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Minecraft |OT2| Punch Your Way to Your Own World
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I finally decided to start playing this game again after having not touched it since, like... mid-April. What a difference all the changes since then make!
Also I was quickly forced to remember how addictive it is.
I should be able to join the current main NeoGAF server right now with a 1.7.3 client, right?
Also I was quickly forced to remember how addictive it is.
I should be able to join the current main NeoGAF server right now with a 1.7.3 client, right?
Orbis Tabula
Member
I wish I had taken some before pictures on my big project. It's not really clear how much work I've done, since a huge chunk of it was landscaping. I want a time lapse map making program!
Grinchy
Banned
lol you should post them anywayAgnostic said:
Some of the people on here just make such crazy things. There are a lot of people who don't even post pics of the amazing things they build (come on guys, brag a little!). Some of the things on neocraft make me want to quit playing Minecraft (not really) because they are so much better than anything I could ever come up with.
Puppet Shadow
Member
Am I correct in assuming when 1.8 hits, changes will not occur in any currently exposed chunks, just unexplored areas?
Grinchy said:
You're stuff is always awesome, it's just a shame you don't play anymore.
Puppet Shadow said:
Correct.
EDIT:
Thought I should let everyone know, we actually have enough donation money to pay for 6 months with 1500mb of RAM (500mb RAM upgrade).
I'd like to massively thank everyone that has donated to NeoCraft and made the server what it is today. Hopefully we continue to grow and expand
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Ark said:Thought I should let everyone know, we actually have enough donation money to pay for 6 months with 1500mb of RAM (500mb RAM upgrade).
I'd like to massively thank everyone that has donated to NeoCraft and made the server what it is today. Hopefully we continue to grow and expand
Good, I'm glad to hear it. When you need more just post it up.
I do have a question though. The server notices say that donators get a free warp point. How does that work exactly?
ChoklitReign
Member
What are the names of any texture packs that make lightstones look like lanterns?
Stopped by to check out the server; some of those projects/landscapes you guys set up are insane, especially that underground cavern. How did you get such a huge lava lake?
It was pretty quiet, though I guess the weekends are busier. Shame things seems to be a bit shaken up by recent griefing, apparently; I might try to pop back in when it's busier later, though I think I might wait and just come back and join you guys for the fresh start at 1.8.
It was pretty quiet, though I guess the weekends are busier. Shame things seems to be a bit shaken up by recent griefing, apparently; I might try to pop back in when it's busier later, though I think I might wait and just come back and join you guys for the fresh start at 1.8.
Yeah. Things sometimes get a bit quiet, but during the weekends there's enough people (an average of 7 people or so), sometimes peaking at nearly the limit (17 people i think?). But during the weekdays things get quite quiet.Articalys said:
When 1.8 arrives, I bet the server will be almost full all the time during the first few days
Red Liquorice
Member
I just started using Painterly, it looks really good - I wish there was an option on the website to remember your choices though.
Ranger X said:
I actually used WorldEdit for about two-thirds of the lava lake, everything else & the edges were done by hand though.
Mik2121 said:Yeah. Things sometimes get a bit quiet, but during the weekends there's enough people (an average of 7 people or so), sometimes peaking at nearly the limit (17 people i think?). But during the weekdays things get quite quiet.
When 1.8 arrives, I bet the server will be almost full all the time during the first few days
Server popularity is now determined by how often Mik plays
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Wow, that picture of the Ravine meets Stronghold thing looks awesome. I'm not going to get heavily back into the game until that update
Red Liquorice
Member
Post them any way, I've been playing even less time than you, haven't touched anything to do with rails or pistons or any fancy stuff yet, but just started branch mining so hopefully I can have some fun with that kind of stuff soon.Agnostic said:
My main building project after I started a house-cave was a sandstone pyramid and tower, it's all barebones inside for now, but I like the clean look of the sandstone:
Pyramid & Tower
View from bottom outside, the waterfall drops from the very top of the tower, a 3 storey apartment, with a glass ceiling/observatory
View from top of tower, with a water feature that goes down through the 3 floors at the top
View all the way down the center, I've fallen all the way down the ladder more than once!
Inside the 2nd floor, nothing really there at the moment
Inside the pyramid, again totally bare except for stairs to 2nd floor and two water pools at each far end
I had a blast making it, I've literally not played another game since I bought minecraft, totally hooked!
Piercedveil
Member
There is still no release date for 1.8, correct? I follow Notch on Twitter and everything but I still seem to miss things sometimes..
And by the way, the screen shots in here are so good. :O
And by the way, the screen shots in here are so good. :O
GazzaScotland
Member
Just from Notch's twitter:
"The Minecraft Adventure Update will be playable in our booth at Pax."
Guessing that means we won't see it before Pax?
"The Minecraft Adventure Update will be playable in our booth at Pax."
Guessing that means we won't see it before Pax?
ArtistDude88
Member
Worked a bit on the Wheat Harvester, now has proper side walkways. Need to build a storage hut and I think I'll call it done. Oh, there's now a Sugar Cane/Reed harvester next door! Still WIP but it grows reeds like a mofo
ArtistDude88 said:Worked a bit on the Wheat Harvester, now has proper side walkways. Need to build a storage hut and I think I'll call it done. Oh, there's now a Sugar Cane/Reed harvester next door! Still WIP but it grows reeds like a mofo
Hey I've been working on my own wheat harvester, how do you get on to the patches to plant seeds without messing up the wet dirt? Don't you pretty much have to drop down onto it?
I tried dropping down while holding shift but it still broke the dirt, although I might have just messed it up, I only had the opportunity to try it once. And one broken patch of dirt isn't really that big of a deal.
Yeah, but my problem is if you try to get to the plane where the dirt is, you pretty much HAVE to jump down/up on to it. Both the sides have to be water (to irrigate the tiles), the back side is covered by the above platform, and the front side is covered by the lower platform. So, it seemed to me anyway you had to at the very least fuck up the tile you jump on, even if you're holding shift.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Acullis said:
Make a half-block bridge over a section of the water that you can walk across. Sometimes I even cover all of the water channels with half-blocks so that I can sneak over the entire place and never disturb any tilled dirt. It also prevents any seeds or such from falling into the water.
Mengy said:
Ahhh that's a good idea.
Also I just looked at his setup and it's slightly different than mine, so it inherently doesn't have this problem.
Because his tiers stack over the irrigation channels, he can place blocks even with the fields and walk right in. Damn him.
Knuckleruckamus
Neo Member
Out of curiosity -- the yellowish lamps on the Arkyoto building quoted last page as well as the lamps used in the mega train station build... they aren't part of the default texture pack, are they? Minecraft wiki is not helping :T
ArtistDude88
Member
:3Acullis said:
Well I just tried my reed harvester and.... It totally didn't go as I thought it would
And on another note, here's my build plan that I drew for Arkyoto...
I dunno... I laid out the base of it and it is huuuge! not_sure_if_want.jpg
Based off the Kumamoto castle...
Yeah that'll take a LOT of materials. But it'll be worth it, trust me
Mega-projects are always worth it.
I once had a plan for a giant ass mob grinder that you could turn on and off. The corners of the barriers between each of the spawning rooms were glass, and in the middle of the glass was an empty hole, above the entire system was a branching pattern of trenches, and at the top of that was a single block of lava. The plan was that if you unblocked the lava, it would split out between the trenches and illuminate the entire grinder, essentially shutting it off.
Here's an image:
I finished the entire project before testing the lava. The lava only went down one path instead of branching off into many and illuminated basically one sector of the entire thing. I was so pissed I never played on that server again, mostly because I didn't want to face my failure. Haha.
Oh yeah and it took me almost two months to make because it was 64*64 and it went from 80 to 5.
Mega-projects are always worth it.
Except when you suck at verifying your plans.
I once had a plan for a giant ass mob grinder that you could turn on and off. The corners of the barriers between each of the spawning rooms were glass, and in the middle of the glass was an empty hole, above the entire system was a branching pattern of trenches, and at the top of that was a single block of lava. The plan was that if you unblocked the lava, it would split out between the trenches and illuminate the entire grinder, essentially shutting it off.
Here's an image:
I finished the entire project before testing the lava. The lava only went down one path instead of branching off into many and illuminated basically one sector of the entire thing. I was so pissed I never played on that server again, mostly because I didn't want to face my failure. Haha.
Oh yeah and it took me almost two months to make because it was 64*64 and it went from 80 to 5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNx124AtFV0Acullis said:
This one is the best idea for a greenhouse I've seen yet. At least one that prevents loss of seeds or soil.
Seems it would be better at the top of a hill. As long as that hill's not more than about 20 at the most above sea level to keep from hitting the sky limit.ArtistDude88 said::3
Well I just tried my reed harvester and.... It totally didn't go as I thought it would
And on another note, here's my build plan that I drew for Arkyoto...
I dunno... I laid out the base of it and it is huuuge! not_sure_if_want.jpg
Based off the Kumamoto castle...
Acullis said:Yeah that'll take a LOT of materials. But it'll be worth it, trust me
Mega-projects are always worth it.
I used to think that when I first started Minecraft. Used to build all sorts of insane things, just massive productions that would take me months. After a while, I grew kind of tired of it. Now I mostly focus on interesting, smaller designs that fit a certain theme or concept I like. I find it a bit more rewarding overall.
YMMV, of course.
Vinci said:
I think a lot of it for me is the monotony and the extent of time put into it, with a little bit of "this is going to be so badass when I finish it" added in there.
Obviously everyone plays a sandbox for their own reasons, but I guess I'm really drawn into the very time-consuming tasks, because it's easy for me to get comfortable and enjoy some music or watch a show or movie or something. Ultimate relaxation.
ArtistDude88
Member
Acullis said:
That totally gave me an idea.
Piston powered lamps that show/hide glowstone :U
Oh, no no no. If I got it wrong, sorry. I'm talking based on what I've seen every time I've joined the server. If you can check the logs, you'll see I pop in every now and then just so see how's everything goingArk said:I actually used WorldEdit for about two-thirds of the lava lake, everything else & the edges were done by hand though.
Server popularity is now determined by how often Mik plays
And about 1.8 and lots of people joining... I'm basing that on the fact that a lot of people here are saying stuff like "I will buy Minecraft once 1.8 releases" or "I will get back to Minecraft once 1.8 releases"