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Minecraft |OT2| Punch Your Way to Your Own World
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IrishNinja
Member
Branduil said:
looks great man, props on completing it!
IrishNinja
Member
just got dropped, connection timed out...anyone else?
Had great fun on exano's server yesterday, fleshed out my house nicely. Made a few trenches to keep out creepers but still get lots of spiders even with overhangs.
BTW, does the exano server have some anti-creeper mods on it? Every time I nearly kill a creeper, or it starts hissing, it just disappears. Is that deliberate to protect from someone accidentally blowing up someone else's building? I don't mind too much, server lag can make fighting creepers a bit hit and miss.
BTW, does the exano server have some anti-creeper mods on it? Every time I nearly kill a creeper, or it starts hissing, it just disappears. Is that deliberate to protect from someone accidentally blowing up someone else's building? I don't mind too much, server lag can make fighting creepers a bit hit and miss.
Got a question. Recently grabbed the game with some friends. It's so much fucking fun.
That said, after getting admin on someone we knows server anfd fucking around for a couple days. We are going to play legit. Start with nothing and go from there.
Is there any way to change where you spawn? Or somehow find your way back to your team easier.
Also, I tried to use the texture pack recommended a few pages back and heavily used. I installed the HD one prior. However, I can't find my minecraft.jar. If it's the default file that is downloaded, when I open it, none of the folders it is says to install stuff into (like the texture one) are there.
I am using Windows 7. Anyone got any tips?
That said, after getting admin on someone we knows server anfd fucking around for a couple days. We are going to play legit. Start with nothing and go from there.
Is there any way to change where you spawn? Or somehow find your way back to your team easier.
Also, I tried to use the texture pack recommended a few pages back and heavily used. I installed the HD one prior. However, I can't find my minecraft.jar. If it's the default file that is downloaded, when I open it, none of the folders it is says to install stuff into (like the texture one) are there.
I am using Windows 7. Anyone got any tips?
'okay... dont mine directly under you, good good'
'alright, everythings going fine'
'alright no lava here, good, still mining one block ahead'
*mouse mismicro*
'oh sho-'
*diamond pick rapes through iron ore in a second*
*fall to lava death*
i hate this game.
'alright, everythings going fine'
'alright no lava here, good, still mining one block ahead'
*mouse mismicro*
'oh sho-'
*diamond pick rapes through iron ore in a second*
*fall to lava death*
i hate this game.
Pandaman said:
mine two blocks ahead? you have a decent range?
BTW, anyone else hoard the better picks/swords? when I finally scrape enough iron for a pick, I still use the stone ones for mining, saving the iron one for coal/iron/redstone.
Does the diamond one still run out?
bengraven
Member
Ha, I was mining up in a straight line, something I never do, but I had to get to the surface and get home. I'm always worried I'm going to hit lava.
Suddenly I can't get through a block. I throw down a torch so I can see what kind of block I'm hitting...I'm directly below a block of obsidian. I count my blessings and gtfo.
Suddenly I can't get through a block. I throw down a torch so I can see what kind of block I'm hitting...I'm directly below a block of obsidian. I count my blessings and gtfo.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
Timan said:
Oh that is nice. How would I go about doing this for my server?
Diseased Yak
Member
mrklaw said:
I have a double chest in my Fortress of Awesome that I use exclusively for cobblestone and some sand, plus a few stacks of dirt for some unknown reason. Cobblestone comes in handy for making stairs, or for cooking up stone if you have to have the look of stone.
I also have a one-square pit of lava in my house surrounded by stone that I use as a garbage disposal, tossing anything I don't want anymore into it.
DangerousDave
Member
mrklaw said:
I wander around a little, searching mountains, and I usually find caves or holes.
And sometimes I use Cartographer G Cave Mode in order to see if there is any specially big cave maze around, before creating my house.
mrklaw said:
Are you looking to mine or you looking to explore caves? If you're looking to mine the best mining method IMO is the 2x1x2 method. Essentially make a stairwell down until you get to 13.6 on the height. This will place you in prime diamond territory but one block above most lava pools. Then create shafts all on that 13.6 height like this:
SBBSBBSBBS S= mine shaft
SBBSBBSBBS B=Stone
MMMMMMMMM M= your main hallway
SBBSBBSBBS
Feel free to make your main hallway wider than that (mine is 2 wide). Expand the mine shafts out to a distance you deem acceptable and maybe connect them with a rear hallway as well for easier access on that end. Using this method of shaft mining you should find all the minerals you could possibly need.
If you're just exporing caves ignore this. Also remember that after a certain height diamond becomes extremely rare/nonexistant so it might be better to use iron pickaxes if you're exploring/mining at those heights simply because you might not replenish your diamond stocks fast enough.
Either host your own, which is easy, or if your friends are GAFfers you can play on Exano's server mentioned in the OP. Some people have been allowed to let their non-GAF friends onto Exano's too but you'd need to ask him first.Blackface said:
EDIT: To make things clear, you can walk out into the wilderness and use the "/set home" command to make your home some random point far away from society and then use "/home" to go there from spawn every time you died. There's no actual spawn point setting on Exano's at the moment.
Isn't the command on Exano's server /home set rather than /set home? Either way if you hop on Exano's server type /home help for the list of /home commands and don't forget to peruse /help as well. If you need any help with anything else (/lwc commands for instance) feel free to ask. 
Mister_Bubbles
Member
If I may ask - how do you build those narrow 'poles' that the lamps hang on?
Rabbit Lord
Member
Mister_Bubbles said:
If I may ask - how do you build those narrow 'poles' that the lamps hang on?
Single fence posts.
Mister_Bubbles
Member
Ahh, gotcha. Cheers.
To be more specific, you need to build from the top down to stack fences.
So let's say you want what's in that screenshot.
F=fence
W=wood
D=dirt
You want this:
FF
FW
F
F
Start with this:
FF
DW
D
D
Then one at a time, remove the dirt from the top down while placing fences on the next block down.
It looks great but it's worth considering that you'll probably get more light from a single torch on the ground.
So let's say you want what's in that screenshot.
F=fence
W=wood
D=dirt
You want this:
FF
FW
F
F
Start with this:
FF
DW
D
D
Then one at a time, remove the dirt from the top down while placing fences on the next block down.
It looks great but it's worth considering that you'll probably get more light from a single torch on the ground.
Mister_Bubbles
Member
Very useful, thanks guys - will be good to have something a bit fancier to use than wooden block pillars
DurielBlack
Member
bengraven said:
This is why I always keep a stack of cobble on my quickslot bar. Luckily lava flows really slowly, so all I have to do is tap "2" and place cobble when I see a faceful of lava heading for me.
Sadly, I forgot to keep my cobble slotted last week and you can guess the rest.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
Calm Killer said:
Anyone know how I would get this type of map to work on my server as well? What do I need to run on my server?
DangerousDave
Member
Come on, that damn spiders don't wanna get drowned.
At least I found a way to kill the spiders and only the spiders with lava and I even got some strings, so the loot is not always destroyed.
At least I found a way to kill the spiders and only the spiders with lava and I even got some strings, so the loot is not always destroyed.
Mortrialus
Banned
Mine contribution is bland compared to some of the spectacular work shown off by others in this thread, but, here goes. My single player minecraft creations:
My Sky Sanctuary(Corny, I know):
The Doomtree:
My Sky Sanctuary(Corny, I know):
The Doomtree:
SatelliteOfLove
Member
I like that texture pack; is that dirt for the house?
Mortrialus
Banned
SatelliteOfLove said:
You talking to me?
Thats how cobblestone looks in this mod. I quite like it.
Gloomcraft.
Has anyone seen the new Yogscast video yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg9zPvYWI9Q
Someone should set up some event like this on one of the GAF servers! It would be an interesting break from the usual world-expansion and model-building.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg9zPvYWI9Q
Someone should set up some event like this on one of the GAF servers! It would be an interesting break from the usual world-expansion and model-building.
DangerousDave said:
I am still working on my drowning trap. I tried to make one without using glass but it seems to be impossible. I will have to do like people on the net and use glass it seems.
I am currently having some epic 10 furnace smelting 64 blocks of sands each right now. lolol
Finally finished my base on AssCraft, located a few blocks from Ocean Town. Started off as a modest glass pyramid in the sky, but evolved over time. I'm pretty happy about how it came out, and the glass gives you a great view of the landscape all around. I especially love the glass elevators that give some pretty damn scenic moving views.
