Minecraft

[illspirit]

Still haven't found any villages or strongholds, but this ravine with a lavafall, waterfall, and abandoned mine in it was interesting.

 

 

And on that note, it's going to be a bit easier building legit minecart systems with all the naturally occurring tracks to be found.

[OysterBarron]

 

The same will happen with the leaked 1.8 if trying to connected to a 1.7 server, you'll get outdated server messages.

 

When testing creative mode out, I got no lag through the flying and infact the flying worked rather well, only annoying lag now is when generating new chunks that completely freezes the game.

 

Also for anyone on the GTAForums server, please do not add it to the server list on 1.8, polling the server is spamming the log file and generating errors.

It doesnt seem to let me login to minecraft i keep having to play it offline! there isnt anything special i have to do is there?

 

ps i added it but with the fact Mc itself is in offline mode shouldnt be a problem?

[Pat]

It doesnt seem to let me login to minecraft i keep having to play it offline! there isnt anything special i have to do is there?

Just keep trying. The pre-release client seems to have a difficult time connecting to minecraft.net, but if you try enough times it eventually logs you in.

[Andrew]

Nope nothing extra you need to do mate, it's the auth servers they are completely sh*te. They really need to sort it out, it took me about 20 times to get connected.

[Pat]

Has anyone actually found a stronghold yet? I've seen a few people documenting all the new features on YouTube but no mentions of strongholds, and I certainly haven't found one myself. I'm starting to wonder if they were included in this client.

[Pooka Mustard]

It doesnt seem to let me login to minecraft i keep having to play it offline! there isnt anything special i have to do is there?

Just keep trying. The pre-release client seems to have a difficult time connecting to minecraft.net, but if you try enough times it eventually logs you in.

The client itself or the launcher? I think it's a fault of the launcher. With the old Minecraft launcher I try to log in fewer times. The current launcher takes me like 3 times before I get connected. Don't delete your old 1.3 launcher!

[OverTheBelow]

 

It doesnt seem to let me login to minecraft i keep having to play it offline! there isnt anything special i have to do is there?

Just keep trying. The pre-release client seems to have a difficult time connecting to minecraft.net, but if you try enough times it eventually logs you in.

The client itself or the launcher? I think it's a fault of the launcher. With the old Minecraft launcher I try to log in fewer times. The current launcher takes me like 3 times before I get connected. Don't delete your old 1.3 launcher!

I don't think it has anything to do with the launcher. As Andrew said, it looks to be a server-side issue. During peak hours I've noticed it will take more tries to log in compared to early in the morning.

 

It may be more under load during this time because everyone is logging on to try 1.8.

[Pat]

 

The client itself or the launcher? I think it's a fault of the launcher.

The launcher is part of the client.

 

Edit: it seems that blocking with a sword twice in rapid succession causes you to sprint. Not sure if that's a bug or intentional.

 

f*ckING CAVE SPIDERS. Dug into an abandoned mine under my house. I decide to take a left turn, and end up with lava on my right and a cave spider spawner on my left. You'll never guess what happened!

Edited September 10, 2011 by Pat

[Pooka Mustard]

The launcher is part of the client.

I don't understand how it is part of the client. Cause Minecraft launches in the same window as the launcher is?

 

OTB, these errors might be server errors, but could be launcher errors as well, cause the old launcher doesn't load a screen with info about new updates that all takes time downloading, it takes like 5 secs for the version updates screen to load. The old launcher most of the logs me in instantly, while the current launcher more often takes me three times to log in. But oh well, that's my theory. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong .

[Pat]

 

The launcher is part of the client.

I don't understand how it is part of the client. Cause Minecraft launches in the same window as the launcher is?

The client is basically just your Minecraft game in general, the launcher is the part that prompts you to log in. I don't see what's difficult to understand about that.

 

Edit: huh, the only thing that the lava destroyed were my experience orbs apparently. All of my items somehow survived. New feature, perhaps? If so, that's pretty damn awesome.

 

Edit again: alright seriously, f*ck these spiders. I run in there, block off the spawner, and what do they do? Crawl up above, start dropping from the ceiling, and somehow manage to dislodge enough dirt to flood the mine with water (how the hell did they even manage that?!). And every time I try to get in there to destroy the spawner, about three or four of the f*ckers drop from the ceiling.

 

I'm about to just give up, build a new house, and come back when I have more supplies than just an iron sword and pick.

Edited September 10, 2011 by Pat

[OysterBarron]

All i know is with 1.7.3 i have to maximize the window a couple of secs after hitting login and it will go through normally, however if i leave the screen minimized the login will hang so i dont think its to do with servers! Its just 1.8 pre release seems to be even worse and my little trick doesnt work anymore.

[Kirsty]

Discovered the hard way that an unnamed block that looks exactly like smoothstone in the updated Too Many Items mod produces silverfish when you break it...this will make mining fun

 

[Andrew]

Collecting lots of experience orbs after dying, really does take a while. End up with this glowing cloud around you.

 

And silverfish are deadly, as we've learnt they can break through blocks and are quite difficult to hit it seems.

 

 

Er, lots of Experience orbs can break servers. And lag the game to hell and back.

[Secura]

Can these Experience Orbs do anything or do they just look pretty? I only ask because I've collected quite a few already and nothing seems to have happend. On another note I have been trying to restore and abandoned Mineshaft to its former glory, Sadly I'm almost out of trees.

[Pat]

Seems experience orbs are the new TNT.

[Moth]

 

Seems experience orbs are the new TNT.

Yep, makes me wonder if we are going to have it on the server.

 

edit:if anyone was wondering about strongholds, the Yogcast have posted a video where they were exploring one.

 

 

Edited September 10, 2011 by The General

[Pooka Mustard]

Finally I got silverfish. Heck, Notch would instead make it rarely spawn from normal stone, making our user placed stone sometimes mining it is against us, lol..

For some reason every time I tried to drag out one of the blocks in my toolbar (to allow space for the SF stone), it said "saving chunks" meaning I crashed, in creative mode. What's with that?

 

I found out what the heck is that unamed block:

 

Look at this pic. Trust me, the signs never lies:

 

 

I myself went into the "terrain.png" file in the jar to see if Silverfish Stone ever uses a seperate texture or not. Found out that there are only one Stone texture, didn't see two of them. This probably means that even texture packs cannot unveil if that said block spawns a Silverfish or not.

 

 

And yeah, Notch needs to deal with these experience orbs. Either make orbs like 1XP, 10XP, 100XP, etc, to make flying orbs less. Or even better, compile them all into one orb when dropped. And he needs to deal with that laggy stance, I got silverfish to spawn..... so slowly!

 

 

 

Before 1.8 actual release hits the shelves, what should I upgrade in my PC to play Minecraft well (without resorting to new computers, Macs, or installing Linux)?

[Pat]

Before 1.8 actual release hits the shelves, what should I upgrade in my PC to play Minecraft well (without resorting to new computers, Macs, or installing Linux)?

Primary concern is going to be your processor. For more information on which processor would be best for you and if your current motherboard will be compatible, check out the Tech & PC forum.

[King Mystery]

Well, I made my first trip to the Nether...

 

 

And let's just say it wasn't the best.

 

 

I should probably bring some torches next time... didn't think I'd need any with all the lava, but I guess I was wrong.

[Andrew]

Ugh after watching that video it is making me more desperate to try and find a strong hold, so far I haven't found one as of yet.

 

Silverfish don't seem to appear just out of those blocks, if you watched that video it was as though they were coming out of the stone blocks as well.

[Pat]

Ugh after watching that video it is making me more desperate to try and find a strong hold, so far I haven't found one as of yet.

There's only one per map, so when you do find it, that's it. Hopefully there will be a way to craft brick blocks, they look amazing but they're just too rare to be practical for anything.

[Exxon]

Could someone please help me?

I want to make a dispenser keep shooting over and over, while only pulling one lever.

Is it possible to also make it stop if I pull the lever again?

[Moth]

Hopefully there will be a way to craft brick blocks, they look amazing but they're just too rare to be practical for anything.

Yes there is way to make a stone bricks. You need four smooth stone and put them in a 2x2 grid.

[Andrew]

Ah that's good that we can craft the brick blocks, but what about the cracked ones or the ones covered in moss? Would be nice to craft them as well.

[OysterBarron]

downgraded to 1.3.2 with a backup! thankfully i had the old shortcut launcher now running 1.8 on the old launcher logged in first click, New launcher is screwed!

[Andrew]

I agree that the new launcher is definitely broken, it's very tempermental as to if it lets me log into the game or not, however downgrading to the pre 1.3 launcher and everything is fine, logs in nice and quick.

 

I notice that Notch has implemented fog in caves, which gets thicker the deeper you go, at bedrock level it is impossible to see, even if the entire cave is lit up with glowstone. This tunnel is entirely lit up with torches down the sides, and before 1.8 could see right the way to the end, not any more.

 

For anyone who plays on the server, you may remember the admins lightstone basements from the second map. These have floors and walls completely covered in glowstone and are extremely well lit. Can't really see anything on 1.8

 

This gives you an idea of what these basements are like, or should be lit up like.

 

A pool down at void level, rather scary in 1.8, but this is normally lit up.

 

This is what the pool should look like, and by flying up towards the ceiling the fog lifts.

 

This fog is going to make cave exploring really difficult.

 

[SaintJimmy]

Yeah wow strongholds look phenomenal. Particularly the way they go through ravines and the sort.

I wasnt listening to the video, was the entrance to that stronghold made by whoever made the map? Or do they randomly generate?

[Dnero]

 

Been doing that all day with a friend, and I didn't know if this was just me but I noticed that everytime one of us died, the experience orbs that was drop made the game lag really badly. I have to either wait 5 minutes til it's gone or I have to generate a new map 

 

 

Er, lots of Experience orbs can break servers. And lag the game to hell and back.

 

If this so called "Experienced Orbs" are meant to do nothing in this update, then why the f*ck do they have to put it in? It lags the game like hell everytime someone died with lots of experience orbs on them. Well, in multiplayer anyways...

[Inky]

 

 

This is a video of my friend Jeff and I playing 1.8 yesterday. I sound a little odd. I think it was a mixture of excitement and intoxication.

[freak2121]

Are underground mines a new feature? I was just digging in creative mode and stumbled on one.