[-Minsc-]

Has anyone played the server/mod/maps/whatever for Hunger Games? It looks pretty neat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87aJw...feature=g-logo

That looks like a lot of fun.

[Pandaman]

gaf needs permament death in some of its minecraft.
beating gaffers to death with my blocky fists seems very cathartic.

[EVIL]

Has anyone played the server/mod/maps/whatever for Hunger Games? It looks pretty neat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87aJw...feature=g-logo

That looks like so much fun!, I also really like the overgrown city look. I kinda want a hunger games dome on neocraft now hehe

[Xun]

That looks like so much fun!, I also really like the overgrown city look. I kinda want a hunger games dome on neocraft now hehe

Don't tempt Charlie!

[defel]

You could hide several chests in and around domecity and have a last man standing competition in there. You arent allowed to go outside the city walls, no block destruction and no crafting. That would be awesome.

[Ranger X]

God Endermen still freak me the fuck out. I just spent like three hours cleaning out a cave complex under my home and I was getting ready to take on what looked like two dungeons right next to each other to stop a flood of zombies and skeletons when I heard an Enderman noise and made a beeline back for safety. I won't be going back down there for a while until I think its gone.

I think its the NPC with the most scary sound ever. lol

[Awesome Animals]

God Endermen still freak me the fuck out. I just spent like three hours cleaning out a cave complex under my home and I was getting ready to take on what looked like two dungeons right next to each other to stop a flood of zombies and skeletons when I heard an Enderman noise and made a beeline back for safety. I won't be going back down there for a while until I think its gone.

Everytime one appears near me I freak and hit it. Then regret that decision and try to run.

[-SD-]

A few days till 6 million copies have been sold:

http://www.minecraft.net/stats

[CharmingCharlie]

You could hide several chests in and around domecity and have a last man standing competition in there. You arent allowed to go outside the city walls, no block destruction and no crafting. That would be awesome.

Ah who says there aren't already some "hidden chests" in Dome City ? ;)

Well with Dome City all done and dusted it is time for me to turn my attentions to another mega city I think. Not sure if it will be Triangle world or Dodecahedron world yet. However I am pretty sure I will need a hotel for all the slave labour I intend to use in a non-health and safety way. So I built one based on Dubai's Water Discus :-







Well ok it "sorta" looks like the Water Discus Hotel.

[Xun]

Ah who says there aren't already some "hidden chests" in Dome City ? ;) Well with Dome City all done and dusted it is time for me to turn my attentions to another mega city I think. Not sure if it will be Triangle world or Dodecahedron world yet. However I am pretty sure I will need a hotel for all the slave labour I intend to use in a non-health and safety way. So I built one based on Dubai's Water Discus :- Well ok it "sorta" looks like the Water Discus Hotel.

That actually looks decent on your texture pack.

On default I just imagine the wool getting soggy. :P

[CrAzYLeGzLU]

You could hide several chests in and around domecity and have a last man standing competition in there. You arent allowed to go outside the city walls, no block destruction and no crafting. That would be awesome.

This is a really good idea.

[ACES11]

So I had been digging for a while near my house and I heard these slurrping noises. Couldnt figure what they were until I was mining and I hit something and there were no rocks below. I look down to see about 30 red eyes of which I think are spiders. I hate spiders.

Now what? Do I go below? Can I hit them from up top?

[Rapstah]

So I had been digging for a while near my house and I heard these slurrping noises. Couldnt figure what they were until I was mining and I hit something and there were no rocks below. I look down to see about 30 red eyes of which I think are spiders. I hate spiders. Now what? Do I go below? Can I hit them from up top?

Find lava and drop it down the hole.

[Vlad]

Anybody else following UHC this season? I'd have to say that the most recent episode was probably the busiest one I've seen in terms of player deaths

[ACES11]

Find lava and drop it down the hole.

Dumb question for noob player. How do I find lava? Dig deeper? Can I just pick it up or do I need a bucket (are buckets just for water?)?

I figured out how to make a bow and arrow. I see a fire below as well. I've killed a couple of them but dont know if there are all dead.

Anything else I should know? I have an iron sword but thats about it.

EDIT: I killed about 3-4 but there are still like 3-4 more. So not totally dead yet but Im out of arrows

EDIT2: Holy ****. I just shot an arrow at one that was brown and black it made this weird noise that made me jump. ******* hate spiders. How many will there be? There's a green guy too I think making zombie type noises...? Will these guys die in sunlight should I dig holes for sunlight around them?

[Vlad]

Dumb question for noob player. How do I find lava? Dig deeper? Can I just pick it up or do I need a bucket (are buckets just for water?)?

Buckets are for both water and lava. You can also milk cows with them. Lava is more common (and found in larger pools) deeper underground, but you can find it pretty much anywhere. Sometimes you'll even come across surface pools of lava.

I figured out how to make a bow and arrow. I see a fire below as well. I've killed a couple of them but dont know if there are all dead.

If that fire you see is inside a little blue cage, then you've found a spider spawner, and they're going to keep appearing out of it until you destroy it (use a pickaxe) or light up the area around it.

Anything else I should know? I have an iron sword but thats about it.

If you don't have it already, get armor. If you don't have the iron for a full set, go kill cows until you get enough leather to make whatever you're missing.

EDIT2: Holy ****. I just shot an arrow at one that was brown and black it made this weird noise that made me jump. ******* hate spiders. How many will there be? There's a green guy too I think making zombie type noises...? Will these guys die in sunlight should I dig holes for sunlight around them?

Zombies will burn up in sunlight, but spiders won't unfortunately.

[ACES11]

Buckets are for both water and lava. You can also milk cows with them. Lava is more common (and found in larger pools) deeper underground, but you can find it pretty much anywhere. Sometimes you'll evencome across surface pools of lava. If that fire you see is inside a little blue cage, then you've found a spider spawner, and they're going to keep appearing out of it until you destroy it (use a pickaxe) or light up the area around it. Anything else I should know? I have an iron sword but thats about it. If you don't have it already, get armor. If you don't have the iron for a full set, go kill cows until you get enough leather to make whatever you're missing. Zombies will burn up in sunlight, but spiders won't unfortunately.

I do see fire inside a little blue cage. And I created a sun light path which killed the zombie. I dropped down and killed everything finding a chest with wheat, a bucket, and string.

That was pretty cool to be honest. Damn, that was tense.

[defel]

Anybody else following UHC this season? I'd have to say that the most recent episode was probably the busiest one I've seen in terms of player deaths

Yeh the latest batch of Ultra Hardcore videos were incredibly entertaining. I just hope they dont ruin my finals lol

[ZZMitch]

Anybody else following UHC this season? I'd have to say that the most recent episode was probably the busiest one I've seen in terms of player deaths

Yeah it was nuts.

I hate Pause, he kills all my favorite people! heh

[defel]

In other news Jeb posted this on his twitter earlier



with what looks like a new ore in the background. Ruby possibly?

[Xun]

In other news Jeb posted this on his twitter earlier with what looks like a new ore in the background. Ruby possibly?

I have no idea what this means.

[ZZMitch]

I have no idea what this means.

Looks like some sort of trading with NPCs?

I am guessing those are rubies, which can be used as currency or something.

[Blizzard]

Shopkeepers/trading perhaps?

It would be crazy if (like Nethack) you could kill the shopkeepers to take all their stuff, too.

[Ranger X]

We will craft Red Stone coins maybe?
Then those coins will let us buy stuff from villagers?
Looks like it.

[Piercedveil]

Looks like currency! Pretty cool.

[Pandaman]

haha, pakratts episode 4.

*twang*
... what was that?

[Ember128]

If anyone is playing on the XBOX Version, add my Gamertag; Ember512 . I'm messing around in a world right now.

[Deraldin]

Well damn. So much for that caving expedition. Was doing pretty well. I'd picked up a stack of coal and iron with a lot of stuff left behind me. Ran into 4 dungeons in this one cave/mine system so I ended up with a half stack of iron bars, a bucket which soon grabbed some lava and 1/3rd stack of gold thanks to a swanky new iron pick I crafted while I was down there.

Crafted myself a new iron sword to replace the stone sword that I had worn out and was feeling pretty good about everything! Then I turned a corner and ran into 3 cave spiders. :/

Don't really remember the specific path to get back there, but I'm gonna have to give it a shot.

EDIT: Haha! I managed to get all my stuff before it despawned! I almost got caught be another cave spider while doing so. It hit me, but thankfully I avoided the poison and got away. Actually wasn't as hard to get back there as I thought it would be, didn't make a single wrong turn. I think I'll go drop this stuff off before I die again though...

EDIT2: Found my first diamonds while trying to find my way out of that cave. Also I think I ran into the same cave spider again while searching for another exit that didn't involve going through him. Persistent little bastard he was. Thankfully he didn't kill me a second time. Ended up warping out when I got trapped in a dead end by a few of his friends come to avenge his death I think.

[EskimoJoe]

In other news Jeb posted this on his twitter earlier with what looks like a new ore in the background. Ruby possibly?

Sweet! I was just starting to wonder what else I could look forward too in the next update. This should be awesome.

[jambo]

In other news Jeb posted this on his twitter earlier with what looks like a new ore in the background. Ruby possibly?

Can't wait for the next snapshot, if the currency and NPC interaction is in it.

[NihonTiger90]

It works.

[Awesome Animals]

In other news Jeb posted this on his twitter earlier with what looks like a new ore in the background. Ruby possibly?

I like that he has three diamond swords... and a wooden pickaxe

[Rapstah]

I like that he has three diamond swords... and a wooden pickaxe

In the debug build they accidentally patched the game to for ten minutes with the bed update, you spawned with diamond swords. And 280 beds, but at least you spawned with certain diamond tools.

[Xun]

It works.

:o

Very nice, mind showing us how?

[Salaadin]

I wonder how thats going to work. Pistons that span more than one block?

[ACES11]

I just died. What do I do? I lost everything? What are those black things? I was swarmed by them when I wasn't looking. The green things that aren't zombies finished me off. Both of those killed me. Do I go back and get my stuff? That was annoying. I saw lava, wasn't sure how to pick it up with my bucket. I was really far down. Never been that far. I couldnt switch to my sword fast enough.

[ZZMitch]

I just died. What do I do? I lost everything? What are those black things? I was swarmed by them when I wasn't looking. The green things that aren't zombies finished me off. Both of those killed me. Do I go back and get my stuff? That was annoying. I saw lava, wasn't sure how to pick it up with my bucket. I was really far down. Never been that far. I couldnt switch to my sword fast enough.

Your stuff drops where you die. If you get back fast enough you can save it! Were the black things really tall? If so they were enderman, if you don't look at them they won't attack. Spiders are also black, but they are short have red eyes. THe green things are creepers, they blow up if they are close to you and make no noise. If you right click on the lava with the bucket in your hand you will pick it up, it has to be a source (unmoving) block though. You can hit the numbers 1-9 on your keyboard to instantly switch to the corresponding number on your hot-bar for faster switching.

[-Minsc-]

Items stay on the ground for a duration of five minutes when chunk is loaded. If the chunk isn't loaded, ie: no player present, the items "timer" will freeze until the chunk is loaded again. It's common to find a persons loot laying on the ground in less traveled areas as a result of this.

[ACES11]

Your stuff drops where you die. If you get back fast enough you can save it! Were the black things really tall? If so they were enderman, if you don't look at them they won't attack. Spiders are also black, but they are short have red eyes. THe green things are creepers, they blow up if they are close to you and make no noise. If you right click on the lava with the bucket in your hand you will pick it up, it has to be a source (unmoving) block though. You can hit the numbers 1-9 on your keyboard to instantly switch to the corresponding number on your hot-bar for faster switching.

Yeah, the lava was moving so there was my problem.

I know what spiders are and these weren't them. I think it's gone. There are a ton of zombies and a skeleton there and I don't know if I can get past them nor can I find where my stuff is at and I died again.

I panicked, got scared, and died (again). :(

I had torches everywhere too and even found an underwater river which was cool. This is why I hate SP games. Too scared at these block things. At least building with other people, I have people who can protect me. :p

[NihonTiger90]

:o Very nice, mind showing us how?

It's based off a design from PearSqurrel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pG91IfoyAw

Basically, it's two sets of pistons. One on top pushes down the fence when activated, then retracts. Then when I flip the switch, the second set of pistons pushes the gravel up and retracts.

Since gravel is a falling block, once the pistons retract, the gravel falls back into the hole where it was before, the fence stays pushed up, and it's open. :)

Did a short montage of the building part, but I haven't uploaded it yet. It also needs some decoration so it doesn't look so blocky, and I have to begin progress on the grand hallway that leads from there to the main tower of the fortress. All in due time, of course.

[-Minsc-]

It's based off a design from PearSqurrel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pG91IfoyAw Basically, it's two sets of pistons. One on top pushes down the fence when activated, then retracts. Then when I flip the switch, the second set of pistons pushes the gravel up and retracts. Since gravel is a falling block, once the pistons retract, the gravel falls back into the hole where it was before, the fence stays pushed up, and it's open. :) Did a short montage of the building part, but I haven't uploaded it yet. It also needs some decoration so it doesn't look so blocky, and I have to begin progress on the grand hallway that leads from there to the main tower of the fortress. All in due time, of course.

Very interesting. I'm curious to see how large a door one could make with that method.

[The Technomancer]

I do wish we could get some additional controlled motion devices besides pistons in future updates.

[EskimoJoe]

Very interesting. I'm curious to see how large a door one could make with that method.

In the comments, the video creator says you can extend it horizontally pretty well, which is pretty obvious. Making it taller would be a much more difficult matter, but I don't see why you couldn't make it 5 tall. Maybe 6, but you'd need some room.

[Mengy]

It's based off a design from PearSqurrel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pG91IfoyAw Basically, it's two sets of pistons. One on top pushes down the fence when activated, then retracts. Then when I flip the switch, the second set of pistons pushes the gravel up and retracts. Since gravel is a falling block, once the pistons retract, the gravel falls back into the hole where it was before, the fence stays pushed up, and it's open. :) Did a short montage of the building part, but I haven't uploaded it yet. It also needs some decoration so it doesn't look so blocky, and I have to begin progress on the grand hallway that leads from there to the main tower of the fortress. All in due time, of course.

That's awesome. I need to build one of those just for the fun of it. I love designing things with redstone, I'm just not very good at it, lol.

[Chuckpebble]

So you used backwards facing step blocks to prevent the fence posts connecting to the adjacent blocks? Looks good.

[Overdoziz]

Can't join the NeoGAF server. :/

response code: 502 for URL: http://session.minecraft.net/game/jo...user=Overdoziz

[CharmingCharlie]

Can't join the NeoGAF server. :/

Everything seems fine here, both me and Poorrich are on at the moment. Have you accidentally upgraded your copy of minecraft by any chance ?

All's well that ends well as they say.

[NihonTiger90]

So you used backwards facing step blocks to prevent the fence posts connecting to the adjacent blocks? Looks good.

Indeed. Because of how I have mine set up, there is one row of stone brick at the top for the last set of top-side pistons (replacing the wool used in the original design), so that's the only place they connect to any adjacent blocks.

[Vlad]

I do wish we could get some additional controlled motion devices besides pistons in future updates.

Yeah, that's the one area I really wish they'd focus a little more on. The pistons were a great addition, but there just feels like there should be more to do. Of course, once they get a proper mod API up and running (especially if they end up making it so that you auto-download mods when connecting to a server running them), then most of it will be rather moot, since a lot of mods out there cover a lot of the stuff you might be looking for.

For example, I've spent hours over the last few weeks really digging into RedPower. I hadn't paid any attention to the mod for quite some time, and I thought it was still just wire and logic gates. It turns out that the mod's creator has added a bunch of new stuff to it, including a pneumatic tubes (for transporting items), pumps and fluid pipes (for pumping water and lava source blocks), and best of all Frames (more on those in a second).

I started a new world and played it Survival style, as there are several new ores and materials added by the mod, and I was curious how well they fit in as far as mining goes. After a few weeks work, I've built a gravel-to-flint converting machine, an automatic obsidian generator, an automatic infinite cobblestone harvester, a sheep-shearing factory, and my current (and by far, the largest) project, a mining machine:




Sure, it's a work in progress, and it's ugly as hell (and it's going to stay that way), but it's my baby.

Those yellow, girder-like blocks that it's almost entirely built out of are called frames. By themselves, they do nothing, but when you add a frame motor (those green blocks in the middle of the second image), that's when great things happen. What a frame motor will do is move a frame one block in one direction (determined by the direction of the frame motor. However, when moved, a frame will also move all frames attached to the original one, and any blocks attached to those.

So, that machine in the picture is actually two parts. There's all the various motors and guts on its base, and the tall arm and mining head, which can dig a good-sized square down into the earth:



It takes about 4 minutes to bore from the surface all the way down to bedrock. All the materials that are dug up are sent via pneumatic tube to a group of chests on the machine's base, except cobblestone, dirt, and gravel are filtered out and discarded on the way.

Eventually I'm aiming to get this thing mobile, so I can essentially drive it around from place to place and dig.

There's a good overview of frames here.

[Rapstah]

Yeah, that's the one area I really wish they'd focus a little more on. The pistons were a great addition, but there just feels like there should be more to do. Of course, once they get a proper mod API up and running (especially if they end up making it so that you auto-download mods when connecting to a server running them), then most of it will be rather moot, since a lot of mods out there cover a lot of the stuff you might be looking for. For example, I've spent hours over the last few weeks really digging into RedPower. I hadn't paid any attention to the mod for quite some time, and I thought it was still just wire and logic gates. It turns out that the mod's creator has added a bunch of new stuff to it, including a pneumatic tubes (for transporting items), pumps and fluid pipes (for pumping water and lava source blocks), and best of all Frames (more on those in a second). I started a new world and played it Survival style, as there are several new ores and materials added by the mod, and I was curious how well they fit in as far as mining goes. After a few weeks work, I've built a gravel-to-flint converting machine, an automatic obsidian generator, an automatic infinite cobblestone harvester, a sheep-shearing factory, and my current (and by far, the largest) project, a mining machine: Sure, it's a work in progress, and it's ugly as hell (and it's going to stay that way), but it's my baby. Those yellow, girder-like blocks that it's almost entirely built out of are called frames. By themselves, they do nothing, but when you add a frame motor (those green blocks in the middle of the second image), that's when great things happen. What a frame motor will do is move a frame one block in one direction (determined by the direction of the frame motor. However, when moved, a frame will also move all frames attached to the original one, and any blocks attached to those. So, that machine in the picture is actually two parts. There's all the various motors and guts on its base, and the tall arm and mining head, which can dig a good-sized square down into the earth: It takes about 4 minutes to bore from the surface all the way down to bedrock. All the materials that are dug up are sent via pneumatic tube to a group of chests on the machine's base, except cobblestone, dirt, and gravel are filtered out and discarded on the way. Eventually I'm aiming to get this thing mobile, so I can essentially drive it around from place to place and dig. There's a good overview of frames here.

Dude, holy shit. You need to make a video of that because I want to see how it looks and sounds while working.