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  • hendusoonehendusoone Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I've been running my own little classic server for a while, but the things you guys have going here look pretty awesome. Would love to hop on and take a look around, and maybe help out with a bit of building. Haven't bought alpha yet, but probably will this evening.

    So, can I grab a steam invite, please? Here's my profile.

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  • dargondarkfiredargondarkfire wyomingRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Darmak wrote: »

    ow my head! i woke up and hour ago and i see this giberish.
    i can not see any possible use for this.o_O

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  • Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I had a random map generated the other day that had a huuuuuge cave with an opening approx 40 blocks high and 20 or so wide. I instantly ran up to the opening and stopped moving. "WTF" said I. The opening was only 1 block deep but because it was so high and wide it created a black shade in the opening part making it look like a cave.

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  • GalielmusGalielmus Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    "Are you listening, pig?" should definitely be the new thread title. That was absolutely amazing, in a mixture of brilliance and sadness.

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  • SipexSipex Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Jubal77 wrote: »
    I had a random map generated the other day that had a huuuuuge cave with an opening approx 40 blocks high and 20 or so wide. I instantly ran up to the opening and stopped moving. "WTF" said I. The opening was only 1 block deep but because it was so high and wide it created a black shade in the opening part making it look like a cave.

    That is where your house should be. It has been foretold.

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  • BullioBullio Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Darmak wrote: »

    I'm watching this wondering wtf he's talking about and admiring this unbelievably complicated design, and then there's a pig and cow jumping up and down.

    I hope this guy never teaches, because holy crap is he boring.

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  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Does the computer actually need to be that big or was that just for show?

    It seems like it could be smaller.

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  • DeShadowCDeShadowC Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Does the computer actually need to be that big or was that just for show?

    It seems like it could be smaller.

    It probably could be smaller to do the basics its currently doing, but he'll want that room to grow to do some of the additions he's talking about.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    DeShadowC wrote: »
    Does the computer actually need to be that big or was that just for show?

    It seems like it could be smaller.

    It probably could be smaller to do the basics its currently doing, but he'll want that room to grow to do some of the additions he's talking about.

    If he actually used three dimensions (up/down, wires crossing) it could be way more compact.

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  • SvKSvK Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Well, I bought the game so I can mess around with the map files. I'm reading up on the NBT format and writing translators. Oh, someone has beaten me to it. On to the next step, I guess.

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    How beefy does a pc need to be to run a server?

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  • MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Darmak wrote: »

    Jesus. I made the ALU for my computer architecture class. It was a very tedious process, but even then, my job was much easier than his. I had a Hardware Description Language to use as a bridge from the instances of hardware being used and me. This guy is mapping it out basically in schematic.

    Ugh.

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I have left my mark on Freebuild island, for those astute enough to find it.

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  • DaemonionDaemonion Mountain Man USARegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Just bought this last night when I was originally planning to go to bed.

    I'll take an invite, please (click)

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  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Machismo wrote: »
    Darmak wrote: »

    Jesus. I made the ALU for my computer architecture class. It was a very tedious process, but even then, my job was much easier than his. I had a Hardware Description Language to use as a bridge from the instances of hardware being used and me. This guy is mapping it out basically in schematic.

    Ugh.

    With the periodic break to mine out more materials to build it out of.

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    How beefy does a pc need to be to run a server?

    Depends on how many people you want to support. An average PC (by today's standards) can maybe support up to 20 people in a Minecraft server.
    Machismo wrote: »
    Darmak wrote: »

    Jesus. I made the ALU for my computer architecture class. It was a very tedious process, but even then, my job was much easier than his. I had a Hardware Description Language to use as a bridge from the instances of hardware being used and me. This guy is mapping it out basically in schematic.

    Ugh.

    With the periodic break to mine out more materials to build it out of.

    He used a map editor, he didn't have to do much.

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  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    rayofash wrote: »
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    How beefy does a pc need to be to run a server?

    Depends on how many people you want to support. An average PC (by today's standards) can maybe support up to 20 people in a Minecraft server.
    Machismo wrote: »
    Darmak wrote: »

    Jesus. I made the ALU for my computer architecture class. It was a very tedious process, but even then, my job was much easier than his. I had a Hardware Description Language to use as a bridge from the instances of hardware being used and me. This guy is mapping it out basically in schematic.

    Ugh.

    With the periodic break to mine out more materials to build it out of.

    He used a map editor, he didn't have to do much.

    Oh, he did? I missed that part. While still ridiculous, that is somewhat less ridiculous. So why's his floor a patchwork of dirt, stone, and cobbles if it's edited?

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    rayofash wrote: »
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    How beefy does a pc need to be to run a server?

    Depends on how many people you want to support. An average PC (by today's standards) can maybe support up to 20 people in a Minecraft server.
    Machismo wrote: »
    Darmak wrote: »

    Jesus. I made the ALU for my computer architecture class. It was a very tedious process, but even then, my job was much easier than his. I had a Hardware Description Language to use as a bridge from the instances of hardware being used and me. This guy is mapping it out basically in schematic.

    Ugh.

    With the periodic break to mine out more materials to build it out of.

    He used a map editor, he didn't have to do much.

    Oh, he did? I missed that part. While still ridiculous, that is somewhat less ridiculous. So why's his floor a patchwork of dirt, stone, and cobbles if it's edited?

    Because the dirt, stone and cobbles were there? He used the map editor to scoop out the land he needed and then put in the ALU, he probably had to make a few manual edits but for the most part it was made in a map editor. Read his description.

    Edit:
    This is the first part of a planned 16-bit computer that will run entirely in minecraft. That computer will be "Hack" compatible, which is to say that it'll run code meant for the Hack machine described in The Elements of Computer Systems (an awesome book that you should look up if you are at all interested in how computers work).

    Some more info:

    The design was drawn up in an awesome program called Redstone Simulator (does what it says on the tin), which was written by Baezon on the Minecraft Forums http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtop...

    MCEdit ( http://minecraftforums.net/viewtopic.... ) was used to help clear off space and import the design into minecraft. Hours of experimenting with prototypes, modifications to the design, and debugging took place in the game itself, however.

    This project is far from over. Memory, here I come...

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  • IdolisideIdoliside Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    rayofash wrote: »
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    How beefy does a pc need to be to run a server?

    Depends on how many people you want to support. An average PC (by today's standards) can maybe support up to 20 people in a Minecraft server.
    Machismo wrote: »
    Darmak wrote: »

    Jesus. I made the ALU for my computer architecture class. It was a very tedious process, but even then, my job was much easier than his. I had a Hardware Description Language to use as a bridge from the instances of hardware being used and me. This guy is mapping it out basically in schematic.

    Ugh.

    With the periodic break to mine out more materials to build it out of.

    He used a map editor, he didn't have to do much.

    Oh, he did? I missed that part. While still ridiculous, that is somewhat less ridiculous. So why's his floor a patchwork of dirt, stone, and cobbles if it's edited?

    He probably just took out the cube he was working in. The rest of the world is still generated.

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  • MegamaniacoMegamaniaco Madrid, Spain (again!)Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Just spent like 2 hours building a home in the middle of a lake in EIN's Server. I'm so hooked!

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  • samurai6966samurai6966 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Hey, can someone PM me the info for EIN's Server? I want to see Rapture.

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  • mspencermspencer PAX [ENFORCER] Council Bluffs, IARegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    That ALU is beautiful.

    If he builds memory, I think he should have a memory cache. Build main memory WAY out so it takes like 100 cycles to get the results of a read from main memory back, and put a two-way set associative cache nearby.

    I think I want to help him build it.

    Also, at the current exchange rate, Notch is up over $3.5 mil USD in sales now.

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  • RykeRyke Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Hey, can someone PM me the info for EIN's Server? I want to see Rapture.

    Indeed! I'm still waiting for that elusive steam group invite...

    http://steamcommunity.com/id/ryke

    Do it!

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    How do I make cartographer render my current save? I'm trying to dig a tunnel from one outpost to another, but I fear I've misjudged things.

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  • BarrabasBarrabas Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Tamin wrote: »
    How do I make cartographer render my current save? I'm trying to dig a tunnel from one outpost to another, but I fear I've misjudged things.

    If you have a prior save that you haven't renamed in the default folder it will overwrite it with the new map when you do it. If you don't have the above it just puts the image in the folder as is normal.

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  • Simjanes2kSimjanes2k Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Dude, freaking slashdotted....

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    hahaha, I manged to bungle the intersecting by a mere three or so blocks.

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  • MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Is Ein's server down? Trying to connect at school (yay for a 1 hour delay on class) and I can't.-

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  • MetaHybridMetaHybrid Taste defeat!Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Mvrck wrote: »
    Is Ein's server down? Trying to connect at school (yay for a 1 hour delay on class) and I can't.-

    I was just on it. I think it was full, and it was really laggy. Lost connection to it.

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  • EinEin CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Mvrck wrote: »
    Is Ein's server down? Trying to connect at school (yay for a 1 hour delay on class) and I can't.-

    Nope!

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Hey Minecraft thread,

    What's the easiest way to produce a bunch of gunpowder/tnt? I assume there's no way to get it other than from creepers?

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  • CarbonFireCarbonFire See you in the countryRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Recoil42 wrote: »
    Hey Minecraft thread,

    What's the easiest way to produce a bunch of gunpowder/tnt? I assume there's no way to get it other than from creepers?

    Farm Creepers
    Cheat with InvEdit

    That's basically it.

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  • MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    CarbonFire wrote: »
    Recoil42 wrote: »
    Hey Minecraft thread,

    What's the easiest way to produce a bunch of gunpowder/tnt? I assume there's no way to get it other than from creepers?

    Farm Creepers
    Cheat with InvEdit

    That's basically it.

    Dungeons have it too, but good luck finding them.

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  • FalstaffFalstaff Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Craftable sonar or dowsing rods would be cool. I like stumbling onto dungeons randomly and all, but when I end up digging straight down to bedrock without finding much more than some coal and a little iron, the game gets a tad dull.

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  • CarbonFireCarbonFire See you in the countryRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Machismo wrote: »
    CarbonFire wrote: »
    Recoil42 wrote: »
    Hey Minecraft thread,

    What's the easiest way to produce a bunch of gunpowder/tnt? I assume there's no way to get it other than from creepers?

    Farm Creepers
    Cheat with InvEdit

    That's basically it.

    Dungeons have it too, but good luck finding them.

    I probably found 1 TNT's worth of gunpowder in my last main world through dungeon chests. And I found enough dungeons to build a giant Mossy Cobblestone Creeper. While it is possible, I wouldn't characterize it as easy ;-)

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  • RubycatRubycat Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Mobkillers like this work pretty good as well.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzAofFVTTGQ

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  • Dropping LoadsDropping Loads Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Rubycat wrote: »
    Mobkillers like this work pretty good as well.
    (Mobkiller Movie)

    Will the mobs just walk into the water though? Or is the idea to build this in a cave where the mobs will spawn and drop into it directly? Will it work to make this on the surface in some random place and then just leave it in the dark?

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  • hatedinamericahatedinamerica Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Rubycat wrote: »
    Mobkillers like this work pretty good as well.
    (Mobkiller Movie)

    Will the mobs just walk into the water though? Or is the idea to build this in a cave where the mobs will spawn and drop into it directly? Will it work to make this on the surface in some random place and then just leave it in the dark?


    mobs will walk everywhere, even if it kills them. I guess, if you're going for dangerous monster-type mobs, then a cave (or anywhere dark) would work. You could even use yourself as bait to lure them in. Gotta watch out for Creepers blowing up your stuff though!

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  • JamesRJamesR Registered User new member
    edited September 2010
    It's nothing special compared to some of the crazy things I see floating around but I worked surprisingly hard on it so I thought I'd throw it up for you guys to judge :P

    I dub it Hellscream Harbour, took about 3-4 hours to build and all the materials were gathered by hand and has a foundation of dirt with a layer of planks on top as well as a torch on every square.

    That's a lot of wood as you can imagine :)

    Anyway, here are the pics:

    http://nobodyreadsthis.co.uk/public/Minecraft/HellscreamHarbour.png

    http://nobodyreadsthis.co.uk/public/Minecraft/Horde_Complete.png

    http://nobodyreadsthis.co.uk/public/Minecraft/Horde_BirdsEye.png

    I hope you enjoyed this :)

    Also, the last one looks a little better in Dokus Pack, just darker.

    Alternative with Dokus RPG Pack

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  • Zul the ConquerorZul the Conqueror Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    So I've been messing around in single player quite a bit, but I'd like to check out the awesomeness of SMP... here's my Steam profile if I can get an invite:

    http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970784854/

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