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Minecraft |OT2| Punch Your Way to Your Own World
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Grinchy
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I just couldn't disagree with this statement more.CoffeeJanitor said:
I guess for regular games, that could be seen as true. But this game struck a cord with me that's caused me to put more play time into it than most of the games made by "game devs" who "create the experience for you." I know exactly what you mean when you say it isn't something you are good at, though.
LittleBigPlanet never would have been so awesome to me if I didn't spend the majority of my time in the creator. People who only played levels probably see the game differently than I do.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
You know, I'd like to have it the LBP way where you're given some presets and can make your own.Grinchy said:
DangerousDave
Member
Grinchy said:
But Minecraft already have a creative mode, for anyone that love to make creative stuff. The game require some objectives, in order to justify the fact that you are playing survival instead of creative. Right now, it's only resource gathering, but when you already got enough resources to do anything... there is no incentive in doing anything that you can't already do in creative mode.
I'm waiting for the archievement system, to see if encourage me in doing different goals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UdEFmxRmNECranzor said:
Cranzor said:
Also for the very lazy, the playlist: http://www.youtube.com/user/BlueXephos#p/c/F60520313D07F366/0/4UdEFmxRmNE
Every time Lewis does something stupid (like place twenty torches within five squares of each other, fall off a ledge, stare at a wall instead of looking at the action, wonder where all these monsters are coming from around this mob spawner, use valuable tools to break through things like glass or leaves, or not see a mob that's directly in front of him), take a shot.
You'll be drunk in no time!
You'll be drunk in no time!
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Am I a fun killer for not lovin those vids cause i know they're just acting?
Sofo said:
Craftbook might still be borked on Exano's server. TBH I think a lot of people have stopped playing there because all the mods are broken. Hell there isn't even a MOTD now so I have no idea if anyone is on when I log on and have no idea how to check it since the old /who or /playerlist don't work.
Really getting tired of having to restart projects every 2 months because the server changes/poops out. I absolutely love the game but I think this is what's going to drive me away from it entirely. Spending weeks of effort into something that'll just languish and disappear for what is now my fourth time on a GAF multiplayer server is getting old as fuck.
I hated it because of that, too, but only at first. It grew on me. And it's starting to feel kinda less scripted nowadays because they have a vast network of people that build and plan everything out, instead of the two of them doing it themselves. They obviously have a vague idea of what to expect, but I'm sure most of it is deliberately kept hidden from them.CoffeeJanitor said:
It's fun.
Atomski said:
It's not even just mods that are broken it seems like. Basic bukkit functionality isn't even working. TBH I wouldn't mind a more mod-less server but I think with any setup the admins eventually wear out and the server dies. It's already happened several times to GAF servers and if you're working on something really Big that takes weeks or even months of work having a server die out in the middle of a project repeatedly is disheartening.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
I have no idea honestlyFoxix said:
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Deleted member 80556
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Ferrio said:Really proud of my new house design. THought I'd share
The roof, and the great wall (we have a giant adminium wall surrounding us, to keep the world very very small)
I need to get this game. I really hope to get some credit card for Steam when this game is released officially.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Get it now. You're probably going to have to pay more at the official release anyways (which is like 7 months away).Juan29.zapata said:
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
I'm tempted to offer to take over the gaf minecraft server, I have a spare server with some heft behind it and a decent internet connection. Just not a dedicated IP.
The other option is to have it hosted:
http://www.servercraft.co/pricing/
I would put the money out for a couple of months, but I can't afford 25 a month indefinitely
Not until i'm out of College anyway, heh.
The other option is to have it hosted:
http://www.servercraft.co/pricing/
I would put the money out for a couple of months, but I can't afford 25 a month indefinitely
Not until i'm out of College anyway, heh.
jaundicejuice
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Do you typically build two separate, one-way tracks with their own boosters between two destinations?
I just built my first real stretch of minecart track today and have been farting around with a minecart, trying to figure out how to make it go. I couldn't figure out how to maintain its speed on my own, even built some elaborate rollercoaster sections to try and give as speed on the initial launch in at least one direction, finally gave in and discovered minecart boosters on the wiki.
So right now I have a booster on each end of this one long stretch of track, I have to hop out of the cart near the end and destroy it, otherwise I get thrown back the way I came. Also the initial booster doesn't always provide enough of a boost to last the entire ride. SOme launches carry me all the way, others only half the distance.
It probably makes sense to have a one-way track with two or three boosters along the way.
I just built my first real stretch of minecart track today and have been farting around with a minecart, trying to figure out how to make it go. I couldn't figure out how to maintain its speed on my own, even built some elaborate rollercoaster sections to try and give as speed on the initial launch in at least one direction, finally gave in and discovered minecart boosters on the wiki.
So right now I have a booster on each end of this one long stretch of track, I have to hop out of the cart near the end and destroy it, otherwise I get thrown back the way I came. Also the initial booster doesn't always provide enough of a boost to last the entire ride. SOme launches carry me all the way, others only half the distance.
It probably makes sense to have a one-way track with two or three boosters along the way.
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Deleted member 80556
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I know! But I don't have any way to get it! Where the hell am I supposed to get a credit card by then?!CoffeeJanitor said:
But hypothetically, and I'm not saying that it will happen, if I happen to get a credit card and am able to get the game, will I be able to activated officially through Steam?
CoffeeJanitor
Member
No credit card, huh? I dunno man. You could use paypal and wire from your bank account or whatever.Juan29.zapata said:
I have no idea for Steam. Who knows if Notch is even going through it.
CoffeeJanitor said:
No. A game genre is a game genre. It's not horror movie's job do to what a comedy does. It's not a shooter's job to fill the need of people having a taste for Tetris.
Minecraft is a "sandbox game". Almost the only one existing on top of that. If it's not the type of game you want to play, you know what do to. Wanting every game to be everything doesn't bring any good on the table.
Also, a sandbox game IS having goals. It can have as much goals as any other genre of games and even more. It's just that this type of game doesn't tell you explicity what your goals are. It's you that freestyle through the game and have your own fun and goals. If it's boring to you when a game doesn't list you goals to do, there are more linear and conventional games available for that.
Anyhow, the sandbox genre is unexplored and currently a unique experience. I want them to capitalise on this, not change the genre of the game. The potential of a sandbox is so tremendously huge, it would be crazy not to continue in the direction they seem to have right now. Don't be mistaken though, I don't mean to defend the latest updates as substantial, they ARE pretty insignificant updates. I want improvement and alot of new stuff, meaningful stuff. The achievements there are pretty cool but 1.5 still is just candy and ambiances.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
I'm not disagreeing with you. It's just that right now the game is me building something. When I finish building it....Well, then I'm done. There's no reward for anything outside of looking at your structure.Ranger X said:
Anyways I think a lot of the possible improvements that have been mentioned wouldn't really impede on the gameplay anyways.
CoffeeJanitor said:
Farming could be deeper, Hunting too, more mobs and weapons, more diverse and interactive fauna and flora, more vehicules. They could had systems of everything. We could craft gold pieces, attach prices to stuff, having a law system, jobs, anything really.
The only difference with a sandbox game is that you need to implement the behavior, the system itself, not dictate the player what to do with it.
But oh well, I am sure Notch underestimate the potential of a sandbox game. Imagine a game genre than can always evolve. It theorically could evolve up until being "real life 2". Real life IS a mega complex and extremely huge sandbox.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Asscraft's different areas and buildings have the best namesanimlboogy said:
Believe.
Yeah, I know it sucks. I just rushed it now, but maybe with textures added it could look slightly better!. I didn't want to use many blocks either (and no other shapes, seeing how in Minecraft everything is made out of blocks...)
Anyway, I imagine it would be awesome if you could either:
- Kill the dragon
- Tame the dragon
If you kill it, it would give you tons of shit like 'Dragon Scale' to make armors, weapons and items, 'and you could also get all the treasures in the dragon's lair.
If you tame it, it would be your flying transport and you could even create your own dragon's lair in your house/fortress and have the dragon kill all the enemies that get close.
Yeah, I know it sucks. I just rushed it now, but maybe with textures added it could look slightly better!. I didn't want to use many blocks either (and no other shapes, seeing how in Minecraft everything is made out of blocks...)
Anyway, I imagine it would be awesome if you could either:
- Kill the dragon
- Tame the dragon
If you kill it, it would give you tons of shit like 'Dragon Scale' to make armors, weapons and items, 'and you could also get all the treasures in the dragon's lair.
If you tame it, it would be your flying transport and you could even create your own dragon's lair in your house/fortress and have the dragon kill all the enemies that get close.
Rabbit Lord
Member
Sofo said:
Yea, seems the server pop is dying off. =(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQARwb5cVk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
If that isn't a reason to hate the guys behind FortressCraft, I don't know what is.
If that isn't a reason to hate the guys behind FortressCraft, I don't know what is.
parasight said:
Every piece that adds concerning the FortressCraft guys is always a step towards confirming my first impression of them and their game. A first impression that I will politely not say here 'cause we all have better stuff to talk about, you know, stuff that can be worth our time.
jaundicejuice said:
This is what I've got. I haven't tested extensively, but it should work fine. It will boost you if you're coming from either direction, while ignoring the "wrong" booster cart. If you have this at the end of a track, you can leave off the unneeded booster (for example, in that pic you could remove the upper booster since you don't need it to throw you into that block on the left.)
jaundicejuice
Member
That's what I've created, only instead of having the one pit with the ramps nullifying the booster cart for the other direction I stupidly have two sets of parallel track with their own separate boosters.
I'm going to consolidate the track into one and try that booster system. I might scrap the track altogether. I did all this work for a tunnel system that ended up back near my spawn (once I dug upwards) and the cave system I tunneled into wasn't as ore rich as I thought it was. The underground all around my spawn is swiss cheese, I keep digging in all of these random directions and everything's just starting to intersect, it's kind of confusing honestly.
I'm going to consolidate the track into one and try that booster system. I might scrap the track altogether. I did all this work for a tunnel system that ended up back near my spawn (once I dug upwards) and the cave system I tunneled into wasn't as ore rich as I thought it was. The underground all around my spawn is swiss cheese, I keep digging in all of these random directions and everything's just starting to intersect, it's kind of confusing honestly.
Grinchy
Banned
Finished up the shell of my future home on Asscraft. It is not far behind my old home, so I'm thinking of some kind of secret passage between them.
It feels like it took a ton of stone just to make the shell. The inside is going to take forever.
My oval-shaped bedroom will lead out to the balcony in the front. It's in dirt right now because I actually have to go and mine new materials.
I still have to finish making the rooms inside and the staircase leading to the upstairs hallways. Not to mention the floor...and reshaping the earth around it to make the road connect to the main road...
It feels like it took a ton of stone just to make the shell. The inside is going to take forever.
My oval-shaped bedroom will lead out to the balcony in the front. It's in dirt right now because I actually have to go and mine new materials.
I still have to finish making the rooms inside and the staircase leading to the upstairs hallways. Not to mention the floor...and reshaping the earth around it to make the road connect to the main road...
Barberetti
Member
Mik2121 said:
I like the sound of Dragon Scale armour. Would be nice if it was fire resistant as well, like 1 second per armour unit, so that a full suit would protect you for 10 seconds if you fell in lava, before it disintegrated. You'd have a chance of getting out before burning to a crisp then lol.
Hope you're going to texture that dragon and post pics. You've got the Minecraft look going pretty good there I think.
R.I.P.
Omega and Legend
Omega died during our exploration, but helped me find the greatest canyon ever.
Legend died defending me when we were searching for the canyon again....
Now I only have Ajax and Titan left.
Protip guys, create individual dog cells and name your dogs. It's much more personal that way.
Omega and Legend
Omega died during our exploration, but helped me find the greatest canyon ever.
Legend died defending me when we were searching for the canyon again....
Now I only have Ajax and Titan left.
Protip guys, create individual dog cells and name your dogs. It's much more personal that way.
AEREC said:
Ranger X said:
I just bought it as well, and i'm getting ~60-120fps (according to fraps), with framerate set to limited in the options.
I've got an i7 870, 8GB Ram and a GTX580 running on Win7 x64, 20-30fps seems really low
edit: Now that i think about it, it definitely doesn't look like 60fps...
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
AEREC said:
Odd, I get great performance, even full screen at 1920x1080 and I have an I7 also.
Your I7 Overclocked?
Mine is @ 3.67ghz and HT turned off and I average around 200fps when walking around south point.
Edit:
I'm looking at the fps gauge you get when you press F3.
I think it might depend more on the graphic card really.
At home I have an old Radeon HD 4680. When I am underground I'm almost constantly in the 50-60 fps and when I get outside I oscillate around 30. At the office I have an excellent graphic card but I don't remember the name. I go way over 60 fps but when there's some busy environement, I am back oscillating around 30 fps.
Anyhow, I hope there are still performance improvements to come. :/
At home I have an old Radeon HD 4680. When I am underground I'm almost constantly in the 50-60 fps and when I get outside I oscillate around 30. At the office I have an excellent graphic card but I don't remember the name. I go way over 60 fps but when there's some busy environement, I am back oscillating around 30 fps.
Anyhow, I hope there are still performance improvements to come. :/
