Minecraft, awesome one man game project

[commanderkeen]

You could always code with torches. Same basic principle as with the colored wool, but you're going to be needing to place torches no matter what so you may as well use them for something other than light.

I believe there is an even better way. Text! Just post a sign and write what the tunnel is going to, or what cardinal direction. Albeit, it is slower to read, but could contain more information then a simple color coordination.

[taggart6]

This is pretty awesome. I have no idea how you launch arrows though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFrg...ayer_embedded#

[James]

I found a jpg the other day that showed the various levels at which things appear in Minecraft (ex. levels Iron shows up, where gold shows up, the levels water can be in, etc.). I'll post it later tonight when I get home.

::edit::
nm, found it again.



Kind of a general guide than a set of hard limits (coal appears everywhere, not just 64-127, for example), but still fairly useful. The water level is pretty accurate for lakes and such, I believe; you'll still find random spouts deep underground, but as long as you tunnel at 45 and below you shouldn't ever hit the bottom of a lake. 48 will probably get you under most lakes, but there's a chance you'll hit one.

So wait, Diamond is only found between 16 and 10 on the y-axis? Damn, I've been looking way too low. (I'm at the adminium layer).

[linoleum]

I believe there is an even better way. Text! Just post a sign and write what the tunnel is going to, or what cardinal direction. Albeit, it is slower to read, but could contain more information then a simple color coordination.

Torches give only one color and they're very easy to knock down.

Signs are more helpful overall, but who wants to put up a sign every 10 blocks down a 1000 block tunnel?

I do think that tunnels should at least have a sign at every entrance/exit/fork saying generally where they go.

[Kamakazie]

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewto...p?f=25&t=92206

Motion to start a PvP guns server.

[James]

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewto...p?f=25&t=92206

Motion to start a PvP guns server.

I think we'll have to find another server for that. Mine is barely handling things as is.

Either that, or I need to upgrade it to SSD's and a better CPU.

*Edit: Update: google api map will be down for a bit. Trying to upgrade to the latest code base so we can get beta textures in the maps. (The pyramid of invisibility finally got to me.)

*Edit 2: Had to completely flush the cachedir and start from scratch. Updates of the map are disabled, and the server will be sluggish for several hours at least until the intial build of the map data is complete. To give you an idea, it's nearly 4GB (3.7GB) of images it has to composite at this point in our game map. It takes a long time on a 1.6GHz dual core Opteron. Once the initial build is complete, updates only take a few minutes. Once the initial map build is complete, I will enable updates to progress normally. I really wish I could afford to upgrade the server.

*Edit 3: Wow I'm dumb. Forgot to copy over the latest minecraft.jar terrain.png file, without that even the updated code base can't render the new types of blocks. I'll take care of that once I get to work (easier from there) and I'll kick off the map render again. :rolleyes:

[monroeski]

So wait, Diamond is only found between 16 and 10 on the y-axis? Damn, I've been looking way too low. (I'm at the adminium layer).

It's not ONLY found there, I think it's just most likely found there.

I don't know the actual source for that pic (and thus its accuracy), by the way. Just something I found.

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewto...p?f=25&t=92206

Motion to start a PvP guns server.

You never play any more anyway.

[James]

Just thought I would update on the google maps API.

Latest code base is installed, and I completely regenerated the map. That being said, it looks like sandstone is still borked somehow. Shows up either transparent, or bright fuchsia purple-pink.

[monroeski]

This is pretty awesome. I have no idea how you launch arrows though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFrg...ayer_embedded#

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Dispenser

[monroeski]

2,320 units in the X direction.
829 blocks in the Z direction.
12 minutes and 20 seconds to make the whole trip.

The tunnel connecting all my bases from Monroeski Mine to OGWAI is now complete.

[monroeski]

I've been filling in that hole in the bottom part of the map, and there are a few areas down there with a TON of sand, if anybody's still looking for some.

[Kamakazie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl36SsszqpY

[commanderkeen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl36SsszqpY

Lol, good post!

Anybody still playing minecraft?? The couple of times I have logged in, nobody has been on so I just quietly exited stage left. Anyone??

[linoleum]

Anybody still playing minecraft?? The couple of times I have logged in, nobody has been on so I just quietly exited stage left. Anyone??

Yeah, look for the big white line on the map north of the pyramid. All that glass doesn't just build itself.

[monroeski]

My normal Minecraft time has been taken up lately by a replay of Symphony of the Night. Once I get my duplicator I'll probably jump back in more frequently.

I have at least two ideas for projects that I'd like to work on.