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[NotBacon]

How exactly are values displayed? Can Minecraft display text strings now?

8 "lamps" are lit to display the corresponding bits in the current byte. You could store a string, say using ASCII encoding, by storing the hex values of each byte of each character.

H -> 0x48
e -> 0x65
l -> 0x6C
l -> 0x6C
o -> 0x6F

So, Hello -> 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111

He needs to go deeper. Like create a computer in Minecraft, and then play Minecraft on it and so on.
Universe will explode.

And then play Minecraft on THAT computer...

I have absolutely no clue what all this means

Google?

 

[_Ryo_]

First you have to create an HDD then you have to create an OS to run the software, then you have to port Minecraft to the OS within the game HDD.

 

[eyeball_kid]

The only way this hard drive displays data is a series of labeled lights.

You could theoretically arrange those lamps in a grid to make a monochrome dot-matrix display that could show text or graphics. People have also made color displays that use pistons to push colored blocks into desired locations.

Yeah, that's what I figured. Seems like Mojang would've thrown tinkerers a bone by now and given them a cube you could write texture values to.

Technically, the thing this person made could be more accurately described as a RAM cache, as calling it a "hard drive" would indicate the drive platter mechanism had been recreated.

 

[FrsDvl]

I feel so stupid. I couldn't figure out what KB stood for, I decided it was Ketabyte. Then I realized it's a kilo byte.

That's what happens when you start thinking in gigabytes

 

[Krauser Kat]

Minecraft within minecraft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwHBaSySHmo

A fully functional graphic calculator within minecraft has also been done.

 

[Adrian]

dude is Asian, for sure... right?

 

[Orayn]

Yeah, that's what I figured. Seems like Mojang would've thrown tinkerers a bone by now and given them a cube you could write texture values to.

Technically, the thing this person made could be more accurately described as a RAM cache, as calling it a "hard drive" would indicate the drive platter mechanism had been recreated.

Yeah, it's a solid state storage device of sorts, and "hard drive" is just a way of describing it that people will understand since it does have store data in a semi-permanent way. Notions of volatile vs. non-volatile are kind of weird in Minecraft because of the way Redstone works, though.

 

[tskeeve]

That is ridiculously impressive and creative.

dude is Asian, for sure... right?

Is this real life?

 

[-tetsuo-]

What exactly can it save

 

[Tubie]

Science has gone too far.

Minecraft within Minecraft next.

 

[Pegosaurus]

so you can store actual data in this?

I have no idea how this works.

 

[Anustart]

Imagine two of those puppies in RAID.

 

[Krejlooc]

What exactly can it save

Data. All data is binary.

 

[NotBacon]

so you can store actual data in this?

I have no idea how this works.

Everything is 1's and 0's. This stores 1's and 0's with opaque blocks and glass blocks, so yes.

 

[Soulflarz]

I dont even get how
This is awesome/absurd

(I get your explanations but whaat)

 

[Josman]

haha that is amazing, very creative

 

[AngerdX]

I´m stunned, talk about i feel stupid after watching some of the things people create.

 

[bodyboarder]

Wow.

 

[TheOMan]

The Singularity is upon us

Well, when somebody builds something in Minecraft that writes the next version of Minecraft by itself, then we've made it to the Singularity.

Pretty sure that's when Minecrafter will also rename itself to Skynet.

 

[striferser]

At this point, i won't be surprised if someone create a minecraft or playstation emulator in minecraft.

I tip my hat to this awesome fellows

 

[LurkerPrime]

Absolutely incredible. I can scarcely imagine the effort, thought, and planning that goes into a project like this, much less pulling it off successfully.

I kneel in awe before you, Someone. (Psst! I don't know the creator's name...)

 

[NotBacon]

Absolutely incredible. I can scarcely imagine the effort, thought, and planning that goes into a project like this, much less pulling it off successfully.

I kneel in awe before you, Someone. (Psst! I don't know the creator's name...)

I imagine it's not too difficult if you're already an engineer. It's just drawing up a schematic to figure out the components you need, then trying to figure out how to make them in Minecraft, then actually building them. Probably more time consuming than anything, so I've still gotta hand it to the guy...

 

[kyser73]

Straight out of Greg Egan.

 

[LouisaFerre]

What am I doing with my life?

 

[iShouldGoPro]

The universe doesn't know what to do anymore

 

[SovanJedi]

Minecraft within minecraft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwHBaSySHmo

A fully functional graphic calculator within minecraft has also been done.

I saw something like this a while ago, but this is much more impressive. It's low-res Terreria in Minecraft.

This game. This game.

 

[hooijdonk17]

Amazing doesn't begin to describe it, and I never even played Minecraft before.

 

[Slayer-33]

This is nuts!


I don't want to divert from the topic at hand but man oh man I'm starting to think that WE ARE IN A SIMULATION OURSELVES "irl"

 

[RdN]

That's really cool. Can't even imagine how much work was put into this.

 

[CaptainGyro]

i seriously have no idea what's going on in that mineception video and what's so crazy about it

Never played minecraft for more than 10 minutes

 

[lifeexpectancy]

Minecraft within minecraft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwHBaSySHmo

A fully functional graphic calculator within minecraft has also been done.

So I guess that guy wins. I thought this thread was crazy, then I saw the 4kb one, then I saw that youtube vid.

I'm assuming the Mineception one on youtube is only possible in the PC version? Can't imagine the 360/PS3 version would have enough space to pull that off.

 

[Hamlet]

Never ceases to amaze me what people manage to do in Minecraft.

 

[red731]

I am amazed af. Bravo.

 

[Zoopa]

impressive stuff. Before, I thought this guy was crazy for building an 8 bit counter in prison architect

 

[Joey Ravn]

Pffft. He did it in Creative Mode. Call me when he manages to get all the resources he needs to build it in Survival.

Spoiler

/s Yes. I'm an asshole.

 

[Party Popper]

Wow! Just wow!

That Is pretty impressive for me at least!

Mojang SHOULD hire this guy asap hahaha

 

[mcz117chief]

This is the 4 KB one

Spoiler

The zoomed out pick looks insane, like Simcity 2000

now THIS is impressive

Spoiler

Lol, for a second there I really thought it is a screen from Simcity 2k So many cool things on his map too, that Nyan Cat is just pure win too XD