Minecraft
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- Avenger
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Re: Minecraft
I played this game all day today. Downloaded it yesterday and today I spent the entire day building the most amazing tunnels. Vast areas underground areas of Lav,a Gold, Waterfalls. It was really great. Then I was walking around on my daily rounds, chopping down trees and the computer locked up hard. I could do nothing but turn the computer off. When I came back on my game was gone, The one and only save that the game had been making all day long was just no longer there. I am guessing that the game became corrupt. I really hate that there is no way to get back all of my work. Probably 14 hours of game play. All in that one save file.
This was an amazing game while it lasted.
This was an amazing game while it lasted.
- Tscott
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Re: Minecraft
That sucks, but the good thing is you can start the game over and do it all over again with an entirely different map!
And, a word of advice to everyone: If you're making a tunnel to ride a minecart through, make sure it's not just 2 squares high. If the cart stops halfway through the tunnel and you need to get out of the cart, you will get stuck between the ceiling and the cart, take damage and die. 3 squares high or more - good; only 2 squares - death.
And, a word of advice to everyone: If you're making a tunnel to ride a minecart through, make sure it's not just 2 squares high. If the cart stops halfway through the tunnel and you need to get out of the cart, you will get stuck between the ceiling and the cart, take damage and die. 3 squares high or more - good; only 2 squares - death.
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- Semaj
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Re: Minecraft
so I was roaming aorund and made some very long connecting a few island tunnels and died when I discovered a dark cavern, my stuff isnt there when I got back, do I have to hunt down the stuff that killed me or do I have to re-fill my inventory?
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Re: Minecraft
Avenger,
I've had a few hard crashes during my play. It turns out that if I start a new save, the world remains the same, but I lost my inventory and my spawn point had changed. I've had 4 or so hard crashes where I lost all the gear on my person, but the world remained including anything stored in a container or furnace. I haven't had a problem in a while, so it seems more rare that it was. The save file size will be become corrupted when I do this, I think I'm at -0.1 MB or so now.
On one of his blog posts, someone reported a similar crash to what we've experienced, recommending that the view distance should not be set to the maximum. I've made that change as well, but I don't know if that was the problem or not.
I've had a few hard crashes during my play. It turns out that if I start a new save, the world remains the same, but I lost my inventory and my spawn point had changed. I've had 4 or so hard crashes where I lost all the gear on my person, but the world remained including anything stored in a container or furnace. I haven't had a problem in a while, so it seems more rare that it was. The save file size will be become corrupted when I do this, I think I'm at -0.1 MB or so now.
On one of his blog posts, someone reported a similar crash to what we've experienced, recommending that the view distance should not be set to the maximum. I've made that change as well, but I don't know if that was the problem or not.
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Re: Minecraft
I can't start the game in earnest. I can't figure out how time works in this game. From what I've read I start in full daylight and have to quickly find a safe cavern and some coal, otherwise I won't survive the night. OK, I've tried a couple of times on different maps. I run around for a couple of minutes to get the lay of the land. Then I hit Esc to bring up the menu (to stop the time) and check on the wiki wtf is it that I have in my inventory (NEED tootlips on the mouse and reticle dammit). I barely spend a few minutes alt-tabbed on the wiki, and when I come back it is already night-time in the game with green creepers within visual range.
- Vorret
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Re: Minecraft
You overcomplicate things.neofit wrote:I can't start the game in earnest. I can't figure out how time works in this game. From what I've read I start in full daylight and have to quickly find a safe cavern and some coal, otherwise I won't survive the night. OK, I've tried a couple of times on different maps. I run around for a couple of minutes to get the lay of the land. Then I hit Esc to bring up the menu (to stop the time) and check on the wiki wtf is it that I have in my inventory (NEED tootlips on the mouse and reticle dammit). I barely spend a few minutes alt-tabbed on the wiki, and when I come back it is already night-time in the game with green creepers within visual range.
1) Find a few trees
2) Get wood from trees
3) Make a crafting table
4) Make a wooden pick
5) Find coal
6) Create a few torches
7) Create a stone pick (really helps)
8) ???
9) Profit!
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His name makes me think of a small, burrowing rodent anyway.
His name makes me think of a small, burrowing rodent anyway.
- Carpet_pissr
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Re: Minecraft
Yeah, this should be priority #1 imo. How in the world do you know WHAT you have made from the crafting table, otherwise? If the graphics were higher res, you could probably get by w/o tooltips if you could visually ID whatever it was in your inventory, but still. TOOL FREAKING TIPS.neofit wrote:(NEED tootlips on the mouse and reticle dammit).
- Tscott
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Re: Minecraft
Watching this video really helped me when I was starting out: How to Survive your First Nightneofit wrote:I can't start the game in earnest. I can't figure out how time works in this game. From what I've read I start in full daylight and have to quickly find a safe cavern and some coal, otherwise I won't survive the night. OK, I've tried a couple of times on different maps. I run around for a couple of minutes to get the lay of the land. Then I hit Esc to bring up the menu (to stop the time) and check on the wiki wtf is it that I have in my inventory (NEED tootlips on the mouse and reticle dammit). I barely spend a few minutes alt-tabbed on the wiki, and when I come back it is already night-time in the game with green creepers within visual range.
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- Mr Bismarck
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Re: Minecraft
In an emergency, if you really can't find coal on your first day, hack a hole two deep by one wide by three high into the nearest cliff face. When it gets dark, stand in the hole and put two blocks between you and the world, leaving the top space clear. This way there's no room for bad things to spawn in there with you and you can use the gap you left to keep an eye on when the sun is going to come up.
Alternatively, dig a bunch of dirt, find an open spot with no close hills. Look down, jump and place a dirt block underneath you. Repeat until you're on a tower 15 or so blocks high. Wait for the sun.
If you do find coal, surviving the first night is trivial. Dig yourself out a small room, throw torches on the outside and interior and either block yourself in or put a door on a 1x2 gap (I go the door route, as you can look outside).
Then you can explore all day and craft all night.
Alternatively, dig a bunch of dirt, find an open spot with no close hills. Look down, jump and place a dirt block underneath you. Repeat until you're on a tower 15 or so blocks high. Wait for the sun.
If you do find coal, surviving the first night is trivial. Dig yourself out a small room, throw torches on the outside and interior and either block yourself in or put a door on a 1x2 gap (I go the door route, as you can look outside).
Then you can explore all day and craft all night.
Imagine if I hadn't been drunk.
- Carpet_pissr
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Re: Minecraft
That is an extremely helpful video. The developer should post that on his web page to get people started.
- Vorret
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Re: Minecraft
I hate just digging up and waiting 8 minutes for the night to end.
I try and survive like a man.
I often die but it's so much more satisfying when you make it
I try and survive like a man.
I often die but it's so much more satisfying when you make it
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His name makes me think of a small, burrowing rodent anyway.
His name makes me think of a small, burrowing rodent anyway.
- Tscott
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Re: Minecraft
If I get enough coal for torches in the first day, I try to find a natural cave to explore. Light up and block the entrance, then start scouting the place adding torches as you go. Just be prepared for the disappointment of just running into quick dead ends more often than not in that first cave.
I'll also gather rock and gravel that first night. BTW, gravel is great because you can dig through it quickly even with your bare hands, and its effected by gravity so dropping a few off a ledge can get you down deeper in caves and leave you with a path up.
I'll also gather rock and gravel that first night. BTW, gravel is great because you can dig through it quickly even with your bare hands, and its effected by gravity so dropping a few off a ledge can get you down deeper in caves and leave you with a path up.
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- Mr Bismarck
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Re: Minecraft
When exploring caves I always put my torches on the left hand side only. This means that when you eventually want to find your way out again, keep the torches on your right and you'll find your way back to sunshine again.
I can't tell you how many times I got lost in caves early on and eventually had to hack my way out.
I can't tell you how many times I got lost in caves early on and eventually had to hack my way out.
Imagine if I hadn't been drunk.
- Semaj
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Re: Minecraft
lol, I put em on the right side usually... I also have been known to carve arrows into the wall/floor to help with confusion.Mr Bismarck wrote:When exploring caves I always put my torches on the left hand side only. This means that when you eventually want to find your way out again, keep the torches on your right and you'll find your way back to sunshine again.
I can't tell you how many times I got lost in caves early on and eventually had to hack my way out.
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- Gryndyl
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Re: Minecraft
Just had to pop in to share this minecraft how-to video that goes horribly, horribly wrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjSWPxJxNs" target="_blank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjSWPxJxNs" target="_blank
- Mr Bismarck
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Re: Minecraft
I'm only laughing because I accidentally burned down my own house this week.
Although mine was carelessness - I had my flint and tinder next to my pickaxe and picked the wrong one.
Although mine was carelessness - I had my flint and tinder next to my pickaxe and picked the wrong one.
Imagine if I hadn't been drunk.
- AWS260
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Re: Minecraft
This is an excellent description of the Minecraft experience:
- Semaj
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Re: Minecraft
So as I fall through random caverns accidentally, I ht a spot where there is a giant green square hanging out on some lava. There are some cool red squares should probably harvest, but I dont recall hearing much about those guys.. so should I go in with my wooden sword and have at thee?
Some claim to be things they aren't.
Some claim things they don't deserve.
Some claim to know more than they ever will.
I don't claim anything, because no one would believe the truth anyways.
Some claim things they don't deserve.
Some claim to know more than they ever will.
I don't claim anything, because no one would believe the truth anyways.
- AWS260
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Re: Minecraft
Might be a slime. I haven't seen one yet.Semaj wrote:So as I fall through random caverns accidentally, I ht a spot where there is a giant green square hanging out on some lava. There are some cool red squares should probably harvest, but I dont recall hearing much about those guys.. so should I go in with my wooden sword and have at thee?
- Semaj
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Re: Minecraft
Thats it, it was near some red stone and maybe some blue stone so I will be going back when I figure out how I want to not die
Some claim to be things they aren't.
Some claim things they don't deserve.
Some claim to know more than they ever will.
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Some claim to know more than they ever will.
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Re: Minecraft
ok...not sure what I am doing wrong....but I had to redownload the program, but when i try to open it, it asks me what program I want to use, and it lists a bunch of programs.
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Re: Minecraft
nevermind....guess I had to rename the file from minecraft to minecraft.exe
- Tscott
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Re: Minecraft
Where did you get it from? That's how it should have downloaded in the first place.MythicalMino wrote:nevermind....guess I had to rename the file from minecraft to minecraft.exe
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- Vorret
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Re: Minecraft
I can't smelt in SMP ... anyone else having that problem?
Isgrimnur wrote:
His name makes me think of a small, burrowing rodent anyway.
His name makes me think of a small, burrowing rodent anyway.
- Sepiche
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Re: Minecraft
It can work, but it seems to be a bit finiky. I had the best luck when I placed two blocks one space apart against a wall and placed the furnace between them. That gets it facing in the right direction and that seems to be the key to getting furnaces that work.Vorret wrote:I can't smelt in SMP ... anyone else having that problem?
- Shinjin
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Re: Minecraft
Going to give this a quick spin. Someone was kind enough to post details on getting sounds:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic ... nd#p661912" target="_blank
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic ... nd#p661912" target="_blank
- AWS260
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Re: Minecraft
That worked for me. Thanks.Shinjin wrote:Going to give this a quick spin. Someone was kind enough to post details on getting sounds:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic ... nd#p661912" target="_blank
- Mr. Fed
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- Tscott
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Re: Minecraft
w00t! I know the feeling.Mr. Fed wrote:Found diamonds and that red stuff for the first time!
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- Tscott
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Re: Minecraft
I'll never get lost again! Do you see the flaming tower in the distance over those hills?
No? Am I too far away? Let me hop into my mine cart and in about 20 seconds...
...I'll be home and we can get a better view from my patio.
Here's a view of the base in the day. Yes, it's a pillar of gravel on a floating block of dirt.
No? Am I too far away? Let me hop into my mine cart and in about 20 seconds...
...I'll be home and we can get a better view from my patio.
Here's a view of the base in the day. Yes, it's a pillar of gravel on a floating block of dirt.
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- Carpet_pissr
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Re: Minecraft
Your taste in art is grim, sir. Macabre even.
- Tscott
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Re: Minecraft
It's just representative of the life underground in the mines/caves that I live everyday.Carpet_pissr wrote:Your taste in art is grim, sir. Macabre even.
In other news, I just found my first dungeon spawner. I haven't tackled it yet, because I didn't want to risk losing the diamonds and redstone I had just carefully mined, but lucky for me it was a spider spawner with just a one block wide entrance so they have no way to get out.
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- Semaj
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Re: Minecraft
I have dug to my hearts content downward, i can find lava, red stuff, but no diamonds.
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- SpaceLord
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Re: Minecraft
I wanna try this out, but I can't register...
They're going to send you back to mother in a cardboard box...
- Tscott
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Re: Minecraft
Registering is down (among other things) until he gets better servers setup. Until then it's a "free weekend" and I think you can just download the .exe and click login without a user id and play until the issues are resolved.
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- Avenger
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Re: Minecraft
I just typed Avenger and made up a funky password. I dont think it matters. As TScott said.
I am having a blast playing. It really is a good game. Seven more hours and I will jump in CIV 5 but I will definately be buying MineCraft.
I am having a blast playing. It really is a good game. Seven more hours and I will jump in CIV 5 but I will definately be buying MineCraft.
- Semaj
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Re: Minecraft
I can see why its called "minecraft" I think I spend less time outside in this game than I do in real life when playing this game.
Some claim to be things they aren't.
Some claim things they don't deserve.
Some claim to know more than they ever will.
I don't claim anything, because no one would believe the truth anyways.
Some claim things they don't deserve.
Some claim to know more than they ever will.
I don't claim anything, because no one would believe the truth anyways.
- Carpet_pissr
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Re: Minecraft
I am sure "Mindcrack" and all it's iterations will be showing up soon.
- Mr. Fed
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Re: Minecraft
Last night I successfully built my tower (which starts at sea level) high enough that the top level is in the clouds. Meanwhile, I think I'm getting close to the lava level in the tunnels below.
There's just SO much potential for modding and expanding here.
There's just SO much potential for modding and expanding here.
Popehat, a blog.
- Mr. Fed
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Re: Minecraft
By the way, does this make anyone else's computer run wicked hot? My laptop's fans run full-bore and it gets very hot.
Popehat, a blog.