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[Minecraft] - rock is my life (multiplayer survival out now)

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  • MetaHybridMetaHybrid Registered User regular
    skace wrote: »
    Ok how do I make string, I wanted to figure out on my own but apparently im retarded.

    Only way to get string is from killing spiders. You'll find them fairly easily...

    at night.

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  • MetallikatMetallikat Registered User regular
    Is there any way to force steps to face a certain direction when placed in a corner?

  • Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak Registered User
    I have the same problem. Well, they always go in the same direction no matter where I place them.

  • zilozilo Registered User
    Metallikat wrote: »
    Is there any way to force steps to face a certain direction when placed in a corner?

    Sort of. You can place steps one level above, then place the steps where you want, then destroy the first steps.

    So, like this:

    ___- <-- place these, place steps below, then destroy these
    ____-

  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    Planting saplings is the greatest thing ever.

    I'm just gonna leave it running for a while and see if I can grow a giant forest for my tree fort.

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  • Lars_DomusLars_Domus Registered User regular
    Oh god! So many hours lost.

    I got tired of mining, so I took to spelunking.

    First I had to battle off a never-ending swarm of slimes that managed to corner me at the shore of a giant ass lava lake.

    Then I had an encounter that made me wonder if the monsters are quite a bit smarter than I give them credit for: There was this little chamber, filled with at least two of every type of monster in the game, but a giant slime was stuck in the opening, and none of them could get at me. I knew that I would be in trouble if I killed the slime, so instead I poured a bucket of lava in front of it, with the idea that it would flow into the room and burn them all. It did get a couple of them, but the skeletons had a different idea. They shot at a creeper that was mindlessly braving the lava to get at me, who then responded by exploding, taking the lava with it, and leaving the way wide open for the surviving monsters to charge at me.

    Then, even later, I was just exploring a big chamber when I accidentally fell through a one tile hole in the floor, that turned out to be the roof over the lava lake where I had fought the slimes earlier. It was deep enough that I was completely immerged, and I was incinerated before I could even reach the surface.

    I lost:
    - 13 diamonds
    - Diamond pick, shovel and sword
    - A full set of iron armor in relatively decent condition
    - A shitload of iron, gold, coal and red stuff

    ... and all just because I'm a clumsy goose. If a creeper had snuck up on me, that would at least have been a honorable (and hilarious) death.

    I think I'll give up gathering resources for a while and start work on my underwater base.

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  • StreltsyStreltsy Registered User regular
    Streltsy wrote: »
    A penis church, yes. Eh, my first time playing this and I never had legos as a kid. Thought it was sort of funny, especially the second shot looking up from the altar into the heavens and seeing a giant dong splurging.

    Did you add that onto the Church of Wang in the Creative server? If so, awesome! If not... you should replicate it over there! We've got quite an expansive church going. =) Even Link is in on it! (I'd upload the picture of Link holding a wang on high, but I'm not at my home computer at the moment =( )

    Yup, it's right near the giant fruit fucker 2000. It's nothing compared to the stuff you guys do. But I was eager to build something and didn't explore too much, didn't even know we already had a Church of Wang, that's pretty awesome.
    Where is it?

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  • XtarathXtarath Registered User
    New version of Alpha is up. Do saves transfer from one downloadable client to the next?

  • freakish lightfreakish light Registered User regular
    When you launch it, the client downloads all the new files to update itself automatically.

    So yes.

    also since they're all in a central location, saves are shared between the browser and downloadable versions on the same computer.

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  • ZetxZetx Fixer, Lurker Registered User regular
    I've been generating random maps for a good half hour now. It's always fun to see those natural wonders. ...Then I don't feel like mining. :|

    Maybe it's a mining funk.


    So uhh... I dunno, suggestions?

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  • zilozilo Registered User
    Giant snow fortress? Undersea lair? Volcano city with a lever to flood it with magma?

  • MetallikatMetallikat Registered User regular
    Found my first underground cave system with a river running through it. Had fun damming it and diverting it elsewhere.

  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    Look for a place with a good amount of overhang, then make it into a floating fortress.

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  • GuyMontagGuyMontag Registered User
    forgive me for sounding really cheap, but isn't minecraft supposed to eventually become free? for various reasons my ability to purchase things online is hampered, and alpha looks awesome beyond imagining.

    classic, of course, is utterly lame. having dudes spawn in your base sucks.

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  • pabhpabh Registered User regular
    Okay, so let's kick off the Minecraft LP (well, provided that pabh deems the map as passable, and others are willing to join the good cause)

    sorry got distracted, yeah maps fine

  • ZetxZetx Fixer, Lurker Registered User regular
    Finally got a snow map; so I'm working on an under-ice/water base. Not sure how much room I'll have to work with. Lost about half my health trying to get all the water out.

    Edit:

    Night 1: Already assaulted by a skeleton archer. Hiding beneath the ice.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light Registered User regular
    GuyMontag wrote: »
    forgive me for sounding really cheap, but isn't minecraft supposed to eventually become free? for various reasons my ability to purchase things online is hampered, and alpha looks awesome beyond imagining.

    classic, of course, is utterly lame. having dudes spawn in your base sucks.

    Nooo. In fact, the price doubles after multiplayer comes out officially, so if you want to be cheap get it now.

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  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    pabh wrote: »
    Okay, so let's kick off the Minecraft LP (well, provided that pabh deems the map as passable, and others are willing to join the good cause)

    sorry got distracted, yeah maps fine

    I'll play too, but I'm a big pussy so don't expect a lot of cave exploring.

    In fact, expect a lot of tree planting. Possibly in the middle of anything Pabh builds.

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  • ZetxZetx Fixer, Lurker Registered User regular
    Quick question: Does flowing water freeze?

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  • GuyMontagGuyMontag Registered User
    do you have to pay for the multiplayer too? if so, do you need to pay for them both in succession, or is multiplayer an update to the single player infdev?

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  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    GuyMontag wrote: »
    do you have to pay for the multiplayer too? if so, do you need to pay for them both in succession, or is multiplayer an update to the single player infdev?

    You buy the alpha, and you get single player and multiplayer, and all future updates or addons are free for life.

    And yes, Minecraft will be free.... after it stops selling, and he deems it complete, he will wait a while, and then release it as open source, most likely. That's at least a couple of years off, I'd bet.



    FUCK this game has frozen on me twice and I've lost so much shit. Goddamnit. I think I need to take a break.

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  • zilozilo Registered User
    Zetx wrote: »
    Quick question: Does flowing water freeze?

    No, but if the source freezes it'll go away the same as if you dammed the source. I've been trying in vain to make a frozen waterfall today.

  • DarmakDarmak Godking of the Shitwizards CUNTINGFUCKSHITASSRegistered User regular
    zilo wrote: »
    Zetx wrote: »
    Quick question: Does flowing water freeze?

    No, but if the source freezes it'll go away the same as if you dammed the source. I've been trying in vain to make a frozen waterfall today.

    Put a torch by the source. Last I recall, torches keep water within a certain radius from freezing.

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  • MetallikatMetallikat Registered User regular
    Hrmm.. farming wheat seems to be very difficult. Animals continuously spawn on top of the farm plots while I'm away, trampling and destroying the crops.

  • zilozilo Registered User
    Darmak wrote: »
    zilo wrote: »
    Zetx wrote: »
    Quick question: Does flowing water freeze?

    No, but if the source freezes it'll go away the same as if you dammed the source. I've been trying in vain to make a frozen waterfall today.

    Put a torch by the source. Last I recall, torches keep water within a certain radius from freezing.

    Hmmmm, maybe that's my problem. I have some nearby torches to mark the door to my cave (which is currently made of 2 blocks of sand).

    edit: Yep, running water won't freeze, just the source. No frozen waterfalls. :(

  • zilozilo Registered User
    Metallikat wrote: »
    Hrmm.. farming wheat seems to be very difficult. Animals continuously spawn on top of the farm plots while I'm away, trampling and destroying the crops.

    You can build a greenhouse with glass walls and a glass roof, and plant your crops in there. Just make sure to have water no more than 4 squares away from your crops.

    Or you could throw some dirt down inside a cave and grow crops by torchlight.

  • MetallikatMetallikat Registered User regular
    zilo wrote: »
    Metallikat wrote: »
    Hrmm.. farming wheat seems to be very difficult. Animals continuously spawn on top of the farm plots while I'm away, trampling and destroying the crops.

    You can build a greenhouse with glass walls and a glass roof, and plant your crops in there. Just make sure to have water no more than 4 squares away from your crops.

    Or you could throw some dirt down inside a cave and grow crops by torchlight.

    I've gone the greenhouse route, completely walled off with a glass ceiling. The animals just spawn inside.

  • MolybdenumMolybdenum Registered User regular
    So i caved and bought this hellacious timesink of a dante's sandbox. Where do I sign up for the LP rotation, and how do I actually do the amp transferring?

    I have to say I would have never figured anything out about crafting without the wiki. The first step of logs>planks just didn't occur to me, and frankly doesn't really seem necessary.

  • Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak Registered User
    Current LP waiting list:

    Kris_xK
    Molybdenum

    Just write a pm with the link to the safe file to the next one under you on the list when you think you are done. You can maybe do a short writeup of your session or maybe not. You'll need an account to upload on the site I used previously, or use another site. I think there are some rather nice mountain formations to the east.

  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    GuyMontag wrote: »
    forgive me for sounding really cheap, but isn't minecraft supposed to eventually become free? for various reasons my ability to purchase things online is hampered, and alpha looks awesome beyond imagining.

    classic, of course, is utterly lame. having dudes spawn in your base sucks.

    thats like, tree years away at LEAST, dude

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  • MarsMars Registered User regular
    So. Guys. There's currently a rather large lava flood in the server. I'm busy quarantining off different people's stuff so you can clean up your area without worrying about the flood getting back in. It looks like it may have somehow gotten into someone's tree-tower, and from there into the rest of the area, so I had to lock down the entrance until we can get inside and see what's going on. Fortunately, it stayed at a pretty low level, so it's not too much to take care of.

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    Oh my God this game is eating my liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife!

    BTW, is there anyway to change your respawn point? I initially spawned on a beach and built a tower nearby, but I'd really like to respawn inside my tower instead of just outside it.

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  • pabhpabh Registered User regular
    Kris_xK wrote: »
    pabh wrote: »
    Okay, so let's kick off the Minecraft LP (well, provided that pabh deems the map as passable, and others are willing to join the good cause)

    sorry got distracted, yeah maps fine

    I'll play too, but I'm a big pussy so don't expect a lot of cave exploring.

    In fact, expect a lot of tree planting. Possibly in the middle of anything Pabh builds.

    Ha, you're a big pussy, I'm still playing in peaceful mode.

    Also check your pms for dropbox link

    Stuff I did:

    Ok as its just starting and theres a queue, I thought I would do a bit of resource gathering and only a tiny bit of exploring, I went to another island and spelunked a bit, left some torches about.

    Then I went back to the first island and dug a hole to the bottom of the world
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    and then dug through a normal block and fell out of the world
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    and then there was lots of drama with establishing a way to get back to the bottom of the hole that I had dug. Eventually sorted that. Theres goodies in the chest at the top of the mine shaft in the little hut thing.

  • Hey AshtrayHey Ashtray Registered User regular
    tell me about it, it's all I've done today.

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  • vegeta_666vegeta_666 CanadaRegistered User regular
    Just bought the Alpha a few hours ago, have been having a blast with it. Playing on easy to start off with. But I've managed to build myself a nice wooden fortress over-looking a cape with a sizable cave going underneath the mountain that my house is on. So I've built a ladder from the cave to my house and have been mining the cave and soon I think I'll dig down from my house so I can have a cool Bat-cave esque thing for my house, flood it a bit, put a dock and a boat in. I'm stoked.

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  • Hey AshtrayHey Ashtray Registered User regular
    So what do the green slime orbs you get from killing slime do?

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  • TheKoolEagleTheKoolEagle Registered User regular
    so i just went spelunking and i found a little home in a cave that had a chest in it with other crap! i was pretty excited that i found something other then monsters

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  • MetaHybridMetaHybrid Registered User regular
    So what do the green slime orbs you get from killing slime do?

    I thought you could throw them like snowballs, but I don't think they do anything right now.

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  • LunysgwenLunysgwen Registered User regular
    The whole world is on fire and there is lava EVERYWHERE! LAVA FLOOD 2010! My P-3 is equipped to both fend off water AND lava! It's the only safe place! (The P-3 may or may not fend off Lava - Users beware.)

    Falstaff wrote: »
    Edit: never let a bitch bait you into shooting your goo early. You'll end up too exhausted to do anything useful when the real action starts.
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  • LunysgwenLunysgwen Registered User regular
    I will burn whoever released the dam and flooded the world with lava. You will die a horrible horrible Voxel death.

    Falstaff wrote: »
    Edit: never let a bitch bait you into shooting your goo early. You'll end up too exhausted to do anything useful when the real action starts.
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