items. Sure I had my arrows and armor but no axe! No workbench, furnace or storage chest! Only 50-ish stones and some wood! What a rookie mistake. I panicked and built quickly.
I was able to build this tiny shack before the monsters arrived.
Its even smaller than my second house! During the night there was a lot of monster activity. Creepers especially.
In the morning I set sail. I had not sailed before because there were no standing water areas on the mainland. It was pretty fun. I passed a few small islands but wouldn't stop until I saw one I liked.
That'll do. I have named the tree on top of a spire Top Tree. More than half the day had passed so I decided to head back and get more supplies to settle on this new island. Next trip I'll climb to top tree and see what else is around.
"Wait, that doesn't look familiar... is this the right way?"
On the return trip I got disoriented and almost didn't make it back to the mainland before night. I guess that's what lighthouses are for.
The Western Lighthouse is made completely of refined stone that I had to make over the course of maybe a week.
While building I thought about what I wanted to do. Would I settle on this new island and abandon my mountain home? Travel west even more? I decided that I'll travel west, east and further north, 3 missions, with my mountain home as the center. Each time I return to my base I'll upgrade it a little more to make it into the mountain stronghold I see in my head.
Night-time out on the ocean. Its not that bright... I think I should fill it with lava.
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