Morning Discussion
I buy my video games digitally whenever possible. Games are rarely more than a disk in a box, neither of which is particularly attractive nor offers anything I'd miss by going digital. DRM can be a bit prickly but mostly it's good enough for me to not notice or be bothered by its demands. I did buy the Collector's Edition of BioShock 2, though, because it came with a book and other stuff I'd like to touch.
All my books are proper books. Beyond the fact that eReaders aren't as good as paper yet, I love the physicality of books. I like their look, their feel, their sound and their smell. I buy my music in physical formats when possible too, though lately I'm buying far more vinyl than CDs. CDs may as well be MP3s for all I care, sterile little discs, but, again, there's a great physical interaction with vinyl in the sleeves and the player.
My point is that we should halt all technological progress until I am brought in to vet it all personally with an extensive testing procedure of sensual interactions. All which fail to meet my standards shall be smashed. Should I disapprove of purely digital doodads, then we will be forced to crush and burn all computers. It's a small price to pay.
ps- looking to talk about Call of Duty: Black Ops? We have a dedicated discussion thread today for your chatting pleasure.
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Tuesday Morning Minecraft Thread!
D,: Edition!!!
I finally figured out why I get so sad when I play Minecraft! Specifically when there’s nobody around, or when I’m playing single player! I almost wish I hadn’t figured it out though, as it’s only made things worse.
Multiplayer Servers!
MercFox1 : shackeast.sytes.net / se.shkn.ws / shackeast.shkn.ws
Shadowdane : shadowdane.shacknet.nu / sd.shkn.ws / shadowdane.shkn.ws
Chicken Fur : 69.169.149.253 / cf.shkn.ws / chickenfur.shkn.ws
m0rfus (PvP/Mobs on) : morfus.dyndns.org / morfus.shkn.ws
Haxim (TNT Server) : asplode.dyndns.org / haxim.shkn.ws
Teamspeak : ts.shackbattles.com:9987
The cute, blocky graphics and soft music make me feel like I’m playing around inside the final dream of a dying child.-
Server Renders!
MercFox1
Bird's Eye View: http://box.nevernet.com/~djr/mc/render.png
Angled: http://box.nevernet.com/~djr/mc/angle.png
Shadowdane
(updated every hour!)
Bird's Eye View: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/Minecraft/shackdc-birdseye-current.png
Oblique: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/Minecraft/shackdc-oblique-current.png
Angle: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/Minecraft/shackdc-angle-current.png -
Guides and Utilities
- Oizomapper! Map your single player or multiplayer levels! By mroizo40
http://www.digitized-e.com/mroizo/OizoMapper.zip
- Shackwiki Minecraft page!
http://shackwiki.com/wiki/Minecraft
Video Guides!
- (Series) X's Adventures in Minecraft! Linked by zuff!
http://tinyurl.com/2ah7sex
Lots of useful info in here!
- (Series) Minecraft Minecart Tutorials! Boosters! Track switches! Et cetera!
http://tinyurl.com/2udl2lt
- Water Physics Tutorial by Arctic Fox!
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24127669#itemanchor_24127669
Written Guides!
- Beginner’s Guides to Minecraft, originally linked by at0micgarden!
(Work in Progress) Guide to Alpha: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=17021
How to Survive Your First Night: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=19065
Shacker Help!
- Things I Wish I’d Known, a retrospective by Ebu!
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23608826#itemanchor_23608826
- Linkmania! By zuff!
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23514788#itemanchor_23514788
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23533536#itemanchor_23533536
- Ores, and How to Find Them, by Fooldozer and CodeRedBeard!
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23582115#itemanchor_23582115
- Multiplayer Tips from BlackCat9
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23641449#itemanchor_23641449
- Circle guides! More useful than they sound!
http://www.agentpothead.com/minecraft/sphere.html linked/hosted by AgentPothead!
http://www.shackpics.com/files/radii_even_to_100_pgzh2n77iabkgcmee93q.png hosted by Arctic Fox!
- Beginner’s Guide to Redstone, links by The Grolar Bear!
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24044649#itemanchor_24044649
- And some generally useful keys to press!
F11 - full screen!
F3 (hold) - CPU/ memory usage bar! Spikes for CPU/ red box for memory, I think!
F5 - third person mode!
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Perfect song to play Minecraft to?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs1bG6BIYlo-
this is the better version though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAwR6w2TgxY&feature=related
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http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/1988458214072320
Working on boats and minecarts in SMP now. Only riding them left to add! -
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Or if you prefer a link to the gmap http://216.139.192.52/~djr/mc/gmap/index.html?x=-2544&y=64&z=-2193&zoom=6
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Someone's texture mod: http://www.shackpics.com/files/furnace_face_dzkopatjivg9b7r3xjwq.png
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Nom
'First of all, most “mods†that add new features to the game are in a very gray area legally, and I frown upon them. Most of them add really cool new features, though. It’s highly likely that something like the bridge mod will make it into the game.
Now, the update.
I was going to release this today, but it’s 6 pm already and my fiancée turns 30 today (I love you, ez!), so I’ll go eat a nice dinner instead.
Here’s what’s already done for the update:
General fixes:
* players and mobs in lava or fire no longer spam sound effects
* getting hit with a higher damage while recovering from a smaller one now works as intended
* lava flows further in the Nether
* zombie pigs eventually forgives
* added support for custom texture packs
* fixed duplicate buttons when resizing screens
* zombie pigs and ghasts no longer get hurt by fire or lava
* fixed volume sliders now saving properly
Multiplayer fixes:
* hellworld=true no longer overwrites old save chunks. Player positions will still break if you switch it on a running server, though
* boats are now visible to other players
* minecarts move nicer
* fishing kinda sorta works, but needs more work
* sheep and cows look like sheep and cows now
* buckets work now
* fixed stairs being really difficult to destroy
* increased the timeout before “Took too long to log inâ€
* made it possible to ride carts and boats (pigs should work too..)
There are a couple of bugs left, like it not being possible to steer the boats yet, and other players not having the riding animation when riding. Fishing also works horribly poorly. Once I’ve fixed that tomorrow, I’ll release an update for both the server and the client.'-
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Charles Stross has a rough breakdown of it on his blog http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/05/faq-fanfic.html
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or you could just link http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1525944516/an-update-is-coming-tomorrow
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I'm guessing portals still don't work in SMP due to this:
* hellworld=true no longer overwrites old save chunks. Player positions will still break if you switch it on a running server, though
That flag was a temp hack he put in so that people could try Hell in SMP. He'll probably remove it once he actually gets hell working. -
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Just build an enclosed tunnel, if Ghasts can't see you they don't shoot at you. Example from my SP game: http://www.shackpics.com/files/javaw2010103122533456_uyar533uuai3ec4p7ho9.jpg
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Right, now all Notch needs to add is punchcards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxAmphwLPDY
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lol e-stalked: http://twitter.com/XaPhobia/status/2049078993096704
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that's ok, i haven't played in a few days but i've been playing new vegas and deus ex recently and i wasn't entirely sure i was telling you the right way to open furnaces since right-click is also the use button in deus ex but the use button in new vegas is e, so when i go back and forth i'm all kinds of messed up
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Thoughts on this Mine cart System?
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=65972-
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Here is another cool video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPo0RQ_BWLg&feature=player_embedded
Hatter's Ultimate Minecraft Subway 2-
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If you want to know how it's done these videos are very educational: http://www.youtube.com/user/AlmtyBob
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Here is one I found helpful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqy80Rj8wTY
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If you're confused as to why you can't build, you need to be promoted by an admin first. Post your minecraft name (and your friend's name too) then let us know when you're in-game, and we'll promote you. Alternatively, when in-game, look for the people with red names in chat -- they're the mods/admins.
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Agreed, I like SMP a lot more but that first time booting it up, being completely alone, and trying to find your way around and gather supplies was great. SMP doesn't capture this for obvious reasons, but also because it has no monsters yet.
But yeah, showing off your stuff is half the game so I've stopped playing until SMP is really working so I can get the best of both worlds.
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