Yeah.... We don't take too kindly to nazi idioms. I mean I had a extermination of villagers. because they were lagging the server. But it was only called that by Shrike....

I am all for making fun of nazis. hell I love, The Producers movie . But sometimes taking something a little too far is unbearable.

Especially when you are dealing with millions of people dying from said camps....


BUT ANYWAY

I really want to be by myself on that island I am on.
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/3399/64/-1855/-4/0/0
So I will mark this area with signs. etc. I really like being on the by myself and no one can see the experiments I am conducting atmosphere. THAT. And I am building a massive super structure underneath it all.

 Asherian Command wrote:

I really want to be by myself on that island I am on.
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/3399/64/-1855/-4/0/0
So I will mark this area with signs. etc. I really like being on the by myself and no one can see the experiments I am conducting atmosphere. THAT. And I am building a massive super structure underneath it all.

You're not on an island. That's a massive landmass. I hope you're not trying to claim that entire half of the map :/

 Avatar 720 wrote:


I managed to free the horses.

Er yes, about that....you see.... glue factory.

 darkinnit wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

I really want to be by myself on that island I am on.
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/3399/64/-1855/-4/0/0
So I will mark this area with signs. etc. I really like being on the by myself and no one can see the experiments I am conducting atmosphere. THAT. And I am building a massive super structure underneath it all.

You're not on an island. That's a massive landmass. I hope you're not trying to claim that entire half of the map :/

Nope. Only up to 1000 blocks. That is the limit for me. And anyone.
Just like my old home was 1000 blocks.
(From point to point. Anything bigger is too big.)

http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-260/64/745/max/0/0

I'd like to "claim" this village. Close to the spawn point, in the middle of a massive desert.

By "claim", I mean be in charge of. I'd be quite happy for other players to move in and share the place, as long as they don't destroy it, obstruct my own building etc. I'm going to build walls around it and make it safe.

http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-530/64/893/max/0/0

I'd like to "claim" this rock spire too. Might build some kind of tower there.

I think your second link is a savannah (idk the new biomes), which means it's a no go since it's new.

 Alfndrate wrote:
I think your second link is a savannah (idk the new biomes), which means it's a no go since it's new.

Nope. Its not rare. Its new... But not rare.

 Asherian Command wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
I think your second link is a savannah (idk the new biomes), which means it's a no go since it's new.

Nope. Its not rare. Its new... But not rare.

I didn't say anything about rare?

Yeah, you can't place old buildings in new biomes, regardless of rarity.

You can't ask to go to "rare" biomes, such as "Mesa (Bryce)", "Ice Spikes", "Jungle", "Savanna Mountain", "Mooshroom Island", "Mega Taiga" (the one with Podzol) etc. I'm also saying no to "Mesa" requests, as although it's not "rare" it's far less common than say "Savannah" or "Roofed Forest". It's still ok to build new things in these places of course, I'm just not placing copied structures there.

Err.. No they aren't darknnit did not say that.

 Alfndrate wrote:
I think your second link is a savannah (idk the new biomes), which means it's a no go since it's new.

You mistake me. I'm not an existing member of the server, I've not yet been whitelisted, so I'm not asking for old buildings to be ported over from the old map. Anything I build in those two locations will be 100% new and original. Or are you saying we're banned altogether from building in rare biomes? (whether its old imported structures or new original work).

Other people were talking about where they'd like to go, so I found a place that I'd like to use. Sorry for the confusion.

You killed my cats!! Noooo!!!
You are a bunch of murderers!
As the kiddies say, you are bad and should feel bad!

I'll say one more thing about the whole issue and then I'll let it drop:

The most amusing thing about this was the predictable over-reaction. It is all so predictable to the point of being cliche. The chest thumping self-righteous indignation best typified by Mellessia's first two postson the subject, the faux sensitive melodramaic posturing such as the "I have to throw up now" post by Ashererian Command, and the general wailing, gnashing of teeth, and rending of garments. It's all comedy gold.

Ah well.
I'm done talking about KZ Dakka now,

You guys may now have the last word. I'm nice that way.




See you around...
TR

I didn't kill your cats, fire did; I just didn't stop it. Besides, they're cats, they probably planned for this a long time ago and what burned were actually clever replicas of cats.

They'll soon be back, and in greater numbers.

Go away, we're talking about Minecraft here.

Is Genocide covered in the server rules?

No its just sick.... You have now said to all of us now, you built it with malicious intent for comedy. That is a very sick thing and makes you look very bad to the rest of us. Who are all mostly college students or above. If we are offended. Everyone will be offended.

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Is Genocide covered in the server rules?

Against creepers yes. But not in the way Trench raider did it.

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
I think your second link is a savannah (idk the new biomes), which means it's a no go since it's new.

You mistake me. I'm not an existing member of the server, I've not yet been whitelisted, so I'm not asking for old buildings to be ported over from the old map. Anything I build in those two locations will be 100% new and original. Or are you saying we're banned altogether from building in rare biomes? (whether its old imported structures or new original work).

Other people were talking about where they'd like to go, so I found a place that I'd like to use. Sorry for the confusion.

You can build in the new spots, and I don't think there is any 'claiming of land' other than, first come first served.

Yeah, there is no claiming of land before the server starts aside from the placing of buildings.

Though I have worked out with people near the mesa I want to build on what belongs to who.

Who the hell still uses Internet Explorer?

 purplefood wrote:
Who the hell still uses Internet Explorer?

Err what?

 Asherian Command wrote:

 purplefood wrote:
Who the hell still uses Internet Explorer?

Err what?

The screenshots...

 purplefood wrote:
Who the hell still uses Internet Explorer?

Nazis, apparently.

I'll gladly do Nether tunneling. It's nice and fast, and you can now actually use the Wrack you get. I'd say we ought to smelt it up and try to use it for Netherbrick to construct the majority of the tunnels out of. Also, regular 'safe' routes to the surface, for glowstone and Magma-Cube expeditions.

Works for me.

Which reminds me, I have to detonate my self-destruct system.

 purplefood wrote:
Who the hell still uses Internet Explorer?

I do.

I'm happy to help with Nether excavation and construction. Especially if we can have a plan.

As soon as the new map is there, I'ma go claim that temple and village in the desert next to my place.

The holy nation of kiip will have subjects?!

 Alfndrate wrote:
The holy nation of kiip will have subjects?!

*snork* ~ Random Villager Subject.



Ofcourse we will!

Hey Dark, when you copied over my tower, did you just copy the tower, or is there any surrounding land around the base?

There is some ground surrounding the base, yes, but not much.

 darkinnit wrote:
There is some ground surrounding the base, yes, but not much.

That's fine by me, basically just need something so I can set up the 'grounds' so I can create my elevators

Any ETA on when the Server will be opened? Seems like someone else wants the same place I do, so we're gonna have to race each other.

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened? Seems like someone else wants the same place I do, so we're gonna have to race each other.

Everytime someone asks, I will delay it by two hours.

 darkinnit wrote:

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened? Seems like someone else wants the same place I do, so we're gonna have to race each other.

Everytime someone asks, I will delay it by two hours.

Damn, I'll have to block Normy on Whatsapp, then

 darkinnit wrote:
Everytime someone asks, I will delay it by two hours.

Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened?


[/trollface]


Jokes aside, take your time the world will still exist in the mean time, no matter what we players say.

 darkinnit wrote:

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened? Seems like someone else wants the same place I do, so we're gonna have to race each other.

Everytime someone asks, I will delay it by two hours.

Yes but when?

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 darkinnit wrote:

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Any ETA on when the Server will be opened? Seems like someone else wants the same place I do, so we're gonna have to race each other.

Everytime someone asks, I will delay it by two hours.

Yes but when?

*burns down your NPC village*

 thenoobbomb wrote:


*burns down your NPC village*

Its made of sand. Good luck with that.

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:


*burns down your NPC village*

Its made of sand. Good luck with that.

I'll burn it nonetheless!

Or I'll just spawn thousands of chickens... Hmm..

That would be doing me a favour. I like Chicken.

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
That would be doing me a favour. I like Chicken.

Chickens are holy

I worship them with my stomach.

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
I worship them with my stomach.

We worship them with a statue.


Tssk!

If I construct a statue to honour the holy Chicken, will my sins be forgiven?

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
If I construct a statue to honour the holy Chicken, will my sins be forgiven?

Perhaps. That's why w e built the Statue to the Holy Kiip

 Alfndrate wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
I love how no one has settled here Yet
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-1358/64/-3732/-3/0/0
or here
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-3018/64/-3782/-3/0/0
or here
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-3493/64/3442/-4/0/0

Damn Terrain Generation looks very nice. Very pretty compared to the last one.

I agree with terrain generation, I probably would have settled in that third link you posted, but in the old map I swore fealty to the Holy Nation of Kiip, so I'm keeping that oath into this new server

Time for a colony, then?

Maybe? I've never really undertaken any massive projects in minecraft before, mostly just towers, castles, etc... Have we decided where the Nether portal will be? Or is my tower far enough away that I can have my own?

It's too close, I think. I may build it in some underground room or something (perhaps in a complex under/in the Savannah mountains?).

An underground portal room would be cool, especially if I could just make a waterfall elevator to get to a secret underwater tunnel that leads to it

 Alfndrate wrote:
An underground portal room would be cool, especially if I could just make a waterfall elevator to get to a secret underwater tunnel that leads to it

Heh. Also, my tower of awesome is being transported, too, which already has a portal.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
An underground portal room would be cool, especially if I could just make a waterfall elevator to get to a secret underwater tunnel that leads to it

Heh. Also, my tower of awesome is being transported, too, which already has a portal.

Excellent!

*dusts off hands* glad we've settled this

It's almost like democracy!

The ruined map has been updated:
http://www.darkinnit.com/ruinedmap/

gee

Whoops I put that there. It was originally linked to the Mesa. But apparently none of them went off.
And as well as
http://www.darkinnit.com/ruinedmap/#/-1158/64/267/-2/0/0

Interesting, some places don't show as damaged until you zoom way in.

CTRL + F5 usually forces a refresh if you have cached images.

Do I need to let you know where I want my place, Dark?

~Tim?

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:
Do I need to let you know where I want my place, Dark?

~Tim?

Not Dark, buuuuut... Yes.

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:
Do I need to let you know where I want my place, Dark?

~Tim?

You asked for "preferably on any tall hill near the Kingdom of Kiip", but your place has water on two sides. I think I found a spot where it fits nicely, how about like this:

That's Alfndrate's place behind, then Kiip beyond that.

Or would you prefer I removed the water and put you on a tall hill instead?

Looking cool!

 darkinnit wrote:

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:
Do I need to let you know where I want my place, Dark?

~Tim?

You asked for "preferably on any tall hill near the Kingdom of Kiip", but your place has water on two sides. I think I found a spot where it fits nicely, how about like this:

Spoiler:

That's Alfndrate's place behind, then Kiip beyond that.

Or would you prefer I removed the water and put you on a tall hill instead?

Looks great! Is there any way I can recompense you for all the time you've been spending getting stuff copied over?

~Tim?

Darknnit should be given a high five across the seas.

 purplefood wrote:
Who the hell still uses Internet Explorer?

Sorry.

On topic: Do you need villagers to start up a new village? I'm fairly near to Docatdeth who has a village on his doorstep, and if villagers are required I might have to buy some off him.

Yes, otherwise you'd have villagers spawning all over the structures you build. I think you need at least two, then spawn another one to create a new village area (though trust the wiki more than what I'm saying).

You need doors.... Lots of Doors.

 Asherian Command wrote:
You need doors.... Lots of Doors.

And then...more doors.

so i have been working in creative 1.7.2 to fix my walls into something better looking, which i have. the problem is i just realized that chiseled stone bricks are still not able to be crafted. is there any way to obtain them other than from jungle temples?

 Gitkikka wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
You need doors.... Lots of Doors.

And then...more doors.

And Lube...

Do we have a jungle temple on the map? Also noobbomb, are you gonna explore the Desert Temple by yourself? Or should those of us in Kiip head in and explore?

If you guys are feeling nice during your mass land grab is there any chance you can save me this mountain range:
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-3810/64/3066/-3/0/0
I would be extremely appreciative if you did

 Alfndrate wrote:
Do we have a jungle temple on the map??

Uh... Do we have a jungle on the map first?

Would it be okay if i (tried) to build something at this location?

 Wyrmalla wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Do we have a jungle temple on the map??

Uh... Do we have a jungle on the map first?

I don't think we do, I see pretty much every biome but jungles.

 Minx wrote:
Would it be okay if i (tried) to build something at this location?

You can build wherever you want, barring close to other peoples land (barring their permission) or the spawn. The other thread's just for requests to move structures over from the previous map.

 Minx wrote:
Would it be okay if i (tried) to build something at this location?

Post it on the thread. If your copying something then yes. But yes you can build there don't need to ask permission . *UNless you are encrouching on someones land.

You should message people to see if it is okay. plus wait for the server to come up. At most people should only own around 1000 blocks x 600 blocks. As big as my old kingdom was. Anymore is just ridiculous.

Is everyone fine with is unofficial rulling?

 Alfndrate wrote:
Do we have a jungle temple on the map? Also noobbomb, are you gonna explore the Desert Temple by yourself? Or should those of us in Kiip head in and explore?

Hey hold your horses. I believe I was the first person to mention this desert village and temple. You guys seem to be talking as though you've already claimed it?

2013/10/31 00:23:49

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-260/64/745/max/0/0

I'd like to "claim" this village. Close to the spawn point, in the middle of a massive desert.

By "claim", I mean be in charge of. I'd be quite happy for other players to move in and share the place, as long as they don't destroy it, obstruct my own building etc. I'm going to build walls around it and make it safe.

http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-530/64/893/max/0/0

I'd like to "claim" this rock spire too. Might build some kind of tower there.

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Do we have a jungle temple on the map? Also noobbomb, are you gonna explore the Desert Temple by yourself? Or should those of us in Kiip head in and explore?

Hey hold your horses. I believe I was the first person to mention this desert village and temple. You guys seem to be talking as though you've already claimed it?

There are several desert temples on the map dude, The one in specifically that I'm talking about is here:
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-401/64/-2003/-2/0/0

The one you're talking about is here:
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-266/64/844/-2/0/0

Oh cool. Thats a relief.

If people are having an existing structure imported onto the map, does that mean they get to spawn there from the very beginning, or do they have to trek over there from the spawn zone like everyone else? I noticed that "Suburbia" has been placed across the river right next to the village and temple I'd like to use, giving them somewhat of a head start...

Just don't fall down the center of the temple or you'll activate the tnt and destroy the loot.

Best to slowly make your way down.

Or just knock out the block next to the centre one and fall down from there. There's only one pressure plate right?

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Oh cool. Thats a relief.

There are at least 3 desert temples in the biome you're in, in fact there are also at least 3 in the biome that is up by Kiip.

 Alfndrate wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Do we have a jungle temple on the map??

Uh... Do we have a jungle on the map first?

I don't think we do, I see pretty much every biome but jungles.

Jungles are alot rarer. Think of Mesa but three times rarer. But they are quite massive. So for the love of Dakka. Do not burn down jungles.... Ensure it is protected and it would be better if no one built in one. Because jungles are now the rarest biome. So it should belong to the community instead

 Asherian Command wrote:
Jungles are alot rarer. Think of Mesa but three times rarer. But they are quite massive. So for the love of Dakka. Do not burn down jungles.... Ensure it is protected and it would be better if no one built in one. Because jungles are now the rarest biome. So it should belong to the community instead

I have no plans for a jungle, once I get the nether wrack to finish my planetarium I'll probably start doing something sort of like Dalaran from Wow, connect a few floating towers, who knows! Though I think the poster I was talking to was looking for chiseled stone from a jungle temple.

 Alfndrate wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
Jungles are alot rarer. Think of Mesa but three times rarer. But they are quite massive. So for the love of Dakka. Do not burn down jungles.... Ensure it is protected and it would be better if no one built in one. Because jungles are now the rarest biome. So it should belong to the community instead

I have no plans for a jungle, once I get the nether wrack to finish my planetarium I'll probably start doing something sort of like Dalaran from Wow, connect a few floating towers, who knows! Though I think the poster I was talking to was looking for chiseled stone from a jungle temple.

good luck to him XD

But if you need help I have quite a few unquie tower designs that I have planning on working on. Might pass them to you as I work on my Kingdom.

http://www.darkinnit.com/dakkamap/#/-729/64/2663/max/0/0 This type of design with a rounded roof and pointy bit will work remember it is a circle

like this


If you wish me to I have quite a bit of nether rack, remember to alternate between colors. And use the new purple stained clay.

I'm going to shut down the 1.6.4 world in 55 minutes. (10pm UK time)

Take this time to say your last goodbyes (or set off your TNT chain etc)

This does NOT mean the 1.7.2 world will be starting immediately afterwards, I still need time to prepare. But it is likely to be soon-ish, maybe. Perhaps. We'll see.

Dark, can we nuke your castle?

Too late, fools!

One more map update would be fantastic. I want to see what's left of the Manor.

Y'know, I think the first thing I'm gonna do when the server goes up is break my place down and relocate. The current place I have going is just too complex/time-consuming. I'd much rather have a simple castle keep, maybe with a spiral tower or something like that.

Don't worry Noobbomb, I'll still stay close to the Kingdom of the Great and Holy Kiip! MY faith in the might of our chicken-lords remains steadfast in the face of this new world!

~Tim?

 Gitkikka wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
You need doors.... Lots of Doors.

And then...more doors.

One does not simply walk into More doors.

4oursword wrote:One more map update would be fantastic. I want to see what's left of the Manor.

Final map update:
http://www.darkinnit.com/ruinedmap/

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:Y'know, I think the first thing I'm gonna do when the server goes up is break my place down and relocate.

The new map looks great.

I am expecting to explore the map

and final update. XD
http://www.darkinnit.com/ruinedmap/#/-443/64/-27/-5/0/0
My lord. Sururbia really took a hit. And so much lava.

Take one last look at the terrain beyond a radius of 2000 on the newdakka map, because the world I've been pasting things into is only explored out to 2000 in each direction.
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/

Of course the locations people have asked for outside that range will also exist and be visible on the map, but in order to allow for some nearby new terrain gen in future, I've been working from a 2000 radius world. The 4000 radius map was just so you had more choice to pore over.

The map will soon update and anywhere not selected outside a 2000 block radius will no longer be visible.

Am I making sense? :/

I'm not going to be on the map!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 darkinnit wrote:
Take one last look at the terrain beyond a radius of 2000 on the newdakka map, because the world I've been pasting things into is only explored out to 2000 in each direction.
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/

Of course the locations people have asked for outside that range will also exist and be visible on the map, but in order to allow for some nearby new terrain gen in future, I've been working from a 2000 radius world. The 4000 radius map was just so you had more choice to pore over.

The map will soon update and anywhere not selected outside a 2000 block radius will no longer be visible.

Am I making sense? :/

Yes. Good.

darkinnit wrote:the locations people have asked for outside that range will also exist and be visible on the map

FM Ninja 048 wrote:I'm not going to be on the map!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I guess I'm not making sense :/

Anvildude wrote:

 Gitkikka wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
You need doors.... Lots of Doors.

And then...more doors.

One does not simply walk into More doors.

 darkinnit wrote:

4oursword wrote:One more map update would be fantastic. I want to see what's left of the Manor.

Final map update:
http://www.darkinnit.com/ruinedmap/

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:Y'know, I think the first thing I'm gonna do when the server goes up is break my place down and relocate.

Lol, sorry Dark. I just gotta start over on my place, because I've really lost interest/direction. But if it weren't for you moving it all, I would have to be starting from scratch!

~Tim?

 darkinnit wrote:

I guess I'm not making sense :/

nope, wan't paying enough attention

you mean we'll be like little islands of explored areas on a blank map, right?

I have to admit that I have no idea what you're talking about either Dark. I am sure you *are* making sense... just not to me.

I like the fact that I am within walking distance of civilisation this time.

Everything's done!

Aiming to bring the 1.7.2 world up in the next 15 minutes....

My goodness.

This shall be glorious And happy halloween everyone!

Sorry for the delay, was caused by internet troubles plus my own nether portal math failures.

Server is now up, world is 1.7.2!

I'm in my tower and my observatory/planetarium is done!

As per my agreement with the other player that's near here, I claim this mesa while he gets the other one.

http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/2154/64/3050/-2/0/0

Now that my little log-cabin shelter is built, I'll focus on making a nice-looking bridge to that mesa over the weekend.

Alf, I'm probably going to explore that temple and village a bit later today with Normy. If you're on by that time, feel free to come

Just seen the temple. Resisted temptation. Found my way after about 2 hours wandering the map. realised that I went opposite the way I meant to go. Now....I'm tempted to actually build a power rail network to spawn. I've got the mats for it.

Good job with the new server and transitioning everyone's buildings Dark!

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Alf, I'm probably going to explore that temple and village a bit later today with Normy. If you're on by that time, feel free to come

I won't be on till late late late tonight (so early early early morning tomorrow your time ). I'm probably going to go explore one of the other temples in the desert (I saw 3 total I believe).

I also need to figure out how to do a waterfall elevator so I can create a way into my house that doesn't require a land bridge, those pesky zombies and creepers were getting curious last night.

Thank you dark, you didn't have to update and move the server like you did, but it is greatly appreciated

Yes, thank you Dark. I don't think I could have brought myself to rebuild that obsidian tower all over again.

Edit: Judging by the map, I will have quite the terraforming project ahead of me when I am able to log in.

May I just enquire as to who built this thing? It looks very good, and I did not see it on the old server.

That's Absolutionis' library. It used to be here in the old world:
http://www.darkinnit.com/dakkamap/#/-254/64/-868/-2/0/0

Anyway.

Thanks for all the thanks everyone!

Those of you thanking me should also thank the people behind the Minecraft Overviewer, MCedit and NBTexplorer. Without these tools, none of this would have been possible.

http://overviewer.org/
http://www.mcedit.net/
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/840677-nbtexplorer-nbt-editor-for-windows-and-mac/

I also plan on trying to build a powered rail system to my new log cabin and, eventually, to my mesa project. It'll be a bit of a big project itself, though.

Awesome.

Speaking of which, the map updated to show my 21x9x21 "log cabin", finally. This is just the first level of it, there will be more later so that it isn't just a cube with some logs sticking out.

http://darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/1641/64/2429/-1/0/0

Not bad for a couple hours work at trying to make sure I get a shelter up for future projects.

Did "my" maze get moved over as well o.O?

I remember someone requesting for it be moved, but I can't see it...

Its possible i'm blind though...

I also propose that this mushroom biome not be claimed by anyone,since it's singular and the only one that's reasonably close to Spawn. People can build on it, but not claim the entire biome.

http://darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/1618/64/-1056/-3/0/0

 Melissia wrote:
I also propose that this mushroom biome not be claimed by anyone,since it's singular and the only one that's reasonably close to Spawn. People can build on it, but not claim the entire biome.

http://darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/1618/64/-1056/-3/0/0

Agreed. Also, please don't kill all mooshrooms

One small gripe Dark....You left the LAVA out of the bottom of my hot tub.

Would anyone take offence if i settle here:

My plan is to build a small city out on the plains with a fortress nestled into the extreme hills biome.

There's another Mushroom biome here too - http://darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/2314/64/-2045/-2/0/0

Mooshrooms for everyone!

Whoa, that temple next to Fort Kiip is connected with a skeleton dungeon!

My underground bunker is connected to an abandoend mineshaft. I'll have to create an entrance to the mineshaft-- thinking a 2widex3high door made of iron blocks and operated by sticky pistons would work, protecting the mechanisml with two layers of stonebrick...

It seems that the Overviewer doesn't like Dark Oak planks/stairs/slabs yet.

Speaking of which, I should see which of the texture packs have updated and which one looks the best.

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Whoa, that temple next to Fort Kiip is connected with a skeleton dungeon!

Awesome! Kiip has provided for us!

My words exactly

I've also made some defences to that desert village, and normy has been searching for temples.

Dangit, you guys sound like you're having fun...I'm stuck here working on commissions...Maybe I'll get on late tonight.

~Tim?

 Optio wrote:
Would anyone take offence if i settle here:

My plan is to build a small city out on the plains with a fortress nestled into the extreme hills biome.

Yeah, because I planned to conquer the mountain in the name of the Helghan Empire.

You can have the plains, but the Alpenfestung belongs to me.

 darkinnit wrote:
Take one last look at the terrain beyond a radius of 2000 on the newdakka map, because the world I've been pasting things into is only explored out to 2000 in each direction.
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/

Of course the locations people have asked for outside that range will also exist and be visible on the map, but in order to allow for some nearby new terrain gen in future, I've been working from a 2000 radius world. The 4000 radius map was just so you had more choice to pore over.

The map will soon update and anywhere not selected outside a 2000 block radius will no longer be visible.

Am I making sense? :/

Yay neighbors!

Thanks for all your time and effort

Who is it by the way?

Also where did you stick my mob grinder?


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 Weltenwolf wrote:

 Optio wrote:
Would anyone take offence if i settle here:

My plan is to build a small city out on the plains with a fortress nestled into the extreme hills biome.

Yeah, because I planned to conquer the mountain in the name of the Helghan Empire.

You can have the plains, but the Alpenfestung belongs to me.

http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/3652/64/-2088/-4/0/0

Plenty of mountains out here, looks like they get more extreme just off the edge of the map.

Dark would it(is it even possible?) be possible to have another villager like the one that spawn that trades for names tags that trades for chiseled stone brick?

i would really like to get my hands on some, i need about 10 stacks to turn my wall from bland into something much better.

Hm . Gonna need to figure out a way to get cows to my bunker as a leather source.

Railcars? And tethers/leads are in the game now.

Was thinking of trying to make a nether rail tunnel to spawn (it's too far in the overworld) and using that.

What's the coords of the spawn nether portal?

Does walking backwards with a bit of wheat in your hand for miles and miles and miles until you walk off a cliff and die not work anymore?

Try thousands.

 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
Does walking backwards with a bit of wheat in your hand for miles and miles and miles until you walk off a cliff and die not work anymore?

That sounds like an afternoon well spent

We're gonna be using the 0,0 portal for the Hub- it's simpler to remember- so just (Netherside) go straight to the nearest x or z 0 axis, then follow that back to the spawn portal.

Actually, if you have a surplus of Charcoal (I think you mentioned that?) you could help out immensely by smelting a ton of Netherwrack into bricks.

Optio wrote:
Would anyone take offence if i settle here:

My plan is to build a small city out on the plains with a fortress nestled into the extreme hills biome.


Yeah, because I planned to conquer the mountain in the name of the Helghan Empire.

You can have the plains, but the Alpenfestung belongs to me.

Ill move gear from where i had settled down in there later - oh well back to wondering aimlessly again.

Any ideas for a city i want to build here?

http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/3049/64/-1772/-1/0/0

I want to use this same style for all the buildings
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/3322/64/-1274/max/0/0

Yeah, build a replica of Storm's End.

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Yeah, build a replica of Storm's End.

How did you know? I have no idea what it looks like.

 Asherian Command wrote:

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Yeah, build a replica of Storm's End.

How did you know? I have no idea what it looks like.

In the UK. Building Storm's End would imply you are building a replica of the tip of your man vegetable.

 purplefood wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Yeah, build a replica of Storm's End.

How did you know? I have no idea what it looks like.

In the UK. Building Storm's End would imply you are building a replica of the tip of your man vegetable.

He's talking about STorm's End from Game of Thrones... hopefully.

 Asherian Command wrote:

 purplefood wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Yeah, build a replica of Storm's End.

How did you know? I have no idea what it looks like.

In the UK. Building Storm's End would imply you are building a replica of the tip of your man vegetable.

He's talking about STorm's End from Game of Thrones... hopefully.

Yeah hopefully...

 purplefood wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Yeah, build a replica of Storm's End.

How did you know? I have no idea what it looks like.

In the UK. Building Storm's End would imply you are building a replica of the tip of your man vegetable.

Wait, what? Wow. Guess "Storm's End" is getting added to my database of favorite British slang, right up there with spanker.

Edit: Dang swear filter, it changed spanker to spanker.

~Tim?

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:

 purplefood wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Yeah, build a replica of Storm's End.

How did you know? I have no idea what it looks like.

In the UK. Building Storm's End would imply you are building a replica of the tip of your man vegetable.

Wait, what? Wow. Guess "Storm's End" is getting added to my database of favorite British slang, right up there with spanker.

~Tim?

Well it's more 'End' as in 'Bell End'...

Dragonstone is cooler.

Whelp, back to work getting that gorram mofakking nether tunnel working.

Just keep in mind to not make anything permanent as I'll be making the nether hub when a new modem for my interwebz comes along. Also a question, can we strip a mesa biome of its hardened clay to fund this nether hub project? I have a lot of clay as it stands but I don't have enough to manage the project.

It's going to be built as ghast-resistant. Netherbrick floor, stonebrick walls and ceiling. And my mesa needs its clay for the look I'm going for.


Also it appears taht the server crashed, or is lagging so bad I can't connect.

Why not just leave the outer layer of the Mesa alone and mine out the inside?

"Internal Exception: java.io.IOException: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine."

I have spent the past ten minutes searching for the reason for this crash, and I can't seem to find it. Might be linked to Minecraft hating Linux servers is all I can tell.


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I have some cobble I can donate to the nether complex work.

Whats the minimum limit to spawn before we can start claiming land?

Simple fix. Ask Darknnit.

Thats kinda like why I posted the question here in the first place....

We probably won't need that much hardened clay for the Nether Hub, and I think, for the tunnels, that we should stick to infinitely renewable resources, simply because of how long they'll probably end up being. Also, Nether Feel- needs to be more Hellish than bright and colorful. So Netherbrick (which can be made from all the Wrack we'll be mining), and cobble, and stone and stone brick, and iron bars instead of glass.

Unless hardened clay is Ghast proof?

 Optio wrote:
Whats the minimum limit to spawn before we can start claiming land?

Anywhere outside the walls around spawn and the Dakka sign. Just be aware that the closer you are to spawn, the more likely you are to have neighbours and they might not always have the same aesthetic tastes as you :-P

Anvildude wrote:
We probably won't need that much hardened clay for the Nether Hub, and I think, for the tunnels, that we should stick to infinitely renewable resources, simply because of how long they'll probably end up being. Also, Nether Feel- needs to be more Hellish than bright and colorful. So Netherbrick (which can be made from all the Wrack we'll be mining), and cobble, and stone and stone brick, and iron bars instead of glass.

Unless hardened clay is Ghast proof?

It is not.

A stronghold has been found here. Its lit up for the most part, though some parts have been broken up by caves, so be warned if you're exploring it.

There is also a stronghold here, but I died before I could light it up/explore it much

http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-332/64/-663/-2/0/0

wow, 2 found within the first week

That is scarily quick

EDIT:
Due to the proximity of the first one to spawn, I vote that we make it the "public entrance" the Ender Grinder, once the Dragon is slain etc

Don't kill the dragon. We need to record it... So noone install gravity gun mod and kill it. We need a team of six just for the hell of it!

I didn't say I would XD

But if you are putting together a team, I would like to sign up. I will most likely be able to accompany you, as long as it is based on GMT, as Im not frequently on at ridiculous o'clock in the morning

I have diamond armor from a villager for 12-18 per piece.

Lag issues on the vanilla server should be fixed now. It was lag spilling over from the FTB Minecraft server which is now resolved.

Dark: Any clue about this?

 Melissia wrote:
"Internal Exception: java.io.IOException: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine."

I have spent the past ten minutes searching for the reason for this crash, and I can't seem to find it. Might be linked to Minecraft hating Linux servers is all I can tell.


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I dunno, those solutions are all over the place, for Craftbukkit/1.6.4/1.7.2 etc.

I see you're online and in-game now. Have you had this problem since I fixed the lag problem? The lag in the FTB server was really bad (like "worst we've had" bad).

I haven't had that problem since you solved the lag, so hopefully the lag is what caused it.

I got "stranded" in Castle Wolfenstein after using a portal to and from the nether. To get back to my place i borrowed iron (3), coal (8) and some wood (spruce planks). I'll replace them as soon as i manage to get a safe passage between our houses.

My iron! I didn't really get to know it, poor thing, taken in the bloom of its life.

If anyone sees an Ocelot near spawn, please trap it and tell me. I spawned one from the egg I got at the start of the previous server (Lego had a chest in his house with various spawn eggs and other stuff, and I think a limit of 3 things per person, can't remember that much of it) and it decided to glitch through the cobble wall and into the stream.

It either drowned itself, or ran off, because I can't for the life of me find it anywhere.

Seeing as no Jungles have been discovered yet, I'm pretty pissed off about it.

Wouldn't Darkinnit help you out in that situation? As I understand the FAQ's, the rules say that he will help players out when they lose things only if its a result of a glitch or game crash.

Speaking of which, one of my Mooshrooms died mysteriously shortly after we moved to the new server. Think he bugged into a wall, and now I have only one Moosh. I would breed him with a cow, but apparently since 1.2.5 this as not been possible.

Not sure how close you are to me, but I got a sizeable pen of Mooshrooms at the Grey Mesa.

You're not close, but the nether could make it quicker. I'll have to star armouring my nether route soon, I'm in a fortress and have a blaze spawner on my doorstep.

Yeah. I need to get my own portal set up. Gonna stock up on potions of fire Resistance if I can. Need to get the Obsidian I need, though. I still have yet to craft a Diamond pick.

So after finally getting round to fixing my minecraft, what have I missed in the 200 or so pages since I was last on?

Yo just wondering if anyone would object to me settling here


If not anyone is welcome to settle and build in the Viking land of Fellsskogar! Though it is but a simple dirt hut now BY ODINS BEARD IT WILL BECOME AN EMPIRE!
Also Mead and Whores will be available upon the housewarming party (everyone is invited!) so feel free to fight, feast, and party hard in FELLSSKOGAR!

This is an outrage to the Kiip, you heathens!

War hath been declared..... READY YOUR ARMIES WE SHALL SETTLE THIS ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE

 Somedude593 wrote:
War hath been declared..... READY YOUR ARMIES WE SHALL SETTLE THIS ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE

I wonder with how many I outnumber you.

 Somedude593 wrote:
Yo just wondering if anyone would object to me settling here
*pic*

If not anyone is welcome to settle and build in the Viking land of Fellsskogar! Though it is but a simple dirt hut now BY ODINS BEARD IT WILL BECOME AN EMPIRE!
Also Mead and Whores will be available upon the housewarming party (everyone is invited!) so feel free to fight, feast, and party hard in FELLSSKOGAR!

Sounds good to me, may Freija hold her blessing hand over your project. Looking forward to the housewarming party.


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 Somedude593 wrote:
War hath been declared..... READY YOUR ARMIES WE SHALL SETTLE THIS ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE

I shall stand by your side brother, if the Nornen don't intervene.

Dark, is it possible for you to check something that happened at about 2:30pm EST (so like 7:30 GMT)? I had a random explosion in my tower (this is the second time) and idk what's causing it.

Somedude, do you fancy helping make our Viking style village on Savage Island, instead or as well?

http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/2864/64/-3682/-1/0/0

It will end up being a proper island again, very soon.

It's a joint project between me, Sky_Slasher, and Jambayemon, and is intended to be a sort of Viking outpost rather than a homeland -- maybe after a long sea voyage, kind of, first Viking settlers in Vinland kind of a deal.

id like to help build that as well, unfortulately its a litte far... lol so i think ill finish the basics of my village and hopefully we can link through the nether

 Alfndrate wrote:
Dark, is it possible for you to check something that happened at about 2:30pm EST (so like 7:30 GMT)? I had a random explosion in my tower (this is the second time) and idk what's causing it.

Was there damage, or just the sound? The sound can also be caused by lightning striking close-by.

Sounds good, Somedude. Yeah, we have a couple of portals in the area, but they kind of lead to blasted wastedland in the nether, till we get the transport system sorted out! Feel free to join us and make a house there whenever you like, though.

Same goes for any other Viking fans.

 darkinnit wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Dark, is it possible for you to check something that happened at about 2:30pm EST (so like 7:30 GMT)? I had a random explosion in my tower (this is the second time) and idk what's causing it.

Was there damage, or just the sound? The sound can also be caused by lightning striking close-by.

I had 3 steps, 2 nether brick blocks, a cobblestone block and a torch blow up, and I dropped from full health or so to half a heart. This is the second time that it's happened.

When you said "random explosions" I thought you meant distant from you. But if it was right next to you it was probably a creeper snuck up on you. Try to find any dark spots and make sure they're lit up.

 darkinnit wrote:
When you said "random explosions" I thought you meant distant from you. But if it was right next to you it was probably a creeper snuck up on you. Try to find any dark spots and make sure they're lit up.

I'm not sure how, my entire tower is well lit, the entrance to my observatory has a hatch, and I live in a floating tower... Ain't not way to check like server logs is there?

Somedude: Just don't build anything stupid so close to my home. We already have had enough of that recently.

IS there anyone closer to me than Anvildude who I can buy a Mooshroom from?

This is me: http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-1151/64/3169/-2/0/0

And here's anvildude's http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/3873/64/-21/-2/0/0

Lol, it'd be faster to just grab one from one of hte mushroom biomes.

Ladies and gentlemen I am pleased to announce that the westward nether tunnel is almost complete. It currently stretches from the 0,0 portal to x=-400, y=0

If you live in this direction and would like to be linked onto this main tunnel (Looking at Raevyen, _tikkamasala_ in particular) can you let me know your co-ordinates (in the Nether) and I'll add tunnels to you nether portals to give you easy access.

@Schellan96 and I think Weltenwolf (not sure I spelt that right) it seems you two have built part of the tunnel to spawn and added doors along it, do you have any objection to me altering and adding to your section of the tunnel to match the area I've dug, add a roof, walls etc?


Once that's done does anyone have a preference which direction (North, East, South) I should work on next? I'd like to get the Nether tunnels set up quickly to make life easier for everyone on the server

Has mine been linked up, then? Otherwise I'll have to do that, and I'd like to know if I have to do so before descending Kiipstone/that Savannah mountain, considering it's quite a task to get up again..

 Storm Lord wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen I am pleased to announce that the westward nether tunnel is almost complete. It currently stretches from the 0,0 portal to x=-400, y=0

If you live in this direction and would like to be linked onto this main tunnel (Looking at Raevyen, _tikkamasala_ in particular) can you let me know your co-ordinates (in the Nether) and I'll add tunnels to you nether portals to give you easy access.

@Schellan96 and I think Weltenwolf (not sure I spelt that right) it seems you two have built part of the tunnel to spawn and added doors along it, do you have any objection to me altering and adding to your section of the tunnel to match the area I've dug, add a roof, walls etc?


Once that's done does anyone have a preference which direction (North, East, South) I should work on next? I'd like to get the Nether tunnels set up quickly to make life easier for everyone on the server

East would be great. I know myself, fett, and anvil all live out that way. I can spare any raw materials you may need.

Thanks!

 Storm Lord wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen I am pleased to announce that the westward nether tunnel is almost complete. It currently stretches from the 0,0 portal to x=-400, y=0

If you live in this direction and would like to be linked onto this main tunnel (Looking at Raevyen, _tikkamasala_ in particular) can you let me know your co-ordinates (in the Nether) and I'll add tunnels to you nether portals to give you easy access.

Thank you very much. My coordinates in the nether should be (x,y,z)=(-276,87,-68). I'll check in-game and edit if necessary.

Edit: i missed the minus sign for the z coordinate. fixed it above
Edit2: my in-game nickname is _tikkamasala_

I'm out east, too. Well, north-east, if we're going to try for an eight-way structure this time, in the nether transit system. I'm very much up for building the north-east line, actually, if someone can let me know the standard template (screenshot, maybe?)

Maybe eight way- But I think we're rather going for a 4 way main setup- then you only need a single straight branch tunnel to get to the main tunnel, to get back to the Hub.

 Storm Lord wrote:
(...)
@Schellan96 and I think Weltenwolf (not sure I spelt that right) it seems you two have built part of the tunnel to spawn and added doors along it, do you have any objection to me altering and adding to your section of the tunnel to match the area I've dug, add a roof, walls etc? (...)

No objection, just keep my main-tunnel intact, the part upstairs with the yellow windows.

On an unrelated note; while Blaze hunting I found several horse armours (2x diamond, 2x gold), anybody interested? Have no use for them.

- 1x diamond taken (gangsta)
- 1x gold taken (FM_ninja)

Are we not going with Tyranid Horde's plan for the Nether Hub (top of p. 565)? That's 8-way.


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Or is it only 8-way at the centre (the Hub itself)? Would seem to make more sense to keep it 8-way beyond there too!

I will take a Diamond horse armour, thanks

and Im pretty sure I am out west (North West). I will link myself to the tunnels once I know where it is

Ok, I'll get to work finishing the West route tonight/tomorrow morning. I hope to link up as many people on that as I can, including spawn, then as the consensus seems to be east I'll begin heading out that way.

I may set up a chest at the current hub for donations of cobble and iron.

@ian sturrock: I'm not sure whats happening with the hub at the moment, it doesn't currently look like the design a few pages back, but that may be to do with people not having time or no-one wanting to start alone. I'll stick to building a 4 way system for now, but if the consensus is to build 8 ways I'll look into making that work

@thenoobbomb: you haven't been hooked up yet as you are North, which I haven't got around too yet

@Weltenwolf: No problem, I'll keep it intact. Would you like me to replace the ladder with stairs while I'm at it?

I have made a portal to a shroom biome. I'll let everyone know when it is safe for general use.

 Storm Lord wrote:
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@Weltenwolf: No problem, I'll keep it intact. Would you like me to replace the ladder with stairs while I'm at it?

yeah, that would be nice.

Welten, may I have that second Diamond horse armour?

Japp, is reserved for you.

So only 1x gold horse armour left.

May I nab the gold then, please?

Did someone add a cobble stone block or two with torches on it at the ground around my tower?

 Alfndrate wrote:
Did someone add a cobble stone block or two with torches on it at the ground around my tower?

Yes, that was me. I started putting them where I found dark spots where creepers might have spawned, but then found loads of places on your roof and thought it best not to make too much of a mess.

Rather than covering your (rather nice) roof in torches, maybe use netherbrick slabs or stairs instead? Mobs can't spawn on slabs or stairs no matter what light level.

 darkinnit wrote:
Mobs can't spawn on slabs or stairs no matter what light level.

This I was unaware of...

 darkinnit wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Did someone add a cobble stone block or two with torches on it at the ground around my tower?

Yes, that was me. I started putting them where I found dark spots where creepers might have spawned, but then found loads of places on your roof and thought it best not to make too much of a mess.

Rather than covering your (rather nice) roof in torches, maybe use netherbrick slabs or stairs instead? Mobs can't spawn on slabs or stairs no matter what light level.

Yeah, I've been up in my planetarium and I've heard zombies, which is one of the reasons why I added the hatch so I can create a barrier between me and them I don't mind adding torches to my stuff, I'll probably do that here shortly.

Edit: This damn tree farm is insane, I can't prevent them from growing to their max height, and so now i'm occasionally finding leaf blocks in my tower

Remember folks, all you need to do to connect to the Nether network is get down to Y66 and figure out whether your X or Z coord is smaller- then tunnel till you hit Zero of that coord.

 Melissia wrote:
Somedude: Just don't build anything stupid so close to my home. We already have had enough of that recently.

dont worry.... my Viking fort will be worthy of odin himself

Minecraft servers are down.

 Minx wrote:


Thank you very much. My coordinates in the nether should be (x,y,z)=(-276,87,-68). I'll check in-game and edit if necessary.

Edit: i missed the minus sign for the z coordinate. fixed it above
Edit2: my in-game nickname is _tikkamasala_

You might want to check those coordinates as I'm at them and can't find your nether portal

 Storm Lord wrote:

 Minx wrote:


Thank you very much. My coordinates in the nether should be (x,y,z)=(-276,87,-68). I'll check in-game and edit if necessary.

Edit: i missed the minus sign for the z coordinate. fixed it above
Edit2: my in-game nickname is _tikkamasala_

You might want to check those coordinates as I'm at them and can't find your nether portal

My surface portal automatically linked to Castle Wolfenstein's portal so i guess my nether portal wasn't created and i need to build one at those coordinates. I can't mine obsidian yet though or is there a better way to do it?

Edit: Many thanks for the tunnel and the portal.

 Avatar 720 wrote:
May I nab the gold then, please?

Yeah, just remind me to give it to you when I'm on.

 Minx wrote:

 Storm Lord wrote:

 Minx wrote:


Thank you very much. My coordinates in the nether should be (x,y,z)=(-276,87,-68). I'll check in-game and edit if necessary.

Edit: i missed the minus sign for the z coordinate. fixed it above
Edit2: my in-game nickname is _tikkamasala_

You might want to check those coordinates as I'm at them and can't find your nether portal

My surface portal automatically linked to Castle Wolfenstein's portal so i guess my nether portal wasn't created and i need to build one at those coordinates. I can't mine obsidian yet though or is there a better way to do it?

Edit: Many thanks for the tunnel and the portal.

One method is to create a sort of Mould for a portal. Pretty easy, just build a cobble frame and make sure its hollow and then fill it with lava and then strategically pour water into it.

Yep, that's the best way to do it, though you can only do it on Overworld-side, rather than Nether-side. Can even do it with a single bucket if you're patient enough.

 Bloodhorror wrote:

One method is to create a sort of Mould for a portal. Pretty easy, just build a cobble frame and make sure its hollow and then fill it with lava and then strategically pour water into it.

Yeah, that works on the surface but what about in the nether? Maybe ice blocks work instead of water (that evaporates immediately)?

I will be building the northern branch of the nether transit system, by the look of things (just heading out there from my portal at the mo'), unless anyone else gets there first.

I am going to need more iron than I have, I think -- anyone care to donate some? I have plenty of cobble, but I'll be around 400 blocks out from the Spawn portal when I start heading that way... which means 800 iron bars. :( If anyone can help, either just by giving me a few stacks of iron, or coming along after I do the cobble part of the tunnel and filling in with iron, that'd be grand.

 Minx wrote:

 Bloodhorror wrote:

One method is to create a sort of Mould for a portal. Pretty easy, just build a cobble frame and make sure its hollow and then fill it with lava and then strategically pour water into it.

Yeah, that works on the surface but what about in the nether? Maybe ice blocks work instead of water (that evaporates immediately)?

Just tried this, I can confirm they do not.... Sorry bro!

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
I will be building the northern branch of the nether transit system, by the look of things (just heading out there from my portal at the mo'), unless anyone else gets there first.

I am going to need more iron than I have, I think -- anyone care to donate some? I have plenty of cobble, but I'll be around 400 blocks out from the Spawn portal when I start heading that way... which means 800 iron bars. :( If anyone can help, either just by giving me a few stacks of iron, or coming along after I do the cobble part of the tunnel and filling in with iron, that'd be grand.

Yeah the iron quantities needed are annoying. I've burned through a large part of mine just doing West and still have South and East to do (thanks for taking on the North) I've set up a chest for anyone who wishes to donate to the tunnel building at the nether-side 0,0 portal. Any and all donations will be welcomed and make the process quicker.

For those of you in the east the tunnel is coming to you, although may take a day or two for me to complete it out the the edges of the map

The nether hub design I had in mind was only north, south, east and west. Also, I will do the hub, it's just my modem broke and I only got a new one today, so I should be able to start the nether hub tonight. Thank you Storm Lord for starting the work on the tunnels and thank you Ian Sturrock as well.
Why the need for iron though? There isn't much to see in the nether so why bother having windows?
I can take the southern tunnel to spread the workload.

 Tyranid Horde wrote:
The nether hub design I had in mind was only north, south, east and west. Also, I will do the hub, it's just my modem broke and I only got a new one today, so I should be able to start the nether hub tonight. Thank you Storm Lord for starting the work on the tunnels and thank you Ian Sturrock as well.
Why the need for iron though? There isn't much to see in the nether so why bother having windows?
I can take the southern tunnel to spread the workload.

Thats what I was thinking as well...
There is nothing interesting there.

Also, at Y=0 any lava pools that we run into, we could make a glass roof for the tunnel which I think is quite cool.

I think the main reason for windows is both nostalgia for the old nether system, but also because a fully enclosed tunnel can feel a bit claustrophobic (in my opinion). It also seemed a few pages back a few people were talking about iron vs glass with iron seeming to be the consensus.

@Tyranid Horde: There is already the beginnings of a south tunnel (needed to link spawn) so feel free to use that. I look forward to seeing the improved hub when it is done. Nothing is at y=0 is it, I thought most things (hub, tunnel) were at y=66?

Are the tunnels a 3x3 so we can get horses down them if need be? Should the roof of the hub be spherical or just go straight to the roof as a cylinder?
Ah, okay, I was looking a few pages back and I saw you mention Y=0

The tunnel designs are 3x3 interior (was considering adding rails?) then cobble walls, roof and floor (where needed) with iron bars as the central layer in the walls

Unless we want to go really big with the tunnels. I could see us making grand hallways, big enough to have half-columns (set into the walls) and torches or braziers in little nooks. At least for the main 4 ways. Then people could design their own branches.

Maybe I'll work on a design in Creative a little.

Anyone know the smallest open space Ghasts require to spawn in? (though having them spawn in an enclosed area where they can't float away wouldn't be terrible either.)

Would rails work? You need some way of changing which track you were on, which would require some thought to make it simple enough so that everyone could use it.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Would rails work? You need some way of changing which track you were on, which would require some thought to make it simple enough so that everyone could use it.

Yeah, that's why I haven't done anything with the rails yet. I'm wondering what the best way (if any) would be to use them. But you might be right in thinking they wouldn't be simple enough for everyone to use easily

5x5 is the smallest space needed to spawn a ghast. They spawn on the ground so slabbing would be necessary to keep it ghast free and pigmen free.

If anybody needs obsidian, give me a call. I watered down 3 lava pools in my mine, have some surplus obsidian and am still gathering the rest.

Avatar & Ihatenids, please give me some coords where I shall leave your horse armour.

I'll take some If you don't mind. Just enough to make a set of portals.

if anyone is looking for a large amount or any amount of obsidian i have a layer in my wall that needs to be removed to beautify my wall, roughly 2000+ blocks worth.

let me know if you are interested so i can remove the outer face of the wall to expose the obby.

I have a double chest filled with powered rails

 Weltenwolf wrote:
If anybody needs obsidian, give me a call. I watered down 3 lava pools in my mine, have some surplus obsidian and am still gathering the rest.

Avatar & Ihatenids, please give me some coords where I shall leave your horse armour.

Here please: http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-479/64/209/max/0/0

 Avatar 720 wrote:

 Weltenwolf wrote:
If anybody needs obsidian, give me a call. I watered down 3 lava pools in my mine, have some surplus obsidian and am still gathering the rest.

Avatar & Ihatenids, please give me some coords where I shall leave your horse armour.

Here please: http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-479/64/209/max/0/0

Will be done.

Oh right, coords. My house is here.

http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/102/64/388/-1/0/0

The reasons against using glass in the nether were that:

1) Certain idiots kept running along just smashing random panes

2) People outside the tunnels would be targetted by ghasts, but ghasts are a terrible shot, and it would hit the tunnels and break the glass.

Can't ever really stop the idiots, but anything that takes more than a fraction of a second to break helps.

I never said we should use glass, I thought Storm Lord had said the tunnel was at Y=0 so rather than go straight through the lava, I suggested that we make a glass ceiling.

Welten, I appreciate the notion, but my Nether portal is ridiculously out of the way, so if it is ok, I shall collect it next time we are both online at once.

But my place is here
http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-2248/64/-2503/max/0/0

find that floating island, and you cant miss the massive cobble square that is my house. Lots of cacti.
http://www.darkinnit.com/dakkamap/#/-2069/64/275/max/0/0
This is what it looks like

I would love some. Actually, if you wanted to loan me your diamond pick to disassemble my existant overworld portal, I wouldn't mind. Later on, though. I'm doing a rather severe redesign of the interior of the Grey Mesa, and haven't had time to work on my Nether connection yet.


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Some Obby, that is.

Also, rails would work if we were to do a double rail setup- like a road, with the system being all one big loop, with one side of the tunnel always going the same direction.

And Ghast stabbing, I think, wouldn't be a huge issue- give Exp and tears, as long as we make the tunnels explosion proof on the inside as well as the outside--- something to think about...

So busy x.x Hoping to get back to work on my bridge and Mesa project later...

 Melissia wrote:
So busy x.x Hoping to get back to work on my bridge and Mesa project later...

Ugh, I'm with you there. I'm still stuck in a hole I dug for myself in the mesa closest to spawn so I could weather the night. Haven't had a chance to log on since...

~Tim?

I dug straight down today and found emeralds and diamonds.

Why do i have such good luck?

How about a mix of iron bars and cobble for the middle block?

Maybe 3 iron then 1 cobble, or even 3 then 2. Looks neat and appropriate, avoids claustrophobia, saves a small but significant amount of iron.

How frequently does the Dakka map update? I've been waiting all day to get a birds eye view of the work I've done on my village.


http://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-261/64/742/max/0/0

Kiln2001 has moved in and is sharing my village now. We also have a tunnel connecting our village to Ytoni's ranch.

In the last week, I've made...

-wheat, carrot, melon, sugarcane and pumpkin farms
-Enchantment Library
-Blacksmith
-Storage hut.
-Watchtower.
-Birch tree farm.
-.Diamond mine (branch mining in chunks).
-Zombie XP Farm (Zombie spawner dungeon).
-secureds several chasms for safe mining (we've got like 3 or 4 chasms under our village).

Future projects are...

-Stables.
-Housing for villagers.
-cow, chicken and pig farms.
-Wolf pen.
-Nether Portal.
-A tunnel to the nearest Stronghold.

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
How frequently does the Dakka map update?

Once a day at 9:30am UK time (about 45 mins from now).

You could use nether brick fencing instead of iron bars too. You can't see as much through it, but it's better than the monotony of no windows at all.

Plus, you're already in the land that it comes from.

He's expressed disdain for using netherbrick

 Gitkikka wrote:
You could use nether brick fencing instead of iron bars too. You can't see as much through it, but it's better than the monotony of no windows at all.

Plus, you're already in the land that it comes from.

That's not a bad idea actually. I'll look into that for the eastern tunnel

Ah now, I don't mind netherbrick, its just that netherbrick doesn't fit the colours I'm using for the hub.


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Could someone tell where is the middle of this hub I'm building? At the minute I have no idea.

0,0? That's where we're building the main tunnels from, anyways.

well melissia i just built a nether portal and came out of yours, wont be able to fix until tommorow, sorry for any problems this may cause

That's fine. But do try to fix it soon.

My portal is exactly where it should be in terms of coordinates.

Well, I finally got around to buying Minecraft...safe to say, the survival mode isn't very forgiving! I had an awesome encounter with some skeletons and a creeper

This game will take a little bit to get used to, but I can't wait to explore more, and eventually join the Dakka server.

 mega_bassist wrote:
Well, I finally got around to buying Minecraft...safe to say, the survival mode isn't very forgiving! I had an awesome encounter with some skeletons and a creeper

This game will take a little bit to get used to, but I can't wait to explore more, and eventually join the Dakka server.

Good thing you haven't run into any withes, yet.

 thenoobbomb wrote:
withes

Witches? Withers? Oh god... Wither Witches

 darkinnit wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
withes

Witches? Withers? Oh god... Wither Witches

Run, you fools!

Messed around in Singleplayer a bit, and got a design for the possible Main Nether tunnels.










What do you all think? Mainly Netherbrick and Cobble slabs, with Stone Brick and Netherbrick stairs, as well as just plain Stone Brick. The floor is slabs, so Ghasts and Magma Cubes shouldn't spawn (and hopefully not Blazes.)

It'd be work, but I think it'd be worth it, especally with that Nether hub. Or we could work in the colors of the Hub using stained clay. The glowstone pattern might need to be minimized- maybe use the clay for that instead? (though that would allow stuff to spawn...)

I like it. But then again I was never in favor of using mesa clay.

 Melissia wrote:
I like it. But then again I was never in favor of using mesa clay.

Sums up my opinion, too.

Looks great to me. And well worthwhile.

we might have to skip out a bit on the glowstone-- perhaps only use it at intersections.

There's quite some glowstone near me, I think. Not enough for all those tunnels, but well, atleast for a part
Problem would be in getting them, though.

Meh, getting glowstone is pretty easy, as long as you do it right.

Nevermind.

 Melissia wrote:
Meh, getting glowstone is pretty easy, as long as you do it right.

Afraid I'd be ghasted a lot of times before I could get 'em

That's what I meant about "do it right". Aside from wanting fire resistance potions and some basic enchanted iron armor (it's cheap once you're established), you need to build a cradle and wall to catch the glowstone and prevent ghasts from hitting you. Cobblestone is an easy resource to use for this--- build it as a bowl under the glowstone, with walls high enough to block ghast shots. You can leave it there or take it down, though taking it down is better as it leaves less clutter for other people to stumble on to.

That amount of glowstone would probably be prohibitive to collect, but the whole design in general's probably more complex than most users could be bothered to do anyway, so that's probably moot.

Yeah, though the glowstone could be replaced by jack-o-lanterns or lamps fairly easily. Or even just simple glass'n'lava. Or like I said, use the glowstone just at intersections or where the wall sconces don't provide enough light.

Shouldn't be too difficult, especially on this server. Might want to simplify the alcoves a bit, but the roof and walls would be fairly simple, as would the columns. And all the materials are both Netherproof and easy to acquire.

I'll happily contribute some glowstone.

This is for the tunnels and not the hub I'm working on right? I have amassed some clay that you could use and dye is so easily available what with those rose bushes and all being bone meal spammable.

Yes, this is for the tunnels themslves. If they're made of netherbrick and stone rather than other, more rare materials, we don't have to worry about gathering unique resources while building our connecting tunnels. Thus, we can all try to keep it in theme.

for lighting you can also use the plentiful netherrack set on fire. on my wall i use it, with a space for the fire and then a glass block on top. it lights a very nice area and is safe to walk over.

I thought the four main tunnels were just cobble and iron / netherfence?

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
I thought the four main tunnels were just cobble and iron / netherfence?

We're picking a new design.

We figure make the main tunnels HUGE and fancy- They're something everyone's gonna have to look at, so why not put some effort into them? Also, makes it easier to navigate- the big fancy tunnels are main tunnels- they always go back to the Hub. The small branches are always to people's personal portals.

@ DeathKlaat- I do use Netherwrack wall sconces in the alcoves- but we'd either need to have alcoves between each pillar (way more materials, work, and clutters up the look of things) or just plop fire down everywhere to have it light enough- fire doesn't light as much as torches and glowstone, I think.

Whatever the design, it should use netherbrick, stone, stonebrick, cobblestone, and other easily accessible, but durable, materials.

I fixed the portal melissia and the Longhouse is almost done, the hour of feasting is almost at hand!

Well, since I'm at least starting the northern tunnel (in the far north, once I get to it from my branch tunnel -- I'm around 2/3 the way there), please LMK the new design.


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I'd love to see all the main tunnels in Anvil's design, but it's such huge investment in materials & time. My branch tunnel will join the main tunnel more than 400 blocks from Spawn. A tunnel that is 5x5 internally will use a minimum of 20 blocks of material per block travelled, for a total of 8000 blocks for the northern tunnel alone; 32 000 if we extend all four tunnels as far. Assuming around 50% cobble, 20% netherbrick, 20% cleanstone, and 10% glowstone, that's 250 stacks of cobble, 100 of netherbrick (aka 400 stacks of netherwrack plus 50 stacks of coal), another 100 stacks of cobble and 14 stacks of coal... for, well. again, a herculean quantity of resources...

I could always bring back my thing about giving out the "player head" item(s) of your choice, to those who contribute to a community project like this.

Especially as the following mob heads are now also available:


Might give some incentive for people to help.

I'm going away for a week though, so while I may be able to make promises, I won't be able to deliver until later

I'll think of a suitable tunnel "meters" per head ratio if there's enough interest. I might also consider that chiselled stone brick as rewards as that was enquired about earlier.

The slime head is nice, and the squid one is just awesome.

 thenoobbomb wrote:
The slime head is nice, and the squid one is just awesome.

But not the holy Kiip?

I'd like to help out, but it's a royal pain to get to the nearest nether portal

 Alfndrate wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
The slime head is nice, and the squid one is just awesome.

But not the holy Kiip?

I'd like to help out, but it's a royal pain to get to the nearest nether portal

The head is cool, but too small to truly honour the Kiip

And aye, setting up our Nether portal is quite a pain, with all dem Ghasts everywhere.

The offer isn't limited to the mob heads, you could ask for any player head, i.e. your own, your friend's, your favourite youtuber's, your nemesis' etc.


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And don't forget, heads are wearable

Gotta catch em' all!

 darkinnit wrote:
The offer isn't limited to the mob heads, you could ask for any player head, i.e. your own, your friend's, your favourite youtuber's, your nemesis' etc.


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And don't forget, heads are wearable

I'd ask for a slimehead so I can have a slime statue on a desk in my home

Pffft, filthy casuals; I collect the heads myself. *Eyes up Wyrm's noggin*


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Also, on a completely unrelated note, Dark, I neglected to remember that one of my structures in the vanilla server had a significant amount of bookcases in it (AFAIK those are the only 'valuable' things of mine that weren't copied; I can't remember anything that wasn't in my suburbia house chests, so I doubt there was much useful stuff in any other ones), so instead of copying the structure, would I please be able to get a stack of books or so?

I can't remember the exact number of cases I had, but a stack of books is 21, which is likely around that number unless you want to go and total up the true amount. I can grab the wood I need to remake them myself, since I'd have had to do that in the first place if I was re-locating the shelves.

Avatar I already walk about wearing my own head (...on top of my head that is.... headception?). *Insert dramatic soap opera "Duh duh duh!".

How about if we agree to the size of the main tunnels (minimum 5x5) and the materials permissible (cobble, stone, stone brick, netherbrick; slabs of all the above; glowstone, netherwrack on fire, netherbrick fence, cobblestone wall, torches, iron bars, and redstone blocks, maybe?), and specify it has to be ghast-proof, but allow whoever's building it to design it according to their preference? That way it should still be very clear that one has found a main tunnel, but there is some individual creativity allowed.

Alternatively, I do like Anvildude's design a lot, but wonder if we couldn't simplify it somewhat as we head further from the Hub? Maybe stick with the Anvildesign for the first 100 blocks out in each direction, then simplify?

Finally got my portal connected. I'd be happy to donate resources be they iron bars or nether brick. Anyone working on the project feel free to hit me up if I'm on.

I think I could contribute somewhat towards this.

I've got some rails I can donate.