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out0v0rder said:
That seems to be a reference to something, but I don't believe I know what...
Kuran said:
Arrogant? How so?
And he's always said that once Multiplayer has functioning health/inventory, he'd consider it beta. What were the differences you were expecting to see?
And as far as the soundtrack goes, the music files are stored as .ogg files in .minecraft\resources\music and \newmusic.
I don't know if he ever released an official "soundtrack" or anything, seeing as the soundtrack isn't actually done yet, as far as I'm aware. You might be thinking of when C418 (the guy who makes the music for Minecraft) released his album for free somewhat recently.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
So I decided to start a new world just to see what I get. I've been thinking about starting fresh for awhile now, what with the lake and lava changes and whatnot. So I spawn for the first time and see this:
A very good start. I take a walk for a bit to get a higher viewpoint:
Awesome. Simply awesome.
My spawn point is in the middle of this awesome mountain cliff range. So yeah, I'm going to abandon my 50MB world for now and start afresh. My new base is going to be among, inside, and underneath these mountains. I'm going dwarf on this world, very few above ground buildings. I will build among the terrain, into the scenery, and below the earth.
A very good start. I take a walk for a bit to get a higher viewpoint:
Awesome. Simply awesome.
My spawn point is in the middle of this awesome mountain cliff range. So yeah, I'm going to abandon my 50MB world for now and start afresh. My new base is going to be among, inside, and underneath these mountains. I'm going dwarf on this world, very few above ground buildings. I will build among the terrain, into the scenery, and below the earth.
ChoklitReign
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You can now survive lava on peaceful :lol
That's good to an extent.
That's good to an extent.
Mengy
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I've noticed a few things since the game went beta:
- Even though the framerates seem to be back to normal, the game's performance is not. Terrain regen at far distances during gameplay is much slower for me now, going to the escape menu seems to be the only way to get the terrain to regen quickly.
- Leaf decay is back, and sapling's are more plentiful then ever. Almost ridiculously so. Also, leaves seem to decay even if touching the ground, that wasn't so before. It seems to me that just removing the trunk is enough to "kill" the leaves.
- Even though the framerates seem to be back to normal, the game's performance is not. Terrain regen at far distances during gameplay is much slower for me now, going to the escape menu seems to be the only way to get the terrain to regen quickly.
- Leaf decay is back, and sapling's are more plentiful then ever. Almost ridiculously so. Also, leaves seem to decay even if touching the ground, that wasn't so before. It seems to me that just removing the trunk is enough to "kill" the leaves.
ChoklitReign
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If you get caught on fire your health keeps regenerating around 2 or 3 heart. I need to keep a bucket of water on me at all times :lolJasoco said:
Definitely. I just turned a plains into a forest with the saplings I've gathered since the update yesterday.Mengy said:
Well, before the update, when you catch on fire, the fire would take a half a heart, then it would refill at the same rate it was taking away so you'd have to wait for the fire to burn out before you stop shaking. But you wouldn't die as long as you didn't get near the fire again.ChoklitReign said:
Pinko Marx
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I'm jealous ;-;
ChoklitReign
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How the hell has Notch updated twice in the past two days? What has changed since the beta?
Ok, after playing around on the server for an hour, here's what seems to be different from the Alpha days:
- Gravel and Sand actually animate correctly when falling now. They'll still hover mid-air if there's lag, but they actually slide smoothly down instead of just teleporting to the ground.
- TNT also animates correctly. I did a test with a single block, and both pirata and I were able to see the explosion exactly as it would have happend in single-player.
- No more regenerating tools by dropping them on the ground, unfortunately.
- Because of the new server-side inventory/chest stuff, chests, workbenches, and stoves act a little differently. Now, when you right click on one of these items, you have to wait for the server before you actually start using them. This means that there will be a slight to somewhat non-slight delay between right-clicking and actually seeing the screen pop up.
- The black-screen crash still happens.
- General performance seems to be better. I wasn't noticing as many lag spikes.
- Trees perform like they do in SP, and drop their leaves quickly and with many saplings produced.
- Gravel and Sand actually animate correctly when falling now. They'll still hover mid-air if there's lag, but they actually slide smoothly down instead of just teleporting to the ground.
- TNT also animates correctly. I did a test with a single block, and both pirata and I were able to see the explosion exactly as it would have happend in single-player.
- No more regenerating tools by dropping them on the ground, unfortunately.
- Because of the new server-side inventory/chest stuff, chests, workbenches, and stoves act a little differently. Now, when you right click on one of these items, you have to wait for the server before you actually start using them. This means that there will be a slight to somewhat non-slight delay between right-clicking and actually seeing the screen pop up.
- The black-screen crash still happens.
- General performance seems to be better. I wasn't noticing as many lag spikes.
- Trees perform like they do in SP, and drop their leaves quickly and with many saplings produced.
I freakin hate this. It only happens when I play with the graphics set on far. I have a decent pc I don't understand why it should not be able to handle this.
You not play the single player? I figured most would be use to this by now.
Also you could probably just run a server with kits..
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Minecraft still crashs when going fullscreen %50 of the time. I was hoping this could be fixed by now. I'm use to it though : /
Atomski said:
I did play the single player. Got bored/sick of it and was playing exclusively in multiplayer.
Without people to play with I might as well just play Minecraft Classic. I was honestly spending too much time playing this game anyway. I don't even really like the game, I just got kind of addicted to it.
HappyBivouac
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Man, Notch, I love ya, but it's pretty blatantly obvious why you decided to call it beta all of a sudden. :lol
There hasn't been nearly enough to truly call anything a landmark, but I guess Notch can do what he wants.
There hasn't been nearly enough to truly call anything a landmark, but I guess Notch can do what he wants.
whats the black screen crash, because I've been getting times where the screen would freeze up but I could still move (albeit not see where i was going) so I would switch the game to windowed mode and it would fix itself. Then after playing for a while longer i'd get a black screen and it'd freeze. I was hoping it was minecraft and not a problem w/ my computer
He pretty much said that once survival mode stuff worked in multiplayer it would go into beta. Thats sorta what he did
I think most the problems are Javas fault :/
Would be cool if somehow down the line he made a non java port. I understand he wants it work in browser but ugh java..
What was the obvious reason?HappyBivouac said:
I thought he had just been announcing (for several months?) that it would go into beta when XYZ survival multiplayer stuff worked. It's starting to get there, so they finally announced a release date for it. It's sorta close to what he said!
Performance improvements would be great. I dunno how much improvements he'll get doing 3D stuff in Java, but I guess we'll see!
Atomski said:He pretty much said that once survival mode stuff worked in multiplayer it would go into beta. Thats sorta what he did
I think most the problems are Javas fault :/
Would be cool if somehow down the line he made a non java port. I understand he wants it work in browser but ugh java..
yeah... i'm hoping he moves out of java sooner than later...
anyhow my friend got a server running and its great except the crashes are often and inopportune
Blizzard said:
Exactly.
I don't know what all the complaining is about. Multiplayer works a hell of a lot better than it did when it was first introduced, and the game had to move out of Alpha at some point, so what exactly were all the complainers expecting?
Timan said:
Yup, it's a fresh start. Spot said that he's going to put the old map up for download at some point, so at least we'll be able to revisit all the awesome places there.
Insaniac said:
Moving out of Java would require a TON of work. 99% of his workload on this game has been coding. He could probably salvage a lot of the code if he just tried to straight convert it to C++ or C# or something, but it'd still take a hell of a lot of time. Not to mention that then he'd have to code all over again for Mac and Linux versions. He knew Java's limitations when he started. It's too late to back out now.
Pinko Marx
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SumPog said:What's so good about gold
gold tools look kinda cool with certain texture packs. and golden blocks are pretty nice.
Awesome Animals
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Just moved home, and my computer is working great again. There was something wrong with the relationship between my computer and the network. But more importantly I can play Minecraft again. Now I just need to organize my room since I just moved back home after graduating. I don't currently have a desk I can play on.
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