1.0 looks like one hell of a jump up. There are loads of features coming up, some of the biggies from the way I play the game are:
- The ability of Endermen to carry blocks will be reduced in some way - no more having to repair shit all the time.
- Fences no longer block you from moving onto their space. You can now stand next to them, like you can with glass panes and iron bars - also they connect to solid blocks. - Loads more options for lamp-posts.
- Labels for items will be changed - Might lead to some "WTF IS THAT?" moments
- Weapon and tool damage has been nerfed to make space for the increased damage enchantments, (Diamond swords do 3.5 hearts now instead of 5) - a bit annoying but it means I will definitely have to get enchanting. I was already going to have an "Enchantery" on CSA.
- Finished Biome code and New Biomes - cool! Our new server is largely unexplored so this will make it especially cool.
- If water or lava is above a ceiling that is a single block thick, particles of water or lava will drip through, provided you are within 13 blocks of the ceiling - makes life digging out BC easier.
- Nasty shortening of view distance at bedrock removed
- Use for Experience (skills) will be added - hopefully something that will make strip mining quicker and not just combat skills.
- Animal Breeding - I wish we fucking had that before Discovery was started!
- New/Improved Armor system - nice
- Enchanting - more crafting required but I think it'll be really handy.
I know I'm the only one on the server most of the time (due to the natural ebb and flow of peep's gaming habits), is the next update going to revive your interest or is it 'much of the same' for you?
interesting theres also the
interesting theres also the whole new world the end where resides the Ender Dragon the game "boss" but I'm not sure if that will be in SMP
I've been a bit busy of late and haven't been on the server for a while but I've been thinking of things I'd like to build and with the new stuff coming out lots to explore.
I'll be at Minecon this weekend so should get a look at all this and more!
Not been in for a long long
Not been in for a long long time. Do you have to eat these days?
EMW - I am interested on the
EMW - I am interested on the Enderworld too. In SMP, it works like this: Build a portal. Go through portal to Enderworld. Fight Dragon. If you kill it, a portal appears to go back.
Fuck yeah, Byrn. But it's ok because Big R built a Big Farm that could feed a server of about 250,000 people. It's actually quite easy to build little sustainable farms. It also makes cave spelunking more interesting because you have to plan to take food with you.
You also need to make sure that everything is lit because Endermen will spawn on your stuff and nick blocks out of it. I think I've pretty much lit CSA but there are certainly other areas where they spawn and cause havoc. My idea of lighting everything inside the ringwall is looking good now.
Totally envious of EMW going to Minecon. ;)
I expect that we're waiting
I expect that we're waiting for Bukkit to upgrade before we move the server over. They're not ready yet, it seems.
We could live without bukkit
We could live without bukkit for a bit go back to the whitelist for a bit most people wouldn't notice it's absense it's mainly a tool for you and me especially now people can access the creative mode options if they want to. It will mean we can't just let people in without vetting but I would suspect the bukkit 1.0 is not far off.
If the whitelist is up to
If the whitelist is up to date, I am happy to risk it. A quick search of the Bukkit forums shows that 1.0 and pre5 were very similar from Bukkit's point of view, so I imagine they're just testing the shit out of it.
I've switched the server to
I've switched the server to 1.0 the multiplay system is sophistocated enough that we can revert as it stores the profiles
I've added all the whitelist and ops and gave it a quick try to check the server was working but let me know if anything goes wrong
hmmm seems you can no longer
hmmm seems you can no longer place things on lightstone so the lightstone railway has exploded all the track and torches flying off
that will take some fixing
Balls, that's annoying.
Balls, that's annoying. Also, they've not fixed the bedrock fog, which is annoying. I'm gathering loads of lava from BC at the moment and navigating is tricky.
yeah the deep view distance
yeah the deep view distance thing is very annoying makes getting into big cave tricky as you can't see where you are going.
The new particle effects when you are one block from water is nice (think they do similar for lava but not seen it)
redone the railway out to
redone the railway out to spawn 1.8