Erkki Posted September 10, 2011 Liking it so far. Found a ravine, some endermen, haven't found a village yet. Do they appear in old worlds? It seems the game has become easier -- food is easier to find and damage seems to be reduced? Or it could be just the regenerating health, but I was much less scared of monsters and was never close to dying when walking around at night. I like it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted September 10, 2011 Liking it so far. Found a ravine, some endermen, haven't found a village yet. Do they appear in old worlds?It seems the game has become easier -- food is easier to find and damage seems to be reduced? Or it could be just the regenerating health, but I was much less scared of monsters and was never close to dying when walking around at night. I like it. There are certain toggles so that villages and some of the new biomes don't gen in old worlds. On that note, the seed "What Will You Give Me" sans quotations, has some wonderfully weird mountains. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a purple future Posted September 10, 2011 i can't find a village (20+ worlds at this point) and it's driving me mad edit: literally 30 seconds later i found one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc Posted September 10, 2011 I'd be a stupidly happy person if Minecraft supported the moon and the aether by default along with the nether. The world would be so much more weird and interesting feeling to me. In the future, it'd be amazing if the moon was a mario galaxy type thing of being a physical land mass in the sky that would pass over at night. Then we could build an elevator high enough to get suck in by its gravity! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted September 11, 2011 Just thought I'd share the little mushroom fortress/town I made in a swamp. The Foodspire and the mineshaft aren't done yet, and I'm not sure if I'll keep the glass panes in the shaft (they'd look really terrible on default textures) but it's 5 in the morning so even Minecraft must be interrupted. Within an hour of my starting this, two people took up residence on either edge of the swamp and started their own stilt houses. One on mushrooms and one in the trees. I'm a trend setter! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hermie Posted September 11, 2011 This looks so much like a Super Mario 64 level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
subbes Posted September 11, 2011 Just thought I'd share the little mushroom fortress/town I made in a swamp. jesus christ it's barely come out do you ever sleep Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a purple future Posted September 11, 2011 is it my imagination or does it look different underwater? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted September 11, 2011 jesus christ it's barely come out do you ever sleep Haha, it came out Friday, and this only took me about three hours last night. I had been playing League of Legends before that. I've gotten considerably more expedient over the last year and a half or whatever of Minecraft. Once upon a time this probably would have taken me a good seven or eight hours. (But no, Subbes, I don't sleep. ) Purple, what do you mean? I'm using a texture pack so that could be influencing it with different water and block textures, but I'm not sure what you're getting at. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a purple future Posted September 11, 2011 no i mean remember how when you used to dive underwater and there would be like some kind of texture over the screen that made it hard to see? i think that's gone?? and now there's bubbles? were those always there? all i'm saying is something seems different about it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted September 12, 2011 no i mean remember how when you used to dive underwater and there would be like some kind of texture over the screen that made it hard to see? i think that's gone?? and now there's bubbles? were those always there?all i'm saying is something seems different about it Oh, yeah! No, that's totally gone. I imagine partly because now at depths beyond ~7 blocks, it gets pitch black underwater. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted September 14, 2011 the new world algorithm is great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted September 14, 2011 1.8 is out? Is that why Twitter is down? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted September 15, 2011 1.8 is out? Is that why Twitter is down? It is. Servers have been intermittent most of the day. If you messed with the pre-release, make sure to nuke your .bin file before updating. If you didn't just go ahead and update normally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted September 15, 2011 I enjoyed being stranded on an island with other small islands in view. I hurriedly crafted a boat and went in search of one big enough to have coal. But ended up not finding sheep before dark so I'm in a box of dirt on a small island waiting out the night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted September 16, 2011 It is. Servers have been intermittent most of the day. If you messed with the pre-release, make sure to nuke your .bin file before updating. If you didn't just go ahead and update normally. I did try the pre-release and updated to 1.8 release as well. Nothing wrong so far, but should I be worried? Or what should I do, still nuke the .bin file? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted September 16, 2011 I think I'll try one of those Robinsone Crusoecraft worlds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted September 17, 2011 I did try the pre-release and updated to 1.8 release as well. Nothing wrong so far, but should I be worried? Or what should I do, still nuke the .bin file? The only current problem I know of, updating from Pre-Release 1.8 to Release 1.8 is that you time-out connecting to multiplayer servers. There could be other things that I'm not aware of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted September 17, 2011 I think I'll try one of those Robinsone Crusoecraft worlds. So the "unicorn" map was pretty interesting at first. I'm playing it permadeath. There's one tree on the island you start at, so that was enough to make some tools and plant new trees for a boat. I dug under the island a bit and found iron and coal. During the night, there came a skeleton, a zombie and a creeper. I had to eat the rotten meat of the zombie to make survival easier. The next day I made a boat (one tree grew from the sapling I planted), picked a direction and went looking for land. Eventually I found it, and where I landed was a lava pool (what's with all these lava pools on the ground?) and a chasm near which I made a home. Turned out there was an abandoned mine there as well. It was night, and I was really hungry. Was attacked by a skeleton near morning, and only one heart left. I went looking for food and found A LOT of cows. I was saved! But from this point on, the survival aspect kind of disappeared, as I now have lots of resources available all around me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted September 17, 2011 But from this point on, the survival aspect kind of disappeared, as I now have lots of resources available all around me.That's the problem with minecraft survival. Too quickly you ramp out of that awesome feeling of being helpless to being filthy rich. I need to find another way to play it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted September 17, 2011 Poor thing: Part of the old mine lead to this cave that takes in seawater. Some squids were stuck in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted September 17, 2011 I died building this lighthouse I think I've discovered permadeath isn't for me, because I'd like to keep playing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted September 17, 2011 The problem with permadeath Minecraft is that, unless you're playing purely for exploration's sake, then it is far too frustrating losing your creations. Especially mid-construction. The exception might be if you did a sort of community-based thing where when you die, you pass the world on to someone else, and they get to see past constructions just sitting there, never to be finished. That might be neat. X: EDIT: Might also be neat if there was also a mod built in to this community permadeath world that spawned a gravestone or something wherever you die. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted September 17, 2011 Man, that somehow sounds like Moon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites