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funkmastergeneral
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Doh! full server
BuggyDClown
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Hey everyone I have a question. With all the updates ect, I am getting worried about losing my save data. Just in case, you know something goes wrong. SO how the hell can I back this up.
Also I'm running OSX. Ive become rather attached to my world and put a lot of work into it, and would love to not lose it.
Also I'm running OSX. Ive become rather attached to my world and put a lot of work into it, and would love to not lose it.
I've backed up the entire world directory. There should be a directory for each world you have saved, though I don't know the exact OSX location.HenryGale said:
Since those directories are not very big but have a TON of files, it may be faster to make a zip that contains the world directory, and back that up. The second thing you would theoretically have to do is make sure you have run the client once, and then back all the client files up. Unless there is some magic check that's not contained in the client/config files, you should be able to play in offline mode with those as long as you are completely disconnected from a router/the internet. That is presumably the only way that you can protect yourself from updates.
Also, I think Notch warns not to get too attached to your world as he may decide to totally break backwards compatibility when the game comes out of beta or something.
I have an "old" folder containing the previous 1.0.1.5 .exe and the last directory for it just in case.Blizzard said:Also, I think Notch warns not to get too attached to your world as he may decide to totally break backwards compatibility when the game comes out of beta or something.
Still need to make some screenshots of my houses sometime.
BuggyDClown
Member
Kuran said:
Blizzard said:I've backed up the entire world directory. There should be a directory for each world you have saved, though I don't know the exact OSX location.
Since those directories are not very big but have a TON of files, it may be faster to make a zip that contains the world directory, and back that up. The second thing you would theoretically have to do is make sure you have run the client once, and then back all the client files up. Unless there is some magic check that's not contained in the client/config files, you should be able to play in offline mode with those as long as you are completely disconnected from a router/the internet. That is presumably the only way that you can protect yourself from updates.
Also, I think Notch warns not to get too attached to your world as he may decide to totally break backwards compatibility when the game comes out of beta or something.
Thank you both, okay no more crafting for today. Time to let my game run over night so my grass may grow. Lots of new land that needs some green
Anyone who PMed me should now have member access to Gafland.
I'll look into it.Razorskin said:
The server isn't long term. It's just for testing and for people to get to grips with SMP. Once (if?) someone else sets up a dedicated host, I'll put the map on dropbox and shut things down on my end. Whether they continue to use the map or not is up to them.GDJustin said:
Mr_Appleby
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just started with this. half an hour with classic and i bought the alpha.. sooooo awesome can't believe i put off trying it out for so long. just inspected gafland, some great work there (and peins peins peins oh god!)
I put in some serious Minecraft hours tonight for the first time in a couple weeks. Feels good, man.
Without fail, whenever I'm burnt out, if I stay away for a while when I come back I'll have plenty of ideas for new things to build. I built a glass tube/descending stairway from my house down to my mining complex today. The plan is to build a second outer layer of glass, and then fill the space in between with lava That was I'll have to (get to?) descend down a lava tube whenever I want to mine. God help me if a Creeper ever gets near.
I also have a little "fuck yeah" Minecraft moment. Feel free to share yours:
When you're mining out the final square of a coal vein in a corner, and destroying it reveals three more coal blocks:
Without fail, whenever I'm burnt out, if I stay away for a while when I come back I'll have plenty of ideas for new things to build. I built a glass tube/descending stairway from my house down to my mining complex today. The plan is to build a second outer layer of glass, and then fill the space in between with lava
That was I'll have to (get to?) descend down a lava tube whenever I want to mine. God help me if a Creeper ever gets near. I also have a little "fuck yeah" Minecraft moment. Feel free to share yours:
When you're mining out the final square of a coal vein in a corner, and destroying it reveals three more coal blocks:
Love it, you can see my road to the south, parts of the tunnel road I built to New Gaf Land in the east, and my tiny shine to the West. I guess now I need to go NORTH!OatmealMu said:
Edit: Odd, there seems to be a road going to a lake nearish to where I have my Shrine to the West. With the lake lining up with my shrine, I think I may build a road going to that lake
BakugekiNZ
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OatmealMu said:
This simultaneously makes me sad and happy.
Sad to see ye olde GAFland go into the sunset.
Happy to see that a pure, untainted GAFland will arise, hopefully with server side inventories and day-night cycles
On the one hand, day/night and server side inventories will most likely be up in 2 weeks, which seems sort of short to give up on land, on the other the sooner we get a new map, the less painful it will be.BakugekiNZ said:This simultaneously makes me sad and happy.
Sad to see ye olde GAFland go into the sunset.
Happy to see that a pure, untainted GAFland will arise, hopefully with server side inventories and day-night cycles
Though I don't see the need to change maps. Someone even stole all the spawned in diamonds people keep brining up :lol
BakugekiNZ said:
I was hosting our own little AusGAF server, but because I don't have a dedicated PC for minecraft servering, and I work full time, I couldn't hold AusGAF's demand. We'll probably still play on it if we can't get into Oatmeal's server for whatever reason.
Tempy said:
>_> surprisingly or not, that wasn't anyone greifing. Well... unless you ask Untoldhero or Aon. I like to think of it as an empowering improvement.
Brazil said:
Yeah sorry, I kinda realised after I told everyone to set up there, that people had put some stuff under and around us. We'll try not to ruin it.
only just started playing this ... zomg this is pure crack - if it ever gets onto a handheld i'll be playing this till the government takes mah babiez.
Engine is awesome and can see nothing but potential - random terrain for you to mould at your will? So cool - has any sim ever come close to giving the player this much freedom?
A little ausgaf server would be sweet - Gafland sounds like a nice place to visit but don't think I'd want to live there ... reckon if I was afk for a couple minutes I'd come back to find myself entombed in a peins :lol
Engine is awesome and can see nothing but potential - random terrain for you to mould at your will? So cool - has any sim ever come close to giving the player this much freedom?
Kritz said:
A little ausgaf server would be sweet - Gafland sounds like a nice place to visit but don't think I'd want to live there ... reckon if I was afk for a couple minutes I'd come back to find myself entombed in a peins :lol
ijed said:
Well I'm planning to build a PC to run server software from at some point, so if I do that I can get a 24/7 minecraft server going nicely.
If you want, join the AusGAF steam group with everyone else and we can arrange tiems to play. Currently Rahk, Aon, Orbi, Untoldhero and myself are the main AusGAFers into Minecraft.
No promises about the penis thing, though.
BakugekiNZ
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gifife said:
Its not on 24hours a day, check online forum for all the details.
funkmastergeneral
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Love GAFland, just wish it was online more often
I hope when mobs, day/night, and treasure are in the game we have a greater emphasis on teamwork rather than gallivanting around the country side though.
I hope when mobs, day/night, and treasure are in the game we have a greater emphasis on teamwork rather than gallivanting around the country side though.
blew a MASSIVE hole in a mountain with untold today. maybe 4-500 boxes of tnt all told?
also vistited the gaf server and had an explore. the treehouse is awesome, and all those little pagodas and winding sand paths coupled with wheat etc. were really well done.
Inspiring stuff
also vistited the gaf server and had an explore. the treehouse is awesome, and all those little pagodas and winding sand paths coupled with wheat etc. were really well done.
Inspiring stuff
Forgive the stupid questions, I attempted to read through the thread to find the answers but I couldn't find them (although I am sure they have been answered somewhere).
1. Is there a way in single player to view an overhead map? I read somewhere that you can find dungeons by checking the map for cobblestone you didn't make.
2. Why do I have so much trouble finding iron ore? I have been playing for a week now, two different worlds, digging like a mad man, and have found more redstone than I have iron ore. Are there any characteristics that I should know about that indicate where iron ore might be? Or is it just blind luck?
3. So I was a dumb ass and in a drunken haze, I dug myself deep into a mountain before realizing I had no torches. So my first world's character is trapped in the pitch dark inside a mountain with no way to escape. Is there a way to suicide myself in the darkness with little tools at my disposal? I am already quite fond of my second world but it would help to know in case I do something stupid again.
1. Is there a way in single player to view an overhead map? I read somewhere that you can find dungeons by checking the map for cobblestone you didn't make.
2. Why do I have so much trouble finding iron ore? I have been playing for a week now, two different worlds, digging like a mad man, and have found more redstone than I have iron ore. Are there any characteristics that I should know about that indicate where iron ore might be? Or is it just blind luck?
3. So I was a dumb ass and in a drunken haze, I dug myself deep into a mountain before realizing I had no torches. So my first world's character is trapped in the pitch dark inside a mountain with no way to escape. Is there a way to suicide myself in the darkness with little tools at my disposal? I am already quite fond of my second world but it would help to know in case I do something stupid again.
missbreedsiddx said:
1.There are two options for overhead map viewing, you can use the Infinite Map Visualizer found on the minecraft website. Just log in to your account there and you can see an isometric view of your maps. What you would want to use to find dungeons is a program called Cartographer. Better than the map viewer on the official website as there are more options and you can view your maps in different ways. You can use Cartogrpaher to find dungeons by using this guide.
2. I don't really have any tips to find iron, but you don't need to dig down deep to find any. I find much of it above sea level in mountains.
3. You could use INVedit to put some torches in your character's inventory.
Razorskin said:
Thanks! Although i'm realizing I really should have downloaded the game onto my PC rather than my Mac, although its more convenient on the mac. I can't seem to find the cartographer program for mac.
Oh and also, is there an easier way that I'm just not seeing to build a skybridge besides risking falling death by inching out onto the edge of the last block in order to place the next one along the side of it? (if that makes sense lol)
Razorskin said:
Ah figured as much. Yeah I tried scaffolding but didn't like the extra mess. I may try it again though. I have a loooooooong way to go with my skybridge and I was getting tired of hoofing it back up whenever I fell to my death
VGChampion
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Picked up the game yesterday and I think I've already put more time into this than I have any other game in a long time. Turned on the peaceful mode as I just wanted to build without hearing the zombies and all outside. Probably turn them back on when I need some string and whatever else the other enemies drop.
Gonna have to read up on scaffolding as I want to start making some bridges.
Also, any easy way to create a private server for some friends and I to play on? We're all on Mac's and couldn't figure out how to run the software and then get on. I have an extra computer so we were going to try to use that.
Gonna have to read up on scaffolding as I want to start making some bridges.
Also, any easy way to create a private server for some friends and I to play on? We're all on Mac's and couldn't figure out how to run the software and then get on. I have an extra computer so we were going to try to use that.
Prophet Steve
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Need...my...oatmealserver...fix... The waiting,
For 2, its all about luck. Its there, you just can't find it. I tend to find a lot of it about 15 blocks below sea.missbreedsiddx said:
For 3, try to find some gravel underground and get under it, to suffocate your self. Also, do you have no wood on hand, you could fashion tools and torches on site if you do.
God, I hate this game. I was about to leave my cave when I found a new hidden route and an even larger cave system as I have imagined. Two hours later I've collected about 100 iron and 60 gold ores, 4 diamonds when two zombies jumped me out of nowhere. I died instantly even with full hearts and armor. I don't know how I managed to get back there in just under 5 minutes but all my items were already gone
funkmastergeneral
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Prophet Steve said:Need...my...oatmealserver...fix... The waiting,
is it online yet?
Prophet Steve
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No.funkmastergeneral said:
funkmastergeneral
Banned
Prophet Steve said:
Damn. When I get bored of work instead of staring off into space I was drawing designs :lol
maniac-kun
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Not my work but....:
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