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[James]

Bummer.

In other news, the Lava/Obsidian transition works loads better now since the last time I tried to farm some obsidian. I turned around 128 blocks in less than a minute.

[linoleum]

But I liked the natural ones.

Plus now we have to change all of the "To forest fire" signs.

I didn't see any chunk errors yesterday after the update.

I read something suggesting monsters won't wander into water anymore. Did not seem to be the case for me, I hope it's not a "fix" that just hasn't made it into multiplayer yet.

Multiplayer beds are weird, since one AFK (or non-sleepy) person can "ruin" it for everyone else.

[monroeski]

Bummer.

In other news, the Lava/Obsidian transition works loads better now since the last time I tried to farm some obsidian. I turned around 128 blocks in less than a minute.

What exactly do you mean by the lava/obsidian transition? Does obsidian harvest faster now?

[James]

What exactly do you mean by the lava/obsidian transition? Does obsidian harvest faster now?

Sorry, I guess I wasn't really clear.

- Before when I would dump water in/near lava, at most 2-4 blocks would transition to obsidian.
- Now dropping water onto a lava block always turns that block into water, and all adjacent blocks into obsidian. Dropping water onto a solid block and letting it "flow" over the lava results in all blocks it touches turning to obsidian.
- Previously when I tried that, it was really hit or miss, and sometimes I would end up with cobblestone blocks instead of obsidian, etc.

Harvesting obsidian takes just as long as ever, and I probably won't create anymore of it. I was just taken with how well it works now.

I am just assuming that this was part of some code update, because it's much "cleaner" now than it used to be. Keep in mind the last time I farmed some obsidian was before the Beta launch.

[monroeski]

I never had any trouble farming obsidian pre-beta; I just lined up the lava source blocks and poured water over them and everything changed over just fine.

Previously, though, only lava source blocks would become obsidian, and any other flows of lava turned to cobblestone. Your description sounds like it's been changed such that even the flows turn into obsidian now.

[monroeski]

Aaaaargh Minecraft.net has been down all day for me!

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Also, fyi James, the map isn't updating anymore.

[James]

Aaaaargh Minecraft.net has been down all day for me!

::edit::
Also, fyi James, the map isn't updating anymore.

Not surprising.

They completely revamped the way the save game files are formatted. Waiting on a refresh of the google-api map generator that takes that into account.

[taggart6]

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[Kamakazie]

New RPG-collectible card-board game game by the makers of minecraft:

http://www.scrolls.com/

I like everything you just said.

[James]

Also, fyi James, the map isn't updating anymore.

In theory, we should get a new update soon. I just git cloned the latest version and kicked off the map creation, it's extremely slow, but should be done before tomorrow.

[linoleum]

In theory, we should get a new update soon. I just git cloned the latest version and kicked off the map creation, it's extremely slow, but should be done before tomorrow.

The pyramid finally looks like a pyramid, and not a weird purple/invisible spot on the map.

[James]

Yeah, looks like the update finally takes advantage of the new block types.

[linoleum]

Interestingly, our spawn point moved, and is now over somewhere between the barn and monroeski's lava/water falls (this is reflected on the big map).

I have no idea how or when or why it happened, but I took the opportunity to fix some of those holes in the sand that were previously unfixable due to being too close to spawn.

[monroeski]

Can't view the map from this computer, but I imagine it's somewhere under the forest you planted, just to make sure we spawn with a bunch of zombies right in our faces from now on whether it's day or night.

[linoleum]

Can't view the map from this computer, but I imagine it's somewhere under the forest you planted, just to make sure we spawn with a bunch of zombies right in our faces from now on whether it's day or night.

That would make it too close to trees so that they couldn't be farmed anymore.

Actually it's on the opposite side of the barn, about halfway between the two buildings.