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Minecraft! 1.8 Adventure Update is officially here! NEW MAP
nuka
What are circles?Registered User regular
What are circles?Registered User regular
We have to wait for Bukkit and our mods to update first before we can update our server. Please keep your minecraft behind the update until then or you can't log in. Here's a link to a working 1.7.3 for you guys, Windows only. Sorry. Link
Is Minecraft.net Down?
WHEN DOES THE NEW MAP SHOW UP
We are shooting for the weekend but it's not set in stone. We use Bukkit, and they had to rewrite themselves because of the update but they're really trucking along, so we're hoping it won't be long.[/URL]
New Map Render!
http://208.122.57.200:25567/#
If you want a custom skin made, contact apricotmuffins, VALVEjunkie, or Tankhammer, they'll give you a skin for a donation to the server.
Server IP
208.122.57.200
Or.
pennycraft.dyndns.org
Server Rules!
- Don't be a jerk! That means no stealing! No duping items! No griefing! If what you want to do will piss someone off, then don't do it! If you want to pull a prank on someone speak to the admins cause we're nice people with a horrible sense of humor!
- We'll invite your friends but if your friend is a jerk you are banned too!
- We play on hardmode! No more kits or handouts! No free teleports to your buddies!
- No more automatic spawners!
- Read the other god damn posts!
- LEAVE THE STRONGHOLDS AND NPC VILLAGES ALONE! Explore them and put up torches if you would like to, but leave everything else in place!
Q: This is an awesome server, can I donate?
A: Yes! Please, contact Ultimak about doing so. He has a link in his sig for just such a thing.
Do you want to join us? Read the rules and pop us a PM! Please tell us your minecraft username or we can't add you to the whitelist!
Vent Info!
vtx14.defconservers.com
port:3860
password: fortytwo
Do you want a color name? Pink is off limits, it's our guest color and it helps us keep track of things.
Black and dark blue are off limits, they're too hard to see. The gold is more like orange.
"Wait wait wait, what is Minecraft?"
It's a totally awesome game where you dig a lot and build a lot and then die a lot and then your stuff gets all blown up.
Great! I loaded up a map but I'm really confused on how to play!
Look for a tree. Chances are, you see one. Punch it. Seriously, punch it with the left mouse button. You wanna aim for the logs. Also, stick with the short trees for now. There's more wood in the larger ones but they're harder to take down when you're just starting out.
Anyways, now open up your inventory with the I key. It looks like this.
You see that 2x2 grid box? Put your logs in there. You'll notice that you now have something called Wooden Planks. (It doesn't actually exist until you click on it but whatever.) You want 4 of them to make a crafting table? It's does for you exactly the same thing you're doing right now, but instead you have a 3x3 crafting grid.
Hopefully, you have a lot more than 4 planks at the moment. If not, get at least 5 more. If you have enough, then go to your crafting table and right click on it. Take 2 planks and put them on the grid, one on top of the other to make Sticks. Generally speaking, it's fairly intuitive to make items with the crafting table like what you just did now, but here's a couple of pictures for you to show you how to make your first tools. Oh and by the way, use the wrong tool on the wrong block and it breaks faster. It's still pretty intuitive, like why would you use a pickaxe on a tree instead of an axe?
Now, depending on the time of day you either want to make a home or start gathering stone. Use your new wooden pickaxe and gather 8 blocks of stone. Go back to your crafting table and make a circle around in the crafting grid. This gives you a furnace and it does many nice things for you.
Oh like, you can smelt logs and get charcoal and make yourself torches. By the way logs burn at roughly the same rate as planks, so if you're going to be using logs as fuel, use planks instead. You can also burn up those extra saplings you earn as you play, but they burn up really fast. Charcoal has the same properties as coal does, coal being one of the minerals you can mine out of the ground. Stick a piece of charcoal on top of a stick and you have a torch. Use this to light your house because night is coming soon, or is already here and monsters come out at night. They won't spawn within a certain area of you, and they won't spawn if there is too much light.
Remember that your first home doesn't need to be special but do remember to build a roof, you'll thank me later when spiders come crawling in, giant spiders. Sometimes with skeletons riding on them.
And there you go! The basics of Minecraft! If there is anything else you need to know, ask around or check out the Minecraft Wikia here. Remember that YouTube is a wonderful source of information as well, just remember to check the dates because this game updates often and sometimes things become out of date.
Great! I loaded up a map but I'm really confused on how to play!
Look for a tree. Chances are, you see one. Punch it. Seriously, punch it with the left mouse button. You wanna aim for the logs. Also, stick with the short trees for now. There's more wood in the larger ones but they're harder to take down when you're just starting out.
Anyways, now open up your inventory with the I key. It looks like this.
You see that 2x2 grid box? Put your logs in there. You'll notice that you now have something called Wooden Planks. (It doesn't actually exist until you click on it but whatever.) You want 4 of them to make a crafting table? It's does for you exactly the same thing you're doing right now, but instead you have a 3x3 crafting grid.
Hopefully, you have a lot more than 4 planks at the moment. If not, get at least 5 more. If you have enough, then go to your crafting table and right click on it. Take 2 planks and put them on the grid, one on top of the other to make Sticks. Generally speaking, it's fairly intuitive to make items with the crafting table like what you just did now, but here's a couple of pictures for you to show you how to make your first tools. Oh and by the way, use the wrong tool on the wrong block and it breaks faster. It's still pretty intuitive, like why would you use a pickaxe on a tree instead of an axe?
Now, depending on the time of day you either want to make a home or start gathering stone. Use your new wooden pickaxe and gather 8 blocks of stone. Go back to your crafting table and make a circle around in the crafting grid. This gives you a furnace and it does many nice things for you.
Oh like, you can smelt logs and get charcoal and make yourself torches. By the way logs burn at roughly the same rate as planks, so if you're going to be using logs as fuel, use planks instead. You can also burn up those extra saplings you earn as you play, but they burn up really fast. Charcoal has the same properties as coal does, coal being one of the minerals you can mine out of the ground. Stick a piece of charcoal on top of a stick and you have a torch. Use this to light your house because night is coming soon, or is already here and monsters come out at night. They won't spawn within a certain area of you, and they won't spawn if there is too much light.
Remember that your first home doesn't need to be special but do remember to build a roof, you'll thank me later when spiders come crawling in, giant spiders. Sometimes with skeletons riding on them.
And there you go! The basics of Minecraft! If there is anything else you need to know, ask around or check out the Minecraft Wikia here. Remember that YouTube is a wonderful source of information as well, just remember to check the dates because this game updates often and sometimes things become out of date.
Did you know that there is a large modding community for Minecraft? It's true!
I will not bother to list like a top 10, because there are just so many that I wouldn't have time to do so. The Minecraft Official Forums are exactly what you would expect from any official forum, full of people who care way too much about Minecraft to actually fill in their brain with knowledge or tact. This is where the modding community is though!
As far as keeping things organized, the mods there seem to run a tight ship. I will make things easy for you though and link you to the forums and stickies you should frequent.
Released Mods Forum
Guides and Resources
Modding Tips and Tricks
Easy Mac 10.5+ Mod installation guide
One Stop Mod Shop
MCPatcher HD Fix
Texture Pack Central/ Mods-Tools-Maps List
Texture Pack Forum
Minecraft Customizer
Guides and Resources
Modding Tips and Tricks
Easy Mac 10.5+ Mod installation guide
One Stop Mod Shop
MCPatcher HD Fix
Texture Pack Central/ Mods-Tools-Maps List
Texture Pack Forum
Minecraft Customizer
I JOINED YOUR SERVER BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!
Oh I guess you should read the wikia we set up for you then.
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So you want to travel in style, save time, reduce your carbon footprint, and avoid creeper-holing our beautiful surface roads? Then you want to use the fabulous SE++ Rail System!
What's the Status Of the Thing?
It's a new map. Nothing is working yet. Priority is getting the main trunks (north, east, south, west) working. The new map is bordered closely on the north, so don't sweat digging up that way yet.
I Want To Help!
Donate some iron for rail! Diamond for the Spawnville spawner block would be lovely, too. If you want to dig, as soon as we get a Spawnville station dug (will probably take a few nights), we'll post the coordinates here and where to dig. The new tunnels won't be as deep as on the old map, just enough to keep us under the ocean. They also won't be quite as big (we haven't used two-rail lines on two successive maps), probably just 2 wide and 3 tall at a minimum.
If you help, PM me your in-game name and I'll make sure you end up on the "thank you" board.
The plan for the lines:
So You Want To Be a Railroad Tycoon?
I wrote up a tutorial on adding a basic station. As soon as the server comes up, I'll add pictures. Beyond that, I recommend the Minecart Mania Wiki. If you have specific questions, ask me (PMs here, in-game, etc.) and I'll do my best to help. I'll add frequently-asked questions to the web page.
If you want to intersect the main rail lines with your rail project, please, for the Love of the Creeper God, do it in a non-intrusive way. Traffic should continue normally past your intersection without noticing, unless they "/st next" or something like that. Likewise, please don't disrupt main line operation any more than you have to. Consider the rails public property. Beyond that, play nice and have fun building!
Thanks dear.
Also, first death with loss of materials working on Highwind.
Wasn't my fault. Bastard block lag.
I wonder if they are adding shields. Or we are blocking with our current weapon.
Shield I think is the most likely. Then I can shield and shovel as my main fighting style.
carnival!
https://dust514.com/recruit/kUfWrW/
Creeper in my Mushroom grow room!
If I see one patch of regular soil I am going to be angry.
Also I think it's a bit ugly now so you can fix it if you want, I don't care. It's public.
Anyway, crazy question about the rails. Would it be possible (if the traffic ever justified it and the server got big and populated enough, just hypothetically) to create more than the two main lines (North/South, East/West)? Say, an additional East/West line around x=1500 that would still intersect with the main North/South line. We don't need it (yet, I don't think) but I was wondering.
Not so crazy question about the rails: are there any plans to update the map and the stations? I know the South line has gotten rather longer and more complicated recently. Also I'd like to be able to go straight to Aqaba instead of going south and then changing the station to Aqaba.
Thanks (except for the fangs on the creeper).
but... must... compelte... island.........
Because I wanted a face that matched with the "Oh Shit!" noise they make.
As far as the South Rail, I'm know I last station on the line. It still needs some digging and rail lay down. I'm laying some when I have some rail in hand. On travels to the North.
I think i may just keep the most up to day render posted in the 3rd post, speaking of which i should download the render from this morning and get that uploaded.
Also, I posted this over there too but I figured I'd share with y'all. Something I made while fucking around with redstone and pistons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCW4nATgu5Y&feature=youtu.be
Hey nuka, I just popped in and added a geology room at the university - if you could use your mod powers to replace the placeholders with the real things that'd be really nice
edit: also since someone said something about raising the sea level to 100 i decided to run the landgen program to generate a 100 sealevel version of our original islands map and see what it would look like.
it looks like there is room for another old haggard settler on this world.
So the way I understand it, the bedrock is essentially replaced with gates to the nether?
Pretty much, the layer you first see the bedrock is fine, but digging down into the bedrock layer will teleport you to the nether.
Also for any interesting parties, if our map had a sea level of 100 it would look like this (this is only a 5k x 5k map, so imagine this but 3 times larger): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19689254/rendertest100.png
Nothing but tiny tidbits about what is happening with the adventure update.
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PSN?: iammattpleevee
Those shots Notch posted look freakin' sweet though.
Know what I'd love? a multiplayer that didn't require a separate server. I want to explore a virgin world with just a small number of friends in a cooperative effort to build an aesthetically-pleasing stronghold against the darkness. Big, community servers are awesome but I feel like I do not have the time/dedication to make anything significantly noteworthy.
just build
what feels right
The server is updated to 1.7.2, and 1.7.3 clients can connect to it just fine. We will be moving to 1.7.3 soon, im waiting on bukkit to push a recommended build.
edit: in addition the 1.7.3 patch is very minor, only a couple of bugfixes.
somebody call Kevin Costner
this would be so cool
Thanks for the hot tip!
And the news about the server!
Do you want to give yourself nightmares?!?