Minecraft, awesome one man game project

[proxops-pete]

16-bit ALU?! http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/10/...-in-minecraft/

[linoleum]

I kind of want to build either a water or lava moat around my new home. I don't like the idea of any baddies getting near my glass walls.

The lava moat was what I was gonna try until I ended up losing half my gear (pre-learning-of-chests) just trying to get it into the bucket.

I also had a great idea to tunnel from my house down into the moat, except I built my house on sand. (Of course the house started out as just a way to dump extra blocks before I figured out the storage chest.) I saw a great video of a trap that used water to draw in enemies, drown them, and then send the loot through a 1x1 hole accessible from the other side of the trap. A good idea, but I'll have to experiment a lot more with water before I'm ready for that.

The minecraft wiki says lava powers a furnace for 100 uses, and then also destroys the bucket as well...

[kpxgq]

any gold hunting tips? ive been playing over a week solid and yet to find any gold.. seen tons of lava and iron and monster spawns

[James]

I saw a great video of a trap that used water to draw in enemies, drown them, and then send the loot through a 1x1 hole accessible from the other side of the trap.

That sounds awesome. Link?

[Rush]

any gold hunting tips? ive been playing over a week solid and yet to find any gold.. seen tons of lava and iron and monster spawns

You have to tunnel pretty far down into the earth to start seeing a decent amount of gold. Gold is a pretty useless mineral anyway, at least right now.

[Kamakazie]

www.minecraft.net/boo

[linoleum]

That sounds awesome. Link?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6v1UM8yNNU

[James]

www.minecraft.net/boo

Be scared of the dark!
Torches will die after awhile. Use flint and steel to reignite, or place lanterns that last forever.

No way in hell. I have several hundred torches in place in my giant staircase now. If they all start going out due to an update, I'll be pissed.

*Edit: latest image of my staircase.

[taggart6]

Holy ****...that sucks. I have a bunch of torches lighting my special mine areas. Dam...

[Kamakazie]

The new stuff might only apply to new worlds.

[linoleum]

any gold hunting tips? ive been playing over a week solid and yet to find any gold.. seen tons of lava and iron and monster spawns

Last night I was mining down and all the sudden I fell into a deep, pitch black pit...and immediately heard the hiss and boom of a creeper.

On the second walk back, I found out that there were 2-3 more creepers, 3 zombies, and a skeleton down there as well. I managed to take out all but the skeleton and was able to explore a little...it is a massive cavern (big enough that I got lost trying to remember how to get out and died to the remaining skeleton), and includes a waterfall, lava (only 1 block of it), and at least a few blocks of gold (first time I'd seen it).

[James]

OK.

I feel a bit better, but not entirely.

According to this thread, when lanterns are introduced, any and all torches already placed will be transformed into lanterns.

at the moment that torches become temporary and lanterns are added, all torches will be transformed into lanterns, in order to save fortresses that rely on torches for light.

If that is truly the case, I'm not nearly as freaked out as I was before.

[Wurm]

Its still BS

[linoleum]

...when lanterns are introduced, any and all torches already placed will be transformed into lanterns.

Will lanterns be portable? Should I start making torch-covered walls now?

Something tells me lanterns will be more costly/difficult to produce than torches.

[Kamakazie]

Will lanterns be portable? Should I start making torch-covered walls now?

Something tells me lanterns will be more costly/difficult to produce than torches.

I'm thinking they're going to come off walls in pieces like a boat and cost iron and glass to craft.