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Posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2010/09/30 14:49:47
Here's a specific thread to stop spamming mind-numbing details into the Other PC Games thread. Discussion to the level of mind-numbing detail of the game, Minecraft.

To Start The Ball Rolling
#1 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2010/09/30 14:52:43
So we've started a MP server and have decided to build a pub. We've got the ground floor with a fireplace, bar, jukebox(s) and tables and have started on the disco one floor below which has a floor of gold and obsidian.
Next up is a jacuzzi on the roof. Just a shame we're all hopeless nerds - need to convince the girls in the office to buy the game.
Not sure if that'd make it any less geeky mind.
You Have To Pay For Minecraft Dont You?
#2 posted by RickyT23 [86.142.195.34] on 2010/09/30 15:07:13
Even though its in alpha?
Yeah
#3 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2010/09/30 15:21:09
There was a free weekend a while back because the server went down.
I don't see it as any different than buying a game on Steam early.
It's a pretty clever way of doing it as well - open sandbox, see what the players enjoy doing, build the game around that.
Although
#4 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2010/09/30 15:22:37
I think the level editor version is free to play, but I can't see anyone here having fun with such a radically cut down world editing tool.
Part of the fun is getting fucked over by enemies.
Heh - Im Curious About Playing The Game
#5 posted by RickyT23 [86.142.195.34] on 2010/09/30 15:38:01
Will have to cough up sooner or later I guess :))
#6 posted by rj [86.0.165.149] on 2010/09/30 18:27:14
i can't say as i want to get into it (i have enough stuff eating up my time already) but it has been kinda amusing reading people's stories and looking at pics in the other thread, so any screenshots & anecdotes welcome :D
Nerdcraft
#7 posted by bear [217.115.56.186] on 2010/09/30 21:02:10
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/30/...
I'm not playing minecraft but from the few videos I've seen I do appreciate the pigs and the square sun!
My Tower Of Despair
#8 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2010/09/30 22:33:15
It could have been a tower of happiness but I liked the sound of despair.
http://www.4shared.com/photo/DvU0n...
The black vertical shadow in the middle is an obsidian obelisk and the lava on the right is a pillar of fire about half the height of the tower, and forms a moat around it. Need to continue ripping out all the wood.
Heh
#9 posted by Bal [81.249.33.101] on 2010/09/30 22:56:58
Nice, I think it requires more lavafalls to be a proper tower of despair. :)
Hm
#10 posted by ijed [190.22.13.84] on 2010/10/01 02:05:49
Good point, it's a bit too friendly really - pictures hung everywhere and so on.
Just Applied This Texture Pack
#11 posted by ijed [190.22.13.84] on 2010/10/01 02:40:04
http://www.minecraftforum.net/view...
Very recommended - the original textures are pretty shite.
Mm...
#12 posted by Bal [90.2.46.219] on 2010/10/01 12:27:13
Not a huge fan of that pack, the colours are kind of stale, and he replaced the square sun with a circular one, which sucks. =\
Those Textures
#13 posted by starbuck [217.41.45.253] on 2010/10/01 12:58:52
are fantastic. Only doubling the resolution is a good call, and the JRPG style fits the game perfectly. The original textures (and even, the game) is conspicuously missing any defined style or theme (unless 'programmer art' counts).
I think the version without flowers is best... with them it looks a bit messy and the tiling is a bit grating.
Meh
#14 posted by Bal [90.2.46.219] on 2010/10/01 15:55:10
I think they are too grey, and I repeat, I really hate that he replaced the sun.
More looking forward to this set :
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695...
It's simpler and fits better in my opinion. And it keeps the original resolution (changing the resolution borks some of the textures, like water and lava aren't working in that RPG pack).
Fire Looks Bad In It As Well
#15 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2010/10/01 16:23:30
#16 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/10/01 17:22:49
They all look awful. Where's the Quake texture pack?
To Be Fair.
#17 posted by Shambler [86.25.222.92] on 2010/10/01 17:29:53
The entire game ~looks~ utterly awful. I doubt that's changing any time soon...
#18 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/10/01 18:50:09
They all look awful. Where's the Quake texture pack?
that would be pretty damn badass, honestly...
are the textures 64x64? you could do a straight port of quake textures in most cases as long as you didn't do idbase.
Ugh
#19 posted by than [182.164.50.208] on 2010/10/01 18:53:49
Shambler: the game looks shit but it has charm. It somewhat reminds me of Quake thanks to the lack of filtering, low texture resolution and feel of the lighting and torches... not to mention the utterly shit simple but fun monster ai. Finding Shamblers and Vores lurking in the caves would be truly terrifying though :)
I've become kind of obsessed with building and maintaining my castle, at the back of which I am digging an enormous hole so that I can grow a tree from the bottom of the world to the top. However, due to the bugs that stop a lot of the game from working correctly in multiplayer, I am getting a little bored. I want to go exploring and feel in danger. When I get lost at night I want to have to hunker down in a cave somewhere.
At the moment players are invincible in multiplayer survival games, which means you have to like building stuff to enjoy it. I do enjoy that side, but I think I might take a little breather from the game until monsters and damage are working properly.
This is the server I am playing on with friends from work: http://img690.imageshack.us/img690... (4mb)
The big grey castle is mine. Someone who joined recently built two really fucking ugly towers and kind of spoiled the area a bit. Kind of want to chizzle them away when he is not playing.
Woah
#20 posted by DaZ [78.147.145.7] on 2010/10/01 19:57:40
thats neat, how did you take that pic? Or is it a server generated thing?
Loving the Japanese style building going on as well as the castle =)
#21 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/10/01 20:52:32
does the world go on forever or is there eventually an impassible barrier?
IIRC
#22 posted by Zwiffle [184.60.27.118] on 2010/10/01 20:59:21
It just keeps making it up as you go.
Yeah
#23 posted by ijed [190.22.15.116] on 2010/10/02 03:06:22
It's infinite horizontally - it just keeps generating until it fills your entire harddisk - if you just keep going.
There's a limit for below, don't know about above.
For the no-dying in MP, the same for me. Half the game is broken right now, which just leaves the building stuff.
Than
#24 posted by meTch [99.60.16.38] on 2010/10/02 03:26:47
that screen shot makes me want to play roller coaster tycoon for some reason
#25 posted by starbuck [217.41.45.253] on 2010/10/02 08:51:41
They all look awful. Where's the Quake texture pack?
Haha, I was thinking the same thing yesterday! Looks like you only really need to edit one big PNG file too, so it wouldn't be too hard...
World Size
#26 posted by Bal [90.2.108.29] on 2010/10/02 11:16:55
It isn't infinite actually, he said in a recent interview that after a while it loops, but he also said it should normally take a few weeks to walk all the way around, so good luck proving that.
There Are
#27 posted by than [182.164.28.77] on 2010/10/02 19:05:55
several tools that allow users to take screenshots of the world. I didn't take that pic, my friend did, so I'm not sure which tool he used, but there is a list of tools on minepedia here: http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Prog...
The world is generated as users move around. I don't know how it is saved exactly, but I have a feeling that it gets saved once it has been generated, so the large expanse of untouched green areas in the shot I posted are probably a result of me going for a walk and getting lost.
Apparently Roller Coaster Tycoon was one of the games that inspired the developer. Reminds me of Sim City 2000 also.
Ah Fuck I'm Getting Sucked In
#28 posted by starbuck [217.41.45.253] on 2010/10/02 21:36:39
so much that my immediate reaction to this:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/view...
Was 'COOL!', not 'you have wasted your life.'
Ah Fuck I'm Getting Sucked In
#29 posted by starbuck [217.41.45.253] on 2010/10/02 21:36:40
so much that my immediate reaction to this:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/view...
Was 'COOL!', not 'you have wasted your life.'
Not Only That.
#30 posted by Shambler [86.25.221.9] on 2010/10/02 21:41:43
You've wasted more of your life double posting :P
Kick Me While I'm Down Why Don't You
#31 posted by starbuck [217.41.45.253] on 2010/10/02 22:25:06
After all I do love crying. Shambler, you need to get on the Minecraft train, mate. It's imperative I take you down with me.
LOL.
#32 posted by Shambler [86.25.221.9] on 2010/10/02 23:07:16
After all my trials and tribulations, I am on the other 'craft train. God help me.
#33 posted by metlslime [67.188.81.46] on 2010/10/02 23:23:13
starcraft?
#34 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/10/02 23:30:16
Was 'COOL!', not 'you have wasted your life.'
i too thought it was cool... i'm leaning more and more towards getting this stupid thing. :P
Fuck
#35 posted by ijed [190.22.71.154] on 2010/10/03 01:06:48
I did it.
http://www.4shared.com/photo/AZhvl...
They don't tile and I couldn't be bothered to shrink them properly, and just worked over the top of the Doku pack.
I need to get a PC so I can finish RMQ.
((to use it, paste it into the minecraft.jar file inside .minecraft, but good luck finding that...))
Hm
#36 posted by ijed [190.22.71.154] on 2010/10/03 01:15:47
Windows are broken, and I hope you like green brick.
Damn
#37 posted by ijed [190.22.71.154] on 2010/10/03 01:38:36
Just realised I missed the opportunity to replace the moon and sun with Q's.
And do a decent job of it, of course.
Halloween Update Incoming
#38 posted by Bal [82.124.156.4] on 2010/10/04 21:38:08
http://www.minecraft.net/boo/
Looks like a TF2 update, some of those features sound fun. :)
Looking At That
#39 posted by Zwiffle [184.60.27.118] on 2010/10/04 22:17:25
It seems like minecraft would work better in Sauerbraten or whatever it's called now.
?
#40 posted by Bal [82.124.156.4] on 2010/10/04 22:25:39
What do you mean by work better? Works fine as it is really...
By Work You Mean Look?
#41 posted by rj [86.0.165.149] on 2010/10/04 22:54:20
#42 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/10/05 02:04:50
it feels like it would look better if the cube resolution was smaller.
#43 posted by metlslime [159.153.4.50] on 2010/10/05 04:04:30
someone should make a minecraft mod for sauerbraten.
Yeah
#44 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/10/05 04:07:04
I guess 'work' might be not the best word. 'Fit' seems a bit better. It just seems like the way Sauerbraten is set up that Minecraft would be an obvious kind of game to make using Sauerbraten. (And yes i would be prettier.)
You're Already Pretty Zwif
#45 posted by ijed [190.22.101.117] on 2010/10/05 05:20:34
Don't let anyone tell you different.
:)
#46 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/10/05 05:58:52
Lol
#47 posted by RickyT23 [86.142.195.34] on 2010/10/05 10:10:21
Damn
#48 posted by ijed [190.22.84.41] on 2010/10/10 14:49:48
Reached the maximum height...
#49 posted by rj [86.0.165.149] on 2010/10/10 17:08:13
damn. you'll just have to go back to WC now instead :P
...
#50 posted by ijed [190.22.84.41] on 2010/10/10 18:31:32
Update Teaser!
#51 posted by Bal [82.124.29.145] on 2010/10/10 22:44:33
Other dimension looks awesome!
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumbl...
So That's The Hell World
#52 posted by ijed [190.22.100.223] on 2010/10/10 22:53:43
The idea reminds me of the SNES Zelda.
#53 posted by starbuck [86.189.9.92] on 2010/10/13 20:08:43
alright, now it's becoming a detriment to my life. But as my real life social life declines, construction of my Minecraft pub begins!
Now I just need to find some records for my jukebox.
Next To Impossible
#54 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2010/10/13 20:18:55
To get from infighting. Treasure chests are your best bet.
Be sure to make two jukeboxes, with a block of metal in-between to serve as a mixer.
Quake / Doom Skins:
#55 posted by ijed [190.22.117.181] on 2010/10/17 04:37:43
http://www.minecraftforum.net/view...
#56 posted by jt_ [68.42.82.10] on 2011/11/19 05:06:32
Can't. Stop. Playing. Minecraft. Send. Help.
Oh Shit
#57 posted by ijed [190.22.36.184] on 2011/11/19 13:53:15
It's version 1, its out.
Not beta anymore.
Thar be dragons.
Anyone Here Still Playing?
#58 posted by Shadowdane [72.209.237.102] on 2012/11/01 02:59:26
Got back into Minecraft and am hosting a server for the Shacknews community. Been thinking about posting the server info here. If there is interest I'll do it.
Server is Vanilla Survival, Griefing is very much frowned upon. The server has been active since July 2012 and has a large number of active users.
World Render: http://shadowdane.com/public/Minec...
#59 posted by jt_ [174.232.67.32] on 2012/11/01 03:14:26
I play occasionally, will check it out.
For Miners
#60 posted by sock [186.108.77.104] on 2013/02/22 22:53:06
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topi...
Dead End Thrills Shows Off Minecraft
#61 posted by Spiney [91.177.59.78] on 2013/03/13 09:43:35
Purty...
http://deadendthrills.com/?cat=169...
MC Porn
#62 posted by ijed [200.73.66.2] on 2013/03/13 14:35:10

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