OgTheClever
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OrangeYouGlad
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This update killed any reason I found not to log into SMP. God damn.
Compass confirmed? Anyone find anything else?
Compass confirmed? Anyone find anything else?
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Do you need to craft the compass or do you just start with one?
OgTheClever
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Unfortunately not, although I have previously talked about the possibility of pooling money to rent out a server. A few people would be more up for it when the multiplayer is more complete and it looks like this update has brought us a lot closer to that.Tempy said:
Kholdstare
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SMP is survival multiplayer.
HappyBivouac
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What's the best way to start up a server? Just get the official thing and run it?
Also he said the only thing wrong with mobs now is that you can't hurt them in any way besides fire (and presumably lava) so I could still see some fun time coming out of that. I've got this game down to the point where zombies are a complete joke, but if I can only kill them with fire or lava it's a different story. :lol
Also he said the only thing wrong with mobs now is that you can't hurt them in any way besides fire (and presumably lava) so I could still see some fun time coming out of that. I've got this game down to the point where zombies are a complete joke, but if I can only kill them with fire or lava it's a different story. :lol
maniac-kun
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funkmastergeneral
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Tempy said:
Been playing here, sgnnh posted it earlier: 98.202.184.133
Cool admin and decent people. Not a ton of griefing.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Awesome!maniac-kun said:
OgTheClever
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Is it true that the compass points to your spawn point rather than north? Because that would be a whole lot more useful than an ordinary compass (the clouds and sun/moon do a good enough job of that already).
OrangeYouGlad
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fresquito said:
It's unoptimized and takes up a considerable amount of memory. Notch didn't address it this patch, so I'm assuming Minecarts and Boats still cause serious issues.
OgTheClever
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Thanks.Kaizen said:
Wow. A compass pointing to spawn is INCREDIBLY useful. I was so worried that it would just point north, which is useless to anyone that has even a rudimentary understanding of sunrise/sunset.
I've never really done any exploring in Minecraft, because I get lost and turned around super easily (in real life, too). My home base could be one hill over from my current location, and if I can't actually see it, there is a good chance I'll wander off in the wrong direction and lose my home forever :lol
So this compass means I can FINALLY explore out a little bit without fear.
A much bigger update for me than for most players. I can actually cross the sea!
I've never really done any exploring in Minecraft, because I get lost and turned around super easily (in real life, too). My home base could be one hill over from my current location, and if I can't actually see it, there is a good chance I'll wander off in the wrong direction and lose my home forever :lol
So this compass means I can FINALLY explore out a little bit without fear.
A much bigger update for me than for most players. I can actually cross the sea!
funkmastergeneral
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Tempy said:
all the time
OgTheClever
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Another use is is that you can take bearings of far away projects to return to them much more easily. Therefore this is probably the most useful navigational update possible, apart from an in-game mapping system.GDJustin said:
funkmastergeneral
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So i log into my SMP server to find this. That island in the sky used to be completely covered in trees
God damn update! :lol
God damn update! :lol
maniac-kun
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that will pobably come when he has the other guys working with himVinci said:
OgTheClever
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The current server number is 0.2.0_01, Notch apparently had to release a quick fix because tools broke or something.Wrekt said:
Notch said on twitter there were two "small but very useful" additions to single player. Compass is obviously one, but in an hour the 2nd hasn't been found. Usually everything is discovered within just a few minutes.
I wonder if the 2nd thing didn't actually make it in.
I wonder if the 2nd thing didn't actually make it in.
Rumor is the 2nd update is that mushrooms are now MUCH more common. They are generated procedurally so you will only see them in new chunks or new worlds, but they apparently spawn in big clumps:
http://ompldr.org/vNWk3Nw/mushrooms.jpg
http://ompldr.org/vNWk3Nw/mushrooms.jpg
Caesar III
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Fuck yeah! Finally we can use our server without all the summoning. Awesome, awesome news.
You can put buckets of lava in a furnace, and it burns for a very long time (no confirmed length yet). It consumes the bucket and the lava.
Not sure if this is so useful or not.
For one, Static lava that you can scoop with a bucket might be more rare than coal. Yeah there's big lakes of it, but if used in furnaces you could exhaust a lake quick-ish.
The other (bigger) issue is that you can only put one stack (64 items) in a furnace at a time. So unless your babysit a lava-stoked furnace, swapping in new materials you want to cook, you'll end up wasting any cook time beyond one stack.
Lastly, it makes coal much less useful. Most people already have stacks of it.
Of course, it's possible one bucket of lava cooks food for like 30 minutes realtime, or something. In which case... awesome.
Edit: The lava apparently lasts for two full stacks. So not that useful. Youll actually have to wait and swap items out to not waste cooking time. Better to just put in 8 coal to cook 64 items, imo.
Not sure if this is so useful or not.
For one, Static lava that you can scoop with a bucket might be more rare than coal. Yeah there's big lakes of it, but if used in furnaces you could exhaust a lake quick-ish.
The other (bigger) issue is that you can only put one stack (64 items) in a furnace at a time. So unless your babysit a lava-stoked furnace, swapping in new materials you want to cook, you'll end up wasting any cook time beyond one stack.
Lastly, it makes coal much less useful. Most people already have stacks of it.
Of course, it's possible one bucket of lava cooks food for like 30 minutes realtime, or something. In which case... awesome.
Edit: The lava apparently lasts for two full stacks. So not that useful. Youll actually have to wait and swap items out to not waste cooking time. Better to just put in 8 coal to cook 64 items, imo.
HappyBivouac
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Testing out my own SMP server. Seems to run fine on my 4+ year old desktop.
Seems like you still can't die in SMP? That's a shame. Also I can't seem to get a compass in single or multiplayer, even starting a new world.
Seems like you still can't die in SMP? That's a shame. Also I can't seem to get a compass in single or multiplayer, even starting a new world.
VGChampion
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Is there any way to come back into an SMP server at the spawn point? My friends and I play on my local server and every time we're towards the bottom of the map and find one of those "end of the world" holes past the bedrock someone always jumps into it and falls forever until they log back in and start at the spawn. Now, after doing a test we realize whoever jumped in the hole is still in the hole after logging back into the server.
Caesar III
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Clouds are on a higher level now. At least this is what I discovered when logging into my server to check the inventories. I have a church and a house above cloud level (up to the end of the level) and now the clouds where WAY above both. Did not try to get on top of my house to test the height though.
Compass is awesome. Would be cool if you could set the location it is showing at.
btw is there a way to change how chunk is loaded? Every few steps my notebook gets some hickups because of chunk loading. When this is done I get around 80FPS. Kinda annoying
Compass is awesome. Would be cool if you could set the location it is showing at.
btw is there a way to change how chunk is loaded? Every few steps my notebook gets some hickups because of chunk loading. When this is done I get around 80FPS. Kinda annoying
OgTheClever
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Does that now mean that the max height is now 128 blocks from sea level, as opposed to 64? There was talk of increasing it recently.Caesar III said:
Caesar III
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I relogged in to confirm it but no. max height did not change and the moment I was in the world I came across a cloud at the old level again. WTF?OgTheClever said:
I dunno if this was implemented before but it also seems like he added some light effects. When stepping out of my house the sky is too bright for a few seconds. Even when going to near windows the color and lighting is changing slightly. Could be my notebook tft though.
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