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Minecraft |OT2| Punch Your Way to Your Own World
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British Monsoon
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Yeah, I think we should try and start a new community project in the next week or so, see if that motivates people, and then if we still haven't got much action going on the server after that maybe consider reducing the player count. I've personally had bad experiences with public servers, I wouldn't like to see something similar happen to NeoCraft.
Bootaaay said:
Ranger X said:
The problem with community projects is that people will come online for just that project, and then disappear again. And besides that, we'll run out of ideas sooner or later!
Having said that though, the server does appear to have picked up slightly in the last few days or so.
Okay, finally making my first post here (after a year or so lurking, finally getting account validated and almost forgotting i had even registered...).
Love Minecraft but it's sad to play it alone... i have a great many ideas but i need to show them to someone. Achievements in ignorance isn't that fun.
But i haven't managed to get in MP... servers advertised on MC forums don't attract me due their somewhat public nature and due that, griefers (who should be burned alive, in all games).
The OP seems to be slightly dated and and i'm wondering who can join NeoCraft (or whatever is NeoGAFs current server?). Can juniors join in (the NeoCraft post notes that anyone can join but it never hurts to be sure)? Is there... uh... space (maybe i should say player slots?) for new people? Wouldn't be joining to the Ventrilo server though, i dislike voice chatting.
Oh and do clients need any addons?
Love Minecraft but it's sad to play it alone... i have a great many ideas but i need to show them to someone. Achievements in ignorance isn't that fun.
But i haven't managed to get in MP... servers advertised on MC forums don't attract me due their somewhat public nature and due that, griefers (who should be burned alive, in all games).
The OP seems to be slightly dated and and i'm wondering who can join NeoCraft (or whatever is NeoGAFs current server?). Can juniors join in (the NeoCraft post notes that anyone can join but it never hurts to be sure)? Is there... uh... space (maybe i should say player slots?) for new people? Wouldn't be joining to the Ventrilo server though, i dislike voice chatting.
Oh and do clients need any addons?
British Monsoon
Member
Ark said:
Yeah, you're right, you often see people jump in and build a house for the community projects, but then never return to that area. Personally I'd like to see people keep making buildings, so as to expand the community projects. I've got like 2 houses, a villa, a pub and a boat house at the bay, but it'd be nice if other people were adding in more buildings as there's a lot of room for expansion.
Bootaaay said:
Really, we shouldn't have to create endless community projects for people to play on the server. With that said, I would be all over building a giant fortress town (keyword: giant).
Woorloog said:
Firstly, welcome to posting-GAF
Secondly, anyone can join the NeoCraft server. All you need to do is quote the OP for the server address, and join!
Any client side addons only affect your game and not the server, and since the server doesn't require any client side addons, you're all set
I got the ok to ask so here it goes:
There is a contest running in wonderhowto to win a real life version of the Minecraft Pickaxe:
http://goo.gl/0t5m8
All you have to do is recreate the website mascot in minecraft and submit it, winner gets picked this coming Monday.
The disclaimer: I don't work or get paid for the site but I'm the one heading the contest because of how often I write about Minecraft in their community blogs. The person in charge of doing the weekly contests thought it would be a cool idea to see what people could come up with. She came up with the prize and I wrote the post for the contest. It's free to enter and I thought it would be cool if a fellow gaffer won it.
There is a contest running in wonderhowto to win a real life version of the Minecraft Pickaxe:
http://goo.gl/0t5m8
All you have to do is recreate the website mascot in minecraft and submit it, winner gets picked this coming Monday.
The disclaimer: I don't work or get paid for the site but I'm the one heading the contest because of how often I write about Minecraft in their community blogs. The person in charge of doing the weekly contests thought it would be a cool idea to see what people could come up with. She came up with the prize and I wrote the post for the contest. It's free to enter and I thought it would be cool if a fellow gaffer won it.
bengraven
Member
Ark said:I have to say, I'm actually really pleased and proud that most of the buildings on the server are all quite modest in comparison to other servers, obviously the community projects have helped that, but nevertheless.
Although having said that, my next project is quite large
What's the next project?
Also I've been gone a while, but I'm getting the itch to get back soon. Just kind of overwhelmed with home things.
Ah, thanks for the map.
By the way, the tunnel from the spawn to Booty Bay? Is it supposed to be missing some rail pieces, torches from a long section, a side tunnel has a lot of lava in it and the actual tunnel had some flooding... fixed that while going through it.
That rainforest (is it one? hard to say based on the map alone) south-east from Booty Bay, it's still total wilderness? If it is rainforest and no one has dibs on it, i might be building something there. Alternatively the (rain)forest north of Al-Medina (might be better, if i build a (underground) railway from Al-Medina to the forest...)
Gotta go explore i suppose.
By the way, the tunnel from the spawn to Booty Bay? Is it supposed to be missing some rail pieces, torches from a long section, a side tunnel has a lot of lava in it and the actual tunnel had some flooding... fixed that while going through it.
That rainforest (is it one? hard to say based on the map alone) south-east from Booty Bay, it's still total wilderness? If it is rainforest and no one has dibs on it, i might be building something there. Alternatively the (rain)forest north of Al-Medina (might be better, if i build a (underground) railway from Al-Medina to the forest...)
Gotta go explore i suppose.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Ark said:
Well that is one positive. The more people playing the server the more chances for donations. And some of the people on the MC forums can be quite fanatical and devoted to supporting good SMP servers. It's the griefers and bad apples I'm worried about.
Bootaaay said:
My problem is time. I still have ideas for Booty Bay and Moria and I'm not even done with my sand tower at the spawn area. Plus I have a ranch I've started that is still very much a work in progress. And I have ideas for a few other things I want to build, some quite large. But I just spent a week and a half fishing in Canada, and I'm working OT lately, and my mountain bike is not getting enough exercise, and so on. I keep hoping for a nice rainy day or two where I can just sit inside and play Minecraft all day, LOL.
Woorloog said:
No, we have at least one busy griefer running around our server. I've been seeing more of this lately, and he seems to be getting more bold and greedy.
Cut of the griefer's balls i say. And then burn him.
The forerst north of Al-Medina seems to be suitable place for a city i was thinking to build... does anyone has any plans for the lake in it? Will look for another place if someone wants to do something there.
EDIT actually, leaving that project later... i think too big, gotta start small. Would need tons of Obsidian anyway... or black wool.
EDIT2, it seems that the "secret lair", an underwater home next to spawn has been struck by a griefer... there's a flood
The forerst north of Al-Medina seems to be suitable place for a city i was thinking to build... does anyone has any plans for the lake in it? Will look for another place if someone wants to do something there.
EDIT actually, leaving that project later... i think too big, gotta start small. Would need tons of Obsidian anyway... or black wool.
EDIT2, it seems that the "secret lair", an underwater home next to spawn has been struck by a griefer... there's a flood
Any texture makers around and up for a challenge? I'd really like to see something come of this: http://www.quora.com/Minecraft/Coul...age-of-the-red-blue-imposition-of-anaglyph-3D
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Map_(Item)
You need to explore with the map equipped to record places.
You need to explore with the map equipped to record places.
ArtistDude88
Member
Woorloog said:
Two people did join earlier today at the same time, and both got the 1st time welcome auto-message. A while later they both died from lava or fire, and a few moments later, they both left at the same time.
I thought it was suspicious and checked out spawn. Everything seemed to be in order, but I didn't check out the Booty Bay tunnel. I did however screen-cap their names in case Ark has some sort of monitoring mod to see what they were up to.
ArtistDude88
Member
I know Exano's survival and Timan's creative ran BigBrother, or some other monitoring program.
I launch my game thru Steam, and overlay works for me, but if I use it, the overlay totally screws everything up, and I basically have to ctrl alt del MC out.
I launch my game thru Steam, and overlay works for me, but if I use it, the overlay totally screws everything up, and I basically have to ctrl alt del MC out.
Ugh. I just loaded up my world for the first real time since 1.6 came out and I am so disappointed. They fixed bugs and introduced new ones that have completely destroyed my world.
My minecart PEZ dispenser method no longer works. Because for some reason minecarts no longer get pushed along by other carts next to them. I never thought I'd be a person who got mad at that bug being fixed. Did this go unnoticed? Does this totally break old-style boosters? I relied on an old-style booster to dispense my carts. Now it no longer works.
And secondly, fire was fucked up so much that it now catches wood on fire even when its further than it should be. It used to only catch wood that was within 2 blocks. Now I have a fucking condo up in flames because I have no alternative to wood to use for my roofs and floors in the houses. And I sure as hell ain't gonna use cobblestone for my 45 degree roofs.
FFS I can't believe they broke and fixed this. The minecart bug should have been saved for when an alternative method to dispense carts could be created.
Now I need to come up with a new method for creating my minecart system.
So sad. About both. But mainly about the minecarts.
My minecart PEZ dispenser method no longer works. Because for some reason minecarts no longer get pushed along by other carts next to them. I never thought I'd be a person who got mad at that bug being fixed. Did this go unnoticed? Does this totally break old-style boosters? I relied on an old-style booster to dispense my carts. Now it no longer works.
And secondly, fire was fucked up so much that it now catches wood on fire even when its further than it should be. It used to only catch wood that was within 2 blocks. Now I have a fucking condo up in flames because I have no alternative to wood to use for my roofs and floors in the houses. And I sure as hell ain't gonna use cobblestone for my 45 degree roofs.
FFS I can't believe they broke and fixed this. The minecart bug should have been saved for when an alternative method to dispense carts could be created.
Now I need to come up with a new method for creating my minecart system.
So sad. About both. But mainly about the minecarts.
ArtistDude88
Member
Yeah, they also fixed boat elevators, which really made me sad.
But you can now make powered rails for your minecart system and save a few irons making extra minecarts.
But you can now make powered rails for your minecart system and save a few irons making extra minecarts.
I know, but I needed the ability to push a cart with another cart in order to reliably dispense pez stacked carts.
i.e. You have a bunch of carts stacked on top of each other. At the bottom a secondary cart would rush by the bottom cart and push it into the dispensing track when the first cart leaves the station.
Now I can't use that anymore. So my monorail back and forth between my building sites has stopped dispensing carts. And it took me days to figure out how to do that. So now I need an alternate method for dispensing carts. So I'm looking on the MC Forums for ideas. Because I NEED my automated cart system.
Edit: Hmm, it looks like someone figured out a way to use trap doors to dispense the carts. I'm going to try this out. I don't need to BOOST the carts with the other carts. I only needed it to push the new cart onto the dispensing faucet track.
I'm gonna do some playing around now.
i.e. You have a bunch of carts stacked on top of each other. At the bottom a secondary cart would rush by the bottom cart and push it into the dispensing track when the first cart leaves the station.
Now I can't use that anymore. So my monorail back and forth between my building sites has stopped dispensing carts. And it took me days to figure out how to do that. So now I need an alternate method for dispensing carts. So I'm looking on the MC Forums for ideas. Because I NEED my automated cart system.
Edit: Hmm, it looks like someone figured out a way to use trap doors to dispense the carts. I'm going to try this out. I don't need to BOOST the carts with the other carts. I only needed it to push the new cart onto the dispensing faucet track.
I'm gonna do some playing around now.
ArtistDude88 said:
Yeah, but the powered rails are still WAY too weak, especially when going uphill. Gold went from "rare but useless" to "you need a TON of the stuff to make long-distance minecarts useful".
As far as dispensers go, I did see a video once of someone using powered rails and hatches to make a pez dispenser-style cart dispenser, so it's still something that's possible.
Oh hell yes. Found a new method on the MC Forum using a trap door and a pulser to dispense the carts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBSv5n92_8U
Of course it seems like yet another bug that could potentially be fixed. But at least it no longer requires booster bugs.
I do too wish powered rails boosted the carts the same speed whether they're full or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBSv5n92_8U
Of course it seems like yet another bug that could potentially be fixed. But at least it no longer requires booster bugs.
I do too wish powered rails boosted the carts the same speed whether they're full or not.
I don't get this. Make a house and leave.Ranger X said:
Make another house! Gardens! Public Works!
Al-Medina for example needs more gardens, boulevards and houses, Henry is making a mosque, stables could be good. Materials for the mosque and palace.
Al-Medina still doesn't have a port despite being by the seaside. Nor warehouses for trade.
After some more gardens I think I'll be making a library there.
A train station. A bank. An inn. A smithy. A stone carvers.
Come and make stuff!
commissar said:
I do make alot of stuff. I made the community mob grinder at spawn, most streets of spawn area, a huge mine under all of that + my house and settlement there isn't a small thing. I also contributed to the community mine, in Booty Bay, build a quite huge house, build that lighthouse over there and also a community farm. I dug out a part of the Moria's cave with some 200 TNTs, all made legit, no spawning. Also build my greenhouse in there later on. I also have a nice little settlement in Al-Medina. Nah seriously, I build alot of stuff.
I just think it's inevitable that you slowdown after a while, unless there is something exciting going on community wise.
riskVSreward
Member
Is there anything like Minecraft AutoMap that I can use on the GAF server to provide me with a real time map?
You know, that does make sense. Sadly it also makes it harder to blend them into the surroundings and you can't have them in two block high hallways.commissar said:
Anyway, there's one thing I would love to see in 1.7. The ability for redstone to power a light source other than redstone torches. Like Lightstone for instance, or even Netherrack to turn fire on and off. Something, anything. That would make redstone powered light shows much cooler to look at. And they'd blend in better. Plus lightstone is brighter. As is fire.
nismogrendel
Member
I'm looking at the mcmap gui options, there is one to just render the underground caves. I'd like to check out the caves around my grinder to improve it, but I don't really want spoilers. What a dilemma.
*edit* Guess this also has an option to only render between certain coordinates. This will do.
*edit* Guess this also has an option to only render between certain coordinates. This will do.
Surprised no one has mentioned this yet
Via PCGamer - Underground ravines will be implemented with 1.7!
www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/22/a-glimpse-of-minecraft-1-7s-underground-ravines/
Via PCGamer - Underground ravines will be implemented with 1.7!
www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/22/a-glimpse-of-minecraft-1-7s-underground-ravines/
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Acullis said:Surprised no one has mentioned this yet
Via PCGamer - Underground ravines will be implemented with 1.7!
www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/22/a-glimpse-of-minecraft-1-7s-underground-ravines/
Bah, I can't see that from work, our server blocks it. Could someone host the pic on imageshack or something?
British Monsoon
Member
Mengy said:Bah, I can't see that from work, our server blocks it. Could someone host the pic on imageshack or something?
Rehosted;
This is definitely what I want to see more of, more variety in the landscapes generated.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Bootaaay said:
Aww hell yeah! That looks freakin awesome! Once 1.7 hits I'm going exploring on the server to find one of those, then I'm going to open it up to the surface and make the Grand Canyon of Neocraft. I'll build waterfalls going down the sides that flow into a canyon river that eventually flows underground into a large cavern and even down to bedrock. Then I'm going to build wooden bridges spanning the chasm leading to scenic cliff trails that walk you around and behind the falls, and just create one huge scenic waterfall tourist attraction.
Yeah. One more project I don't have time to make, LOL. Still, 1.7 is awesome so far.
Ark said:
Just what I was thinking. There's still plenty of area on the server that has been generated, with nothing built, that would be fine to cut out. Although, if the terrain generation algorithm changes too much, the borders between old and new land might look a bit odd. It would still be worth it, though.