Oh boy my island home is finally visible

https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/5199/64/-5265/-1/0/0

At long last! I can finally play with slime blocks!

 darkinnit wrote:
I just want to make people aware that I won't update the server immediately to 1.8 as soon as it's out on Tuesday. Although their use of snapshots and pre-releases has done a lot to help find major bugs before release, there's often still something that doesn't show up until much vaster numbers of people are playing it.

Mojang are releasing it on a Tuesday for this same reason, so they have most of the rest of the week to fix any issues that pop up. Whether there are any problems or not, the new update should hopefully be nice and stable by Friday evening (whether it is 1.8 or 1.8.2 or 1.8.11 by then)

So I will aim to update the server either Friday evening or early Saturday morning next week.

Sounds good to me! I'll get to work on the new stuff when that happens.

 Desubot wrote:
Oh boy my island home is finally visible

https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/5199/64/-5265/-1/0/0

Where do you grow your food?

Yeah I will be at school, so I won't be able to spend as much time as I want on computer games. :(

Is there an issue with the head item textures displaying? I have an Enderman one and another that's my own head, and both are showing up as Steve?s.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Is there an issue with the head item textures displaying? I have an Enderman one and another that's my own head, and both are showing up as Steve?s.

I think there was a bug a while back when they changed the way skins are handled and I'll have to give you the heads again.

The public Mesa base is now pretty much finished. I'll probably continue to potter about making cosmetic changes here and there but I think the main structure is pretty much done.

You can get to the base by following the North trunk of the Nether Hub all the way to the end and turning left where signposted.

Happy mining!

https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-3794/64/-5573/-3/0/0

So my game updated to 1.8 today and ... it doesn't get past the loading screen. Any suggestions (written in simple enough terms that a middle-aged imbecile could follow) to get past it? I've taken a quick look at the official forum but that's not been very helpful.

 Binidj wrote:
So my game updated to 1.8 today and ... it doesn't get past the loading screen. Any suggestions (written in simple enough terms that a middle-aged imbecile could follow) to get past it? I've taken a quick look at the official forum but that's not been very helpful.

Go back and change the version to the current version of dakka dakka.

 Binidj wrote:
So my game updated to 1.8 today and ... it doesn't get past the loading screen. Any suggestions (written in simple enough terms that a middle-aged imbecile could follow) to get past it? I've taken a quick look at the official forum but that's not been very helpful.

Everyone and his dog is trying to update Minecraft right now, it might just be taking forever to download the updates.

If that's not the case and you're still stuck:

Start with the simplest non-destructive option, create a new launcher profile (in case your current one has corrupted somehow or not installed the update correctly).

Start the launcher

In the bottom left, click "New Profile"

Give it a suitable name, say UpdateTest

Tick the Game Directory box and enter a alternate path to install this test profile to (e.g. change the .minecraft ending to .minecraftTest)

Click Save Profile

Select the Profile in the dropdown in the bottom left

Click Play

See if it works and report back.


Special word of warning to those of you updating to 1.8. If you update your single player worlds to 1.8, and then switch back to 1.7 to play on the server (or for other reasons) DO NOT open your updated single player worlds in 1.7. There has been a change to how items are stored and if you open 1.8 worlds in Minecraft 1.7, all chest contents are deleted (and other bad stuff). Best course of action is to make a backup copy of all your single player worlds before updating to 1.8. Backups are always a good idea in general anyway.

 darkinnit wrote:

 Binidj wrote:
So my game updated to 1.8 today and ... it doesn't get past the loading screen. Any suggestions (written in simple enough terms that a middle-aged imbecile could follow) to get past it? I've taken a quick look at the official forum but that's not been very helpful.

Everyone and his dog is trying to update Minecraft right now, it might just be taking forever to download the updates.

If that's not the case and you're still stuck:

Start with the simplest non-destructive option, create a new launcher profile (in case your current one has corrupted somehow or not installed the update correctly).

Start the launcher

In the bottom left, click "New Profile"

Give it a suitable name, say UpdateTest

Tick the Game Directory box and enter a alternate path to install this test profile to (e.g. change the .minecraft ending to .minecraftTest)

Click Save Profile

Select the Profile in the dropdown in the bottom left

Click Play

See if it works and report back.


Special word of warning to those of you updating to 1.8. If you update your single player worlds to 1.8, and then switch back to 1.7 to play on the server (or for other reasons) DO NOT open your updated single player worlds in 1.7. There has been a change to how items are stored and if you open 1.8 worlds in Minecraft 1.7, all chest contents are deleted (and other bad stuff). Best course of action is to make a backup copy of all your single player worlds before updating to 1.8. Backups are always a good idea in general anyway.

Thats why I am waiting for another week till I go online.

You can also use the instructions above to create a "1.7" profile for playing on the server for now and upgrade your main profile to 1.8 for playing with the new toys now.

 darkinnit wrote:
You can also use the instructions above to create a "1.7" profile for playing on the server for now and upgrade your main profile to 1.8 for playing with the new toys now.

Already got one. But my internet sucks So more people on the server. The harder it is for me to connect because of my terrible. TERRIBLE internet.

Ah well, if you're updating the server on Friday I'll probably just leaving off playing again till then I suppose. Youknow just to avoid spending ten seconds clicking back to the previous version in the launcher. =P

...Uh that and so I can actually do some real work again instead of playing Minecraft like I have been (though saying that I stopped playing Minecraft for a bit there and achieved little)

Spending the time creating a new Skin.

Fully armoured Dwarf time!

 darkinnit wrote:
See if it works and report back.

Instructions followed and it works just fine. Based on this it turns out that the problem lies with a resource pack (Sphax) that was supposedly updated to be compatible with 1.8. I'll go back to the Sphax website and see if there's any documentation on it but failing that I may need to go hunting for a new texture pack.

 darkinnit wrote:
Special word of warning to those of you updating to 1.8. If you update your single player worlds to 1.8, and then switch back to 1.7 to play on the server (or for other reasons) DO NOT open your updated single player worlds in 1.7. There has been a change to how items are stored and if you open 1.8 worlds in Minecraft 1.7, all chest contents are deleted (and other bad stuff). Best course of action is to make a backup copy of all your single player worlds before updating to 1.8. Backups are always a good idea in general anyway.

Thanks for the warning! I'll stay in 1.7 (barring tests) until DakkaDakka updates, just to be on the safe side.

ETA:
I traced the problem, not to the resource pack but to Java which wouldn't let me assign more than 1Gb RAM to Minecraft! Uninstalled, reinstalled, edited the memory allocation, and now have texture packs and 1.8 working in perfect harmony.

Messing about designing my new house. At the moment I'm currently putting together a floating island over my existing (unfinished) home. Once the basic layout of that's done I'm going to plunk down a ruined fort on it, with levels descending beneath the surface. It being a floating island however, not all of the fort's lower levels are going to be particularly intact, with hallways being exposed to the outside, jutting out the sides of the island. Here's what I've come up with as far as planning the dungeon part of the fort.



Uh, yeah, the upper levels of the fort will be a bit more lived in, with the descending levels looking more and more abandoned. The torches being necessary for mobs unfortunately. However the cells themselves have a single block that's at light level 7, so as long as the doors are kept shut I may just have some prisoners.

Your average cell:



...And well, one which hasn't seen much housekeeping. *Eugh, its going to be a right bugger silk touching all those ferns.



Then back up the stairs to the dungeon's entrance. Not quite as much of a state, but still not a shining marble castle.



I could probably do with piling up slabs to represent debris in places, though I didn't want to make it a bother moving about. Given how I'll be building this I'm probably going to have to plan out every section first before I put it together on the server otherwise it could be too low (at the moment the island's ground level's about 150 blocks above actual ground level) or some ill conceived business will occur,

Edit: Actually youknow what would be awesome too? Dirt/ Grass slabs. No really. As someone who doesn't like mobs spawning within ten miles of their house I do hate having all those torches turning my lawn into a pin cushion. I aught to just make the regular standing torch texture transparent as I only use those for lighting up large areas anyway. It'd be nice though to be able to have darkness without mobs spawning, which is why I say dirt slabs. That or one of those FtB torch things which don't allow mobs to spawn for dozens of blocks. ...Just anything to keep my garden tidy. =(

Hrm... Can mobs spawn on Podzl?

Yeah they can unfortunately, but thanks for mentioning that block type I'll have to use it on the island.

That is a seriously good looking interior, I'm really looking forward to being able to make mossy brick and cobble once 1.8 hits the server. I particularly like your use of ferns, really adds to the feel of the place.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
...And well, one which hasn't seen much housekeeping. *Eugh, its going to be a right bugger silk touching all those ferns.

Unless I've missed something, why don't you just use regular shears on them?

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Edit: Actually youknow what would be awesome too? Dirt/ Grass slabs. No really. As someone who doesn't like mobs spawning within ten miles of their house I do hate having all those torches turning my lawn into a pin cushion. I aught to just make the regular standing torch texture transparent as I only use those for lighting up large areas anyway. It'd be nice though to be able to have darkness without mobs spawning, which is why I say dirt slabs. That or one of those FtB torch things which don't allow mobs to spawn for dozens of blocks. ...Just anything to keep my garden tidy. =(

I hear you! The only way I've managed it is by using carpet tiles and leaf blocks over jack'o'lanterns ... hardly an ideal solution but it's not too awful.

Heh, yeah I realised that shears would do after posting that. Still I'm not sure if the tall ferns are just bonemealed regular ones or some variation. Meh, I'll work it out.

I'm having a go at the exterior at the moment. Its looking like a straight copy of this at the front, but that image only shows the entrance, so with the rest I've been just throwing it together. I'm not entirely sure about the style, its a bit too like a temple, but it'll work out. That'll do for the main building, with there being ruins surrounding it on the rest of the island (as well I need at least one room which doesn't have a massive hole in the roof or exposed rafters. Doesn't bode well for sleeping when there's a leak).



The world height's 256 right? Just so I can build this thing right up at the maximum elevation so there's more room for the underground sections (oh and the view'll probably be nice too).

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Heh, yeah I realised that shears would do after posting that. Still I'm not sure if the tall ferns are just bonemealed regular ones or some variation. Meh, I'll work it out.

Yep, pretty certain that you get double-height ferns by bonemealing the regular ones.

Exterior is looking very nice, I see what you mean about looking like a temple ... my only suggestion would be to decide what you do want it to look like style-wise and then do a Google image search, see if anything inspires.

Maybe try wood for the roof instead? With a wood roof, I think it would get a lot more of an 'abandoned Manor house' feel rather than the temple one.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Heh, yeah I realised that shears would do after posting that. Still I'm not sure if the tall ferns are just bonemealed regular ones or some variation. Meh, I'll work it out.

I'm having a go at the exterior at the moment. Its looking like a straight copy of this at the front, but that image only shows the entrance, so with the rest I've been just throwing it together. I'm not entirely sure about the style, its a bit too like a temple, but it'll work out. That'll do for the main building, with there being ruins surrounding it on the rest of the island (as well I need at least one room which doesn't have a massive hole in the roof or exposed rafters. Doesn't bode well for sleeping when there's a leak).



The world height's 256 right? Just so I can build this thing right up at the maximum elevation so there's more room for the underground sections (oh and the view'll probably be nice too).

What are you trying to go for?

Thats my question.

Hmn, what am I going for? Um... yeah, that'd be nice to know. Just a stone fort of some description. Not a European castle is about the extent of what I know I want. The problem with having the main building ruined is that rain will come through, and that mobs could spawn. Rather I'd like to have one section which is somewhat intact (even if there's upper floors which have holes) which is then attached to ruins. I had a go at expanding the temple design a bit, but it doesn't look quite right, so I'll some up with something else eventually. ...I have the lowest level worked out, but ah, not the sections above it. Smart guy.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
The problem with having the main building ruined is that rain will come through, and that mobs could spawn.

Rain is a bad thing? I thought it would add to the atmosphere to have the rain making it's way in. You could have a hole in the roof with a cauldron beneath to catch the water, making it look more dodgy but looking like someone is trying to live there. Or that room with the skeleton head might have water source blocks above the roof, maybe a pool or flooded room so droplets of water seep through at places, explaining the overgrown plants and giving it a more dank feel. But that probably has nothing to do with what you're going for.

So, a slight snag on seamlessly upgrading the server world to 1.8.

The rule for underwater monuments generating in existing chunks is that the existing chunk must have only been visited/loaded for less than 2 minutes. From my sample testing, most underwater monument locations don't seem to meet this requirement and so monuments are not being generated in existing chunks.

However, there is a workaround.

I'm going to take the server offline and fly around all the existing ocean chunks on the server, so that it stores in the data files where all the monuments are supposed to be. Then I will open the world in MCEdit and mark those locations for "repopulation". This causes the monuments to be generated when the world is opened in Minecraft again.

This work may take some time to finish, so the current world will be offline while I do this.

However, I thought, I could leave a temporary server running for people to play on while I'm working on the current one.

Let's see, what do we have here? Something for Minecraft 1.8.... How about the Beta Minecraft 1.8 Dakka world from 2011:


Yep, it's back. Although the upgrade has had some effect on it. All chests are missing, paintings popped off and doors are doing that thing again. It's still fun to explore and reminisce (for those of you who played this world) and read the weird and wonderful signs that are around the place.

Most nether portals got disabled in the upgrade too (although I've fixed the spawn one), you can relight them, but they may not link up with their intended locations without some leg work.

There won't be the 2 hourly restarts on this world because it's temporary. I'm not going to be saving any changes long term and if it crashes hard, I'll just revert it back to its original state.

Once I have finished working on the current world I'll take the 2011 world offline and put the current one back online.

 darkinnit wrote:
So, a slight snag on seamlessly upgrading the server world to 1.8.

The rule for underwater monuments generating in existing chunks is that the existing chunk must have only been visited/loaded for less than 2 minutes. From my sample testing, most underwater monument locations don't seem to meet this requirement and so monuments are not being generated in existing chunks.

However, there is a workaround.

I'm going to take the server offline and fly around all the existing ocean chunks on the server, so that it stores in the data files where all the monuments are supposed to be. Then I will open the world in MCEdit and mark those locations for "repopulation". This causes the monuments to be generated when the world is opened in Minecraft again.

This work may take some time to finish, so the current world will be offline while I do this.

However, I thought, I could leave a temporary server running for people to play on while I'm working on the current one.

Let's see, what do we have here? Something for Minecraft 1.8.... How about the Beta Minecraft 1.8 Dakka world from 2011:

Spoiler:

Yep, it's back. Although the upgrade has had some effect on it. All chests are missing, paintings popped off and doors are doing that thing again. It's still fun to explore and reminisce (for those of you who played this world) and read the weird and wonderful signs that are around the place.

Most nether portals got disabled in the upgrade too (although I've fixed the spawn one), you can relight them, but they may not link up with their intended locations without some leg work.

There won't be the 2 hourly restarts on this world because it's temporary. I'm not going to be saving any changes long term and if it crashes hard, I'll just revert it back to its original state.

Once I have finished working on the current world I'll take the 2011 world offline and put the current one back online.

O.o

Interesting.

I've only visited it once.

And good luck on that!

Are you going to do it on areas that are closer to spawn and peeps? (The monuments)

Will these areas possibly have new stone types as well?

I'm doing it on as much existing ocean as I can without taking too much time. This world has a lot of ocean, but I hope to have it finished at some point today.

Repopulating the areas won't give the new stone types (other than the monument stone of course) I think. I'll double check when I get to that stage and let you know.

So far I'm about 1/3rd of the way through the first stage (gathering monument locations).

Also, as recommended by Binidj, the 2011 world is now in peaceful mode so that creepers etc don't annoy anyone while exploring on a nostalgia trip


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Took a brief break, but I have finished the first stage (getting Minecraft to store all the monument locations). I'm now onto the stage where I go through the world in MCEdit and mark those locations for re-population.

There's 53 to do. Some did manage to generate a monument, but I'll need to check them all anyway.

 Lotet wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:
The problem with having the main building ruined is that rain will come through, and that mobs could spawn.

Rain is a bad thing? I thought it would add to the atmosphere to have the rain making it's way in. You could have a hole in the roof with a cauldron beneath to catch the water, making it look more dodgy but looking like someone is trying to live there. Or that room with the skeleton head might have water source blocks above the roof, maybe a pool or flooded room so droplets of water seep through at places, explaining the overgrown plants and giving it a more dank feel. But that probably has nothing to do with what you're going for.

For some reason I was thinking that rain put out torches,Yeah, that does sound good. Having random pools of water and exposed soil would do good for the effect.

Oh and Darkinnit what are the new stone types? If they don't generate perhaps you could set up a trader at spawn who'll swap some stone bricks for them on a one to one basis?

Edit. And I tried having a go wandering about the old server, but I kept losing connection. Damn, and here's me making up a load of signs to write silly messages and everything... =(

The new stone types can be found on the wiki:
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/1.8#Blocks_and_Items
They will generate in new chunks and have a crafting recipe. However, they're more plentiful than the gravel and dirt pockets you get underground, so there's really no need to set up a villager for them.


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Finished marking locations for repopulation. But I'm going to take a break for dinner and some TV before final testing and uploading the world back to the server.

Oh wow! I can't believe I'll be able to go back to where I used to live! ALSO OH MY GAWD! I CAN SEE DISEMBOWELER THE BLUE SHEEP AGAIN!

I'm going to going throw myself off a cliff in the game I found new terrain gen and its hilariously awesome.

I can't remember where my house is! D:

Has this affected the FtB server at all? Or am I just in an odd time?

Anvildude wrote:
Has this affected the FtB server at all? Or am I just in an odd time?

The FtB server had crashed as it occaisionally does. I've restarted it.


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The Dakka server has now been restored and updated to 1.8

I also found that the new stone types have generated in the ground beneath the underwater monuments that I had to restore. Some monuments did generate on their own and so won't have the new stone types underneath them, I guess you'll just have to see if you're lucky when exploring.

I can't connect. It says something like Java exception, connection refused no further information! Help!

Has the Java update crash been fixed?

What;s this about a java update crash? First I've heard of anything like this.

Yeah I can't get on the server.

I know at least on the FTB packs theres an issue between it and Java 8. I had to get rid of 8 and go back to 7.

unsure if thats you guys' issue, but its an idea!

 Ramos Asura wrote:
I know at least on the FTB packs theres an issue between it and Java 8. I had to get rid of 8 and go back to 7.

unsure if thats you guys' issue, but its an idea!

No the server is down. I can't get on.

Has anyone tried Pixelmon? the Pokemon mod?
It is really fun

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Has anyone tried Pixelmon? the Pokemon mod?
It is really fun

Its hard to find someone who hasn't played the game XD

Thanks Dark for managing the update, I appreciate you giving up your Saturday for us!

Unfortunately the Vanilla server crashed late last night (didn't come out of a regular server restart) so I was only able to indulge in the 1.8 world briefly.

I discovered that some (though not all) of my rose bushes and lilacs had spontaneously uprooted. So if you're a keen flower arranger, be aware that you might have to do a bit of repair work to restore your displays to their former beauty.

If you cause a creeper to detonate in a constructed area it's good manners to fix the damage as best you can and, if you can't make the whole thing good, to let the owner/builder know about the damage. The base of one of the mesa staircases and half of the attached bridge was wrecked when I checked on the (unexpectedly flooded) decorative cave for uprooted flowers last night. Accidents happen but it would have saved me a (long) journey had I known that I needed to bring building materials.

I have never played Pixelmon, seen some LPs of it but wasn't inspired.

It seems that the server doesn't crash, it just sometimes doesn't completely stop after it has shutdown for a restart. Then it can't start again because it's already running. I've brought back my old crash detection script to handle this for now as I need to go out.

If the server doesn't restart properly, after 10 minutes the crash detection should kick in and force a restart. When I get back I'll look for a cleaner solution.

The server is up.

Okay.... So now Dakkadakka server is working for me. But most others don't. From the ones I've checked, I can still get on mineplex. But I don't play on any others.

Thanks for all your hard work on this, Dark, and on sorting out my villager problem a week or two back.

This is probably a vain hope, but if anyone happens to have an enchanted book with the Depth Strider enchantment on and is willing to trade for it can you let me know? I'd like to take on the Ocean Dungeon I found, but currently the Guardians are running (swimming?) rings around me

By all accounts Depth Strider is a fairly common Boot enchant, you might be better off just making and enchanting boots till you get it ... chances of getting it on a book are slimmer.

Took me a long time and spending levels on lesser enchantments due to how the system works now, but I finally found it. So thanks for the heads up about the boots thing

Hrm. It says "Pinging" and yet there's the red 'x' over the bars... And now it changed... I think the new UI is a bit whacked.

Anvildude wrote:
Hrm. It says "Pinging" and yet there's the red 'x' over the bars... And now it changed... I think the new UI is a bit whacked.

Wow I thought it was my internet XD

So now I know I am not the only one.

I'm looking into the issue with the server and will update when I have more information.

Server went down (or, more properly, didn't come back up) after the 22:35 restart today (Sunday).

The server is up, but my hosting provider is having major network issues unfortunately. Will just have to wait till they fix it.

For all you having problems with the server chance would be a fine thing I've also got issues on my end so the client wont connect so i have to play offline... Much rage was poured into that wireless mouse when after 6hrs I couldnt fix it... Now I need a new mouse... and I'm still not online.

Looks like they've fixed the problem and the server is back.

So I yolo'd an Elder Guardian and won... You don't need good gear, you don't need potions, all you need is a bucket and a decent sword. Now I have two more to go!

Would be very glad of someone who could help me drain a large portion of this ocean in order to build this Guardian farm, also need donations of sugarcane, leaves, blocks in general...

Oh boy have fun with that

I just died 20 times and lost 2 sets of full diamond gear trying to get the 3rd elder :(

 Tyranid Horde wrote:
Would be very glad of someone who could help me drain a large portion of this ocean in order to build this Guardian farm, also need donations of sugarcane, leaves, blocks in general...

Map coords?

 Tyranid Horde wrote:
Would be very glad of someone who could help me drain a large portion of this ocean in order to build this Guardian farm, also need donations of sugarcane, leaves, blocks in general...

I will get you the sugar cane. I will make an automated farm sometime at spawn.

I will base it on sethblings design.

Though mostly I will try my best to get anything to aid you because I sorta new prismarine and don't want to spend six hours to get a stack.

I have a portal up the North Tunnel. You follow the sign for Sky_Slasher78 (Me) then about halfway along the path to my house there is a left turn marked by a torch which leads to the farm project.
And the co-ords for the overworld are x: -1320 z: -2883.
Lots of sand and gravel is appreciated!

 Tyranid Horde wrote:
I have a portal up the North Tunnel. You follow the sign for Sky_Slasher78 (Me) then about halfway along the path to my house there is a left turn marked by a torch which leads to the farm project.
And the co-ords for the overworld are x: -1320 z: -2883.
Lots of sand and gravel is appreciated!

I got a ton of sand that I can spare. Probably a double chest full.

I completely forgot about the sugar cane, sorry ... will be sure and farm some up and include it with my next gravel delivery.

Currently though I am working on this.











As you can see I am doing quite a bit of work in this area. And surrounding the island with a wall so that it looks quite big.

The walls I am going to make considerably more detailed, and add towers and battlements, but I am currently just testing to see what looks better.

 Tyranid Horde wrote:
I have a portal up the North Tunnel. You follow the sign for Sky_Slasher78 (Me) then about halfway along the path to my house there is a left turn marked by a torch which leads to the farm project.
And the co-ords for the overworld are x: -1320 z: -2883.
Lots of sand and gravel is appreciated!

Made a delivery of gravel and sugar cane to the work-site (there was a slight overspill so I popped another chest down) let me know if you need more.

Incidentally, the path to your house looks terrifying ... you actually use that thing?

I will try to deliver a load of gravel tomorrow night.

I got around 6-8 chests of gravel- now that the rail line isn't going to be overland, feel free to take some- I might try to get a few inventories delivered as well- do you have an Enderchest nearby that I can use?

There's an Enderchest on the portal platform.

So I hate to say have to ask again, but I had another lava death caused by lag

Someones trap thingy here glitched out and I fell into it.
https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-1200/64/294/-3/0/0
Any chance on getting my player data rewound? To about 10:30 PM EST?

So there are now rumors of microsoft buying minecraft.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2604678/microsoft-may-buy-minecraft-maker-mojang-for-2-billion.html

I'm not sure if this is good for the game, bad, or other.

If there's continued consistent updates, no monetisation, putting the food down on mod makers and youtube videos, or stripping away the original developers for their own then ...yeah whatever. Allow Mojang to do their thing and this shouldn't go too horribly. It seems like an odd business move on Mojang's part (I thought things were going pretty well for them all things considering already. They're one of the indie scene's largest success stories), but that's only based on my own limited knowledge of them, and is that money all too amazing? The whole thing seems rather odd, but we'll see (and if it is true then hopefully the new owners won't pull a "future updates will be made exclusively for the Windows 8 and Xbox One platforms"). =P

Thats a huge If.

Plus Notch has said it isn't all about money for them, it's about the game. So if the sell to Microsoft it will probably be because they think it's best... hopefully.

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:
Plus Notch has said it isn't all about money for them, it's about the game. So if the sell to Microsoft it will probably be because they think it's best... hopefully.

Wouldn't be the first time someone has gone back on his word and shown himself to be a massive hypocrite when offered a pile of cash.

We'll just have to wait and see how strong Notch's principles really are.

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:
Plus Notch has said it isn't all about money for them, it's about the game. So if the sell to Microsoft it will probably be because they think it's best... hopefully.

I dunno, Notch does look like a guy who wouldn't say no to a diamond studded hat... Not a full set of Diamond Armour mind, but I'm sure he could buy himself a hat and part of the way to researching a Silk Touch pick.

Oh and does Notch still own the game? Huh, I thought he gave it all the Jeb, but I guess that was just the development reins. Fair enough, guess Jeb can just have a wooden pick or something for his trouble.

Notch no longer has anything to do with Minecraft really, but he's still the owner/shareholder of Mojang.

but seems he has, indeed, accepted the deal
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/minecraft-maker-notch-sells-out-to-microsoft-in-2bn-deal-9727579.html

Did I just hear "All New Dirt Expansion, only $19.99"? Uh, let's hope for the best, and that Notch signed a very secure contract which doesn't push Mojang by the wayside. Obviously this is Microsoft trying to prop up the Xbox One, so let's expect them shifting more support to that platform. It'd be silly though to consider the PC (even if Minecraft does wind up becoming a Window's exclusive for some reason) will fall by the wayside however given how popular the modding community is (or is Microsoft one of those companies which hates mods because it means there's point in $19.99 expansions which add a single new retextured dirt block-actually just the old dirt texture).

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Did I just hear "All New Dirt Expansion, only $19.99"? Uh, let's hope for the best, and that Notch signed a very secure contract which doesn't push Mojang by the wayside. Obviously this is Microsoft trying to prop up the Xbox One, so let's expect them shifting more support to that platform. It'd be silly though to consider the PC (even if Minecraft does wind up becoming a Window's exclusive for some reason) will fall by the wayside however given how popular the modding community is (or is Microsoft one of those companies which hates mods because it means there's point in $19.99 expansions which add a single new retextured dirt block-actually just the old dirt texture).

Lets hope not.

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
So I hate to say have to ask again, but I had another lava death caused by lag

Someones trap thingy here glitched out and I fell into it.
https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-1200/64/294/-3/0/0
Any chance on getting my player data rewound? To about 10:30 PM EST?

Sorry for the delay. Wasn't sure if you'd logged in and played since then, so I've put your stuff in a chest next to your playerskull.

As for the other stuff above, I'd take any news reports with a pinch of salt until they're officially confirmed by either company. You only have to look back a week or two to the supposedly "complete" Google-Twitch deal that was never confirmed (but reported as done and dusted by many news sources). That turned out to fall through and Amazon bought them instead.

The entire Mojang staff have gone almost complete radio silence since the rumour was announced, so it's almost certain that something is going down and they're not allowed to talk about it. However, if they are up for sale there's surely more than just one bidder involved.

We'll just have to wait and see what comes of it.

 darkinnit wrote:

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
So I hate to say have to ask again, but I had another lava death caused by lag

Someones trap thingy here glitched out and I fell into it.
https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-1200/64/294/-3/0/0
Any chance on getting my player data rewound? To about 10:30 PM EST?

Sorry for the delay. Wasn't sure if you'd logged in and played since then, so I've put your stuff in a chest next to your playerskull.

As for the other stuff above, I'd take any news reports with a pinch of salt until they're officially confirmed by either company. You only have to look back a week or two to the supposedly "complete" Google-Twitch deal that was never confirmed (but reported as done and dusted by many news sources). That turned out to fall through and Amazon bought them instead.

The entire Mojang staff have gone almost complete radio silence since the rumour was announced, so it's almost certain that something is going down and they're not allowed to talk about it. However, if they are up for sale there's surely more than just one bidder involved.

We'll just have to wait and see what comes of it.

No I hadn't I wasn't going to make that mistake again. The first time this happened I lost a good Diamond sword.

Thanks for that.

Another lag related issue, Nether Portals. Ever since the update to 1.8 I've done serious rubber-banding every time I go through a portal. Anyone have this issue?

Also, I know in the past we've discussed a battle area. I'd be willing to wall off a small area to use as a natural battle area. Anyone still interested? I can't do much more than a simple wall but that I can do

I have the problem with portals even when I'm experiencing no lag at all, there's also the problem where I go back and forth between the nether and the overworld because of the lag.

Does logging off and back on again after using a portal help resolve the problem?

 darkinnit wrote:
Does logging off and back on again after using a portal help resolve the problem?

I'll try it and see tonight

It's not terribad, just annoying mostly

I rubberband 2-3 times after going through a portal then it works fine

Interesting, I have no problems at all using portals.

Portals screw my up as well :/ I normally have to re-log a couple of times till im ok.

i play 1.8 online, not this server but one of me and my friends running, yes some portal issues, framerate lag but not too massive.

new stuff outnumbers the bad.

 darkinnit wrote:

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
So I hate to say have to ask again, but I had another lava death caused by lag

Someones trap thingy here glitched out and I fell into it.
https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/-1200/64/294/-3/0/0
Any chance on getting my player data rewound? To about 10:30 PM EST?

Sorry for the delay. Wasn't sure if you'd logged in and played since then, so I've put your stuff in a chest next to your playerskull.

As for the other stuff above, I'd take any news reports with a pinch of salt until they're officially confirmed by either company. You only have to look back a week or two to the supposedly "complete" Google-Twitch deal that was never confirmed (but reported as done and dusted by many news sources). That turned out to fall through and Amazon bought them instead.

The entire Mojang staff have gone almost complete radio silence since the rumour was announced, so it's almost certain that something is going down and they're not allowed to talk about it. However, if they are up for sale there's surely more than just one bidder involved.

We'll just have to wait and see what comes of it.

Blizzard has been known to massive fans of Mojang.

Diablocraft? Starcraftcraft? CubeWorld of Warcraftcraft?

Cubeworld is already a thing... though not made by Blizzard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_World

Can't see it on the map yet, but the Temple of the Holy Kiip is now dpuble the size.

I know you don't allow people the seed because they might use it to cheat and use creative mode to find diamonds in a world with the same seed.

But I was wondering if I could get the world (or the old one) to play pixelmon. I'd really like to play pixelmon in the Dakka world. NOt asking to add the mod to the world. But asking for the world to use privately. I'll entirely understand if you say no Darkinnit. Just thought I'd ask

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
I know you don't allow people the seed because they might use it to cheat and use creative mode to find diamonds in a world with the same seed.

But I was wondering if I could get the world (or the old one) to play pixelmon. I'd really like to play pixelmon in the Dakka world. NOt asking to add the mod to the world. But asking for the world to use privately. I'll entirely understand if you say no Darkinnit. Just thought I'd ask

I can PM you a link for the first and second dakka worlds when I get a chance to dig out the correct files.

As for the current world (we're currently on the third), it's a no, sorry.

Okay! That's fine. I just though it'd be interesting. And if I had gotten the 3rd world I coulda used the map to find Biomes for certain Pixelmon. Thank you!

Its Done:
https://mojang.com/

Better Microsoft than EA. (shudders)

 mondo80 wrote:
Better Microsoft than EA. (shudders)

Yeah, nothing wrong with this, really.

RIP minecraft :S Sounds like Notch is in a pretty unstable place too so hope that the sudden influx of cash doesnt pure fuel on the fire and cause a crash and burn situation with him.

 mondo80 wrote:
Better Microsoft than EA. (shudders)

I am confident Microsoft, they usually do not interfer with small companies.

There is a movement currently in the industry to buy indie companies and give them funding, mostly because they might make another game that sells really well. And microsoft probably wants to cash in on that.

 legoburner wrote:
RIP minecraft :S Sounds like Notch is in a pretty unstable place too so hope that the sudden influx of cash doesnt pure fuel on the fire and cause a crash and burn situation with him.

In all honesty, no reason to go all 'DOOM! THE END IS NIGH!' like the rest of the internet. Notch hasn't been involved with Minecraft for quite a while, and Mojang will almost certainly be allowed to continue as they were.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 legoburner wrote:
RIP minecraft :S Sounds like Notch is in a pretty unstable place too so hope that the sudden influx of cash doesnt pure fuel on the fire and cause a crash and burn situation with him.

In all honesty, no reason to go all 'DOOM! THE END IS NIGH!' like the rest of the internet. Notch hasn't been involved with Minecraft for quite a while, and Mojang will almost certainly be allowed to continue as they were.

Basically I knew it was going to happen at some point, minecraft makes a lot of money. Plus they are known for working with blizzard and microsoft.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 legoburner wrote:
RIP minecraft :S Sounds like Notch is in a pretty unstable place too so hope that the sudden influx of cash doesnt pure fuel on the fire and cause a crash and burn situation with him.

In all honesty, no reason to go all 'DOOM! THE END IS NIGH!' like the rest of the internet. Notch hasn't been involved with Minecraft for quite a while, and Mojang will almost certainly be allowed to continue as they were.

I should have said RIP as we know it. Rare was reduced to a shell, Bungie moved from PC to console, Lionhead axed or shelved loads of interesting projects including black and white. I find it hard to imagine that xbox 360 / xbone wont now be the focus of new features instead of the PC moving forwards, and we'll see a migration of efforts away from Linux and Java. Chunks of the community will lose interest because it is no longer a 'cool' studio in charge. As MS game studios has to shore up a bad quarter I would not be surprised to see things move even more to a subscription based/multiplayer model as well to the detriment of private servers like Dakka/darkinnit and flexibility in general.

I can see Microsoft putting out a dedicated/branded 'surface' type tablet just for playing minecraft though, which would be cool except it will get butchered by linking in to some half-baked cloud MMORPG service that wont be implemented properly and will have some obvious oversights.

 legoburner wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 legoburner wrote:
RIP minecraft :S Sounds like Notch is in a pretty unstable place too so hope that the sudden influx of cash doesnt pure fuel on the fire and cause a crash and burn situation with him.

In all honesty, no reason to go all 'DOOM! THE END IS NIGH!' like the rest of the internet. Notch hasn't been involved with Minecraft for quite a while, and Mojang will almost certainly be allowed to continue as they were.

I should have said RIP as we know it. Rare was reduced to a shell, Bungie moved from PC to console, Lionhead axed or shelved loads of interesting projects including black and white. I find it hard to imagine that xbox 360 / xbone wont now be the focus of new features instead of the PC moving forwards, and we'll see a migration of efforts away from Linux and Java. Chunks of the community will lose interest because it is no longer a 'cool' studio in charge. As MS game studios has to shore up a bad quarter I would not be surprised to see things move even more to a subscription based/multiplayer model as well to the detriment of private servers like Dakka/darkinnit and flexibility in general.

I can see Microsoft putting out a dedicated/branded 'surface' type tablet just for playing minecraft though, which would be cool except it will get butchered by linking in to some half-baked cloud MMORPG service that wont be implemented properly and will have some obvious oversights.

Thats kind of scary. And if so that will be a sad day.

But I predict a minecraft clone called minecraft 2.

Instead of minecraft continuing on and becoming versions it will be updates you will have to buy :/

 Asherian Command wrote:

 legoburner wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 legoburner wrote:
RIP minecraft :S Sounds like Notch is in a pretty unstable place too so hope that the sudden influx of cash doesnt pure fuel on the fire and cause a crash and burn situation with him.

In all honesty, no reason to go all 'DOOM! THE END IS NIGH!' like the rest of the internet. Notch hasn't been involved with Minecraft for quite a while, and Mojang will almost certainly be allowed to continue as they were.

I should have said RIP as we know it. Rare was reduced to a shell, Bungie moved from PC to console, Lionhead axed or shelved loads of interesting projects including black and white. I find it hard to imagine that xbox 360 / xbone wont now be the focus of new features instead of the PC moving forwards, and we'll see a migration of efforts away from Linux and Java. Chunks of the community will lose interest because it is no longer a 'cool' studio in charge. As MS game studios has to shore up a bad quarter I would not be surprised to see things move even more to a subscription based/multiplayer model as well to the detriment of private servers like Dakka/darkinnit and flexibility in general.

I can see Microsoft putting out a dedicated/branded 'surface' type tablet just for playing minecraft though, which would be cool except it will get butchered by linking in to some half-baked cloud MMORPG service that wont be implemented properly and will have some obvious oversights.

Thats kind of scary. And if so that will be a sad day.

But I predict a minecraft clone called minecraft 2.

Instead of minecraft continuing on and becoming versions it will be updates you will have to buy :/

I don't really think so.

If Microsoft has any sense, they'll let Mojang go on as they are. The Console versions are made by a different team.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

 legoburner wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 legoburner wrote:
RIP minecraft :S Sounds like Notch is in a pretty unstable place too so hope that the sudden influx of cash doesnt pure fuel on the fire and cause a crash and burn situation with him.

In all honesty, no reason to go all 'DOOM! THE END IS NIGH!' like the rest of the internet. Notch hasn't been involved with Minecraft for quite a while, and Mojang will almost certainly be allowed to continue as they were.

I should have said RIP as we know it. Rare was reduced to a shell, Bungie moved from PC to console, Lionhead axed or shelved loads of interesting projects including black and white. I find it hard to imagine that xbox 360 / xbone wont now be the focus of new features instead of the PC moving forwards, and we'll see a migration of efforts away from Linux and Java. Chunks of the community will lose interest because it is no longer a 'cool' studio in charge. As MS game studios has to shore up a bad quarter I would not be surprised to see things move even more to a subscription based/multiplayer model as well to the detriment of private servers like Dakka/darkinnit and flexibility in general.

I can see Microsoft putting out a dedicated/branded 'surface' type tablet just for playing minecraft though, which would be cool except it will get butchered by linking in to some half-baked cloud MMORPG service that wont be implemented properly and will have some obvious oversights.

Thats kind of scary. And if so that will be a sad day.

But I predict a minecraft clone called minecraft 2.

Instead of minecraft continuing on and becoming versions it will be updates you will have to buy :/

I don't really think so.

If Microsoft has any sense, they'll let Mojang go on as they are. The Console versions are made by a different team.

I was talking about console

So in the end, it is about the money after all...

Also, I hear that Notch is leaving Mojang after the deal is finalised.

 legoburner wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 legoburner wrote:
RIP minecraft :S Sounds like Notch is in a pretty unstable place too so hope that the sudden influx of cash doesnt pure fuel on the fire and cause a crash and burn situation with him.

In all honesty, no reason to go all 'DOOM! THE END IS NIGH!' like the rest of the internet. Notch hasn't been involved with Minecraft for quite a while, and Mojang will almost certainly be allowed to continue as they were.

I should have said RIP as we know it. Rare was reduced to a shell, Bungie moved from PC to console, Lionhead axed or shelved loads of interesting projects including black and white. I find it hard to imagine that xbox 360 / xbone wont now be the focus of new features instead of the PC moving forwards, and we'll see a migration of efforts away from Linux and Java. Chunks of the community will lose interest because it is no longer a 'cool' studio in charge. As MS game studios has to shore up a bad quarter I would not be surprised to see things move even more to a subscription based/multiplayer model as well to the detriment of private servers like Dakka/darkinnit and flexibility in general.

I can see Microsoft putting out a dedicated/branded 'surface' type tablet just for playing minecraft though, which would be cool except it will get butchered by linking in to some half-baked cloud MMORPG service that wont be implemented properly and will have some obvious oversights.

While I have my own reservations about this deal, I don't think Microsoft will risk flushing $2.5 billion down the toilet by restricting things so quickly. If they have any sense they'll let things continue as they are at least for some time. However, that said, it will take a light hand to keep things going smoothly and Microsoft have a lot of shareholders who will want things change eventually to bring in more cash. One change I fear would be them restricting multiplayer to only Minecraft Realms servers (or at the very least bringing in "exclusive" first month access for new updates to Realms).

There's already been quite a few knee jerk departures already in the modding community, from people who just outright refuse to support Microsoft. LegoBurner, you also know me and my refusal to buy an XBox for similar reasons. However, I'll continue to run the servers for as long as I am unhindered by either actual software restrictions or my own moral feelings about any attempts at monetisation.

Modders leaving because Microsoft bought the game?



I can seriously only laugh at that. There's nothing wrong with Microsoft. Phil Spencer already explained what they're planning to do: change virtually nothing. But "oh noes, ebul M$ code will never touch muh pc, I'll Skype my friends to comvince them to do the same!"

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Modders leaving because Microsoft bought the game?



I can seriously only laugh at that. There's nothing wrong with Microsoft. Phil Spencer already explained what they're planning to do: change virtually nothing. But "oh noes, ebul M$ code will never touch muh pc, I'll Skype my friends to comvince them to do the same!"

It's less about not wanting a Microsoft product on their computer and more about not wanting to be working for free to indirectly help Microsoft earn more money.

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Modders leaving because Microsoft bought the game?



I can seriously only laugh at that. There's nothing wrong with Microsoft. Phil Spencer already explained what they're planning to do: change virtually nothing. But "oh noes, ebul M$ code will never touch muh pc, I'll Skype my friends to comvince them to do the same!"

Right, and you believe that PR crap?

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Modders leaving because Microsoft bought the game?



I can seriously only laugh at that. There's nothing wrong with Microsoft. Phil Spencer already explained what they're planning to do: change virtually nothing. But "oh noes, ebul M$ code will never touch muh pc, I'll Skype my friends to comvince them to do the same!"

Right, and you believe that PR crap?

Since "that PR crap" is the most sensible business decision; yes.

And what's the difference between helping a big company with a lot of employees make money, and helping some Scandinavian guy make money?
I know who has given the most money to charity, and helps the most people get a job and a meansof supporting their families (it's not Notch).

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Modders leaving because Microsoft bought the game?



I can seriously only laugh at that. There's nothing wrong with Microsoft. Phil Spencer already explained what they're planning to do: change virtually nothing. But "oh noes, ebul M$ code will never touch muh pc, I'll Skype my friends to comvince them to do the same!"

Right, and you believe that PR crap?

Since "that PR crap" is the most sensible business decision; yes.

And what's the difference between helping a big company with a lot of employees make money, and helping some Scandinavian guy make money?
I know who has given the most money to charity, and helps the most people get a job and a meansof supporting their families (it's not Notch).

Also microsoft is not EA.

They actually make very good decisions. Especially when it comes to extremely successful indie companies. They know not to mess.

You guys see the banners i made?

Ah, this article clarifies the Microsoft purchase of Minecraft very well.

 Binidj wrote:
Ah, this article clarifies the Microsoft purchase of Minecraft very well.

I died inside, and it wasn't because of laughter.

 Binidj wrote:
Ah, this article clarifies the Microsoft purchase of Minecraft very well.

Ha ha, I like it.

 mondo80 wrote:
You guys see the banners i made?

where?

I call dibs on the Pokeball Coat of Arms!

Also, I must thank you Astherian Command. Your strip mining ti[s finally paid off!

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
I call dibs on the Pokeball Coat of Arms!

Also, I must thank you Astherian Command. Your strip mining ti[s finally paid off!

The walls or the large prison cells I am starting to build? I still have much to go through XD.

I have a lot of resources I Have to manage due to the scale and frequency I get items just from tunneling. My god do I get a lot of resources just from creating the tunnels.

I'm going to build a small Banner Building near spawn. Put your chosen Banner in a spot and label it with a sign.

EDIT

It's done!

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
I'm going to build a small Banner Building near spawn. Put your chosen Banner in a spot and label it with a sign.

I put a banner down, even if only to steal a design for myself. But while I was there I noticed the light level in the center of the room drops to 6 or 7 so you might want to put carpeted lanterns/glowstone there or something.

What about a chandelier in the centre to make use of some of the height? Looks good though!

Great idea! The banners so far are looking very nice, also good to be able to put names to the designs.

I've plopped a torch in the centre of the room as a temporary measure to deal with the dark spot.

Hm... need to make my own banner someday....

I can't find the right flower for the sun-ish thing, otherwise I've got one.

I put about 20 oxeye daisy in the chest next to the Netherwart patch in the spawn area. I considered planting them but worried that one person might come along and swipe 'em all.

Is it me or is the server lagging?

my game wont let me respawn, move, or get to my death pile. :/


Edit: Getting a "internal expection: java.io.IOException: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine

Well lag is gone but so are my death drops :/ o well.

I don't suppose anyone has a slime farm up and running do they?

I know I had a few slime balls in storage but they have vanished ... which almost certainly means that I told someone they could grab them and forgotten all about it.

So a simple/reliable means of grabbing slimes would be lovely.

My basement tends to be rather slimey. I cull them every so often, so I have a decent number of balls.

Do you have a pair you could spare me?


... sorry, I'm sick still, couldn't help the dirty joke


But anyway on a more serious note, finally updating and seeing if I can build a cool banner.

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone thinks I should add any details to my wall? Should I make it bigger?

Uh... I've been really inactive, should all my chests be gone entirely, and my enderchest empty?

edit: Okay, not all of them... just the ones that had all my most valuable stuff in them...

Who the hell took stuff from my home?

 Melissia wrote:
Uh... I've been really inactive, should all my chests be gone entirely, and my enderchest empty?

Nope. Only if you labeled it as public.

New stone types are distracting everyone.

Then someone stole gak because nothing of mine was marked public...

Oh crap, stuff is disappearing from chests? I have a huge storage room of loot. I haven't been online in almost a month.

It's a bug, if you log in with an older version your chests get dumped. And not just yours but any chest in the chunk.

But my stuff didn't get dumped out of the chests, they just weren't there.

Well, I added my banner.

 Melissia wrote:
Uh... I've been really inactive, should all my chests be gone entirely, and my enderchest empty?

edit: Okay, not all of them... just the ones that had all my most valuable stuff in them...

Who the hell took stuff from my home?

It's most likely a bug from the 1.8 upgrade, as the chest storage format has changed. Any chests that had their contents changed in 1.7 are fine, but if you've not changed the contents of a chest in a couple of versions, it might not have survived the upgrade. I have backups, so not to worry.

Okay. I would like the back-ups then... I haven't been on vanilla Minecraft in a long while.

Hooray guardian farm is up and running. now to make a giant sea lantern pyramid

 Desubot wrote:
Hooray guardian farm is up and running. now to make a giant sea lantern pyramid

Coordinates?

x5871
z-6310

cheers

Anvildude wrote:
My basement tends to be rather slimey. I cull them every so often, so I have a decent number of balls.

I popped by and it didn't look like you had many at all (so decided not to take the few that you had) ... also only saw one slime spawn while I was there looking around. The architecture was all deeply impressive though! My mind was thoroughly blown.

Is the Guardian farm signposted from the Great North Tunnel? And, is it available for public use?

Well played Desubot, well played

It isnt sign posted yet and there is no clear signage up to it yet. il work on that within this week hopefully.

I guess for now its fine to be for public use though donations are appreciated to make the tunnel there nice.

As well as help on the pyramid eventually.

Ah! Binidj, sorry, I keep forgetting people aren't as familiar with the place as I am. I have a little stone hut to the... I think South East of the main keep in the courtyard that's stuffed with chests- one of those has a bunch of slimeballs in it. It's my holdover from the previous server, my dense storage area. I'm planning to move it when I get my main storage area finally built.

I was (kinda) discussing opening a Dakkadakka Minecraft Teamspeak room. Thoughts?

I think that there's already folks on the server who chat on skype, so I'd imagine that a dedicated teamspeak could perhaps make that sort of thing more accessible. ...Ah, me not having a mike (and having you're a typical Angry Glaswegian accent) may not find quite a find quite so easy however.

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
I was (kinda) discussing opening a Dakkadakka Minecraft Teamspeak room. Thoughts?

I'd be very much in favour of this, when Dark hosted a temporary TS server for the End Dragon kill (before it was reset) it was great to chat away.

 Binidj wrote:

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
I was (kinda) discussing opening a Dakkadakka Minecraft Teamspeak room. Thoughts?

I'd be very much in favour of this, when Dark hosted a temporary TS server for the End Dragon kill (before it was reset) it was great to chat away.

I hosted the TS server during the dragon fight as people wouldn't likely have time to stop to type and it would be good for communications in that particular event. My main concern with running a TS server permanently was that it fragments the chat a little. Yes, those who don't want to talk can still listen in and only type replies, but it also changes the (normally) casual aspect of the game a little too. Some people might not want to sit with a headset on just to keep up with what's being talked about during normal gameplay.

That said, if people are having their own Skype chats because there isn't a TS server, then that's more fragmenting than there being a TS server. (Not everyone wants to share their Skype account).

So yeah, I'm a bit undecided...

Is it just me or can others log on?

My game keeps failing to connect.

message being Failed to login: The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevents it from fulfilling the request :(

 Desubot wrote:
Is it just me or can others log on?

My game keeps failing to connect.

message being Failed to login: The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevents it from fulfilling the request :(

According to this, it was Mojang's problem:

Tomas Sommar wrote:Sorry about the disturbances. One of our internal load balansers failed. Everything is up and running again. #mcstatus

https://twitter.com/tomassommar/status/514467584000139265

Ah.

well it seems to be fixed now.

#idonttwitter

 Desubot wrote:
Ah.

well it seems to be fixed now.

#idonttwitter

NO. NO HASHTAGS

the only reason I ever made a twitter account was to get a free Garen skin for League of Legends

My brother had that problem logging into Wynncraft, but the dakka sever was fine for me

I blame Microsoft.

 Binidj wrote:
I blame Microsoft.

That's going to become a thing isn't it?

I'm starting again.... building immense walls. This time I'm surrounding my whole areas with 1 huge wall.

To see how big this is going to be look at the massive Acacia roofed building near-ish spawn and enable tilde signs

I've used Skype occasionally to help co-ordinate group build or combat projects, just because it's quicker and because I suspect that the 1-2 other players on the server at the time probably don't want to hear our chatter of "no, I think cobblestone slabs would look better there, oh, I dunno, shall we try it again with stone brick slabs?"

With teampseak you can mute yourself and other players while still being in the channel.

I'm not sure who to ask, but I have 2 requests for the vanilla game.

1. Can someone with creative access do the command to add arms to my two armor stands?

2. Can we take a vote to up the difficulty to hard?

And in general I need 1008 obsidian pieces or just under 16 stacks if anyone has any the can part with, contribute, trade or sell.

Hard? Nuuuuuuu

sirlynchmob wrote:

And in general I need 1008 obsidian pieces or just under 16 stacks if anyone has any the can part with, contribute, trade or sell.

Gold farm by any chance? Darks the one you want for adminney stuff.

 Optio wrote:

sirlynchmob wrote:

And in general I need 1008 obsidian pieces or just under 16 stacks if anyone has any the can part with, contribute, trade or sell.

Gold farm by any chance? Darks the one you want for adminney stuff.

Yep, it was coming along nicely except for one minor problem but it should look cool when I'm done

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
With teampseak you can mute yourself and other players while still being in the channel.

You can also just make separate channels. For instance the server could have a channel for a specific build project, one for general chatting, another for a mining/dungeon raid.

sirlynchmob wrote:
And in general I need 1008 obsidian pieces or just under 16 stacks if anyone has any the can part with, contribute, trade or sell.

Sure, I can give you a few. At the very end of North Tunnel there's a chest with 5 stacks of Obsidian you can have. Is this the kind of mob grinder that can work when it's only 25% completed?

sirlynchmob wrote:
Can we take a vote to up the difficulty to hard?

NO! My slow connection won't let me fight properly. I've almost died too many times to have to deal with stronger mobs.

Oh snap 5 stacks?



The tunnel to meh guardian grinder is in the north tunnel next to the sacred mountain entrance.

its free for use if ya like.

sirlynchmob wrote:
I'm not sure who to ask, but I have 2 requests for the vanilla game.

That would be Darkinnit.

2. Can we take a vote to up the difficulty to hard?

I vote an emphatic "no" not to the concept of a vote, just to the idea of increasing the difficulty to hard ... unless creepers are removed, then I'd be fine with it.

And in general I need 1008 obsidian pieces or just under 16 stacks if anyone has any the can part with, contribute, trade or sell.

My understanding was that Darkinnit had vetoed gold farms on this server, if this isn't the case then it would be good to know but either way it'd be best, I think, to make sure before we go off farming all the obsidian.

No thanks on the difficulty increase. In single player it's fine, in multi, lag is too much of a problem.

 Binidj wrote:

And in general I need 1008 obsidian pieces or just under 16 stacks if anyone has any the can part with, contribute, trade or sell.

My understanding was that Darkinnit had vetoed gold farms on this server, if this isn't the case then it would be good to know but either way it'd be best, I think, to make sure before we go off farming all the obsidian.

Ok I'll wait another day before I do the gold farm to see if he posts here. there's nothing in the faq about not building mob farms or gold farms. For the record I will make it look cool, and not leave it a big block of obsidian

@Lotet, Thanks for the obsidian, I'll wait til I hear back from darkinnit before I go collect it. It will work once I get just one portal in, each additional portal just makes it work faster.

 Binidj wrote:

And in general I need 1008 obsidian pieces or just under 16 stacks if anyone has any the can part with, contribute, trade or sell.

My understanding was that Darkinnit had vetoed gold farms on this server, if this isn't the case then it would be good to know but either way it'd be best, I think, to make sure before we go off farming all the obsidian.

Wow, if that's the case, then I'm really glad I didn't make all sixteen stacks.

 Desubot wrote:
The tunnel to meh guardian grinder is in the north tunnel next to the sacred mountain entrance.

its free for use if ya like.

Thanks, got carried away and I swiped 2 stacks of lanterns worth of material, which is probably more than twice as much as I'll ever use, so I might return a stack.

I'm not against mob farms. I was against the use of an exploit to reach the nether roof and take advantage of the spawning rules/effects up there.

 Lotet wrote:

sirlynchmob wrote:
And in general I need 1008 obsidian pieces or just under 16 stacks if anyone has any the can part with, contribute, trade or sell.

Sure, I can give you a few. At the very end of North Tunnel there's a chest with 5 stacks of Obsidian you can have. Is this the kind of mob grinder that can work when it's only 25% completed?

sirlynchmob wrote:
Can we take a vote to up the difficulty to hard?

NO! My slow connection won't let me fight properly. I've almost died too many times to have to deal with stronger mobs.

Thank you so much, I left you a present in the same chest.

 darkinnit wrote:
I'm not against mob farms. I was against the use of an exploit to reach the nether roof and take advantage of the spawning rules/effects up there.

What advantage would that offer? I know you can sorta cheatzy-doodle the Wither but is that it?

 Overlord Thraka wrote:

 darkinnit wrote:
I'm not against mob farms. I was against the use of an exploit to reach the nether roof and take advantage of the spawning rules/effects up there.

What advantage would that offer? I know you can sorta cheatzy-doodle the Wither but is that it?

It is possible to break through the bedrock above the nether, then build some really high efficiency farms up there. Doccm built one that can farm ghast tears.

sirlynchmob wrote:
I'm not sure who to ask, but I have 2 requests for the vanilla game.

1. Can someone with creative access do the command to add arms to my two armor stands?

2. Can we take a vote to up the difficulty to hard?

And in general I need 1008 obsidian pieces or just under 16 stacks if anyone has any the can part with, contribute, trade or sell.

No we will never upgrade to hard mode. There are a lot of casual players in this game and server.

Generally speaking I would not be AGAINST Hard Mode. Normally I don't get much lag and skrap armor is always handy, but I think that with the amount of casual players on here it's not wise

sirlynchmob wrote:
@Lotet, Thanks for the obsidian, I'll wait til I hear back from darkinnit before I go collect it. It will work once I get just one portal in, each additional portal just makes it work faster.

Thanks for the Diamond, man. I've made six more stacks of Obsidian but you're probably already finished. If you are, then maybe someone else might want to take this stuff off of me, maybe make their own gold farm? All sitting in a chest at the end of North Tunnel.

You can have it for free, as much dirt as you can carry would be good.

 Lotet wrote:

sirlynchmob wrote:
@Lotet, Thanks for the obsidian, I'll wait til I hear back from darkinnit before I go collect it. It will work once I get just one portal in, each additional portal just makes it work faster.

Thanks for the Diamond, man. I've made six more stacks of Obsidian but you're probably already finished. If you are, then maybe someone else might want to take this stuff off of me, maybe make their own gold farm? All sitting in a chest at the end of North Tunnel.

You can have it for free, as much dirt as you can carry would be good.

Nope, I took yesterday off, I'm going to finish mining up what I need today. I brought you all the dirt I had and took 3 stacks.

where are you getting all that obsidian?

Thanks again for the obsidian, and stop by my farm anytime and take what you need from it.

sirlynchmob wrote:
Nope, I took yesterday off, I'm going to finish mining up what I need today. I brought you all the dirt I had and took 3 stacks.

where are you getting all that obsidian?

Thanks again for the obsidian, and stop by my farm anytime and take what you need from it.

Pleasure doing business.

I get it all from my underground lava rivers. I thought they'd be very weakened, but all this Obsidian mining has only destroyed a single tendril in my network of lava. I just want to fill in my caves with dirt, but I don't like wasting lava by just destroying it. Which is silly, since I wanted to fill them to get my computer to run faster because caves you can't see still slow you down. But now I have a better computer so it doesn't really matter any more, plus apparently they also made the code more efficient to deal with that problem.

Lotet are you wanting dirt?
"cause of you are feel free to take some from my storage chests

Thank you, though I think you already gave me that permission.

It's somewhat disheartening when my massive stockpile of dirt couldn't even fill a chasm. I thought they were supposed to be rare but I've found at least three beneath and around my town. Though you have way more dirt than I did.

I love chasms! Turn them into homes for dwarves, don't fill them with dirt! :(

Regarding upping the difficulty to Hard, is that something that can be localized?

if we build an arena, could Darkinnit spawn some Mob Spawner blocks that churn out Hard level mobs, but keeping mobs on the rest of the server set at normal? We could then use water channels to funnel the mobs into a central chamber that players can enter to fight them and gain XP in a sort of wave defense game.

A cooperative Mob combat arena would be a far more fun way of earning XP.


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 Lotet wrote:
Thank you, though I think you already gave me that permission.

It's somewhat disheartening when my massive stockpile of dirt couldn't even fill a chasm. I thought they were supposed to be rare but I've found at least three beneath and around my town. Though you have way more dirt than I did.

build big bridges across them, that would look really cool.

I've been all for hard mode for a long time, it makes the game a bit more challenging. It makes mob farms more efficient and XP can be gotten quicker too. The difficulty isn't a big jump between normal and hard anyway. Torches help the casual player if they are building or doing whatever casual players do.

Someone want to dig up the couple of previous discussions on the matter of changing the difficulty or shall we leave Darkinnit to just copy and paste his response?

Dakka's a vanilla server. Everyone should have the same experience, and that should be one which is the most accessible. The regular difficulty level is probably going to have more adherents to it than the other ones, so its up to those who want to have something different (not just in difficulty levels, but in all areas) to just deal with what the vanilla settings are. Darkinnit set up the FtB server for those who wanted to play a Dakka server with mods. I doubt he'd set up a separate one for just Hard mode, let alone change the regular server. As far as having a dedicated area which spawned hard level mobs (if that's even possible), would it actually be used, and if so what would it offer that an area which was full of regular mob spawners wouldn't? Given that that's pretty much just an exp farm, and one which is more bent than one with mobs which gave of less exp, it doesn't seem like something very balanced. I mean there could be rules and such over its use, but it still seems like something which wouldn't be used by many (the previous server was littered with PvP arenas which nobody used).

So the argument that others will adapt to the harder difficulty isn't a strong one to me. Rather it'd be up to the minority who want the change to just deal with the status quo instead. =P

Lotet, have you finished getting all the dirt from my place? I still have a few double chests worth I think.

Too bad this isn't from the previous world- I had a storage room specifically for dirt there, with about 12 double chests full of it.

I got my gold/mob farm functioning. It's working good, in passive mode I got 1142 drops, including 19.3 gold bars.

In active it will fill up a double chest in under a 1/2 hour.

Now the fun part, to design a decorative shell around it, Is anyone good at making giant statues? I'm thinking it's shape would blend well with a giant creeper, but the portals and afk room could make for a person with glowing glasses. I could really use some artistic pointers as I've never made a giant statue before.

It's at -1847 723 to see what I'm working with.

I need to make a shell next so I can then design the storage room around it.

Cool! So is this a communal thing? Or will you be selling the Gold?

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
Cool! So is this a communal thing? Or will you be selling the Gold?

Take what you camp, and once it's complete anything in the storage room will be fair game.

Awesome. I'll have to use it some day to get enough gold for the Grand Temple of the Holy Kiip!

Sorry I didn't reply to this earlier. It's a no to hard mode.

I think it's plainly clear that enough people have expressed dislike at the idea. Also zombies break doors on hard mode, which would break some people's existing builds.

For those of you who want the challenge, play it singleplayer or just knock out a few torches around your place

Btw is it possible to turn an specific chunk area into peaceful?

i think i still have some zombie egg outbreak left over from way back.

Put down a ton of torches.

 Desubot wrote:
Btw is it possible to turn an specific chunk area into peaceful?

i think i still have some zombie egg outbreak left over from way back.

Not really. Let me know where it is and I can go in with a splash potions of harming minigun

 Melissia wrote:
Put down a ton of torches.

Well that wasn't the issue.

Iv had loading issues where iv seen a TON of zombies in non explored caves with eggs. (kinda haxors but not really anything i can do :/)

id eventually need to find them all.

Edit: It is 3300 x -5100 z

Not much that can be done without X rays

It's the chickens - you have to kill the chickens



The bug is leftover from when baby zombie chicken jockies would despawn but leave the chicken behind, which doesn't despawn. The chicken grows up and starts to lay eggs. Zombies spawn in the dark and pick up the eggs. Zombies carrying items don't despawn. Eventually zombie singularity occurs.

Now they've changed it so that baby zombie chicken jockies despawn including the chicken and the chicken doesn't lay eggs either (I think). But any zombies carrying (or still picking up) eggs from 1.7 remain.

Killing the chickens helps to prevent the issue from recurring.

Sorry Darkinnit. Much lag. such delay Wow


They where spotted in an unmarked cave to the west IIRC. very deep down.

Found some of them:
http://imgur.com/SvCphnx,4bCUTWl,zoP41Kd,0OLOD6C,XhgERp9

 darkinnit wrote:
Found some of them:
http://imgur.com/SvCphnx,4bCUTWl,zoP41Kd,0OLOD6C,XhgERp9

That picture is incredibly hard to see

Found an underground pool party:

Wow that's a lot of zombies.
I would not want to fall in there.

Yeah those aren't very people friendly :(

but the drops are nice occasionally

 darkinnit wrote:

 Desubot wrote:
Btw is it possible to turn an specific chunk area into peaceful?

i think i still have some zombie egg outbreak left over from way back.

Not really. Let me know where it is and I can go in with a splash potions of harming minigun

You need healing potions for zombies

Darkinnit's all about presentation first He'll go in there, flying about shooting rainbows out of his arse and throwing potions everywhere, only to quietly just enter in a console command out of sight to actually deal with the issue. He could have just done the last bit, but he's a mod who likes to go the extra mile (and exercising his mod powers is truly one of the highlights of his day. I mean I know bearing witness to me is at least that to me).

I did actually fling a fair amount of splash potions of harming at the first lot for a while before noticing that nothing was happening

Then I remembered it was healing potions.

Commands are no fun, it's all about the thrill of the hunt.

I've reduced the entity count in Desubot's area from 500 to around 200. About 80 of that is in the sheep pen and the rest is villagers, cows, pigs and misc cave monsters.

It should be a bit better there.

Thanks so much

frickin zombies.

I've finally done it! I've managed to trade swords with pigmen

Too bad one of the pigmen dropped his sword in lava... but still I'm happy I got him to drop it.

Another goal completed!

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
I love chasms! Turn them into homes for dwarves ...

... Then fill them with dirt ... or lava ... it's the only way to be sure.

I've got a Armorsmith selling Diamond Chestplates. And a weaponsmith selling Diamonds axes

Does anyone live here? I can see some farmland but it looks deserted on the map.

 4oursword wrote:
Does anyone live here? I can see some farmland but it looks deserted on the map.

Someone decided to go there a few months ago. You can see a cobblestone structure here. But I haven't seen anything since then.

Didn't see the cobble, I'll find a new spot. Cheers Lotet.

Though the land and mountain formations are quite nice, it'd be a shame if no one put it to use...

So who wants in on a dragon hunt? I want to kill it soonish for the achievement. or if no one minds, I'll just pop over and kill it real quick

While hunting for wither heads it seems I de-synced and made friends with a blaze while seemingly in another dimension and ended up flying into the lava pursued by fireballs.

I think I recall someone a few pages back talking about building a giant floating island with lots of ruins and dungeons, may have been Wyrmalla I think. Was that on this server, and if so could you please post a link to the location on the map? I'm curious.

So who wants in on a dragon hunt? I want to kill it soonish for the achievement. or if no one minds, I'll just pop over and kill it real quick

I've also now got the heads for a wither fight to make it a bit of a monster slaying marathon.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
I think I recall someone a few pages back talking about building a giant floating island with lots of ruins and dungeons, may have been Wyrmalla I think. Was that on this server, and if so could you please post a link to the location on the map? I'm curious.

Yeah it was me. Its still planned, but I'm bogged down with uni work at the moment. A portion of its above my house, though I think I ran out of dirt or something so its not quite so large. , practically speaking I aught to have not built it over land (why do I keep making platforms over my existing homes? They just make the area beneath a mob zone), but well, I guess if I can be arsed I'll hollow that area out into a pit with the existing fort thing sitting on an overhanging edge.

...Ah, but yeah, don't expect any effort to go into that thing right now. =P

I have 10 diamonds for anyone willing to repair the top of my glass globe here: https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/2413/64/-717/-1/0/0

I can provide any materials needed. Five diamonds to be paid a the start and the other five will be paid upon completion.

Respond to this post, shoot me a PM, and/or hit me up next time I'm on and we can sort it out.

 4oursword wrote:
Does anyone live here? I can see some farmland but it looks deserted on the map.

My computer died on me right as I started logging back on. I haven't been able to play on my laptop, so it will be a long time before I can play again. You can have it. Should be some stuff in a chest in the cobble structure

The Dragon is dead.

sirlynchmob wrote:
The Dragon is dead.

Long live the Wither!
Oh wait he is dead too...

 Optio wrote:

sirlynchmob wrote:
The Dragon is dead.

Long live the Wither!
Oh wait he is dead too...

1 down 4 to go

sirlynchmob wrote:
The Dragon is dead.

Wait did you guys kill the Dragon? That is supposed to be a community thing...

Well to be fair the dragon has been killed twice before by the community. Frankly it'll be nice to be able to go to the End now.

We all already have our free head from the first time. Yeah, it'd be nice to have a source of Ender Pearls and Endstone again.

 Tyranid Horde wrote:

sirlynchmob wrote:
The Dragon is dead.

Wait did you guys kill the Dragon? That is supposed to be a community thing...

Sirlynchmob (Sir Ralpy) asked and no one replied...

Heh, turns out there's an underwater dungeon at Normy's castle.

 Optio wrote:

 Tyranid Horde wrote:

sirlynchmob wrote:
The Dragon is dead.

Wait did you guys kill the Dragon? That is supposed to be a community thing...

Sirlynchmob (Sir Ralpy) asked and no one replied...

Not everyone spends every moment on these forums to see who's doing what, the least someone could have done was let people know well in advance so others can join in. Yes, the dragon has been killed before, I didn't get to participate in that and that's something I've wanted to do for ages and someone went and did it on their own, if I'd have done that people would have bloody moaned. Not exactly fair now is it?

I have the ability to "swap" versions of the End at any time.

So say someone builds a huge enderman grinder in the end which people love for gathering enderpearls. But then a couple of people decide they want to fight the dragon at the weekend.

I can swap the end back to it's original state (complete with dragon), let the dragon hunters have fun and once they're done, swap the end back to the version that had the enderman grinder built.

Backups are useful

Hey Dark, just found a Zombie Egg horde in some caves beneath my place. Warp to 3873, 51, -42 and bust through the cobblestone wall to the NorthWest.

I'd do it myself, but, well, zombie egg horde.

Has anyone else noticed the prismarine bricks do not show up on the map program.

Anvildude wrote:Hey Dark, just found a Zombie Egg horde in some caves beneath my place. Warp to 3873, 51, -42 and bust through the cobblestone wall to the NorthWest.

I'd do it myself, but, well, zombie egg horde.

I'll take a look when I have some time (maybe Friday or the weekend).

sirlynchmob wrote:Has anyone else noticed the prismarine bricks do not show up on the map program.

Yeah, I need to update the Overviewer map renderer to the 1.8 version to pick up all the new block types. I've not had the time lately, but I also thought it good that it's (temporarily) hiding the Ocean monument locations. It makes it a bit more special when people find them.

I will update it soon though, and then it will probably be much easier to spot Ocean monuments.

Thank you Dark, I appreciate the map update.

Yeah I managed to find some time to do it last night. I've noticed that player positions and spawn marker are completely off now though, almost like they're reversed. I think the coords it displays are also off too, but I'm not sure.

So yeah, I hate those egg hordes.

I'm working to finish up the first level of the basement of the Mesa, right? Blocking things in, getting ready for the big super-mine.

I fall into a ravine. No big deal, half health, got blocks to dig out... Oh hey, a zombie. Wait. He's got an egg! AHH TWENTY ZOMBIESALLATONCEdead.

Go back to try again, and again, and again, and die each time. (also, odd lag when I respawn, keeps me in my room for waay too long).

Finally finish of the zombie horde, only to watch as my stuff all despawns a few blocks away from me, because the feature that's supposed to cause zombie hordes to actually save your gear if you die to them, instead gets filled with eggs from a single cave-wall chicken.

Lost one of my enchanted mining picks, and a ton of smooth and cobblestone. So salty.

So Im having a strange problem. Got Minecraft onto a new computer and im having a hard time Installing resource packs. Whenever I try to get Minecraft tot ake me to the resource packs folder it says it doesn't exist. I've tried a clean install 3 times now and the launcher doesn't seem to want to create the folder and making it myself doesn't do the trick either. (at least not when I tried it with my limited knowledge ) Anyways anyone have a solution? I couldn't really find anything with a Google, nothing helpful at least. Anyone else had this problem?

EDIT: Ignore me. Finally came across a helpful thread on it. The problem is with 1.8 not creating the folder for some reason. So if anyone else needs the solution just roll back to 7.10 then back forward to 8.1 and you should be golden.

So, does anyone have a sneaky way of getting two stairs to form corners to each other, without any other stairs around them? It's not an absolute necessity for what I'm using them for, but would be incredibly nice, and help me not go crazy with obsession.

So far, I've tried placing and removing blocks around them, trying to trick them with piston retractions, all sorts of things. But I can only ever get a single stair to properly corner- I'd almost swear that I managed it by accident in one of my other worlds, but that both had a modpack and had other stairs around it...

Not sure I quite understand what you mean, can you give us a screenshot of what you're doing?

What exactly are you trying to do?

Does anyone know if the caves at 187 490 have been mined out? Don't have time to check but I'd like to harvest them

Anvildude wrote:
So, does anyone have a sneaky way of getting two stairs to form corners to each other, without any other stairs around them? It's not an absolute necessity for what I'm using them for, but would be incredibly nice, and help me not go crazy with obsession.

So far, I've tried placing and removing blocks around them, trying to trick them with piston retractions, all sorts of things. But I can only ever get a single stair to properly corner- I'd almost swear that I managed it by accident in one of my other worlds, but that both had a modpack and had other stairs around it...

You can't.

Is he trying to make a small half block by half hole or something?

 Desubot wrote:
Is he trying to make a small half block by half hole or something?

No. When you put one stair in front of you, and then stand beside it, and place another one facing another side, it'll form a corner. He's trying to form two of these corners with two stairs.

"Corners"

Inverted, though.

Basically, I was hoping to be able to form two 'outside' corners butted up against a wall.

This is a sadface for me.

I'm clearly being dense, I still can't visualise what it is that you're trying to do. Is it an attempt to make upturned corners (Thai-style) on a roof? I'm happy to exercise my stair-fu but it's difficult unless I know what end product you want.

Anvildude wrote:
Inverted, though.

Basically, I was hoping to be able to form two 'outside' corners butted up against a wall.

This is a sadface for me.

Here Anvildude, point to the red wood stairs that you want (minus the cobblestone of course). You want this against the wall yeah?

Or didn't I get what you were saying?

Ah, thankee.

Red wooden stair #2. From the left. Upside down, though.

It's part of a support decoration for my larger columns. It'll be waaaay up above you, but I'm being picky because this is mah baby build.

Oh, that shouldn't be too hard to do, really. Not sure how to describe how to get it to work though.

See, that's the thing. Without those other two stairs behind it (take away the cobble stairs, and replace with a smoothstone block- that's what I'm needing), you can only get one of the stair blocks to 'corner' at a time.

Played around with it for a while, 'fraid you're right. Dont' think that's possible...

Even tried doing things like 'hidden stairs' and piston shenanigans. I think it's the way they're coded, honestly. A basic "If-Then" that uses orientation of adjacent stair blocks to determine whether or not that corner chunk is there, and one that isn't tick-dependent at that.

Part of the reason I like Microblocks is that they allow you to fix this sort of thing. Even just the placing method is a little more elegant, really.

It's a coding thing yes, regarding facing.

the Darkinnit.com map seems to be doing something weird.

This is my main base/home (the Cadian Gate).

https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/3126/64/-2048/max/0/0

in-game, this area is around the X: -2000 Z: -3000

But the map Over Viewer says that this area is X: +3000, Z: -2000.

Whats more, the map indicates that Storm Warriors has ring fenced a HUGE area of land and claimed it (marking his "territory" with tilde ~ Signs). This includes areas of land DIRECTLY ADJACENT to my tower, land I have begun to build on or plan to build on (roads and such, a beach area that I may turn into a dock, hills and meadows/plains where I plan on building farms etc). And it also includes a HUGE swathe of the sea to the east, where I want to eventually build some underwater structures.

The map indicates that StormWarriors' location is here, in the middle of the sea.

https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/3214/64/-1212/max/0/0


This has gotta be a mistake right? The map over viewer has gotten out of sync with the server and everything has been shifted several thousand metres in the wrong direction? I thought StormWarrior's territory was far, FAR to the East from here.





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This is the Mountain Crown right?

https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/2271/64/3309/-2/0/0

That's been a problem since the map was updated to 1.8. It seems the compass at the top right of the map has just been spun 90 degrees around and all the markers have been spun around with it. I wonder how much of a hassle it would be to fix that.

Say, does anyone mind if I explore a bunch of the land in the bottom left area of the map?
There's a lot of unknown space and no one seems to be building anywhere nearby. There's more stuff from the old server than there is new stuff.
Maybe I'll put down a proper portal/tunnel...

Ah, thank God for that then.

Yes, the map is very confused at the moment. The Overviewer team are aware of the issue, so hopefully a fix is not far off.

Hey darkinnit, could I still get those links to the old MInecraft dakka world downloads please?

 Lotet wrote:
That's been a problem since the map was updated to 1.8. It seems the compass at the top right of the map has just been spun 90 degrees around and all the markers have been spun around with it. I wonder how much of a hassle it would be to fix that.

Say, does anyone mind if I explore a bunch of the land in the bottom left area of the map?
There's a lot of unknown space and no one seems to be building anywhere nearby. There's more stuff from the old server than there is new stuff.
Maybe I'll put down a proper portal/tunnel...

We need proper areas to strip mine for the new stone types. I have started a few and will probably make a portal to there.

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
Hey darkinnit, could I still get those links to the old MInecraft dakka world downloads please?

I'm away at the moment (see that rather strange flag to the left) but I'll get them to you when I'm back.

Heeeeeeyyy.... Thats a 'Murican Flag.

What's your computer doin on this side of the pond?

The British are coming the British are coming!

Better hide yo White House, lest we burn it.

Random event of the night, ended up playing a round of Missile Wars with 3 of the Mind-crackers.

Pungence, Skym and BDouble00 by any chance? They're the usual suspects.

It was Guude, Pause and Beef.

 Optio wrote:
It was Guude, Pause and Beef.

What, they were attacking you?

Guude was on my team, the other two where on the other team. Look up missle wars by sethbling on youtube.

Got dirt?

Edit:

Ok, hang on might need to expand on that. Heh, ah, anyone have any dirt to spare? Youknow, so I can give my avatar thingy some sort of mud bath for its pores and such? I already have some cacti spare as a stand in for the cucumber.

I'm afraid I have something of a dirt shortage at the moment, just finished a big (but largely invisible) project that took up all my stocks.

Provide the efficiency IV shovels and I'd be happy to dismantle that for you.

I've got some spare. Dirt's one of the things I don't use much of, though I've gone through a bit of it lately- and I'm always digging up more that I don't need. If you want to come by, the middle chest in my basement (where the portal comes out) should be relatively full.

Heh, I was pocketing dirt from you previously, but I wound up not being able find any more about your place. Well I mean in so much as I could find without properly searching. I'll swing around again tonight ...if you super promise that you cleared out the slime zoo.


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Darkinnit you and Mojang are liars. There's six people on the server right now, but the player thingy and the launcher read zero. Liars I tells ya, and you certainly won't be being send my two million dollars any time soon.

Ah yeah, just an FYI that's probably know about, but being a bothersome old ditty is kind of my thing.

Left a double chest of dirt for you at my Portal.

https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/3104/64/-2012/max/0/0

Go to the Nether Hub and follow the North tunnel until you reach a sign on the left for "The Cadian Gate".

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Darkinnit you and Mojang are liars. There's six people on the server right now, but the player thingy and the launcher read zero. Liars I tells ya, and you certainly won't be being send my two million dollars any time soon.

Ah yeah, just an FYI that's probably know about, but being a bothersome old ditty is kind of my thing.

Huh? Unless I'm missing something the graph here shows 6 people online around the time you posted:
https://www.darkinnit.com/players.html

Try a CTRL+Refresh if your browser is "helpfully" caching the graph image.

No idea about the launcher.


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Well, it shows 5 people at the rough time you posted, but the graph only polls every five minutes, so someone might have stepped out at that precise moment.

 darkinnit wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Darkinnit you and Mojang are liars. There's six people on the server right now, but the player thingy and the launcher read zero. Liars I tells ya, and you certainly won't be being send my two million dollars any time soon.

Ah yeah, just an FYI that's probably know about, but being a bothersome old ditty is kind of my thing.

Huh? Unless I'm missing something the graph here shows 6 people online around the time you posted:
https://www.darkinnit.com/players.html

Try a CTRL+Refresh if your browser is "helpfully" caching the graph image.

No idea about the launcher.


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Well, it shows 5 people, at the rough time you posted, but the graph only polls every five minutes, so someone might have stepped out at that precise moment.

I was online for less than 5 min about the same time as Wyrmalla.

CTRL + Refresh sorted out the graph, but I wonder why the Launcher wasn't showing the correct values. Hmn, odd.

I'll pick up the dirt whenever I'm next on Shadow Captain Edithae (...how do you type that out every time you login), ah, though I've kind of sort of decided to excavate most of the dirt from the biome I'm currently in for ...reason, so I don't know if there'll be a need for it. Free crap's free crap though. =P

 Wyrmalla wrote:
CTRL + Refresh sorted out the graph, but I wonder why the Launcher wasn't showing the correct values. Hmn, odd.

I'll pick up the dirt whenever I'm next on Shadow Captain Edithae (...how do you type that out every time you login), ah, though I've kind of sort of decided to excavate most of the dirt from the biome I'm currently in for ...reason, so I don't know if there'll be a need for it. Free crap's free crap though. =P

I don't. Thank god for internet cookies.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:
CTRL + Refresh sorted out the graph, but I wonder why the Launcher wasn't showing the correct values. Hmn, odd.

I'll pick up the dirt whenever I'm next on Shadow Captain Edithae (...how do you type that out every time you login), ah, though I've kind of sort of decided to excavate most of the dirt from the biome I'm currently in for ...reason, so I don't know if there'll be a need for it. Free crap's free crap though. =P

I don't. Thank god for internet cookies.

This. So much this.

Also, my Minecraft username is Ordgar, if thats what you were referring to. Much shorter.

I have a public mine open for getting the new stone types.

I just need to connect it to the main. But I will need to get it approved.

Could you post a link to the location on the map? Be aware that the overviewer coordinates are synchronized with the game itself and do not match up.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Could you post a link to the location on the map? Be aware that the overviewer coordinates are synchronized with the game itself and do not match up.

sure

(Nether Location)
x = 505
y=62
z=-318.28

I meant a link on the Darkinnit.com overviewer map?

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
I meant a link on the Darkinnit.com overviewer map?

Nether
https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/504/64/-316/max/1/0

Overworld
https://www.darkinnit.com/newdakkamap/#/2584/64/4010/-1/0/0
Most of the stuff is underground.

Is anyone else having a hard time connecting today (sun nov 2)? I get logged in then a few seconds later I get kicked out.

So my work on the community mine is going well and I decided to build for the lulz a Jarl House. It took me two hours to build it.











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Well I just got whitelisted and hopped on for a bit. That Dakka sign is huge, holy crap. Was tempted to jump off the top of it but I wasn't confident in my ability to hit water on the way down.

Gonna try to find a place that's relatively empty to hole up in, but after studying the map it's hard to find a spot that's far enough away from other players.

Anyone mind if I claim this spot? Someone has started building on the same land directly west of there, but I think I'm far enough away. I'm pretty sure I'm out of visual range anyway, guess I just need to be careful mining.

Sure, the owner of that place has given it up to someone else but I don't think they took it. The blocky cobblestone structure has been there for ages.

 Inquisitor Lord Bane wrote:

 4oursword wrote:
Does anyone live here? I can see some farmland but it looks deserted on the map.

My computer died on me right as I started logging back on. I haven't been able to play on my laptop, so it will be a long time before I can play again. You can have it. Should be some stuff in a chest in the cobble structure

 Lotet wrote:
Sure, the owner of that place has given it up to someone else but I don't think they took it. The blocky cobblestone structure has been there for ages.

 Inquisitor Lord Bane wrote:

 4oursword wrote:
Does anyone live here? I can see some farmland but it looks deserted on the map.

My computer died on me right as I started logging back on. I haven't been able to play on my laptop, so it will be a long time before I can play again. You can have it. Should be some stuff in a chest in the cobble structure

The cobble has recently been replaced with brick, I've finally been able to get on here and there. 4oursword didn't want it after all, but I don't care if you build around there. I might be in and out, but I won't be mining or anything disruptive.

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after studying the map it's hard to find a spot that's far enough away from other players.

Bear in mind the map player locations (and signs and beds) are currently bugged and rotated 90 degrees to the left around 0,0. So the player locations on the map are incorrect. Best way to find unoccupied land at the moment is just to look for a lack of structures etc.

Is anyone up for making a full on minecraft map similar to mindcrack?

Anyone wanna be the Dakka's Official Minecraft Explorer?

I feel like we need a community project....

Anyone up for it?

You know to at least have some community things going on? Like a death games basically or a community project like making spawn awesome? Having statues of Dakka Dakka's Heroes. Or just do stuff together to promote a more community environment?

Anyone in?

I have set up the community mine. So hopefully people come to visit it.

Different servers have different feels to them. KFPerin's server (the first I was ever on) had people all spread out, but what kept on happening was one person found a neat spot to build, made their house, constructed an extension of the server-wide pathway/roadway system, then suddenly a whole town would spring up, when everyone went to build their own house there.

Then someone tired of that town would move somewhere else, build a house, build a path, then another town springs up as everyone abandons their previous house.

It was very cyclic and sprawling and nomadic, and it just happened. There was a PVP world (which was pretty cool) as well, where people built more 'dangerous' bases.


Then there's other servers which are more adventerous, and others which are less- for example, MindCrap is all about cooperative building of a single 'city' area- though it's only 3 people, making that a little easier. Direwolf's server (or whoevers) tends to be about people building fancy bases that are designed around resource accumulation/showing off, and the upkeep and progression of personal power- with a network of portals or link books so folks can do occasional tours and bum stuff off other people. Hermitcraft is the most similar to ours, where people find their 'area' and build there, but it has the Hermiton towns (which are essentially showcases of building talent- people don't really live there, I think) which work as a market hub for resource trading, and there's the supermassive community projects like the Iron Foundry. Attack of the B-Team is all about pranking people and making jokes/playing roles.


DakkaDakkaCraft has a dozen people who do megabuilds in Survival. Honestly, a lot of our stuff is super impressive in its own right, even (or especially) compared to what you generally see on YouTube or other servers- we regularly run out of Cobblestone, we build so big. But things like Chasmholm, Ma55sterFett's caverns, Abso's cathedral(s), the (increasingly unsuitably named) Grey Mesa, the Titans, the Manor, Dark's Castle and half a dozen other locations and builds that are easily spotted at max distance on the map are sort of a feature of our server. Builds that get people to go 'Wow' when they see them- and we have the Nether Network for travel when we want to visit others. But I don't think we're a 'teambuild' sort of server.


By all means, go ahead and start on a 'community project' if you want- but I guarantee that, even if there's some early interest, after actual groundbreaking there's only going to be one, or maybe two people actually working on it. That's not a bad thing, but I think it's how our server is.



What we [i]could[/li] do as a 'community' thing, would be to organize a massive tour. Figure out a list of the major sightseeing locations and organize a time/day when a lot of people can be on- then we start at Spawn (loaded up with foodstuffs) and travel as a group from place to place.

I'm all for being part of a community project. My problem isn't so much enthusiasm (which I never have much of for anything), it's more that no one has neither a plan nor goal.

If I could get more instructions than:
"I'm sure you know what to do"
or
"build an arena here"
then I might actually start stomping around on build sites and do some construction. Heck, if you don't want to do that, just put some markers down and give me an area you want to level or tell me what resources you you want the most. I've got a cobblestone farm that I use while doing other stuff on the computer so that shouldn't be much of a problem. Any common resource can be requested.

Even just giving me a picture of what someone else made can make a lot of difference for me. Though I guess I should mention I prefer Style over Scale, which makes the jobs seem easier to finish in the long run.

Just, you know, give me confidence that you have a vision or something and I'll do my part.

Hmm, so, yeah, was there anything you had in mind or was this just a passing thought?

Otherwise I might just do what Shadow Captain Edithae made me think and make the White House out of White Clay (even though it's slightly pink) and rig it with dynamite... that's not offensive is it? I don't want to get banned...

Well its certainly not Nazi concentration camp level...