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perhaps a new variety of Portal?
or maybe a portal needs to be built above a certain Height level?
or maybe a portal needs to be built above a certain Height level?
I sure Hope not! I hate portals! They are loud, noisy, and (at least on my alpha-generated world) illogical about where the lead too. Maybe he'll fix that in 1.7 (or whenever sky world comes out)
Notch tweeted this morning that 1.6 is likely to be out Wedsnesday, maybe Thursday. So as an advanced notice, be warned it's probable that we'll be without home and warps for a couple days while Bukkit updates. Make sure you aren't stranded somewhere with none of your resources!
EDIT: To add to Xaqs post, there is a discussion going on in the social group about the best way to tackle the Nether. Please refer there before building random portals.
Dear everyone,
It has come to my attention that using the nether will be made possible in 1.6. I'd like to formally request that we don't have like a bajillion as they make loud mutated toilet noises. If you're gonna make one in the middle of LSB, don't. We have a portal close enough to it along Neptune's bridge and it's been there for who knows how long. It definitely gets seniority over any other lame, in-the-way portals.
Sincerely,
Xaq
It has come to my attention that using the nether will be made possible in 1.6. I'd like to formally request that we don't have like a bajillion as they make loud mutated toilet noises. If you're gonna make one in the middle of LSB, don't. We have a portal close enough to it along Neptune's bridge and it's been there for who knows how long. It definitely gets seniority over any other lame, in-the-way portals.
Sincerely,
Xaq
Yeah we've been discussing the Nether as part of the server in the minecraft group.
One other thing about the portals, like the one of the bridge I made a gazillion years ago ensure that it is covered in stone and that no dimension is larger than 4 * 4. There is a rare chance that a ghast can appear next to a portal, and we wouldn't want that now would we?
One other thing about the portals, like the one of the bridge I made a gazillion years ago ensure that it is covered in stone and that no dimension is larger than 4 * 4. There is a rare chance that a ghast can appear next to a portal, and we wouldn't want that now would we?
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I've been saying the same thing for when building IN the Nether (yes, I'm still saying transport for the Nether, but a Town wouldn't be safe, and Mining doesn't need to be made as strict)
while Zombie Pigmen are Neutral, DON'T ATTACK THEM if there are Players nearby all nearby Zombie Pigmen will become aggresive and attack you, and then any nearby players (yes, if you aren't nearby, they will just attack other players) - This can be considered Griefing!
also, if Building, you may want to Ghast-Proof yourself, that is:
Use Cobblestone or Higher for external walls (blast resistance) - Ghast Fireballs have an explosion Power of 20.17 - so anything less than that will be destroyed by a ghast's Fireball Netherrack is NOT ghast Proof
Use an Iron, not a Wood Door same reason as above
Block up any Windows with Glass - While glass is not Blast resistant, Ghasts wont Shoot at you
if you are behind it - they may still stare at you, but they won't fire...
Don't use Lava as a wall - While Lava is not Transperant, Ghasts can still fire at you from the other side of it, meaning that you will have no warning that a Ghast is about to blow you up. Also if the Lava is disruted by the Explosion, it may fall around you, trapping you and preventing your Escape
I've been saying the same thing for when building IN the Nether (yes, I'm still saying transport for the Nether, but a Town wouldn't be safe, and Mining doesn't need to be made as strict)
while Zombie Pigmen are Neutral, DON'T ATTACK THEM if there are Players nearby all nearby Zombie Pigmen will become aggresive and attack you, and then any nearby players (yes, if you aren't nearby, they will just attack other players) - This can be considered Griefing!
also, if Building, you may want to Ghast-Proof yourself, that is:
Use Cobblestone or Higher for external walls (blast resistance) - Ghast Fireballs have an explosion Power of 20.17 - so anything less than that will be destroyed by a ghast's Fireball Netherrack is NOT ghast Proof
Use an Iron, not a Wood Door same reason as above
Block up any Windows with Glass - While glass is not Blast resistant, Ghasts wont Shoot at you
if you are behind it - they may still stare at you, but they won't fire...
Don't use Lava as a wall - While Lava is not Transperant, Ghasts can still fire at you from the other side of it, meaning that you will have no warning that a Ghast is about to blow you up. Also if the Lava is disruted by the Explosion, it may fall around you, trapping you and preventing your Escape
Notch tweeted yesterday that 1.6 is likely to be out Wedsnesday, maybe Thursday. So as an advanced notice, be warned it's probable that we'll be without home and warps for a couple days while Bukkit updates. Make sure you aren't stranded somewhere with none of your resources!
Also, yesterday he updated his blog with the changelog for 1.6, it can be found here!
Additions:
+ Added Nether support to multiplayer
+ Added craftable maps
+ Added hatches
+ Added tall grass in some biomes
+ Mushrooms now spreads (very) slowly
+ Added server property view-distance. Sets the radius of terrain updates (in chunks) to send to the players. Range 3-15, default 10.
the rest are bug fixes, but there are LOTS. I expect we might have to wait a while for the dev. team to update Bukkit, but who knows they could already be working on it :O
Also, yesterday he updated his blog with the changelog for 1.6, it can be found here!
Additions:
+ Added Nether support to multiplayer
+ Added craftable maps
+ Added hatches
+ Added tall grass in some biomes
+ Mushrooms now spreads (very) slowly
+ Added server property view-distance. Sets the radius of terrain updates (in chunks) to send to the players. Range 3-15, default 10.
the rest are bug fixes, but there are LOTS. I expect we might have to wait a while for the dev. team to update Bukkit, but who knows they could already be working on it :O
* Fixed minecarts next to each other causing extreme velocities (sorry!)
hah hah!!!! no more "boosters"
* Fixed arrows being animated really strangely in multiplayer - aww, the arrows looked Awesome flying sideways
* Fixed loads of exploding tnt generating way too many particles, possibly crashing the client - This may be a good sign, TNT houses for everyone!!! (just joking, don't ban me!)
those were the 3 "bug fixes" that I noticed most
hah hah!!!! no more "boosters"
* Fixed arrows being animated really strangely in multiplayer - aww, the arrows looked Awesome flying sideways
* Fixed loads of exploding tnt generating way too many particles, possibly crashing the client - This may be a good sign, TNT houses for everyone!!! (just joking, don't ban me!)
those were the 3 "bug fixes" that I noticed most
The ones I really like are:
* Fixed anaglyph 3d rendering mode having severe visual bugs - I actually tried this yesterday once I got some glasses from seeing 3D Thor, and it was shit! Maybe it now does true 3D, it'll be a fun feature :P
* Fixed ice so it regenerates regardless of whether it’s snowing or not - nice, maybe we can make stuff with ice ceilings now (it looks uber cool, geddit?)
* Fixed creepers retaining charge level when they can’t see their target - this annoyed the shit out of me, having perma fat creepers that insta exploded on site was a pain in the ass.
* Fixed arrows being animated really strangely in multiplayer - yay, no more spastic arrows.
* Fixed buttons and levers too close to the player being impossible to use - annoyed the crap out of me, and it also annoyed Dan in his latest smogcraft vid.
* Fixed anaglyph 3d rendering mode having severe visual bugs - I actually tried this yesterday once I got some glasses from seeing 3D Thor, and it was shit! Maybe it now does true 3D, it'll be a fun feature :P
* Fixed ice so it regenerates regardless of whether it’s snowing or not - nice, maybe we can make stuff with ice ceilings now (it looks uber cool, geddit?)
* Fixed creepers retaining charge level when they can’t see their target - this annoyed the shit out of me, having perma fat creepers that insta exploded on site was a pain in the ass.
* Fixed arrows being animated really strangely in multiplayer - yay, no more spastic arrows.
* Fixed buttons and levers too close to the player being impossible to use - annoyed the crap out of me, and it also annoyed Dan in his latest smogcraft vid.
one thing Dan, although It's completely off the current topic:
what texpack were you using when you filmed Latveria??? I'ts really nice. I like how it only had the subtle differences like Cobblestone and Glass
and of course the Pumpkins, you gotta love those pumpkins...
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back on topic, :O - they removed the effect of the "toaster" trap??? this can't be good for many trap-makers
what texpack were you using when you filmed Latveria??? I'ts really nice. I like how it only had the subtle differences like Cobblestone and Glass
and of course the Pumpkins, you gotta love those pumpkins...
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back on topic, :O - they removed the effect of the "toaster" trap??? this can't be good for many trap-makers
he explains in the video it is a homemade mishmash of bits of ones he likes, iirc
* It’s no longer possible to build solid blocks on the top layer of the maps (sorry!)
THE SKY(soar) IS FALLING!
THE SKY(soar) IS FALLING!
Wait what does it mean you can't build solid blocks at the top layer of maps? Like everything floating or just the top layer?
http://bit.ly/jx0fUw said:
This is gonna be p. sweet, albeit weird. I can't wait for E3 if it's going to be shown cos I wanna know more about this.
smogcraft: mobile, the next generation of smogcraft
inb4 i missed this being discussed already
Neptune, the "Toaster Trap" is a trap where either Burning Netherrack or Lava is concealed behind blocks, and mobs are pushed into it, taking damage (but not getting burned I'm pree sure) - although it only worked from one Direction, West/southwest...
Minecraft Wiki said:
It only means the very, very top layer, 128. It was probably done to fix the glitch where you turn invisible if you stand on that layer. Skysoar isn't getting screwed :p
I can't wait to fix all the griefing \o/
PS 1.6 is out! But:
So the server's still on 1.5. If you haven't updated your client yet, you can still play.
This is also another reminder that it's likely we'll be Vanilla for a while, with no warps or commands, so be prepared for that!
PS 1.6 is out! But:
Multiplay said:
So the server's still on 1.5. If you haven't updated your client yet, you can still play.
This is also another reminder that it's likely we'll be Vanilla for a while, with no warps or commands, so be prepared for that!
Good news:
So hopefully the server will be updated soon, despite there being no commands for a while.