You can hide until daylight. Once the sun rises enough, zombies will burn and spiders become docile. A few monsters will survive in the sunlight, however (Creepers, for example).
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You can hide until daylight. Once the sun rises enough, zombies will burn and spiders become docile. A few monsters will survive in the sunlight, however (Creepers, for example).
You can hide, and in fact you almost certainly should. I'd say you typically end up huddling in the dark in a tiny dirt hut for the first night or two until you start establishing a base/house/castle/mine/wood source whatever.
Infamous Chris
Banned
Beginner spoilers, I...guess?
Warning: This will make you want to buy the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANgI2o_Jinc
Also, once you get better established in the game, you can prevent monsters from ever getting near you by using torches/glowstone to light up the areas around your home at night. If areas are bright enough, monsters can't spawn there. They can only spawn in the dark a certain distance away from players.
More like WARNING: this will spoil your first day in the game -- wich is the most awesome moment.
You guys shouldn't do this to people.
You guys shouldn't do this to people.
It's 1.6.6 beta (I thought it was after beta but I was wrong). This was posted by 4J yesterday:
Shadow Hog
Member
Question becomes how large... the Android version's stages are so small, it's kinda pathetic.
I'm excited for this. Minecraft runs only OKAY on my laptop. I'm looking forward to a consistent 60 FPS. Also, most of my friends are console gamers. Hopefully I can convince them to get this game and play with me.
I wonder if I can get a spare Xbox with Gold and just leave it on as a kind of "server" so people can come and join as they please. That'd be kinda neat, 'cause the community aspect is probably the most interesting part of Minecraft for me.
I wonder if I can get a spare Xbox with Gold and just leave it on as a kind of "server" so people can come and join as they please. That'd be kinda neat, 'cause the community aspect is probably the most interesting part of Minecraft for me.
Only your friends can join your server, so that would be kinda pointless, sadly :\
RebornYeti
Member
That a bit of a harsh statement. All I wanted was for at least two people to be able to share a world over Live and it does. So, it was totally worth adding that feature.
Okay, that really sucks.
Yes, that is a departure however I think the developer's reasoning makes perfect sense. For one, the "drag each material into a crafting bench square one piece at a time" interface would be way too tedious using a controller. Second, most PC players typically have the Minecraft wiki open in another window when they need to remember an item's recipe where that's not the case when someone is playing on the couch. So, this saves console gamers the effort of having to pause the game and walk over to their computer, look up a recipe, then walk back to their couch, etc.
Besides, there is still a LOT of stuff that you'll still have to discover on your own if you choose not to look it up online like how to craft a Nether portal, make redstone devices, each mob's unique behaviors, etc.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Yeah, I've rarely played with more than 5 or 6 people, 8 is fine.
RebornYeti
Member
Splitscreen? No. You don't even need XBL for Splitscreen.
Huevos de Oro
Member
Will probably get it. I recently got a 12 month Live card with 800 monies as a gift, and I need to put them to good use. I'd love to try out split screen coop with my daughters.
you should play your copy of so4 with your daughters.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Wow, that's one cool-ass trailer! It's difficult to imagine how to make a quick and informative trailer for Minecraft, but there it is.
Infamous Chris
Banned
Awesome trailer. Can't wait.
Oh man, might buy this just for splitscreen. I have the PC version but i haven't played for ages for every frigging patch breaks the game. It just keeps crashing even with low graphics settings and updated Java.
Though before i buy this, i would love to have some idea when will the first patch arrive and is it just pc's 1.7 or if it will jump straight to 1.0.
Though before i buy this, i would love to have some idea when will the first patch arrive and is it just pc's 1.7 or if it will jump straight to 1.0.
Mechanized
Member
Hmmm... Minecraft from the comfort of my bed with a wireless 360 controller. I might have to double dip. I'll wait and see how the framerate is and how "large" the generated worlds are first though.
That's... genius. Really. Even while playing solo, having a second "player" adds some possibilities.
The more i think of this, the more i want to double dip.
Trailer is awesome, really excited for this.
This might seem like a stupid question but here goes anyway. The trailer only shows 4 players on one full screen, then two 4 player split-screen games when it mentions "8 friends on Xbox Live".
Is it confirmed to work with 8 players, each on their own screens over Live?
Edit: Nevermind, it clearly shows 8 players on one screen for a second. I missed it. SWEET.
This might seem like a stupid question but here goes anyway. The trailer only shows 4 players on one full screen, then two 4 player split-screen games when it mentions "8 friends on Xbox Live".
Is it confirmed to work with 8 players, each on their own screens over Live?
Edit: Nevermind, it clearly shows 8 players on one screen for a second. I missed it. SWEET.
Yeah, 8 invidual players over Live, if you wish. Very likely you can mix split screen and Live players as well, as long as the split screen players are Gold enabled or guests, if the game allows guests.
I don't know what storage limitations Microsoft might impose on saved games for this, but the PC version's worlds are as large as you could ever want them to be. If you keep exploring, it keeps generating more world.
Thanks, actually the trailer shows 8 players on one screen at 0.50. I missed it. Doh!
This game is gonna take over my life
It's been confirmed that it will work with any combination of player types. All the players could have their own screen if they wanted. The only limitations are the max of eight players per world and people joining over Xbox Live must be on your friends list.
9 times the surface area of Earth is the PC Minecraft's world's maximum IIRC. But traveling mere 2% of that starts causing lag and other issues due to floating point errors. Even with later versions, AFAIK.
I doubt the Xbox version creates maps larger than one Earth or so but even that is more than enough. Should be, anyway. Hell, half-Earth should be enough.
That's awesome, thanks.
RebornYeti
Member
Gah, they have to be on your friend's list? That's.. okay, I guess.
Forsaken82
Member
I would assume it prevents people from joining and griefing? Unless your friends are griefers..
RebornYeti
Member
That's what I was thinking. Hopefully that works.
If not, I'm totally down for adding a few folks. I bet none of my friends are even getting this game haha.
Well, it'd still be cool if it was only people on your friends list, though costly. I just want to be able to come back to my world and see all the new stuff my friends have built, but that won't be possible if they can only join when I'm online, unless I just leave it on all the time.
Infamous Chris
Banned
This needs to happen. My FL is full but I'm down for clearing a few peeps to make room for some dedicated miners.
