Minecraft, awesome one man game project

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Originally Posted by taggart6

admins can creats source and flow blocks. if you want, i can setup a lava source pit and refill as needed

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I'm kind of confused at this point as to what you guys mean when you say source blocks, and have been since Kama mentioned keeping some in a chest. If you mean just a normal one like the kind we can find in the wild, that wouldn't really help, since we can't place them yet. Is there some kind of "lava source" item that you can have in your inventory without a bucket that gets placed like normal?

I had assumed previously that whoever made the lava on Adisharr's building did a normal "point at block, spawn lava immediately" type deal like you can do in the console in most FPS games, but that still wouldn't be something you could carry around.

At any rate, just having an unlimited supply sitting there for the taking kind of takes the fun out of exploring. TNT is okay, since we have monsters turned off and no other way to get it; while non-admins currently can't place lava out of a bucket like normal, that may be fixed as of the Saturday update.

I guess I'd say either wait for the update to see if lava is fixed (and if it isn't, THEN create the pit) or create the pit now but destroy it if normal lava is fixed on Saturday.

It's a block that looks like flowing lava and when placed, spawns a lava source. It works the same as every other thing in the game in that it can be stacked, stored in boxes, dropped, etc, but it doesn't occur naturally.

James - If the Sunday patch is a magic multiplayer fix that adds damage, monsters and all that good stuff, could you please start a second server on a different port with all that enabled so we can have a persistent survival environment? :D

I love the danger that comes from single player Minecraft. The need to dig and find ore, the need to protect yourself at night and the constant threat of being murdered. So good.

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Originally Posted by Kamakazie

James - If the Sunday patch is a magic multiplayer fix that adds damage, monsters and all that good stuff, could you please start a second server on a different port with all that enabled so we can have a persistent survival environment? :D

I love the danger that comes from single player Minecraft. The need to dig and find ore, the need to protect yourself at night and the constant threat of being murdered. So good.

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If we do that, then we should probably also dis-allow spawning materials in the new server as well. But I'm all for it no matter what. Single player fun in a multiplayer environment, yes please.

*Edit: Apparently once the java server has consumed RAM, it won't free it until it's stopped.

Spoiler

http://www.sharkyforums.com/images/i.../2010/10/4.png

For anyone who wants to keep an eye on how the server is doing, goto this address: http://darksavior.net/cacti/graph_vi...action=preview username: guest, password: guest

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Originally Posted by Kamakazie

James - If the Sunday patch is a magic multiplayer fix that adds damage, monsters and all that good stuff, could you please start a second server on a different port with all that enabled so we can have a persistent survival environment? :D

I love the danger that comes from single player Minecraft. The need to dig and find ore, the need to protect yourself at night and the constant threat of being murdered. So good.

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If he can't/won't, I'm thinking of starting my own, but that is dependent on being able to fix my old computer. Adding/removing network cards doesn't seem to work, so what I'm probably going to do this weekend is reinstall Windows and see if that works; barring that, I have an even OLDER comp that may work but I'd have to look up the stats.

All of this, of course, assuming I even have time to do it. Have two tests coming up next week to study for.

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Originally Posted by James

If we do that, then we should probably also dis-allow spawning materials in the new server as well. But I'm all for it no matter what. Single player fun in a multiplayer environment, yes please.

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I agree completely. No /gives on the survival server.

I was thinking all this TNT + lava was a pretty good sign that we were going to start a new map this weekend (after update)...At the rate it's going, I'm not sure the current world is going to last that long even. :p

And I'm also for the resource "lockdown" and/or a separate server where people can still get any materials just for experimental / large-scale building. :)

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Originally Posted by linoleum

I was thinking all this TNT + lava was a pretty good sign that we were going to start a new map this weekend (after update)...At the rate it's going, I'm not sure the current world is going to last that long even. :p

And I'm also for the resource "lockdown" and/or a separate server where people can still get any materials just for experimental / large-scale building. :)

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I think the existing server will be qualified as our "creative" server.

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Originally Posted by Kamakazie

I agree completely. No /gives on the survival server.

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Is it possible to turn off /iron and /wood as well? Or maybe there will there be a new server to go with the new update that removes them anyway?

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Originally Posted by linoleum

Is it possible to turn off /iron and /wood as well? Or maybe there will there be a new server to go with the new update that removes them anyway?

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As long as you're not an admin you shouldn't be able to do that... at least I don't think. If not, time to check out mods.

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Originally Posted by Kamakazie

I agree completely. No /gives on the survival server.

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It's the only way to play that mode IMO.

i'm down for a survival server with gives off. I'm also down for just wiping this current server since its turned more into a blast zone.

Taggart, check out Ultra Pit when you get a chance. It's a little deeper now... :D

Yes, survival server without any help at all would be awesome. We'd have to get together at night in the castle and fight off the hordes of monsters haha.

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Originally Posted by linoleum

Is it possible to turn off /iron and /wood as well? Or maybe there will there be a new server to go with the new update that removes them anyway?

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I don't think I know those commands. What do they do?

*Edit: We can also easily fix the whole /give thing now. I just remove everyone (including me) from the admins/ops lists.

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Originally Posted by Timman_24

Yes, survival server without any help at all would be awesome. We'd have to get together at night in the castle and fight off the hordes of monsters haha.

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Not if you plan the castle right. :D

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Originally Posted by monroeski

Not if you plan the castle right. :D

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All obsidian. Notch was talking on PC Gamer podcast about some of his ideas for upcoming content. The survival mode will be ramped up where they actually plan attacks against your strong hold and the number of them increases as time goes on, so you have to constantly be moving as to not be overwhelmed. It would be called siege mode or something. He also wants base camps for the monsters that you can pillage.

He said eventually he wants to make PVP where people can get into teams and siege each other's keeps with siege weapons.

This game is going to be awesome, we are only at the beginning of minecraft awesomeness!

Epic. This guy is a frikkin genius.

Who would have guessed that out of all the games I have home but haven't played yet, this blocky Lego reject would be the one I spend the most time with :)

I'm going to finish my skyscraper in the current server, then I'm calling it done.

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Originally Posted by Timman_24

All obsidian. Notch was talking on PC Gamer podcast about some of his ideas for upcoming content. The survival mode will be ramped up where they actually plan attacks against your strong hold and the number of them increases as time goes on, so you have to constantly be moving as to not be overwhelmed. It would be called siege mode or something. He also wants base camps for the monsters that you can pillage.

He said eventually he wants to make PVP where people can get into teams and siege each other's keeps with siege weapons.

This game is going to be awesome, we are only at the beginning of minecraft awesomeness!

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That all sounds like a very different game than the one I've been playing. As long as there's still some kind of exploration mode, though, it's cool; I just don't want the whole game to be that combat focused. A huge part of the success is people just wandering around, screwing around, building random things. Couldn't do that as well if you're worried about catapults every night.

You guys are crazy. This thread is a constant source of entertainment.
I'm seeing Minecraft everywhere. I woke up this morning under the covers, with just a little bit of light peeking through an opening at the other side of the bed and thought "ooh...cave!".

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Originally Posted by monroeski

That all sounds like a very different game than the one I've been playing. As long as there's still some kind of exploration mode, though, it's cool; I just don't want the whole game to be that combat focused. A huge part of the success is people just wandering around, screwing around, building random things. Couldn't do that as well if you're worried about catapults every night.

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I agree. However, from the looks of it, I'd expect multiple game modes to be allowed.


Personally, I would prefer a wide open exploration mode where you can run into "tribes" of baddies that start to mount attacks against you once you find them. You would have to spend the next few days fighting back until you wipe them out or scare them away. Once that is done, you can return to exploration until you run into the next tribe. This mixes up the exploration with some action without letting either become dominant.

I can't stop laughing at this... So stupid... lmao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv-FORwG2oo

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Originally Posted by monroeski

That all sounds like a very different game than the one I've been playing. As long as there's still some kind of exploration mode, though, it's cool; I just don't want the whole game to be that combat focused. A huge part of the success is people just wandering around, screwing around, building random things. Couldn't do that as well if you're worried about catapults every night.

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Yeah but we know there is nothing to find out there except more of what is close to our home base. There aren't huge cities that creatures have made, vast treasures, etc. What we have been doing is fun, but I will only be interested in building block stuff for a week or so more. There is no purpose right now. Notch says he wants to give the players a more unified goal, things to achieve in game. I believe he means level systems, more crafting options, risk oriented gameplay, and enhanced AI for the monsters.

IMO there can be much more to this game than a simple block builder.