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MINECRAFT: Tonight, we build stone dongs in Hell!

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  • luceklucek Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Got some work ahead of you. Good luck.

    lucek on
  • luceklucek Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Sentient6 wrote: »
    Kasanagi wrote: »
    So you know how folks sometimes say "I do my best thinking while in the bathroom"? Well I just had a bathroom epiphany.

    Smash_Bros_Brawl_Captain_Falcon.jpg

    This guy needs a proper tribute in one of the servers. I'm thinking a fairly large scale statue, using gold bricks for the sash, glass-encased water for the blue stuff, and glass-encased lava for the helmet. He deserves no less.
    This is nothing short of divinely inspired. It must be done.

    Draw up the plans and pic a server and I'll help. About how tall do you think he needs to be 75, 80, no 500 cubes tall.

    lucek on
  • BerenBeren Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Jintor wrote: »
    Remember: use logs, not planks.

    any reason? I use planks in my fireplaces.

    Beren on
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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    God damn. This game.

    So I'm building a river. What for? I don't know, but I want one!

    Then at a bend, I accidentally dig a little too much, and make a neat little cove, so I work on it so it looks better. Why? Just because. While I'm doing it, I think, hey I could also do a huge chasm with an underground lake, and an island with a tree in it and sunlight from above ground and-
    cavey.jpg

    WHY.

    Satsumomo on
  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    What the hell is going on in your avatar.

    TrippyJing on
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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I need to get started on an underwater forest. Create a hole, plant a bunch of trees, and then flood it.

    Couscous on
  • nealcmnealcm Alvarian AlvarianRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    lucek wrote: »
    Sentient6 wrote: »
    Kasanagi wrote: »
    So you know how folks sometimes say "I do my best thinking while in the bathroom"? Well I just had a bathroom epiphany.

    Smash_Bros_Brawl_Captain_Falcon.jpg

    This guy needs a proper tribute in one of the servers. I'm thinking a fairly large scale statue, using gold bricks for the sash, glass-encased water for the blue stuff, and glass-encased lava for the helmet. He deserves no less.
    This is nothing short of divinely inspired. It must be done.

    Draw up the plans and pic a server and I'll help. About how tall do you think he needs to be 75, 80, no 500 cubes tall.

    this

    this so hard

    nealcm on
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  • proyebatproyebat GARY WAS HERE ASH IS A LOSERRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I don't get why zeal and it's sister island are in hinterland and are without snow cover

    proyebat on
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  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Beren wrote: »
    Jintor wrote: »
    Remember: use logs, not planks.

    any reason? I use planks in my fireplaces.

    I use planks too, because one log becomes 4 planks; it just seems like the efficient thing to do.

    Although I've had some trouble with different materials sometimes not doing the trick. I had made a brazier using cobblestone out in the open and the plank burned out; but when I made it with gravel it burned forever.

    And I noticed in multiplayer that zombies don't come out at night, you can't get hurt, and you can't kill animals. Is true survival mode just not implemented yet for multiplayer? My gf and I have been really wanting to do some co-op survival.

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  • putthepinbackputthepinback Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    so i popped into the world expo server to see what the hullabaloo was all about and oh my god i have minecraft envy.... you people are just amazing i see nothing but cool stuff everywhere i go.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    nealcm wrote: »
    lucek wrote: »
    Sentient6 wrote: »
    Kasanagi wrote: »
    So you know how folks sometimes say "I do my best thinking while in the bathroom"? Well I just had a bathroom epiphany.

    Smash_Bros_Brawl_Captain_Falcon.jpg

    This guy needs a proper tribute in one of the servers. I'm thinking a fairly large scale statue, using gold bricks for the sash, glass-encased water for the blue stuff, and glass-encased lava for the helmet. He deserves no less.
    This is nothing short of divinely inspired. It must be done.

    Draw up the plans and pic a server and I'll help. About how tall do you think he needs to be 75, 80, no 500 cubes tall.

    this

    this so hard

    The statue needs to be posed in mid execution of FALCON PAWNCH!

    Drake on
  • BeenieWeenieBeenieWeenie So Delicious So NutritiousRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    proyebat wrote: »
    I don't get why zeal and it's sister island are in hinterland and are without snow cover

    I'm pretty sure Ein did some wizardry and ripped the Hinterlands from another map and plopped it in this one.

    Therefore, the snow from the old biome is there, but no new snow falls (at least until Notch makes biomes work).

    BeenieWeenie on
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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    proyebat wrote: »
    I don't get why zeal and it's sister island are in hinterland and are without snow cover

    I'm pretty sure Ein did some wizardry and ripped the Hinterlands from another map and plopped it in this one.

    Therefore, the snow from the old biome is there, but no new snow falls (at least until Notch makes biomes work).

    I'm really looking forward to seeing this game get fleshed out more. Thinking about biomes and super-monsters and more mechanical stuff gets me hot. I want to face off against some kind of massive demon that can only be killed by the creation of an ingenious trap or gigantic killing device.

    Drake on
  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Someday Toady and Notch will just fully merge Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress into the best game ever.

    tehmarken on
  • nealcmnealcm Alvarian AlvarianRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    and nobody will leave their homes, and forever be plugged into the Fantasy-Fiction Matrix.

    nealcm on
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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    And then all of my other games will be sad. Because I will forget them.

    Drake on
  • BeenieWeenieBeenieWeenie So Delicious So NutritiousRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I keep getting a crash error if I play on any server except Ein's. Can someone decipher this for me?

    Spoilered for HUEG
    Minecraft has crashed!

    Minecraft has stopped running because it encountered a problem.

    If you wish to report this, please copy this entire text and email it to [email protected].
    Please include a description of what you did when the error occured.



    --- BEGIN ERROR REPORT a1dce528
    Generated 10/3/10 11:39 PM

    Minecraft: Minecraft Alpha v1.1.2_01
    OS: Windows XP (x86) version 5.1
    Java: 1.6.0_21, Sun Microsystems Inc.
    VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
    LWJGL: 2.4.2
    OpenGL: GeForce 8600 GTS/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW! version 3.2.0, NVIDIA Corporation

    java.lang.NullPointerException
    at fz.b(SourceFile:58)
    at fz.a(SourceFile:54)
    at bn.a(SourceFile:152)
    at e.a(SourceFile:942)
    at iq.c(SourceFile:342)
    at iq.b(SourceFile:284)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:608)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
    --- END ERROR REPORT d5858d33

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  • mspencermspencer PAX [ENFORCER] Council Bluffs, IARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Something tried to dereference a null pointer, which is a bad thing that causes running programs to crash. The offending line of code is line 58 of some source file, and involves some object or function called fz.b.

    Only someone with access to the game source code (i.e. Notch) can get meaning from that.

    Also from what I hear it's extremely frustrating for game developers to hear about people having trouble running their game, and yet have zero crash or bug reports hit their inbox. You aren't bothering anyone -- please really do email that crash report (with a good description of what you were doing when it happened, as best as you can remember, and especially anything you've done that you think most people don't do that often) to the email address shown.

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    AkimboEG wrote: »
    mspencer wrote: »
    AkimboEG wrote: »
    Issues similar to mine have already been posted about at the Minecraft forums, but I thought I'd ask around here for some possibly more tech-oriented answers.

    I can't seem to connect to pretty much any server any more. The problem very consistent, though:
    1. I successfully connect to a server (usually Ein's). This takes only a few seconds.
    2. Map loads up and I get only the chunk where I currently am - no further chunks load at all. I see other players, static, non-moving. I also see the Motd and maybe one or two lines of chat. If I try to speak myself, nothing happens. I can move around freely, but no new chunks load.
    3. After about 15 seconds I am disconnected from the server with a SocketExpection error: "recv failed".

    Now this is the weirdest part:
    4. If I now (after doing this once) try to connect to a server (and not necessarily the same server), I simply won't be able to. I'll never get past the connection screens, and usually won't even go from "Connecting" to "Logging In" - I'll just get the "recv failed" error, or a "connect" error in the connection screen itself. I write this again - this will also happen on other servers I try to join, not just the one I had the first four steps happen on.

    What I *CAN* do, is connect to a server running on the same machine I'm playing from (localhost). What this tells me is that my problems probably aren't with the main authentication server.

    I'm running Win7(64b) with a Realtek network card and everything else seems to work fine - It's just Minecraft I'm having troubles with. From what I've read so far, it seems most likely that this is a bug in the Minecraft code that Notch simply needs to fix, but in the off chance it isn't, I hope one of you guys can shed some light on the issue.

    Thanks in advance for any help.
    I'm going to think out loud here.
    "recv failed" means the game had a connection open, but something caused the game to be unable to receive more data. Either the connection was force-closed by the other end (server shut down, or you were booted), the connection was closed by something in between (a firewall or content filter ended the connection, or your router restarted), or the connection was closed by your own PC (PC thinks it just lost its network connection and needs to close all sockets, perhaps).

    What connects you to the Internet? Are you on a home network, and you control everything between your PC and the wires owned by your provider? Or on a business network, or school network? Knowing that might point us in the right direction.
    I'm running on a home network on a machine connected by cable to a Linksys WRT54G. My ISP does not block any port, nor does it filter network traffic in any way. I can run connection tests both in-country and all the way to the US (where I ping around 240 on east coast servers) with perfect results. Minecraft is the only game giving me any trouble with online play.

    I'm pretty sure it has something to do with bad network code in Minecraft relating to the fact that I'm attempting long distance (high ping: 200-300) connections. I found some public server list and could not connect to any of the American servers, but could easily connect to European ones.

    Since there's currently no official support channel, I can only hope Notch is aware of this, and that it gets fixed soon.

    As it is, no SMP for me :(

    Max IRQ per second: 20000
    Receive Buffers: 64 (or whatever the maximum is; 512 was recommended to me)
    Transmit Buffers: 512
    and something else about Jumbo Frames, but I don't have that option so I'm not sure what to change

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  • EinEin CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Beenie: put your draw distance as low as you can, and then try.

    Ein on
  • AvetreAvetre Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Satsumomo wrote: »
    God damn. This game.

    So I'm building a river. What for? I don't know, but I want one!

    Then at a bend, I accidentally dig a little too much, and make a neat little cove, so I work on it so it looks better. Why? Just because. While I'm doing it, I think, hey I could also do a huge chasm with an underground lake, and an island with a tree in it and sunlight from above ground and-
    cavey.jpg

    WHY.

    Because it is AWESOME! :mrgreen:

    Avetre on
  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Raneados wrote: »
    man I really regret not taking a "before" picture of the landscape I'm leveling

    i could later sit back and look at it and think

    my goodness all that wasted time :V

    rainy-toes, why does the forum keep blocking me from seeing your posts... it says im ignoring you for some reason, but i dont have anyone on my ignore list...

    what is going on here?

    also, my main fort now has a cobble generator and a monster ranch. gotta love those 64 stacks of gunpowder

    ... i can see it now, you prepare a monster arena, with tons of arrow traps and lava pitfalls, only to have dug too deep and rouse a demon from slumber.
    it punches a 4x4 circle to the surface to sup on your flesh, and you lure it to the arena and fight to the death. ... epic.

    p.s. whatever happened to the succession game?

    Mighty on
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  • KasanagiKasanagi Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    lucek wrote: »
    Sentient6 wrote: »
    Kasanagi wrote: »
    So you know how folks sometimes say "I do my best thinking while in the bathroom"? Well I just had a bathroom epiphany.

    Smash_Bros_Brawl_Captain_Falcon.jpg

    This guy needs a proper tribute in one of the servers. I'm thinking a fairly large scale statue, using gold bricks for the sash, glass-encased water for the blue stuff, and glass-encased lava for the helmet. He deserves no less.
    This is nothing short of divinely inspired. It must be done.

    Draw up the plans and pic a server and I'll help. About how tall do you think he needs to be 75, 80, no 500 cubes tall.

    I'm honestly not all that artistic in nature, so I haven't really put all the pieces together of how to get a proper statue of the captain into the game. I have however already decided on the height. I want his scarf-like-thing to be just below the cloud line, so that his helmet causes a majestic lens flare and silhouette from the sun.

    Kasanagi on
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  • ImperiusVImperiusV Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Will it say, "SHOW ME YOUR BOOBS!"

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  • BeenieWeenieBeenieWeenie So Delicious So NutritiousRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Ein wrote: »
    Beenie: put your draw distance as low as you can, and then try.

    I shall, tomorrow.

    The strange thing is, there's way more shit in your server and my draw is at maximum. No problems at all.

    But I'll try anyways.

    BeenieWeenie on
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  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Is there a better way to kill things than just using my sword? Some kind of traps I can make to crush things under sand or gravel maybe?
    Hunting down spiders to gather string and make a bow is very bothersome. And trying to gather leather from cows is a long process =\

    tehmarken on
  • noobertnoobert Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Bros, can I get a steam invite?

    http://steamcommunity.com/id/november_

    I feel like popping my multi cherry ;)

    noobert on
  • AgentflitAgentflit Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    AaronKI wrote: »
    That was me. I liked your "pile of trees" so much that I felt terrible about chopping it down for wood, so I planted a few rows of trees next to it. I've been expanding it a little bit each day. I usually take credit for the tree farm proper, but it wouldn't exist if not for you. :P

    By "fort", do you mean the under construction observation deck or the house I built up in the tree? I've been meaning to expand the observation deck, but the simplicity of it has kind of grown on me.

    I saw both the viewing platform and the house. Maybe multiple tiny platforms like that one spread around the forest would be neat? Or some wooden bridges between a house or two in the treetops?

    This thread is pretty fast.

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  • BeenieWeenieBeenieWeenie So Delicious So NutritiousRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    tehmarken wrote: »
    Is there a better way to kill things than just using my sword? Some kind of traps I can make to crush things under sand or gravel maybe?
    Hunting down spiders to gather string and make a bow is very bothersome. And trying to gather leather from cows is a long process =\

    I suppose you could make a pressure plate that sets off TNT or something like that.

    Actually, I remember seeing a YouTube video where a guy was putting pressure plates directly on top of TNT, essentially making landmines.

    Sand and gravel are the only two elements that are affected by gravity I think, but there's not really a way to make them fall if you're not around to cut whatever they are anchored to.

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  • nukanuka What are circles? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    tehmarken wrote: »
    Is there a better way to kill things than just using my sword? Some kind of traps I can make to crush things under sand or gravel maybe?
    Hunting down spiders to gather string and make a bow is very bothersome. And trying to gather leather from cows is a long process =\

    You could always search for a spider spawner and turn that into a water trap.

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  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    OK guys, important question for you.

    A few friends of myself got a server up tonight and have built a lot of stuff we dont want to lose. Where does minecraft save its server files? We've done /save-on and /save-all to force a save, but we just want to make sure the file is actually there before quitting for the night. Does it just save to/overwrite the minecraft-server.dat file or...what?

    Any info would be helpful

    Skab on
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  • MatevMatev Cero Miedo Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    So, I'm starting work on the Mountain of Woe to compliment the Zeal Islands. I got the chain and most of the 1st land mass done. Feel free to add. I know also Beenie was working on the Earthbound Village leading up, so give him love on that. I'ma go collapse now. Night all.

    Matev on
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  • AvetreAvetre Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    So, I just killed a creeper from inside my little hidey-hole. I then dug myself out and ran in case there were more. Sure enough, SSSSSSSssBOOM! I go to turn around when I hear another SSSSSSssBOOM! As if that weren't enough, the second and third creeper's explosions killed a FOURTH creeper. Which dropped some gunpowder. And they uncovered some iron! :D

    This is the hole they left:

    CreeperSplosions.jpg

    Note: Those blocks in the middle top were above the hole I dug. At the time, it was ground level.

    Avetre on
  • redterrorredterror Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Quick question: I'm trying to make a forest, and I was wondering what exactly are the grow requirements for a tree. Does it need a certain amount of space around it... either upwards or on the ground before it grows?

    Also a server IP would be much appreciated, I'd love to come help with these epic projects... my solo stuff is fun... but I need that multiplayer :D

    redterror on
  • theSquidtheSquid Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The sapling needs to be on grass and either have a torch adjacent to it or direct sunlight above it.

    The four spaces directly above the sapling must be empty.

    theSquid on
  • AvetreAvetre Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    redterror wrote: »
    Quick question: I'm trying to make a forest, and I was wondering what exactly are the grow requirements for a tree. Does it need a certain amount of space around it... either upwards or on the ground before it grows?

    My understanding is that, other than adequate light, it only needs a certain amount of room above it and a dirt block directly below. It is possible for a sapling to grow with only four spaces, but sometimes they will need more. Ten spaces directly overhead should be adequate for any tree.

    It is possible for saplings to grow with a single block between them, though you do have to punch through the leaf blocks that inevitably grow over the saplings. It may also be possible to grow them adjacent to one another, although I have not tested it and it may make getting enough light to them difficult. If they are planted above ground, they should receive plenty of light from the sun. Below ground, they will have to get their light from nearby torches. Under the best of circumstances, however, it can sometimes take several game days for saplings to grow.

    Avetre on
  • FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Trees don't need grass, plain dirt is just fine.

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  • JoeslopJoeslop Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Those of you who warp into Lavaland might notice some sort of strange rickety tower.

    You might also notice a giant glowing Eye on top.

    Pay no attention to the not even 5% finished tower and gaze upon the Eye!

    eye01-1.jpg

    eye02-1.jpg

    Don't worry, it only hungers for blocky flesh sometimes.

    Joeslop on
  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    What's with the floating junk in the sky? Looks like floating sky blocks.

    Glal on
  • JoeslopJoeslop Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Glal wrote: »
    What's with the floating junk in the sky? Looks like floating sky blocks.

    That's what I've been wondering, actually.

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