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blazinglazers
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<- Bought and loving it.
I pig tried to get into my house today, which is odd considering its on the top of a hill. He couldn't fit through the door though, and when he turned around he gave me a strange look that almost seemed to imply that it was my duty to build houses for his porcine kind. Stupid pig.
HappyBivouac
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So minecarts are only powered by pushing/gravity?
Slightly disappointing but I guess it makes sense.
Slightly disappointing but I guess it makes sense.
Caesar III
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I'm in, fuck you 
will buy it for my brother as well, damn.
will buy it for my brother as well, damn.I bought this yesterday after having browsed this thread and having checked all the awesome images, movies and stories posted. Funny thing is that my son, 12 years old, also saw some of the movies and was really excited. Minecraft - fun for the whole family.
Now if only mp came out so we could create our own family server.
Now if only mp came out so we could create our own family server.
Bought it today after playing the free version. Its so good. I stuck with the first level it gave me.
My strategy was to follow the instructions in the OP and gather wood and coal and all that good stuff. Yeah... that didn't work out. By the time I got a modest amount of wood the sun was setting. I heard a loud noise in the distance and I don't even know what the fuck. The best I can figure is a dragon of some sort. Panic set in as I started farming dirt to build a house.
Ah yes, my dirt house. Actually I can't even really call it a house seeing as I never lived inside it. Rather, on top of it. I hadn't thought how to make a door so my new strategy was to build dirt stairs to the top and break them as I went up. It worked great and I could see everything around me instead of sealing myself in the dark dirt mound. As night set in my first attacker appeared. It was a spider. Luckily it could not jump 5 blocks high. As it continued to hiss my fear turned to annoyance. I broke a corner off of my dirt mound so I could reach the noisy bastard. I started hitting it with what I thought was a rock (it was wool) and slowly but surely it died. A creeper appeared and I attempted bludgeoning him with the wool as well but this time I fell. Hence the hole in the side. I think those sheep were making fun of my pitiful attempt at a dirt mound as they pranced by.
3-4 days pass and I got the hang of the game. I raze the dirt and replace it with wood (and extend by three blocks. How ambitious). And I figured out how to make a door! Two, even!
Ah such simple living. Only the necessities. I kept the open roof style as it can get boring in the night sitting in the house. I fell off quite a few times but it was good fun. (Protip: Don't build a house with an overhang. The skeletons can hide under there to avoid burning when the sun comes up.)
By the time I figured out how to smelt glass to fill in the the hole in the roof I was longing for a new location. I followed the clouds north, subconsciously I suppose, and they lead me to...
An awesomely tall mountain. IIRC: "Holy shit... holy shit!" is what uttered out of my mouth. They're so tall the clouds pass through them!
And at the top of the great mountain was a single lonely yellow flower. How elegant and resilient it was. When I build my house I'll be sure to avoid destroying it.
I took a gamble and decided to spend the night up there with no cover. It payed off as I did not see any monsters the whole night. I'm glad I don't have to ugly my house with torches on the outside.
Looking over the edge I discovered a lavafall and a strangely square stone formation. It kind of reminds me of a Lumines block.
So thats where I'm at currently. Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can build something on top and if theres an artificial roof I'll just carve into the mountain.
Their really is so much potential for this game. If multiplayer is done right this could sort of be the game I wish MMOs were. It will be really amazing, at least.
My strategy was to follow the instructions in the OP and gather wood and coal and all that good stuff. Yeah... that didn't work out. By the time I got a modest amount of wood the sun was setting. I heard a loud noise in the distance and I don't even know what the fuck. The best I can figure is a dragon of some sort. Panic set in as I started farming dirt to build a house.
Ah yes, my dirt house. Actually I can't even really call it a house seeing as I never lived inside it. Rather, on top of it. I hadn't thought how to make a door so my new strategy was to build dirt stairs to the top and break them as I went up. It worked great and I could see everything around me instead of sealing myself in the dark dirt mound. As night set in my first attacker appeared. It was a spider. Luckily it could not jump 5 blocks high. As it continued to hiss my fear turned to annoyance. I broke a corner off of my dirt mound so I could reach the noisy bastard. I started hitting it with what I thought was a rock (it was wool) and slowly but surely it died. A creeper appeared and I attempted bludgeoning him with the wool as well but this time I fell. Hence the hole in the side. I think those sheep were making fun of my pitiful attempt at a dirt mound as they pranced by.
3-4 days pass and I got the hang of the game. I raze the dirt and replace it with wood (and extend by three blocks. How ambitious). And I figured out how to make a door! Two, even!
Ah such simple living. Only the necessities. I kept the open roof style as it can get boring in the night sitting in the house. I fell off quite a few times but it was good fun. (Protip: Don't build a house with an overhang. The skeletons can hide under there to avoid burning when the sun comes up.)
By the time I figured out how to smelt glass to fill in the the hole in the roof I was longing for a new location. I followed the clouds north, subconsciously I suppose, and they lead me to...
An awesomely tall mountain. IIRC: "Holy shit... holy shit!" is what uttered out of my mouth. They're so tall the clouds pass through them!
And at the top of the great mountain was a single lonely yellow flower. How elegant and resilient it was. When I build my house I'll be sure to avoid destroying it.
I took a gamble and decided to spend the night up there with no cover. It payed off as I did not see any monsters the whole night. I'm glad I don't have to ugly my house with torches on the outside.
Looking over the edge I discovered a lavafall and a strangely square stone formation. It kind of reminds me of a Lumines block.
So thats where I'm at currently. Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can build something on top and if theres an artificial roof I'll just carve into the mountain.
Their really is so much potential for this game. If multiplayer is done right this could sort of be the game I wish MMOs were. It will be really amazing, at least.
Caesar III
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This is sooo Clonk in 3d. I love it
Caesar III
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Right now I'm hiding (at night) in a hole I dug from the seaside and hope noone can enter here. I HAVE NO TIME damnit
superbank said:
And at the top of the great mountain was a single lonely yellow flower. How elegant and resilient it was. When I build my house I'll be sure to avoid destroying it.
Finding stuff like that is so beautiful ;_;
I managed to convince two of my friends to take a chance and get this game while it's still in alpha. We spent all day yesterday in Skype talking and playing it for a good 10 hours for all of us. The first night they had they both were attacked by a creeper that just sneaked up behind them and exploded, had a good laugh about it.
There's something really creepy about the game when it's your first time playing and it turns to night with no torches, monsters lurking around you. One of my friends said he heard a scream off in the distance one of his first nights, not sure if anyone else experienced this yet. It's kind of making me paranoid now xD
Anyone have experience with using the Stone Buttons? When used with a door they're supposed to open it for a few seconds then close, however no matter how I place them they seem to just keep the doors open, and just close for a matter of seconds.
EDIT: On further inspection, it seems the don't so much open/close but change position, I have two doors next to each other identically, but flipped horizontally and one stays open, the other closed, which means there isn't a way to have to doors next to each other that stay closed on trigger it seems.
EDIT: On further inspection, it seems the don't so much open/close but change position, I have two doors next to each other identically, but flipped horizontally and one stays open, the other closed, which means there isn't a way to have to doors next to each other that stay closed on trigger it seems.
Am I crazy or does killing pigs no longer produce pork? Because I have only 1 1/2 hearts left and I'm in desperate need of piggy meat!
In other news, I built a boat and sailed around a bit... this world is goddamn huge! I thought I would run out of sand in the quarry I've been using, but there's a full desert over one of the mountains. I'd love to explore, but right now a light fall could kill me, and I don't want to just take the coward/respawn way out.
In other news, I built a boat and sailed around a bit... this world is goddamn huge! I thought I would run out of sand in the quarry I've been using, but there's a full desert over one of the mountains. I'd love to explore, but right now a light fall could kill me, and I don't want to just take the coward/respawn way out.
Much respect for the peeps creating major construction projects in Alpha (where it is much harder). I built a "simple" three-story house (with proper levels and stairways inside), and it took FOREVER.
It's basically just a box with some windows and a door, but there is a LOT involved in even a simple construction project like this, that people don't consider.
- First off, even simple things take more blocks than people think. My boxy house probably has 200+. They each have to be meticulously placed, one by one.
- Obviously the 200+ need to be mined one by one too.
- But what people *really* don't think about is all the auxiliary requirements for building something like this. It isn't just mining and placing lots blocks: Loads and loads of torches to mine the 200+ stone. Plus loads of stone pickaxes, since they break quickly. This means loads of wood, too. Which isn't always close.
- And of course even a simple three-story home probably represents lots of forced & unforced side-track stuff. I accidentally mined into the underground cave and in an attempt to map it & light it I got lost, etc.
- Lastly, it isn't easy at all to figure out the *indoor* configurations of buildings. Stairs to 2nd levels take up a lot of space, for example. And it can be confusing to mine out the ceiling in the proper way to make sure your stairs work as they are supposed to.
That's why last night I took pleasure in the little things, like building my two-wide storage chests UNDERNEATH my staircases, to save space :lol The first-level one contains essentials like stone and tools. 2nd level chest has saplings and other non-essentials.
It's basically just a box with some windows and a door, but there is a LOT involved in even a simple construction project like this, that people don't consider.
- First off, even simple things take more blocks than people think. My boxy house probably has 200+. They each have to be meticulously placed, one by one.
- Obviously the 200+ need to be mined one by one too.
- But what people *really* don't think about is all the auxiliary requirements for building something like this. It isn't just mining and placing lots blocks: Loads and loads of torches to mine the 200+ stone. Plus loads of stone pickaxes, since they break quickly. This means loads of wood, too. Which isn't always close.
- And of course even a simple three-story home probably represents lots of forced & unforced side-track stuff. I accidentally mined into the underground cave and in an attempt to map it & light it I got lost, etc.
- Lastly, it isn't easy at all to figure out the *indoor* configurations of buildings. Stairs to 2nd levels take up a lot of space, for example. And it can be confusing to mine out the ceiling in the proper way to make sure your stairs work as they are supposed to.
That's why last night I took pleasure in the little things, like building my two-wide storage chests UNDERNEATH my staircases, to save space :lol The first-level one contains essentials like stone and tools. 2nd level chest has saplings and other non-essentials.
I just keep randomly adding to my base at the moment. Few ground floor rooms, may add another floor in this mountain, i've got so much space to play with in there.
Added the lava this morning, thought it would be fun, landscaped the hill so it would fall symmetrically as planned. Left my original wood hut where i built it when i first started this as a reference.
Got plenty of stoves and storage inside at the moment, with a spiral staircase leading to the surface at the top of the hill.
Just a frontal shot:
Added the lava this morning, thought it would be fun, landscaped the hill so it would fall symmetrically as planned. Left my original wood hut where i built it when i first started this as a reference.
Got plenty of stoves and storage inside at the moment, with a spiral staircase leading to the surface at the top of the hill.
Just a frontal shot:
Caesar III
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Can I place blocks in the air? I only spent a few minutes playing so far but was stuck with only the option to stack them on top of each other. That way I would not be able to build up a house without stacking the blocks to later on mine the ones where the rooms should be.
Anyway, this game is so awesome
Anyway, this game is so awesome
Caesar III said:Can I place blocks in the air? I only spent a few minutes playing so far but was stuck with only the option to stack them on top of each other. That way I would not be able to build up a house without stacking the blocks to later on mine the ones where the rooms should be.
Anyway, this game is so awesome
A block has to be attached to another block when placed
I'm not sure what you mean in general, though. You can build houses without needing to re-mine placed blocks. Simply build up "walls" that have a hollow living space inside. IE a 5-long by 5-tall wall of blocks, connected at the corner with another 5x5 wall, etc. After all four walls are built (leaving a gap for a door) you will have a shelter.
Caesar III said:Can I place blocks in the air? I only spent a few minutes playing so far but was stuck with only the option to stack them on top of each other. That way I would not be able to build up a house without stacking the blocks to later on mine the ones where the rooms should be.
Anyway, this game is so awesome
To place a block is has to be touching any side of another block, as in top/bottom or any side. The only exceptions are sand and gravel which need something underneath.
superbank said:Yep. The house I'm building has a a window looking out at the flower.
I need some help. I forgot how to make the step stones and they're very important to the construction of my house. I can't move on currently. Help!
You need cobblestone for steps and stairs, or wood also for stairs.
For steps it's: xxx
For stairs it's:
x
xx
xxx
Baloonatic
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Is there an easier way of building something like a bridge without carefully moving to the edge, aiming down and adding to it? I keep falling off
Baloonatic said:Is there an easier way of building something like a bridge without carefully moving to the edge, aiming down and adding to it? I keep falling off
Not really. You could build up blocks to the level of the bridge and add on to the end and then mine back down, move over, and start again, but that would take forever and would be impossible in many places.
Baloonatic said:Is there an easier way of building something like a bridge without carefully moving to the edge, aiming down and adding to it? I keep falling off
That's how I do it. Also, armor helps against falls. I fell off my huge tower, thought for sure i was dead... armor saved me.
Baloonatic
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I was building it over water so it's not too bad if I fall, just a bit annoying. I'm planning on having branching rooms and towers on it to use it as my main base.
By the way, I strongly encourage aspiring builders to build with proper STONE and not the cobblestone that is generated from mining:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Furnace
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Stone
It is smoother and in my opinion gives off a more civilized/modern and domestic aesthetic. Things built out of it look like proper man-made structures.
It's crafting recipe isn't too terrible, either. Cobblestone in a lit furnace is turned into proper stone. One coal in a furnace lasts for 8 operations. So you can dump a stack of 64 cobblestone in a furnace with 8 coal, and when you come back you'll have 64 stones.
Of course, this does make the resource gathering process a little silly: stone --> cobblestone ---> stone. But still... my project tonight is going to be to transition my cobblestone structure into a proper stone one, besides a few accents.
re: constructing bridges - building a ramp/scaffold system out of dirt will probably take much less time than you're guessing. Just do it quick and dirty.
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Furnace
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Stone
It is smoother and in my opinion gives off a more civilized/modern and domestic aesthetic. Things built out of it look like proper man-made structures.
It's crafting recipe isn't too terrible, either. Cobblestone in a lit furnace is turned into proper stone. One coal in a furnace lasts for 8 operations. So you can dump a stack of 64 cobblestone in a furnace with 8 coal, and when you come back you'll have 64 stones.
Of course, this does make the resource gathering process a little silly: stone --> cobblestone ---> stone. But still... my project tonight is going to be to transition my cobblestone structure into a proper stone one, besides a few accents.
re: constructing bridges - building a ramp/scaffold system out of dirt will probably take much less time than you're guessing. Just do it quick and dirty.
Caesar III
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That's what I meantColkate said:
So I only tried gravel it seems :lol I wasn't able to place them above me but next to another one so far thx.
â Narayan
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Currently drawing blueprints for a really fucking huge Combine Citadel-esque tower. Debating on which materials to use. Stone?
EDIT: Using stone.
EDIT: Using stone.
Glass!
â Narayan
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Ah, but glass isn't available in Survival.Boonoo said:
EDIT: Neither is obsidian! Damn. I would have used that. I think I'll still make one in Creative.
Baloonatic
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I've just been using planks :lol Hoping it doesn't burn down.
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