Minecraft

[253eg]

man, i haven't minecrafted in a while... not since before beta started in december... i logged in yesterday and damn, the new updates are awesome... i hear we might get the piston mod soon too

What?

 

[anfrey]

[youtube=self building bridge]cmyEi-GyB0E[/youtube]

[youtube=piston mod demo]salYX2iDyqs[/youtube]


i'm fairly certain mojang will be implementing that into the game itself.

 

[vjf915]

I'm fairly certain that the tearing down/building/survival portion sounds interesting. But I still don't really get the survival part. If you create a house that they can't get into, then you survive? I wish that some major system developer would come up with this stuff, and implement it into a zombie game like Left 4 Dead.

 

[253eg]

I'm fairly certain that the tearing down/building/survival portion sounds interesting. But I still don't really get the survival part. If you create a house that they can't get into, then you survive? I wish that some major system developer would come up with this stuff, and implement it into a zombie game like Left 4 Dead.

Thing is, when you're mining, creepers can spawn within the darkness and you can run across spiders. So, you have to be aware when mining deep and watch for the exploding penis. They always get me.

 

[vjf915]

Still. The main focus is still on building e-lego's. Some may consider it fun, I think it would be better if paired up with a FPS.

 

[anfrey]

the main focus is whatever you make it, really... the game is just that open ended... but yeah, lots of us enjoy making buildings and machines.... people have build analog CPUs and ALUs in minecraft, which is pretty amazing. redstone is the s**t lol

 

[vjf915]

See I don't even know wtf an "analog CPU" is. I know it has something to do with computers, but that's it.

 

[anfrey]

he basically build a CPU (with circuits and moving parts) in the game. and yes, it works, it mates with the ALU (arithmetic logical unit - basically a math processor) as well as the RAM that some other guy made. of course, they're all building to spec, so it works out well.

watch this video for more info from the guy who built it...

[youtube=minecraft cpu]7sNge0Ywz-M[/youtube]

 

[joe7987]

Victor - it's largely a creative outlet, from my understanding. Yes, they are kind of like legos... but they're legos that can defy gravity or that can be used as switches to create mechanical movements (some people create roller coasters). There are other aspects as well.

 

[ej_swag]

I just bought Minecraft about 4 days ago. Needless to say I feel like an ant just building everything I can. It's pretty addictive, creative, and wildly fun.

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

Dude. Seriously. why is he coughing so much?

 

[vjf915]

Holy crap, lag galore.....

 

[00_Civic_Si]

If you want less lag, just push F while in game till the distance is short, or go to the Menu and find "Render Distance" and switch it to tiny.

 

[joe7987]

Yea.. I have 0 lag.

 

[vjf915]

Well I'm just messing around for right now. I built myself a house.....but it's kind of pointless because I don't think it matters in the free version.

 

[JohnS.]

Holy s**t and I thought WoW people had no lives . This s**t is intense.

 

[anfrey]

lol john, yeah, this is heavy... though a lot of the ppl making huge builds aren't excavating for their resources. they're just having the server give it to them for free... so much of it is just designing the build and actually doing it.

victor: yeah, the free version is creative mode. you get to create s**t, but no mobs, no true mining, no day/night cycle, etc. still, it gives you a small taste of things

 

[vjf915]

I'm still interested to know how this "survival mode" works. Do the things still "come out" if you're not signed on? Can they break through barriers that you create?

 

[anfrey]

I'm still interested to know how this "survival mode" works. Do the things still "come out" if you're not signed on? Can they break through barriers that you create?

in a multiplayer world, yes, the monsters will still appear after you've signed out. in single player, the game is "paused" when you log off. monsters can appear anywhere there's total darkness. this means they'll be underground and just about anywhere at night, unless you have torches lit. (you make torches by cutting wood and mining coal, cutting the wood blocks into planks, making the planks into sticks, and, finally, combining sticks with coal). there's lots of different monsters, with the creeper being the most destructive one. you can tell these guys are near when you hear some hisssssssssing. and yeah, they blow up and destroy stuff you've made, parts of the landscape, etc. you can craft a bow, arrows, swords, armor, etc. to defend yourself.

 

[joe7987]

^^That sounds like fun...